Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+] 
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Cherish is the Word I Use to Describe Lisa Kudrow [A-] 
‘Tow’ Review: Rose Has Plenty to Byrne But In Woefully Uninspired Vehicle [C+] 
‘They Will Kill You’ Review: Zazie Beetz’s Final Girl Slays in Gonzo Satanic Slasher [B+] SXSW 
American Film Institute (AFI) Announces 2027 Date for AFI AWARDS Honorees-Only Event 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘M3GAN 2.0’ Review: This Woman’s Work is Never Done [C+]
Happy Pride Month from Universal Pictures! Upon the release of her first film, M3GAN – the killer robot who made a splash in the 2023... Read More
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New ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Set Up at Focus Features, Daisy Edgar-Jones to Star
Focus Features and Working Title Films are bringing audiences a fresh take on Jane Austen’s classic Sense and Sensibility with Daisy Edgar-Jones starring. The film is being directed... Read More
2025 Emmy Predictions: ‘The Studio,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘Hacks’ Duke it Out in the Comedy Categories
With voting for the 2025 Emmy nominations having just ended yesterday, it’s time to look at the possible nominees in every category at the Primetime... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING (June)
The great thing about having a new category to predict is that we don’t have anything from the Academy to rely on in terms of... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 292 – Reviewing Danny Boyle’s ’28 Years Later’
On episode 292 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Josh Parham to review the latest film from Oscar-winning... Read More
Academy Elects Haifaa al-Mansour, Effie T. Brown, Annie Chang as New Governors-at-Large
The Academy Board of Governors has elected three new governors-at-large: Haifaa al-Mansour (Directors Branch), Effie T. Brown (Producers Branch) and Annie Chang (Production and Technology Branch, Science and Technology Council... Read More
Interview: As the Effervescent Claude on ‘The Four Seasons,’ Marco Calvani is Back and He’s Still the One
“I should start singing?” As Marco Calvani and I sit down at The Terrace, the restaurant in The Maybourne in Beverly Hills, he knows that... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR and SUPPORTING ACTRESS (June)
Sentimental Value‘s Grand Prix win at Cannes keeps Stellan Skarsgård in the #1 spot again this month but the first trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 104 – ‘The Hobbit Trilogy’ (Peter Jackson, 2012/2013/2014)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Make it a Double Feature: ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ and ‘Nimona’
It’s safe to say that animated cinema has been very slow when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation. Thankfully, progress that’s been made in the past... Read More
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+]