Scannain Podcast - #40 - 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:

1. A Star is Born
2. Halloween
3. Smallfoot
4. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
5. Johnny English Strikes Again
6. First Man
7. Venom
8. Hunter Killer
9. Samson Et Dalila – Met Opera 2018 (Opera)
10. Kler (Clergy)

New releases:

• Possum
• The Guilty
• Bad Reputation
• An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
• The Hate You Give
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Katie