Awesome Friday Podcast

Greetings programs!  This week we dive head first into the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival.  We've each seen a number of films and we're going to talk about a number of them including Hundreds of Beavers, Birth/Rebirth, Satan Wants You, A Disturbance in the Force, With Love and a Major Organ, Aporia, Sympathy for the DEvil, and River. Join us! STRIKE NOTE:             This episode was produced during...

Greetings programs!  This week we're getting caught up in the fascination that is gripping the nation.  That's right, it's the Barbenheimer episode! Both Oppenheimer and Barbie are being hailed as being some of the best filmmaking of the year.  Do we agree?  Yes, yes we do, and listen in to find out why! STRIKE NOTE:             This episode was produced during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes....

Greetings programs!  This week, we dive head first into the world of Wes Anderson with Asteroid City, and then we jump off a cliff with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1.  Join us! STRIKE NOTE:             This episode was produced during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being discussed here woul...

Greetings programs!  It has been two years, almost to the day, since we relaunched the Awesome Friday Podcast! To celebrate that fact, we are joined by Rachel, and we talk about our favourite films from when the show has been running - that's July 2021 to now.   It was a very fun conversation to record, and we hope you enjoy it too! We'd like to thank everyone who is listening or has listened or h...

Greetings Programs! Join us this week as we dive into the latest Indiana Jones film and the new Netflix/Annapurna animated release Nimona.  It's a good one! HOMEPAGE: Find JustWatch.com powered streaming links for each film as well as our ratings and all of our other content at this episode's homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/07/podcast-indiana-jones-nimona/         BONUS CONTENT:           ...

Greetings program! This week we're taking on the latest Marvel series, Secret Invasion starring Samual L Jackson as Nick Fury, and an upcoming indie comedy starring Mark Duplass and Sterling K Brown, Biosphere (in cinemas July 9th) . We have a lot to say about both, so join us! BONUS CONTENT:            This week on our bonus chat, we start with Matthew's recent acquisition of Waterworld on Arrow...

Greetings, Programs!  This week we're joined by longtime friend of the show Rachel Ho for our discussions of  Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, Chris Hemsworth in Extraction 2, and subway systems around the world (no, really!).  We hope you like it! BONUS CONTENT:             Rachel also joined us for our patron bonus chat this week, in which we talk about film festivals and the films we see there that...

Greetings programs!  This week on the show, we're talking about two super fun movies: Fast X, the 11th Fast & Furious movie and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, the sequel to the best movies of 2018.  Join us! BONUS CONTENT:      This week our patron bonus chat is all about new TV, including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Tribeca Premieres, and Black Mirror.  Patrons at every tier can...

.Greetings, programs!  We're back after a week away!  Join us for a lively discussion of Air (now on Prime Video) and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (now in cinemas).  One of these movies we really liked and the other, the opposite of that.  Listen to find out which is which! BONUS CONTENT:      This week's bonus chat for Patreon subscribers is also live.  We start with The Truman Show and end u...

Greetings Programs!  Join us this week as we discuss Shazam: Fury of the Gods and The Super Mario Bros Movie.  One of these movies is fun; you'll have to listen to find out which! BONUS CONTENT:      Patreon supporters at every tier get access to this week's bonus conversation, in which we dive into It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, one of Matt's favourite shows and one that Simon has just starte...

Greetings, programs!  This week we finally catch up with Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 , and then writer/director Nicole Holofcener's latest film, You Hurt My Feelings starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.  Join us!         BONUS CONTENT:      This week's bonus for Patreon subscribers is a discussion of Letterkenny and Star Trek: Lower Decks, both great and made in Canada.  Subscribers at all tiers (sta...

Greetings Programs!  This week we're covering Evil Dead Rise , a great new addition to the ongoing Evil Dead Franchise and hen the newly released AppleTV+ Documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie . Join us! BONUS CONTENT:      All Patreon subscribers get access to our bonus chats, this week talking about Dennis Quaid and then moving into some classic movies of the 1980s and 1990s . EPISODE HOMEPA...

Greetings programs!  This week on the show, we take a look at the newly on-demand fantasy heist movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves before switching gears to the upcoming Canadian dramatization of the rise and fall of one of our biggest tech giants, BlackBerry .   We also talk a little about the writer's strike, and just in case there is any ambiguity: we stand with the writers. Be s...

Greetings programs!  This week we dive into the latest instalment in the ongoing Scream franchise and then into a bloody Finnish revenge story.  Join us! BONUS CONTENT:      This week's bonus chat starts with headphone jacks and then dives into -among other things- movies filmed in Malta.  All Patreon subscribers can listen to it here! EPISODE HOMEPAGE: Find JustWatch-powered steaming links, our r...

Greetings programs!  This week on the show, we dive head first into two.... well, two not-great films. First up is the Adam Driver Fights Dinosaurs sci-fi actioner 65.  Then we look at the new Chris Evans & Ana de Armas action rom-com Ghosted. BONUS CONTENT:      This week on our patron-subscriber bonus chat, we dive into the third seasons of The Mandalorian and Star Trek: Picard, how they're...

Greetings programs!  We're back after a brief hiatus, and this week we're covering Canadian Screen Award Best Picture nominee Falcon Lake and the new indie thriller How To Blow Up A Pipeline .  Spoiler alert: it's two good movies on this week's show! BONUS CONTENT This week on our patron bonus chat, we talked about A24 films and our journeys with them.  Join the Patreon to hear it ! EPISODE HOMEPA...

Greetings programs!  Join Matthew and Simon for a dive into the world of hyper-stylized action that is John Wick: Chapter 4 , and then into the weird but true story of Cold War politics, intrigue, and espionage that is Tetris .  It's a weird show, but hey, when is it not? Join us! BONUS CONTENT:      Patrons at all tiers can hear our bonus discussion about the classic films we've missed over the y...

Greetings, programs and welcome back to the show!  This week we are looking at two 2023 releases now available on demand.  First up is the new screen-set film Missing starring Storm Reid, and the Hindi language action thriller Pathaan starring Shah Rukh Khan!  Join us! EPISODE HOMEPAGE: You can find JustWatch-powered streaming links for both films, our ratings, and all of our other content at this...

Greetings programs!  This week on the show Matthew and Simon dig into the latest meme-turned-movie Cocaine Bear and the Canadian Screen Award Best Picture nominee, Brother.  One of these films is really good and the other ... well, you'll have to listen to find out! Check out our star ratings, streaming links, and all of our other content at this episode's homepage: https://awesomefriday.ca/2023/0...

Greetings Programs!  This week on the show we look at a Canadian festival darling, Chandler Levack's I Like Movies,  as well as the recent Berlinale debut Inside starring Willem Dafoe.  THere's a lot to talk about, especially when it comes to what works for one viewer vs another.   Join us! This episode's homepage can be found here . BONUS CONTENT:      If you are a Patreon subscriber be sure to c...

Greetings programs and welcome to this week's episode of the show.  This week is all Disney all the time as we are slightly late to the part on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania but also slightly early to the party for The Mandalorian Season 3, of which we have seen the first two episodes. BONUS CONTENT: Additionally, starting this week we have bonus content for our Patreon supporters.   Typically...

Greetings programs!  This week on the show Matthew and Simon take a look at the new M. Night Shyamalan movie Knock at the Cabin and the new Netflix release We Have a Ghost.   There are many opinions in this one, so listen and let us know what you think! LINKS:             Matthew was recently a guest on The LAMBCast, the podcast of the Large Association of Movie Blogs, discussing a personal favour...

Greetings programs!  This week Matthew and Rachel take a look at two new streaming releases: Prime Video's new rom-com Somebody I Used To Know and AppleTV+'s new thriller Sharper. CONNECT WITH US:      Matthew on Twitter: @SmatthewAF Simon on Twitter: @TemporaryPen Home:    AwesomeFriday.ca Awesome Friday on Twitter: @AwesomeFridayCa    Awesome Friday on Facebook: Awesome Friday Awesome Friday on...

Greetings programs!  This week on the show we're talking about the newly released Korean science fiction film JUNG_E and the not so recently released Marvel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.    Check out this episode's homepage for streaming links, our ratings, and all of our other content . SUPPORT: Thanks so much to all of our listeners, new and old!  Please consider smashing that link butto...

Greetings programs!  You've all been good so here's a bonus episode of the podcast in which Rachel Ho and Matthew break down a few great titles from this year Sundance Film Festival. This was Matthew's first year attending the festival and Rachel's second, and it was a pretty good year if these six films are any indication. Join us as we take a look at Still, Fair Play, The Pod Generation, Eileen,...