Synopsis
Movie podcasts from a Canadian perspective
Episodes
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2023 Year in Review
10/01/2024 Duration: 02h11minWell it’s the new year and it’s time for our annual look back at the year in movies that was in 2023. We are revealing our picks for the best (and not the best) movies of the year. What was … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-20: Aquaman 2
03/01/2024 Duration: 01h21minArthur Curry is a husband, father, and the undisputed King of Atlantis. But when an evil foe from his past comes back and threatens to destroy everything he loves, he’ll have to team with unlikely friends to ward off the … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Santa’s Slay
25/12/2023 Duration: 56minFor 1000 years, Santa Claus has been obligated to bring presents to good boys and girls. But this year, his required penance is over and he’s going back to his slaying ways. It’s up to Nick, his sexually aggressive girl … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-19: Godzilla Minus One
19/12/2023 Duration: 01h48minIt’s 1945. The second world war is over. And one failed kamikaze fighter pilot lands at an outlying airstrip. Little did he know that this particular airfield would be the beginning of the most chaotic series of events he’ll ever … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Jack Frost
13/12/2023 Duration: 01h01minIt’s the story of Michael Keaton dying and coming back to life to continue loving his family. Wait, no it’s not. This is the story of the serial killer mutating into a snowman and taking out his revenge against the … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Batman & Robin
05/12/2023 Duration: 01h32minWell, it’s finally time we take on one of the most renowned worst movies of all time. But we needed back up so we called in our favourite guest Scott White. Bat nipples, dumb lines, plants that eat their owners, … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Hollow Man
26/11/2023 Duration: 01h08minIn 2000, scientists (Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, and Josh Brolin) have perfected the ability of turning things invisible. But bringing them back to visible has proven to be difficult – for some reason. Also, turning invisible apparently makes humans super … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Ready to Rumble
16/11/2023 Duration: 01h18minWhen Jimmy “The King”, a popular wrestler and WCW World Champion, is defeated, unseated, and disgraced, two of his faithful followers set out to right the wrongs. It’s a race against time and training to whip The King back into … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-18: The Marvels
14/11/2023 Duration: 01h54minCarol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Kahn all have light-based powers and after a intergalactic jump-point opens above Earth, their powers are now intertwined. Plus there’s a new enemy from Captain Marvel’s past coming back for revenge. Now, everyone Bollywood … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-17: Five Nights at Freddy’s
07/11/2023 Duration: 01h14minIn 2014, Five Nights at Freddy’s took the computer game world and YouTube by storm. Finally, we have the live-action, cinematic version of the blockbuster game starring Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard. We checked it out and we’ll tell you … Continue reading →
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2023 RetroSpooktive – The Exorcist: Believer
31/10/2023 Duration: 01h14minOur RetroSpooktive comes to a close ON HALLOWEEN – it’s almost like we planned it that way – with 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. Two girls go missing for three days and when they are found in a barn at a … Continue reading →
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2023 RetroSpooktive – Dominion: A Prequel to The Exorcist
29/10/2023 Duration: 34minThis time around, we’re looking at the ORIGINAL cut of the movie we looked at last time. Yes, this version was deemed to be not violent/bloody enough and the studios spent millions of dollars to reshoot it. That having been … Continue reading →
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2023 RetroSpooktive – Exorcist: The Beginning
25/10/2023 Duration: 47minOur look at the Exorcist series continues with the production hell project that became Exorcist: The Beginning. It’s the prequel story of Father Maron’s adventure into Central Africa that pits him against Pazuzu on the demon’s home turf – a … Continue reading →
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2023 RetroSpooktive – The Exorcist III
24/10/2023 Duration: 57minAfter an abysmal offering that was The Heretic, The Exorcist series rolls on into a sleeper/cult hit with The Exorcist III. A grizzled detective is investigating a series of murders that are reminiscent of the recently captured and killed Gemini … Continue reading →
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2023 RetroSpooktive – The Exorcist II: The Heretic
10/10/2023 Duration: 01h06minAfter The Exorcist became a worldwide success, The Exorcist II: The Heretic was the follow up. It was the continuing story of Regan and her demonic possession and the battle between science and religion over how to save her. It … Continue reading →
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2023 RetroSpooktive – The Exorcist
07/10/2023 Duration: 01h21minIt’s October and you know what that means . . . it’s time for the annual RetroSpooktive. This year, we’re taking a look at the Exorcist series. We start with the cinema classic that started it all, The Exorcist. It’s … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-16: Saw X
05/10/2023 Duration: 01h31minJohn Kramer has just been given his cancer diagnosis and he’s been given just months to live. However, he soon hears about a radical medical treatment out of Mexico that could cure him within weeks. But alas, the treatment was … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-15: Gran Turismo
02/10/2023 Duration: 45minJann Mardenborough is an elite Gran Turismo player with online records worth bragging about. But one day, he gets invited to participate in a contest where online racers get a chance to drive in a real world race for Team … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Event Horizon
16/09/2023 Duration: 01h08minIt’s the not-too-distant future, the Event Horizon spaceship has gone missing around the planet Neptune. A rag-tag crew is tasked with search and rescue it but one of the people aboard may not be showing all of their cards. Included … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-14: Blue Beetle
05/09/2023 Duration: 57minThis time around we’re taking a look at DC’s latest offerings, Blue Beetle. It’s the story of a reluctant young man chosen by a mysterious, alien scarab to be the new superhero, The Blue Beetle! His mission is to take … Continue reading →