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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/
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre & The Cursed | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week we’re tackling two new horror movies: First, the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and then the newly released period-set gothic werewolf movie The Cursed. Join us! Episode Homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca/2022/02/podcast-texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-cursed/
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Parallel Mothers & The 94th Academy Awards Nominations | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week is a little different; we’re covering the latest film from Pedro Amaldóvar, Parallel Mothers, which, as it turns out, is an excellent segue into our second topic: the recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. This episode runs a little longer than our average, but we think it’s worth it! Episode Homepage: […]
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2022 Slamdance Festival Recap & Interview w/ Director Avalon Fast | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week we’re joined by Avalon Fast, director of Honeycomb, a new indie feature playing as part of the Slamdance Film Festival. We talk with her at length about her film and the experience of making it, as well as a quick recap of some more favourites of the festival. Episode Homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca/2022/02/podcast-slamdance-recap-interview-w-director-avalon-fast/
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The Book of Boba Fett & Pam & Tommy | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the Awesome Friday Podcast, we talk about two new series, both from Disney. First up is The Book of Boba Fett, which has aired five episodes and is struggling to figure out precisely what it wants to be. Next, Pam & Tommy, the upcoming miniseries starring Lily James, Sebastian Stan, and Seth Rogen, depicts […]
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The Tragedy of Macbeth & Peacemaker | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the podcast, we’re talking about Macbeth and Peacemaker. One is a timeless tale of a power-hungry man who tries to take control of his life with a trail of unthinkable violence, and the other is Macbeth. Both of them are excellent, too. We also discuss James Gunn as a writer and director, […]
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.
