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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 90 – ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ (Mike Nichols, 2007) with Special Guest Tom O’BrienDirector Watch Podcast Ep. 90 – ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ (Mike Nichols, 2007) with Special Guest Tom O’Brien

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 90 – ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ (Mike Nichols, 2007) with Special Guest Tom O’Brien

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately,… Read More

March 21, 2025
‘Here’ Review: This Old House Has Bad Bones and Creaky, Questionable Foundation | AFI FEST‘Here’ Review: This Old House Has Bad Bones and Creaky, Questionable Foundation | AFI FEST

‘Here’ Review: This Old House Has Bad Bones and Creaky, Questionable Foundation | AFI FEST

Near the end of Robert Zemeckis’ saccharine, Oscar-winning classic, Forrest Gump, Forrest finally stops running and declares, “I’m pretty tired.… Read More

October 28, 2024
‘Freaky Tales’ Review: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Deliver An Epic Sampling of Violence and Victory in a Supercharged Oakland | Sundance 2024‘Freaky Tales’ Review: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Deliver An Epic Sampling of Violence and Victory in a Supercharged Oakland | Sundance 2024

‘Freaky Tales’ Review: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Deliver An Epic Sampling of Violence and Victory in a Supercharged Oakland | Sundance 2024

It’s 1987 in Oakland. Friends emerge from the movie theater discussing what they just saw and are immediately confronted by… Read More

January 24, 2024
Focus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debutFocus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debut

Focus Features drops first look clips of ‘Asteroid City’ ahead of its Cannes Film Festival debut

Ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this week, Focus Features has dropped three first… Read More

May 22, 2023
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTORFINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR

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… Read More

January 19, 2023
‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]

‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]

Pinocchio (voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) in Disney's live-action PINOCCHIO (Photo courtesy of Disney) The best and most interesting Disney… Read More

September 8, 2022
The AwardsWatch Podcast #142: Reviewing ‘Elvis’ and ranking our favorite music biopicsThe AwardsWatch Podcast #142: Reviewing ‘Elvis’ and ranking our favorite music biopics

The AwardsWatch Podcast #142: Reviewing ‘Elvis’ and ranking our favorite music biopics

On episode 142 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor in Chief Erik Anderson,… Read More

June 27, 2022
Cannes Review: ‘Elvis’ is a terrible yet wildly entertaining biopic featuring a brilliant titular performance by Austin Butler [Grade: C+]Cannes Review: ‘Elvis’ is a terrible yet wildly entertaining biopic featuring a brilliant titular performance by Austin Butler [Grade: C+]

Cannes Review: ‘Elvis’ is a terrible yet wildly entertaining biopic featuring a brilliant titular performance by Austin Butler [Grade: C+]

A fiercely conventional biopic with all the musical analysis of a Spotify playlist, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is, more often than… Read More

May 26, 2022
‘Elvis’ is in the building [Trailer]‘Elvis’ is in the building [Trailer]

‘Elvis’ is in the building [Trailer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBDLRvjHVOY Warner Bros today released the first trailer for Elvis, from Oscar-nominated visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and starring Austin Butler… Read More

February 17, 2022
‘Finch’ review: Tom Hanks delivers in emotionally manipulative but entertaining apocalyptic adventure [Grade: B-]‘Finch’ review: Tom Hanks delivers in emotionally manipulative but entertaining apocalyptic adventure [Grade: B-]

‘Finch’ review: Tom Hanks delivers in emotionally manipulative but entertaining apocalyptic adventure [Grade: B-]

Leave it to Tom Hanks to make a family-friendly film about the apocalypse. America’s Dad has taken audiences to some… Read More

November 3, 2021