Review: Deadpool

The self-aware super-anti-hero genre has a new, er, hero.

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.23 – ’88th Academy Awards Preview Show’

This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps look forward to the 88th Academy Awards – with coverage of each and every category, nomination, and outrageous snub…

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Review: Vancouver Short Film Festival 2016

Two darkly mirthful tales from VSFF 2016…

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Dir: Edward Andrews

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Review: Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers keep things light in their candid portrayal of hot and heavy old Hollywood.

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Review: Pre Vis Action

As we gradually begin to get excited for The Raid 3, I pick apart Welsh director Gareth Evans’ intriguing, Samurai-laden short…Pre Vis Action 1 Continue reading

Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.22 – ‘TPU’s Best of 2015!… Part 2: TV & Docs’

The Punch Up is a brand new weekly film & television podcast broadc​asting from the laaaazy west coast city of Vancouver, Canada.

Featuring regulars Phill Bartlett, Adam Blair, and yours truly, Nicholas Lay, the chaps and I will be covering regular news, reviews, previews, and retrospect from the world of the reel.

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Ep.22 – ‘TPU’s Best of 2015! Pt. 2: TV & Docs’

This week on The Punch Up Podcast it’s round two of our 2015 review, as the chaps chat their favorite tv shows and documentaries from the past 12 months…

Featuring major small screen hits, including Game of Thrones, BoJack Horseman, Rick & Morty, Fargo, Narcos, and many more, as well as the true crime documentary explosion in the form of The Jinx and Making Murderer, we’ve got you covered as to what was hot and what was not during 2015!

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.21 -‘TPU’s Best of 2015!… Part 1: Movies’

The Punch Up is a brand new weekly film & television podcast broadc​asting from the laaaazy west coast city of Vancouver, Canada.

Featuring regulars Phill Bartlett, Adam Blair, and yours truly, Nicholas Lay, the chaps and I will be covering regular news, reviews, previews, and retrospect from the world of the reel.

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Ep.21 – ‘TPU’s Best of 2015! Pt. 1: Movies’

The Punch Up Podcast returns for our first episode of 2016! And what better way to kick off the new year than by talking all about the cinematic highs of the previous year…

Along with special guest Haley McNamara, the chaps take this opportunity to countdown their top 5 feature films of 2015.

From The Revenant to The Little Prince, End of Tour to Mad Max, Inside Out to The Hateful Eight – we cover any and all points of interest re: the creative, the technical, and our own experience with each production.

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PerfAction#2: Die Hard (Ode to Hans Gruber)

PerfAction returns with a tribute to the greatest villain of them all…

Die Hard
Dir: John McTiernan
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ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2015!

One word to describe cinema during 2015: BIG

As close to an ‘order’ as I could get, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite flicks of the year…

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Review: The Revenant

Iñárritu + Lubezki + DiCaprio + Hardy

Conclusion? Don’t watch it on a laptop.

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