Episode 24: 2021 in Review

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.

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