THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG-13)

There’s nothing to fear, unfortunately

Halfway through The Woman in Black comes a long sequence — at least 15 minutes, possibly more ...

BIG MIRACLE (PG)

Saving the whales with humor and charm

A SEPARATION (PG-13)

In Iran, a marriage implodes, with consequences

At the start of A Separation, an Iranian couple appears before a judge to request a divorce. Simin (Leila ...

MAN ON A LEDGE (PG-13)

Standing on the edge of nonsense

In Man on a Ledge, a man named Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) checks into the Roosevelt Hotel in New York ...

THE GREY (R)

Stranded on the ice, with wolves

In The Grey, Liam Neeson once again plays a man who is separated from his loved ones, just like he did in ...

Oscar nominations play it safe

The Academy Awards will celebrate the tried and true, not the fresh and new

Movies

Worlds apart

As Iran cracks down on filmmakers, ‘A Separation’ rakes in the awards

Haywire (R)

Going through the motions, with style

Steven Soderbergh has been telling interviewers that he’s planning to take a sabbatical from filmmak...

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG-13)

‘Extremely Loud’ is incredibly bad

You need lots of gifted people chasing after the same bad idea to make a movie as colossally misguided as ...

A Dangerous Method (R)

A mind is a terrible thing to bore

David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method makes all those Merchant/Ivory period pieces seem like Die H...

Mixed martial arts fighter stars in Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’

Fire might have claimed 'Gone with the Wind' items

A museum official says valuable memorabilia from the classic film "Gone with the Wind" may have been destro...

What's opening in theaters next week

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (PG-13): Nicolas Cage reprises his role as the Marvel Comics superhero wit...

Woody Harrelson goes behind the badge for 'Rampart'

LOS ANGELES - Woody Harrelson wants the windows down. "Do you mind if we go old style on this? I don't like...

The 5 best guy flicks for your sweetheart

'Tis nearly Valentine's Day, fellas, when you're expected to sit down with your gal to see "The Vow," or so...

9/11 drama shown at Berlin film festival

Director Stephen Daldry has brought Sept. 11 drama "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" to the Berlin Intern...

LA co. challenges Kodak move to dump theater deal

The owner of Hollywood's Kodak Theatre is challenging bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co.'s effort to end its sponso...

'W.E.'

They split in 2008, but apparently Madonna stayed married to director Guy Ritchie just long enough to absor...

'Safe House'

Early on in the derivative but fairly absorbing blur titled "Safe House," set in Cape Town, South Africa, D...

'Safe House'

"Safe House" is solid evidence of mind-body duality. This overproduced spy thriller never really seized my ...

'The Vow'

The new romance film "The Vow" suggests love means never having to say you can't remember your spouse's nam...

'The Vow'

What a difference five years can make. For Paige (Rachel McAdams), it meant a new life free from her rich, ...