Best Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin Podcasts (2024)

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Happy Canada Day, Eh! 1:16:03

14d ago1:16:03

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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode we celebrate Canada's Day by offering up some suggestions of some all Canadian things to watch, things to read, things to listen to, things to play and things to eat. Enjoy and Happy Canada Day!!By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Bad Boys and Bat Men 1:20:44

15d ago1:20:44

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Send us a Text Message. This episode we discuss some new news, recast a classic 80's movie, review a few things, and rank all the men who've donned the cape and cowl. Enjoy.By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Public Service Address 1:35:41

25d ago1:35:41

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Send us a Text Message. With just a month to go before they hit the stage here in Ottawa, the lovely lads from Cevilain jump on the podcastr for a lengthy chat about everything going on with the themselves and the band. We laugh, we cry, we laugh again. Joining me and the boys on this rollercoaster ride is the always wonderful Kat, making her secon…

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Who's On First 30:18

1M ago30:18

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Send us a Text Message. With a new series of Doctor Who out there in the universe, and with a new Doctor at the helm of said series, our resident Doctor Who expert, Karen, takes a look back at all the Doctors who have come before and ranks them all. Who is Karen's favourite Doctor? Listen to find out, Agree or don't agree with Karen's rankings? Let…

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Answering The Kat Signal 57:45

2M ago57:45

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Send us a Text Message. A new episode, a new guest host. A new friend and guest host joins me on this episode, as me and said friend took in a few events in the last little bit and decided we should have ourselves a conversation about it,. So after we play a few games to let all of you get to know Kat, we settle in and reminisce about our nights at…

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From Inside the Womb 47:33

4M ago47:33

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Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode one half of us comes to you live from inside The Womb, a new and unique music and community venue here in Ottawa. We sit down with Sarah and talk about why and how The Womb came to be and all the ideas she has to expand it and what the future holds for her and The Womb. We have a great talk, she feeds …

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The Bloodbash Interviews 1:32:42

5M ago1:32:42

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Send us a Text Message. With The Bloodbash only a few days, we jumped online with the five bands who will be entertaining the masses over two nights. Here are all the things that were said, The Bloodbash is a two night music fest put together by ourselves and Resist The Throne in support of and raising money for The Canadian Blood Services. The boy…

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Party Like It's 1999 1:16:30

5M ago1:16:30

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Send us a Text Message. It's the start of a new season. And season 5 of the podcast is a bit of a special one as it is also the 25th anniversary of when we met and subsequently dated and pretty much the reason this podcast exists. So we start things pff this year letting you know what to expect from this season and how the 1999 will be integral and…

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Our Chat With Charlie 53:50

5M ago53:50

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Send us a Text Message. In this extra special episode of the podcast, we got the chance to interview the charismatic and charming Charlie Kerr, lead singer of Hotel Mira, who are currently in the last legs of a cross-Canada tour in support of their new album, “I Am Not Myself”. A tour that finishes up right here in Ottawa at The SAW Gallery on Feb …

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A Little Bit of News and a New York Ninja 1:31:05

8M ago1:31:05

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Send us a Text Message. It's a news heavy episode as we start things off catching up on all the things we've missed the last few weeks. We finish things off talking about the interesting story behind the 1984 martial arts flick, New York Ninja,By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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A Large Double Double Experience 54:42

9M ago54:42

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Send us a Text Message. Grab yourself a coffee, sit back, relax and enjoy the experience as we talk to one half of Double Experience, They are a band, they are Twitch streamers, they are self-professed nerds. Brock sits down with us to talk about the band, their streaming channel, the writing and recording process and some u[coming live events that…

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Friday The 13th 1:15:41

9M ago1:15:41

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Send us a Text Message. When a Friday the 13th just happens to fall in October, there is only one thing to do. Dedicate an entire episode to talking about Friday the 13th franchise. 12 movies. 29 years. 198 kills. The creation of numerous horror movie rules and tropes. 2 horror movie fans bantering on about it for around an hour,…

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From Far and Wide and The Space Between. 1:16:10

1y ago1:16:10

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Send us a Text Message. It’s an all Canadian episode this week on the podcast as we get ready to celebrate Canada Day. Not only are we shining a spotlight on the day, but also on the month as we talk about some Canadian films focused on Queer and Trans stories that were recommended by Can Film Day. C.R.A.Z.Y. Can be streamed on Apple TV Breakfast w…

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#NIPD2023 46:14

1y ago46:14

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Send us a Text Message. On this week's episode we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day by talking about some indigenous artists, musicians, movies and events that you can enjoy from all across Canada, and right here in our home town of Ottawa. Enjoy!!By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Welcome to Jurassic Park 1:04:52

1y ago1:04:52

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Send us a Text Message. In this all new episode, we show off our fondness for Jurassic Park and give it some much deserved banter as it celebrates it's 30th anniversary, We then go head to head and pick the flicks we will be putting up against each other in our Pop Cult Pick 'em Draft. The year, 2010, the genres, action, adventure, animated, drama …

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The Lasso-verse 1:11:09

1y ago1:11:09

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Send us a Text Message. We have a new episode for you! It's a simple but fun episode. We talk about our love for Ted Lasso before making our way Across The Spider-Verse. We then give mention to Art by Veya and Alanna Sterling, two artists/creators that we have a fondness for and felt like sharing with our listeners and followers. We finish things o…

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Threesomes and Villainy 1:34:56

1y ago1:34:56

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Send us a Text Message. With the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 capping off one of the greatest of all trilogies of all time we decided to have a talk about the best of the best in the world of movie threesomes. Also coming out the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol3 was The High Evolutionary, one of the better villains to grace a Marvel movie, …

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Guardians of the False Peak 1:28:19

1y ago1:28:19

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Send us a Text Message. On this week's episode we take a look at some of the headlines from around the interwebs. Writers are on strike, sequels are in the works, folk are following Gunn from Marvel to DC, Pedro continues to be everywhere, and Carrie Fisher goes from being among the stars to having one of her own on the walk of fame. Following that…

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Pop Cult Polarity 1:46:18

1y ago1:46:18

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Send us a Text Message. As we've gone for a couple of weeks, it's a news heavy episode of the podcast. We discuss all the bits and bobs of news we've come across on the interwebs. We then review the 3rd season of The Mandalorian and Guy Ritchie's Operation Fortune. We end things off with a lovey little talk with Mike and Jasmine from Canadian alt r…

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The Gift (If you know you know) 1:27:51

1+ y ago1:27:51

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Send us a Text Message. We celebrated our 100th episode by taking a look back at the ups and downs, highs and lows, bestest and worstest moments from the previous 99 episodes. We talk about how doing the podcast has changed us, the way it has changed the who, what, where, why and how we consume our pop culture, the way it is has made us break from …

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Episode 99 Lastofusballoons 1:39:25

1+ y ago1:39:25

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Send us a Text Message. We are back after a short hiatus, and that means we had a bunch of things to talk about. We discuss all the new news we came across on the interwebs, recap how we did on our Oscar prediction, and give you our thoughts on season 1 of The Last of Us.By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Pop Cultumania: Honey I Shrunk the Superheroes. 1:06:45

1+ y ago1:06:45

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Send us a Text Message. We get back to business as usual, talking about all the interesting tidbits we have found on the interwebs. Teenage Mutant Street Fighters, Bruce, Bacon and Biker Mice. More live action remakes are headed our way, someone still knows what we did last summer and Spidey goes dark in the 1930s. We end things by reviewing the fi…

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Valentines Day 2023 1:08:02

1+ y ago1:08:02

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Send us a Text Message. WE ARE BACK!! And we are starting off the new season, that same wawat we start off each and every season. Bringing you the unconventionally romantic movies, shows and games you can watch and play with the special someone. Enjoy!By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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2022 Year in Review 2:06:27

1+ y ago2:06:27

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Send us a Text Message. For those good folk who couldn't make it to our 2022 Year in Review, here is the replay of it for your listening pleasure.By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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You're a Mean One… 56:46

1+ y ago56:46

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Send us a Text Message. Tis the holiday season, tis also the 65th anniversary of the original telling of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. To celebrate both those thing we will be talking all things grinchy.. Exploring, analyzing and discussing the book, as well as the three movie adaptations. We talk about and compare the 1966 animated tv…

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Episode 94 - Vesper the English Vampire. 1:19:25

1+ y ago1:19:25

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Send us a Text Message. Another week, another episode. RRR gets another R, Margot Robbie loses her arrrrrrrr, Tarantino has a lot to say, horror megapowers unite, Disney trades one Bob for another Bob, Blade finds direction, and I think we have an impromptu conversation about Batmen, After all that nonsense we give out Flying F..ks to Somerville on…

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Episode 93 - Weird and Wakanda Forever 1:22:10

1+ y ago1:22:10

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Send us a Text Message. We are back with another new episode. This week we have some news from the Amazon, a 20 year hiatus comes to an end, a Coven adds an Aubrey, Indiana set for a series, is Lobo a-go-go? Star Wars Episode 10: Studio Ghibli, and the "Cogs" are turning on a new flick. After that we toss around a healthy amount of Flying F...s as …

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Episode 92 - A ShocKING End To October. 1:18:14

1+ y ago1:18:14

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Send us a Text Message. In this weeks episode we dive straight in, talking about all the news we've pulled from the interwebs. We talk Fridays, doctors, witchers, superheroes, and the new faces of the DCEU. We give you our thoughts on the new stop-motion animated film from Henry Sellick, Wendell and Wild, in our Rant, Rave and Review, and we bring …

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Episode 91 - Go Sports!! 1:19:54

1+ y ago1:19:54

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Send us a Text Message. With it being that time of the year where all major sports are being played at the same, we decided to chat about some of our favourite sports movies and shows.By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Episode 90 - Dark Half Hulk Power 1:39:01

2y ago1:39:01

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Send us a Text Message. In this weeks news and previews we talk Blink's nine year itch, The Candy Man, Scorsese gets the Gang back together, Netflix revives that which they killed, Indiana Ross, Nudity and Firearms and more Phase Delays. We hand out some homework assignments and we set free a handful of Flying F..ks in our reviews of She-Hulk, The …

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Episode 89 - Phone a Friend 1:31:13

2y ago1:31:13

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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode we discuss all the bits of news we found to be worthy of discussion, we talk the Mario movie controversy, and we make some bold predictions as to the identities of Sauron and Black Panther. In our reviews this week we throw about some Flying F..ks at Mr. Harrigan's Phone, a Netflix film adaptation of S…

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Episode 88 - Blonde Ambition: Fact vs Fiction 1:13:05

2y ago1:13:05

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Send us a Text Message. New week, new episode. This week we dive in to the Dead-pool with some exciting bits of news, before turning our attention to "Blonde" the fictional retellings of the life and times of Marilyn Monroe and the problematic nature of some Biopics. In this weeks Rant, Rave and Review we give out some Flying F....s to the Idris El…

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Episode 87 - The King and I, Talk to Dead People. 1:29:21

2y ago1:29:21

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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode we talk about all the new news, we give Andor, Emily the Criminal and The Black Phone our reviews and we let you in on what's happening with this years 31 Day Shocktober Horror Fest. Hail to the King. Enjoy!!By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Episode 86 - You Can't Take The Sky From Me 1:07:41

2y ago1:07:41

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Send us a Text Message. It's the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Firefly, the shiniest little space western in all the verse. So we talk about Firefly.By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Episode 85 - Rebels, Heroes and Losers 1:07:57

2y ago1:07:57

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Send us a Text Message. It's a new week, and with that comes a new episode. Before this episode hets proper started i get a little something off my chest. But as soon as that foolishness is done with it's in to the news, where we talk about all the fun stuff that came out of The Venice Film Fest, The Toronto International Film Festival and D23. We …

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Episode 84 - Resist The Rings of Power 1:23:45

2y ago1:23:45

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Send us a Text Message. On todays episode we have a quick chat with the boys from Resist the Throne and talk about all the new and exciting in their worlds, including some newly announced live shows and some new music for all our listening pleasures. After we bid the boys adieu, we do what we usually do and talk about all the interesting news and t…

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Episode 83 - Zombies!!! 1:02:11

2y ago1:02:11

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Send us a Text Message. With White Zombie, the movie thought to be the very first feature length zombie film, celebrating it's 90th anniversary, we decided we would talk about zombies and zombie movies.By Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Episode 82 - Prey Shift 1:29:12

2y ago1:29:12

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Send us a Text Message. New Episode. This week we dive in to the all the news bits we could find before deciding how many Flying F....s we fell like giving Prey, I Love My Dad and Day Shift. EnjoyBy Tyler Smith & Karen Giffin

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Episode 81 - The Bullet Train to Dreamland. 1:21:11

2y ago1:21:11

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Send us a Text Message. New week, new episode. In this week's episode we lament about the current state of the DCEU, we speculate about the return of Sarah Michele Gellar to tv and we give out a fair amount of Flying F...s to As Dusk Falls, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, The Sandman, Black Bird and Bullet Train. Enjoy!!…

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Episode 80 - Just Say Nope to Gray Men. 1:25:41

2y ago1:25:41

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Send us a Text Message. It's new episode time!! In this episode we get defensive over the news of a Roadhouse remake, we discuss all the shiny and new that came out of the San Diego Comic Con and we confusingly and potentially unsuccessfully attempt to give Flying F...s about a trio of flicks, Men, Nope and The Gray Man. Enjoy!…

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Episode 79 - RRRRRRR 1:31:40

2y ago1:31:40

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is all about the 7 R's: Rise, Roar, Revolt, Ritchie, Rant, Rave and Review. We start things off by tossing around some speculations regarding the live action Hercules movie that is currently in the works from director Guy Ritchie. Our Film Club is off to a grand start with the insanely entertaining Tollywood epi…

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Episode 78 - Screaming Goats 1:05:32

2y ago1:05:32

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Send us a Text Message. A whole new episode for your listening pleasure. Kevin Smith goes Inception, the question of Who's The Boss gets asked again, we will still only have half a Dune movie for longer than expected, My Neighbour Totoro gets the Muppet treatment, people are being cast in things, James Bond to get a makeover, and we get ocean bound…

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Episode 77 - Thing Blade 1:13:48

2y ago1:13:48

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Send us a Text Message. In this weeks news, there is various Star Wars talk, you sex doll just got a little more realistic, Formula One gets the Maverick treatment, Phase Five will be revealed shortly, Alan Rickman kept a diary, and Bruce Davis gives us a behind the scenes look at the Academy Awards. Tyler went and saw Our Lady Peace at the NAC and…

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Episode 76 - Talk To Me Goose 1:21:50

2y ago1:21:50

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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode we talk Top Gun and have ourselves some other pop culture-related fun. The Joker sings, Josh Brolin talks to himself, Taika wants to create worlds and Netflix wants to give you 4.56 million dollars. And somehow we're in a universe with Guy Ritchie and Disney: The Odd Couple. All that and more in this w…

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Episode 75 - The Real World: Jurassic 1:14:07

2y ago1:14:07

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Send us a Text Message. It's been a week, as every Showcase, Con and Fest brought us news and previews of a bunch of the things we can look forward to for the rest of the year, The Joker seemingly has more jokes to tell, Marvel reveals their Suicide Squad, an extra-terrestrial went home 40 years ago and dinosaurs run amok (again).…

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I Can't Think of a Clever Title For This Episode (June 6, 2022) 1:29:47

2y ago1:29:47

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Send us a Text Message. We manage to make it two episodes in a row without something catastrophic happening. This week our News and Previews is filled with a bunch of stories from all over the world of pop culture and entertainment. We follow that up with a Rant, Rave and Review of the first 3 episodes of The Boys, before hitting the Retro Rewind b…

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Pop Cult and the Peanut 1:29:30

2y ago1:29:30

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Send us a Text Message. It has been but a minute since we did this thing we do, and in this spanking brand new episode we explain our unintentional absence as well as talk about a few of the things that happened in the world of entertainment and pop culture while we've been away as well as all the things we've managed to watch and consume over the …

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The Woes of Netflix, The Highs and Lows of Nicolas Cage and The Life and Times of Elisabeth Shue. 1:13:58

2y ago1:13:58

1:13:58

Send us a Text Message. New week, new episode. In this week's episode we talk about the droves of subscribers leaving the once all-mighty Netflix and we question our credibility as so-called cinephiles and pop culture podcast hosts. The release of Nic Cage's new film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, has us talking about some of our most fa…

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National Canadian Film Day 1:06:35

2+ y ago1:06:35

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Send us a Text Message. Today is National Canadian Film Day, and therefore we are talking about all things Canadian film. National Canadian Film Day is a massive one day celebration of Canadian film and filmmaking. This year the spotlight is shone brightly on Indigenous voices and their stories. We watched and discuss a few of the spotlighted films…

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Grosse Pointe Blank, Beautiful Bayhem and Other Wonderful BS 1:20:16

2+ y ago1:20:16

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we get our talk on about the little hidden treasure of a film celebrating its 25th anniversary, Grosse Pointe Blank. We then give out our traditional Flying F...s to Michael Bay's latest, Ambulance, and proceed to discuss the rest of the Bayhem catalogue. We end things with a little talk about those great sce…

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