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Killers of the Flower Moon & Godzilla Minus One | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the show we’re finally catching up with Martin Scorsese’s epic meditation on American sin, Killers of the Flower Moon, and the latest entry in the 70-year-strong giant monster franchise, Godzilla Minus One. Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/12/podcast-killer-of-the-flower-moon-godzilla-minus-one/ This week’s Patreon bonus episode has Simon asking for our dream Star Wars pitches and Matthew asking about which […]
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Exclaim!’s 20 Best Films of 2023 | Exclaim!
This year I contributed to Exclaim.ca’s top twenty films of the year both with my vote and by writing up David Fincher’s The Killer, which took the #19 spot on the list. No matter how you slice it, this film is meticulously crafted, dryly funny, appropriately brutal, and features a killer performance from Michael Fassbender […]
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Exclaim!’s 10 Best TV Series of 2023 | Exclaim!
This year, I contributed to Exclaim.ca’s Best 10 TV series of the year list with both my vote and by writing up Mike Flanagan’s excellent The Fall of the House of Usher miniseries, which took the #8 spot. Mike Flanagan returns with another project that proves he is the master of the adaptation, remixing the […]
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The Burning Season & May December at Whistler Film Festival 2023 | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings, patrons! This week, we’re covering the 2023 Whistler Films Festival, one of the most interesting festivals in the Pacific Northwest because it so often features great Canadian content. We’re covering our usual two films, both playing as part of the fest. First up is the new Canadian relationship drama The Burning Season and then Todd […]
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The Criterion Shelf: Pre-Code Divas | That Shelf
Criterion Shelf is an ongoing collaborative retrospective of classic films, helmed by Bil Antoniou, tackling curated collections on the Criterion Channel. For November 2023, the topic was the curated list ‘Pre-Code Divas’, a list of films featuring strong women characters dealing with leering men and racy subject matter, at least by 1930s standards. Several of […]
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Five Nights at Freddy’s & Jawan | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the show, we’re reviewing the latest video game film adaptation, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and the latest from superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Jawan. Also, join us for this week’s bonus show, free for all listeners! Join us! Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/11/podcast-five-nights-at-freddys-jawan/ Greetings, patrons -and everyone else! – this week on the bonus show we […]
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Anatomy of a Fall & The Marvels | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the show, we’re looking at Anatomy of a Fall and the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Marvels. Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/11/podcast-anatomy-of-a-fall-the-marvels/ Greetings patrons! This week for your bonus show we end up talking at length about movies that we have bought blind and ended up loving, and also the best film […]
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Review: New Series Adds Depth and Breadth To The Monsterverse | That Shelf
And what of the Titans? Interestingly, the show isn’t really about the Titans per se, so they don’t show up quite as much as you might anticipate. However, when they do, they show up like the forces of nature they are. There are a few new monsters we are introduced to and, naturally, Godzilla appears […]
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The Killer & Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! This week’s show sees us taking on the newest David Fincher movie, The Killer and the new Godzilla TV series from AppleTV+, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Join us! Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/11/podcast-the-killer-monarch-legacy-of-monsters/
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The Marvels Is Out-of-This-World Fun | ForReel
The loudest, most vocal section of fans decrying that “the MCU is in shambles” is interesting because their analysis depth is inconsistent and shallow. In the former sense, they’ll watch something like Black Widow, Ms Marvel, or She-Hulk and loudly exclaim that the MCU is doomed while simultaneously looking at projects like Guardians of the […]
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Reel Asian Festival: We Will Be Brave | That Shelf
It also follows them as they create art installations and experiences for their community, portrayed with noble intent. Unfortunately, the impact of these events is never investigated excepting how it affects the The Good Guise themselves. Herein lies the biggest problem with We Will Be Brave: its scope feels too limited. These five men are having […]
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A Haunting in Venice & Quiz Lady | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! This week, we’re taking on two films new to Disney+: Kenneth Branagh’s latest Poirot mystery, A Haunting in Venice, and the new Awkwafina & Sandra Oh starring comedy Quiz Lady. Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/11/podcast-a-haunting-in-venice-quiz-lady/
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The Criterion Shelf: Grindhouse Gothic – Roger Corman Directs Edgar Allan Poe | That Shelf
Criterion Shelf is an ongoing collaborative retrospective of classic films, helmed by Bil Antoniou, tackling curated collections on the Criterion Channel. For October 2023, I contributed a write-up of the classic film Masque of the Red Death from the Roger Corman-directed Edgar Allan Poe cycle of films starring Vincent Price. If you grew up in […]
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Bottoms, Fair Play, & Pain Hustlers | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! We’re back after an impromptu hiatus! To make up for it we’re talking about three films on the show: Emma Seligman’s Bottoms, Chloe Domont’s Fair Play, and David Yates’s Pain Hustlers. Join us! Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/10/podcast-bottoms-fair-play-pain-hustlers/
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The Killer Hits the Mark | ForReel
Fassbender is excellent throughout, both on screen and in voiceover. His character speaks confidently in voiceover about the need for detachment and calm, cool, dispassionate professionalism. On-screen, the character appears to be that, except for all the moments the tumult of emotions beneath the surface peek through (which is a lot). Playing that contradiction with […]
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.
