Director Watch Podcast Ep. 53 – ‘Enemy of the State’ (Tony Scott, 1998) with Guest Robert Daniels
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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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Review – Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Find Some Fresh Fun in Newest Ride
When the pandemic shuttered theaters in early 2020, Bad Boys for Life was a surprise box office hit and would wind up being the highest-grossing... 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
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
Not much to fuss with this month in the top 5, with Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)... Read More
Trailer: Will Smith’s slave drama ‘Emancipation’ gets trailer and December release, enters awards season
After a lot of back and forth on when Apple would release the Antoine Fuqua-directed slave drama Emancipation, starring last season’s Best Actor Oscar winner... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
Brendan Fraser in The Whale was the Best Actor frontrunner before the film even debuted at Venice but now, post-TIFF and the responses to his... Read More
94th Academy Awards winners: ‘CODA’ wins Best Picture, breaking 89 years of stats; Will Smith slaps Chris Rock live on stage
Well, they did say it would be exciting. After another long Oscar season the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the winners of... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
Will Smith’s Oscar journey started exactly 20 years ago, when he was nominated for his performance as famed boxer Muhammed Ali in 2001’s Ali. He... Read More
‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners
‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film Belfast won the AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture award in a ceremony held March 18 via Great Performances on PBS and hosted... Read More
Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis (‘King Richard’) accept Performers of the Year awards from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis, stars of the Oscar-nominated film King Richard, were honored last night with the Performers of the Year Award at the... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November) 
‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Soundtrack to A Coup d’Etat’ Lead 40th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations 
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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