Gavin Hood gets a bad rap.  The South African director made “Totsi” in 2005, which he won an Academy Award for.  His biggest film – in terms of budget – was “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which didn’t get any Oscars.

Mainly because it was pretty bad.

Though can you blame him for that?  He didn’t write it, which is where all the problems began.

Hood also worked on A&E’s “Breakout Kings,” which was pretty decent TV.

By the way, isn’t Ben Kingsley in just about every other movie lately?