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Tag: Matthew Simpson

Blog: Celebrating National Canadian Film Day 2025

April 16, 2025

Today is National Canadian Film Day and I asked some fellow Canadian contributors to pick two favourite Canadian films to wax poetically about.

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304: A24 Retrospective – Val

April 15, 2025

On this episode we are looking at 2021’s ⁠Val⁠. The film is a documentary using actor Val Kilmer’s extensive home video collection to cover his life and career.

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294: Best Films of the Decade So Far Part 2

January 14, 2025

The first half of the decade is now behind us, so let’s look back at the best films that came out from 2020-2024. We…

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289: Giallo!

October 29, 2024

For our Halloween special this year we decided to fill in some horror blind spots and check out the Giallo collection that is available…

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288: A24 Retrospective – Mojave

October 22, 2024

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2015’s ⁠Mojave⁠, directed by William…

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266: 2024 Oscar Nomination Reactions

January 24, 2024

The 2024 Oscar nominations have now been announced with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Maestro leading the pack. We…

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264: James Bond Draft

December 19, 2023

After watching all 25 Bond films, it was time to make our ultimate spy movie. 10 different categories were selected to create our own Fantasy Bond Film.

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Reinventing Elvis

Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday – Episode 118: Past Lives & Reinventing Elvis

August 28, 2023

This week, Rachel subs in for Simon again, and she and Matthew take on the A24 critical darling Past Lives and the new documentary Reinventing Elvis.

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Titanic The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians

244: The 50 Greatest Films Directed by Canadians

July 18, 2023

A few weeks ago CBC released a poll conducted by them where industry professionals and critics voted to help make a list of ⁠The…

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Guest Appearance: Awesome Friday – Episode 109: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant & Extraction 2

June 25, 2023

Greetings, Programs!  This week we’re joined by longtime friend of the show Rachel Ho for our discussions of  Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, Chris Hemsworth…

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