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“Shutter Island” (R)

–Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo play U.S. marshals trapped on a remote island during a hurricane while investigating the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane.

–Ben Kingsley is the doctor in charge, Emily Mortimer is the escaped patient and Michelle Williams plays Leonardo’s wife.  It’s directed by Martin Scorsese, who also worked with DiCaprio in “The Departed”, “The Aviator”, and “Gangs of New York”.

“The Ghost Writer” (PG-13) (New York and L.A.)

–After Ewan McGregor accepts a job ghostwriting the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, he finds out the guy is a suspected war criminal . . . and that the murder of the original ghostwriter was covered up to look like a suicide.

–It’s directed by Roman Polanski, and stars Pierce Brosnan as the politician, “Dollhouse’s” Olivia Williams as his wife, and Kim Cattrall as his chief of staff.

“The Wolfman” (R)

–This remake of the 1941 horror classic stars the already-hairy Benicio Del Toro as the guy who gets bitten by a werewolf and then transforms into one himself during the next full moon.

–The original starred Lon Chaney Jr. as the wolfman, “The Invisible Man’s” Claude Rainsas his father, and “Dracula’s” Bela Legosi as the werewolf that bites Chaney.

–In the remake, Anthony Hopkins plays the father, Emily Blunt is Benicio’s love-interest, and Hugo Weaving from “The Matrix” and “Lord of the Rings” is a Scotland Yard inspector investigating the creature’s murders.

–Some critics are saying the movie isn’t as scary as they expected, but at least the special effects for the werewolf transformation are top-notch.

–Gene Simmons and David Lee Roth both contributed howls for the sound effects, but according to the director, their voices were digitally blended with animal impersonators and the howls of real animals, so you won’t be able to recognize their voices.

Official Site:  http://www.TheWolfmanmovie.com/

“Percy Jackson & The Olympians:  The Lightning Thief” (PG)

–Logan Lerman plays Percy Jackson . . . a high school student who discovers that the gods from Greek mythology are real and he’s the son of Poseidon.  And it’s up to him to figure out who stole Zeus’s lightning bolt, so he can save his mom and keep the gods from going to war.

–“Lord of the Rings” stud Sean Bean plays Zeus, “Grey’s Anatomy’s” Kevin McKidd is Percy’s father, Poseidon, and “CSI” New York’s” Melina Kanakaredes plays Athena.  The rest of the cast includes Rosario Dawson, Pierce Brosnan . . . and Uma Thurman as Medusa.

Official Site:  http://www.PercyJacksonthemovie.com/

“Valentine’s Day” (PG-13)

–“Pretty Woman” director Garry Marshall directs this ensemble movie that intertwines stories of people struggling with romance over the course of a single Valentine’s Day.

–The cast includes Taylor Swift & Taylor Lautner, Jamie Foxx & Queen Latifah, Julia Roberts & her niece Emma Roberts,“Grey’s Anatomy” studs Patrick Dempsey & Eric Dane, and plenty of eye candy in Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, and Anne Hathaway.

Official Site:  http://www.ValentinesDaymovie.com/

“Edge of Darkness” (R)

–Remember how Mel Gibson tore up the screen with his lust for revenge after his wife was murdered in “Braveheart”? Well, this is kind of like that, except it involves the murder of his only daughter, and he’s a lot more intense.

–He plays a homicide detective who uncovers the corporate conspiracy that got his daughter killed . . . and then gets revenge on everyone involved.

Official Site: http://www.Edge-of-Darkness.com/

“When in Rome” (PG-13)

–When Kristen Bell takes some coins from Rome’s Fountain of Love, the men who left them all fall in love with her. Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett are the fools under her spell, and Josh Duhamel is the guy whose love may be for real.

Official Site: http://www.WheninRome-themovie.com/

“Saint John of Las Vegas” (R) (Limited)

–Steve Buscemi plays a compulsive gambler who takes an honest job as an insurance investigator. But his willpower is put to the test when he’s asked to investigate a suspicious accident near Vegas.

–Sarah Silverman plays the coworker he’s into, “little person” superstar Peter Dinklage plays his boss, and “Entourage” minx Emmanuelle Chriqui plays a wheelchair-bound stripper involved in the accident.

Official Site: http://www.SaintJohnmovie.com/

Legion” (R)

–God loses faith in humanity and sends a legion of angels to wipe us out. But one of them recruits a group of strangers at a remote diner to help him protect a pregnant chick, whose unborn baby may be humanity’s only hope.

–Paul Bettany plays the archangel Michael, “Friday Night Lights” minx Adrianne Palicki is the pregnant waitress, and the humans defending her include . . . Dennis Quaid, Kate Walsh, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson and “The O.C.’s” Willa Holland.

(–Paul Bettany must really like these religious roles. He’s an angel in this flick, he was the albino zealot Silas in “The Da Vinci Code”, and he challenges the bible’s version of creation as Charles Darwin in a new film called “Creation”, which also comes out today.)

Official Site: http://legionmovie.com/

“The Tooth Fairy” (PG)

–The Rock plays a hockey player who crushes a little kid’s dreams and gets sentenced to being a tooth fairy as his punishment. Ashley Judd is The Rock’s girlfriend, Julie Andrews is his fairy boss, and Billy Crystal is the guy who hooks him up with magic fairy dust and other cool stuff.

Official Site: http://www.toothfairy-movie.com/

“Extraordinary Measures” (PG)

–When Brendan Fraser finds out that his kids have less than a year to live, he risks everything to help an unconventional research scientist develop a drug to save their lives. Keri Russell plays Fraser’s wife and Harrison Ford is the doctor researching their kids’ disease.

Official Site: http://extraordinarymeasuresthemovie.com/