Director Watch Podcast Ep. 101 – ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ (Peter Jackson, 2003)
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
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AwardsWatch Podcast #178: The Oscar sweep of ‘The Return of the King’ and the year 2003 in film
On episode 178 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Nicole Ackman, Dan Bayer, Zach Laws and Josh... Read More
There and Back Again: A look at the Middle Earth Saga and the Ultimate ‘Lord of the Rings’ Collector’s Edition Box Set
Towards the end of the 1990s, cinema changed forever as New Line Cinema greenlit a trilogy that would define movie making for a generation, The... Read More
Actors who’ve turned down jackpot roles
Just like Mr. Sinatra, we’ve all had regrets, and hopefully too few to mention. However, in the film world, many famed actors and actresses have... Read More
New Line and Warner Bros team up for animated ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ feature
Twenty years after delivering the award-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on the iconic books by J.R.R. Tolkien, New Line Cinema has partnered... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
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