Movie Squad

It’s a Christmas miracle: a bonus Movie Squad episode! Earlier this month, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo were invited to be part of Accent, the Music and Sound in Australian Cinema Conference held at the University of Western Australia. As a Boxing Day surprise (especially for those who were disappointed by their Xmas haul), we’re gifting you the live recording of their session, titled Australi...

Admit it, when you saw the title of this episode you fell to your knees. For the final Movie Squad podcast of 2025 (or is it? more on that later…) the Blockbuster Babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo give Brekky host Pam Boland the most beautiful Christmas gift of all. No, it’s not another commemorative token from Ballerina: From the World of John Wick (though they do give that to her again too)...

I heard this episode of the Movie Squad podcast is nuts. After reviewing 115 films over the course of the year, the Blockbuster Babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo have once again put their babe-brains together to produce a combined Top 10 to share with Pam Boland on Brekky. Which movie brought Simon to his knees in the cinema? Which film introduced Tristan to his new favourite song, “My Boo”?...

It’s the antepenultimate episode of Movie Squad for 2025! With Brekky‘s Pam Boland away on special assignment and guest Meri Fatin taking over hosting duties, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo share their final reviews before next week’s Top 10 extravaganza. First up, Simon reviews Wake Up Dead Man, the latest entry in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit series, once again starring Daniel Craig as the venerab...

Brekky host Pam Boland can’t believe her luck, because this week, Blockbuster Babe Tristan Fidler is joined by Bonus Babe Laura Blundell! First up, Laura reviews Mistress Dispeller, the stunning new documentary about the professionals in China hired to break up cheating husbands with their lovers. It’s now showing in Perth cinemas. The, Tristan reviews Kelly Reichardt’s ’70s-set heist flick The Ma...

How many babes does it take to review a Wicked sequel? Turns out four, but only because two of them haven’t seen it yet. On this very special episode of the Movie Squad podcast, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are joined by WAM-nominated singer-songwriter Angie Colman (clad in pink and carrying a commemorative Wicked cup) to review Wicked: For Good. With Simon and Breakfast host Pam Boland not ha...

The internet’s not big enough for this episode of the Movie Squad podcast, but we’re uploading it anyway! Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland to talk a brand new blockbuster (as well as the career prospects of Glen Powell) and the most exciting films playing the Japanese Film Festival, before chatting with Perth Festival‘s Film Curator Madeline Bates ahead of her new seaso...

This is one mother of a Movie Squad episode. Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo once again join Brekky host Pam Boland to tell her about what’s playing in cinemas (this week, it’s films with a maternal edge). But first, Pam shares her thoughts on the Marlon Williams documentary Two Worlds – Ngā Ao E Rua. Then, Tristan reviews Die My Love, an explosive drama about postpartum depression that sees Jenn...

They walk among us, and by ‘they’ we of course mean Movie Squad co-hosts Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo. After a week apart, Tristan and Simon reunite with Brekky host Pam Boland for two new reviews! First up, Tristan reviews Bugonia, the latest collaborative freak-out between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, also starring Jesse Plemons as a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps Stone’s high-powered C...

It’s spooky season on Movie Squad, and not just because two of the regular presenters have mysteriously gone missing! With Tristan Fidler behind the desk serving Breakfast, he’s joined by Laura Blundell and Lucy Rutherford to review three new cinema releases. First up, Lucy takes a look at Guillermo del Toro’s gothic Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac as the good doctor and Jacob Elordi as his unh...

Provocative! Outrageous! Shocking! Melodramatic! Twisted! It’s only another episode of the Movie Squad podcast. This week, Tristan Fidler reviews Luca Guadagnino’s all-star drama After the Hunt, in which Julia Roberts’ college professor is torn between a promising student (Ayo Edibiri) and the colleague (Andrew Garfield) she accuses of crossing the line. Then, Simon Miraudo leads a review of James...

In this thrilling, action-packed, muscular episode of the Movie Squad podcast, the films are reviewed, the conversation is crackling and the studio chairs are malfunctioning! First up, Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler grip the microphones for a white-knuckle discussion of Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, imagining how a nuclear strike on US soil would play out if Idris Elba was the current P...

On Movie Squad this week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo submit to The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie’s MMA movie starring Dwayne Johnson in a more serious and sensitive mode playing real-life fighter Mark Kerr. It’s now showing in cinemas. Then, Simon plays a devious game with Breakfast host Pamela Boland as he reviews the latest annual instalment of the V/H/S franchise, subtitled Halloween, no...

The revolution will be podcasted! On the latest Movie Squad instalment, it’s one review after another—literally—when Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland. First up, the Blockbuster Babes give it up to ‘the master’ and take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s biggest ever movie, the timely, provocative and highly paranoid Leonardo DiCaprio chase movie One Battle After Another....

Every week, the Movie Squad assemble to review the latest in cinema on Breakfast with Pam Boland, usually offering a sweet bonus for the podcast listeners. This episode is no exception, as Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo take on two newies from auteurs Kogonada and Spike Lee, as well as a brand new animated film. First up, Tristan takes a look at Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which see...

Radio’s favourite situationship, aka Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo, are back with two comedies about modern love… and then a bonus movie about people being killed while taking a long walk. Joining Pam Boland on Brekky, Tristan leads a review of the side-splitting, slapstick farce Splitsville, featuring writer-director Michael Angelo Covino, co-writer Kyle Marvin and producers Dakota Johnson and...

This week on the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo look at two movies that each save the cat… and that’s where the similarities end. First up, Simon leads a review of Sorry, Baby, the darkly funny directorial debut of writer and star Eva Victor, about a young English professor reckoning with ‘the terrible thing’ that happened to them. Then, Tristan looks at Darren Aronofsky’s rolli...

It’s time to give the people want they want: reviews! After three weeks of festivities ( Brekky live with Pam Boland at Local & Aesthetic , Movie Squad’s 500th Live at Luna spectacular , and the ‘Hot Takes’ Radiothon special ), the Blockbuster Babes are back in the studio with a backlog of movies to cover. First up, Tristan Fidler reviews Ari Aster’s latest divisive effort, Eddington, starring Joa...

The Movie Squad begins their long march to 1,000 podcast episodes! Radiothon is still in full swing at RTRFM, so join Tristan Fidler, Simon Miraudo and Brekky host Pam Boland for a special fundraising edition of Movie Squad! With their patented ‘Hot Box’ in tow, they share their flagrant thoughts in exchange for donations and subscriptions. You can still get your prompts in by contributing at supp...

They’re calling it the cultural event of the century. It’s been described as a cross between Oasis at Knebworth ’96 and an episode of Crossing Over with John Edward. Apparently, you had to be there. And now you can be. To celebrate the 500th Movie Squad podcast featuring Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo, the Blockbuster Babes took over Cinema 5 at Luna Palace Cinemas Leederville on Thursday 7 Augu...

RTRFM is More Than Radio. It’s Community. It’s Breakfast. And it’s Movie Squad. To celebrate the start of Radiothon 2025, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo had Breakfast LIVE with Pam Boland at Local and Aesthetic! Listen back to hear the Blockbuster Babes chat with Pam about what RTRFM means to them and why it’s important to keep community radio alive, unless you want it to go the way of the video...

We believe the children are our future on Movie Squad. But is that a good thing, or a terrifying thing? This week, Tristan Fidler reviews the spooky-kid horror-comedy Weapons from Barbarian director Zach Cregger, and dances around the plot detail that Simon Miraudo is trying to avoid, and that Breakfast host Pam Boland doesn’t want to hear! Then, Simon reviews Damon Gameau’s inspirational new Auss...

Codependency, thy name is Movie Squad! Breakfast host Pam Boland is joined by Blockbuster Babe Tristan Fidler and Bonus Babe Laura Blundell this week, with ‘Bye’ Babe Simon Miraudo taking a week off. But the links stay strong! They kick off this week’s ep with a review of Together, starring real-life marrieds Alison Brie and Dave Franco as a long-term couple who become supernaturally fused. Stay t...

Flame on folks, it’s time for the Movie Squad podcast! This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo share their thoughts on The Fantastic Four: First Steps. It marks the first new film of Marvel’s so-called Phase Six. But does it show Marvel stretching itself, much like Pedro Pascal’s Mr. Fantastic, or is it clobberin’ time for the Blockbuster Babes? Then, Tristan, Simon and guest Brekky host Danie...

Men shouldn’t have friends… unless you’re Movie Squad! This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo share their thoughts on Friendship. No, not the concept, but the the dark comedy about a curdled bromance between Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Meanwhile, Brekky host Pam Boland cringes. Then, Tristan goes back to the ’90s with a review of the legacy-quel I Know What You Did Last Summer, which sees fra...