Don’t think that it escaped my attention that, in the latter half of this year, there were three big-time box office productions that used the number 9 as their motif/title:

- Science fiction thriller District 9

- Post-apocalyptic animated fantasy 9

- Romantic musical Nine

Yes, Hollywood does seem to have a one-track mind. The year probably had something to do with this nonatological fixation. I guess Nine is partially excused because that title was inspired by Fellini’s 8½.