Scannain Podcast

This week, Darren Mooney, Jason Coyle, Grace Duffy, and Ronan Doyle discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Jay talks about "instant classics", Ronan discusses the heartbreak of Rosie, and Grace inadvertently watched The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings again.

In film news, we discuss the upcoming Cork Film Festival, Katie winning Screen Directors Guild Finders Series Award, at Netflix's successful "Summer of Love." There's also an extended session about awards season social media fatigue.

The top ten:

A Star is Born

Smallfoot

Venom

Johnny English Strikes Again

First Man

Kler (Clergy)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Bad Times At The El Royale

Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour (Concert)

Night School

New releases:

The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid

Dogman

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Halloween

This week, host Darren Mooney joins Jason Coyle, Grace Duffy and Luke Dunne from Film in Dublin to discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Grace discusses her love of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and encourages a Bruce Springsteen singalong, Jason blazes through a twelve-film week and contemplates the seventies fetishism of A Star is Born, and Luke discusses Maniac and the strange intoxicating allure of Venom. Complete with mumbly Tom Hardy impressions.

The top ten:

Venom

A Star is Born

Johnny English Strikes Again

Night School

The House With A Clock In Its Walls

Black '47

Aida at Met Opera 2018

A Simple Favour

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation

Crazy Rich Asians

New releases:

22 July

Apostle

Smallfoot

Mandy

Rosie

Bad Times at the El Royale

First Man

This week, Darren Mooney joins Jason Coyle, Ronan Doyle and Graham Day to discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, Graham gives us a peak at upcoming cinematic delights including First Man and Mandy, Ronan discusses the underrated emotional appeal of Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again, and Jay expounds upon his controversial "automatic four star film theory"as it relates to directors like Jeremy Saulnier and S. Craig Zahler.

We also talk about the best ways to celebrate a cinematic Halloween in Dublin, looking at both the Season of the Witch at the Lighthouse and the Horrorthon at the IFI, discuss the recently scheduled release date of The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid, and the revelation that Russian bots have been stirring dissent around Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.

The top ten:

Night School

The House With A Clock In Its Walls

Black '47

A Simple Favour

Crazy Rich Asians

The Nun

Christopher Robin

Mile 22

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation

The Little Stranger

New releases:

Johnny English Strikes Again

Blindspotting

Venom

A Star is Born

It's time for the latest Scannain podcast!

This week, host Darren Mooney joins Jason Coyle, Grace Duffy, and Ronan Doyle to discuss the week in film. As usual, we talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what we've watched this week. In this episode, we discuss the appeal of Tony Scott's (arguably) underrated late film Domino, which Jay claims as a cinematic classic and Ronan watched while hung over. We talk about the true horror lurking in Ghost Stories. We debate whether Karyn Kusama's The Invitation is a Sacha Baron Cohen show as a horror movie.

We also talk about the films that the "young ones" will be watching as part of the back-to-school programme at the Irish Film Institute, the ongoing Dublin Festival of History and the first look deal between Element Pictures and Fox Searchlight that speaks to the viability of Irish film as award fare.

In terms of the top ten, there's in-depth discussions of both Black '47 and The Little Stranger, all four panelists having seen those films.

The top ten: 

The House With A Clock In Its Walls

Black '47

Crazy Rich Asians

A Simple Favour

The Nun

Mile 22

The Little Stranger

Christopher Robin

The Predator

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation

New releases:

The Wife

Nureyev

The Meeting

Night School

Hold the Dark

This week, host Darren Mooney is joined by Jason Coyle, Ronan Doyle, Grace Duffy, and Andrew Quinn to discuss the week in film. As usual, they talk about the top ten and the new releases, as well as what they’ve watched this week. In this episode, they discuss the work and legacy (and delayed appreciation) of Agnès Varda, the charm of When Harry Met Sally, the appeal of the original Halloween and the horror of The Exorcist.

Top Ten:

The Nun

Black ’47

BlacKkKlansman

Christopher Robin

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!

Incredibles II

The Meg

Searching…

Ant-Man and the Wasp

New Releases:

A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot

The Predator

Crazy Rich Asians

King of Thieves

The Rider