Now that fall is here and summer blockbusters are over, conventional wisdom has it that we'll see smarter, better movies in theaters. Do this fall’s movies look like they’re all that? We preview some of the more promising flicks coming up and investigate what kinds of awesomeness they may have to offer.

"Jennifer’s Body," opening September 18

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This movie stars pin-up girl of the year Megan Fox as well as Amanda Seyfried (the main girl in "Mamma Mia!" and the dumb girl in "Mean Girls"). Seth from "The O.C." is in it, too. Not to mention this is the first movie Diablo Cody has written since "Juno."

Sparklers, orangecrush23 has made a comment so earth-shattering, so historic, that it simply couldn't wait for the Friday Awards. She has linked to what are clearly The Most Important Shoes in the History of All Things (science!).

Prepare yourselves. After the jump, you will see pink. You'll see crystals. You'll see puffy paint. And you'll see a certain brooding, tousle-haired heartthrob. Ready?

Why is it that some people are always punctual, and others could not be on time even if Robert Pattinson was waiting for them with a suitcase full of a million dollars and an autographed copy of The Princess Bride signed by every member of the cast, including Andre the Giant and that guy with the lisp?

Don't get me wrong. I count myself among the latter group. I think I got a rush in high school out of seeing how close I could cut it to sign-in before being marked tardy. One of my senior quotes was from Alice in Wonderland's White Rabbit: "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date." (Dorky, I know. Thanks for pointing that out. It's not like it hasn't haunted me for the past ten years.)

Whoa! For reals, Robert Pattinson was swiped/grazed/sort-of-hit by a taxi while filming his new movie, "Remember Me," in New York last week. Calm down. CALM DOWN! He's fine. It really wasn't a big deal. OK, so maybe it was a big deal. But he's not hurt. And his hair is still swirlicious.

But this incident does highlight an issue of major concern here at SparkNotes. According to a few news accounts of the incident, Pattinson was clipped by the cab because he was trying to maneuver around a pack of fans. Yes, that's right. His life was endangered because rabid-Twilight-readers-gone-wild a large group of people blocked his way as he was exiting a bookstore. While it's totally understandable that you'd want to camp out on the sidewalk if you knew your fave actor/athlete/author was in the neighborhood, the goal should be to get his attention, not kill him.