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The Punch Up Podcast, Ep.32: ‘Westworld, VIFF 2016, and more!’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps are once again joined by Haley McNamara to chat HBO’s Westworld, Christopher Guest’s Mascots, stop-mo sensation Kubo and the Two Strings, and much, much more! There’s also a roundup of VIFF 2016, featuring, Paterson, In a Valley of Violence, Moonlight, and Hello Destroyer.

The quiz returns too, as the battle for movie tagline supremacy gets its own sequel…

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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?

Before Sunrise
Dir: Richard Linklater
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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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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.26 – ‘Punch Vs. Up’

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The Punch Up podcast is back! Returning following a lengthy hiatus (Nick’s fault), the chaps chat the latest blockbusters – Batman vs. Superman and The Jungle Book – and catch up on all the movies and tv they’ve been watching, from Midnight Special to The Gift, and Silicon Valley to All Dogs Go To Heaven…

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PerfAction#3: Hard Boiled 辣手神探

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PerfAction returns with the greatest action flick you’ve (probably) never heard of…

Hard Boiled
Dir: John Woo
Original Release Date: 16 April 1992Screen Shot 2016-04-06 at 21.15.56Part of ILT’s PerfAction# series.

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Underrated#2: Death Proof

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Apparently, plenty of people still don’t “get” Death Proof.
Probably because there’s nothing to “get”.

Death Proof
Dir: Quentin Tarantino
Original Release Date: 6 April 2007Part of ILT’s Underrated# series.

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Podcast: The Punch Up, Ep.24 – ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’

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This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps get all mushy with talk of romance, love and all that good stuff in our post-Valentine’s Day ‘Sucker Punched’ special.

But it wouldn’t be The Punch Up without that dark side of love that everyone is no doubt painfully familiar with, so of course our choice of films to analyse reflects as much…

Harold & Maude (1971)
Lost In Translation (2003)
Blue Valentine (2010)

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

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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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