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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.31: ‘Swiss Army Podcast’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps are joined by special guest Haley McNamara to chat three of 2016’s best low key duo flicks: Hell or High Water, Swiss Army Man, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

There’s also a brand new quiz, which this features the weird and wonderful world of movie titles and their quite fantastic foreign translations…

We’ve also jazzed up our intro with a brand new quiz segment, which this week features Phill and Nick going at it over movie taglines…

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Vancouver International Film Festival 2016

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A round up of seven of the more intriguing pictures from VIFF 2016, including Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson and Ti West’s In a Valley of Violence…inavalleyofviolence Continue reading →

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Review: Hell or High Water

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The West dusts off its wild side to give us one of the films of the year.

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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.30: ‘The Before Trilogy’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps chat Richard Linklater’s acclaimed, but thoroughly under-seen, “Before” trilogy; Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013), starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.

We’ve also jazzed up our intro with a brand new quiz segment, which this week features Phill and Nick going at it over movie taglines…

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SceneKid#14: The Listening Booth

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Beautiful. Awkward. The most relatable scene in cinematic history?

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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.29: ‘Hold the Door & More!’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast; the chaps catch up on the big TV releases so far this year, with full reviews of HBO’s Game of Thrones S6 and Silicon Valley S3.

There’s also a ton of other shows to catch up on, including HBO’s The Night Of, AMC’s Preacher, ESPN’s OJ: Made in America, and Harmon Quest; as well as movies Sing Street, X-Men: Apocalypse, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Zoolander 2, Midnight Special, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and David Fincher’s Zodiac…

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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.28: ‘Finding Neon Ghostbusters’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps visit the Trailer Park with a look at the latest offerings from Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Star Wars: Rogue One.

We also catch up with the latest major releases, with spoiler-free reviews of Finding Dory, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Neon Demon, Ghostbusters, as well as an impassioned plea by Phill for any and everyone to watch Swiss Army Man…

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Nick talks Hecatomb with director Ed Andrews

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Recently, I caught up with British director Edward Andrews to chat about the pre-production phase of his new, Mexico-based sci-fi action flick, Hecatomb, in order to shed some light on what it takes to shoot an independent proof-of-concept overseas.

Check out the full interview in Love Amen Magazine, here, and stay tuned to ILT for future updates!

Hecatomb
Dir: Edward Andrews
Release Date: TBC (2016)
Website: www.hecatombfilm.com

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Finding Dory (and its place in Pixar sequel land)

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Good fun? Yes. A classic? No. Destined to be overrated? Probably.

See also: Toy Story 3 (aye, I went there)

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.27 – ‘Shane Black & The Nice Guys’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast; the chaps review writer/director Shane Black’s, thoroughly enjoyable, fantastically fresh buddy-action-comedy flick, The Nice Guys (spoiler free), before taking a look back at his fascinating career to date.

There’s also some Star Wars chat as Phill and Nick ventured to see the new making of doc, Elstree 1976, and we look forward to an array of blockbusters set for release this summer, from Independence Day 2 to Finding Dory.

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