• Jeff Wells senses the “push back” against certain contenders, steps up to bat for “Revolutionary Road.” [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• Yours truly chats it up podcast style with John Campea to dish on how early favorites are shaping up. [The Movie Blog]
• David Poland reports on the BFCA’s newest category: Best Action Film. [The Movie Blog]
• T.L. Stanley talks “Elegy” with Sir Ben Kingsley. [Gold Rush]
• David Carr reports from the sadly left-out-in-the-cold Fox Searchlight table at the Gotham Awards. [The Carpetbagger]
• Geoffrey Macnab talks to Danny Boyle about Oscar heavy “Slumdog Millionaire.” [The Independent]
• John Horn corners “Doubt” helmer and scribe John Patrick Shanley in the Big Apple. [Los Angeles Times]
• Patrick Goldstein responds to some (some would say) odd Golden Globe classifications. [The Big Picture]
• As “Milk” strives to make a difference, five films that actually did as much. [Spout Blog]