Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony review Christopher McQuarrie's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING starring Tom Cruise. This review is spoiler-free. The film also stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett. Mission: Impossible – The Final R...
May 14, 2025•44 min
On this week’s episode of The Movie Podcast, we break down Donald Trump’s proposed movie tariff and its impact on Hollywood, Canada, and global film production. We review Ryan Coogler’s new film Sinners and unpack his major deal to regain the rights to the project, Thunderbolts has officially been renamed The New Avengers— what does this mean for the future of the MCU? We also dive into Netflix’s North of North series, react to the new trailers for The Smashing Machine and Weapons, and celebrate...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 171
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz sit down in Toronto with the legendary Julia Louis-Dreyfus— better known in the MCU as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to discuss her role in Marvel Studios’ THUNDERBOLTS*. Following their conversation, Daniel is joined by fellow cast members Lewis Pullman (Bob Reynolds / Sentry) and Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr / Ghost). The film assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes for a dangerous mission that forces them to confront the darkest ...
May 02, 2025•23 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Special Effects Makeup Designer Steve Newburn of Applied Arts FX Studio to discuss his work on UNTIL DAWN. Applied Arts FX Studio has nearly 30 years of experience on hundreds of film, television, commercial, and venue projects throughout Canada, the United States, and around the world. The team’s work on numerous projects earned recognition across makeup, special effects, and visual effects, including 14 Academy Award nomina...
Apr 30, 2025•23 min
Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony review Jake Schreier's THUNDERBOLTS* starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Edward Pierce, with David Harbour, with Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In “Thunderbolts*” Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes—Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Vale...
Apr 29, 2025•38 min
THE MOVIE PODCAST IS BACK FROM JAPAN! On this week’s episode, Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony recap everything from Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 — from Star Wars: Starfighter, Maul: Shadow Lord and beyond. They also share their thoughts on Andor Season 2 and where the show is heading as it builds toward Rogue One. Plus, the guys dive into their trip to Tokyo DisneySea, including their favourite rides, the food, and how it compares to the parks back home. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast no...
Apr 26, 2025•58 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by the legendary Tom Hardy and visionary director Gareth Evans to dive into their explosive new Netflix Original film, HAVOC. After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician's estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city. The film stars Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Lui...
Apr 25, 2025•17 min
The moment we’ve dreaded has finally arrived. Join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony for a spoiler-filled recap, breakdown, and discussion of Season 2, Episode 2 (“Through The Valley”) of HBO’s The Last of Us series. This episode is Written by Craig Mazin and Directed by Mark Mylod. Season 2 of The Last of Us picks up five years after the events of Season 1. Joel and Ellie’s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictabl...
Apr 21, 2025•33 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony head down under to speak with Jacob Elordi, Simon Baker, Odessa Young, Olivia DeJonge, and Thomas Weatherall of THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH, a five-part drama series based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Set during and after World War II, the series follows Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans, whose brief love affair with Amy Mulvaney haunts him throughout his life—from his time as a prisoner of war to his la...
Apr 17, 2025•29 min
The Cordyceps Crew is back! Join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony for a spoiler-filled recap, breakdown, and discussion of Season 2, Episode 1 (“Future Days”) of HBO’s The Last of Us series. This episode is Written and Directed by Craig Mazin. Season 2 of The Last of Us picks up five years after the events of Season 1. Joel and Ellie’s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind. The se...
Apr 14, 2025•42 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel is joined by the Fifteenth Doctor, a.k.a. Ncuti Gatwa, and new companion Varada Sethu to discuss Doctor Who Season 2. In the new season, the Doctor meets Belinda Chandra and begins an epic quest to return her to Earth. But a mysterious force is preventing their return, and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face greater dangers, bigger enemies, and wilder terrors than ever before. Season 2 of Doctor Who premieres April 12 on Disney+ in Canada. Watch ...
Apr 11, 2025•14 min
Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony review Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us series, based on The Last of Us Part II, the critically acclaimed video game developed by Naughty Dog and available on PlayStation. Season 2 of The Last of Us picks up five years after the events of Season 1. Joel and Ellie’s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind. The series stars Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, ...
Apr 07, 2025•46 min
The Movie Podcast returns to Las Vegas for CinemaCon! Join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony as they recap everything announced at Universal Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios’ presentations, including Wicked: For Good, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, The Accountant 2, the future of James Bond, and more! Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube , and TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X , Instagram , ...
Apr 03, 2025•40 min
The Movie Podcast returns to Las Vegas for CinemaCon! Join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony as they recap everything announced at Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation including Superman, F1, Dynamic Duo, The Cat in the Hat, Weapons, One Battle After Another, Mortal Kombat II and more! Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube , and TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X , Instagram , Letterboxd Shahbaz on X , Instagram , and Letterb...
Apr 02, 2025•48 min
The Movie Podcast returns to Las Vegas for CinemaCon! Join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony as they recap everything announced at Lionsgate and Neon CinemaCon Presentations including John Wick 5, Ballerina, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, Luca Guadagnino's American Psycho, The Life of Chuck, Together and more! Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube , and TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X , Instagram , Let...
Apr 01, 2025•33 min
The Movie Podcast returns to Las Vegas for CinemaCon! Join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony as they recap everything announced at Sony Pictures' CinemaCon Presentation including Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Beatles 4 Film Cinematic Event, 28 Years Later and more! Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube , and TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X , Instagram , Letterboxd Shahbaz on X , Instagram , and Letterboxd Anthony on X ,...
Apr 01, 2025•53 min
On episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Annaleigh Ashford and Khiyla Aynne to discuss their original drama series HAPPY FACE. The series is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore; the critically acclaimed Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook. Jumping off from Moore’s true-life story, the Paramount+ Original Series follows Melissa (Ashford) and her incarcerated father...
Mar 31, 2025•19 min
Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcast On episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Anthony are joined by Writer and Director Christopher Andrews to discuss his film BRING THEM DOWN. The film is the story of two feuding farming families in present-day rural Ireland. Michael (Christopher Abbott), the last son of a farming family, lives an isolated existence with his ailing father Ray. Haunted by a terrible accident in his past, Michael has isolated himself from th...
Mar 28, 2025•21 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel is joined by Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders, stars of the Apple TV+ series The Studio. After their conversation, Shahbaz reports LIVE from the red carpet premiere in Hollywood, featuring exclusive interviews with Seth Rogen, Sarah Polley, Lil Rel Howery, Patrick J. Adams, Stephanie Lyn Beard, and Alex Gregory. In "The Studio," Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay a...
Mar 25, 2025•39 min
Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Apple TV+ Series THE STUDIO. In "The Studio," Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. The series assembles a star-studded ensemble cast that also includes Catherine O...
Mar 24, 2025•27 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Jessica Lee Gagné returns to the show to join Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony in Toronto for an in-depth discussion on the Severance Season 2 finale and more. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast platforms, YouTube , and TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X , Instagram , Letterboxd Shahbaz on X , Instagram , and Letterboxd Anthony on X , Instagram , and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on X , Instagram , Tik...
Mar 22, 2025•33 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Anthony review and discuss Bong Joon Ho's MICKEY 17 starring Robert Pattinson. Adapted from the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, Mickey (Pattinson) is as an "expendable" - a disposable crew member on a space mission, selected for dangerous tasks because he can be renewed if his body dies, with his memories largely intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong. The film also stars Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffa...
Mar 14, 2025•33 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz sit down with Josha Stradowski, Madeleine Madden, and Rafe Judkins at CCXP in São Paulo, Brazil to discuss THE WHEEL OF TIME Season 3. Based on The Shadow Rising, Season 3 of The Wheel of Time takes viewers across the Westlands, from the Aiel Waste to Tanchico and the mysterious city of Rhuidean, where Rand and Moiraine face life-changing revelations. Meanwhile, in Two Rivers, Perrin Aybara embarks on a transformative journey of his own. S...
Mar 13, 2025•14 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Shahbaz heads to Austin, Texas to sit-down with Jack Quaid and Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen to discuss their new film NOVOCAINE. When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back. The film also stars Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Lou Beatty Jr., Van Hengst, Conrad Kemp and Jacob Batalon. Novocaine releases exclusively in theatr...
Mar 12, 2025•28 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel heads to Los Angeles, California to sit-down with the cast of THE ELECTRIC STATE including Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci, and Giancarlo Esposito. Set in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the ’90s, The Electric State is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and follows an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick in search of her younger br...
Mar 11, 2025•18 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Mohammed Amer to discuss his Netflix series MO. In the latest season, Mo Najjar straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a ton of bullshit as a Palestinian on the path to U.S. citizenship. Season 2 finds Mo stranded across the border and desperate to get back to Houston before his family's asylum hearing - but as a stateless refugee without a passport, he’s gonna need all the hustle and charm he can muster...
Mar 10, 2025•23 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Daniel and Shahbaz are joined by Emmy and Golden Globe winner, and Academy Award nominee, Sterling K. Brown to discuss the Season Finale of PARADISE. In the series, a Secret Service agent investigates the murder of a former president in a seemingly peaceful community. It also stars James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV and Executive Produced by Dan Fogelman. Paradise is now streaming on Disney+ in ...
Mar 07, 2025•18 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Shahbaz and Anthony are joined by Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh to discuss DELI BOYS. After their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, two pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything—forcing them to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld. The complete first season of Deli Boys is now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus in Canada and Hulu in the United States. Watch and listen to...
Mar 07, 2025•15 min
Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Marvel Television's DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN. [Spoilers for Ep. 1 + 2]. In the series, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavours in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course. Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk face off once aga...
Mar 05, 2025•31 min
On this episode of The Movie Podcast, Shahbaz is joined by Directors Justin Benson & Aaron Moorehead and Showrunners Sana Amanat & Dario Scardapane to discuss Marvel Television's DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN. In the series, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavours in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, bot...
Mar 04, 2025•18 min
