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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: ‘Nightmare Alley’ and ‘West Side Story’ Remove the Final X Factors From the Equation
Earlier this week, both Nightmare Alley and West Side Story unveiled themselves. Why is that so interesting, besides just being high profile new films? Well, that’s basically a wrap on the Academy Award hopefuls. True, maybe there’s a surprise to be had with A Journal for Jordan or The Matrix Resurrections, but in all likelihood, […] More
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Interview: Going ‘Home’ with Actress and Filmmaker Franka Potente
Franka Potente has made a name for herself as an actress over the years. Whether you’ve seen her in Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, or The Conjuring 2, just to name some of her higher profile projects, Potente is outstanding in Run Lola Run, while also grounding the Jason Bourne franchise, […] More
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Film Review: Steven Spielberg Turns His Director’s Eye Towards ‘West Side Story’
A remake of West Side Story is wholly unnecessary. I firmly believe that. The classic musical is just that, a classic. Now, that’s not me saying don’t do a remake, just that it’s not necessary to the cinematic world. At the same time, since we live in a universe where it was happening, we’re in […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #63: Joey and the Gang Set the Stage for the End of the Cinematic Year
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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Film Review: ‘Silent Night’ Mixes Holiday Cheer with Something Truly Unsettling
The holiday season brings out both the best and the worst in people. In normal times, it’s stressful and a mish-mash of divergent personalities. Now, if you factor in the potential end of the world, things are just raised up a notch. We all learned that first-hand, to a degree, when Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the […] More
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Interview: Finding the Inner ‘Wolf’ With George MacKay
George MacKay has quickly established himself as an actor to watch out for. Whether it’s Captain Fantastic, The True History of the Kelly Gang, or most notably, 1917, MacKay chooses interesting projects and dives right in. That’s never been more true than in Wolf, where he portrays a young man who believes he’s a wolf […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of November 29th – ‘Shang-Chi’ and ‘Malignant’ Offer Up Very Different Delights
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have a pair of really good titles hitting shelves, along with…not much else. The duo happens to be rather diverse, too, so there’s that. Where else are Malignant and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings mentioned in the same breath? Exactly. Read on for more… Joey’s […] More
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‘The Lost Daughter’ Emerges Victorious at the Gotham Awards
The 2021 Gotham Awards are now in the books, having taken place Monday night in New York City at Cipriani Wall Street. Leading the way was Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Lost Daughter with four prizes, including Best Feature. Other prizes for the Netflix film included Gyllenhaal receiving the Breakthrough Director Award as well as Best Screenplay, […] More
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Interview: Caitríona Balfe Chats About the Emotions and Joy of ‘Belfast’
Caitríona Balfe is already beloved on the small screen with her work on Outlander. However, her big screen output has slowly but surely been getting noticed. In particular, Ford v Ferrari was a bit of a coming out party for her. That being said, Belfast is a horse of a different color. Not only is […] More
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Film Review: ‘Wolf’ is Very Serious about a Very Silly Premise
The concept for Wolf would lend itself to any number of comedic interpretations. Not only that, nine out of ten films would probably go that route with this premise. Well, Wolf is the tenth, a movie that sees the drama and tragedy instead. So, we have an independent character study, one that challenges at almost […] More
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Film Review: ‘8-Bit Christmas’ is Effective Holiday Season Nostalgia
Holiday movies don’t really have to be good in order to work. Usually, they just need to invoke Christmas and have attractive people in the cast. Being quality cinema tends to just be a bit of a bonus. In the case of 8-Bit Christmas, this isn’t about watching good looking folks fall in love during […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Is There Hope for a Horror Video Game 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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