Power of Idealism – Slumdog Millionaire, Lawrence of Arabia, & Ratatouille

Fate vs Destiny: Slumdog Millionaire, Lawrence of Arabia, & Ratatouille

Kathryn Bigelow at the DGA

The reception for Kathryn Bigelow at the DGA was lovely and the program was heart-felt and was a wonderful tribute to an amazing woman. But I couldn’t help remembering a Women in Hollywood article I had read the week before. It recounts the rather dismal reality in the aftermath to Bigelow’s stunning achievement.

Two Oscar Contenders – Up In The Air and The Hurt Locker

Two of the most talked about characters in Oscar-nominated pictures this year are emotionally damaged men deployed to handle bombs in people’s lives. Their approaches to this assignment are very different.