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Awards Radar Community: Are We Sleeping on First Half Contenders?
As with most years, we seem to be building up to a final quarter of the 2021 cinematic year that’s filled with awards contenders. From September (and especially October) until the end of the year, Oscar hopefuls will all but litter the film landscape. Aside from a few big popcorn flicks, that will be a […] More
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Emma Stone Officially Returning For ‘Cruella 2’
This year, Disney found immense success critically and commercially with the release of Craig Gillespie‘s Cruella, which starred Emma Stone in an origin story centered around the 101 Dalmations villain Cruella de Vil. The film, which co-starred Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beachum, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong, managed to pull in […] More
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‘Cruella’ Sequel Officially in the Works at Disney
Disney’s Cruella, directed by Craig Gillespie with a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, and starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong was released in theatres last Friday and has proven to be quite the hit already. The film, which tells the origin story […] More
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Box Office Report for the Week of May 30th
Movie theaters had a lot riding on Memorial Day weekend this year, with the major releases of A Quiet Place Part II and Cruella signaling the true beginning of the hopeful summer 2021 season. Thankfully for them, audiences proved more than willing to show up. A Quiet Place not only had people showing up in […] More
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Designing ‘Cruella’: Cinema’s Most Stylish Antihero
It takes a village to raise a child. It takes even more than that to create a villainess. For Cruella the origin story of one of their most iconic characters, Cruella de Vil, the team at Disney had their hands full. Not only did they need to create the backstory for the villain, they had […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #36: A New/Upcoming Film Grab-Bag with Joey, Myles, and Steve
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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Film Review: ‘Cruella’ is Devilishly Good Fun
I believed I had grown tired with the origin story. The once fresh concept had long ago grown stale to the point that even the phrase had taken on negative connotations. My fear was that Cruella would be one of those creatively stale films that dragged out the iconic villainess, only to put her through […] More
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‘Cruella’ Showcases a New Trailer for the Origin Story Starring Emma Stone
With Godzilla vs. Kong proving that it’s possible for a film to still dominate in theaters while opening simultaneously on a streaming service, many people are questioning if other films will be able to pull off the same feat. Perhaps the next major test of that will be when Disney releases Cruella in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier […] More
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‘Black Widow’ and ‘Cruella’ to Debut in Theaters and on Disney+ With Premier Access
Walt Disney Studios announced release date shifts for many of their tentpole releases, which includes two of Summer 2021’s biggest movies, Black Widow and Cruella. The highly-anticipated Marvel film, directed by Cate Shortland and starring Scarlett Johansson, will now debut in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on July 9th, instead of May 7th. […] More
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‘Cruella’ Trailer Showcases Emma Stone as the Disney Villain
While Glenn Close is on the hunt for her first Oscar win this year for her supporting role in Hillbilly Elegy, it’s hard to imagine us seeing a prequel film for Mamaw coming anytime soon. What makes a little more sense is the impending arrival of Cruella, an origin story for the villain Cruella de Vil, so memorably played […] More
