The Movie Podcast

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Adil & Bilall's BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE starring Will Smith and Martin Lawerence. When their late police captain gets linked to drug cartels, wisecracking Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett embark on a dangerous mission to clear his name. The film also stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio, Ioan Gruffudd, and Joe Pantoliano. Bad B...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, we're joined by the cast of STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE, including Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, and Creator and Showrunner Leslye Headland. Daniel had the opportunity to sit down with Amandla and Manny in Toronto during their press junket. In The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respect...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by BACKSPOT Director D. W. Waterson. Backspot follows driven a cheerleader (Devery Jacobs) struggles to handle the pressure when she and her girlfriend are both selected for an elite cheer squad. D.W. Waterson is a Toronto-based, award-winning, non-binary/queer filmmaker and world-touring electronic music artist. D.W. is the creat...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review George Miller's FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth. As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war...

The SEASON FINALE of X-MEN 97 HAS ARRIVED! On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by X-Men 97 series Director and Supervising Producer Jake Castorena (Ep. 101), Director Chase Conley (Ep. 102, 104, 106, 108, 110), and Director Emi/Emmett Yonemura (Ep. 103, 105, 107, 109) for a SPOILER DISCUSSION covering everything from the first season and beyond. Watch and listen to...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review John Krasinski's IF starring Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr., Alan Kim, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Steve Carell. The film is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IF...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, we head to Mexico City to talk with the cast of THE BOYS including Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, Erin Moriarty, Karen Fukuhara, and Claudia Doumit. The Boys Season 4 premieres June 13, 2024 on Prime Video. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.ca SUPPORT THE MOVIE PODCAST ON PATREON! Contact: hello@th...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony react and breakdown the Season 2 Teaser Trailer of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.ca SUPPORT THE MOVIE PODCAST ON PATREON! Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X, Instagram, Letterboxd Shahbaz on X, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on X, Instagr...

THE DOCTOR IS IN! On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson of DOCTOR WHO! In Series 14 of the series, The Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday travel across time and space, with adventures all the way from the Regency era in England, to war-torn future worlds. Throughout their adventures in the TARDIS – a time-traveling shi...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz sit down with Owen Teague and Kevin Durand, stars of Wes Ball's KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, a new tyrannical ape leader named Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand) builds his empire as one young ape named Noa (Owen Teague) undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to qu...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Wes Ball's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy. Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape under...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Blake Crouch (Creator, Executive Producer, Showrunner) and Matt Tolmach (Executive Producer) of Apple TV+ Original Series DARK MATTER. Written by Blake Crouch and hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels of the decade, “Dark Matter” is a story about the road not taken...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review David Leitch's THE FALL GUY starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephanie Hsu, and Hannah Waddingham. Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series, The Fall Guy is a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainmen...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Director Caitlin Cronenberg of HUMANE. Caitlin steps into the directorial spotlight with this feature film, marking her debut in the role. In Humane, a global environmental collapse forces world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce Earth's population. Following our discussion, Caitlin, Jay Baruchel, and Emily Hampshire jo...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Luca Guadagnino's CHALLENGERS starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach is married to a champion on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend. Challengers releases exclusively in theatres Apri...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Chris O’Dowd, Josh Segarra, Ally Maki, Gabrielle Dennis, and Showrunner David West Read of THE BIG DOOR PRIZE, an Apple TV+ original series. Season 2 follows the residents of Deerfield as the Morpho machine readies them for the mysterious “next stage.” As everyone’s potentials are exchanged for visions, new relat...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUEST Alex Garland, Writer and Director of CIVIL WAR. Alex is known for his thought-provoking storytelling and intricate narratives. He has directed acclaimed films like Ex Machina (2014), Annihilation (2018), and Men (2022), while also penning scripts for hits such as 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), and Dredd (2...

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony breakdown EVERYTHING announced at CinemaCon 2024 from Disney and Lionsgate. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.ca SUPPORT THE MOVIE PODCAST ON PATREON! Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X, Instagram, Letterboxd Shahbaz on X, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on X, Instagram, and Letterboxd...

Daniel and Shahbaz review Season 1 of FALLOUT, an Amazon Original series starring Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Kyle MacLachlan. Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Walton Goggins, Director and Executive Producer Johnathan Nolan, Ella Purnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Aaron Moten, and Showrunner Graham Wagner of FALLOUT, a Prime Video series based on one of the greatest video game series of all time. Fallout will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video beginning April 11,...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Shahbaz and Anthony are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Nell Tiger Free and Director Arkasha Stevenson of THE FIRST OMEN, a prequel to the classic horror film franchise. When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hop...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, it's all about trouble and money as Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Maya Rudolph, Joel Kim Booster, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Nat Faxon, Alan Yang, and Matt Hubbard to discuss Season 2 of Apple TV+ Original Series LOOT. The new season kicks off a year after Molly Wells (Rudolph) settles her very public divorce from tech billionaire, and we find h...

On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Colin Farrell, Kirby, Simon Kinberg, and Audrey Chon of Apple TV+ Original Series SUGAR. The series is a contemporary, unique take on one of the most popular and significant genres in literary, motion picture and television history: the private detective story. Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell stars as John Su...

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcast On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Director and Writer Felipe Gálvez to discuss his film THE SETTLERS, which is streaming exclusively in Canada on MUBI from March 29, 2024. At the turn of the 20th century, three horsemen embark on an expedition across the Tierra del Fuego archipelag...

CANADIAN INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: On this SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz re-enter the Spider-Verse and are joined by Director Jarelle Dampier of THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY. The animated short film focuses on Miles Morales as he experiences a panic attack that forces him to confront the manifestations of his anxiety and learn that reaching out for help can be just...