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Whale Film "Big Miracle" is a Charmer - And, True

In this delightful family movie based on a true story, a family of gray whales, stranded beneath the ice near the northern-most Alaskan town of Barrow, brings together old foes in an inspiring rescue operation that catches the attention of the whole world.

Tom Hanks Wants to Spread Optimism With his New Movie 'Larry Crowne'

Optimism is something Hanks has never been shy about bringing to his movies, whether it is Forrest Gump's naïve faith in people or the dogged determination to survive in Cast Away, In his new film, Larry Crowne, opening Friday, he goes back to Community College after losing his job. Searching for something positive, that is what he finds.

CIA Plays the Hero for a Change in True Life Film Thriller, Argo

CIA spies are the good guys for a change in Argo, Ben Affleck's shrewd reconstruction of a heroic real-life mission aimed at retrieving six Americans from Tehran during the 1979-1980 Iran hostage crisis. There's not a single gunshot fired over the course of the film and Affleck delivers an uplifting portrait of one mind-blowing chapter of the Agency's legacy.

Gandalf Turns Into Sherlock Holmes as McKellen Plays Detective

Ian McKellen transformed himself from Gandalf into a ninety-year-old Sherlock Holmes for "Mr Holmes," which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival on Sunday. The film finds Holmes in retirement in the English countryside where he lives as a recluse, tending bees and looked after by a middle-aged woman and her son.

Indiana Jones Mystery Package Arrives at University of Chicago in Amazing Coincidence

A mysterious package arrived last week at the University of Chicago addressed to Henry Walton Jones, Jr., which looked like it had been postmarked in Egypt. Admissions officials had no clue who Jones was, but a student snapped out of his finals-tired haze realizing who Dr. Jones was: the fabled archeology professor, Indiana Jones. The mystery grew deeper when they realized the postage was faked and inside was an incredibly detailed replica of "University of Chicago Professor" Abner Ravenwood's journal from the film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.