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‘DTF St. Louis’ Cast & Creator Are Down to Talk About the Genre-Defying Dark Comedy
The HBO limited series DTF St. Louis has quickly generated a lot of buzz as a unique, dark comedy exploring middle-age malaise, hookup apps, infidelity, all tangled together by a murder mystery set in suburban St. Louis. (Read all about it in my review). Part of that buzz is how the series is genre-defying. While […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Ballots Are In for Academy Members and a Wild Precursor Season Has Come to An End
Ladies and gentlemen, voting for the 98th Academy Awards has come to an end. Oscar voters turned in their ballots yesterday, marking one of the final points in the precursor season. Frankly, aside from the Writers Guild of America Awards, which are this weekend, there’s nothing of real note left before the Oscars. So, while […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #280: Joey and Myles Discuss a Wild Precursor Weekend as Oscar Ballots Are Due
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Ranking the Best Performances to Date From Christian Bale
No one dives into a role like Christian Bale. No matter the part, Bale has a commitment that few can even approach, let alone match. It got him attention early on in his career, helped make him a star, and even won him an Academy Award. Now, he’s a legitimate A-lister, with anything he signs […] More
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An Updated Ranking of the Pixar Efforts So Far As ‘Hoppers’ is Unleashed into Theaters
Without a doubt, Pixar is a name that means something in the world of animated cinema. It’s a stamp of quality unlike anything else the medium has seen. Throughout its history, there have been multiple runs where Pixar was clearly on a level far different than any other animation house. So, when you look at […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of March 2nd – Oscar Nominees ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Zootopia 2’ Duke it Out with ‘The Running Man’
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have some Oscar nominated films hitting shelves in Hamnet and Zootopia 2. There’s also a fun would be blockbuster in The Running Man, which deserved a better fate. This week does not include a Criterion release, but there’s plenty other titles coming out, so fear not, including…gulp…Ella […] More
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TV Review: ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ is a Comedic Touchdown
It takes a lot to make me laugh, but if the humor hits just the right note, I crack up. The choir of comedic voices in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the new NBC mockumentary-style sitcom, nailed that note over and over again. It’s no wonder the rapid-fire comedy hits so well. It […] More
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in TV, TV Reviews
TV Review: ‘DTF St. Louis’ Is Much More Than What the Title Suggests
It is funny how often we judge a book by its cover, consciously or subconsciously. It happens. When the screeners for DTF: St. Louis arrived in my inbox, I hate to admit it, but I judged the book by its cover (more specifically the title) and immediately deleted the email. Somehow the series was not […] More
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Interview: Discussing the Academy Award-Nominated Score of ‘Bugonia’ With Composer Jerskin Fendrix
Awards Radar speaks to composer Jerskin Fendrix about his second Academy Award-nominated score: Bugonia. More
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Sunday Scaries: An Updated Ranking of the ‘Scream’ Franchise
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More















