Who’s afraid of the big bad WOLVERINE?

Fox is huffing and puffing because you, dear movie-lovers, blew the house for X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. (Pigs!) The studio is convinced that early, pirated downloads of the movie will topple this tentpole as if it were a straw-built shack. Now, I don’t doubt the box office for the fourth film in the mutant franchise may underwhelm, but that may have more to do with its content than its premature leakage. Even credited screenwriter David Benioff sounded doubtful about the movie’s merits when I interviewed him for Words & Wine. 

So, on what should you spend your hard-earned (or trust-funded) dollars this weekend? Watch today’s THINK piece for my under-publicized pick. Then, go see it at a theater near you and let me know what you think.

(To see a great short film by the director of this week’s top choice,  click here.)