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!!
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Greetings programs! This week on the show, we’re catching up with two more 2022 films, the IFC Midnight produced Shudder exclusive Burial and the latest film in the Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. One of these movies is a little more divisive than the other here at Awesome Friday HQ; listen to find out which!
Continue reading “Podcast: Burial & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”VIFF ’21 Review: ‘Official Competition’ is a savvy, hilarious satire
The best comedies are the ones with depth. The ones that layer together stories and satire and lay bare what the filmmakers feel about whatever subject they are tackling. Official Competition is one of these films.
The film opens in the wake of a billionaire’s birthday party, a man looking back on his 80 years and wondering about his legacy. What can he do to ensure he’s remembered? An idea comes to him: a film; A great film. A film directed by and starring the greatest talent available and drawing on a beloved novel as its source. Or maybe a bridge. A bridge would be good. But no, a film is the way to go, and he impulsively buys the rights to a noble prize-winning book, hires an award-winning art-house director, and the two greatest actors of this generation. Of course, when I say he does it impulsively, I mean he has his assistant do it.
Continue reading “VIFF ’21 Review: ‘Official Competition’ is a savvy, hilarious satire”VIFF Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is Amaldóvar’s most deeply personal film
Antonio Banderas and Pedro Amaldóvar are two of Spain’s biggest film exports and have worked together numerous times. It fits then that in Pain & Glory, the story of an ageing filmmaker in a creative rut who needs to address some unresolved issues from his past, Banderas is basically playing Amaldóvar.
He’s not, of course. Not exactly. Banderas is Salvador Mallo, a respected director who was a maverick in his youth and who has settled into more soulful work in his later years who is suffering from debilitating pain and illness. So he’s basically Amaldóvar in this semi-autobiographical film. He’s also transcendently good in the role.
Continue reading “VIFF Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is Amaldóvar’s most deeply personal film”‘Knight of Cups’ Trailer: Christian Bale Lost And Trying To Find Himself. I Think.
Terrence Malik is back in a big way lately, and this time he’s taking Christian Bale with him. He does interesting, visually spectacular work and this looks like it’s definitely going to be that. Let’s watch!
Automata Trailer + Posters: Antonio Banderas, Robot Hunter
Antonio Banderas is having a good year. First he stole all the scenes in _Expendables 3_ and next he’s going to be hunting robots in _Automata_. Directed by Gabe Ibáñez this film looks like it might be _Blade Runner_ by way of Neil Blomkamp and that’s a good thing. Let’s watch!
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Quick Reviews: ‘Expendables 3’ and ‘About Alex’
I saw two movies whilst on vacation and while they’re both trying to be something they aren’t (a guilty pleasure and a shiny new _The Big Chill_ respectively) only one kinda succeeds.
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Expendables 3 Trailer: A Bit Insane. Hopefully.
The third expendables film finally has a real trailer which gives us a better look at what’s going on in the film. Let’s watch!
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The Expendables 3 Teaser: ACTION! ACTIONS STARS! LAUGHTER! EXPLOSIONS!
In case you forgot all the names from the [posters yesterday](https://awesomefriday.ca/2014/04/the-expendables-3-has-a-cast-of-thousands-each-with-their-own-poster/), here’s a trailer that rattles them all off.
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The Expendables 3 Has a Cast Of Thousands, Each With Their Own Poster
16 Posters of action stars new, and old.
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Awesome: Full Expendables Cast + Plot Synopsis Announced
Good news everyone! The full cast has been announced for The Expendables 3!
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