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Movie Squad
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Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review movies every Friday morning on Breakfast With Pam. But when Breakfast is over, they just keep on talking, and you’re invited to listen in.
The Movie Squad podcast on RTRFM is where you can hear Simon, Tristan and special guests discuss movies at length and in detail, covering every kind of topic and every type of movie, from blockbuster extravaganzas to arthouse fare, from celluloid excellence to glorious trash!
Remember: if you need a movie reviewed… call the Movie Squad!
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, One Night Only and The Furious (Movie Squad Podcast #548)
1w agoTap to summarizeLet’s talk about sex, baby. Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland to review two films with the little death on their mind. One of them even has Little Death as a character! That’d be Jane Schoenbrun’s dreamy Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, about a filmmaker (Hannah Einbinder) trying to recruit a reclusive scream queen (Gillian Anderson) for her slasher reboot. It’s now in cinemas. Then, Tristan reviews the contentious rom-com One Night Only, about the one night of the year where pre-marital relations isn’t criminalised, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner. A chaotic discussion follows. It arrives in cinemas next week. Stay tuned for an extra pod-exclusive review of the grimdark martial arts spectacular The Furious, now available to rent digitally. Join Pam and the Blockbuster Babes live at Local & Aesthetic next Friday 14 August for the Radiothon 2026 kick-off! Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Dink (Movie Squad Podcast #547)
2w agoTap to summarizeIt’s Peter Parker vs. Pickleball on the Movie Squad podcast this week! Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland to review the biggest film in the world and the biggest film currently on Apple TV. First up, the Blockbuster Babes live up to their name by taking a look at Spider-Man: Brand New Day, featuring Tom Holland as the titular hero as he reckons with a new world in which his friends have forgotten him. It’s now showing in cinemas. Then, they turn to streaming for The Dink, starring one-time animated Peter Parker, Jake Johnson, as a failed tennis pro who falls for the sport of pickleball and his older playing partner (Mary Steenburgen). Stay tuned for an extra pod-exclusive chat as Simon and Tristan talk about what they’ve been watching at home, including Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Mortal Kombat II, Edge of Darkness, and even Expendables 4 (sort of). Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →The Wizard of the Kremlin and The Last Viking (Movie Squad Podcast #546)
3w agoTap to summarizePay no attention to the man behind the curtain, and listen to the latest Movie Squad podcast instead! This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo bring two new cinema releases to Brekky host Pam Boland. First up, it’s the newie from Olivier Assayas, The Wizard of the Kremlin, starring Paul Dano as a (fictionalised?) power broker behind the rise of Russian secret agent Vladimir Putin (played by Jude Law). Then, as part of the 2026 Nordic Film Festival, they take a look at Mads Mikkelsen as a man who thinks he’s John Lennon in The Last Viking. Check out the whole program here. Stay tuned for an extra pod-exclusive chat as Simon and Tristan talk about the last week of Odyssey mania. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →The Odyssey, Evil Dead Burn and The History of Concrete with Special Guest Fran Hoepfner (Movie Squad Podcast #545)
Jul 17Tap to summarizeAn epic movie deserves an epic podcast. But this one will have to do. On this episode of the Movie Squad pod, returning heroes Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are reunited with Pam Boland after an absolute age (two weeks). They kick-off with a review of Christopher Nolan’s gargantuan adaptation of The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and a cast of thousands (plus one cyclops). Then, Tristan shares his take on Evil Dead Burn, the latest instalment in the Deadite-spawning horror franchise. Both films are now in cinemas. Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive review of John Wilson’s The History of Concrete, which Simon and Tristan presented as part of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival! And then be treated by an interview with Fran Hoepfner of Vulture and Fran Magazine, who chats about her very fun new book (on a subject close to the Blockbuster Babes’ hearts),The Field Guide to Nepo Babies, now available in-store and online. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →The Invite and Saccharine with Special Guests Ari Harrison and Brandon Daley (Movie Squad Podcast #544)
Jul 10Tap to summarizeYou’re invited to the podcasting event of the season. On this blockbuster episode of the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are joined by not one, not two, not four, but three special guests! First, Danae Gibson takes over for Brekky while Pam Boland is away on special assignment, and gets to listen to reviews of Olivia Wilde’s frisky comedy The Invite and Aussie body-horror Saccharine. Then, Tristan and Simon are joined by Ari Harrison, General Manager of Umbrella Entertainment, who’s in Perth for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, which is screening Umbrella titles Penny Lane is Dead, Mum I’m Alien Pregnant and Mockbuster. Finally, a chat between Tristan and Brandon Daley, director behind one of the Squad’s favourite Rev titles of 2026, $Positions. Listen back to the Blockbuster Babes’ RevFest picks from last week’s ep. Don’t forget Movie Squad’s special presentation of John Wilson’s The History of Concrete at the fest on 15 July! Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →100 Nights of Hero, Dead Man’s Wire and Jackass: Best and Last (Movie Squad Podcast #543)
Jul 3Tap to summarizeUrgent, breaking news: Pam Boland has seen The Sheep Detectives and needs to talk about it. After that (and only after that) may Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo review their movies. Tristan regales the Movie Squad team with the tale of 100 Nights of Hero, starring Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe and Charli XCX in a parallel-universe, fantasy-romance. Then, Simon covers Dead Man’s Wire, the Opening Night feature for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, from director Gus Van Sant. Stay tuned to the pod-exclusive segment for Simon’s bonus review of Jackass: Best and Last (“a triumph of the human spirit”) and the Blockbuster Babes’ picks from the rest of the Rev Film Fest program, INCLUDING their special presentation of John Wilson’s The History of Concrete on 15 July! Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →Supergirl, Never Change and Toy Story 5 (Movie Squad Podcast #542)
Jun 26Tap to summarizeIs it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a bonus babe? YES. With Simon Miraudo away on assignment, DJ Aslan from Cloud Waves joins Tristan Fidler and Pamela Boland for a very special Movie Squad pod! After a brief bit of movie news (mostly hair related) from Pam, Tristan and Aslan review Supergirl, starring Australia’s own Milly Alcock as Superman’s cousin. It’s now in cinemas. Then, they discuss the very silly streaming comedy Never Change, written by and starring John Reynolds, about a class of 35-year-olds who have to go back to high school so they can officially graduate. Then, in a pod-exclusive discussion, a sickly Simon phones in to review Toy Story 5, and shares some scorching hot takes on the series as a whole. Plus, with Tristan and Aslan co-presenting a Trash Classics screening of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice at Luna Leederville, they chat about their feelings on the unfairly-maligned cult classic, and how they’ve changed over the past twenty years. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →Leviticus and Over Your Dead Body (Movie Squad Podcast #541)
Jun 19Tap to summarizeAnother year older, another year wiser, another year and Tristan still isn’t up to date with the Toy Story franchise. So instead of covering Toy Story 5, birthday boy Tristan Fidler reviews the new Aussie horror flick Leviticus, from director Adrian Chiarella. The critically acclaimed and chilling queer romance is now in cinemas. Then, Tristan and Simon Miraudo review Over Your Dead Body, a black and brutal comedy from director Jorma Taccone and starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving as a murderous married couple. It’s now available on streaming. Which of these two will Brekky host Pam Boland want to watch? Is ‘neither and both’ somehow an option? Stay tuned for a pod exclusive chat in which Simon and Tristan discuss Jason Segel’s evolution and evaluate the new Charli XCX album cover. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →Disclosure Day and Tuner (Movie Squad Podcast #540)
Jun 12Tap to summarizeThe truth is out there, and if not, maybe it’s in this podcast. On the latest Movie Squad, Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review the latest sci-fi spectacular from Steven Spielberg: Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo and Colin Firth. Then, Simon reviews the indie caper Tuner, starring Leo Woodall as a piano tuner who discovers a hidden talent for cracking safes. Both films are now in cinemas. But first, Brekky host Pam Boland asks the Blockbuster Babes if their lives were movies, what movies would they be. Stay tuned for a pod exclusive chat in which Simon and Tristan, taking a cue from Drew and guest host Ange on Monday Drivetime, discuss which order they’d watch the upcoming Beatles biopics. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Transcribe →Scary Movie and The Christophers (Movie Squad Podcast #539)
Jun 5Tap to summarizeGuess who’s back? Well, not Simon Miraudo, who’s away on special assignment, but Tristan Fidler, Laura Blundell and Brekky host Pamela Boland for a brand new instalment of Movie Squad! First up this week is the “reboot-i-quel” of Scary Movie, reuniting Anna Faris, Regina Hall and select members of the Wayans family. Does it live up to the long, proud legacy of the Scary Movie spoof series? Or is this one maybe not good? Then, Tristan and Laura share their thoughts on Steven Soderbergh’s latest caper, The Christophers, starring Ian McKellen as a famed artist and Michaela Coel as a young, antagonistic protege. Both films are now in cinemas! Stay tuned for a pod exclusive chat in which Laura shares some of new-to-her discoveries, including John Waters’ Serial Mom, the political satire Bob Roberts and the surreal Kristen Wiig comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
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