The strangest thing about the movie industry is how some A-lister can be in a movie and it either goes straight to video or it is in 10 theaters for a week. How does that happen? Here are three recent examples.

Michael Douglas stars in “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.” Yes, the critics trashed it, but they have trashed his movies before, so why was this one mostly abandoned?

“The Great Buck Howard” has several major stars, including Tom Hanks, and no one knows it.

And the craziest one is “Crossing Over,” which stars Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta. It was filmed in 2007 but didn’t come out until this year, and I’ve never met anyone who has seen it.

Strange.