Robert Hamer
Formerly an associate writer for recently-retired Award Circuit, Robert Hamer is a U.S. Navy veteran and current Washington, D.C. bean-counter who spends his time obsessing over movies and pop politics. He is returning to film and awards season commentary to return to a sense of normalcy in these plague-ridden times of rising fascism and late-stage capitalist dystopia. Join him, won't you, in these unorthodox attempts at cinematic therapy?
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Sunday Scaries: Gabriel, or What Makes a Great Movie Monster
Note: Spoilers abound for a movie you definitely should have watched by now. I have made no secret over the past week how much I loved Malignant, and how Warner Bros was stupid/insane/wonderful enough to actually spend real money on producing it. I love that James Wan could have made anything he wanted to after […] More
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Emmy Analysis: Outstanding Comedy Series
So here’s the thing – I am either the ideal columnist to analyze this category or the absolute worst possible Awards Radar writer to tackle it. Because I have not watched a single episode of any of the eight nominees. At all. For any season, let alone the ones specifically nominated here. Despite paying for […] More
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Interview: Michael Mohan Discusses the Naughty Vision of ‘The Voyeurs’
“I’m bringing it back! I’m leading the charge!” laughs Michael Mohan, a screenwriter and filmmaker known for the Netflix high school sitcom Everything Sucks! and the romantic dramedy Save the Date, whose latest film, The Voyeurs, is available for Amazon Prime subscribers right now. The comeback he’s taken upon himself to spearhead is that luridly […] More
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Where Have All the Labor Movies Gone?
Happy Labor Day, everyone! Looks like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (which weirdly wants us to care about its boring titular character with a Great Destiny™ more than his father/nemesis with the genuinely compelling backstory and agency over the plot, but whatever) is going to break the “Labor Day Box Office Curse,” […] More
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TV Review: ‘Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror’ Is More of an Admirably Comprehensive Document than a Revelatory One
Exactly one week ago today, the last U.S. soldier departed on the last U.S. aircraft from Kabul at 11:59 P.M., ending the longest war in American history. Two days later, Netflix released Brian Knappenberger’s follow-up to his harrowing docuseries The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez with what is very clearly intended to be the definitive chronicle […] More
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On the Radar… (September Edition)
Okay, another big change to this series because now that we’re at the heat of the awards season, when the heavy hitters start to come and make their play for serious Oscar attention, I cannot handle two months apiece for what will become a mammoth telescope into the future over the rest of the year. […] More
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Interview: Talking ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ with Co-Composers Marco Beltrami and Miles Hankins
For reasons that are completely mysterious and unknowable, the health and wellness industry has been exploding over the past year, with the wellness tourism industry alone worth $639 billion and growing at double the rate of general tourism. It was only a matter of time until storytellers began to explore the inherent drama of more […] More
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Interview: Editors Geoff O’Brien and Pierre Takal Discuss ‘Framing Britney Spears’
When it comes to filmmaking, few components are more crucial to the finished work than editing. Think for a moment about what those individuals are actually doing; taking dozens of hours of raw footage and making frame-by-frame, often zero-sum decisions on what to present, in what order, and for how long. And we’re just talking […] More
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On the Radar… (Late Summer Edition)
Hmm…so the math on this was a little off. I traditionally do two months per “preview” article, but if I include August in the “Fall Edition” of this then I have to consider October part of the “Winter Edition” and then I have to figure out how to fit three months into that. I could […] More
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Predictions for the 74th Cannes Film Festival Awards
*Editor’s Note: Robert did an excellent job with these predictions, which I’m sure will be more accurate than my own. His are below, with a very thorough write-up, followed by my quick, comment-free ones, for comparison. I wrote here about what might emerge from the fest as an Oscar player, so it’ll be interesting to […] More
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Recommendations for Juneteenth that Show How Hollywood Sees Race in America
Juneteenth: The Day Racism Ended Forever Happy Juneteenth, everyone! Now it’s officially a federal holiday, which is good because, as our public education system is determined to teach the next generation, that was the day that there was no more racism ever in America. Unfortunately, outside agitators want to make us white people feel bad […] More
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Sunday Scaries: The Grift That Couldn’t Be ‘Conjured’
Note: This essay contains story details for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It that may be considered “spoilers.” “The Devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.” – Karl Kraus The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is not a good movie. Which, if you […] More
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