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Month: January 2023

AWFJ 2022 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 17, 2023
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The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking tie for the most awards, at four apiece.

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loaded question: what video game would you like to see adapted for film or TV?

Mon, Jan 16, 2023
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Whom would you cast in major roles, and whom would you like to see direct it or act as showrunner?

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I’m guesting on movie podcast SpyHards again

Tue, Jan 10, 2023
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I join special agents Scott and Cam to talk about the 2017 Doug Liman film American Made.

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loaded question: what’s the worst movie you saw in 2022?

Tue, Jan 10, 2023
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I’m thinking specifically about 2022’s new releases — streaming only or actually in cinemas — but if there’s a mega-stinker from earlier years that you saw for the first time in 2022, I’ll take that, too.

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Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb documentary review: slow journalism

Sat, Jan 07, 2023
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The crisp, congenial charms of this intimate exploration of a decades-long working partnership overlay an unsentimental elegy for an era in journalism and publishing that has all but disappeared.

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loaded question: what 2023 films are you most looking forward to?

Tue, Jan 03, 2023
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New year, tons of new movies coming our way! Here’s a list of some of the big 2023 titles we know about so far to get you started salivating…

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