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SAG Awards Top Prizes Include ‘CODA’ and Jessica Chastain!
Well now. We potentially have some races now, don’t we? Just moments ago, the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards wrapped up, with the requisite surprises to make the rest of awards season very interesting. SAG went with some of the expected frontrunners, like Ariana DeBose in Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story and Will […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of February 7th – Oscar Hopefuls ‘Encanto’ and ‘King Richard’ Compete for the Throne
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, a trio of likely Oscar nominees are duking it out for top honors. Yes, the Academy Award nominations are this morning, so we’ll know shortly how Encanto, King Richard, and Summer of Soul fare. However, today, they’re all in competition for top honors here. Plus, we have a […] More
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in Op-ed
The Supporting Actress (Over-)Supply Chain Crisis – Part One
The voting period for the Academy Awards is closing soon. As always, I hope that AMPAS members actually take the time to consider a variety of contenders and make informed, interesting decisions instead of just lazily filling in their ballots with whichever names they half-remember from the most aggressive studio campaigns this season. Sometimes this […] More
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Interview: Saniyya Sidney is a Star on the Rise in ‘King Richard’
Saniyya Sidney is a young star on the rise, and her strong performance in King Richard as tennis star Venus Williams proves that we’ll be seeing a lot more of her on screen for years to come. Before playing Venus, Saniyaa played Denzel Washington‘s daughter in the film adaptation of Fences. In King Richard, she […] More
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Interview: Jon Bernthal Talks About the Authenticity of ‘King Richard’
Jon Bernthal has been around for 15 years, but the trained actor is still hungry for more. Over the years, he’s been weaving in and out of fan-favorite films like The Wolf of Wall Street, The Accountant and taking on more prominent roles on TV series’ like The Punisher playing Frank Castle, and The Walking […] More
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Black Film Critics Circle Award Winners Announced
King Richard wins Best Picture at the annual Black Film Critics Circle Awards. More
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AFI Announces 2021 Award Honors
Awards season is in full swing with the American Film Institute (AFI) announcing their picks for the best of the year in American television and film. The ten honorees for each category are awarded for being “culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements of art and the moving image.” As always, it’s […] More
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in NewsBox Office Report for the Week of November 21
Jason Reitman‘s sequel to Ghostbusters II – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (reviewed fondly by Joey here) – debuted in first place at the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $44M from 4,315 locations, making it the highest-grossing film of this past week. There’s no doubt that when it comes to the Ghostbusters franchise, audiences […] More
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in Op-ed
On the Radar… (November Edition)
Happy November, everyone! Like the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, we’re about to get stuffed with a full smorgasbord, a seven-course meal with plenty of leftovers, if you will, of Marvel movies, wide releases, streaming releases, major Oscar contenders for pretty much all categories (including the arguable Best Picture frontrunner and inarguable Best Lead Actress and Best […] More
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Chris Bergoch, Diane Warren, and Some of 2021’s Best Movies: A Film Fest 919 Wrap-Up
As good as the movies are at Film Fest 919, the memories you make and the people you encounter are the true highlights. Over the course of my time, not just this year, but previously at the festival, the friendships generated are ones I believe will carry well beyond the one week a year confines […] More
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‘C’mon C’mon’ and ‘King Richard’ Tie for the Film Fest 919 Audience Award!
Moments ago, the fourth annual edition of Film Fest 919 announce their prestigious Audience Award winner. For the second time, the festival saw a tie. Yes, the 2021 incarnation of Film Fest 919 managed to continue breaking new ground! Sharing the coveted honor is C’mon C’mon and King Richard, the latter being their Opening Night […] More
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‘King Richard’ Releases New “Be Alive” Trailer
Will Smith‘s new film King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, is getting quite a lot of attention from critics and audiences alike ahead of its wide theatrical release later this year. In fact, many are calling Smith’s performance of the best of his career (Read Joey’s review of the movie out of Film Fest […] More
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