Also assured a place on the ballot, I think, is Kristin Scott Thomas, who underplays beautifully as a woman released from prison after serving 15 years for killing her 6-year-old son. Sounds like a melodrama, but the French film “I’ve Loved You So Long” (three stars from me) is more of a character study about a man trying to reconnect with her younger sister and society in general. A beautiful piece of work from Scott Thomas, who was previously nominated for “The English Patient,” one of those ’90s Best Picture winners that few people have the patience to sit through anymore. Jolie won in support for “Girl, Interrupted,” which was supposed to be a breakthrough for poor Winona Ryder, Meanwhile, another probable Oscar nominee, Anne Hathaway of “Rachel Getting Married,” turned up in “Passengers,” a thriller so poor that Sony dumped it on 100 screens without advance critics screenings.