Episodes
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Scannain Podcast - #40 - 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
Friday Oct 26, 2018
This week, Darren Mooney, Grace Duffy, Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin and Phil Bagnall discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Grace discusses her rewatch of Arrival, Luke contemplates Bad Times at the El Royale and Phil ruminates upon Wonder Woman.
The bulk of this week's news coverage is given over to Phil's trip to the London Film Festival, and he discusses his highlights of the festival; his opinion on the headliners, his hidden gems and his disappointments. In other film news, we discuss the WANDA Feminist Film Festival in Belfast and the Galway Junior Film Fleadh.
The top ten:
- A Star is Born
- Halloween
- Smallfoot
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
- Johnny English Strikes Again
- First Man
- Venom
- Hunter Killer
- Samson Et Dalila – Met Opera 2018 (Opera)
- Kler (Clergy)
New releases:
- Possum
- The Guilty
- Bad Reputation
- An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
- The Hate You Give
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Katie
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Scannain Podcast - #39 - 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
This week, Darren Mooney, Jason Coyle, Grace Duffy, and Ronan Doyle discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Jay talks about "instant classics", Ronan discusses the heartbreak of Rosie, and Grace inadvertently watched The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings again.
In film news, we discuss the upcoming Cork Film Festival, Katie winning Screen Directors Guild Finders Series Award, at Netflix's successful "Summer of Love." There's also an extended session about awards season social media fatigue.
The top ten:
- A Star is Born
- Smallfoot
- Venom
- Johnny English Strikes Again
- First Man
- Kler (Clergy)
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
- Bad Times At The El Royale
- Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour (Concert)
- Night School
New releases:
- The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
- Dogman
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
- Halloween
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Scannain Podcast - #38 - 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
This week, host Darren Mooney joins Jason Coyle, Grace Duffy and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin to discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Grace discusses her love of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and encourages a Bruce Springsteen singalong, Jason blazes through a twelve-film week and contemplates the seventies fetishism of A Star is Born, and Luke discusses Maniac and the strange intoxicating allure of Venom. Complete with mumbly Tom Hardy impressions.
The top ten:
- Venom
- A Star is Born
- Johnny English Strikes Again
- Night School
- The House With A Clock In Its Walls
- Black '47
- Aida at Met Opera 2018
- A Simple Favour
- Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation
- Crazy Rich Asians
New releases:
- 22 July
- Apostle
- Smallfoot
- Mandy
- Rosie
- Bad Times at the El Royale
- First Man
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Scannain Podcast - #37 - 2018
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Friday Oct 05, 2018
This week, Darren Mooney joins Jason Coyle, Ronan Doyle and Graham Day to discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Graham gives us a peak at upcoming cinematic delights including First Man and Mandy, Ronan discusses the underrated emotional appeal of Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again, and Jay expounds upon his controversial "automatic four star film theory"as it relates to directors like Jeremy Saulnier and S. Craig Zahler.
We also talk about the best ways to celebrate a cinematic Halloween in Dublin, looking at both the Season of the Witch at the Lighthouse and the Horrorthon at the IFI, discuss the recently scheduled release date of The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid, and the revelation that Russian bots have been stirring dissent around Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.
The top ten:
- Night School
- The House With A Clock In Its Walls
- Black '47
- A Simple Favour
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Nun
- Christopher Robin
- Mile 22
- Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation
- The Little Stranger
New releases:
- Johnny English Strikes Again
- Blindspotting
- Venom
- A Star is Born