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

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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.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’

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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.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)

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

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ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2015!

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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.19 – ‘The Star Wars Saga: A Retrospect’

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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.19 – ‘The Star Wars Saga: A Retrospect’

Got Star Wars fever? Itching to see The Force Awakens? Well, don’t worry, The Punch Up can provide that much needed fix!

That’s right, this week the chaps chat any and everything from that galaxy, far, far away, covering the the original and prequel trilogies, tv shows and spin-offs, video games, toys, and, of course, our earliest childhood memories, before looking forward to Episode VII itself…

Star Wars chat begins at 16:35!

Featured also; an early preview of no doubt the biggest summer blockbuster of 2016, Independence Day: Resurgence!

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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.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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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.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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