ON THE RADAR
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in Op-edA Preview of What Brad Bird and Netflix Are About to Unleash with Their New Animated Movie ‘Ray Gunn’
From Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and The Iron Giant, comes Ray Gunn, a retrofuturistic mystery film coming soon to Netflix. The movie follows Ray Gunn (voiced by Sam Rockwell), a private detective assigned to investigate a famous pop star’s possible extramarital affairs, only to discover something deeper […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: Talking ‘The Scout’ with Filmmaker Paula González-Nasser and Star Mimi Davila
Whenever an independent film is made about the industry itself, I’m always fascinated to see what the folks involved can do with limited resources. Audiences don’t always respond to movies about movies, for example, but often it feels like half measures. That’s certainly not the case with The Scout, an indie that made its debut […] More
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in TV, TV Interviews
Interview: Peter Krause and Hope Davis Discuss the Family Aspect and Big Mystery of ‘Line of Fire’
It’s time to meet TV’s newest law enforcement agents: the Hollingsworth family, led by Peter Krause and Hope Davis. Tonight’s premiere of Line of Fire gave us the perfect introduction to what we can expect from the procedural, which will tackle cases for the FBI, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service, and Department of Justice. Davis plays […] More
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in Interviews
Interview: Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson Find the “Chaotic Good” in the Couple at the Center of ‘Charlie Harper’
A love of romance films and 2000s wardrobe poured into the process of bringing Charlie Harper to life. The stars of the new romantic drama, Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson, noted they clearly did their homework before shooting began. “We watched The Notebook together, which is a really good one,” noted Robinson in our discussion. […] More
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How Often Does a TIFF People’s Choice Award Translate to Oscar Success?
Yesterday, the Toronto International Film Festival came to an end. As always, one of the highlights of the end of the festival is the awarding of the TIFF People’s Choice Award prize. This year, the winner was La bola negra, with I Play Rocky and Being Heumann the first and second runners up, respectively. The […] More
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Attention, Netflix: The Stanford Prison Experiment was a Sham
On Tuesday, September 15th, 2026, Variety made the disturbing announcement that Netflix is commissioning a new reality show with a premise identical to the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment: The series, titled ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment,’ will debut on Oct. 21. The first season will consist of six 45-minute episodes. Why would they move ahead […] More
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Sunday Scaries: ‘Resident Evil’ is Both a Great Zach Cregger Movie and a Great Survival Horror Adaptation
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
(Hollywood [Probably] Can’t) Make This Movie (or Show?): StarCraft (Plus Brood War [But Please Ignore II])
Did you hear the good news from Blizzard last week? They unionized! Hooray! What a victory for at least some of the tech industry professionals who have spent literally decades being abused with punishing hours, unreasonable demands, and unfair compensation. We at Awards Radar support unionizing efforts in all creative professions. Oh, and also they […] More
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in Op-ed
How Free Online Slots Fit the Rise of Interactive Entertainment Around Awards Season
Awards season is not only about watching films. It is about following predictions, reading reviews, comparing performances, debating nominations, tracking guild results, checking shortlists, revisiting screeners, and joining conversations about what deserves attention. That makes awards culture more interactive than it may appear from the outside. Viewers are not simply sitting back and waiting for […] More
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in Interviews, Theatre, Tonys
Interview: How Walter Trarbach Bridges the Gap Between Broadway’s Golden Age and ‘Schmigadoon!’
When you enter the world of Schmigadoon!, it starts with an ominous candy vending machine on stage, a phrase I am not sure has ever been muttered before, and soon we are crossing a bridge not only into the magical town of Schmigadoon, but also into the Golden Age of musicals for a feast of […] More
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