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1. Bennett Miller's big screen adaptation of Michael Lewis' best-selling book is less about baseball than creative-thinking, which is probably why it has been so warmly received by fans and agnostics of both genders. The film recounts the story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), a once-promising player who flamed out on the field but worked his way up in the Oakland A's front office to the position of general manager, where he — along with a younger assistant (Jonah Hill) whom he recruited from another franchise — employed an unprecedented numbers-based approach to his job that changed the game forever. Moreover, it shows how Beane — a smart, soft-spoken, single father like To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch, of whom he reminds me — teaches his offspring to do the right and noble thing by conducting himself honorably and with an even-keel during moments of triumphant success and heartbreaking failure. Most films that experience as must production turbulence as this one — two years ago, its original director, Steven Soderbergh, left the production over creative differences just days before shooting was to commence, and Aaron Sorkin was brought on to re-work Steven Zaillian's script — don't turn out that well. But thanks to a great story well told and the most endearing performance of Pitt's career, this one, like its protagonist, proves that there are exceptions to every rule.

2. Man & Gun

3. Hooray For Earth, ''True Loves''

4. Will & Emma: Will and Emma finally take the plunge in the bedroom after the Nationals victory.

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