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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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.11 – ‘I’m Your Huckleberry’
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.
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Ep.11 – ‘I’m Your Huckleberry’
Sucker Punched returns on The Punch Up with an in-depth look at three pictures, each selected at random by the usual trio of presenters. This week the chaps chat Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 sci-fi horror, Under The Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson, Tombstone, also starring Kurt Russell, and the 2013 sci-fi drama, I, Origins, starring Michael Pitt.
This week the chaps chat Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 sci-fi horror, Under The Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson, the how-the-fuck-did-Val-Kilmer-not-recieve-a-Best-Supporting-Actor-nomination 1993 western, Tombstone, also starring Kurt Russell, and the 2013 sci-fi drama, I, Origins, starring Michael Pitt.
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Review: Listen to Me Marlon
Stevan Riley’s deconstruction of Marlon Brando, courtesy of Marlon Brando, is probably the best documentary of the year.
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Retrospect: Kids
On the 20th anniversary of Larry Clark’s controversial youth-focused flick, we take a look back at its brutally raw, fucked up, lightning in a bottle qualities.
Kids
Dir: Larry Clark
Original Release Date: 28 July 1995
Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.1 – ‘Suicide Pod’
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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SceneKid#11: The Death of Queen Jane
The Coen bros. demonstrate the beautiful brutality of talent’s place within life’s natural cycle of giveth, and taketh away.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen
Original Release Date: 6 December 2013
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Guest Podcast Debut With Failed Critics!
Following my articles on Blackadder, We Are Many, and Kung Fury for the chaps from my homeland at Failed Critics, you can now listen to me chat shit for fifteen minutes in my transatlantic podcast debut!
Owen Hughes hosts as he and I discuss Oscar Swift’s micro budget British indie thriller, Through the Lens, starring Lewis Sanderson.
The FC lads also discuss Minions, Spider-Man, and The Terminator amongst others.
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SceneKid#10: Luke Sparks Up
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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SceneKid#9: “That boy is our last hope…”
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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Review: Kung Fury
Dinosaurs, Nazis, kung-fu, time travel, Thor, 1980s fashion…
That’s right, it’s David Sandberg’s viral short: Kung Fury.
I reviewed it, because I had to. After all, it’s my job.
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