Take two aspirin . . .

Contagion

Crit

So, this is the guy who gave us Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen, right? This is scary in lots of the same ways that 28 Days Later is, except that instead of a threat that none of us has ever seen in real life, it's something that all of us are familiar with in a much less virulent state--and so it's that much scarier.

Another odd and admirable feature of the film: it features several of the sexiest women in the movies in some of their least sexy roles, especially Kate Winslet, in one of her best performances, but one guaranteed to yield no awards.

Trailers

• Abduction--Trailer starts with Taylor Lautner (and I'm embarrassed to say that I recognized him and know his name) musing about his mysterious background, and for a full minute I thought it was the next Twilight flick. No, in this one he's not a werewolf (as far as I could tell), but he does have some secret; didn't really pay enough attention to know what.
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows--Didn't like the first in this franchise, but good reviews and Noomi Rapace might get me there.