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The Top 25 Best Film Editing Winners So Far (Updated for 2026)
Well folks, it is indeed time for another one. So, let’s get to it, ladies and gentlemen! 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 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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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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Awards Radar Podcast #297: Joey and Myles Finally Discuss ‘Disclosure Day’ Before Getting to First Half Highlights
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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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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in Interviews
Interview: Sophia Ali Breaks Down the Ending of ‘Above the Line’
In the film Above the Line, Sophia Ali stars as Emma, aka Princess, as the movie follows six Hollywood hopefuls on a Christmas Eve heist to get revenge on a producer by stealing his undeserved Best Picture awards. The truth of who organized this “opportunity of a lifetime” eventually becomes clear, slowly peeling back the […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of June 29th – ‘They Will Kill You’ Deserves a Second Life and ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Comes to Criterion
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we have the super fun and super violent They Will Kill You hoping to hook audiences in a way it couldn’t quite do during its theatrical run. Today also features the new incarnation of Kiss of the Spider Woman coming out, as well as a pair of […] More
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in Op-ed
How Do War Film Decorations and Medals Get Made?
Watch the medals on a soldier’s chest in the opening minutes of Saving Private Ryan, or a dress-uniform scene in Band of Brothers, and you are looking at something a prop department argued over for weeks. War films live or die on small truths, and few details draw sharper scrutiny than the ribbons and decorations […] More
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