3-D 'Titanic,' 'The Three Stooges' in coming April

With April coming up, we're heading into the pre-summer movie months, or what the tourism trade would call the "shoulder season." The weather is nice, but the crowds are still thin, and there isn't much happening in town.

Still, this is a good time to travel to the multiplex. You probably don't have to worry about sold-out shows (except maybe for "Titanic" in 3-D), and if you hunt around you might make a few pleasant discoveries. The animated "Pirates! Band of Misfits" (due April 27) could have some clever jokes -- the curvy character dubbed "Aye Candy" is a good one. "Lockout" (April 13), a sci-fi actioner starting Guy Pearce, comes from writer Luc Besson, who's almost always good for a guilty pleasure ("The Fifth Element"). And for the weepy crowd, there's "The Lucky One" (April 20), another Nicholas Sparks ("The Notebook") adaptation, starring Zac Efron as a really cute soldier.

Here's what else April has to offer:

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