First Look: Jennifer Aniston and Danielle MacDonald in ‘Dumplin’’
Directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses), Dumplin’ stars Danielle MacDonald (Bird Box, Patti Cake$), the plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen (Jennifer... Read More
Year: 2018
Interview: Joel Edgerton, actor/writer/director of ‘Boy Erased’
Joel Edgerton built a solid career in his native Australia in television shows like Water Rats and The Secret Lives of Us but had his... Read More
Review: Joel Edgerton’s honest and empathetic ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)
Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard Conley’s... Read More
Netflix to give ‘ROMA,’ Buster Scruggs,’ ‘Bird Box’ pre-streaming theatrical runs
In a standoff that began at Cannes, Netflix has acquiesced and decided to give the releases of three of their fall/winter films theatrical runs before... Read More
Oscar Box Office Predictions: ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Widows,’ ‘Green Book, ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Beale Street’
When I first wrote about the box office potential of Oscar films back in 2014, I noted that while financial success is not as significant... Read More
Interview: Garrard Conley, author of ‘Boy Erased’
Garrard Conley is the author of the memoir Boy Erased, about his experience in a gay conversion camp, now a major motion picture set for... Read More
2019 Oscars: A Look at Asian Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race
Our weekly Foreign Language Oscar race analysis pieces continue this week with a special look at the Asian films in this year’s race. Asian films... Read More
‘The Favourite’ leads 2018 British Independent Film nominations (BIFA)
Not too surprisingly, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Queen Anne period piece The Favourite grabbed the most nominations from the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) today. The Venice... Read More
Interview: Martha Conley, mother of ‘Boy Erased’ author Garrard Conley (Exclusive)
If you were able to attend the premiere of Boy Erased at the Toronto International Film Festival this year you likely witnessed a true star... Read More
‘Ladies in Black,’ ‘Sweet Country,’ ‘Boy Erased’ top Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) Nominations
The nominations for the 60th Australian Academy Awards have been announced and Ladies in Black leads the pack with 11, followed by Sweet Country with... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 341 – Diving into Emmy Season with First Predictions 
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