The Surfer, The Wedding Banquet and Another Simple Favour (Movie Squad Podcast #485)

Surf’s up! The Blockbuster Babes bring you a bevy of bodacious reviews from the latest Breakfast with Pam.

First up, Simon Miraudo and Tristan Fidler review radical new Aussie psychodrama The Surfer, starring ‘Our Nic’, Nicolas Cage! In this Yallingup-shot film, Cage plays a businessman who returns to his WA hometown with the intention of reclaiming the childhood home that overlooks his favourite beach, only to face off against the toxic dudes who dominate the surf and warn him, ‘locals only’.

Then, Tristan shares his thoughts on the remake of The Wedding Banquet, starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran, all about the farcical comedy of errors that follows two gay couples who intersect for a green card marriage, which gets complicated by their cultural backgrounds (and some meddling mothers and grandmothers).

The Surfer opens in Australian cinemas 15 May (with advance screenings this weekend). The Wedding Banquet is now showing.

Keep listening for Tristan’s pod-exclusive review of Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively’s Another Simple Favour, which has gone straight to Amazon Prime Video… perhaps for good reason.

Be sure to tune in to RTRFM every Friday at 7:30am to hear Movie Squad live on Breakfast with Pam!