Awards Radar: The Podcast

For episode 176, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes, with Steve Prusakowski a bit busy with other responsibilities. This week, we talk around my having seen Dune: Part Two (the embargo lifts later on today), while we both rave about Lisa Frankenstein (my review is here ) now that Myles has seen it. He's also caught up to American Fiction , which I've previously reviewed here...

For episode 175, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes, with Steve Prusakowski under the weather. This time, it's a bit of a free-form episode, going wherever the wind blows us. There's advice for the Academy in the aftermath of the Grammys, more questions from you all, and my take on Drive-Away Dolls . Then, we get into game night, with a nice long version of The IMDb Game on t...

For episode 174, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This time around, we take a mild break from Oscar nomination chatter to answer some questions, finish Joey's January, and do an Oscar recalibration. Plus, I give my thoughts on Argylle (reviewed here ) and Lisa Frankenstein (my rave comes next week), along with the few Sundance Film Festival titles I took...

For episode 173, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This one is, unsurprisingly, largely centered on this week's Oscar nominations. You can see who and what got nominated here , but we discuss them during the episode. There's some talk of the current frontrunners, the near misses, and more. Throw in Myles continuing on with Joey's January, as well...

For episode 172, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This week, the boys are putting forth their final Oscar predictions before Tuesday's nominations. I'll be finalizing my Academy Award predictions on Friday, which you can see here , so mine are only almost final. We look at the recent precursors as well, plus Myles and Steve share their top ten lists...

For episode 171, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes, with Steve Prusakowski sitting this one out to handle some back end work and catch his breath. He’ll be back next week. This time, we're knee-deep in awards season, discussing the Golden Globe results, as well as the DGA and SAG nominations. Throw in a bunch of audience questions, Myles' continued excursion into Joey's...

For episode 170, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes, as well as a returning Steve Prusakowski. Yes, Steve is back for two episodes in a row! This is our first episode of 2024, so there's lots to do. We kick off Myles' binge of movies I've told him to see, dubbed Joey's January, with Cop Land and The Rainmaker . There's also my list of 2024 titles to look out for (...

For episode 168, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes, as well as a returning Steve Prusakowski. Yes, Steve is back! This episode, being our last of 2023, serves as a bit of a holiday party, if you will. We get Steve to do his fantasy movie draft at last, while the films discussed on the agenda this week are plentiful. They include Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (reviewed here ), The Boy...

For episode 168, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru, though look for a potential on-mic return to happen next week, after having to sit this one out once again). This time around, we’re talking about a number of recent releases, including doubling back on some that Myles has caught up to. They include Falle...

For episode 167, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru, though look for a possible on-mic return next week, after having to sit this one out). This time around, we're talking about two recent releases that both of us have seen. They're The Boy and the Heron (reviewed here ), which we perhaps have minor...

For episode 166, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru, though look for a potential on-mic return next week). This time, it's time to go over our Oscar predictions! You can find mine here , as well as my most recent updated piece here , but we go category by category. We'll do it again later on this mo...

For episode 165, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This time around, we're joined at the top by producer and writer Michael Kennedy , of Freaky and It's a Wonderful Knife acclaim. We rave more about his latest work (reviewed here , alongside my interview with him here ), which is On Demand and Sh...

For episode 164, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This time, we had to delay our special guest  Michael Kennedy  (who I interviewed  here ) by another week, but it's still our Thanksgiving episode! How did we celebrate? Well, by talking about Eli Roth 's Thanksgiving  (reviewed  here ), of cours...

For episode 163, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This time around, we had to delay our special guest Michael Kennedy (who I interviewed here ) by a week, but we still spoke about his film It's a Wonderful Knife ( here ). Myles chimed in there, as well as with The Holdovers (reviewed here ) and The...

For episode 162, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This week, we have a hodgepodge of items to tackle, including some video game chatter! That's centered around the upcoming film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda . We attempt to cast it, before talking about the best work from Robert De Niro , Leonar...

For episode 161, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru), alongside a returning Kendall Tinston. As always, if Kendall is here, horror is on the docket. Today is out Halloween spooktacular, where we wrap up Myles' 31 Days of Halloween / Horror marathon, including a discussion of It Follows , which is gettin...

For episode 160, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). Today, you can hear more spooky season talk, as well as an extended discussion of Killers of the Flower Moon (reviewed here by yours truly). We bounce around a bit, but Martin Scorsese 's latest and horror flicks are the focus. It's a good one, I...

For episode 159, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This week, we're continuing to look at Myles’ 31 Days of Horror viewing choices, while also putting a bow on my festival season. You can see the best of my New York Film Festival here , including my take here on David Fincher 's The Killer . Ther...

For episode 158, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This week, we catch up on Myles' 31 Days of Horror efforts, including a long bit on The Frighteners , as well as some of things I've seen. They include Dicks: The Musical ( here ), Priscilla ( here ), The Royal Hotel ( here ), and V/H/S/85 ( here...

For episode 157, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru), alongside the return of Kendall Tinston. If Kendall is here, you know it must be time to talk Saw . Yes, this is largely a Saw X discussion (my review is here ), though we also talk about the franchise on the whole (including our rankings, mine being her...

For episode 156, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This time around, I tell Myles about Saw X (my review of which is here ), while he teases out his 31 Days of Horror viewing plans. Beyond that, we also talk about The Creator (reviewed here ), my time in California last week previewing Disney's Wish...

For episode 155, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). Once again, it’s a film festival-centric show in a way, just this time focusing on the aftermath of Telluride, TIFF, and Venice, with NYFF on the horizon. Moreover, it's a look at where the Oscar season stands at this point. We also have questions, s...

For episode 154, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). Once again, it’s a film festival-centric show, this time the Toronto International Film Festival. I go through my time at TIFF with Myles, while setting the stage for if any of these titles are going to be major Oscar contenders. We also announce a new g...

For episode 153, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This time, it's a film festival-centric show. We start by spending a bunch of time talking about the Telluride Film Festival. I summarized my time at Telluride here , so check that out, but Myles was most keen to hear about Poor Things , which led to...

For episode 151, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski continues behind the scenes as producer and technical guru). This time around, we're talking a lot about the impending film festival season. Chiefly, it's the Telluride Film Festival, which I wrote a bit about yesterday here . We get into what might be playing there, as well as the potential prizes that wi...