Awesome Friday Make/Remake Podcast: Three Versions of ‘The Thing’

Awesome Friday Podcast The Thing, The Thing, The Thing

Greetings programs, and welcome to a special episode of the podcast.  This week we’re doing something a little different and taking a look at three versions of the same film.  1951’s The Thing From Another World, 1982’s John Carpenter directed horror classic The Thing, and the 2011 remake/prequel thereof, also titled The Thing. 

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Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘Kate’ & ‘Cruella’

Awesome Friday Podcast Kate & Cruella

Greetings programs! We’re back with our 9th episode of the new Awesome Friday Podcast. This week we’re talking about one new thing and one not so new thing. First up is the new Mary Elizabeth Winstead starring action film from Netflix, Kate, which we have mixed feelings about, and second is the new-to-all-Disney+-subscribers film starring Emma Stone, Cruella, which as it turns out, we both really like.

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Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘Candyman’ and ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’

Awesome Friday Podcast Candyman & Shang-Chi

Greetings programs! it’s that time of the week: Awesome Friday, on a Sunday. On this weeks episode of the podcast we’re taking on two new theatrical releases: Candyman, from director Nia DaCosta and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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Awesome Friday Movie Podcast Episode 4: ‘Vivo’ & ‘The Suicide Squad’

Awesome Friday Podcast Vivo & The Suicide Squad

Greetings programs, it’s Awesome Friday on a Sunday, which means we’re back with another episode of the Awesome Friday Movie Podcast!

Join us this week as we discuss two new movies. First up is the new Sony Pictures Animation film Vivo, which features the voice, and songs, of Lin-Manuel Miranda and was released to Netflix this week. Second up is James Gunn’s triumphant return to superhero movies; the Warner Brothers and DC released The Suicide Squad, now in theatres (and on HBO Max in the United States).

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Patron Exclusive Podcast Episode: Full Audio of Interview w/ Wyatt Rockefeller

Greetings friends! For all Patreon supporters at the Lieutenant level and above, the full audio of my interview with director Wyatt Rockefeller is now available.

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Tribeca 2021: Most Anticipated Films with Thomas & Taylor from ForReel, Taylor from Drink In The Movies

Good news, everyone! This year I’ll be covering the Tribeca Film Festival! For those of you who don’t know, Tribeca is an annual festival held in New York City. It was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, producer Jane Rosenthal, and philanthropist Craig Hatkoff and has become one of the more important festivals on the circuit. Needless to say, I am both grateful and excited to be covering it this year!

To kick things off, I joined my friend Thomas on the ForReel Crew & Cameos podcast, along with Taylors Beaumont and Baker from ForReel and Drink In The Movies, respectively, to talk about which films we are most looking forward to. The video for this discussion is about 50 minutes long, and you can find links below to all the participants.

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VIFF 2020: Favourites from the festival with Thomas from ForReel Movie Reviews and Leanne from QMFM!

The 39th Vancouver International Film Festival is officially ended! It was a great festival and well-executed given the current state of the world. Before the festival started, Thomas from ForReel Movie News & Reviews talked on Zoom about our most anticipated films of the festival, and this week as the festival drew to a close, I once again joined him, along with Leanne McLaren of 103.5 QMFM, to talk about our festival favourites.

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