Mid-Credit Scene Podcast
Discussions with local guests about movies and filmmaking. We’ll talk about local films, theatres, festivals, and the impact of film here in Waterloo Region. We’ll chat with local experts on broader themes like technology, art, and the cultural impact of movies. But mostly we’ll just spend time with great people, talking about something we love.
Episodes
106 episodes
Episode 32 - Conway Fraser Spins Some Yarn
The Mikes are joined by veteran journalist and communications pro Conway Fraser to talk about... well a lot really. We hit on everything from whether "mining films" constitute a genre, Pereira and Conway's nearly decade-long debate on whether B...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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The Give and Take with Joel Rubinoff
You gotta work pretty hard to find a movie that Clark hasn't heard of, but Joel Rubinoff pulls it off with an absolutely fascinating pick for a film he inherited from the past! Plus, he continues messing with time, when it comes to what he want...
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Season 4
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14:51
Joel Rubinoff's Three Double Features!
A great little bonus episode with Veteran culture journalist Joel Rubinoff who couldn't resist the temptation to choose not just one, but three possible double features. It's like we got stuck in a time loop! (which might just be a theme here f...
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Season 4
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18:22
Episode 31 - Joel Rubinoff's Rock N' Roll Years!
Veteran culture journalist Joel Rubinoff sits down to talk about “Joel Rubinoff: The Rock n Roll Years” – a throwback film festival featuring five legendary classics hosted at Princess Cinemas. Joel will introduce each film and discuss po...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:17:14
Mid-Credit Minute - The Give and Take with Ann Beard
In our final episode with Anna Beard, she considers our new question of inheriting and passing along films, and gives some beautiful responses. And, she gives us an opportunity to remember the career of Dame Maggie Smith, which Clark ruins by o...
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Season 4
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14:04
Mid-Credit Minute - Tim Burton, with Anna Beard
We took a detour on our discussion of soft spooky films with Anna Beard to talk about the supposed King of Spook, Tim Burton. Are his films spoopy, spooky, or none of the above? The answer may SURPRISE... you.
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Season 4
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5:34
Mid-Credit Minute - The Halloween Double Take with Anna Beard
Anna tackles a holiday themed double feature, and comes up with some Friendly recommendations. Don't light the black flame candle under these choices, their a boooooooost of entertainment.
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Season 4
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6:52
Episode 30 - Spoopy Halloween Films with Anna Beard
Like so many FOX shows in the 90's, we premiere our 4th season deep into October, with a holiday themed episode. Returning guest Anna Beard is here to define what a "spoopy" movie is. Entry point to scarier faire, or warm comfort as the weather...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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Mid-Credit Minute - Is Prong Wrong About Looper
Mikes Pereira and Clark sit down with local communicator and avid movie-not-watcher Charlotte Prong and see if she is able to guess what a movie is about from the title alone. This episode we discuss Rian Johnson's sci-fi time travel thriller (...
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Season 3
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13:08
Episode 29 - Remembering Donald Sutherland
The Mike's finish off their season with an episode remembering the recently departed actor and Canadian icon Donald Sutherland. We discuss the roles that defined him as an actor, the roles he defined, and when in a career does the gravitas kick...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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Mid-Credit Minute - The Double Take AND the Give and Take with Michael Davison
As you might have guess from this past month of episodes, our conversation with Michael Davison was really far wandering, but we bring you one last episode, back on topic, with a combo episode in which we discuss Michael's double feature, and w...
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Season 3
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26:48
Mid-Credit Minute - Terry Gilliam with Michael Davison
When we say that getting three Mikes on mic leads to a lot of chat, believe us. We continue our conversation with Michael Davison as we discuss the career of Terry Gilliam, how maybe things should be left in the past, and is Adam Driver the dea...
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Season 3
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13:10
Mid-Credit Minute - Shorts, Commercials, and Music Videos with Michael Davison
The three Mikes discuss the importance of filmmakers making shorts, shooting commercials, and making music videos to experiment and get comfortable behind the camera. We also talk about who Beyoncé and Traylor Swift, and not just for SEO purpos...
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Season 3
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Mid-Credit Minute - Current State of the Film Industry with Michael Davison
The Mikes continue our chat with Michael Davison, this time on the current state of the film industry, both in general and specifically the Canadian industry. We recorded this back in the winter and so much has even changed since then, but what...
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Season 3
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12:04
Episode 27 - Special Effects with Michael Davison
The Mikes become a trio this episode as we talk to Michael Davison, a filmmaker living in Cambridge, and Programming Director for the Grand River Film Festival. He continues our streak of having actual filmmakers on the show, this time with exp...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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54:39
Mid-Credit Minute - The Give and Take with Matt Finlin
Director Matt Finlin muses on what films he feels he inherited from the past, and what he'd want to send onward into the Future. As a bonus, find out what film we might have inadvertently cursed future generations with!
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Season 3
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Mid-Credit Minute - The Double Take with Matt Finlin
The Movie Man Director Matt Finlin talks not one, but two, spectacular double features. Plus, we talk about Guillermo del Toro and all our favourite stuff that gets filmed in Southern Ontario.
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Season 3
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Episode 26 - The Movie Man with Matt Finlin
The Mikes sit down with Director Matt Finlin to talk about his feature documentary The Movie Man, in which, "amid a global pandemic, an entrepreneur looks back on his life's work owning and o...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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58:24
Mid-Credit Minute - Is Prong Wrong About Thunderpants
Mikes Pereira and Clark sit down with local communicator and avid movie-not-watcher Charlotte Prong and see if she is able to guess what a movie is about from the title alone. In this episode, Charlotte guesses Thunderpants.
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Season 3
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13:08
Mid-Credit Minute - Physical Media
The Mikes sit down for casual chat between themselves and the fern in the corner. We start off reminiscing about childhood favourites, which leads to cartoons of the 80s, which leads to Clark's fourth favourite topic of conversation, physical m...
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Season 3
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39:13
Mid-Credit Minute - SCTV and Quadrilogies
The Mikes sit down for a loose chat between themselves, which mostly focuses on the cinematic dominance of the cast of SCTV in the 80s, why 4th films always seem to go bad, and that Clark has no idea where Bermuda is.
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Season 3
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45:03
Episode 25 - The 90's Oscar Draft with Alex Kinsella, Jensen Fraser, and Kayleigh Platz
This episode we are joined by our most number of guests ever, returning Gen X-er Alex Kinsella and new friends Gen Z-bie Jensen Fraser and Millennial Kayleigh Platz. In this very special Oscars episode, we are drafting the winners of the 90s Ac...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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Mid-Credit Minute - The Give and Take with The Devil's Cut
Mike Murray and Angel Hammoud fill us in on the films they have received, and the films they are passing along.The Devil's Cut on Soundcloud
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Season 3
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Mid-Credit Minute - The Double Take with The Devil's Cut
Mike Murray and Angel Hammoud give us their double features. Between the record and release, The Dog That Stopped The War has been taken off YouTube, meaning you won't be able to relive your childhood trauma all over again so convenient...
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Season 3
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