ON THE RADAR
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of July 27th – Bring Home The Whole Bloody Affair as ‘Kill Bill’ is Released as One Epic Film
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we have the long awaited release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair leading the way. Today also features the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mortal Kombat II, among high profile sequels. What else is on the slate and hitting shelves? Read on to […] More
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The Top 25 Best Original Screenplay Winners So Far (Updated for 2026)
Moving right along folks, as we only have the big four categories to go after this one! Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our […] More
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Sunday Scaries: The Recent ‘Clayface’ Trailer is Very Promising Looking for Anyone Hoping This Will Be An Actual Horror Film
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
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in Op-ed
‘Madden’ Reprensents Nicolas Cage’s Second Sports Biopic After ‘The Boy In Blue’
You don’t need to check the numbers to understand the size and relevance of Nicolas Cage’s career. But just out of curiosity, his filmography includes around 120 roles. Despite a career marked by remarkably versatile choices, in taking on the lead role in Madden, this will only be the second time the actor plays a sports […] More
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in TV, TV Interviews
Interview: Marianly Tejada Discusses Ellie’s Journey to Motherhood in Season Two of ‘Ransom Canyon’
The first season of Ransom Canyon left fans with a massive cliffhanger: Ellie (Marianly Tejada) discovers that Yancy (Jack Schumacher) has a wife after he just asked her to marry him. As we return for season two, there’s a 6-month time jump, and his mysterious wife is still very much present. While the two didn’t […] More
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Ranking the Best Performances to Date from Ben Foster
One of my favorite people in Hollywood (or now outside of it, as he’s recently moved to Nashville from Los Angeles) is Ben Foster. Whenever I see him in a project, regardless of its size, I know I’m in for an interesting performance. This week saw him as a part of the cast of the […] More
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Year in Advance Oscar Predictions: ‘The Odyssey’ is Here and Every Bit the Likely Awards Juggernaut We Expected
Folks, we have a contender. Last week, Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey opened up, taking in boffo business on top of some phenomenally strong critical raves. In fact, it appears to, in many cases, have exceeded some incredibly high expectations. That enthusiasm will almost certainly extend from here in the summer all the way to Oscar […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and Star Charles Melton Talk Inspirations for the Very Distinctive ‘Her Private Hell’
You know a Nicolas Winding Refn film when you see it. Whether that’s a positive or a negative is up to you, but over the course of his career, and especially from Bronson on, he’s felt like one of the more distinctive auteurs out there. Now, Drive is a modern masterpiece, and almost intentionally, Refn […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: ‘Motor City’ Stars Alan Ritchson and Shailene Woodley Discuss the Offbeat Nature of Their Action Flick
Whenever a filmmaker asks their cast to take a leap of faith, I’m intrigued. There’s no question that Potsy Ponciroli was making a big ask when he went out to the cast of Motor City. That talent like Ben Foster, Alan Ritchson, and Shailene Woodley got the concept, believed in the execution, and combined with […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of July 20th – Revisit Some Modern Classics as ‘I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills’ Comes to Criterion
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have a wonderful box set coming to the Criterion Collection in I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills. As someone who is a fan of Mike Mills‘ work, seeing 20th Century Women, Beginners, and C’mon C’mon (which I reviewed here and spoke to Mills […] More















