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Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Lana Wachowski's THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith reprise their roles from previous films in the series, and are joined by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Christina Ricci. The Matrix Resurrections releases in theatres and streams on HBO Max in the U.S. December 22, 2021. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix. LISTEN NOW Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoiler Extravaganza Spider-Man: No Way Home Review [Spoiler Free] The King's Man Review Jingle All The Way Movie Commentary The Matrix Resurrections Review Licorice Pizza Review FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube RATE US 5 STARS ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE PODCASTS! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Dec 202129min

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Paul Thomas Anderson's LICORICE PIZZA. The film stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie. Licorice Pizza is out now in U.S. theatres and delivers into Canadian cinemas December 24, 2021. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca “Licorice Pizza” is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love. FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews. Tap here to leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Dec 202120min

This week, on the year's final episode of The Movie Podcast, we dive deep into Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers and celebrate our favourite Peter Parkers from across the multiverse. [00:59:45] Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony also cover this week's news including Ontario's newest COVID restrictions for movie theatres, Cineplex's win over Cineworld, a Quentin Tarantino directed Lord of the Rings, and the latest cast additions to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. They also discuss new trailers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and breakdown Spider-Man's MAJOR weekend at the Box Office. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca NEWS Cinemas face Ontario’s new capacity rules on ‘Spider Man’ opening weekend - David Friend / The Canadian Press Cineplex Awarded $1.24B in Damages in Failed Cineworld Deal - Ian Vandaelle / BNN Bloomberg Harvey Weinstein Threatened to Replace Peter Jackson With Quentin Tarantino on ‘Lord of the Rings’ - Abbey White / THR Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie Join Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ - Borys Kit / THR LISTEN NOW Spider-Man: No Way Home Review [Spoiler Free] The King's Man Review Jingle All The Way Movie Commentary COMING THIS WEEK ON THE MOVIE PODCAST FEED Tue Dec 21: Licorice Pizza Review Wed Dec 22: The Matrix Resurrections Review Thu Dec 23: Hawkeye Season Finale Review FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube RATE US 5 STARS ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE PODCASTS! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Dec 20211h 37min

IT'S TURBO TIME! PRESS PLAY with Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony and join along in their movie commentary of Brian Levant's JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996). The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Martin Mull, Jake Lloyd, and Jim Belushi.  Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca Workaholic Howard Langston wants to make things up to his son, Jamie, and wife, Liz. He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron, another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas. FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews. Tap here to leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Dec 20211h 30min

This week on a SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, we're honoured to welcome MIKE RIANDA, Writer & Director of THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES. The film is now streaming on Netflix and available on Blu-ray with over 2 hours of bonus content. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca From the humans who brought you the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The LEGO Movie comes The Mitchells vs. The Machines, an animated action-comedy about an ordinary family who find themselves in the middle of their biggest family challenge yet…saving the world from the robot apocalypse. The Mitchells vs. The Machines is about embracing the things that make us unique, learning what it means to be human in a world increasingly filled with technology, and holding tight to the people most important to you when the unexpected hits. FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews. Tap here to leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Dec 202131min

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Matthew Vaughn's THE KING'S MAN. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou and Charles Dance. The King's Man releases theatrically December 22, 2021. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in The King's Man. The Comic Book “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews. Tap here to leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Dec 202120min

Daniel, Shahbaz, & Anthony review Jon Watt's SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME. The film stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Tony Revolori, Jamie Foxx, Benedict Wong, J.B. Smoove, J.K. Simmons, Rhys Ifans, Angourie Rice, Thomas Haden Church, and Willem Dafoe. Spider-Man: No Way Home releases theatrically December 17, 2021. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man. FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews. Tap here to leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Dec 202128min

This week on a SPECIAL EDITION of The Movie Podcast, we're joined by David Alvarez who stars as Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. The film releases in theatres December 10, 2021. Listen now on all podcast feeds and on TheMoviePodcast.ca Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tony Kushner, “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.  FOLLOW US Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and YouTube The Movie Podcast is on a mission to hit 200 Apple Podcast reviews. Tap here to leave us a 5 STAR review! ABOUT The Movie Podcast is one of Canada’s top film and review podcasts. Every week you’ll hear film lovers Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony discuss the biggest movie news, talk trailers, what’s coming soon, ponder a unique topic of show, and speak to special guests from across the film industry. Catch a new episode of The Movie Podcast every Monday and watch out for Review episodes on all the latest movies and series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Dec 202114min