The BanterFlix Film Review Podcast

On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we shared our thoughts on Tim Burton's Dumbo, which is out in cinemas now. We also continued our countdown to this year's Belfast Film Festival and chatted about some of the recent movie related news from the past seven days.

On this podcast, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we chatted about Jordan Peele's Us. Jim was joined by local filmmaker Leo McGuigan and BanterFlix's Darren Vincent.

On this podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's very own Jess Blair and the Thin Air's Conor Smyth as they reviewed The Kindergarten Teacher and What Men Want. We also chatted about the launch of this year's Belfast Film Festival and Jess chatted her experience at the Dublin Comic Con: Spring Edition.

This week we chatted about Captain Marvel, which is out in cinemas now and discussed the topic of Netflix's Academy Awards eligibility. Recorded at the Odeon Belfast, Jim was joined on this podcast by local filmmakers Jim McMorrow and Sarah-Jayne Tracey.

On this podcast, Jim was joined by Joe Mc Elroy and Thérèse Rea as they chatted about the Academy Awards and reviewed some of the latest releases. We reviewed The Hole in the Ground, starring Seána Kerslake and James Quinn Markey and we also spoke with the film's director Lee Cronin. We also reviewed James Kent's The Aftermath, which is out in Cinemas now and Christina Choe's Nancy, starring Andrea Riseborough and Steve Buscemi, which is available to watch on Amazon Prime.

On this episode, Jim looked back at some of his favourite interviews he's done over the past 12 months for the BanterFlix podcast. You'll hear his chat with Issa López about Tigers Are Not Afraid, his chat with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer about their feature The Parting Glass and his interviews with Ben Elton and Penelope Wilton amongst many others.

On this episode, Jim was joined by Mike McCourt and Thérèse Rea as they looked through some of the best and worst movies on television over the festive period from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day.

On this episode, Jim caught up with local writer Michael Campbell to talk about Luca Guadagnino's new version of Suspiria. He spoke with Ben Wheatley, Sam Riley and Alexandra Maria Lara about Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, which is showing at the QFT on Sunday 02 December. He wrapped up by chatting with BanterFlix's very own Jess Blair and Neil Sedgewick from Films & Faith about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in spoilerific detail.

We've a packed episode for this edition of the BanterFlix podcast. Jim caught up with Aaron Flanagan from the Comic Book Guys to chat about Stan Lee, who passed away earlier this week. He spoke with Ethan Barr from Embarr Films about Colette, which opened this year's Foyle Film Festival and spoke with Craig William Macneill about Lizzie, which will also be screened during this year's festival programme. You can hear his chat with Doctor Eve Watson about Solaris at The Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations Psychoanalytic Film Club's screening of Solaris at the Strand Arts Centre. He wrapped up this episode by chatting with Jim McMorrow and Caitlain Rafferty in spoilerific detail about the new Halloween movie.

On this episode, Jim spoke with Irish director Paddy Breathnach about his latest feature Rosie. Written by Roddy Doyle, the film tells the story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless. The film will be screened at the QFT in Belfast from 23-29 November, with the director himself attending a special Q&A session on Monday 26 November.

On this podcast Jim caught up with Joe Mc Elroy and Thérèse Rea to look back on this year's glut of summer blockbusters.

On this episode, Jim was joined by Aaron Flanagan from The Comic Book Guys to chat about the comic book origins of the character of Venom.

On this edition of the podcast, Jim caught up with director David Naglieri and Shane Paul O'Doherty to chat about John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace. The film will be screened at Omniplex Cinemas across Ireland later this week.

On this bumper edition of our podcast, Jim caught up with local filmmaker Jim McMorrow to chat about the Nun and BanterFlix's very own Joe Mc Elroy to review Crazy Rich Asians. In the first part of a series of retrospectives on the work of Orson Welles he caught up Cinepunk's Robert J. E. Simpson to discuss Touch of Evil.

On this episode, Jim caught up with local writer/director and producer Margaret McGoldrick as we continue to get to know some of the local filmmakers working within the film industry. Along with writing and directing several short films of her own, Margaret has also worked on several locally produced features like The Braxton Butcher, Hostage to the Devil and The Survivalist. So Jim sat down to chat with Margaret about her passion for cinema and experiences of working within the industry.