Let's Get Serious

As autumn falls upon us we can officially say goodbye to the summer movie season. This year's batch can be summed up in a couple of points.

Deadline Hollywood has created a list of the "don'ts" learned from this summer such as: Don’t forget that Judd Apatow is officially now a mogul (Knocked Up, Superbad), don't make expensive comedies (Evan Almighty, the most expensive comedy ever made bombed), and don't make movies starring Lindsay Lohan.

After a summer's worth of truly terrible sequels (Spider-Man 3), the best sequel of 2007 has to be The Bourne Ultimatum.

Now it is time to switch gears to Oscar season. In the next few months studios will be releasing their dramas that have the gold statue on their mind. Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortenson, is out Friday and just coming off a win for the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.

Also out soon is The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.

Speaking of awards, congratulations to The Sopranos and Terry O'Quinn for their Emmy wins last night.