REEL TIME: Drew Barrymore teaches whales how to lisp and Harry Potter plays a dad

With the help of City Paper film critics, Josh Middleton counts down the weekend's five new-movie releases, including Big Miracle, Chronicle and The Woman in Black

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REEL TIME: Drew Barrymore teaches whales how to lisp and Harry Potter plays a dad

POSTED: Friday, February 3, 2012, 4:42 PM

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No. 1: Sam Adams says The Innkeepers is horror filmmaker Ti West's "most assured film yet." Besides using monsters that "aren't so scary," it's everything a thriller flick should be. It's nerve-wracking, taking ample time to build "character and mood before pulling back the curtain." And most importantly, it's not Saw 27. Read the rest of his review here. (Ritz at the Bourse)

CITY PAPER REVIEWS OF OTHER FILMS PLAYING IN PHILLY THIS WEEK: A Dangerous Method, A Separation, Albert Nobbs, The Artist, Carnage, Contraband, The Descendants, The Devil Inside, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Grey, Haywire, The Iron Lady, Joyful Noise, Man on a Ledge, Miss Bala, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, My Week with Marilyn, Pariah, Red Tails, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Underworld: Awakening, War Horse

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