Nothing like showing up blasted to a press event for a children’s movie, eh Mr. Nolte?

Seeing how the film has already received a 76 percent approval at Rottentomatoes, this is an early contender for the most overrated film of the early year. Apparently it was okay, for once, for critics to check their brains in at the door. I guess I didn’t get the memo.

We continue our week-long feature of Paramount’s Spiderwick Chronicles, a film that has twice the Freddie Highmore for the same price.

Rounding out Paramount’s lineup for the first two months of the year is a little Fantasy movie that could be a surprise hit.

Tom Cruise — yes, the Tom Cruise — has joined the production of Ben Stiller’s upcoming action comedy Tropic Thunder. In quite possibly the most entertaining way…