While the shortlists receive a good amount of coverage after their announcement, there are three categories that don’t get as much coverage. The short film categories (Animated, Documentary, and Live Action, respectively) are some of the biggest prognosticator blind spots since these films don’t get talked about as much year-round, but you can find articles […]

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2024 marks the 20th anniversary of ABC’s Desperate Housewives. To celebrate this anniversary, Clarence Moye and Joey Moser break down each episode of the first and best season. Welcome to the first podcast in Desperate Housewives Revisited, a look back at the Emmy-winning first season of the enormously successful ABC dramedy series. We break down why we’re […]

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Jonathan Abrams grew up on the potboiler legal thrillers of the 1990s. I’m talking about films such as A Few Good Men or The Firm or The Client or any of the John Grisham or Grisham-esqe adaptations that ruled multiplexes 30 years ago. These are films that have a storied cinematic legacy based in classic films like The […]

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