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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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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of September 21st – ‘Toy Story 5’ Continues the Animated Franchise’s Amazing Run
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, the fifth Toy Story film comes home, continuing Pixar’s undefeated run with that particular franchise. Today also features Evil Dead Burn hitting shelves, alongside Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, I Love Boosters, and Scary Movie. Plus, there’s also a pair of high profile Criterion Collection […] 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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Ta Ta to TIFF: The Best Movies and Performances at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival
I’ve come to accept something. The Toronto International Film Festival changes for me each year. Some years, I attend with a significant other. Other years, I go alone. There are TIFF years where I just try and see as many movies as possible. There are years where I want to mingle and socialize, promoting the […] 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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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Where Do We Stand After the First Wave of Fall Film Festival Debuts?
Just a few weeks ago, I posted a predictions update piece that came right as the fall film festival season was getting underway. I was in Colorado for the start of the Telluride Film Festival, which would kick off that day, while the Venice Film Festival had just started up. It was truly the calm […] More
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