If you are biased against Kristen Stewart because of her role in Twilight, I strongly urge you to reconsider. She’s excellent; amazing even. She’s one of the few people (along with Shailene Woodley, Idris Elba, Brit Marling, Laura Dern, Margo Martindale, Elle Fanning, Keira Knightley and a few others) whose films I’ll watch just because they appear in them no matter how bad the work itself is.*

I’ve liked her ever since she was a wild-eyed little squirt in Fincher’s Panic Room and she’s only gotten better over the years (which is pretty impressive when you start from great).

That list leaves out a really good Stewart film and role, though: Speak. Do watch that one, too. You won’t regret it.

*It’s everything I can do to avoid the Twilight series; yes, I want to watch it because Stewart is in it. Someday I will succumb, but today is not that day.