A new adaptation of Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby novel Ramona Forever hits theaters this weekend with a new name (Ramona and Beezus) and some fancy Disney royalty casting in Selena Gomez as Beezus. But, despite some fun supporting casting (Sandra Oh, Ginnifer Goodwin), the movie looks like generic tripe. Which is terribly sad, considering how much fun the Ramona novels actually are. It's so sad that it makes me want to focus on movie adaptations of kids novels that are actually good instead. Like these!

Tags: Coraline, Harry Potter, Neil Gaiman, Ramona and Beezus, Selena Gomez, Spike Jonze, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Jungle Book, The Princess Diaries, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Watership Down, Where the Wild Things Are, Willy Wonky and the Chocolate Factory

The 2010 Oscar nominations are finally here, and they are... not at all surprising! Not really, anyway. Look at it this way: The good news is you're going to win your office Oscar pool. The bad news is, so will everyone else, so you're just going to get your own twenty back. Sorry, but that's the way it is. Let me show you.

Tags: 9, A Serious Man, An Education, Avatar, Coraline, Crazy Heart, District 9, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, Up, Up in the Air