A $5 script gets the $50 million treatment in "Hide and Seek," a routine haunted child psychothriller gussied up with A-list casting led by Robert De Niro and tyke du jour Dakota Fanning. Clearly dumped in the post-Christmas frame for hit-and-run business, "Hide" looks likely to scare up reasonable returns on the basis of name players and a slick trailer, but few involved will seek to put this one on their resumes.

Being Julian: Yesterday I asked for corrections, and here's a big one. Although I'm not a cabaret critic and the entry below was meant to be about...