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in Editor, InterviewsInterview: John Cena Discusses ‘Peacemaker’ Alongside the Challenges, Reward, and Thrills of Comedic Acting
John Cena doesn’t get the credit he deserves as an actor, especially when it comes to comedy. I think his small part in Trainwreck is one of the comedic highlights of that hilarious film. Blockers is another very funny example, though The Suicide Squad (which I raved about here last year) really was the first […] More
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A Country Again Mourns…Will Anything Come From It This Time?
Like so many of you, I’m heartbroken this evening. As if it wasn’t awful enough that we have another senseless mass shooting on our hands, barely a week after the last one, the latest American massacre is another school shooting. Any loss of life to gun violence in this country is tragic, but small children […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of May 23rd – ‘The Batman’ and ‘X’ Offer Two of the Year’s Most Satisfying Experiences
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we have a new take on the Caped Crusader in The Batman, as well as an A24 horror offering in X. Both are highlights from early on in 2022. What else is hitting shelves today? Read on to find out… Joey’s Top Pick The Batman The first […] More
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Interview: Miley Cyrus Chats About Lorne Michaels Diverting Airplanes, New Year’s Celebrations, and More
Miley Cyrus is not unfamiliar with putting on a show. After all, she’s a talented singer, in addition to being an actress. At the same time, the experience of Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, which she co-hosted with Pete Davidson, was clearly a unique experience. Whether it was navigating the COVID-related issues that came with […] More
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The Top 25 Best Documentary Feature Winners So Far (Updated)
Here comes another one folks! 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 newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated to the Honorable […] More
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Interview: Phil Rosenthal Talks Food, Travel, and ‘Somebody Feed Phil’
It seems like being Phil Rosenthal is a pretty cool thing. A comedy writer, Rosenthal first really came to widespread notoriety as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the insanely popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. In recent years, he’s developed an on-screen personality, one seen brilliantly on the Netflix documentary series Somebody Feed Phil. […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Horror Movies That Played at the Cannes Film Festival (Revisited)
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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The Success of ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ is a Great Thing for Cinema on the Whole
I know, I know. I’m a little late putting my thoughts on (virtual) paper in regard to Everything Everywhere All At Once. In fact, I’m probably the last person chiming in here. At least nine times out of ten, I’m among the first for any given film, so forgive me, but also…it happens. Just enjoy […] More
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Will the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Have Any Impact on the Oscar Landscape?
This week, the 2022 Cannes Film Festival launched, in all of its in person glory. Starting up the fest was Michel Hazanavicius‘ horror effort Final Cut, itself a remake of One Cut of the Dead. It kicked off a Cannes that was more than a year in the making. Obviously, two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic […] More
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Film Review: ‘Men’ is an Alex Garland Slow Burn on the Horror of Gaslighting, with Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear at Their Very Best
Without question, Men is a lot to take in. Just know that going in. Finding the horror in emotional manipulation, gaslighting, and toxic masculinity is tricky ground to traverse, but this latest A24 elevated horror film largely succeeds. It asks a lot of you, both in terms of its formal presentation as well as its […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #87: Joey Gets Myles and Steve Excited for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Before Debating Multiverses
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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Interview: James Gunn Chats About ‘Peacemaker’ and Getting to Share His Stories on an Epic Scale
James Gunn is doing something very few storytellers get to do. He gets to make projects that are deeply weird and personal to him, with the issues he’s pondering at the time. That in and of itself isn’t that unique, since that’s the core tenant of art. What’s special and unique, that separates him from […] More
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