Inopinate. Use it in a sentence: I wanted to see a movie about spelling bees, but "Bee Season" had an inopinate plot.

Brian says: A few of my moviegoing friends have recently recommended that I inform Jen about "Bee Season," a new movie coming out this weekend, because it has something to do with spelling bees. Indeed, spelling bees are a part of the main plot, but the movie isn't entirely about them. Your tolerance ability of Richard Gere nonwithstanding, here's what you should expect from the movie, based on a review from Variety.com:

...the film is ice cold.

A ringing endorsement if there ever was one. Anyway, this movie is more of a family/religious drama than it is a movie about spelling bees. The bees themselves are a MacGuffin; the Eliza character could just as easily be competing in chess or Scrabble, and it seems like the movie would be hardly changed.

So, we're neither endorsing nor panning this movie at this point. Just know for your spelling-bee-obsessed information needs, "Spellbound" it ain't. Jen's not sure if she'll catch it, but I know I'm saving my money for the upcoming Hungry Hungry Hippos documentary.

(what, there isn't a Hungry Hungry Hippos documentary in the works? Well, there should be!)