Browsing: Contagion

If you’re like me, then you know that it’s never too early to start talking about what films could potentially garner some Oscar nominations at this year’s Academy Awards.

Before you see a single frame in “Contagion” you listen to a cough, and by the time the movie is just a few minutes old, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Beth Emhoff – the character heard hacking off-screen – suffers a fatal seizure (relax, it’s in the trailer).