The Movie Squad unleashes carnage this week on the latest edition of the podcast. The target of their ire? Anne Hathaway's new straight-to-streaming romantic drama The Idea of You. Listen in as a befuddled Pamela Boland, an irate Tristan Fidler and a maddened Simon Miraudo dissect the adaptation of a Harry Styles fanfic. Then, some relief with a review of the indie drama Fremont, now in cinemas, about an Afghan refugee played by Anaita Wali Zada finding a community in San Francisco. It also...

Class is in session for the latest instalment of the Movie Squad podcast! This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo bring Breakfast host Pamela Boland two reviews of brand new cinema releases, while still finding time to debate the heights of prospective James Bonds and rank the best Ryans. First up, Tristan reviews Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's new action comedy The Fall Guy, based on the '80s TV show of the same name. The film features a post-Barbie Gosling as a stuntman looking for a...

The Movie Squad podcast offers your weekly volley of opinions on films ranging from the electrifying to the enigmatic. First up, Tristan Fidler and Breakfast host Pamela Boland review Luca Guadagnino's sensual tennis drama Challengers, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor. Then, Simon Miraudo returns serve with a review of Ryusuke Hamaguchi's ecological tone-poem Evil Does Not Exist, in which a Japanese village contends with corporate intruders. Stay tuned for an extended...

It's every man, woman and child for themselves in this episode of the Movie Squad podcast! First up, Tristan Fidler regales Simon Miraudo and Breakfast host Pamela Boland with his take on Alex Garland's contentious new thriller, Civil War. Then, Simon leads a review of the new Aussie horror satire Late Night with the Devil, starring David Dastmalchian as a TV talk show host who attempts an on-air exorcism. Finally, stay tuned for a pod-exclusive review of The First Omen. All three films...

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo reunite with Breakfast host Pamela Boland for the latest instalment of the Movie Squad podcast! First up, Simon leads a review of Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man, in which Patel plays a revenge-seeker who rises up through the ranks of Mumbai's underworld to avenge his mother's death. Then, Tristan reviews Ava DuVernay's ambitious Origin, based on the non-fiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and the life of its author Isabel Wilkerson...

Tristan Fidler and Cecilia Allen join Breakfast host Pamela Boland to serve up another sparkling edition of movie chat for this episode of the Movie Squad podcast! Tristan starts with the latest entry in the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which brings together members of the original Ghostbusters (Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts) with the newer cast including "the internet's boyfriend" Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Mackenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard and James...

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo have reunited with Breakfast host Pamela Boland for a horror-themed edition of the Movie Squad podcast! (And as they go to great pains to point out, they haven't reviewed a horror movie since last October, so no complaining!) First though, it's a recap of Hollywood's night of nights, as the trio share their thoughts on this year's Oscar ceremony. Then, Tristan reviews the spooky new Blumhouse feature Imaginary, starring DaWanda Wise as a woman whose...

Cecilia Allen and Lucy Rutherford step in for the Gemini Men (Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo) on this special International Women's Day edition of Movie Squad! They look at two great new cinema releases, both led by and directed by women, with Breakfast host Pamela Boland. First up, Cecilia covers crime thriller Love Lies Bleeding from director Rose Glass, starring Kristen Stewart as a gym manager and Katy O'Brien as her bodybuilding lover. It arrives in cinemas next week. Then, Lucy...

The prophecy comes true on this week's edition of the Movie Squad podcast. We are of course referring to the prophecy that Simon Miraudo and Cecilia Allen would review the long-awaited Dune Part 2 for the 'Reverend Mother' of Breakfast, Pamela Boland. After Simon's review of the new Dune (which includes a recounting of Paul Atreides' numerous nicknames), Cecilia takes a look at the Oscar-nominated Tunisian documentary Four Daughters, about a family that saw half of its children defect to...

On this week's instalment of the Movie Squad podcast, Tristan Fidler reviews a new Coen brother (singular) film, Simon Miraudo discusses the wickedly talented Mia Wasikowska, and Brekky host Pam Boland reveals herself to be a chaotic presence in cinemas. Queer comedy Drive Away Dollsis the first picture on the docket, from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, with Tristan and Pam bonding over their shared theatrical experience with the pic's silly shenanigans. Then Simon brings everyone back down...

Her web connects them all! We are of course referring to Brekky host Pam Boland, who is joined for Movie Squad by Simon Miraudo and Lucy Rutherford while Tristan Fidler is on special assignment in the Amazon researching spiders. First up, Lucy leads a review of Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson as a paramedic who discovers she can see into the future and must use these powers to protect some Spider-adjacent teenagers that, for legal reasons, cannot resemble or be named Peter...

The blockbuster babes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo reunite with Pam Boland for two brand new reviews on Movie Squad! After a couple of weeks apart, the duo kick off their return to Brekky with a review of Force of Nature: The Dry 2, which sees Eric Bana reunite with his own blockbuster babe, director Robert Connelly, for another Aaron Falk mystery. Then, we leave behind the Victorian mountain ranges for Montreal, with the black comedy Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,...

With Simon Miraudo away on special assignment, Tristan Fidler and Breakfast host Pam Boland are joined by reviewer Cecilia Allen for another episode of the Movie Squad podcast! For our first review, Cecilia discusses the new Canadian drama Riceboy Sleeps directed by Anthony Shim and partly based on his own childhood experiences growing up as a Korean immigrant in Vancouver. The film is set in the 1990s and follows a Korean single mother So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon) raising her young son...

With Tristan Fidler away on special assignment, Simon Miraudo and Brekky host Pam Boland are joined by Movie Squad first-timer Lucy Rutherford for three huge reviews! First up, Simon reviews Sean Durkin's true sports tearjerker, The Iron Claw, all about the doomed (and possibly cursed) Von Erich wrestling family, and wonders if the Zac Efron Oscars snub was maybe more significant than any perceived slights against Barbie. Then, Lucy leads a review of All of Us Strangers, starring Andrew...

It's been a quiet few weeks in their absence, but the Movie Squad has returned! Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo reunite with Pam Boland on Brekky to discuss what they've been watching over the summer break, and rave about the first new releases of the new year! First up, Tristan talks up Priscilla, from director Sofia Coppola, starring Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as her husband, Elvis. Then, Simon unleashes his pent-up review of The Holdovers, which sees Paul...

For the final Movie Squad of 2023, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo go out with their review guns blazing, Butch and Sundance-style, reviewing eight films being released over the summer holidays. Meanwhile, Brekky host Pamela Boland just hangs on for dear life. First up, Tristan runs down Wonka (out now), Dream Scenario (out Jan 1), May December ([playing Perth Fest from 26 - 31 December](https://www.perthfestival.com.au/events/may-december/)) and Poor Things (out Boxing Day). Then, Simon...

Movie Squad critics Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo spent 2023 watching every single movie, short film and TikTok from the last 12 months and combined their Top 30s to produce an authoritative and unimpeachable list of the year's finest features. And so it shall be inscribed in law! They joined Brekky host Pamela Boland to whip through their Top 10, and then spent another 20 minutes chatting about their total Top 30 in a pod-exclusive segment. (Phew.) Plus, bonus favourites from Pam, former...

There's one week left before Movie Squad's Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo share their Top 10 Films of 2023, so they're squeezing in as many reviews as they can before having to make their final selections! Joined by special guest Brekky host Emma Lucia, Tristan shares his review of Bradley Cooper's new Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro, while Simon leads a discussion of Paul Schrader's trilogy-closing Master Gardener, starring Joel Edgerton. Then, in a podcast-exclusive discussion, they...

It's the theatrical event of the year... according to Breakfast host Pamela Boland. With the regularity of a supermoon, all three Movie Squad presenters have seen the same film, and this time, it's Emma Seligman's queer high school comedy Bottoms. Will Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo (average age: 38) meet Pam's enthusiasm for this Zoomer Masterpiece, or will they, like stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri, be left feeling battered and bruised? After that, Simon reviews the new Aussie...

You couldn't escape this edition of the Movie Squad podcast if you wanted to! Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Pamela Boland on Breakfast once again to review one giant epic and one intimate thriller. First up, Tristan covers Ridley Scott's Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the tempestuous French emperor, covering his rise to power and ultimate fall. Then, Simon reviews Kitty Green's chilling The Royal Hotel, starring Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as American backpackers...

This week's edition of the Movie Squad podcast is hot, hot, hot (and not just because one of the films has 'burn' in the title). Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Pamela Boland on Breakfast to review two new flicks starring a suite of sweetie pies. First up, Tristan takes a visit to Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, starring Barry Keoghan as a chancer who winds up at the lordly estate of his wealthy pal (played by Australian Jacob Elordi). Then, Simon pulls at Fingernails, starring Jessie...

Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo reunite on the Movie Squad podcast after six weeks apart, clasping muscular arms like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers in Predator. And what a reunion it is! First up, Tristan and Simon preview the Perth Festival film program for Breakfast host Pam Boland, with Tristan taking an extended look at opening documentary Copa 71, about the unsanctioned Women's World Cup held in Mexico more than 50 years ago. (Other Perth Fest highlights mentioned include...

Tristan Fidler returns - solo with Simon Miraudo away on special assignment - to Movie Squadand talks to Breakfast host Pam Boland about what they have both been watching recently! There's chat about horror movies as a genre, concert movies changing how audiences behave in cinemas, and even catching up about the streaming sport documentary Beckham! Then, we have a proper review of a new movie from director David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network, Fight Club). The Killerstars Michael...

Simon Miraudo is joined by Movie Squad first-timer Libby Caldwell for the final pre-Halloween edition of the podcast. This week, they bestow two new reviews on Breakfast's (still terrified) host Pam Boland. First up, Simon leads a review of Martin Scorsese's titanic big-screen event, Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Lily Gladstone as a wealthy Osage woman targeted by a greedy war veteran (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his nefarious uncle (Robert De Niro). Then, Libby reviews the American...