Paro Pod

In which we have a killer good time in Japan talking about Ichi and Cure, plus a trip down under with Snowtown and Wake in Fright. 

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Recommended film for Episode 43 - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

00:08:52 Snowtown

00:19:41 Cure

00:31:42 Ichi the Killer 

00:44:25 Wake in Fright

01:00:43 The Raid

01:05:12 3 From Hell

Listener Questions

01:19:51 Amazon buying James Bond? 

01:29:42 2000s comedies?

In which we get reflexive with talk about the surprising redemption arc of 2000s comedies with our recommended film of the week, Tropic Thunder (2008), plus other modern self-aware classics like Walk Hard (2007) and Thor Ragnarok (2018).

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Recommended film for Episode 43 - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

00:02:19 31

00:17:35 Texas Chainsaw 3D

00:40:07 Raising Arizona

00:53:45 Thor Ragnarok

01:00:12 Walk Hard

01:11:53 Tropic Thunder

Listener Questions

01:34:37 Thoughts on lack of good comedy in recent years

01:44:30 Favourite coming of age films?

In which we stage an inquisition into Michael Reeves' heretical Witchfinder General and the fucked-up facts behind the fiction, as well as a few deep dives on other cult classics like Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects and Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs.

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Recommended film for Episode 41 - Tropic Thunder

00:09:19 Witchfinder General

00:21:05 Office Space

00:29:44 The Devil's Rejects

00:46:43 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

01:04:16 The People Under the Stairs

01:19:19 Mitchells vs The Machines

01:28:24 Listener Question

Join us for a look at the creepy, the camp and the downright awful with a focus on this week's recommended film, the 90s vibe-magnet Nowhere (1997). Also featuring films like Blood on Satan's Claw and House of 1000 Corpses as well as a round of questions from ye kings and queens in the audience.

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Recommended film for Episode 41 - Tropic Thunder (2008)

00:17:20 Blood on Satan's Claw

00:32:10 Last of the Mohicans

00:40:56 House of 1000 Corpses

00:47:20 Haunted World of El Superbeasto

00:55:22 GayDate

01:02:10 Nowhere

Listener Questions

01:32:37 Robert De Niro's best role?

01:37:59 When will you review Shaun the Sheep: The Movie

01:42:03 Ever thought about writing?

In which we deliver the definitive verdict on this year's Best Picture winner, Nomadland, before delving into the pop-cultural swamp of the Noughties with a selection of funny horror films and horrifying comedy films. All leading into a look at the usefulness of genre itself. 

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Recommended film for Episode 39 - Nowhere (1997)

00:08:53 Nomadland

00:23:18 Viy

00:29:47 The Mothman Prophecies

00:52:16 Drag Me to Hell

01:03:56 The Ringer

01:19:53 Idiocracy

Listener Questions

01:30:02 Strangest book you ever read?

01:40:21 What film killed Prince Philip?

01:42:57 Thoughts on genre

In which we're talking dolphins, drugs, monkeys and bugs. Featuring our recommended film, Altered States (1980), plus The Fly (1986), Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) and a load of strange tangents in between.

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Recommended film for Episode 39 - Nowhere (1997)

00:13:22 The Fly

00:29:23 Halloween 2

00:47:52 Twin Peaks: The Return

01:06:06 Altered States

01:39:44 CIA dolphins

Listener Questions

01:52:44 Eoin's obssession with the Tall Lady

Join us for a look at the best of the weird and the weirdest of the best, with films like Night of the Hunter, Twin Peaks and Sleepaway Camp. Featuring some vintage Borat impressions that are free to be adapted to impress your friends/family/disgusted onlookers. All before a quick round of great questions and reactions from you, the listener.

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Recommended film for Episode 37 - Altered States (1980)

00:08:36 The Game

00:16:58 Twin Peaks: Firewalk With Me

00:31:48 Borat

00:44:57 Halloween (2007)

01:02:26 Night of the Hunter

01:15:27 Sleepaway Camp

Listener Questions

01:30:07 Were you asked to join the ESL?

01:38:18 Thoughts on Method Acting?

In which we enjoy some good-natured masochism with Glenn Danzig's irredeemable 'Verotika', Peter Watkin's heavy-handed 'Punishment Park' and our recommended film of the week, Harmony Korine's bizarre debut feature 'Gummo'.

Followed up by the conclusion to our Scooby Doo series and a rapid-fire round of crystal-ball Oscar predictions from before we found out that the Oscars would already be over by the time this episode was released. Not to mention another round of head-scratching listener questions to cap off the show! There's something in there for everybody - tune in!

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Recommended film for Episode 37 - Altered States

00:02:09 Showgirls

00:08:54 HP8

00:17:03 Verotika

00:35:40 Punishment Park

00:51:40 Scooby Doo The Movie + Monsters Unleashed

01:11:24 Gummo

01:42:58 Oscar Predictions

Listener Questions

01:59:51 Milk?

02:01:44 What would Orson Welles think of Paul Blart Mall Cop 2?

02:04:03 To what extent can a director claim authority on the meaning of a film?

In which we get heretical with discussions of Ken Russell's The Devils (1971) and Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999), tempered with a bit of introspective political angst with The Wolf House (2018). Tune in!

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Recommended film for Episode 35 - Gummo (1997)

00:08:52 One Hour Photo

00:15:51 The Fanatic

00:28:56 The Wolf House (Content Warning)

00:47:43 Minari

00:54:14 Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost

01:16:06 The Devils

Listener Questions

01:42:14 Favourite places to drink in Dublin?

01:47:19 Thoughts on the importance of subtext?

In which we explode all over each other with thoughts on school shootings and alien lifeforms. Featuring looks at 'The Dirties', 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' and 'Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders'. All anchored around Lindsay Anderson's enigmatic classic 'If....', about the future revolting against the past in the context of the rigid class system of a British public school.

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Recommended film for Episode 35 - Gummo (1997)

00:10:55 Harry Potter 7

00:18:32 The Dirties

00:33:50 Plan 9 From Outer Space

00:45:16 Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders

00:58:06 Aliens???

01:15:09 If.... (1968)