It’s been an interesting career for Ben Affleck – from Academy Award winning writer ( Good Will Hunting ) to popcorn action flick movie star ( Armageddon ) to tabloid whipping boy (his relationship with Jennifer Lopez and their movie Gigli ). Never much of an actor, when the doors to Hollywood shut down to Affleck, he reinvented himself as a director and a pretty good one at that ( Gone Baby Gone The Town ). So it was with great curiosity that I went to see Argo - not only to see if he could maintain his impressive run behind the camera, but also to find out if this film was worth all the Oscar buzz. Because in case you haven’t noticed, every other movie that gets released during Q4 is touted as an Oscar contender, when really only one or two of them actually has the goods. Having seen Argo, I can firmly say it’s one of the few that is worthy of the hype.