The Movie Exchange

After quite a hiatus, The Movie Exchange is back with a brand new season!   And we feel the need... the need for speed! We're celebrating the Top Gun:Maverick theatrical release  by going back to the beginning.... the 1986 classic "Top Gun."  With a cast lead by the star power of Tom Cruise, this Tony Scott film is the ultimate 80's blockbuster experience, and is still much lov...

A Movie Exchange Special as host Colin Fardy and guest Chris Tobin have a live watch along commentary of the 1978 Original Theatrical Release of Superman: The Movie. Colin gives this movie a second viewing after almost twenty years, allowing Chris, a fan since childhood, the chance to offer some insight into this superhero classic that helped make the genre what it is today in modern cinema. Two d...

Introducing you to a new branch of The Movie Exchange.......TME: In Focus , in which we dig deeper into the love of movies of our special guests. For our first episode, we're bringing back  a man very close to TME gang, and our first 3-time guest - Christoper Tobin.  Colin sits down with Chris and talks about how he got into movies, the effect of his dad on his movie watching, his favourites...

The somewhat autobiographical Almost Famous came out in 1999, at the height of Cameron Crowe's directorial career. 21 years and countless viewings later, the movie still gets a reaction from Carolyn and Colin. A teenager is given a chance to write for Rolling Stone, and finds himself on the road with an up and coming rock band Stillwater, and experiences first hand everything that goes along...

Ki ki ki ma ma ma..... Ki ki ki ma ma ma....  Today, Friday the 13th, it only made sense to go back to Crystal Lake and re-examine the journey of Jason Voorhees, one of the most iconic horror movie villains of all time. We thought it fitting to talk about the first 3 episodes of the original franchise, and the 2008 Friday the 13th movie for a well rounded view of how we got to the Jason image we a...

It should come as no surprise to any of our listeners that the hosts of The Movie Exchange are HUGE fans of Kevin Smith - both as a podcaster and filmmaker. So, this week, we're going back to 1994, to the film that started it all - CLERKS.  A scrappy little film that was made with a lot of heart, but not a lot of money, and starred local actors and friends of Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes. This...

Welcome back and Happy Halloween! Carolyn and Colin are reunited after a hiatus of sorts, with more episodes coming soon! This episode, we're talking about one of Colin's all time favourite horror films, SCREAM! Directed by the incomparable Wes Craven and written by Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson, this movie is a staple of the teen horror genre and revitalized the scene in...

Colin is missing this week, so Carolyn is joined this week by two new friends: Brittney Power (aka BratKat on Youtube) and April Lacey to spend an afternoon obsessing over their favourite show, The Umbrella Academy. There was a lot to say and lots of recommendations made as they shared new favourites and brought up old classic shows from their youths! There are spoilers, so make sure you're u...

September is here and it's time to go back to school, so of course, we're talking about Billy Madison! We're joined this week by artist Doug Halliday, and he is the ultimate fan of this film (he claims to have seen it over 100 times!). This is one of Adam Sandler's earliest films at the end of his time on SNL, and has an incredible cast with cameos from Chris Farley and Steve B...

After a quick catch up and non-spoiler discussion of Tenet, Carolyn and Colin dive into the final X-Men film to be produced by Fox, The New Mutants. A cross between a coming of age film and a horror movie, this movie has finally made it's way to 2 400 theatres after being held up in post production for over 2 years, but our team was happy to finally see a final product. With a great cast that...

A jam packed film full of quotable moments, iconic costumes, and an adorably 90's cast, CLUELESS is almost as relevant today as when it was released in 1995. Colin and Carolyn examine this delightful and modern adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, to see if it still warrants its standing as one of the best teen films of all time.  Next Up, for the first time, we will be talking about a fil...

Special Guests Josh Gruber and Curtis Nash from Reel Reviews join Colin and Carolyn this week to chat about the 1989 film by Tim Burton "Batman", which brought the DC staple to the big screens for the first time. A film with a very specific aesthetic, a very strange soundtrack, and a very large box office income, its a fave favourite from the pre-millennial Batman franchise.  Our apologi...

This Monday, Carolyn and Colin go back to 1975 to discuss the original summer blockbuster film JAWS, directed by Steven Spielberg. After seeing it last week on the big screen (Carolyn's first viewing), there was a lot to talk about, from cast, to special effects, and the film's effectiveness as a horror movie.  Next up, we are joined by Curtis Nash and Josh Gruber from Reel Reviews to ta...

Comedian Shaun Burton joins The Movie Exchange this week to talk about one of his favourite childhood films, "Little Monsters." The film from 1989 stars Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, and Fred and Ben Savage, and was marketed as a family film, although its questionable if it was actually "family-friendly." Listen in and let us know your thoughts on this movie from our childhoods! ...

We're back! After taking a week off, Carolyn and Colin are joined this episode by Captain America himself - David Pynn of Out of Time Cosplay! Having played Captain America in the local cosplay scene for years, Dave is a bit of an expert on what makes Steve Rogers worthy of carrying the mantle of Captain America. This episode focuses on Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: Win...

Susan Kelsey, academic in the field of Women in Filmmaking, joins Carolyn and Colin this week to talk about Mindy Kaling's 2019 film "Late Night".  The film stars Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, and John Lithgow, and centres around an aging late night talk show host Katherine Newbury, who worries she may be losing her show and adds a South Asian-American woman t...

"Constantine" is the 2005 adaptation of the comic series "Hellblazer" by Alan Moore, and The Movie Exchange traded their opinions of this film this week, while touching on comic to film/television adaptations in general. It stars an epic cast that includes Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia Lebeouf, and Tilda Swinton, among others. Carolyn and Colin also have a discussion of succ...

This week, Carolyn and Colin are looking at a psychological thriller from 2003, "Identity", with an All-Star cast including John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, and Alfred Molina. A twisted tale that starts on a dark stormy night, a group of people find themselves at a dark motel in Nevada when suddenly one by one they find themselves slaughtered.  Join us and let us know your thoughts!...

Joined by Special Guest Greg Sewart of Player One Podcast, Colin and Carolyn take a look at another Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, "Predator". With a reputation of being one of the best action films of all time, our crew discusses how this film lives up to the hype almost 30 years later.  Join us next week for another episode, which will look at the 2003 film "Identity" starrin...

Joining Carolyn and Colin this week is a special guest, actually making her first podcast appearance, Nicole Downton. Nicole is a well-known local comedian and movie fan, and suggested a rewatch of the 2009 horror film, The Strangers. Centred around a violent home invasion in the early hours of the morning, a couple portrayed by Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman must push through an uncertain moment in...

This week, Carolyn and Colin are talking about the 1998 film "Phantoms", starring Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber, and Joanna Going, who find themselves the lone survivors of an attack from ancient sources in a small town. In a year known for big budget blockbusters, this film made a meagre $5.6M at the box office. But as we all know, "Ben Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms,...

Colin and Carolyn are joined again this week by their friend and fellow movie enthusiast, Christopher Tobin, for their first double feature review of The French Connection and French Connection 2. Released in 1971 and 1975 respectively, these films are based on a novel by the same name that was influenced by a real case in New York in the 1960's, and two real NYPD detectives. Gene Hackman giv...

In this weeks episode, Colin and Carolyn explore a 1987 Fantasy Action Comedy, the critically acclaimed and beloved theatrical flop, The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman, this film brought us an all star cast including Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Pantakin, Andre the Giant, Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. After finding a cult...

This week Carolyn and Colin are joined by Comedian and fellow film lover, Adam Benson, to discuss one of his favourite films, All the President's Men. This film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman and focuses heavily on the investigation by the Washington Post into the events of the Watergate Scandal.  Next up, Carolyn and Colin discuss one of the least theatrically successful films to ha...

This week, Carolyn and Colin are joined by Sheldon Button from "Showtime with Sheldon" and 99.3 The Goat, to discuss the iconic blockbuster from 1993 "Jurassic Park." With Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum leading the cast and Stephen Spielberg at the helm directing, this film brought in over a billion dollars, and set the gold standard for summer b...