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in Op-edThe 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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Box Office Report for the Week of December 12
One would think that a brand new Steven Spielberg movie would absolutely crush at the box office, and honestly, why shouldn’t it? After all, this is the same man that helmed huge movies such as Jaws, Jurassic Park, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. But, surprisingly, his new feature film adaptation of West Side Story is struggling […] More
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Awards Radar Community: We Want Your ‘Red Rocket’ and ‘West Side Story’ Thoughts!
Yesterday, two very different films opened up in theaters. One is a potential wide release blockbuster, and a remake, to boot. The other is just in New York and Los Angeles, hoping to launch a platform release that defies the odds. Of course, I’m talking about the big in West Side Story and the small […] More
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Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner and the Cast of ‘West Side Story’ Talk About Retelling the Classic
Few films are as beloved as 1961’s West Side Story; a vibrant, big screen retelling of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ told in 1957 New York where the feuding families have been replaced by rival street gangs the Jets and the Sharks. Taking on the monumental challenge of remaking the film took over 60 years years […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #64: Joey and the Gang Cut Through ‘Nightmare Alley’ on the Way to a ‘West Side Story’
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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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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Steven Spielberg’s Coming of Age Tale ‘The Fabelmans’ Gets 2022 Release Date
With the release of West Side Story later this week, news has turned to the filmmaker’s next movie. Universal Studios announced today that Steven Spielberg‘s and Amblin‘s newest film, based on his own life, will be released Thanksgiving weekend next year. The Fabelmans, which started filming this summer, features Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano […] More
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2021 NYFCC Results Surprise with ‘Drive My Car’
While not always the best predictor for the Oscars, the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is one of the first critics groups to make their picks for the best of the year. The Gotham Awards and National Board of Review have come out with their awards thus far, naming films The Lost Daughter and […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: ‘Nightmare Alley’ and ‘West Side Story’ Remove the Final X Factors From the Equation
Earlier this week, both Nightmare Alley and West Side Story unveiled themselves. Why is that so interesting, besides just being high profile new films? Well, that’s basically a wrap on the Academy Award hopefuls. True, maybe there’s a surprise to be had with A Journal for Jordan or The Matrix Resurrections, but in all likelihood, […] More
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Film Review: Steven Spielberg Turns His Director’s Eye Towards ‘West Side Story’
A remake of West Side Story is wholly unnecessary. I firmly believe that. The classic musical is just that, a classic. Now, that’s not me saying don’t do a remake, just that it’s not necessary to the cinematic world. At the same time, since we live in a universe where it was happening, we’re in […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #63: Joey and the Gang Set the Stage for the End of the Cinematic Year
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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On the Radar… (December Edition)
Ho, ho, ho! Meeerrrrry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays, a phrase that was not invented by woke liberals in the last few years but something that people have been saying to each other since 1863. Now we’re really getting into the final push for the last-minute Oscar contenders. I personally can’t stand how many of these […] More
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