Synopsis
Movie podcasts from a Canadian perspective
Episodes
-
Film Studies 8-5: Captain Marvel
13/03/2019 Duration: 01h11minMarvel’s latest and last offering before Avengers: Endgame introduces the most powerful hero in the MCU to date. Carol Danvers must reconnect to her human roots in order to tap into her ultimate powers. Also Agent Nick Joe Fury makes … Continue reading →
-
Or Is It? – Mortal Engines
06/03/2019 Duration: 01h13minIn a future world where cities are on wheels and hunt other smaller cities, one woman is on a quest to avenge the death of her mother and escape from a murderous robot who wants to turn her into a … Continue reading →
-
Or Is It? – Slender Man
03/03/2019 Duration: 57minThe internet creepypasta arrived on the silver screen in 2018 and made our worst of the year list. This movie should be thrilling and suspenseful but just has Mark wondering who is doing the video editing for Slender Man and … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 8-04: How To Train Your Dragon – The Hidden World
27/02/2019 Duration: 36minHiccup and Toothless are back for their third and final adventure. This time, an evil dragon poacher is out to hunt the final Night Fury. So our heroes are are looking for a new home for the dragons they’ve already … Continue reading →
-
Movies on Trial – Back To The Future III
20/02/2019 Duration: 01h15minIn another new concept for us, we’re putting some of the most known movies on trial for various offences. For our debut episode, we’ve brought in comedian and part-time co-host Scott White as our Defense Council to fend off Prosecutor … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 8-03: Happy Death Day 2 U
20/02/2019 Duration: 58minCollege student Tree is back in the time loop and this time, she knows why. A science experiment gone wrong has caused her to repeat the same day over and over again and she must find out who the new … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 8-02: The Lego Movie 2 – The Second Part
12/02/2019 Duration: 49minWith his friends captured, Emmett Brickowski is on a mission to rescue them and stop Momaggedon. We here at Film Studies have been big fans of the Lego movies that have come out as of late but we’ve also seen … Continue reading →
-
Or Is It? – Truth or Dare **Worst of 2019**
04/02/2019 Duration: 01h09minWe begin our look back at the worst of 2018 with Blumhouse’s offering called Truth or Dare. Several college students, the perfect stereotypes for a cliched horror movie, travel to Mexico and end up playing Truth or Dare in an … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 8-01: Glass
23/01/2019 Duration: 51minGlass is the long-awaited trilogy finale from M. Night Shyamalan. David Dunn, The Horde/Kevin Wendell Crumb, and “Mr. Glass” Elijah Price have been placed under the care of Dr. Ellie Staple who believes they are under the delusion that they … Continue reading →
-
Or Is It? – Rubber
17/01/2019 Duration: 56minOne of the best bad movies ever made finally comes across the Or Is It? desk and we took a look. A psycho-kinetic killer tire – yes, a tire that would normally be on a car – stalks a French … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies: 2018 Year in Review
09/01/2019 Duration: 01h36minWell, another year has come and gone and it’s time, once again, to take a look back and honour the good (and not so good). From Avengers: Infinity War to Black Panther to A Quiet Place, all movies we’ve seen … Continue reading →
-
Double Take – Green Lantern
04/01/2019 Duration: 01h05minThis is new show called Double Take. This is where we take a second look at a much-maligned movie to see if there is any merit in it and perhaps worth watching a second time. First up, it’s 2011’s Green … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 7-27: Aquaman
27/12/2018 Duration: 01h16minAquaman, the DCEU’s guardian of the seas, makes his big screen debut. Arthur Curry must face off against his half-brother Orm for control of the oceans before Orm declares war on the surface world. Could this be another hit alongside … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 7-26: Spider-man: Into The Spider-verse
23/12/2018 Duration: 56minMiles Morales was a normal kid – going to school, tagging street art, and avoiding his police officer father. But soon, he’s the new Spider-man. Now, he’s learning how to use his new powers, meeting Spider-people from different dimensions, and … Continue reading →
-
Or Is It? – Johnny Mnemonic
18/12/2018 Duration: 01h15minKeanu Reeves makes long-awaited coming his return to Or Is It? with the . . . cyber thriller? . . . future-bending . . . post-apocalyptic . . . uh, movie Johnny Mnemonic. Johnny is a data courier who carries … Continue reading →
-
Film Studies 7-25: Robin Hood & Creed II
28/11/2018 Duration: 17minToo many movies and not enough to talk about all of them. But, in this condensed version of Film Studies, we give our quick, spoiler-free reviews of Robin Hood and Creed II. First, Robin of Loxly returns from the war … Continue reading →
-
Or Is It? – This Means War
22/11/2018 Duration: 01h04minOne woman, two CIA operatives. The choice must be made. The choice to ignore a very serious national security threat to tap dat ass! Using all of their spy technology and resources available to them, they manipulate one woman’s romantic … Continue reading →
-
2018 Retro SPOOKtive 6 – Curse of Chucky/Cult of Chucky
10/11/2018 Duration: 01h16minOctober’s over but the RetroSPOOKtive continues and ends with the final two Chucky movies. First, it’s Curse of Chucky where the killer doll comes back to stalk a seemingly random family. Then it’s on to the insane asylum for a … Continue reading →
-
2018 RetroSPOOKtive 5 – Seed of Chucky
04/11/2018 Duration: 44minOctober may be over but the RetroSPoOKtive continues with Seed of Chucky. This is quite possibly the most incoherent movie we’ve seen in a RetroSPOOKtive. Chucky’s son/daughter has been touring as a ventriloquist puppet when he/she sees that movie about … Continue reading →
-
2018 RetroSPOOKtive 4 – Bride of Chucky
28/10/2018 Duration: 49minAfter the critical and box office failure that was Child’s Play 3, it took 7 years before the world would be re-introduced to the killer Good Guy doll known as Chucky. But this time, he’s not alone. An old flame, … Continue reading →