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Director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) goes for the right, terrifying touch. The film "Hitchcock" is set during the making of the classic thriller "Psycho."

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"Hitchcock" (PG-13, 98 minutes, Fox): For all his creepy tendencies, Alfred Hitchcock is portrayed mostly sympathetically in "Hitchcock," in which Anthony Hopkins plays the corpulent British auteur with a combination of hauteur and playfulness. The insouciant tone is set right off the bat, w…

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Ralph, left, voiced by John C. Reilly, in a scene from "Wreck-It Ralph." It's a clever take on the world of video games.

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The world of video games has inspired quite a few movies, but it's hard to think of one as clever as "Wreck-It Ralph."

'Life of Pi' provocatively entertaining

Suraj Sharma portrays Pi Patel, an Indian youth lost at sea with a ravenous Bengal tiger named Richard Parker aboard his small lifeboat in the Ang Lee's soulful film, "Life of Pi."

'Life of Pi' provocatively entertaining

"Life of Pi" is one of those lyrical, internalized novels that should have no business working on the screen. Quite possibly, it wouldn't have worked if anyone but Ang Lee had adapted it.