THE WACKNESS is a story about both a shrink, Dr. Jeffery Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley) and his patient, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a drug dealer who pays him with the weed he is peddling.  Both have girl problems, Squires with his wife, Kristin (Famke Janssen) and Luke with Squires’ step daughter, Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby).  Writer/director Jonathan weaves an interesting enough tale for the audience to care about the two men while setting it as a period piece.

In Alice’s house, live her three boys, Lucas (Vinicius Zinn), Edinho (Ricardo Vilaca) and Junior (Filipe Massuia), her husband Lindomar (Zecarlos Machado) and her mother Dona (Berta Zemel) who is slowly losing her sight.

The first of Hollywood’s six 3D blockbusters, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH is directed by special effects master and several time Oscar nominee Eric Brevig who has worked on films like TWISTER, PEARL HARBOR and HOOK.  The Jules Verne 19th century novel is a natural pick for a 3D movie with characters venturing to a strange land beneath the surface and encountering wild creatures and strange vegetation.

One has to hand it to Mexican director Guillermo del Toro for his boundless imagination.  Ever since I saw his first horror flick CRONOS, I have never failed to be entertained less enthralled by his work – the best thing being his last film, EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN’S LABYRINTH).  PAN’S LABYRINTH is the most important and its creatures, themes and atmosphere play a large part in HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY.

KIT KITTREDGE is totally wholesome American fare, as the title suggests.  Kit (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE’s Abigail Breslin) is an adolescent coping with life set in the 1930’s depression.  Her father (Chris O’Donnell) leaves home for Chicago after losing his job while mother (Julia Ormond) takes in boarders to make ends meet.  The film traces Kit’s adventures as she deals with boarders (played by Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack et al.), her friends and family.