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‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Why Beth is Not a “Strong Female Character” and Why That’s Great
(This review was previously published on our sister site ScreenRadar.com). It’s easy to be cynical in the golden age of streaming. You watch a trailer for The Queen’s Gambit, and you see yet another love letter to the ‘60s (but here’s the kicker: it’s about chess!). Yet another elfin white woman with an intense stare, yet another slew […] More
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100 Movies to Look Forward to in 2021
Welcome to 2021! We at Awards Radar want to wish you a very Happy New Year. Folks, we did it. We’ve finally gotten past 2020, and while COVID-19 is still a huge issue, there are better days on the horizon. Vaccines are slowly being distributed, Joe Biden is about to replace Donald Trump as President, […] More
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To Stream or Not to Stream: The Future of Cinema Remains Undecided
On April of 2020, Universal Pictures made waves by announcing that, in the wake of the recent Covid-19 outbreak, it would be debuting its latest film, Trolls World Tour, on VOD simultaneously with a limited theatrical run. This came off the back of a months-long marketing campaign promising the usual window of theatrical exclusivity, and […] More
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The First Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part Three): The Big Finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, the First Annual Awards Radar Awards have come to a close. For part three of this awards series (part one is here and part two is here), we’re handing out our prizes in a multitude of categories. I already revealed my Actor and Actress of year, as well as my Top Ten list. […] More
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The First Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part Two): The Ten Best Films of 2020
There are few things a writer in this industry looks forward to more than doing their year end Top Ten list. Of course, 2020 being the absolute dumpster fire that it is/was, it’s a list that comes with some degree of an asterisk. After all, since very early March, the entirety of my film viewing […] More
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’… I Have Questions
In some ways, I’m a little surprised by the harsh reception to Wonder Woman 1984, relative to similarly middling superhero movies (our review is here). It has most of the flaws that have been creeping into these blockbusters for the last decade or so, and I suspect one reason why so many critics have been […] More
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The First Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part One): The Best Performances of 2020
Can you believe the year is over? 2020 was a fuck of a year, no question about it, but to start off this final week before 2021 hits, I’m going to be focusing on the positive. Today, we kick off the First Annual Awards Radar Awards, also known as the Joey Awards (because, when you […] More
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Awards Radar Best of 2020: Top Ten Documentaries of the Year
Documentary aficionados perhaps make this claim every year, but 2020 truly felt like a standout year for non-fiction filmmaking. As the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered theaters worldwide and the blockbuster films that pack them, documentaries were able to shine brighter than ever before. And in this historic year of social and political change, documentaries complimented the […] More
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The Worst Movie Sequels (Part II)
Note: More Spoilers, All Spoilers from Here on Out And we’re back for five more sequels that brazenly contradicted the thematic and narrative legacies of the previous films! If you missed Part One, check it out here! I should preface this conclusion by admitting that, as an older brother to much younger sisters, I very […] More
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The Worst Movie Sequels (Part I)
Note: This Article Contains, Like, Just So Many Spoilers, You Guys Film Twitter can be an interesting place, not only for the avalanche of “hot takes” that aren’t that hot to defiant declarations of pretty commonly held opinions to reassurances that yes, Sarah Paulson is indeed a national treasure, but also for the occasional question […] More
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On Our Radar: Sidney Flanigan, Eliza Hittman, and Talia Ryder for ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
You know cinematic greatness when you see it. Sometimes, it comes in high profile fare. Other times, it’s in below the radar works that need to be championed. That’s where we come in. A new series of articles here at Awards Radar, called On Our Radar, will call out the work that we think deserves […] More
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Sisters React: Sexy Chicken Double Feature
This all started when one of our best friends tagged us in a Lifetime movie poster on Facebook. It seemed like a fake poster, I mean, it had to be. Right? It was Mario Lopez dressed as Colonel Sanders caressing a woman in front of a mansion and it was entitled A Recipe for Seduction. […] More
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