Dead Lover, Hoppers and Honey Bunch (Movie Squad Podcast #530)

The weather is cold, Simon Miraudo‘s speaking French, and there’s talk of a movie featuring beavers. It’s a very Canadian episode of Movie Squad! First up, Tristan Fidler leads a review of Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie’s surreal Canadian horror-romance Dead Lover, now available digitally in Australia. Does the third Frankenstein-themed film in the last six months finally hit the mark for the Blockbuster Babes? And will Brekky host Pamela Boland stop stink-shaming its main character? Then, Simon reviews Pixar’s latest animated film, Hoppers, which is not about rabbits or Easter, as Pam incorrectly surmised, but about people ‘hopping’ into the consciousness of robotic beavers and accidentally starting an anti-human uprising. Simon says it’s not subversive enough. Stay tuned for a bonus review in the pod-only portion, with Simon and Tristan sharing their thoughts on ANOTHER Canadian horror-romance, ALSO starring Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie: Honey Bunch, now streaming on Shudder. Learn about the new season of Tristan’s Trash Classics screenings at Luna Cinemas held on the last Friday of every month. Movie Squad is sponsored by Luna Palace Cinemas, WA’s premiere independent cinemas, bringing the best film content and cinematic events to Perth.