2026 Oscars: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Frankenstein, ‘Sinners’ Among 20 Films Make the Visual Effects Finalists Cut
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein and Sinners are among the 20 films to make it past the first hurdle on the way to the Oscars... Read More
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On the Shelf: ‘Thunderbolts*,’ ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ Classic Comedies, and Underrated Gems Land On Physical Media This Week
A lot of films releasing on this last week of July, including a film from the biggest franchise in modern cinema, a new feature from... Read More
‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: A Fledgling Band of Avenger Misfits Disappear Into the MCU Void [C]
It wasn’t that long ago that the MCU was releasing critically acclaimed billion dollar event movies. A lot of digital ink has been devoted to... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 285 – 2025 Summer Movie Preview
On episode 285 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Karen Peterson and Mark Johnson... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes