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  • Digging Into: Clayton Davis

    By on September 30, 2011

    After attending an early and advanced screening of the then-unfinished 2006 film “Bobby”, Clayton Davis, the respected and esteemed Awards Circuit editor was then a...

  • 50/50 (****)

    By on September 30, 2011

    Stricken with a shocking, confounding, and life-threatening cancer diagnosis, 27-year old Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to deal with realities he never could have...

  • Weekend Openings (September 30-October 2)

    By on September 30, 2011

    As we wave goodbye to September, the awards season just keeps heating up.  A lot of interesting releases this weekend, both wide and limited, some...

  • Oscar Circuit: “I Wish”

    By on September 30, 2011

    My Oscar Predictions are due this weekend and I’ve been playing with them quite a bit.  I’ve even been having mini-pow-wow’s with some of my...

  • The Whale (***)

    By on September 29, 2011

    An aquatic/animal welfare documentary that plays it pretty safe, and almost too safe if you ask me, ‘The Whale’ has an interesting topic and charm...

  • Historical Circuit: Citizen Kane (****)

    By on September 29, 2011

    Let me be clear before I begin writing this and you begin reading…I do not believe for one minute that Citizen Kane (1941) is the...

  • Dancing with the Stars: Week 2 Results

    By on September 29, 2011

    Tuesday’s results show on Dancing with the Stars was a big surprise. It’s normal that early in the season the lowest scores are the ones...

  • Digging Into: Anna Belickis

    By on September 29, 2011

    In an industry dominated by testosterone, explosions, and hot-tempered men who think they know everything, Anna Belickis, one of the newest writers to The Awards...

  • Trailer: “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

    By on September 29, 2011

  • MPAA Ratings Bulletin No. 2191 (9/28/11)

    By on September 29, 2011

    As a continuing feature here at Awards Circuit, here are the latest ratings provided by the MPAA Ratings Board – The Classification and Ratings Administration...

  • Poster: “War Horse”

    By on September 29, 2011

  • Under the Circuit: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    By on September 28, 2011

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt Born: February 17th, 1981 Place: Los Angeles, California Major Awards and Citations: Golden Globe Awards (2010): Nominated for Best Actor in a Musical...

  • TV Review: Family Guy (****)

    By on September 28, 2011

    Now in its 10th season, there is no denying that Family Guy is one of the most popular shows on television. The absurd scenarios the...

  • TV Review: Free Agents (**)

    By on September 28, 2011

    Free Agents tells the story of an emotionally distressed man, Alex dealing with his recent divorce and an emotionally heartbroken women, Helen dealing with her...

  • Red State (*½)

    By on September 28, 2011

    Kevin Smith’s career has been very frustrating to observe.  Here is a man whose debut was hailed as a vanguard of a new kind of...

  • Digging Into: Joey Magidson

    By on September 28, 2011

    To know Joey Magidson is to know you have a friend. The loyal readers of The Awards Circuit have read Joey’s work for years but,...

  • Box Office Final: A Prideful “Lion” Stays #1

    By on September 28, 2011

    A burgeoning teen movie star, a big budget political drama-slash-action film, an inspirational family drama from the producers of “The Blind Side”, and a highly...

  • Dancing with the Stars: Week 2

    By on September 27, 2011

    Metta World Peace is gone and the rest of the stars try to prove they are worthy or reaming apart of the competition. This week...

  • TV Review: Two and a Half Men (**1/2)

    By on September 27, 2011

    Charlie Harper is dead and Walden Schmidt is in. During the premiere episode it begins with the death of Charlie Harper. All of his conquests...

  • High Heels and Tumbler Wheels

    By on September 27, 2011

    I’m pretty sure that, by the time Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises actually hits theaters on July 20th, the internet will have leaked so...

  • Digging Into: John Foote

    By on September 27, 2011

    Few names in the film community unite actors, filmmakers, bloggers, Oscar prognosticators, publicists, and the general media in respect like John Foote does.  Yes, a...

  • Joey’s DVD Picks of the Week (9/27/2011)

    By on September 27, 2011

    It’s a bit of a light week on DVD for me here at The Awards Circuit, especially considering my distaste for the major release of...

  • Digging Into: Michael Ward

    By on September 27, 2011

    To the average observer, Michael Ward is the definition of the American everyman.  An unassuming, workaday family man, it wouldn’t be immediately obvious that there...

  • Why Did “Drive” Stall at the Box Office?

    By on September 27, 2011

    I’m of two minds about the current box office numbers for Ryan Gosling’s collaboration with Nicolas Winding Refn ‘Drive’.  On the one hand, it really...

  • Women In Cinema: Anne Hathaway

    By on September 27, 2011

    Anne Hathaway is this generations “America’s Sweetheart”. In every film, including Rachel Getting Married, she manages to shine and win the audience’s heart.  They admire...