Grade: A-
Steven Soderbergh is the master of directing an ensemble cast. With his previous films “Traffic” and the “Ocean’s Eleven” series, Soderbergh gives each famous actor his or her time on screen to make a contribution to the film, and the recently released “Contagion” is no different. The storylines feel cohesive even though these characters rarely, if ever, meet one another. The plot is simple and straightforward, but it’s the delivery and atmosphere that make “Contagion” the most effective and realistic post-apocalyptic movie since Danny Boyle’s “28 Days