Awesome Friday Podcast
Matthew Simpson & Simon BestA podcast for film lovers! Join us each week for an in-depth discussion of two new films (or TV series), plus filmmaker interviews and special episodes. Here is where you can connect with us: Homepage: https://awesomefriday.caTwitter: @AwesomeFridayCaFacebook: Awesome FridayInstagram: @AwesomeFridayCa YouTube: Awesome Friday Email: Contact UsIf you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via Patreon or Ko-Fi, and please visit the blog at AwesomeFriday.ca for more reviews and features.
Episode 165: Megalopolis & Saturday Night
Nov 25, 2024 • 1h 6m
Episode 164: Joker: Folie à Deux & The Substance
Nov 25, 2024 • 1h 3m
Episode 163: Woman of the Hour & Don't Move
Oct 29, 2024 • 47m
Episode 162: Speak No Evil & The Wild Robot
Oct 21, 2024 • 52m
Episode 161: VIFF 2024: Rumours & The Apprentice
Oct 14, 2024 • 59m
Episode 159: VIFF 2024: Lucky Star & Conclave
Sep 30, 2024 • 48m
Episode 158: Blink Twice & Lee
Sep 22, 2024 • 56m
Episode 157: Seeds & His Three Daughters
Sep 22, 2024 • 54m
Episode 156: Universal Language & Rebel Ridge
Sep 9, 2024 • 1h 2m
Episode 155: Out Come The Wolves & Trap
Sep 2, 2024 • 1h 5m
Episode 154: Twisters & Alien: Romulus
Aug 19, 2024 • 1h 8m
Episode 153: A Quiet Place: Day One & Deadpool & Wolverine
Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 9m
Episode 152: I Saw The TV Glow & Daddio
Jun 23, 2024 • 59m
Episode 151: Hit Man & Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Jun 18, 2024 • 58m
Episode 150: Star Wars: The Acolyte & Under Paris
Jun 9, 2024 • 1h 5m
Episode 149: Boy Kills World & Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Jun 4, 2024 • 54m
Episode 148: The Fall Guy & Challengers
May 28, 2024 • 51m
Episode 147: The People's Joker & Abigail
May 13, 2024 • 55m
Episode 146: Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver & Civil War
Apr 29, 2024 • 1h 2m
Episode 145: Fallout & Humane
Apr 23, 2024 • 1h 6m
Episode 144: The Beast & Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Apr 16, 2024 • 56m
Episode 143: Dune: Part Two & Monkey Man
Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 11m
Episode 142: Make/Remake: Roadhouse (w/ Guest Dakota Arsenault)
Mar 26, 2024 • 1h 15m
Episode 141: The Zone of Interest & Spaceman
Mar 4, 2024 • 49m
Episode 140: Anyone But You & Avatar: The Last Airbender
Feb 27, 2024 • 1h 0m
Episode 139: I.S.S. & The Taste of Things
Feb 19, 2024 • 47m
Episode 138: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom & The Beekeeper
Feb 7, 2024 • 58m
Episode 137: Oscars Special: The 96th Academy Awards Predictions & Preferences
Jan 29, 2024 • 1h 20m
Episode 136: Eileen & Next Goal Wins
Jan 22, 2024 • 48m
Episode 135: Echo & Lift
Jan 16, 2024 • 1h 4m
Episode 133: Our Favourite Films of 2023
Jan 1, 2024 • 1h 55m
Episode 132: Leave The World Behind & The Holdovers
Dec 18, 2023 • 54m
Episode 131: Killers of the Flower Moon & Godzilla Minus One
Dec 11, 2023 • 1h 10m
Episode 130: The Burning Season & May December at Whistler Film Fest 2023
Dec 4, 2023 • 1h 16m
Episode 129: Five Nights at Freddy's & Jawan
Nov 27, 2023 • 55m
Episode 128: Anatomy of a Fall & The Marvels
Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 12m
Episode 127: The Killer & Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Nov 13, 2023 • 1h 0m
Episode 126: A Haunting in Venice & Quiz Lady
Nov 6, 2023 • 1h 2m
Episode 125: Bottoms, Fair Play, & Pain Hustlers
Oct 30, 2023 • 57m
Episode 123: Flora and Son & The Creator
Oct 2, 2023 • 56m
Episode 122: No One Will Save You & The Fall of the House of Usher
Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 7m
Episode 121: No Hard Feelings & Talk To Me
Sep 18, 2023 • 50m
Episode 120: The Meg 2: The Trench & El Conde
Sep 11, 2023 • 1h 3m
Episode 118: Past Lives & Reinventing Elvis
Aug 28, 2023 • 1h 23m
Episode 117: Ahsoka, Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2
Aug 22, 2023 • 58m
Episode 116: They Cloned Tyrone & Joy Ride (and also Star Trek)
Aug 13, 2023 • 1h 22m
Episode 115: Fantasia Film Festival 2023
Aug 6, 2023 • 1h 19m
Episode 114: Oppenheimer & Barbie
Jul 31, 2023 • 1h 21m
Episode 113: Asteroid City & Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
Jul 23, 2023 • 1h 5m
Episode 112: Two Year Anniversary Special: The Best Movies Since July 2021!
Jul 16, 2023 • 1h 41m
Episode 111: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny & Nimona
Jul 10, 2023 • 1h 11m
Episode 110: Marvel's Secret Invasion & Biosphere
Jul 2, 2023 • 1h 7m
Episode 109: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant & Extraction 2
Jun 26, 2023 • 1h 32m
Episode 108: Fast X & Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jun 18, 2023 • 1h 13m
Episode 107: Air & Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 7m
Episode 106: Shazam: Fury of the Gods & The Super Mario Bros. Movie
May 28, 2023 • 1h 4m
Episode 105: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 & You Hurt My Feelings
May 21, 2023 • 1h 14m
Episode 104: Evil Dead Rise & Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
May 15, 2023 • 55m
Episode 103: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves & BlackBerry
May 7, 2023 • 1h 4m
Episode 102: Scream 6 & Sisu
May 1, 2023 • 51m
Episode 101: 65 & Ghosted
Apr 23, 2023 • 58m
Episode 100: Falcon Lake & How To Blow Up A Pipeline
Apr 16, 2023 • 55m
Episode 99: John Wick: Chapter 4 & Tetris
Apr 3, 2023 • 1h 6m
Episode 98: Missing & Pathaan
Mar 26, 2023 • 47m
Episode 97: Cocaine Bear & Brother
Mar 19, 2023 • 52m
Episode 96: I Like Movies & Inside
Mar 12, 2023 • 2m
Episode 94: Knock at the Cabin & We Have a Ghost
Feb 26, 2023 • 48m
Episode 93: Somebody I Used To Know & Sharper
Feb 12, 2023 • 1h 10m
Episode 92: Jung_E & Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Feb 5, 2023 • 1h 2m
Episode 91: The 2023 Sundance Film Festival
Jan 31, 2023 • 1h 42m
Episode 90: You People & M3gan
Jan 29, 2023 • 51m
Episode 89: Burial & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Jan 22, 2023 • 49m
Episode 88: The Last of Us (w/ Guest Shaurya Chawla)
Jan 16, 2023 • 38m
Episode 87: Matt & Simon & Rachel's Top Movie Moments of 2022!
Jan 15, 2023 • 1h 34m
Episode 86: Matt & Simon's Top 11 Films of 2022!
Jan 8, 2023 • 1h 51m
Episode 83: Something in the Dirt & Emancipation (w/ Guest Host Rachel Ho)
Dec 11, 2022 • 1h 16m
Episode 82: Troll & Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Dec 4, 2022 • 1h 1m
Episode 80: Bullet Train & TÁR
Nov 20, 2022 • 55m
Episode 79: Don't Worry Darling & The Wonder
Nov 13, 2022 • 2m
Episode 78: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story & Enola Holmes 2
Nov 6, 2022 • 44m
Episode 77: Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Oct 30, 2022 • 1h 15m
Episode 76: Raymond & Ray & Decision to Leave
Oct 23, 2022 • 59m
Episode 75: Marvel's Werewolf by Night & All Quiet on the Western Front
Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 4m
Episode 74: VIFF 2022 Top Fives w/ Dakota from Contra Zoom
Oct 11, 2022 • 1h 25m
Episode 73: VIFF 2022: Viking & Triangle of Sadness
Oct 9, 2022 • 57m
Episode 72: Blonde & Star Wars: Andor
Sep 25, 2022 • 1h 0m
Episode 71: Blank & Moonage Daydream
Sep 18, 2022 • 47m
Episode 70: Pinocchio & Saloum
Sep 11, 2022 • 50m
Episode 68: Alienoid & She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Aug 21, 2022 • 56m
Episode 67: Day Shift & Fall
Aug 14, 2022 • 44m
Episode 66: Lightyear & Prey
Aug 7, 2022 • 48m
Episode 65: Nope & Not Okay
Jul 31, 2022 • 49m
Episode 64: Vengeance & The Gray Man
Jul 24, 2022 • 52m
Episode 63: Games: Neon White & Medal of Honour
Jul 21, 2022 • 23m
Episode 60: Games: Flight Of Nova & Superhot VR
Jul 14, 2022 • 22m
Episode 59: Games: Red White Yellow Cruising
Jul 5, 2022 • 10m
Episode 58: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On & Stranger Things 4
Jul 3, 2022 • 1h 5m
Episode 57: An interview with filmmaker Dan Mirvish on his film '18 1/2'
Jun 29, 2022 • 31m
Episode 56: The Sea Beast & Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jun 26, 2022 • 1h 17m
Episode 55: Spiderhead & Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jun 19, 2022 • 58m
Episode 53: The Righteous & Top Gun: Maverick
Jun 5, 2022 • 1h 4m
Episode 51: RRR & The Northman
May 29, 2022 • 1h 8m
Episode 50: Uncharted & Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
May 22, 2022 • 44m
Episode 49: Make/Remake: Zero Hour! & Airplane!
May 15, 2022 • 1h 6m
Episode 46: Memory & Everything Everywhere All At Once
May 1, 2022 • 56m
Episode 45: The Batman & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Apr 24, 2022 • 53m
Episode 42: Moonfall & Our Flag Means Death
Apr 10, 2022 • 51m
Episode 40: Grab Bag: Moon Knight, Halo, & The Canadian Film Festival
Apr 3, 2022 • 1h 14m
Episode 39: Deep Water & Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Mar 27, 2022 • 59m
Episode 37: Spider-Man: No Way Home & The Outfit
Mar 20, 2022 • 1h 8m
Episode 36: An Interview with Seth A Smith, Director of Tin Can
Mar 18, 2022 • 22m
Episode 35: West Side Story & The Adam Project
Mar 13, 2022 • 1h 11m
Episode 34: Turning Red, Fresh, & After Yang
Mar 7, 2022 • 1h 7m
Episode 33: The Afterparty & The Dropout
Feb 27, 2022 • 52m
Episode 32: Texas Chainsaw Massacre & The Cursed
Feb 20, 2022 • 1h 6m
Episode 31: Parallel Mothers & The 94th Academy Award Nominations
Feb 13, 2022 • 1h 22m
Episode 30: Slamdance Interview w/ Avalon Fast
Feb 6, 2022 • 50m
Episode 29: Games: Virtual Virtual Reality & Half-Life: Alyx
Feb 4, 2022 • 24s
Episode 28: The Book of Boba Fett & Pam and Tommy
Jan 30, 2022 • 1h 7m
Episode 27: Games: JETT: The Far Shore & Vampire Survivors
Jan 27, 2022 • 31m
Episode 26: The Tragedy of Macbeth & Peacemaker
Jan 23, 2022 • 1h 9m
Episode 25: Marvel's Eternals & The Matrix Resurrections
Jan 16, 2022 • 1h 3m
Episode 24: 2021 in Review
Jan 9, 2022 • 1h 6m
Episode 23: The Shining & Doctor Sleep
Dec 19, 2021 • 1h 10m
Episode 22: Games: Halo Infinite & Halo 4
Dec 17, 2021 • 31m
Episode 21: The Witcher & West Side Story
Dec 12, 2021 • 1h 12m
Episode 19: Games: Call of Duty: Vanguard & Rez
Dec 3, 2021 • 32m
Episode 18: The Humans & Marvel's Hawkeye
Nov 28, 2021 • 1h 0m
Episode 17: The Harder They Fall & Tick,Tick... Boom!
Nov 14, 2021 • 1h 1m
Episode 16: Finch & Red Notice
Nov 7, 2021 • 1h 1m
Episode 15: Army of Thieves & Dune
Oct 30, 2021 • 1h 17m
Episode 14: Night Teeth & No Time To Die
Oct 17, 2021 • 1h 35m
Episode 13: Muppets Haunted Mansion & There’s Someone Inside Your House
Oct 10, 2021 • 44m
Episode 12: Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales & Titane
Oct 3, 2021 • 50m
Episode 11: Star Wars: Visions & Midnight Mass
Sep 26, 2021 • 1h 29m
Episode 10: Make/Remake: Three Versions of The Thing
Sep 19, 2021 • 1h 10m
Episode 9: Kate & Cruella
Sep 12, 2021 • 52m
Episode 8: Candyman & Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 7m
Episode 7: Fantasia Festival Wrap Up Special!
Aug 29, 2021 • 1h 1m
Episode 6: Free Guy & The Night House
Aug 22, 2021 • 49m
Episode 5: Nine Days & Marvel's What If..?
Aug 15, 2021 • 1h 18m
Episode 4: Vivo & The Suicide Squad
Aug 8, 2021 • 1h 2m
Episode 3: Beans & Jungle Cruise
Aug 1, 2021 • 1h 5m
Episode 2: Blood Red Sky & Settlers
Jul 25, 2021 • 50m
Episode 1: Black Widow & Loki
Jul 18, 2021 • 54m
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