Synopsis
Movie podcasts from a Canadian perspective
Episodes
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Or Is It? – Transformers
30/08/2023 Duration: 59minLarge alien robots arrive on Earth and interrupt the flirtatious budding relationship of two high school teens who look like 25 year-olds. That’s the over-arching story but drilling down we found pointless scenes, characters that don’t go anywhere, and Transformers … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-13: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem
17/08/2023 Duration: 01h26minThis time around we’re back with movie reviews and stories from our movie-going experiences. First, a quick spoiler-free review of The Meg 2: The Trench. Then, our review and Mark’s harrowing drive-in experience with The Barbie Movie. Finally, we end … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Astonishing Tales of Terror: Rocktapussy!
16/08/2023 Duration: 01h23minScott White begrudgingly joined us for a look at the – somewhat – Canadian movie about a small Ontario town being attacked by a giant rock-octopus hyrid. Well, maybe more like minors are attacked underground. Ok, change miners to a … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Mazes & Monsters
21/07/2023 Duration: 01h15minTom Hanks returns to Or Is It? with his first major movie role – a TV movie is still a movie! – as a young college student drawn into the mind-bending world of “Mazes & Monsters”. The evil tabletop roleplaying … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-12: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
11/07/2023 Duration: 01h03minIndiana Jones is back! This time he’s trying to find the pieces to an ancient artifact that could allow one Nazi to travel back in time and drastically change the course of World War II. Along with him is his … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Godzilla
07/07/2023 Duration: 53minFinally, Roland Emmerich is back on Or Is It? This time his much-maligned Godzilla from 1998. We have a main character with a first name that nobody can pronounce, a military that can’t even graze a 40-storey lizard trampling through … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-11: The Flash
29/06/2023 Duration: 01h21minBarry Allen is The Flash. He’s the “clean-up crew” of the Justice League and he’s sad that his mommy is dead and his daddy is going to jail. But then he learns he can travel back in time with no … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-10: Transformers – Rise of the Beasts
28/06/2023 Duration: 59minOptimus Prime, Bumblebee (kind of), Mirage, and all of the other Autobots are back and need to save the Earth from the threat of Scourge – leading the Terracons – and his dark master, Unicron. But they’ll need help, first … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Barb Wire
23/06/2023 Duration: 54minIn the future war-torn world of 2017, where America is being ripped apart by a new Civil War (imagine that, eh?), one woman is at the centre of actions that could bring the war to its end. But she doesn’t … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-9: Spider-man Across The Spider-verse
13/06/2023 Duration: 01h18minMiles Morales is Brookyn’s Spider-man but he longs for more. More challenging schooling, bigger and tougher opponents rather than the run of the mill “villain of the week”, and he pines to see Spider-Gwen again since their adventures last time … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Hook
01/06/2023 Duration: 01h21minPeter Banning is a corporate takeover lawyer who’s living the busy life. But little does he know that he is actually the living, breathing real-life version of Peter Pan. The stories are real, Wendy is real, and so is the … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Inspector Gadget
19/05/2023 Duration: 01h02minIn 1999, they made a live-action adaptation of a 1980s cartoon series which was based on a 1960s comedy TV show. Inspector Gadget is the story of a bumbling police officer being given the power over hundreds of various gadgets … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-8: Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3
11/05/2023 Duration: 01h17minStarlord, Gamora, Nebula, Drax, Mantis, Groot, and Rocket are back for the final (?) time. This time around, Rocket has suffered a serious injury and it’s a race against the clock to get the necessary information to save his life. … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Need For Speed
05/05/2023 Duration: 01h17minToby is a car maker, designer, and racer but when his professional and personal arch rival challenges him to a race, his rival kills his best friend and frames Toby for the murder. Now on parole, Toby is looking for … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-7: Super Mario Bros
25/04/2023 Duration: 01h13minWhile working in Brooklyn, New York, two struggling plumbers stumbled into a mysterious that led them into a strange new Mushroom World. They must find each other and then take down the evil King Bowser! Based on the world famous … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-6: Spring Catch Up
19/04/2023 Duration: 01h20minIt’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve been able to record together but we’re back and jam-packing a Film Studies episode full of the latest releases both in theatres and on streaming.This episode includes NON-SPOILER discussions for:TetrisJohn Wick: Chapter … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Winne-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey
14/04/2023 Duration: 53minChristopher Robin leaves Winnie-the-Pooh and friends to fend for themselves in the Hundred Acre Wood when he goes to college and Pooh just can’t even! It’s all about revenge and a group of young women just looking to get away … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – The Wizard *Retro Re-Release*
06/04/2023 Duration: 01h13minWell, the new Super Mario Bros movie is coming out this weekend and to celebrate, we’re looking back at our review of The Wizard. We originally released this in January of 2106 but it’s one of our favourites. It’s the … Continue reading →
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Film Studies 12-5: Scream VI
21/03/2023 Duration: 01h32minSam and Tara have moved to NEW YORK to escape the horrors of Woodsboro. Their friends Mindy and Chad have come with them. Gale also lives in NEW YORK now. They have new friends too. But when a new Ghostface … Continue reading →
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Or Is It? – Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue
09/03/2023 Duration: 45minBack in the 90s, there were two alienable constants. Saturday morning cartoons and the war on drugs. So why not combine them? Yes, all of our favourite Saturday morning cartoon characters joined forces to preach against using drugs. Michael is … Continue reading →