Awesome Friday!

30 June 202217 November 2022

A Complete Listing of where you can listen to the Awesome Friday Podcast

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25 September 202325 September 2023

Podcast: No One Will Save You & The Fall of the House of Usher

This week, we’re diving into two horror titles! Join us for the new Disney+/Hulu alien home invasion film No One Will Save You and then Mike Flanagan’s latest for Netflix, The Fall of the House of Usher. Join us!

18 September 202318 September 2023

Podcast: No Hard Feelings & Talk To Me

Greetings programs! We’re back with another summer catch-up episode! Join us as we dive into No Hard Feelings with Jennifer Lawrence, and then stick around for this year’s big summer horror breakout, Talk To Me.

Join us!

10 September 202310 September 2023

Podcast: The Meg 2: The Trench & El Conde

Greetings programs! This week, Matthew and Simon catch up with another summer blockbuster, diving headfirst into the sea with The Meg 2: The Trench and then visit South America with the upcoming satire El Conde.

Join us!

3 September 20233 September 2023

Podcast: The Last Voyage of the Demeter & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Greetings programs! Join us this week as we catch up with two summer movies, The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem!

Join us!

27 August 202327 August 2023

Podcast: Past Lives & Reinventing Elvis

Greetings programs! This week, Rachel subs in for Simon again, and she and Matthew take on the A24 critical darling Past Lives and the new documentary Reinventing Elvis, which explores the story of the ’68 comeback special.

Join us!

22 August 202322 August 2023

Podcast: Ahsoka, Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2

Greetings programs! We’re here slightly off schedule to talk about the new Star Wars adventure, Ahsoka! Starring Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Brodizzo, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ahsoka picks up a decade after Star Wars Rebels ended and promises to take the characters we already love on a new adventure in the Star Wars Universe. Join us!

13 August 202320 August 2023

Podcast: They Cloned Tyrone & Joy Ride

Greetings, programs, and welcome to another edition of the Awesome Friday Podcast. This week on the show, we’re taking on her recent Netflix release, They Cloned Tyrone, and the still-in-cinemas Joy Ride. Simon also gets Matthew talking about the recent musical episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which is why the episode runs a little over time. We hope you enjoy it!

6 August 20236 August 2023

Podcast: Fantasia Film Festival 2023!

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!

31 July 202331 July 2023

Podcast: Oppenheimer & Barbie

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!

23 July 202323 July 2023

Podcast: Asteroid City & Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1

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!

16 July 202316 July 2023

Podcast: Two Year Anniversary Special: The Best Movies Since July 2021!

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 has thought about listening for helping us reach this milestone. We love you all!

9 July 20239 July 2023

Podcast: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny & Nimona

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; join us!!

2 July 20232 July 2023

Podcast: Marvel’s Secret Invasion & Biosphere

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!

25 June 20233 July 2023

Podcast: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant & Extraction 2

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!

20 June 20239 July 2023

Giveaway: Blackberry Digital Copies courtesy Elevation Pictures!

Good news, everyone! Our friends at Elevation Pictures have given us three digital copies of their hit film Blackberry to give away to three lucky Canadians!

Enter this contest below by visiting/following us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Facebook. Yes, doing each of those things gets you an entry, so doing them all gets you the best odds!

In the meantime, you can also listen to our episode covering the film, embedded below.

This contest will run through Friday, July 7th, at 11.30 pm Pacific time, and winners will be contacted shortly thereafter!

Please note: We can’t stop you from entering if you live outside Canada, but the digital copies we have only work in Canada.