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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!

20 December 202122 December 2021

2021 in Film: Matt’s Favourite Movies of the Year!

It has been a hell of a year and a hell of a year for film. The second year of the ongoing worldwide pandemic has been a bit of a roller coaster, with wave after wave of COVID once changing the film landscape. Theatres re-opened, but people have only really gone back for the biggest blockbuster titles, and even then, the numbers are a bit soft.

That’s not to say that there hasn’t been many a literal ton of films this year, though. I set a new personal record, having seen nearly 180 films released in 2021, and let me tell you that most of them are good!

To break down my favourites a little more this year, I’ll be dividing things up into three lists, one for my favourite performers, one for my favourite films, and one for the best of the rest. There are navigation links at the bottom of each page to the others.

So let’s get started with my favourite films of the year!

20 December 202116 March 2023

2021 in Film: Matt’s Favourite Performers of The Year

Without any further ado, let’s get started with my favourite performers of the year!

14 September 202121 September 2021

Home Video: Great Nicolas Cage Performances and Where to Buy, Rent, or Stream them

This week will see the release of the new Sion Sono directed Nicolas Cage starring post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure thriller Prisoner of the Ghostland (see my Fantasia review here!) in theatres and on-demand. It’s a super weird film, and if you like weird Nicolas Cage, it probably has something for you.

Here are five more great Nicolas Cage performances in that same spirit and where you can buy, rent, or stream them from home.

14 July 20218 January 2022

Review: ‘Pig’ is not the movie you are expecting, but is one of the best movies of the year

Nicolas Cage is something of an enigma. I don’t think that it is either surprising or a revelation to say that, but the man is one of the only true movie stars we currently have. He is known for his near-constant output as an actor, and for being willing to appear in just about anything. This volume of work is not always great (though it’s never exactly boring), but the one thing it accomplishes is that as a result we sometimes forget that he’s a really great actor.

In Pig, his latest film, he reminds us. Before I launch into this review, I should say this: Pig is one of my favourite movies of the year so far, and I firmly believe that you should see it as cold as possible.