I’m almost afraid to say this, because it might jinx her, but I’m rooting for Kathryn Bigelow.

At least it sounds like the director was coming from the right place. “We wrote it from the point of view of trying to make a movie that feels like what it’s like to be nine years old, so we didn’t really over think it,” explained Jonze. “We sort of wrote our first couple drafts very intuitively, tried to sort of write it from the stream of conscious place that kids make stuff from.

At least it sounds like the director was coming from the right place.

The difference between summer movies and fall films is seriousness. Once the weather turns cold, studios start releasing their Oscar bait. Better for your brain; not so good for popcorn consumption.

I’ll be making an exception for this movie, which I’ll be seeing tonight with about 200 fanboys. They’ll be watching for accuracy in the translation to screen from comic book. I will be drooling over Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, and Liev Schreiber.

I’ll be making an exception for this movie, which I’ll be seeing tonight with about 200 fanboys. They’ll be watching for accuracy in the translation to screen from comic book. I will be drooling over Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, and Liev Schreiber

I want to see at least five of these. Guess which five and you win …

This is kind of cool: The actual winners?

Oh, look, it’s Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep. Also, a bunch of movies I haven’t gotten around to seeing and a bunch of “supporting” actors who actually carried their movies