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Interview: Reel Canada Executive Director Jack Blum on National Canadian Film Day | Awesome Friday Podcast
The third Wednesday of every year is National Canadian Film Day, a nationwide event that celebrates the best in Canadian cinema. This year is no different, and tomorrow’s event promises to be one of the best yet, with screening events in every province and territory and around the world. This morning I sat down with […]
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Interview: Actor, Writer, and Producer Jonas Chernick on his film Ashgrove | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! Welcome to another Awesome Friday interview! Joining me this time is Jonas Chernick, who produced, co-wrote, and stars in the film Ashgrove. Ashgrove is the story of a scientist played by Amanda Brugel, who may be the key to solving a worldwide pandemic and is forced to take a few days for herself […]
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy | The LAMBCast
This week the Lambcast tackles one of the most monumental film franchises of all time, Peter Jackson’s adaptions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”. Heather Baxendale-Walsh championed the Franchise to victory in the poll and she takes over the discussion with the passion you would expect from a huge fantasy fan. Howard Casner, […]
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Awesome Friday Podcast: Moonfall & Our Flag Means Death
Greeting programs, and welcome to the Awesome Friday Podcast. This week we’re taking a closer look at the new ridiculous (in a good way) Roland Emmerich film Moonfall and the Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi led series Our Flag Means Death. Spoiler alert we loved both of these things, so come and join us for a love fest. […]
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Grab Bag: The Oscars, Moon Knight, Halo, & The Canadian Film Festival | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs and welcome back to the Awesome Friday Podcast. This week is a little different than most weeks, instead of two things we are covering a whole bunch of things in a grab bag format. There have just been too many things to narrow it down you see, so join us for brief discussions […]
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Interview: Shawn Doyle on his film Ashgrove (and also Star Trek: Discovery) | Awesome Friday Podcast
Salutations applications, and welcome to an Awesome Friday Interview with actor Shawn Doyle! A native of Newfoundland, Shawn has been working steadily in film and television since the early 1990s, and in just the last few years has racked up an impressive filmography that includes recurring appearances in The Expanse, Hannibal, Cardinal (for which he […]
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Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight’ Is a Bit Disjointed | Awesome Friday!
Comics are weird. There’s no denying this simple fact, and there’s no use trying. This fact is universal and can be a barrier to entry for new fans. Sometimes 50 years of lore is a lot to wrap your head around. One of the great strengths of Marvel’s ongoing cinematic universe is that initially, at […]
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Deep Water & Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood | Awesome Friday Podcast
Salutations applications and welcome to a new episode of the Awesome Friday Podcast! This week we’re taking a closer look at two new films: First, director Adrian Lyne’s new film Deep Water starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, recently released on Amazon Prime here in Canada and Hulu in the US, followed by Richard Linklater’s latest […]
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Interview: Katie Boland on her film “We’re All In This Together” | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! Katie Boland is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer. She is probably best known for her television appearances and the web series she created, Long Story Short. However, this year, Katie made her feature film directorial debut with We’re All In This Together, a story about a dysfunctional family brought together by absurd events. […]
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2022 Academy Awards Preview | The LAMBCast
Richard has the week off and Rob from MovieRob is filling in as host of the LAMBCAST for our annual Oscar Preview. Rob was joined by Howard Casner, Tyler Howat, Matthew Simpson and Cameron Kanachki to discuss this years nominees. Episode Homepage: https://largeassmovieblogs.com/2022/03/lambcast-628-oscar-preview-2022.html Also, be sure to check out the other guests on this episode:
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Awesome Friday Podcast: Spider-Man: No Way Home & The Outfit | Awesome Friday Podcast
Welcome back to Awesome Friday, on a Sunday! In this week’s episode, we speak at length about a little movie you might have heard about from last year, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which has finally come to home video. Then it’s onto a new release from Focus Features, The Outfit, a single location mystery thriller starring […]
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Interview: Seth A Smith on his film “Tin Can” | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! Welcome to a special episode of the Awesome Friday Podcast in which I sit down with director Seth A Smith to talk about his film Tin Can. Tin Can played at both Fantasia Festival last year and the Vancouver International Film Festival, which is where I originally saw it. It is now getting a wide release […]
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West Side Story & The Adam Project | Awesome Friday Podcast
It’s Awesome Friday on a Sunday! This week we’re talking about West Side Story, which has just been released to Disney+, and the new Ryan Reynolds starring Netflix family action movie The Adam Project. Episode Homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca/2022/03/podcast-west-side-story-adam-project/
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Turning Red, Fresh, & After Yang | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! We’re a day late in posting this episode of the podcast, but to make up for it, we’re talking about three, yes three, excellent movies for you to watch. First up is Pixar’s Turning Red, their first feature set in Canada and another surefire hit for Disney+. Second, we’re talking about the Disney+/Hulu […]
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The Afterparty & The Dropout | Awesome Friday Podcast
On this week’s podcast, we take a closer look at the hit AppleTV+ comedy The Afterparty and the upcoming Disney+ drama The Dropout. Episode Homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca/2022/02/podcast-the-afterparty-the-dropout/
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.
