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Universal Language & Rebel Ridge | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings, Programs! This week on the show, we’re looking at Canada’s official selection for the Academy Award for Best International Feature, Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language. It’s a singular piece of art that we have a lot to say about, and it premieres in Canada at TIFF this week! Following that, we look at Jeremy Saulnier’s […]
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Cuckoo Review | Movies We Texted About
[Dan Stevens] Herr König is creepy from the get-go, an over-familiar person in the life of this seventeen-year-old, and Stevens comfortably slides into the narrow void between sociopath and eccentric comfortably; he looks like he might be good, but he feels like something that crawled out of a primordial tar pit, and he’s great fun to watch. [Hunter] […]
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Out Come The Wolves & Trap | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the show, join us for a breakdown of the new Canadian survival horror film Out Come The Wolves, starring Missy Peregrym in her second collaboration with Backcountry director Adam MacDonald. Then, we’ll look at the newest film by five-star three-star director M. Night Shyamalan, Trap, which features a tour-de-force performance from Josh […]
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‘Out Come the Wolves’ Movie Review: People versus Nature with Adam MacDonald | Movies We Texted About
“Nature has a way of showing you who you really are.” It’s a simple truth, if a little on the nose for a survival horror film that pits people against nature with bloody consequences, but it’s still true. It’s also a fair way to describe director Adam MacDonald’s latest film, Out Come The Wolves: it’s a little on the nose, but it’s […]
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The Towering Inferno | The LAMBCast
Paul Newman and Steve McQueen head an all star cast in the granddaddy of all disaster films, “The Towering Inferno”. If this looks familiar to you, then you are a longtime LAMB, because we did cover it as a MOTM back in 2016. That episode is currently lost, so this is a chance to restore […]
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Man’s Best Friend | The Forgotten Filmcast
It’s time for another journey into the realm of Animals Attack movies. This time, Todd is joined by Matthew Simpson from the Awesome Friday podcast to look at 1993’s Man’s Best Friend, starring Ally Sheedy and Lance Henricksen. Listening Links:
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Twisters & Alien: Romulus | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings programs! This week on the show, we’re talking about two movies with deep connections to older films we love. First up is Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s sequel to the 1990s classic that Matthew adores, and then Alien: Romulus, the Fede Álvarez-directed mid-quel film that takes place immediately between the two classic films Alien and Aliens. Join us! […]
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‘Futurama’ Season 9 Review: The First 6 Episodes | Movies We Texted About
Good news everyone! Futurama is returned once again to satirize the future and the present, and it’s only slightly out of date doing it. There are a few things to say about the show, but let’s get this out of the way first: it’s still Futurama, and if you liked Futuramabefore then you are likely going to continue liking Futurama now. The sense of humor remains much […]
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A Quiet Place: Day One & Deadpool & Wolverine | Awesome Friday Podcast
Greetings Programs! We’re back after a month-long hiatus, and we’re excited to talk about two summer movies! Join us for discussions of two different franchise third entries: A Quiet Place: Day One and the Marvel multiverse romp Deadpool & Wolverine. Listening Links: This week’s subscriber bonus episode is available now! We discuss films we love […]
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Borderlands Review: A Frustrating Film Full of Wasted Potential | Movies We Texted About
Adapting a story from one medium to another is tough. Whether the source material is a novel or a comic or a twitterthread or a game, there are many choices that need to made because while all these formats are valid, they’re also not the same, and stories need to be adapted to their new medium. Video games […]
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The Cable Guy | Overhated
So-so box office, lukewarm reviews, and a massive payday for the lead actor led to this movie being labeled as some sort of insane misfire. But it’s not. To say movie nuts like this movie more now than they did back then would be a massive understatement. My thanks to film writer Matthew Simpson (@SmatthewAF) […]
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The Last Starfighter | The LAMBCast
Greetings LAMBs, you have been recruited by the LAMBcast to listen to this week’s episode, after you do, the Kodan Armada will be but a trifle for you to dispense with, it’s Movie of the Month time. The July MOTM was championed by Matthew Simpson of the Awesome Friday Podcast, and he hosts a crew […]
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‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ Makes Nazi-Bashing Seem Extra Fun | Exclaim!
Since so many countries were involved in World War II, people around the globe have stories of heroes committing acts of selfless gallantry for the greater good. Guy Ritchie’s latest, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is one such film. In this story, a band of mostly British misfit heroes fight against the Axis powers on a mission […]
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The Best Films of 2024 So Far: Dune and Its Challengers | That Shelf
At the midway point of the year, all of the writers at That Shelf were invited to submit their top five films of 2024 so far, along with any honourable mentions and a favourite performance, and I was happy to submit mine! Here’s my number one pick. Be sure to head to the page and […]
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I Saw The TV Glow & Daddio | Awesome Friday Podcast
This week on the show we’re talking about Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw The TV Glow and Christy Hall’s Daddio. Both Singluar visions from their creator, but do they both work? Join us to find out! This week’s patron bonus show sees Simon ask about the era of AA action movie video game adaptations and what […]
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.
