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2025 brought us a lot of change: some good (everybody’s having “a few small beers,”) but some bad (why does it take three clicks to save a screenshot now, Tim Cook?!). Every year, studios and streamers hope to strike gold...

For this week’s second podcast review, Ema Sasic and Dan Bayer join me to discuss the latest film from Craig Brewer, “Song Sung Blue” starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Ella Anderson, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir, Hudson Hensley...

Are we underestimating five-time Oscar nominee Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia” at the 98th Oscars? The next few weeks of major precursors — namely the PGA/SAG award nominations and BAFTA Longlists — will determine what the industry thinks of Lanthimos’s surreal tragicomedy....

As the New Year and the next major stage of Oscar season approaches, the 2025 race already looks like something we haven’t seen in a long time. There have been several years when only one film has swept the early...

THE STORY – Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid risks of being branded “foreign agents” and the country’s drift towards authoritarianism. THE CAST – N/A THE TEAM...

“The Smashing Machine” is a biographical sports drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Benny Safdie, starring Golden Globe nominee Dwayne Johnson as former amateur wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr, alongside Academy Award nominee Emily Blunt as Kerr’s...

THE STORY – After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don’t just rise; they hunt. Ava searches for her missing husband, but what she finds is far more terrifying. THE CAST – Daisy Ridley, Mark Coles Smith & Brenton Thwaites THE...

The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025 Here are this year’s winners… BEST PICTUREHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSentimental ValueSinners BEST ACTORTimothée Chalamet – Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio – One Battle...

THE STORY – In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries. THE CAST – Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard,...

The Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) nominations have been announced, representing the best in the field for 2025. The winners will be announced February 14th, 2026. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE: Best Contemporary Make-Up“Bugonia” (Focus Features)Torsten Witte“Eddington” (A24)Colin Penman, Lisa...