WINTER'S BONE FOR OSCARS

Ye-ha for the underdog in the Oscars – Debra Granik's film, Winter's Bone.
A gritty low budget film with a hicksville mulekick to it. It's already won the Grand Jury at Sundance and should be a deserved Oscar winner. It's up for four Oscar nominations for best picture, best adapted screenplay, best actress for Jennifer Lawrence and best supporting actor for John Hawkes.

But let's see if the judges go for it's emotional edge over the likes of Social Network, Toy Story 3, The King's Speech etc. Of course I'm gunning for King's Speech – it's a great film. But wouldn't it be fantastic if another female director could make headway in Hollywood as Kathryn Bigelow did last year with Hurt Locker.