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Zendaya to Receive 2024 Gothams Spotlight Tribute for ‘Challengers’
Today brings another announcement from The Gothams. This one concerns the Spotlight Tribute, which this year will be going to Zendaya for her work in Challengers. The press release below has the details, and once again, the ceremony will be on December 2nd. Stay tuned for more announcements from The Gothams. Here is the press […] More
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The 2024 Gold Digger Mid-Year Award Winners
Happy October, everyone! Once again, I had the honor of participating in Patrick Gratton’s Gold Digger Awards recognizing the most notable achievements of films released between January and June of this year. Of the nominees, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two led with sixteen nominations total. Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers trailed in a close second with fifteen […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of July 8th – ‘Challengers’ Thrills While ‘Civil War’ Comes Home Alongside a 4K Criterion Edition of ‘Le samouraï’
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have a jam packed slate of titles. There’s top tier new releases like Challengers and Civil War, alongside a 4K Criterion Collection release of Le samouraï. I wrote about that classic film here recently, so it’s a bit of good timing that Criterion is putting it out […] More
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The Best Films and Performances of the First Half of 2024
You fine folks, welcome to July and the second half of the year! Time just flies, doesn’t it? Somehow, we’re halfway through 2024. The past few years have been tough for me in the first parts of 2022 and 2023, so the fact that I can actually look to some parts of 2024 as personal […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #187: Joey and Myles Volley Back and Forth on ‘Challengers’ Before the Former Gushes About ‘The Fall Guy’
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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Awards Radar Podcast #186: Joey and Myles Spend Time with ‘Abigail’ Before Looking at Prior Year in Advance Predictions
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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Interview: ‘Challengers’ Writer Justin Kuritzkes Discusses Bringing Tennis and These Characters to the Screen
Tennis is hard to depict on screen. So, when writer Justin Kuritzkes opted to make Challengers, he was certainly not giving himself an easy task. He also didn’t set out to make one of the sexiest films ever made, but he and director Luca Guadagnino sure did. It just speaks to the specific vision that […] More
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Final Trailer For ‘Challengers’ Releases As Early Access IMAX Screenings Happen Tonight!
Directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, the film releases exclusively in theatres on April 26. More
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Film Review: ‘Challengers’ is Possibly One of the Sexiest Movies Ever Made and a Powerhouse Performance From Zendaya
I’ll confess to going into Challengers not knowing what my reaction would be. The cast and trailer certainly intrigued me, without question. On the flip side, filmmaker Luca Guadagnino has yet to fully land for me. I find myself often at arm’s length from his work, for one reason or another. So, it was quite […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #184: Joey and Myles Discuss ‘Megalopolis’ Alongside the ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Trailer, ‘Challengers’ and ‘Civil War’
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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in Op-ed
On the Spring Radar…
Happy Spring, readers! Although it feels like Spring came around much sooner this time. I wonder why that cou-oh, right. Well, at least we have the Cannes Film Festival to look forward to next month. As well as the 76th Writers Guild Awards, Society of the Snow very likely sweeping the 11th Platino Awards, and […] More
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‘Challengers’ is Moving to 2024 and Skipping the Venice Film Festival
The first strike related domino for the impending awards season has fallen today. Challengers, the Luca Guadagnino film starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor, was set to be released in September, following a late August festival debut. Scratch that, however, as the movie has abandoned those plans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Challengers is […] More
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