We have the Documentary short list for the upcoming Oscars. Our friend Kristopher Tapley over at In Contention for the following hookup:

“At the Death House Door”
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
“Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“Fuel”
“The Garden”
“Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts”
“I.O.U.S.A.”
“In a Dream”
“Made in America”
“Man on Wire”
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
“Standard Operating Procedure”
“They Killed Sister Dorothy”
“Trouble the Water”

Of the above I have seen I.O.U.S.A. This means I need to hunt down the other 14 and check them out. I find the average documentary to be more interesting than the average film these days. Sadly it isn’t always easy to see these films if they aren’t playing in your city.

Nicole Kidman hinted that she might be considering retiring from her 25 year career as an actress. Maybe to have kids, or whatever else she wants to do. Nothing stopping her.

Yahoo speaks:

During a Sydney press conference today to promote the Down Under premiere of Australia, the Oscar winner hinted she may soon be forsaking the big screen for another round of diaper duty, or other more personal endeavors. “In terms of my future as an actor and stuff, I don’t know,” the 41-year-old mother of three said. “I am in a place in my life where…I’ve had some great opportunities, and I may just choose to have some more children.”

Not that I have any say in the matter, but if she wants to quit acting, I say that is her call. She lists her experience with Australia as a dream for her since she was a child. Though born in Hawaii, she lived her life past the age of 4 in Australia and started acting at the age of 15. She is now 41, so she has put in her time. Let the girl have a life now that she never has to worry about money again.

She is saying she might quit acting, but I hope we get at least one more big film out of her. Her next role (which could be her last if she doesn’t line up more) is playing a post op transexual male opposite Charlize Theron. I would hope that she would want her last role to be remembered by would be something that compliments her beauty and grace as opposed to going out of the business playing a man.

Quit while you are on top and swimming in cash. Nothing wrong with that.

Carrot Top is still trying. Look how that works out?

Are you sure you have a hint as to what you are about to see? United 93 is an outstanding movie especially because the subject upon which it is based is intense. The film is a documentary style drama based on the events that took place aboard the fourth airliner hijacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001 ending in the crash into a Pennsylvania field. 93 minutes of realtime experience in which 40 passengers stood up as one in front of horrific fear and certain death. The movie gets my appreciation of how terror was transformed into courage, because of family members, telephone operators and that cellphone calls to loved ones all made us aware, through writer/Director Paul Greengrass, that they knew two other planes controlled by terrorist had struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

United 93 is a movie in which the emotional impact of human beings fighting for their lives is very strong and is twice more believable because was screened and approved by surviving family members of the passengers aboard flight 93.

September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Historical
Director: Paul Greengrass
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lloyd Levin
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Score: 5 / 5