Recently in Hollywood Awards Category

Oscars, moral themes, religious themes, and people smarter than me, when I sat down to discuss movies with PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.

I sat down with the folks at PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweekly to discuss the spiritual themes in Avatar.

Best Actor Winner: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart. (click for Crazy Heart Review)

Why I'd pick him: Bridges' portrayal of Bad Blake, a down and out, has been, alcoholic country musician who falls in love with a single mom, is one of the most human performances I've seen in years. Bad Blake has made a thousand bad choices and it will take him a thousand more choices to recover himself.

Virtue in Crazy Heart: This movie is all about redemption, even from the oh-so-human holes we dig ourselves into.

Read the rest of what I'd vote for if I were allowed to vote here.

I was honored to be a judge for the Beliefnet Film Awards, where The Road won for Best Spiritual Film.

Check out the other results here.