Welcome to the AwardsCircuit.com podcast, “Circuit Breaker! The Awards, & TV Podcast,” part of the CIRCUIT BREAKER MEDIA NETWORK. “Circuit Breaker” is a weekly podcast show with Podcast Host & website Editor/Owner Clayton Davis. With a team of panelists including Mark Johnson, Joey Magidson, and Karen Peterson, along with other special guests and contributors, we discuss movies, television, and all the award shows that need predicting.



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On the episode’s agenda (recorded June 28, 2020):



* Announcing the opening of the AwardsCircuit Community Awards for 1990 and some of our favorite films from the year that included the likes of Kevin Costner’s “Dances with Wolves,” Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” and Stephen Frears’ “The Grifters.”

* We open ourselves up to a discussion about the very best performances from Sylvester Stallone and how his career has evolved. This also leads to conversations and comparisons to other muscle stars like Arnold Schwarzenneger (“Terminator 2: Judgment Day“).

* We get into the year 1976, arguably one of the strongest years for an Academy Best Picture lineup that included the Best Picture winner “Rocky,” Sidney Lumet’s “Network,” Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” Alan J. Pakula’s “All the President’s Men,” and Hal Ashby’s “Bound for Glory.”

* We’re announcing the opening of our Op-Ed section tentatively titled “Opinions of the People” – where you can submit your thoughts and opinions and get published on the site. We start you off with three themes to present: “The Movies of 1990 and What It Means to Me” – “What Is Your Favorite TV Episode of the Past Year” – “The 10 Movies That Mean Most To You.”

* We’re closing with discussions of the eligible films for the Academy Awards due to the extension of the calendar year. The films “scheduled” to qualify for the Oscars include Marvel’s “Eternals“ and Warner Bros’ “Mortal Kombat</...