AwardsWatch

Meryl Streep gets writer’s block in trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Let Them All Talk’

Erik Anderson November 15, 2020

Today, HBO Max debuted the first trailer and poster for their new original feature film Let Them All Talk. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) directed... Read More

Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are tuned for Oscar gold with ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

Erik Anderson November 15, 2020

Last night was the premiere of Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, one of the year’s most anticipated films and the final film from the late... Read More

TV Review: Season 4 of ‘The Crown’ eschews melodrama as it examines the most publicized era of the royal family

Dewey Singleton November 14, 2020

Tradition vs. evolution is at the forefront of The Crown’s fourth season, which debuts on Netflix on November 15th. Unlike the third season, where fans declared at... Read More

‘Great British Baking Show’ recap S8 E8: “Wet Ass Pudding”

Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone November 13, 2020

We’ve reached the quarterfinals of “The Great British Baking Show” and it’s Dessert Week! We’re forced to ask ourselves “hasn’t every other week been dessert... Read More

NEON nabs US rights to Russian Oscar submission ‘Dear Comrades!’

Erik Anderson November 13, 2020

NEON announced today that they have acquired U.S. rights to Andrei Konchalovsky’s Dear Comrades!, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. Written... Read More

Trailer: ‘Big Mouth’ returns December 4 new guest stars and a focus on teen anxiety

Erik Anderson November 13, 2020

The show addresses the issue of Jenny Slate voicing a Black character in early episodes Netflix’s Emmy-nominated animated hit Big Mouth is set to return... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Glenn Close

Erik Anderson November 13, 2020

You could feel it coming. After months of wondering how Hillbilly Elegy was going to land with critics and with it, the potential Oscar hopes... Read More

Amplify! Film Fest review: Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut ‘Falling’ is misguided and reductive

Alistair Ryder November 13, 2020

It’s truly remarkable just how much Viggo Mortensen has mellowed out over time. After reinventing himself as a darling of the gritty arthouse following the... Read More

Saban Films locks in Jaume Balagueró’s ‘The Vault’ with Famke Janssen, Sam Riley, Freddie Highmore

Erik Anderson November 12, 2020

Saban Films has acquired US and Canadian rights to Jaume Balagueró’s The Vault [previously Way Down] starring Famke Janssen (X-Menfranchise), Sam Riley (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Maleficent),... Read More

Cozy up this holiday season with ’12 Dates of Christmas’ narrated by Natasha Rothwell

Erik Anderson November 12, 2020

Beginning Thursday, November 26, HBO Max premieres a new romantic reality series set in a winter wonderland, 12 Dates of Christmas from Sam Dean (showrunner... Read More

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