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
basic instinct
On episode 2010 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Associate Editor Sophia and AwardsWatch contributors Kevin... Read More
Femme fatales, lurid lighting, sex, murder and betrayal! Myles McHale takes a loving look back at the Golden Age of the horny Hollywood thriller The... Read More
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] So very often the world’s most celebrated actresses never find themselves in the Oscar conversation until something so extraordinary comes along,... Read More

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