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Greetings programs! 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. Join us! Continue reading Podcast: The People’s Joker & Abigail
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 War, which is a discussion not to be missed. Continue reading 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. Continue reading Podcast: Fallout & Humane
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 a lot to say about each of them, so let’s dive in! Join us! Continue reading…
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 been separated into awards for comedy and drama, still with…
Greetings, programs! This week, we’re finally taking on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Part Two, alongside Dev Patel’s directorial debut action movie Monkey Man. Join us! Continue reading Podcast: Dune: Part Two & Monkey Man
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 can carry a movie. Join us! Continue reading Podcast: Make/Remake:…
Greetings programs! Join us for a discussion about Jonathan Glazer’s academy award nominated The Zone of Interest and Johan Renck’s Adam Sandler starring existential sci-fi drama Spaceman. It’s a good discussion, and we hope you enjoy it! Continue reading Podcast: The Zone of Interest & Spaceman
This week on the show, we’re looking at the new Shakespeare-adapted rom-com Anyone But You and the new live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Listen to find out how they each hold up! Continue reading Podcast: Anyone But You & Avatar: The Last Airbender
Greetings programs! We’re back after a week away and talking about the new outer space set thriller I.S.S. and then catching up with France’s official submission for the Best International Feature Oscar, The Taste of Things. Our opinions are both the same and different about both of these movies, and one of them garnered a pretty specific reaction from Matthew. Join us! Continue reading…
Greetings programs! This week on the show we’re catching up with the last CDEU film, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and then we move on to Jason Statham’s new action movie The Beekeeper. Both of these movies are more fun than you think; join us to find out why! Continue reading Podcast: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom & The Beekeeper
Greetings programs! It’s that time of year, the Oscar Nominees have been announced! This week, we’re breaking down our preferences and predictions for (almost) every category of the 96th Academy Awards. Some of our choices line up, and some of them don’t, so take a listen to see if you agree with Matthew, Simon or both. Join us! Continue reading Podcast: Oscars Special: The 2024 Academy…
This week on the show, we’re covering the just-released thriller Eileen, starring Thomasin McKenzie and the incomparable Anne Hathaway, which Matthew first saw at Sundance 2023, and then finally follow up with Taika Waititi’s latest sports underdog story Next Goal Wins. Continue reading Untitled
Greetings programs! Join us this week as we look closer at the new Marvel Cinematic UNvierse series Echo and then the new F Gary Gray heist film Lift, which stars Kevin Hart. We liked one of these things more than the other. Listen to find out which! Continue reading Untitled
Greetings programs! This week, we’re diving into the world of the Hunger Games with the new prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and then taking a look at Span’s entry for the Best International Feature award at this year’s Oscars, The Society of the Snow. Join us! Continue reading Untitled
Greetings programs! There is no bonus round this week, but our regular episode is double-sized, and we tackle all of our favourites of the year. We each made a list of a dozen films; we tackled all of them, with our absolute favourites coming last. Join us! Continue reading Untitled
There are many versions of the holiday season, but a certain subset of film nerds know that the truest expression of Christmas is actually Shane Black-mass. Black has penned and directed some action-comedy classics in his time and has a penchant for setting them at Christmas time. That setting, sometimes overt and sometimes just in the background, is used to contrast and highlight elements in the…
