Mirror Mirror — The first of this spring’s two Snow White adaptations has Julia Roberts assuming evil-queen duties for director Tarsem Singh. The supporting cast includes Armie Hammer, Mare Winnigham and Nathan Lane. Wait a minute — somebody put Nathan Lane in a movie and didn’t let him play the evil queen? (PG)

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen — Reviewed this week. (PG-13)

Thin Ice — Reviewed this week. (R)

W.E. — Reviewed this week. (R)

Wrath of the Titans — The *Clash of the Titans** remake got lambasted left and right for lousy post-conversion 3D, so you have to give director Jonathan Liebesman credit for learning from his experience. No, he didn’t shoot the sequel in legitimate 3-D — but he did exert meticulous creative control over the tie-in ViewMaster set. (PG-13)

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This article appears in Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2012.