Twenty years after Casino Royale introduced Daniel Craig as James Bond, its poker tournament remains one of the most memorable gambling sequences in modern cinema. Not because every card is realistic. Quite the opposite. The final hand is improbably dramatic, the stakes are enormous, and nearly everyone at the table seems capable of reading an […] More
Horror fans are booking their fateful stays at Crystal Lake. The new Peacock series goes back to the 1970s to tell the backstory of people’s favorite hockey-masked slasher, Jason Voorhees (Callum Vinson). But instead of focusing on Jason, the series shifts to his mother, Pamela Voorhees, played to bloody perfection by Linda Cardellini. During this […] More
Today, I’m headed down to Savannah to continue festival season. While once upon a time, the devil famously went down to Georgia, now I am too. The occasion? The beginning of the 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival. This point in festival season is where the regional fests kick into high gear, and while there’s not […] More
In Rounders, Teddy KGB eats Oreo cookies at the table, splashes his chips into the pot, and taunts the man across from him in a Russian accent thick enough that a Rolling Stone critic gave up trying to transcribe it. The man across from him is Mike McDermott, who lost his entire $30,000 bankroll to […] More
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
One of the biggest surprises of Wicker is just how much fun it is. That fun isn’t just something viewers experience, as I learned when talking to the movie’s stars, Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård. They had a blast making this film, as did pretty much everyone involved. You can see it too in the […] More
Just over sixty years ago, Star Trek premiered and changed television and the world forever. Now in theaters, Mark A. Altman‘s documentary The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World, executive produced by the legendary William Shatner, boldly explores the untold early history of the iconic franchise. Some years ago, the LA […] More
Noah Segan has truly outdone himself with The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. The actor, probably best known as Kid Blue in Rian Johnson‘s Looper, turned writer and director, has one of the films of 2026 in this wonderful character study. The movie, centered on a towering turn from John Turturro, has been impressing […] More
Casino heist movies rely on physical access, carefully timed distractions, and security weaknesses that characters can exploit. Vaults, cash cages, counting rooms, and gaming tables provide obvious targets, while elaborate plans often depend on manipulating staff or avoiding surveillance. These scenarios make for compelling cinema, but they reflect a traditional casino environment built around physical […] More
The mobile gaming market accounts for the most lucrative sector of the global video game industry, and with that success has come an entire cultural history of iconic games, characters, and musical themes. Fans of the popular Mobile Legends: Bang Bang game, which boasts over 1.5 billion registered players across more than 190 countries, know […] More
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