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Amy Adams (Lois Lane): The hair color is different but not Lois’ curiosity — professional and romantic — about this hunky visitor from another planet.Warner Bros.

Review: 'Man of Steel' revitalizes the Superman legend

At first blush Man of Steel is everything about Superman we've seen in movies before: the infant Kal-El's exodus to Earth from Krypton, his Midwest maturation as Clark Kent, his settling into his role as world protector from arch-villains. Marlon Brando always played his dad. Man of Steel does things differently, w …

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  1. 'Dolphin Tale 2' to focus on rescued baby dolphin

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    After the success of Dolphin Tale, what can Winter the tailless bottlenose do for a movie encore?

    She can give audiences a little Hope.

    Hope, left, and Winter work at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in 2012. At left, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr. are in talks to return for Dolphin Tale 2.
  2. Review: 'Monsters University' doesn't scare up any surprises

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    By Steve Persall

    Times Movie Critic

    Let's agree from the start that it's practically impossible for Pixar to make a bad animated movie. There's simply too much talent there, and too much Disney money supporting it, to result in junk.

    Monsters University.
  3. Review: 'The Bling Ring,' about shallow teens, feels like a ripoff

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    The Bling Ring (R) (90 min.) — Our celebrity obsessions get a frisky poke but not the skewering they deserve in Sofia Coppola's movie, based on a true story. In 2008, a clique of Los Angeles teenagers feeling entitled to lives they envied started casing and burglarizing the homes of stars like Lindsay Lohan …

    The cast of The Bling Ring, from left, Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang and Claire Julien.
  4. Review: Joss Whedon mixes old, new in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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    Much Ado About Nothing (PG-13) (107 min.) — Hey, Joss Whedon, you just unleashed upon the world The Avengers, the third-highest grossing movie of all time. What're you going to do now, go to Disney World?

    Amy Acker, left, and Jillian Morgese co-star in Joss Whedon’s inventive Much Ado About Nothing.
  5. Review: All signs point to 'The East' for thrilling mystery

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    The East (PG-13) (116 min.) — Debate sparked by recent National Security Agency leaks — is Edward Snowden a traitor or hero? — is coincidentally echoed in The East, the second collaboration between director Zal Batmanglij and his co-writer-star Brit Marling.

    Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard co-star in The East, co-written by Brit Marling.

Movies filmed in the Tampa Bay area

The March 22 premier of "Spring Breakers," a film shot in the Tampa Bay area, got us thinking about other movies that were filmed in our town. Check out a gallery of movies that called our hometown home -- at least for a little while.