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On this Thursday's episode of NBC's THE OFFICE entitled 'Tallahassee', actress Catherine Tate returns as special projects manager Nellie Bertram and as Dwight and his team arrive in Tallahassee, Dwight competes with his Dunder Mifflin coworkers to impress the Sabre special projects president.

Whales and people unite in the heart-centered, true life drama Big Miracle . Three California Gray Whales trapped in Alaskan ice prompted an international rescue effort in 1988 as Cold War tensions thawed.

Coates' latest feature film is "Big Miracle," an adventure drama from Universal Pictures that stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski.

The year is 1988 . Ronald Reagan is preparing to leave office as his VP George H. W. Bush runs for election against Michael Dukakis.

"Why are we going to see "Free Willy: 2012 Edition?" my husband asked this weekend.

A DANGEROUS METHOD . David Cronenberg adapts Christopher Hampton's play "The Talking Cure," about tortured relationships among the pioneers of psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud , Carl Jung and Sabina Spielrein .

Alaska is the setting for another heartbreaking survival story revolving around the plight of three California gray whales in October of 1988.

John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore in Big Miracle AP Photo Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.

Finally, a PG, family-friendly flick that won't make you cringe. In theaters this Friday, is a heartwarming story inspired by real-life events, which features the completely adorable team of John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, and a very lovable family of endangered gray whales.

In the tradition of empathy evoking mammal movies like Free Willy and more recently Dolphin Tale , Big Miracle is the story of humans getting sentimental about stranded grey whales and undertaking monumental efforts to save them.

What you should know: This is a fictionalized account of the 1988 rescue of whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Kristen Bell is so adorable that she can go on a late night talk show, like Conan , and spend a chunk of her time talking about a married man's "cupcakes" and we not only giggle about it, but we applaud her.

Barrymore is likeable as the pro-green idealist, but regrettably the on-screen chemistry between her and the whales surpasses her and her love interest, Adam .

Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild "A highly improbable or extraordinary event," that's the definition of a miracle, and that's what this movie is about.

The Super Bowl couldn't stop another found-footage flick from topping the box office.

Supernatural teens used their powers to win the box office this weekend, as new sci-fi release Chronicle won first place with $22 million.

" Big Miracle" will undoubtedly make anyone who chooses to see it feel good. However, determining who that might be is another story.

There's probably a good film to be made out of Operation Breakthrough, the fascinating real-life 1988 media frenzy around, and ensuing rescue of, a family of whales trapped in the Alaskan pack ice, but Big Miracle isn't it.

"Chronicle" zooms past expectations to gross $8.7 million on Friday, "Woman in Black" likewise overperforms with $8.3 million; Drew Barrymore-John Krasinski whale pic "Big Miracle" opens to No.

If horror films are your thing, then you might want to head to theaters this week.