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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.18 – ‘Andrey & The Peck’

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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.18 – ‘Andrey & The Peck’

It’s time for another Sucker Punched special on The Punch Up podcast, as this week the chaps tackle their latest theme: black & white movie classics.

And classic our three picks certainly are. Charlie Chaplin’s silent masterpiece, Modern Times (1936), leads the way, with Audrey Hepburn’s debut opposite Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953) close behind. And last, but not least, a truly unique production in the form of the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men, starring Henry Fonda.

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.17 – ‘An Animated Discussion’

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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.17 – ‘An Animated Discussion’

It’s a very animated discussion this week on The Punch Up, as the chaps are joined by our very first special guest, Vancouver-based animator Haley McNamara! Providing her own unique insight, Haley takes us into the world of professional animation, revealing a few surprises along the way…

On the review front we take a look at Pixar’s latest releases, The Good Dinosaur, Sanjay’s Super Team, and Inside Out, as well as the astounding French picture, The Little Prince.

We also look forward to future animated features coming out next year, including Disney’s Zootopia, Pixar’s Finding Dory, and the it-could-be-great-could-be-meh, The Life of Pets.

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Review: Sanjay’s Super Team (Pixar Short Film)

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Pixar’s latest short (and accompaniment to The Good Dinosaur) is a divine masterpiece of animation.

"Sanjay's Super Team" Comes to the Con — Director Sanjay Patel and producer Nicole Grindle are taking Pixar Animation Studios' new short to San Diego's Comic-Con International next month for its North American premiere and a peek behind the scenes of the production process. The Super Story Behind the Pixar Short "Sanjay's Super Team," slated for Thurs., July 9 at 11 a.m. in the Indigo Ballroom, Hilton Bayfront, reveals the unique inspiration for this incredibly personal film that features superheroes like never before. The short debuts in U.S. theaters in front of Disney-Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" on Nov. 25, 2015.

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.16 – ‘War, THIS Is What It’s Good For’

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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.16 – ‘War, THIS Is What It’s Good For’

This week on The Punch Up podcast it’s a Sucker Punched special as the chaps chat war, and how it’s really only good for making movies…

Leading the conversation are three very different flicks straight from the front line; The Big Red One (1980), starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill, Enemy at the Gates (2001), starring Jude Law and Rachel Weisz, and a stunning foreign language entry, the German-made, The Lives of Others (2006).

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SceneKid#13: Ray Meets Raven

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For all it’s flaws, True Detective s2 still inspired the odd involuntary jaw drop…

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Dir: Justin Lin & Janus Metz
Original Release Date: 28 June / 5 July 2015

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.15 – ‘From All Walks Of…Genre’

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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.15 – ‘From All Walks Of…Genre’ 

This week on The Punch Up it’s general review chat, as the chaps take a look back at any and everything they’ve viewed from the world of the reel over the past month or so…

Movies: Dope, End of the Tour, Lords of Salem, Crimson Peak, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games
TV: Fargo, Mad Men, Broad City, Master of None
Docs: Cowspiracy, Video Games: The Movie 

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.14 – ‘Spectre’

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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.14 – ‘Spectre’ 

This week on The Punch Up, the chaps dedicate a full episode to the life and history of good ol’ James Bond, leading with Sam Mendes’ new flick, Spectre, starring Daniel Craig, Christolph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, and Dave Bautista.

*includes a spoilers segment to conclude, pre-empted by our usual spoiler alert!

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Review: Spectre

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It seems Mendes and co. were handed a licence to kill the progress made with Skyfall.

*spoilers*

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.13 – ‘Spooky Sucker Punched Special!’

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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.13 – ‘Spooky Sucker Punched Special!’ 

This week on The Punch Up, the chaps chat horror in a slightly late Halloween Sucker Punched special! Leading with David Cronenberg’s classic sci-fi horror, The Fly, legendary accidental comedy, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, and the independent straight-to-dvd Irish flick, Isolation, there’s plenty of slasher movie memories, horror history, and talk of whether the genre, despite being as popular as ever, is likely to reinvent itself quality-wise any time soon.

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.12 – ‘Beasts of No Podcast’

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Ep.12 – ‘Beasts of No Podcast’ 

This week on The Punch Up, the chaps take a giddy look at the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, before conducting spoiler-free reviews of Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, Cary Fukunaga’s Netflix colloboration, Beasts of No Nation, starring Idris Elba, and Denis Vileneuve’s mastery of intense-as-fuck misdirection, Sicario, starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin.

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