Movie Squad

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...

With Brekky’s Pam Boland away on special assignment, Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler induct guest host Danae Gibson into the Movie Squad! First up on this week’s episode, Tristan reviews the Audience Award winner from the recent Perth Festival film season, DJ Ahmet. Set in North Macedonia, it follows a 15-year-old boy who pushes back against his father’s preferred profession (shepherd) when he di...

Gird your loins, the latest Movie Squad instalment has arrived. Simon Miraudo reunites with Tristan Fidler and together they bring two new reviews to their fashionable taskmaster, Breakfast host Pamela Boland. First up, Tristan reviews The Devil Wears Prada 2, the long-awaited sequel to Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway’s iconic 2006 fash-com (fashion comedy, not fascist comedy). Pam saw it too, so l...

With Simon Miraudo away on special assignment, Tristan Fidler and Lucy Rutherford are dusting off their finest frocks in preparation for the Devil Wears Prada sequel during Movie Squad.  Lucy then takes us to Tangier which is the setting of Calle Malaga, a new Spanish drama starring Carmen Maura (from Pedro Almodóvar films like Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown). The 79-year-old María Ánge...

Movie Squad goes global this week, with Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo taking Brekky host Pam Boland around the world. First up, Tristan kicks off a review of Exit 8, the creepy Japanese video game adaptation about a man who gets stuck in a looping, subterranean train station. Then, Simon leads a review of All That’s Left of You, a sweeping historical drama about three generations of a family en...

After a week off, the Blockbuster Babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo reunite with Brekky host Pam Boland to cover every genre under the sun: horror, documentary, fantasy… But first: The Drama. Listen as Tristan and Simon dance around the provocative subject matter in the new and twisted Zendaya/Robert Pattinson black comedy. Then, Simon shares his thoughts on the sinister, supernatural and son...

The weather is cold, Simon Miraudo‘s speaking French, and there’s talk of a movie featuring beavers. It’s a very Canadian episode of Movie Squad! First up, Tristan Fidler leads a review of Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie’s surreal Canadian horror-romance Dead Lover, now available digitally in Australia. Does the third Frankenstein-themed film in the last six months finally hit the mark for the Block...

Who is the mystery second lead in Project Hail Mary? Why is it always a ‘man’ from the future? What is a Gore Verbinski? Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo can’t answer all of Brekky host Pam Boland’s questions in the latest instalment of Movie Squad. But they have fun perplexing her nonetheless! A rundown of the recent Academy Awards comes first, with everyone sharing their feelings on the event, t...

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo make a triumphant return to Movie Squad with not one, not two, not three, not five, but four new reviews. During their on-air segment with Pam Boland on Breakfast, Tristan reviews Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ambitious “stew” of a monster movie, The Bride!, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Then, Simon covers The Plague, about the psychological nightmare of being...

It’s International Women’s Day this weekend, and you know what that means: Predator franchise marathon! That’s the plan, anyway, for Laura Blundell and Lucy Rutherford, who have commandeered the airwaves for this annual Movie Squad special. They join Brekky host Pam Boland to review two new films: Glen Powell’s murder-comedy How to Make a Killing, and the Lesley Manville/Ciarán Hinds drama Midwint...

What an accomplishment: this week on the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Laura Blundell review two movies with the suffix ‘ment’ in the title! First, Laura (rendering a judgment for an absent Simon Miraudo) reviews The Testament of Ann Lee, a musical drama starring Amanda Seyfried as the founder of religious movement the Shakers. Is this a sacrament worthy of a compliment? Then, Tristan and Br...

A tale of two friends navigating a decades-long relationship, and a romance between a dom and a sub… either could be called the Movie Squad story! This week, Blockbuster Babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Breakfast host Pam Boland to cover a couple of brand new movies. But not before demonstrably sick bday boy Simon gets some special messages from Werner Herzog and Sly Stallone. Tristan k...

This week on the Movie Squad pod, it’s tonal whiplash from the Blockbuster Babes as they give you a bodice-ripping romance scored by Charli XCX, a heartbreaking piece of docufiction set in Gaza, and a Michael Mann-pastiche starring Chris Hemsworth. First up, Tristan Fidler and Brekky host Pamela Boland review Emerald Fennell’s sultry adaptation of Wuthering Heights (sorry: “Wuthering Heights”) sta...

Don’t say we don’t take you anywhere nice. On this week’s edition of the Movie Squad podcast with Tristan Fidler, Simon Miraudo and Pamela Boland, the Blockbuster Babes visit Tasmania for Zak Hilditch’s homegrown zombie flick We Bury the Dead, starring Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites and Mark Coles Smith. (It was actually filmed in Albany.) Then, it’s a quick trip to Saipan, a retelling of the (met...

January’s almost over, and the Movie Squad have solidified their themes of the year: 2026 will be a Salute to the Nepo-Parents, and a Celebration of the Art of the Tagline. Why the hell is that the case? You’ll have to listen to the latest Movie Squad pod to find out. First up, Brekky host Pamela Boland reflects on being inundated with movie recommendation, and then proceeds to get two more from T...

Timothée and Gwyneth. Jessie and Paul. Matt and Ben. Tristan and Simon… and Pam. All your favourites in one episode of Movie Squad. In the wake of the Oscar nominations, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo review Josh Safdie’s tragicomic American epic Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet as an aspirational ping-pong player who causes chaos wherever he goes. Are their raves enough to convince Bre...

Pam Boland is still on holiday but I guess nobody told the movies. With guest Brekky host Millie Williams behind the desk, the Blockbuster Babes answer cinema’s siren song and return early to review three new releases! First up, Tristan Fidler reviews 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, director Nia DaCosta’s follow-up to Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s recently revived horror franchise, starring Ralp...

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...