Robert Hamer
Formerly an associate writer for the now-retired Awards Circuit, Robert Hamer has returned to obsessively writing about movies and crusading against category fraud instead of going to therapy. Join him, won't you, in this unorthodox attempt at mental alleviation?
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in NewsRussell Brand, A Rapist, Finally Held Accountable
Want some more good news to close out the week? Russell Brand, the mediocre-comedian-turned-shock-jock-turned-failed-Hollywood-actor-turned-socialist-firebrand-turned-wellness-influencer-turned-right-wing-grievance-peddler, has been found guilty of one count of Rape and three counts of Sexual Assault. From the BBC: This is but a small fraction of his many heinous offenses against women and young girls, several of which he admits to in […] More
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On the November Radar…
I feel like something important is happening tomorrow… I can’t quite put my finger on what it is, though. I mean, there must be some reason why the world’s coolest dankest meme king has spent hundreds of millions of dollars over just the last couple of weeks, right? Ah well, I’ll figure it out eventually. […] More
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China’s First Fully AI-Generated Feature Film is a Box Office Bomb
Womp womp. Looks like Chinese moviegoers are just as disinterested in watching a full-length movie from an expensive, environmentally ruinous plagiarism machine as Americans. Sanxingdui: Future Past was heralded by its production company Bona Film Group as the People’s Republic’s first theatrically-released feature-length film made entirely by AI video generation software. This pioneer in defiling […] More
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Why Do They Keep Promoting This Slop That No One Wants?
Last week, Variety ran a totally-newsworthy-and-not-shameless-advertising-for-AI-slop article about the upcoming film Merry the Christmas Witch, with the article going out of its way to note the most unique aspect of its production: [Producer Tom] Walsh tells Variety he loved the idea of a Christmas witch and was eager to adapt the title. But when he […] More
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Sunday Scaries: The Most Ambitious Horror Movie Ever Made Might Be In Pre-Production Right Now
This weekend saw the release of Whalefall, a survival thriller about a young man getting swallowed by a sperm whale who has a limited amount of time to escape before suffering a horrible death inside the gut of one of the largest animals on Earth, and if that sounds like nightmare fuel to you, hey […] More
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Awards Radar Community: What is the Most Heartbreaking Example of a Once-Good Show Going Bad?
On Bluesky (aka the “woke” X.com) yesterday, writer Nev Fountain posed a question that went relatively viral: This generated a number of interesting answers: What Mr. Fountain is asking about is a more extreme version of what used to be called “Jumping the Shark,” named after an infamous episode of the once-beloved sitcom Happy Days […] More
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Production on ‘The Batman: Part II’ Paused as Director Matt Reeves Steps Away for Personal Reasons
Deadline is reporting a potentially tragic story out of production on The Batman: Part II, which has been placed on hold due to a personal matter that director Matt Reeves needs to step away from and directly address. DC Studios is supportive: Production on The Batman: Part II has been temporarily paused while Matt Reeves […] More
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Warner Bros is Dead. Long Live Skydance.
It’s over. Starting today, Warner Bros. Discovery no longer exists, having been subsumed by what was once Paramount-Skydance into the new megacorporation simply called Skydance after settling the lawsuit initially launched against them by twelve state AGs led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Apparently, Bonta, in his infinite wisdom, actually believed the Ellisons when […] More
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Alejandro Keeps Digging…
Okay, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, let’s engage with your new movie. Let’s do the thing you demanded multiple times, through the mouths of your characters, from us as we were watching the film. Let’s really dissect your “satire” and what it means for all of us. If it wasn’t already obvious enough… SPOILERS AHEAD. SERIOUSLY, I’M […] More
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The New ‘Musk’ Trailer Promises a… Provocative Documentary
If you were not aware of the controversial documentary Musk getting a new trailer, despite being directed by an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and enjoying buzzy screenings at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, well, that might be because social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and X have all refused to allow the studio […] 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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(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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