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Rather tall. Pop Culture Podcaster & Writer. Bylines at AwesomeFriday.ca, Exclaim.ca, ThatShelf.com, ThisIsForReel.com, and others.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte & Under Paris
Podcasts

Star Wars: The Acolyte & Under Paris | Awesome Friday Podcast

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 23 June, 2024By Matthew

Greetings programs!  This week on the Awwesome Friday Podcast Matthew and Simon are taking a look at two new streaming

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The Man from Elysian Fields
Collaborations & Contributions

The Classics Shelf: Anjelica Huston | That Shelf

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

The Classics Shelf is an ongoing retrospective of classic cinema produced monthly by writer Bil Antoniou in collaboration with other

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Beacon / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘Beacon’ Review: A Novel Setting, but A Disappointing Misfire | Movies We Texted About

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

[…] The first half of the film does a good job of setting up the two lone characters in opposition.Emily is suspicious of Ismael,

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Brats / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘Brats’: Andrew McCarthy Looks for Closure | Movies We Texted About

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Friday, 9 August, 2024By Matthew

In the mid-1980s, Andrew McCarthy starred in a number of highly successful teen films.  You’ve probably heard of at least two of them: St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty

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All That We Love / Tribeca 2024
Festival Coverage Reviews

Tribeca 2024: ‘All That We Love’ Offers a Familiar Portrait of Grief and Awkward Family Dynamics | That Shelf

Sunday, 9 June, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

There are few things in life as devastating as the loss of a pet. Pets are members of our family,

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THE ACOLYTE
Reviews

‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Finds a New Galaxy Within the ‘Star Wars’ Universe | Exclaim!

Tuesday, 4 June, 2024Thursday, 18 July, 2024By Matthew

Star Wars has had problems for a while now. The various Disney+ series have been a mixed bag, but one thing they all

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Boy Kills World & Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Podcasts

Boy Kills World & Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Awesome Friday Podcast

Tuesday, 4 June, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

Greetings programs!  Join us as we dive into Boy Kills World, the new live action cartoon action film starring Bill

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The Fall Guy & Challengers
Podcasts

The Fall Guy & Challengers | Awesome Friday Podcast

Tuesday, 28 May, 2024Tuesday, 4 June, 2024By Matthew

Greetings programs!  This week on the show, we’re taking a close look at the new Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt

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Atlas
Reviews

‘Atlas’ Movie Review: Another Soulless Netflix Action Movie | Movies We Texted About

Thursday, 23 May, 2024Thursday, 23 May, 2024By Matthew

If any of this sounds familiar, that’s likely by design. Almost every idea in this film is lifted from a better movie.

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LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Podcast Guest Spots

Late Night with the Devil | The LAMBCast

Wednesday, 22 May, 2024Tuesday, 23 July, 2024By Matthew

Even if you don’t believe the Box Office report from opening weekend, that the movie made $666,666, you have to

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Sweetland
Reviews

Sweetland Review: A Bittersweet Story About the Difficulty of Change | That Shelf

Friday, 17 May, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

The town is dying. That’s the start of Christian Sparkes’ new drama Sweetland. It’s not entirely clear why, but the town

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Dark Places | Contra Zoom
Podcast Guest Spots

A24 Retrospective – Dark Places (#277) | Contra Zoom

Wednesday, 15 May, 2024Wednesday, 15 May, 2024By Matthew

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2015’s ⁠Dark

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The People's Joker & Abigail
Podcasts

The People’s Joker & Abigail | Awesome Friday Podcast

Monday, 13 May, 2024Sunday, 2 June, 2024By Matthew

This week on the show, we’re discussing The People’s Joker, a chaotic but important coming-of-age story that remixes the Batman

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Dark Matter
Reviews

‘Dark Matter’ Is a Dimension of the Multiverse That Looks Kinda Like All the Other Ones | Exclaim!

Wednesday, 8 May, 2024Tuesday, 4 June, 2024By Matthew

Multiverses are so hot right now. The idea of a limitless number of parallel dimensions, spinning off from every decision

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STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE
Reviews

‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’ Review: Short, Stunning, and Uneven | Movies We Texted About

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024Sunday, 9 June, 2024By Matthew

Each story is told in three episodes, each approximately 15 minutes long. The length of these episodes is key; if

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