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The People’s Joker & Abigail | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the show, we’re discussing The People’s Joker, a chaotic but important coming-of-age story that remixes the Batman milieu into something singularly personal and also utterly universal, by Vera Drew. Next, we tackle the locked-house horror thriller Abigail. Listening Links: This week our Patreon supporters can join us for a conversation about what […]
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‘Dark Matter’ Is a Dimension of the Multiverse That Looks Kinda Like All the Other Ones | Exclaim!
Multiverses are so hot right now. The idea of a limitless number of parallel dimensions, spinning off from every decision everyone makes, is a household idea and has been at the centre of several movies, such as Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, the animated Spider-Verse films and Everything Everywhere All at Once, and […]
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‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’ Review: Short, Stunning, and Uneven | Movies We Texted About
Each story is told in three episodes, each approximately 15 minutes long. The length of these episodes is key; if they were any longer, there’d be too much opportunity for the story to meander. As told, each is concise and thematically to the point. These are the kinds of stories that short films can be […]
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Doctor Who Review: Ncuti Gatwa Is Off to a Very Fun, Very Silly Start | That Shelf
It feels like this series could have been an immediate follow-up to Davies’s prior run on the series. The tone and style feel in line with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant’s runs on the series, with a mad alien and a bright-eyed human travelling space and time in a blue box and fixing problems that […]
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The King Tide Review: A Stark, Stunning Canadian Thriller | That Shelf
… [D]irector Christian Sparkes captures both the scope and feeling of living in a small but tight-knit community. There’s authenticity to how the characters behave around each other and the closeness with which they speak and act, even when antagonistic. The tone of these scenes at the end is nearly pitch-perfect, and the script by writers Kevin […]
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The Planet of the Apes Reboot Trilogy | The LAMBCast
Nine Movies seemed a little overwhelming for a single episode, so Matthew Simpson, of the “Awesome Friday Podcast” suggested that the three reboot films be the subject of our April MOTM Franchise show. The choice came after a tight race between three franchises, separated by a single vote each. Matthew hosts Nicole Ayers from MadLabPost […]
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Spider-Man 2 | Austin B Media Podcast
In this episode of The Austin B Media Podcast, I talk with guest Matthew Simpson of Awesome Friday. We discuss Spider-Man 2 in spoiler-free and spoiler-filled detail, its legacy, and more. Link: https://austinb.media/latest/the-austin-b-media-podcast-29-spider-man-2-discussion-with-matthew-simpson
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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver & Civil War | Awesome Friday Podcast
Salutations applications! This week, we’re catching up on the latest from beefcake auteur filmmaker Zack Snyder, the second part of his Seven Samurai riff, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, which I promise you is its actual title. After that, Simon finally had a chance to catch up with Alex Garland’s latest film, Civil […]
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Fallout & Humane | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings, programs! Join us this week for reviews of the new Amazon Prime adaptation of Fallout and then the new Canadian dystopian black comedy horror movie Humane, Caitlin Cronenberg’s feature directorial debut. Listening Links This week’s patron bonus episode has us talking about horny 1980s movies and then, fittingly, our favourite David Cronenberg movies. All […]
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The Beast & Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings Programs! This week on the show, we’re diving into a heady French Science Fiction film, La Bete (The Beast), starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, which will be in Canadian cinemas this week. Then we move on to the latest entry in the legendary Monsterverse, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. We have […]
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The Greatest Hits: A Predictable Flick to Vibe With | ForReel
The plot is also a touch predictable but that doesn’t matter because The Greatest Hits is a vibes movie, and you have to vibe with it. If you can approach it with this mindset, you will likely have a good time. Sure, there’s definitely a scene where Boynton and Min connect via singing along to […]
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The 2024 Canadian Screen Award Nominees and Where to Buy, Rent, or Stream Them | Awesome Friday
It’s nearly time again for the Canadian Screen Awards, which will take place from May 28th to 31st, 2024. This year’s crop of nominees represents stellar Canadian filmmaking. Last year saw some changes in the acting categories. Last year, they were made gender-neutral (and the number of nominees increased to eight). This year, they have […]
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Civil War Is a Timely, Must-See Cautionary Tale | ForReel
And yet, throughout the film, one clear choice is made: it doesn’t take sides. Early in the story, Dunst’s Lee tells Spaeny’s Jessie that they don’t decide; they document so that others can decide, and that’s the entire film’s approach. It’s never confirmed who started the war or why, or indeed, in many cases, when […]
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Dune: Part Two & Monkey Man | Awesome Friday Podcast!
This week, we’re finally taking on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Part Two, alongside Dev Patel’s directorial debut action movie Monkey Man. Listening Links: Patreon supporters, be sure to check out this week’s exclusive bonus episode. We start out by asking if there is a certain film you’d like to hear re-scored by a certain composer, and […]
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Make/Remake: Road House (1989) & Road House (2024) | Awesome Friday Podcast!
Greetings, programs! We’re back after a two-week hiatus! This week, we’re talking about something a little different: 1989s Road House and 2024s Road House. The former is an 80s action classic with big hair, cheesy dialogue, and throat rips and then the latter is an update that tests the limits of how much Jake Gyllenhaal […]
I am a Rotten Tomatoes-approved, freelance film & television critic and podcast host from Vancouver, Canada! I am a co-founder of the Cascadia Film & Television Critics Association and a voting member of the International Film Society Critics, Pandora International Critics, and the Online Film & Television Association.
I maintain bylines at Exclaim!, Awesome Friday!, That Shelf, ForReel, Movies We Texted About, KeithLovesMovies, and I can be heard regularly on the Contra Zoom Podcast and The LAMBCast.
