Hollywood on the Hudson Blog presents its Golden Lady Liberty Film Award for the "Best Documentary Film 2008" to Bill Maher's "Religulous" for best expression of truth, liberty and freedom of speech in film, combined with excellence in film making, directing, editing, sound track and film production.

Congratulations Bill and thank you for bringing us your intensely thought provoking film "Religulous" - it's everything you always wanted to know about religion but were afraid to ask and a masterpiece film. I sense that Our Creator God would want us to ask questions as we are given free will to choose what to believe (or to not believe). I am grateful that Bill Maher asks people and religious leaders the most challenging questions about their religious beliefs in a very amusing way.

I found myself laughing at that which I could never imagine myself finding hysterically funny.

On a whirlwind spiritual journey, a few of the places that "Religulous" and Bill Maher takes us to are the real Holy Land in Jerusalem, the "Holyland Experience" theme park in Orlando, FL and the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Surprisingly, a Vatican Priest that Bill Maher speaks with was in agreement with most everything that Bill talked about. Maher not only speaks to the religiously inclined but also interviews a neuroscientist for his views on the religious mind.

"Religulous" makes it clear that we don't have to wait for the Armegeddon at the "End Times" that Scripture speaks about because mankind has developed the ability to annihilate civilization as we know it with nuclear weapons.

"Religulous" is a highly entertaining and informative film not to be missed, but it's not for the religiously faint of heart. Run to see it now!

Marla LaRue, Hollywood on the Hudson Blogzine, editor