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Awards Radar Podcast #111: All About ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ Recapping Halloween – This One Goes to (1)11
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 Community: How Are You Celebrating Halloween?
Happy Halloween everyone! Today is obviously one of the more popular holidays of the year, even if it falls on a Monday this time around. October 31st is always a time for candy, costumes, horror films, and more. So, to commemorate Halloween 2022, we’re bringing out a weekday edition of the Awards Radar Community Question. […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Yet Another 31 Days of Halloween
Longtime readers and/or listeners of the Awards Radar podcast will likely know that the spooky season is my absolute favorite time of the year. Even though I’ve been too old for trick-or-treating for a long while now, and am probably too old for most adult-oriented costume parties at this point, that doesn’t stop me from […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #110: Join Joey, Myles, and Steve for the 2022 Halloween Spooktacular!
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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Sunday Scaries: “Evil Never Dies” But It Can Sure Get Musty
Note: Spoilers ahead for Halloween Ends. Boy oh boy Halloween Ends seems to have provoked the intensely polarized reactions that Joey predicted it would. Some fans are furious that this is the swan song for Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode and the iconic embodiment of capital-E Evil Personified Michael Myers: Though others have joined Joey […] More
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Awards Radar Community: What Are Your ‘Halloween Ends’ Reactions?
The two Halloween sequels from filmmaker David Gordon Green have certainly split audiences, haven’t they? After his Halloween legacy sequel largely drew major praise (besides Steve, of course), both Halloween Kills (reviewed here) and now Halloween Ends have divided the fans. Some love the direction he’s taken the franchise, while others are almost apoplectic about […] More
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Film Review: ‘Halloween Ends’ Goes in a Very Different Direction for Its Final Act
I appreciate a big swing, especially within a franchise. They can so often be far removed from the biggest bursts of creativity, so when this happens, I’m more than willing to follow along. For a Halloween sequel, you don’t necessarily think about going in a wild new direction. Well, Halloween Ends is here to do […] More
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Sunday Scaries: October is the Best Time of the Year for Horror Films
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Six Horror Films That Influenced ‘The Batman’
Director Matt Reeves’ latest depiction of the world’s broodiest superhero isn’t shy about its cinematic influences. Over the course of The Batman, one can easily identify through-lines adopted from similar tales of conspiracy and corruption like Chinatown and All the President’s Men, as well as gritty thrillers like Klute and Taxi Driver. This is to […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Why is the Horror Genre Leaning So Hard into the Legacy Sequel?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Another 31 Days of Halloween
Last year, I made the slightly insane decision to commit to the #31DaysofHalloween challenge, along with my girlfriend Kelly. This has been going around for a few years now, and the gist of it is that you watch a different horror or horror-adjacent movie every day of October. Though we had to cheat and double-up […] More
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Happy Halloween from Awards Radar!
On behalf of everyone here at Awards Radar, Happy Halloween! This year marks, for many, a return to some of the activities that we weren’t able to do last year. Of course, we also recently provided some pandemic friendly Halloween party ideas, cognizant that these are still strange times. Slowly but surely (provided you get […] More
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