Awesome Friday Podcast
Matthew Simpson & Simon Best
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A 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.ca || Twitter: @AwesomeFridayCa || Facebook: Awesome Friday || Instagram: @AwesomeFridayCa || YouTube: Awesome Friday || Email: Contact Us
If 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.
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Episode 19: Games: Call of Duty: Vanguard & Rez
Awesome Friday Podcast
12/03/21 • 32 min
5.0
Hello! Welcome to the new Awesome Friday Games Podcast!
This is a new weekly dive into a new game and a classic title from the archives, and pairs beautifully with our movie podcast like Laphroaig and parmesan. As someone who has very little time to play anything these days, I’m always interested in what catches my attention, so I’m looking forward to sharing that with you.
I also have recently found a place for my large collection of classic games spread over multiple consoles, so I’ll choose one each week to talk about why I love it so much. I’ll sometimes be joined by some special guests, including our very own Matt, for interesting stories and perspectives on games old and new.
In this first episode I look at the surprisingly successful campaign in Call Of Duty: Vanguard, and try to verbalise how much Rez means to me on its 20th anniversary.
Listen, enjoy, and feel free to make suggestions for future episodes!
You can find all this and more on this episode's homepage.
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Episode 21: The Witcher & West Side Story
Awesome Friday Podcast
12/12/21 • 72 min
5.0
Greetings programs and welcome to another edition of the Awesome Friday Movie Podcast. This week Matthew and Simon are taking a look at the new season of Netflix’s The Witcher and Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story.
You can find prior coverage of these titles here:
- Review: ‘The Witcher Season 2’ is a cool, confident continuation and improvement of the story that began in season one
- Review: ‘West Side Story’ reinvents a classic with modern context
And of course you can find all this and more at this episodes homepage on AwesomeFriday.ca
As always, we want to thank you all for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.
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Episode 24: 2021 in Review
Awesome Friday Podcast
01/09/22 • 66 min
5.0
Greetings programs and welcome to the first Awesome Friday Movie Podcast episode of 2022! In this episode we take a look back over some of our favourites from the year past. Join us!
We cover a lot of things in this episode, and here’s where we’ve covered about them previously:
- Review: ‘Midnight Mass’ is another excellent horror story from Mike Flanagan and one of the best series of the year
- Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘Star Wars: Visions’ & ‘Midnight Mass’
- Tribeca 2021 Review: ‘The Novice’ is a searing portrait of obsession
- Review: ‘No Time To Die’ gives Daniel Craig an emotional ending to his time as James Bond
- Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘Night Teeth’ & ‘No Time To Die’
- Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘The Harder They Fall’ & ‘Tick Tick...Boom’
- Review: ‘The Power of the Dog’ features a powerhouse performance from Benedict Cumberbatch
- Review: ’Cruella’ is stylish, funny, fun, and one of the best Disney live-action updates to date
- Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘Kate’ & ‘Cruella’
- Review: ‘Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ is Marvel’s best new character debut in ages
- Awesome Friday Movie Podcast: ‘Candyman’ and ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’
- Review: ‘The Green Knight’ grapples with temptation and virtue, cowardice and courage, and ends up one of the best films of the year
- Review: ‘The Mitchells vs the Machines’ continues Lord & Miller’s ongoing streak of great films
- Review: ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ is action-packed, heartfelt, and relevant. In other words: another hit for Disney.
- Review: ‘Space Sweepers’ is exactly the kind of bonkers fun I want in my Sci-Fi right now
- Review: The first two episodes of ‘Loki’ set up an intriguing adventure
- Awesome Friday Movie Podcast Episode 1: ‘Black Widow’ & ‘Loki’
This episode is also part of our 2021 in review series:
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
- Matt’s Favourite Performers of 2021
- Matt’s Favourite Films of 2021
- Matt’s ‘Best of the Rest’ of 2021
- Simon’s Best Movies, TV and Games of 2021
You can also find streaming links to many of the films and shows we talked about on the episodes homepage.
As always, we want to thank you all for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
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Episode 23: The Shining & Doctor Sleep
Awesome Friday Podcast
12/19/21 • 70 min
5.0
Greetings programs! Welcome to episode 20 of the Awesome Friday Movie Podcast. This week we’re talking about a classic and its recent sequel: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep.
You can read our prior coverage of Doctor Sleep here:
As always, we want to thank you all for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
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Episode 25: Marvel's Eternals & The Matrix Resurrections
Awesome Friday Podcast
01/16/22 • 63 min
5.0
Greetings programs! In the latest episode of the podcast, Simon and I are discussing two films just released for home audiences in Canada: Marvel’s Eternals and The Matrix Resurrections. Join us!
You can find streaming links for both of these films at this episodes homepage.
As always, we want to thank you all for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.
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Episode 27: Games: JETT: The Far Shore & Vampire Survivors
Awesome Friday Podcast
01/27/22 • 31 min
5.0
Hello and welcome to the first Awesome Friday Games Podcast of 2022! This week I’m discussing two games that are connected to graphics vs. mechanics. Hey! Listen!
The first game this week is ‘JETT The Far Shore‘, a title that will leave you exhilarated and frustrated (often at the same time). Then, we take a look at the game getting all the buzz this week, ‘Vampire Survivors‘ (that I also call a variety of things including ‘Vampire Survival’, so please excuse my memory).
Hope you enjoy it!
As always, we want to thank you all for listening. We really do appreciate every one of you. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
Buy Jett The Far Shore on PSN / Epic
Buy Vampire Survivors on Steam
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Episode 30: Slamdance Interview w/ Avalon Fast
Awesome Friday Podcast
02/06/22 • 50 min
5.0
Greetings programs and welcome to a very special episode of the podcast. This week we’re joined by Avalon Fast, director of Honeycomb, a new indie feature playing as part of the Slamdance Film Festival. We talk with her at length about her film and the experience of making it, as well as a quick recap of some more favourites of the festival.
As always, we want to thank you all for listening. We really do appreciate every one of you. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.
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Episode 22: Games: Halo Infinite & Halo 4
Awesome Friday Podcast
12/17/21 • 31 min
5.0
Welcome to the new episode of the Awesome Friday Games Podcast! And as you can see from the title, this week it's all Halo, all the time. There's a little reflection on Halo's significance on its release in 2001, then a look at Halo Infinite and how it compares to the divisive Halo 4. Enjoy!
Check out all our episodes and more at AwesomeFriday.ca
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Episode 12: Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales & Titane
Awesome Friday Podcast
10/03/21 • 50 min
Greetings programs! Welcome to this weeks episode of the Awesome Friday Movie Podcast. Join us for 50 minutes this week as we discuss two titles that couldn’t be more different: Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales and Titane.
One of these is for kids of all ages, and the other is very much so not, but both are excellent in their own ways.
Read Matt’s initial review of Titane here:
As always, we want to thank you all for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
Lastly, please remember to check in for more film and TV coverage at AwesomeFriday.ca
Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.
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Episode 31: Parallel Mothers & The 94th Academy Award Nominations
Awesome Friday Podcast
02/13/22 • 82 min
5.0
Greetings, programs, and welcome to another Awesome Friday! This week is a little different; we're covering the latest film from Pedro Amaldóvar, Parallel Mothers, which, as it turns out, is an excellent segue into our second topic: the recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. This episode runs a little longer than our average, but we think it's worth it!
As always, we want to thank you all for listening. We do appreciate every one of you. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.
You can find streaming links, Matt's Oscar ballot, and all of our other content on this episode's homepage.
Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.
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How many episodes does Awesome Friday Podcast have?
Awesome Friday Podcast currently has 105 episodes available.
What topics does Awesome Friday Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Film, Games, Comics, Television, Podcasts, Movies, Tv, Tv & Film and Film Reviews.
What is the most popular episode on Awesome Friday Podcast?
The episode title 'Episode 19: Games: Call of Duty: Vanguard & Rez' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Awesome Friday Podcast?
The average episode length on Awesome Friday Podcast is 57 minutes.
How often are episodes of Awesome Friday Podcast released?
Episodes of Awesome Friday Podcast are typically released every 6 days, 22 hours.
When was the first episode of Awesome Friday Podcast?
The first episode of Awesome Friday Podcast was released on Jul 18, 2021.
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Fantastic and insightful reviews!
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