AwardsWatch - gina rodriguez

Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

Retrospective

Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

Alex Arabian October 4, 2021

Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also referred to as “Area X,”... Read More

Amazon Studios starts production on rom-com ‘I Want You Back’ with Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, Manny Jacinto, Jami Gertz

Erik Anderson February 22, 2021

Amazon Studios has started production on the original romantic comedy I Want You Back directed by Jason Orley (Big Time Adolescence), and penned by Love, Simon writers and This Is... Read More

Film Review: Tell me, tell me, how to be, how to be a ‘Kajillionaire’

Jason Adams September 23, 2020

Certain movies make you think a new way. Something like Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth aggressively owns that idea outright — it turns language itself against its viewers, reorganizing... Read More

Gina Rodriguez is in the fight for her life in the ‘Miss Bala’ trailer

Erik Anderson October 16, 2018

Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Big Mouth) puts the action chops she learned from 2016’s Deepwater Horizon to the test in the trailer for tense... Read More

2018 Oscars: 10 More Presenters Added; including Gal Gadot, Oscar Isaac, Eva Marie Saint, Zendaya

Erik Anderson February 22, 2018

Academy Awards producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd have announced 10 more presenters for the 90th Oscars® telecast. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the Oscars... Read More

DEEPWATER HORIZON: First Poster and Trailer

Erik Anderson March 23, 2016

From director Peter Berg (Lone Survivor, Friday Night Lights) comes the first poster and trailer for Deepwater Horizon, his take on the worst oil spill... Read More

Golden Globe Nominations (TV): Mad Men Snubbed, Outlander, Mr. Robot In, what is Casual?

Erik Anderson December 10, 2015

The television side of nominations from The Golden Globes gave some love to Empire after its SAG snub yesterday in the form of a... Read More

2015 Emmys: Presenters and Awards Order

Erik Anderson September 19, 2015

The 67th Emmys have announced their full presenters list as well as their awards order. They’re doing block again, meaning they’ll begin with the... Read More

Emmy Podcast #9: Mad Men, Big Bangs and Transparent Virgins

Erik Anderson June 23, 2015

In the first Emmy prediction podcast of the 2014/2015 season (I know, I know…), Awardswatch Emmy Experts Chris Pepper and Jonathan Boehle and myself, Erik... Read More

2015 TCA Nominations: Empire and Transparent Dominate

Erik Anderson June 4, 2015

The Television Critics Association have announced their 2015 nominations and freshman shows Empire and Transparent lead the way with four nominations apiece, including both making... Read More