REVIEW: ‘Annie’ (2014)
It’s been three decades since the last time we saw Annie on the big screen and with a winking poke at the traditionally (white) red-headed... Read More
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REVIEW: ‘Still Alice’ (★★★½)
There is a scene early on in Still Alice where Julianne Moore’s Columbia University professor Dr. Alice Howland is giving a speech on linguistics to... Read More
Music Review: Perfume Genius – Too Bright
A term I have never particularly cared for when it comes to discussing music is the term “grower”. Ideally, this term should be applied... Read More
37th Mill Valley Film Festival Capsule Reviews: The Imitation Game, Whiplash, Force Majeure, Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum) Alan Turing won World War II. The creator of the decoder of Germany’s legendary Enigma machine, Turing’s genius and persistence... Read More
37th Mill Valley Film Festival Capsule Reviews: The Homesman and Two Days, One Night
The Homesman (Tommy Lee Jones) In Tommy Lee Jones’s second directorial effort he gives us the story of a pioneer woman (Hilary Swank) who is... Read More
Telluride Reviews: Oscar Hopefuls ‘The Imitation Game,’ ‘Rosewater,’ ‘Wild’
The 41st Telluride Film Festival is underway and classically it’s one of the shortest high profile film festivals around. With just five days to pack... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: From Madonna to MDNA, a Retrospective and Her 12 Studio Albums, Ranked
“To rule the world.” That was Madonna’s response to Dick Clark in 1984 when he asked her what she wanted for the year and the... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: Her #1 Songs, Ranked
From 1984 to 2000 Madonna racked up 12 #1 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. That puts her below Mariah Carey (18) and Rihanna (13,... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: Her Top 12 Videos, Ranked
How do you choose just 12 great Madonna videos and why 12? The rest of this Madonna series is going to be lists of 12... Read More
MADONNA WEEK: Top 10 Hottest Lovers, Husbands and Flings
It’s Madonna Week on AwardsWatch! With the Queen of Pop celebrating her 56th birthday on August 16th, we’ll be counting down and charting everything from... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 136 – ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ (Warren Beatty, 2016) 
2026 Oscar Nomination Reactions from Timothée Chalamet, Rose Byrne, Wagner Moura and More 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 329 – 98th Oscar Nominations Reactions: For Good 
Oscar Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Breaks All Time Record with 16, Sets Several Places in Academy Awards History