It’s human nature — since time immemorial we’ve attributed human characteristics to everything around us. From the Freudian (so we don’t feel so alone in the universe) to the commercial (Pixar’s box office hauls), the reasons why pop culture is full of human-like intelligence are endless.

Her first big budget mainstream attempt, The Darkest Hour, sputtered at the gate thanks to a critical drubbing, but she’s also appearing in Dredd, which many geeks and critics promise will make you forget the travesty of Stallone’s 1995 attempt.

Affleck says he is a hands-on dad. His family was fractured by his mechanic, bartender and janitor father’s alcoholism when Affleck was just 12, and he seems determined to be everything to his children that his own dad wasn’t – he’s often spotted taking a clearly excited Violet and Seraphina to flea markets or activities.