Michael Caine must be a jolly good sport. Some time during the making of "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," a director had to say to him, "Sir Michael Caine, this is the part when you clamber atop a bee the size of a small plane, hold on tight and pretend to fly over the island." (Yesterday)

From Renaissance cameos to cinematic ones, the art of the miniature is a many-splendored thing. Shorts in film -- as in underwear -- are expected to contain something animated or organically active. (Yesterday)

Must have been a false memory planted by previews or TV commercials. I mistakenly thought "The Vow" was a romantic comedy, but it is, in fact, a romantic drama. It shuns silliness and grand, Garry Marshall-style gestures for quieter moments between Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. She plays Paige, a sculptor, and he's Leo, owner of a small recording studio in Chicago. (Yesterday)

"You crushed my windpipe," the raspy-voiced CIA operative reminds his prisoner. "You locked me in the trunk," he counters, as if one excuses the other in "Safe House." (Yesterday)

Eye contact is how it begins -- a shared glance on the subway, maybe followed by a smile but always cranked up from a glance to a penetrating stare. (Yesterday)