-- By Tom Phillips
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| Christian Bale in "The Big Short" |
When it comes to movie awards season, the answer is usually blowin' in the wind --- some political or social trend will reflect itself in the choice of winners. This year, I devoutly hope the wind blows in the direction of one or two films whose message is -- the authorities who tell you everything is OK are lying. At the top of my list is "The Big Short," a racy re-creation of the financial meltdown of 2008 -- followed closely by "Spotlight," a newspaper drama based on the Boston Globe's 2002 investigation of predatory priests and their protectors in the Roman Catholic Church.
