July 16, 2015 action, animation, black comedy, comedy, comic book, contemporary, cult classic, digital, disney, drama, fantasy, film, hollywood, indie, podcast, prequel, preview, retrospect, review, sci-fi, sequel, star wars, television, the punch up adam blair, batman, comic-con, fargo, jurassic world, minions, nicholas lay, phill bartlett, podcast, star wars, suicide squad, superman, the punch up, true detective Leave a comment

Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.1 – ‘Suicide Pod’

by Nick Lay

The Punch Up is a brand new weekly film & television podcast broadcasting 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.

Put ’em up!

Ep.1 – ‘Suicide Pod’

The latest episode of The Punch Up features an unhealthy dose of Comic-Con fallout, discussion on recent releases, including Me, Earl, & the Dying Girl and Minions, and a look back at the Coen bros. classic, Fargo, before the chaps chew over the insane success of Jurassic World and finish, as per usual, with another round of spoiler-filled True Detective chat. Enjoy!

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July 5, 2015 action, comedy, contemporary, digital, dystopian, fantasy, film, future, hollywood, post-apocalyptic, review, sci-fi, supernatural, thriller, war alan taylor, arnold schwarzenegger, emilia clarke, in layman's terms, jai courtney, james cameron, john connor, judgement day, kyle reese, laid bare media, nicholas lay, sarah connor, sequel, skynet, terminator genisys, the terminator 1 Comment

Review: Terminator Genisys

by Nick Lay

James Cameron will be spinning in his Deepsea Challenger. Actually, he’s probably not. $$$.

*spoiler free*

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June 30, 2015 action, fantasy, film, hollywood, indie, retrospect, scene kid, sci-fi, space, star wars, supernatural george lucas, lightsaber, luke skywalker, mark hamill, return of the jedi, richard marquand, star wars Leave a comment

SceneKid#10: Luke Sparks Up

by Nick Lay

Further inebriated ILT Star Wars chat, as the most unnecessarily complicated rescue plot ever sparks into life at the long overdue behest of our old chum Mr. Skywalker…

Return of the Jedi
Dir: Richard Marquand
Original Release Date: 25 May 1983

Part Three of a Star Wars SceneKid series special.

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June 25, 2015 animation, comedy, contemporary, digital, disney, drama, fantasy, film, hollywood, pixar, review, sci-fi, supernatural 2015, animation, comedy, digital, disney, drama, inside out, pete docter, pixar 2 Comments

Review: Inside Out

by Nick Lay

Pixar’s literal emotional roller coaster shoots us closer to the heady heights of the studio’s former glories than we’ve been in years…

*spoiler free*

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June 16, 2015 action, contemporary, fantasy, film, hollywood, review, sci-fi, sequel, thriller action, chris pratt, colin trevorrow, dinosaur, film, franchise, jurassic park, jurassic world, sci-fi, sequel, steven spielberg 2 Comments

Review: Jurassic World

by Nick Lay

It doesn’t matter what I think, the studio already has your money.
And mine.

*spoiler free (plot)*

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June 10, 2015 action, fantasy, film, hollywood, indie, retrospect, scene kid, sci-fi, space, star wars, supernatural george lucas, irvin kershner, retrospect, scene kid, sci-fi, space opera, star wars, the empire strikes back 1 Comment

SceneKid#9: “That boy is our last hope…”

by Nick Lay

ILT’s inebriated Star Wars special continues with Luke skipping Dagobah Jedi school, despite Yoda and Obi-Wan dropping some fairly heavy truth bombs…

The Empire Strikes Back
Dir: Irvin Kershner
Original Release Date: 21 May 1980

Part Two of a Star Wars SceneKid series special.

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May 25, 2015 action, animation, anime, cult classic, fantasy, film, horror, japan, manga, martial arts, political, retrospect, supernatural, thriller, turning japanese, world cinema action, anime, cult classic, film, ILT, Japan, manga, Ninja Scroll, Yoshiaki Kawajiri Leave a comment

TurningJapanese#2: Ninja Scroll 獣兵衛忍風帖

by Nick Lay

ILT’s TurningJapanese# series returns with its first anime retrospect, a bonafide cult classic of the genre that all but made me lose my shit as a teenage fanboy…

Ninja Scroll
Dir: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Release Date: 5 June 1993

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May 7, 2015 action, fantasy, film, hollywood, retrospect, scene kid, sci-fi, space, star wars 3 Comments

SceneKid#8: Binary Sunset

by Nick Lay

Watching Star Wars drunk is guaranteed to result in a bit of Tatooine sand getting in your eye…

Star Wars
Dir: George Lucas
Original Release Date: 25 May 1977

Part One of a Star Wars SceneKid series special.

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April 23, 2015 contemporary, drama, fantasy, hbo, hollywood, retrospect, scene kid, television Leave a comment

SceneKid#7: “I will be your champion”

by Nick Lay

With season five of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ fully underway, a look back at one of the standout emotional scenes from the previous season, featuring two of the series’ finest performances thus far…

Game of Thrones
s04 e07
Dir: Alik Sakharov
Original Air Date: 18 May 2014