Movie Squad

Listen to the latest Movie Squad before Godzilla Disease gets YOU! This week, Bonus Babe Laura Blundell fills in for Blockbuster Babe Tristan Fidler and brings with her a review of Godzilla Minus Zero, which is both a very easy maths sum and the sequel to the slightly more difficult equation Godzilla Minus One. But first, Simon Miraudo reviews the new film from Oscar-winning writer-director Martin...

This Halloween, have a seat. On the latest Movie Squad, Bonus Babe Lucy Rutherford fills in for Tristan Fidler, who is away on special assignment (Operation: Matrimony), and joins Simon Miraudo to review the new Robert Pattinson black comedy Primetime. Then, Lucy gives Brekky host Pam Boland some Bad Apples: that’s the new , darkly comic film starring Saoirse Ronan as a teacher who accidentally (?...

People have always said that the two things missing from Movie Squad are “sense” and “sensibility”, so thankfully both are featured in abundance this week! Tristan Fidler and Breakfast host Pam Boland lead a review of the new Jane Austen adaptation, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esme Creed Miles. Then, Simon Miraudo offers his thoughts on Hard as Puck, a WA-made documentary about a local para ice...

Blockbuster Babes Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review the three kinds of film on this week’s edition of Movie Squad. First up with Breakfast host Pam Boland, they look at the stunning, investigative triumph NAZA, a documentary about the IDF’s atrocities in Gaza, from the Oscar-winning directors of No Other Land. Then, it’s time for Street Fighter, the candy-coloured adaptation of Capcom’s clas...

What’s cooler than two new movie reviews? Four new movie reviews. Blockbuster Babes Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler join Breakfast host Pamela Boland for a bumper edition of Movie Squad. First up, they get into a rat-a-tat discussion of Aaron Sorkin’s sequel to The Social Network, titled The Social Reckoning, now starring Jeremy Strong as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Then, Tristan shares his...

With Simon away on assignment, we’ve sent out the Bat-Signal to Blockbuster Babe Lucy Rutherford to join Tristan Fidler for Movie Squad. First, Tristan reviews Digger, a black comedy directed by auteur Alejandro González Iñárritu which sees superstar Tom Cruise take a break from Mission Impossible to play a Texan oil tycoon on a mission to prove he can save humanity. Next, Lucy reviews the latest...

D’you like your cinema slow or super fast? Well, we’re serving up both kinds on this week’s episode of the Movie Squad pod! But first, Brekky host Pamela Boland shares her take on the streaming-only rom-com The Love Hypothesis. Then, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo talk about their date night at a screening of Resident Evil, the rollicking new video game adaptation from Weapons director Zach Creg...

Meep meep! Pamela Boland is joined by Tristan Fidler and Laura Blundell in this week’s edition of the Movie Squad podcast! First on the menu: a review of the long delayed, almost cancelled, finally released comedy Coyote vs. Acme, starring Will Forte, John Cena and a bunch of animated Looney Tunes. Then, Tristan covers the historical drama Palestine 36, which is the only narrative film to have bee...

Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler biffed it on this week’s edition of the Movie Squad podcast, so leave it to Pamela Boland and Astro Tash to save the day. After some spooky-ooky goings-on in the studio, Pam and Tash review Practical Magic 2, the long-awaited sequel to the story of witchy sisters played by Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. Then, Tristan and Simon share their thoughts on the South K...

We’ve got a full deck of the Movie Squad cast this week. Well, two queens and two jokers, anyway. Blockbuster Babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are joined by Bonus Babes Laura Blundell and Lucy Rutherford for a bumper Brekky shift with Pam Boland. First up, a review of the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony, starring Dominic Sessa and directed by Matt Johnson(‘s arms). Then, the crew take a look at...

There’s been a terrible mistake! On this special Radiothon edition of Movie Squad, imposters invade Breakfast with Pam. Mercifully, your regular Blockbuster Babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo come to the rescue and expose the Bizarro Babes, Ange Tuffnell (of Sooks and Bribes) and Drew Krapljanov (from Monday Drivetime). Once amends are made, the fivesome thank Movie Squad subscribers and rewar...

RTRFM, it’s good for you, and so is Movie Squad! To celebrate the start of Radiothon 2026, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo had Breakfast LIVE with Pam Boland at Local and Aesthetic! Listen back to this Very Special Episode of the Movie Squad pod, to hear the Blockbuster Babes decide against talking about which movies are good, and instead explain which movies are good for you, like Backrooms, The...

Let’s talk about sex, baby. Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland to review two films with the little death on their mind. One of them even has Little Death as a character! That’d be Jane Schoenbrun’s dreamy Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, about a filmmaker (Hannah Einbinder) trying to recruit a reclusive scream queen (Gillian Anderson) for her slasher reboot. It’s now...

It’s Peter Parker vs. Pickleball on the Movie Squad podcast this week! Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland to review the biggest film in the world and the biggest film currently on Apple TV. First up, the Blockbuster Babes live up to their name by taking a look at Spider-Man: Brand New Day, featuring Tom Holland as the titular hero as he reckons with a new world in which h...

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, and listen to the latest Movie Squad podcast instead! This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo bring two new cinema releases to Brekky host Pam Boland. First up, it’s the newie from Olivier Assayas, The Wizard of the Kremlin, starring Paul Dano as a (fictionalised?) power broker behind the rise of Russian secret agent Vladimir Putin (played by Jud...

An epic movie deserves an epic podcast. But this one will have to do. On this episode of the Movie Squad pod, returning heroes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are reunited with Pam Boland after an absolute age (two weeks). They kick-off with a review of Christopher Nolan’s gargantuan adaptation of The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and a cast of thousands (plus one cyclo...

You’re invited to the podcasting event of the season. On this blockbuster episode of the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are joined by not one, not two, not four, but three special guests! First, Danae Gibson takes over for Brekky while Pam Boland is away on special assignment, and gets to listen to reviews of Olivia Wilde’s frisky comedy The Invite and Aussie body-horror Sacchar...

Urgent, breaking news: Pam Boland has seen The Sheep Detectives and needs to talk about it. After that (and only after that) may Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo review their movies. Tristan regales the Movie Squad team with the tale of 100 Nights of Hero, starring Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe and Charli XCX in a parallel-universe, fantasy-romance. Then, Simon covers Dead Man’s Wire, the Opening Nigh...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a bonus babe? YES. With Simon Miraudo away on assignment, DJ Aslan from Cloud Waves joins Tristan Fidler and Pamela Boland for a very special Movie Squad pod! After a brief bit of movie news (mostly hair related) from Pam, Tristan and Aslan review Supergirl, starring Australia’s own Milly Alcock as Superman’s cousin. It’s now in cinemas. Then, they discuss the ve...

Another year older, another year wiser, another year and Tristan still isn’t up to date with the Toy Story franchise. So instead of covering Toy Story 5, birthday boy Tristan Fidler reviews the new Aussie horror flick Leviticus, from director Adrian Chiarella. The critically acclaimed and chilling queer romance is now in cinemas. Then, Tristan and Simon Miraudo review Over Your Dead Body, a black...

The truth is out there, and if not, maybe it’s in this podcast. On the latest Movie Squad, Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review the latest sci-fi spectacular from Steven Spielberg: Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo and Colin Firth. Then, Simon reviews the indie caper Tuner, starring Leo Woodall as a piano tuner who discovers a hidden talent for cracking safes....

Guess who’s back? Well, not Simon Miraudo, who’s away on special assignment, but Tristan Fidler, Laura Blundell and Brekky host Pamela Boland for a brand new instalment of Movie Squad! First up this week is the “reboot-i-quel” of Scary Movie, reuniting Anna Faris, Regina Hall and select members of the Wayans family. Does it live up to the long, proud legacy of the Scary Movie spoof series? Or is t...

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo made a date to meet in the Backrooms while Pam Boland watched Say Anything on a plane. So yeah, you could say Movie Squad is back on its bulls***. On their latest Breakfast meeting, Tristan and Simon share their thoughts on Kane Parsons’ big screen adaptation of his creepypasta-inspired webseries Backrooms, with Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor falling into his...

It’s the story of a brooding anti-hero and his adorable sidekick: we’re of course talking about Movie Squad. (You can pick who’s who.) Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler reunite after a week apart, with special guest Brekky host Dennis Gedling filling in for Pam Boland. First up, Tristan and Dennis review The Mandalorian and Grogu, Jon Favreau’s big-screen sequel to the hit Star Wars series. But doe...

This week, Tristan Fidler is away on special assignment, probably preparing to host the Q&A screening of WA-made dark comedy Birthright, written and directed by friend of the show Zoe Pepper ! (Find out more about tix and screening times at Luna Cinemas here .) So instead, Simon Miraudo is joined by what Brekky host Pam Boland calls a beloved “back-up babe”, Laura Blundell! Simon leads with the fi...