Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review movies every Friday morning on Breakfast With Pam. Now they have their very own podcast that you can subscribe to and listen to!
The Movie Squad RTRFM podcast is where you can hear Simon, Tristan and occasionally 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.
Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review movies every Friday morning on Breakfast With Pam. Now they have their very own podcast that you can subscribe to and listen to!
The Movie Squad RTRFM podcast is where you can hear Simon, Tristan and occasionally 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.
The internet’s not big enough for this episode of the Movie Squad podcast, but we’re uploading it anyway!
Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland to talk a brand new blockbuster (as well as the career prospects of Glen Powell) and the most exciting films playing the Japanese Film Festival, before chatting with Perth Festival‘s Film Curator Madeline Bates ahead of her new season.
First up, it’s all about The Running Man, which sees Edgar Wright rebooting/remaking the Stephen King novel previously adapted into a brawny Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. This time around, it’s Glen Powell playing the dystopian death-sport set in the horrifying near-future of (checks notes) 2025!
Then, it’s a deep dive into the Kiyoshi Kurosawa flicks playing the Japanese Film Festival, including The Serpent’s Path, Chime and especially Cloud, the latter of which is about a predatory internet reseller who becomes prey to an online community of people he’s wronged (for reasons big and petty). Check out the screening details for the Japanese Film Festival here, including Tristan’s talk about Chime on Sunday 23 November.
Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive chat with Madeline Bates, the Film Curator at Perth Festival, all about the most exciting titles set to premiere at the Somerville Auditorium over the next few months, including It Was Just An Accident, Sirât, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, and the Perth-made Birthright. You can take a look at the full program here, ahead of the first film’s debut on 24 November: Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of every month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
This is one mother of a Movie Squad episode.
Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo once again join Brekky host Pam Boland to tell her about what’s playing in cinemas (this week, it’s films with a maternal edge). But first, Pam shares her thoughts on the Marlon Williams documentary Two Worlds – Ngā Ao E Rua.
Then, Tristan reviews Die My Love, an explosive drama about postpartum depression that sees Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson team up with director Lynne Ramsay.
Simon follows that up with a review of the dread-inducing Dragonfly, part of the 2025 British Film Festival, which stars Brenda Blethyn as an elderly woman being cared for by her odd duck of a neighbour, played by Andrea Riseborough.
Stay tuned for Tristan’s pod-exclusive review of the extremely stressful comedic drama If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, starring Rose Byrne as a mother on the brink and Conan O’Brien as her uncaring therapist. It opens in Australian cinemas next week.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of every month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
They walk among us, and by ‘they’ we of course mean Movie Squad co-hosts Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo.
After a week apart, Tristan and Simon reunite with Brekky host Pam Boland for two new reviews!
First up, Tristan reviews Bugonia, the latest collaborative freak-out between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, also starring Jesse Plemons as a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps Stone’s high-powered CEO after suspecting she’s actually an alien.
Then, Simon reviews Sarah Friedland’s delicate and dance-like coming of (old) age movie, Familiar Touch, starring Kathleen Chalfant as an octogenarian woman adjusting to the new routines and rhythms of an elder care facility.
Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive chat about Tristan’s Spooktober challenge, and some of the best and scariest movies the Squad watched in the lead-up to Halloween.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of every month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
It’s spooky season on Movie Squad, and not just because two of the regular presenters have mysteriously gone missing!
With Tristan Fidler behind the desk serving Breakfast, he’s joined by Laura Blundell and Lucy Rutherford to review three new cinema releases.
First up, Lucy takes a look at Guillermo del Toro’s gothic Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac as the good doctor and Jacob Elordi as his unholy creation. It’s now in cinemas before heading to Netflix.
Then, Laura reviews the supernatural mystery Shelby Oaks, about a woman seeking her long-lost sister amid suspicious, maybe demonic circumstances. It’s also now showing in Australian cinemas.
Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive review of the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, Regretting You, starring Allison Williams, Dave Franco and Mckenna Grace.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of ever month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
Provocative! Outrageous! Shocking! Melodramatic! Twisted! It’s only another episode of the Movie Squad podcast.
This week, Tristan Fidler reviews Luca Guadagnino’s all-star drama After the Hunt, in which Julia Roberts’ college professor is torn between a promising student (Ayo Edibiri) and the colleague (Andrew Garfield) she accuses of crossing the line.
Then, Simon Miraudo leads a review of James Sweeney’s tonally-surprising and somewhat sinister dramedy Twinless, starring Dylan O’Brien as a man grieving the death of his identical brother, and who meets a kindred spirit (played by Sweeney) at a twinless support group.
Both films are in cinemas (Twinless arrives October 23).
First up, however, in a rare non-twisted segment, Breakfast host Pamela Boland and the Blockbuster Babes pay tribute to the late, great Diane Keaton.
But then stay tuned through to the end for a pod-exclusive chat, as Tristan and Simon interview WA author Patrick Marlborough about the strange stew of films that influenced his comic revenge novel Nock Loose. (Listen to Patrick’s last chat with Pam here.)
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of ever month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
In this thrilling, action-packed, muscular episode of the Movie Squad podcast, the films are reviewed, the conversation is crackling and the studio chairs are malfunctioning!
First up, Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler grip the microphones for a white-knuckle discussion of Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, imagining how a nuclear strike on US soil would play out if Idris Elba was the current President.
It’s now showing in cinemas before heading to streaming services later this year.
Then, Tristan sneaks in a week early to review Roofman, much like its sneaky, roof-dwelling criminal played by Channing Tatum would do in real life!
Plus, Breakfast host Pamela Boland shares her thoughts on the latest trailers for Frankenstein and The Moment.
Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive chat where Simon and Tristan dig a little deeper into A House of Dynamite and other movies that imagine a nuclear winter.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of ever month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
On Movie Squad this week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo submit to The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie’s MMA movie starring Dwayne Johnson in a more serious and sensitive mode playing real-life fighter Mark Kerr.
It’s now showing in cinemas.
Then, Simon plays a devious game with Breakfast host Pamela Boland as he reviews the latest annual instalment of the V/H/S franchise, subtitled Halloween, now streaming on Shudder.
Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive chat where Simon and Tristan dig deeper into the V/H/S series and their horror movie missions and recommendations this October!
Radiothon has been extended until 6 October! Show us how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber at support.rtrfm.com.au.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of ever month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
The revolution will be podcasted!
On the latest Movie Squad instalment, it’s one review after another—literally—when Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo join Brekky host Pam Boland.
First up, the Blockbuster Babes give it up to ‘the master’ and take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s biggest ever movie, the timely, provocative and highly paranoid Leonardo DiCaprio chase movie One Battle After Another. Is it one of the year’s best movies? Is it one of PTA’s best movies? It’s now showing in cinemas.
Then, Tristan lets us know whether we should swipe right or left on the straight-to-streaming new Tinder/Bumble biopic Swiped, starring Lily James as co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd. It’s available to stream on Disney+.
Radiothon has been extended until 6 October! Show us how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber at support.rtrfm.com.au.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
And find out more about Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas on the last Friday of ever month here.
Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.
Every week, the Movie Squad assemble to review the latest in cinema on Breakfast with Pam Boland, usually offering a sweet bonus for the podcast listeners.
This episode is no exception, as Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo take on two newies from auteurs Kogonada and Spike Lee, as well as a brand new animated film.
First up, Tristan takes a look at Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which sees starcrossed Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie embarking on a large, brave, attractive adventure. But does the earnestness of its trailer match Kogonada’s elegiac aesthetic?
Then, Simon leads a review of the latest Spike Lee joint, and his fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest, inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s kidnapping-and-class drama High and Low. Does transplanting the story to New York elevate the material?
Stay tuned for an extended pod-exclusive chat about Highest 2 Lowest, plus Simon’s review of The Bad Guys 2, and the benefits of children ‘microdosing peril’ in theatres.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and The Bad Guys 2 are now in Australian cinemas. Highest 2 Lowest is available to stream on Apple TV+.
Remember, Radiothon runs until 30 September! So, there’s still time for you to show us how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber at support.rtrfm.com.au.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Radio’s favourite situationship, aka Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo, are back with two comedies about modern love… and then a bonus movie about people being killed while taking a long walk.
Joining Pam Boland on Brekky, Tristan leads a review of the side-splitting, slapstick farce Splitsville, featuring writer-director Michael Angelo Covino, co-writer Kyle Marvin and producers Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona as romantically entangled couples.
Then, Simon leads a review of the rare ‘quadruple-A’ feature Lesbian Space Princess (it’s Animated, it’s for Adults, it’s Australian and it was more specifically made in Adelaide). It’s a sweet and very raunchy adventure about, well, a lesbian space princess, with comedy royalty rounding out the voice cast.
Stay tuned for a pod-exclusive chat about the latest Stephen King adaptation (his third this year!) The Long Walk, with Tristan and Simon debating what even makes a Stephen King adaptation any good.
All of these films are now showing in Australian cinemas.
Remember, Radiothon runs until 30 September! So, there’s still time for you to show us how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber at support.rtrfm.com.au.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
This week on the Movie Squad pod, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo look at two movies that each save the cat… and that’s where the similarities end.
First up, Simon leads a review of Sorry, Baby, the darkly funny directorial debut of writer and star Eva Victor, about a young English professor reckoning with ‘the terrible thing’ that happened to them.
Then, Tristan looks at Darren Aronofsky’s rollicking thriller Caught Stealing, starring Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith and more. And yes, just like Sorry, Baby, it has a cat co-star.
Would it shock you to learn that Brekky host Pam Boland reveals during this episode that she has not yet read Blake Snyder’s iconic screenwriting book ‘Save the Cat’? Would it shock you even more that she’s actually keen to watch both these movies?
Listen back to find out why!
Then, stay tuned for a pod-exclusive review of Josh Hartnett’s Fight or Flight, in which he plays a hapless former secret service agent who has to protect a hacker on a plane full of assassins.
All of these films are now showing in Australian cinemas.
Remember, Radiothon runs until 30 September! So, there’s still time for you to show us how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber at support.rtrfm.com.au.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
It’s time to give the people want they want: reviews!
After three weeks of festivities (Brekky live with Pam Boland at Local & Aesthetic, Movie Squad’s 500th Live at Luna spectacular, and the ‘Hot Takes’ Radiothon special), the Blockbuster Babes are back in the studio with a backlog of movies to cover.
First up, Tristan Fidler reviews Ari Aster’s latest divisive effort, Eddington, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal as competing, COVID-era mayoral candidates.
Then, Simon Miraudo leads a discussion of The Ballad of Wallis Island, an ‘ambient comedy’ about a wealthy, Welsh-island-dwelling eccentric (Tim Key) who reunites his favourite singers (played by Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan) for a private concert.
And then, in an EXPLOSIVE pod-exclusive chat, Tristan and Simon review the very silly legacy-quel The Naked Gun, which sees Liam Neeson step into the shoes of Leslie Nielsen, and Relay, a tense espionage thriller starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James and Sam Worthington.
All of these are now showing in Australian cinemas!
PLUS, one extra Hot Take submitted by a subscriber: Which films have Simon and Tristan butted heads over the most?
Remember, Radiothon runs until 30 September, so show us how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber this year at support.rtrfm.com.au.
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
The Movie Squad begins their long march to 1,000 podcast episodes!
Radiothon is still in full swing at RTRFM, so join Tristan Fidler, Simon Miraudo and Brekky host Pam Boland for a special fundraising edition of Movie Squad!
With their patented ‘Hot Box’ in tow, they share their flagrant thoughts in exchange for donations and subscriptions. You can still get your prompts in by contributing at support.rtrfm.com.au!
Show how RTRFM and Movie Squad are More Than Radio to you by becoming a subscriber this year!
They’re calling it the cultural event of the century. It’s been described as a cross between Oasis at Knebworth ’96 and an episode of Crossing Over with John Edward. Apparently, you had to be there. And now you can be.
To celebrate the 500th Movie Squad podcast featuring Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo, the Blockbuster Babes took over Cinema 5 at Luna Palace Cinemas Leederville on Thursday 7 August with 5,000 of their closest friends for the biggest Movie Squad spectacular ever.
FEATURING
Mark Neal: The godfather of local indie music and Odlaw frontman spent a whole year watching Nic Cage movies. Listen in as Mark is quizzed about his Year in The Cage.
AND
Zoe Pepper: This Perth-born filmmaker is causing a buzz with her upcoming flick BIRTHRIGHT. As the festival circuit beckons, Simon and Tristan help her get Red Carpet Ready.
WITH
Ange Tuffnell: The Bribes and Sooks songstress is not your typical punk. Snap your fingers to her Letterboxd Limericks and see if you can Beat the Babes in Ange’s jaunty guessing game.
AND INTRODUCING
Mia Quartermaine as DJ Sliding Doors: Boorloo’s best (only?) film critic/DJ, and our bandleader for the evening!
If you love Movie Squad and want 500 more episodes, make sure you support RTRFM and subscribe or donate this (and every) Radiothon! Movie Squad Live at Luna proves RTRFM is definitely More Than Radio.
Special thanks to Eddie Curtis for mixing. With appreciation for our wonderful guests Mark Neal, Zoe Pepper, Ange Tuffnell and DJ Sliding Doors. And huge love to Luna Palace Cinemas, supporters of Movie Squad, and Umbrella Entertainment for the giveaways.
Photo by Anthony Tran.
RTRFM is More Than Radio. It’s Community. It’s Breakfast. And it’s Movie Squad.
To celebrate the start of Radiothon 2025, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo had Breakfast LIVE with Pam Boland at Local and Aesthetic!
Listen back to hear the Blockbuster Babes chat with Pam about what RTRFM means to them and why it’s important to keep community radio alive, unless you want it to go the way of the video store!
Then, you’ve heard of breakfast hotcakes, but what about breakfast hottakes? The Babes pull some prompts from their ‘hotbox’ and share some spicy opinions leftover from their recent live show at Luna Cinemas. Listen out for that special 500th episode spectacular when it drops Monday 18 August, wherever you get your podcasts!
Photo by Sophie Minissale.
We believe the children are our future on Movie Squad. But is that a good thing, or a terrifying thing?
This week, Tristan Fidler reviews the spooky-kid horror-comedy Weapons from Barbarian director Zach Cregger, and dances around the plot detail that Simon Miraudo is trying to avoid, and that Breakfast host Pam Boland doesn’t want to hear!
Then, Simon reviews Damon Gameau’s inspirational new Aussie documentary Future Council, in which a busload of child activists take the climate fight to adults around the world.
Both films are now showing in Australian cinemas.
Keep listening for Tristan’s pod-exclusive chat of what is being called one of the worst films of the year: War of the Worlds starring Ice Cube!
Join Pam for Live Breakfast at Local & Aesthetic in Mount Lawley next Friday 15 August to launch Radiothon 2025! She’ll be joined by special guests including the Blockbuster Babes themselves. And keep an eye on your podcast stream for the special Live 500th Movie Squad, dropping Monday 18 August!
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Codependency, thy name is Movie Squad!
Breakfast host Pam Boland is joined by Blockbuster Babe Tristan Fidler and Bonus Babe Laura Blundell this week, with ‘Bye’ Babe Simon Miraudo taking a week off. But the links stay strong!
They kick off this week’s ep with a review of Together, starring real-life marrieds Alison Brie and Dave Franco as a long-term couple who become supernaturally fused. Stay tuned to the end of the podcast for Simon’s interview with Aussie director Michael Shanks, which opens with the question: ‘Would you consider yourself monogamous?’
Then, Tristan reviews Happy Gilmore 2, the latest straight-to-Netflix effort from Adam Sandler, while a suspicious Pam listens on. Together, they seek to answer the cinematic question: Is this the ultimate celebration of nepo-babies in movie history?
Keep listening for a pod-exclusive chat with Laura as she shares what she’s been watching lately (hint: a lot of James Spader movies) and for Simon’s chat with Michael Shanks!
Have you heard the good news? Movie Squad is coming to a cinema near you! Join the Blockbuster Babes for a live recording of their upcoming 500th episode at Luna Cinemas Leederville on Thursday 7 August. Get your tickets here and be a part of the Squad for one night only!
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Flame on folks, it’s time for the Movie Squad podcast!
This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo share their thoughts on The Fantastic Four: First Steps. It marks the first new film of Marvel’s so-called Phase Six. But does it show Marvel stretching itself, much like Pedro Pascal’s Mr. Fantastic, or is it clobberin’ time for the Blockbuster Babes?
Then, Tristan, Simon and guest Brekky host Danielle Raffaele share their favourite films of 2025 so far, outlining 12 of the best movies to be released between January and June! Did your fave make the cut?
Have you heard the good news? Movie Squad is coming to a cinema near you! Join the Blockbuster Babes for a live recording of their upcoming 500th episode at Luna Cinemas Leederville on Thursday 7 August. Get your tickets here and be a part of the Squad for one night only!
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
Men shouldn’t have friends… unless you’re Movie Squad!
This week, Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo share their thoughts on Friendship. No, not the concept, but the the dark comedy about a curdled bromance between Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Meanwhile, Brekky host Pam Boland cringes.
Then, Tristan goes back to the ’90s with a review of the legacy-quel I Know What You Did Last Summer, which sees franchise OGs Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. return alongside new faces Madelyn Cline and Chase Sui Wonders.
Stay tuned for their extended thoughts, as well as Simon’s interview with Perth author and music journalist Shane Pinnegar, about his new book Rocksploitation: Celebrating 69 hits, flops and cult favourite rock n’ roll movies. Get it at shanepinnegarwriter.com.
And have you heard the good news? Movie Squad is coming to a cinema near you! Join the Blockbuster Babes for a live recording of their upcoming 500th episode at Luna Cinemas Leederville on Thursday 7 August. Get your tickets here and be a part of the Squad for one night only!
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!
It’s a new dawn for Superman at the cinema, and the Movie Squad of Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo are staying open-minded. Breakfast host Pam Boland is even excited about it?
Listen to Simon and Tristan’s review of DC director James Gunn’s super-reset, starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent AKA Big Blue. Guess what: One of them didn’t like it nearly as much as the other!
Then, Tristan reviews the straight-to-streaming Charlize Theron action flick The Old Guard 2, and wonders if anyone was actually waiting around for this thing?
Stay tuned for their continuing (and conflicted) thoughts on Superman in the pod-exclusive portion of the episode.
And have you heard the good news? Movie Squad is coming to a cinema near you! Join the Blockbuster Babes for a live recording of their upcoming 500th episode at Luna Cinemas Leederville on Thursday 7 August. Get your tickets here and be a part of the Squad for one night only!
Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!