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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2019) #23!

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Darren

It’s time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, I join Grace Duffy and Alex Towers from When Irish Eyes Are Watching to discuss what we watched, the week in film news, the top ten and the new releases. Grace has recently watched The Bling Ring, Alex has seen I Am Cuba, and I have watched the entire Three Colours trilogy.

In terms of film news, the Virgin Media International Film Festival is taking five Irish films to the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Irish Film Institute has launched a fundraising initiative to pay for upgrades to its facilities, and a late-breaking Emmy voting scandal is in the news.

The top ten:

New releases:

Balloon
Diego Maradona
The Hummingbird Project
We the Animals
Men in Black International

You can listen to the podcast directly here.

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133. Saving Private Ryan (#28)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This time, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan.

It is D-Day. Allied troops are launching the liberation of France from Nazi occupation. Having led his men on the beaches of Normandy, Captain John Miller receives a unique set of orders. He is to track down lost paratrooper Private James Ryan and return him home, no matter what the cost.

At time of recording, it was ranked 28th on the Internet Movie Database‘s list of the best movies of all-time.

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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2019) #22!

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Darren

It’s time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, I join Jay Coyle, Grace Duffy and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin to discuss what we watched, the week in film news, the top ten and the new releases.

What We Watched

Luke
- Float Like a Butterfly
- Cam
- The Craft
- Birds of Passage
Jay
- Crooklyn
- Caramel
- Butter on the Latch
- Cashback
Grace
- Sinister
- The Ritual
- Memento Mori
- Always Be My Maybe
- Booksmart
Darren
- Deadwood
- Destroyer
- Ocean’s 13
- Alpha
- Greta
- The X-Men franchise

The Week in Film News

The top ten:

Paw Patrol Mighty Pups
The Hustle
Avengers: Endgame
John Wick: Chapter III – Parabellum
Ma
Detective Pikachu
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Rocketman
The Secret Lives of Pets II
Aladdin

New releases:

You can listen to the podcast directly here.

Note: Due to unforeseen technical issues, the audio quality is a little rougher this week than usual, and there was some audio lost towards the end of the conversation – including the discussion of Late Night.

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New Podcast! The X-Cast – Season 4, Episode 7 (“Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man”)

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Darren

This was a surprise and a delight. Reteaming with Carl Sweeney, with whom I last discussed Unruhe, I’m back on The X-Cast this week covering Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man.

To tip my hand quite early, Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man is one of my favourite episodes of The X-Files. More than that, it’s one of my favourite pieces of nineties pop culture in general, the twisted evil twin of Forrest Gump and an exploration of the first half of the American Century through the lens of conspiracy theory. It’s a prime example of the sort of experimentation that made The X-Files such a great piece of nineties television, anchored in a playful and self-aware script from Glen Morgan and some great direction from James Wong.

So it was fantastic to get the chance to talk about it at length with Carl – even “Bad Carl” – on The X-Cast. You can listen to the episode here, or click the link below.

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132. Glitter (-#18)

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Stacy Grouden, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This time, Vondie Curtis-Hall’s Glitter.

Spotted as a back-up vocalist by fly D.J. Julian “Dice” Black, singer Billie Frank finds herself whisked away into a world of stardom and celebrity. However, Billie quickly discovers that fame and fortune do not offer the comfort and security that she has always craved.

At time of recording, it was ranked 18th on the Internet Movie Database‘s list of the worst movies of all-time.

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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2019) #21!

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Darren

It’s time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, I’m back hosting and I’m joined by Jay Coyle and Ronan Doyle to discuss the week in film. Ronan is fresh back from the Trish McAdams and “Memory on Screen” seasons at the Irish Film Institute, and so has a lot to cover from Spider to Memento to the work of Terrence Davies. Jay has had a busy week as well, watching The Virgin Suicides, The Childhood of a Leader and Valley of the Dolls. I’ve had a more eclectic week, watching animated versions of lost Doctor Who episodes, Holmes and Watson, and the surreality that is The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorised Bash Brothers Experience.

A lot of news this week, including Roman Polanski’s (failed) efforts to sell his latest movie at Cannes, Woody Allen releasing a trailer for A Rainy Day in New York on his personal Facebook, the major studios dealing with the Georgia Abortion ban, Dublin Oldschool arriving on Netflix, and a €3,000 prize on offer at the Galway Film Market in July.

The top ten:

A Dog’s Journey
Dumbo
Paw Patrol Mighty Pups
The Hustle
Avengers: Endgame
John Wick: Chapter III – Parabellum
Detective Pikachu
Rocketman
The Secret Lives of Pets II
Aladdin

New releases:

You can listen to the podcast directly here.

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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2019) #20!

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Darren

It’s time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, editor Niall Murphy returns to host the podcast, joining Jay Coyle and I to discuss the week in film. Jay watched Wages of Fear and Persepolis for the first time. Niall has been to Cannes, but regales us with some of the films that he saw outside the festival, including The Fate of the Furious.

A lot of the news this week comes direct from Cannes, including good news for a whole host of Irish filmmakers. Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium won the Distribution Prize at Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. Ireland and Luxumberg launched a joint female-focused development fund. Screen Ireland announced four productions as part of their inaugural POV funding scheme.

The top ten:

Breakthrough
Wonder Park
Dumbo
Long Shot
A Dog’s Journey
Paw Patrol Mighty Pups
The Hustle
Avengers: Endgame
John Wick: Chapter III – Parabellum
Detective Pikachu

New releases:

Aladdin
Rocketman
The Secret Life of Pets II

You can listen to the podcast directly here.

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131. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion – This Just In (#201)

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Graham Day and Bríd Martin, This Just In is a subset of The 250 podcast, looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

At time of recording, it was ranked 201st on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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130. (ii) Mary and Max (#177)

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Andy Hazel, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This time, Adam Elliot’s Mary and Max.

Mary Daisy Dinkle is a precocious eight-year-old growing up in the suburbs of Waverley outside Melbourne. One day, on the spur of the moment, she picks a name at random out of a phone book and decides to write to Max Jerry Horovitz, an atheist Jew living in New York City. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that crosses decades, navigating their interwoven lives separated by half the world.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 177th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2019) #19!

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Darren

It’s time for the Scannain podcast!

This week, I join Jay Coyle, Grace Duffy and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin to discuss the week in film. Jay has returned from holidays, but has still had the time to take in a variety of films including Steven Spielberg’s remake of War of the Worlds. Grace has enjoyed both Lady Macbeth and Short Term 12. Luke has watched a variety of films including Netflix’s Something Great, which is more like something so-so.

In film news, the Cannes Film Festival is underway. Closer to home, eight Irish film festivals have undertaken the 5050 x 2020 challenge to improve gender representation and transparency in how these festivals are organised and run. Alex Gibney is attending the new DOCS festival in Belfast in June. The Irish Film Institute is hosting their third Dark Skies season focusing on killer artificial intelligences.

The top ten: