It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle, Jay Coyle and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin discuss the week in film news. We have a broad and wide-ranging discussion of what we watched, asking tough questions like whether Flash Gordon really is the horniest movie ever made and ruminating on the visual power of Shrek Retold. There are also discussions of The Miseducation of Cameron Post and the thirties thriller Red Dust.

News-wise, awards season continues apace with the race settling down after the BAFTAs and Roma emerging as the frontrunner. Simultaneously, the Oscars continue to be a struggle to get their show organised. Meanwhile, closer to home, the Irish Film Institute unveils its plans for 2019 and its evening course in British cinema since the eighties.

The top ten:

1. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
3. Green Book
4. Alita: Battle Angel
5. A Dog's Way Home
6. The Mule
7. Glass
8. Mary Queen of Scots
9. Vice
10. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

New releases:

• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Instant Family
• The Queen's Corgi
• Happy Death Day 2 U
• A Private War
• Mektoub, My Love

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Ronan Doyle, Jay Coyle and Alex Towers from When Irish Eyes Are Watching discuss the week in film news. We have a broad and wide-ranging discussion of what we watched, including everything from John Carpenter's The Fog to 3,000 Miles to Graceland to the work of Agnes Varda and some preemptive highlights of the upcoming Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. We also discuss a little bit about David Fincher's Zodiac, which we all caught on 35mm at the Lighthouse.

In terms of film news, there is a lot to cover. The big story concerns the cinema-going habits of the Irish (and international) audiences. However, there's also news from the European Film Market, including a number of prospective Irish films on sale.

The top ten:

1. How to Train Your Dragon III: The Hidden World
2. Green Book
3. A Dog's Way Home
4. The Mule
5. Glass
6. Vice
7. Mary Queen of Scots
8. Mary Poppins Returns
9. Escape Room
10. Second Act

New releases:

• Alita: Battle Angel
• All Is True
• Boy Erased
• High Flying Bird
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Happy New Year! It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney, Grace Duffy, Ronan Doyle and Jay Coyle discuss the week in film news. As the first podcast we've recorded in three weeks, since the end-of-year spectacular back in December, there is a lot to talk about. And so we do! Everything from T2: Trainspotting to Bird Box to Bandersnatch to The Dead, it's an eclectic selection of films. It includes some of the new releases that we didn't get to cover over the break, including Life Itself and Welcome to Marwen.

There is also understandably a lot of ground to cover. In awards season news, the success of The Favourite at both the Golden Globes and in the BAFTA nominations. The various Oscar-season gossip, including the success of Bohemian Rhapsody, the chaos around Green Book, Kevin Hart's controversy and the decision to go hostless. Closer to home, there was an acknowledgement of James Hickey's decision to step down at the end of his term as head of Screen Ireland and a brief discussion of the Dublin Bowie Festival.

The top ten:

1. Mary Poppins Returns
2. Bumblebee
3. Andre Rieu’s 2019 New Year Concert From Sydney
4. The Favourite
5. Aquaman
6. Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet
7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8. The Grinch
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Holmes and Watson

New releases:

• The Front Runner
• Colette
• Men and Monsters
• Stan and Ollie
• The Upside

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

It's the end of the year, which means that this is an episode all about celebrating the year that has been. Darren Mooney, Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin, Grace Duffy, Jay Coyle and Ronan Doyle discuss 2018 in terms of films. That means a general natter about the year as a whole, an exploration of the top ten films at the Irish box office, a run down through our individual top tens, and the formation of a consensus Scannain top ten films of the year.

The end of year box office top ten is...

1. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
2. A Star is Born
3. Avenger: Infinity War
4. Incredibles 2
5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
6. Peter Rabbit
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Black Panther
9. The Grinch
10. The Greatest Showman

And the consensus Scannain top ten films of the year are...

• 10. BlacKkKlansman / Mission: Impossible - Fallout
• 09. Phantom Thread
• 08. Rosie
• 06. Faces Places / Annihilation
• 05. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• 04. The Image You Missed
• 03. Dogman
• 02. Lady Bird
• 01. You Were Never Really Here

To get the individual top tens, which cover thirty-eight films in total, you'll just have to listen to the podcast.

A special thank you to everybody who has contributed to the podcast over the year. This has been a great project, and would not be possible without a fantastic pool of contributors: Daniel Anderson, Philip Bagnall, Donnacha Coffey, Jason Coyle, Graham Day, Ronan Doyle, Grace Duffy, Luke Dunne, Emma Fagan, Stacy Grouden, Niall Murphy, Doctor Jennifer O'Meara, Andrew Quinn, Nicola Timmins, Alex Towers.

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Niall Murphy is joined by Ronan Doyle, Grace Duffy, and Jay Coyle to discuss the week in film news. 

The top ten:

1. The Grinch
2. Ralph Breaks The Internet
3. Creed 2
4. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
5. Bohemian Rhapsody
6. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
7. The Old Man & The Gun
8. Mortal Engines
9. Sorry To Bother
10. A You Star Is Born

New releases:

• Aquaman
• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
• Mortal Engines
• Free Solo
• Lizzie
• Keepers Of The Flame
• The House That Jack Built

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, Darren Mooney join Alex Towers from When Irish Eyes Are Watching, Grace Duffy and Jay Coyle to discuss the week in film news. It is a fun film discussion; Alex, Jay, and Darren have all seen The Favourite, while Grace, Jay, and Darren have seen A Christmas Prince. Along the way, Alex discusses a seasonal viewing of Batman Returns, Grace contemplates Free Solo, and Jay discusses Vertical Limit and Love, Simon.

In film news, the podcast was recorded hot on the heels of the announcement of the nominees at Golden Globes, also discussing the international distribution of The Hole in the Ground and the success of The Favourite at the British Independent Film Awards.

The top ten:

1. Creed II
2. Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet
3. The Grinch
4. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
5. Bohemian Rhapsody
6. A Star is Born
7. Robin Hood
8. Widows
9. 2.0
10. Nativity Rocks!

New releases:

• The Belly of the Whale
• Mug
• The Old Man and the Gun
• Return of the Hero
• The Snowman and the Snowdog
• Mowgli
• Sorry to Bother You
• White Boy Rick
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Previews)

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast! Apologies this time, as host Darren Mooney has a bit of a throaty cough. He tries to keep it under control on the recording.

This week, Darren Mooney, Jay Coyle, Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin, Grace Duffy and Scannain editor-in-chief Niall Murphy discuss the week in film news. As usual, we talk about the top ten, the new releases, and what we watched this week. Jay made one last effort to get his mileage out of Filmstruck, and proved himself "down with the kids" by watching Cam and Searching. Luke delved into gay and exploitation cinema, with a healthy helping of Suspiria. Grace watched a pair of surfing documentaries on Netflix. Niall reopens old wounds with Batman vs. Superman and introduced his son to the original Wreck-It Ralph.

In film news, this week marked the passing of a number of industry legends, including Nicholas Roeg and Bernardo Bertolucci. We also discuss the five Irish films premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, along with the new Arc Cinema opening in Navan. Because Niall is here, we also have some interesting facts about the composition of the top ten.

The top ten:

1. The Grinch
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. A Star is Born
5. Robin Hood
6. Widows
7. Nativity Rocks!
8. The Girl in the Spider's Web
9. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
10. Planeta Singli 2

New releases:

• Three Identical Strangers
• The Possession of Hannah Grace
• Disobedience
• Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet
• Creed II