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in TV, TV Interviews
Interview: Tal Anderson Talks About Her First Emmy Nomination for ‘The Pitt’
For its second season, The Pitt emerged as the most-nominated series at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards with twenty-five nominations. In that massive haul was first-time nominee Tal Anderson, who was recognized in Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Anderson plays Becca, Dr. Mel King’s (Taylor Dearden) sister who shows up to the hospital […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of July 6th – ‘The Drama’ Stirs Up More Controversy and ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Wants to Stir Up Some Anti-Capitalist Anger
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have one of the more discussed early year releases hitting shelves in The Drama, alongside one of the more slept on in Dead Man’s Wire. This week also features a notable new release in Fuze, as well as a high profile Criterion Collection release in The Elephant […] More
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in Op-ed
Will Christopher Nolan Repeat His ‘Oppenheimer’ Success With ‘The Odyssey’ This Year?
Christopher Nolan’s next film is set to hit screens this summer, with a lot of hype around his adaptation of The Odyssey. This is coming on the back of his most successful film ever, with Oppenheimer dominating both the box office and the most prestigious awards ceremonies. Nolan finally picked up the Academy Award for […] More
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Sunday Scaries: The Best Horror Films From the First Half of 2026
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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A Brief Message From Awards Radar on the Fourth of July as America Celebrates Its 250th Birthday
Friends and faithful readers, today is the Fourth of July, as well as America’s 250th birthday. In more normal times, which seem like a lifetime ago, I’d simply be wishing you all a happy holiday from everyone at Awards Radar. Now, or at least for the past few years, I obviously still hope everybody has […] More
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Year in Advance Oscar Predictions: Considering First Half Contenders and What’s to Come As We Enter the Second Half of 2026
Folks, it’s July! We’ve officially entered the second half of the year, which is the half where the Oscar-centric films tend to reside. Not entirely, of course, as you’ll see below, but largely. So, as we’re at this point, it felt like the right time to not just update my Academy Award predictions, but to […] More
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in Op-ed
It’s Time to Get Real About Why ‘Supergirl’ Bombed
So Supergirl performed abysmally at the box office last weekend, and it’s unlikely that it’ll recover or grow box office “legs” heading into this weekend. It’s on track to lose at least $100 million for DC Studios, and we’re just on our second film in this rebooted cinematic universe trying to compete with the Marvel […] More
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The Best Films and Performances of the First Half of 2026
Folks, I’d like to welcome you all to July and the second half of the year! Time flies, doesn’t it? Somehow, we’re halfway through 2026 already. The past few days have been pretty tough for me, as many of you know that I lost my longtime canine companion last week. Those of you who have […] More
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in Op-ed
Mind Games on Screen: The Best Netflix Shows for Fans of Psychological Thrillers
It is a situation that almost every single one of us has experienced at the end of a long, tiring week. You sit down in front of your television with a large bowl of popcorn, ready to unwind, but you find yourself spending a whole hour endlessly scrolling through the massive Netflix homepage. You click […] More
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Ranking the Films of Rod Lurie
There are few filmmakers who I find more underrated than Rod Lurie. Now, do I happen to love that he went from being a film critic to a filmmaker? Sure. However, even before I knew about that, I knew his work, and his movies are consistently entertaining, well made, and thought provoking. We’ve spoken here […] More















