Director Watch Ep. 49 – ‘Days of Thunder’ (Tony Scott, 1990)
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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Director Watch Ep. 48 – ‘Top Gun’ (Tony Scott, 1986)
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
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 20 – ‘Magnolia’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
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
AwardsWatch Podcast #193: Reviewing ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ and our Top 5 Tom Cruise Films
On episode 193 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Sophia Ciminello, Catherine Gonzales and Zach Laws to... Read More
‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Tom Cruise is Back to Save Summer Once Again and Rage Against the (AI) Machine
For close to thirty years, audiences have watched as IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has accepted the most dangerous, complicated missions in order to... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR
We’re on the precipice of some big Oscar history this season in Best Actor. We may be 95 years into the Academy Awards but Best... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)
Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Brendan Fraser (The Whale) and Bill Nighy (Living) have all secured Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice... Read More
‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Abbott Elementary’ lead 80th Golden Globe nominations; women directors snubbed
The nominations for the 80th Golden Globe Awards in motion pictures and television were announced early Monday morning where Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin led the... Read More
Tom Cruise to be honored by Producers Guild with David O. Selznick Achievement Award
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that film producer Tom Cruise will be honored with the 2023 David O. Selznick Achievement Award. He... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
With both the Gothams and Spirit Awards announcing nominations, we’re just starting to see how some of these acting races and narratives can take early shape. Both groups have... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November) 
‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Soundtrack to A Coup d’Etat’ Lead 40th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations 
AwardsWatch Partners with Vision Media to Revolutionize the Awards Season Experience 
Interview: ‘The Substance’ Special Makeup Effects Designer Pierre-Olivier Persin on Transforming Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley into a Funhouse of Horror and Using 4,000 Gallons of Blood