Let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent if overly familiar and yawningly obvious compendium of look-at-me moments ...

Icelandic actress Anita Briem was in her mid-20s when she was cast to play Hannah -- the fearless and independent "mountain guide" and daughter of the famous volcanologist -- in the 2008 ...