Awards Radar: The Podcast

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 week, we briefly acknowledge passing the 150 episodes mark last time around. We talk about some memories, but mostly keep the focus on what's to come. There's a bunch of listener questions, some fall festival chatter, and a previous of what&...

For episode 150 (wow, 150 strong!), 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, Myles and I stumble upon the fun that is the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (organically, too). We take more of your questions, talk a bit about the upcoming film festival slates, and disagree on The Last Voyage of the Deme...

For episode 149, 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 catching up on some of your questions, talking more about the Saw X trailer (which I wrote about here for Sunday Scaries), and doubling back on titles like Talk to Me (reviewed here ) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (revi...

For episode 148, I’m joined by special guests Mark Johnson and Ryan McQuade, filling in for Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. The three of us will be together in person at the Telluride Film Festival at the end of the month, so we talk about that a bit. Ryan will also be at the Toronto International Film Festival, so he'll certainly return to chat about that next month. Both of them hopefull...

For episode 147, 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 the Barbenheimer discussion. Myles just did the trendy double feature this past weekend, while I’ve seen and reviewed both  Barbie  ( here ) and  Oppenheimer  ( here ). This time we're diving deep, so beware of some mild s...

For episode 146, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski is away handling some family affairs). This week, we’re going all in on the Barbenheimer fanfare. Myles will be doing the double feature this weekend, but I've seen both Barbie (reviewed here ) and Oppenheimer (reviewed here ), so we get into each of them. Spoiler-free, too, so fear not. Throw in some question...

For episode 145, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski once again has the week off from on-air duties, as he was handling Emmy nominations yesterday morning). This time around, we're going off on the studios as the Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike. We remain Union Strong, obviously. In addition, we talk about Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One a b...

For episode 144, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski once again has the week off from on-air duties, as he now is recovering from our extensive Phase One Emmy coverage, though his return is rather imminent). This time around, we're both giving our takes on the best of the first half of the year (my list is here ), as well as both heavily praising Joy Ride (my re...

For episode 143, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski once again has the week off from on-air duties, as he continues handling our Emmy coverage, which should be lessening soon, so his return is rather imminent). This week, we talk about our lists of the best horror video games from the most recent Sunday Scaries ( here ). We also play a new movie card game from Osci...

For episode 142, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski once again has the week off from on-air duties, as he continues handling our Emmy coverage, which should be lessening soon, so his return is imminent). This time around, there's more sci-fi summer to discuss, as well as the conclusion of the Tribeca Film Festival. There's also No Hard Feelings (my review i...

For episode 141, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski once again has the week off from on-air duties, as he continues handling our Emmy coverage, including the TV-centric podcast, detailed here ). For this week’s episode, we continue on with Sci-Fi Summer for Myles. There's also our mutual rankings of the DC films (look for my article in the coming days). Throw i...

For episode 140, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski once again has the week off from on-air duties, as he continues handling our Emmy coverage, including the TV-centric podcast, detailed  here ). For this week’s episode, Myles and I talk  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse  (my rave review is  here ), complete with spoilers, so be warned there. Myles also updates...

For episode 139, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski again has the week off from on-air duties, as he continues prepping more of our Emmy coverage, including a TV-centric podcast, detailed  here recently). For this week's episode, Myles and I try to keep it short, with decently successful results. In addition to playing the IMDb game again and answering your que...

For episode 138, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski has the week off from on-air duties again, as he continues prepping more of our Emmy coverage, including a TV-centric podcast, detailed here ). For today’s episode, Myles and I try out the IMDb game, while he tells me more about  Fast X , having now seen it. It's another loose and fun episode, filled with your...

For episode 137, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski has the week off from on-air duties, as he preps more of our Emmy coverage, as mentioned last week). For today's episode, Myles has a new game that he debuts, tied in to the Fast and Furious saga, with Fast X about to hit. There's our normal digressions, including a video game one and a Wes Craven one, so...

For episode 136, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This time around, we’re talking about  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3  (my rave review is  here ) and James Gunn. There's also plenty of questions from you all. Fair warning, I'm extremely exhausted, so it could be a bit of a loopy episode... As always my friends and faithful listeners/readers, I do h...

For episode 135, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (fellow co-host Steve Prusakowski was busy being a good father). This time around, we're talking about the Writer's Strike. Obviously, we stand with the Writers Guild here, so WGA strong, but we talk a bit about why it's happening in the first place. Then, I set the stage for Myles to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (...

For episode 134, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This time around, Myles' wife Kelly is joining us at the start to discuss Beau is Afraid (panned here by yours truly). They caught the film over the weekend and have, let's say...strong thoughts. In addition to discussing that movie in spoiler-filled depths, we talk Evil Dead Rise (reviewed here ) and...

For episode 133, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. Among the topics this week are my year in advance predictions (found here ), as well as several new/recent releases, including the impending release of Evil Dead Rise (my review should be up once you see this in the morning) and last weekend's  Renfield  (reviewed  here ). Plus, your questions, as always....

For episode 132, I’m joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes (Steve Prusakowski had an event to attend but will be back next time). We're discussing Air (reviewed here ) and  The Super Mario Bros. Movie  (reviewed  here ) more, as well as first impressions of Beau is Afraid (reviewed here ), alongside Renfield (reviewed here ). Throw in a bunch of listener/reader questions and the two of...

For episode 131, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This week, I give my thoughts on The Super Mario Bros. Movie (reviewed here ), talk about music in film (tied to my Bruce Springsteen article here ), while we spend a lot of time on listener/reader questions. Plus, there's an extended segment on Best Picture trends, as I stall on doing my early Oscar pred...

For episode 130, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This time around, we're talking about the John Wick franchise through the career of Keanu Reeves , spending more time with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Myles' review is here ), raving a bit about Air (my review hits soon), as well as Pixar's latest Elemental . My take on the footag...

For episode 129, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski. This week, we're taking a look back at my year in advance Oscar predictions (found here ) to see just how on or off the mark I turned out being. There's also a new game, as well as questions, plus the three of us compare our Creed / Rocky rankings. Mine are here , but tune in for everyone's... As...

For episode 128, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and Steve Prusakowski for our big Oscar postmortem. Of course, we're looking at how our predictions did, what we thought of the ceremony, the winners, and much more. There's plenty of digressions, too, as well as questions from you the listener/reader. Throw in a discussion of The Last of Us finale and there's plenty to chew o...

For episode 127, I’m joined once again by my co-hosts Myles Hughes and (a returning) Steve Prusakowski. Of course, we're talking Oscar predictions. You can see my picks once they finalize here , though in the episode we break down where things stand. Additionally, we're taking questions, previewing the finale of The Last of Us , and more. It's a jam-packed agenda and one of our bigger shows,...