Ashgrove Archives - Awesome Friday!

10 April 202311 April 2023

Home Video: The 2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominees and where to buy, rent or stream them

The 11th Canadian Screen Awards are happening this coming Sunday! As with every year our great nation produces a ton of great movies, and this years crop of nominees is no different.

They can be hard to find though, so if you haven’t had a chance to catch up with this years nominees then look no further! Presented here in alphabetical order are all the nominees in all the major categories. That’s around 30 films in 19 categories!

There’s one big notable change this year: all of the acting categories have been replaced with gender neutral equivelents, with 8 nominees each instead of 5.

Without any further ado, here are your Canadian Screen Award Nominees and where you can buy, rent, or stream them.

14 April 202214 April 2022

CFF Interview: Actor, Writer, and Producer Jonas Chernick on his film Ashgrove

Greetings programs! Welcome to another Awesome Friday interview! Joining me this time is Jonas Chernick, who produced, co-wrote, and stars in the film Ashgrove. Ashgrove is the story of a scientist played by Amanda Brugel, who may be the key to solving a worldwide pandemic and is forced to take a few days for herself and her family. Chernick plays her husband, and we sat down to talk about the film, what it’s like shooting a movie during a pandemic, and more.

There are streaming links for the movie on this page, and the episode is live wherever you listen to podcasts (including an embedded player also on this page). Join us!!

3 April 20223 April 2022

CFF Interview: Shawn Doyle on his film Ashgrove (and also Star Trek: Discovery)

Salutations applications, and welcome to an Awesome Friday Interview with actor Shawn Doyle! A native of Newfoundland, Shawn has been working steadily in film and television since the early 1990s, and in just the last few years has racked up an impressive filmography that includes recurring appearances in The Expanse, Hannibal, Cardinal (for which he won a Canadian Screen Award last year) and most recently Star Trek: Discovery.

This year he has two films in the Canadian Film Festival, Ashgrove and The Last Mark. It’s the former of these two that we sat down to talk about, and it was a genuine pleasure. And yes, because I am huge nerd, I also asked a few questions about his time on Star Trek Discovery.

There are streaming links for the movie on this page, and the episode is live wherever you listen to podcasts (including an embedded player also on this page). Join us!

3 April 202210 April 2022

Podcast Grab Bag: The Oscars, Moon Knight, Halo, & The Canadian Film Festival

Oscars, Halo, Moon Knight, Canadian Film Fest

Greetings programs and welcome back to the Awesome Friday Podcast. This week is a little different than most weeks, instead of two things we are covering a whole bunch of things in a grab bag format. There have just been too many things to narrow it down you see, so join us for brief discussions about The 94th Oscars and the slap heard ‘around the world, Halo, Marvel’s Moon Knight, and the films of the Canadian Film Festival.

There are streaming links for the films and series discussed here on this page, and the episode is live wherever you listen to podcasts (including an embedded player also on this page). Join us!