The NI Scene

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A weekly movie review podcast co- hosted by Q Radio’s Jim McClean and filmmaker Adam Neeson.

Episodes drop on a Monday evening, each week Jim & Adam chat about some of the movi

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September 23, 2024 Batman Forever (1995)
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In this episode, recorded on World Batman Day, Jim & Adam chatted about Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever, the third entry in the original series starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Chris O'Donnell.
Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.
They also chatted about their hopes that one day we might get to see the release of the fabled Schumacher cut of the film, which was recently screened by Kevin Smith

Show Notes

Batman Forever's 170-Min Schumacher Cut Explained - 9 Known Cuts & Changes (screenrant.com)

Why ‘Batman Forever’ Is an Important LGBTQ Movie | Fandom
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1h 23min
September 20, 2024 The September Cine Ramble: Will Higo Interview (The Group)
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In this episode Jim & Adam chatted about some of the movies they’ve watched at the cinema over the past four weeks, including Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Kneecap and Alien: Romulus.

Jim also spoke with director Will Higo about his new gritty crime thriller The Group, which is available now on various VOD platforms.
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1h 56min
September 18, 2024 Des (Crime Scene to Screen)
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Banterflix's Sleuth Sisters Joe & Thérèse return for another episode of Crime Scene to Screen as they look at movies and TV shows based on real-life crimes.

In this recording they chat about Des (2020), a three part ITV drama starring David Tennant and directed by Lewis Arnold, which is based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen.

Case Files

Des | This September | ITV (youtube.com)

Dennis Nilsen: Biography, Scottish Serial Killer, Facts

Born To Be A Monster? I Dennis Nilsen's Murders | Real Crime (youtube.com)

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September 09, 2024 Spider-Man Special Part Three: The Tom Holland Movies
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In the third of our Spider-Man specials to celebrate the re-release of the live action movies, Jim & Adam look back Spider-Man's entry within the MCU as they chat about Tom Holland's tenure as the webslinger, starting with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and concluding with Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
As always each recording is filled with spoilers, silliness, bad language and tangents a-aplenty.
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1h 41min
August 24, 2024 Spider-Man Special Part Two: The Andrew Garfield Movies
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In the second of our Spider-Man specials to celebrate the re-release of the live action movies on the big screen, Adam is joined by Mark Corrigan from VideoFlames as they look back at the two Amazing Spider-Man movie starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Do the movies that are often maligned deserve a little bit more love?
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1h 28min
August 22, 2024 Spider-Man Special Part One: The Sam Raimi Trilogy
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In the first part of our Spider-Man specials to celebrate the re-release of the live action movies on the big screen this month Jim & Adam look back at Sam Raimi's orginal trilogy ( 2002, 2004 and 2007), starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco and J. K. Simmons.

On this recording Aaron Flanagan from the Comic Book Guys in Belfast pops in to give us the 101 on the character's comic book orgins and local filmmaker Brian Mulholland shares his love for the films.

Show Notes

How Tobey Maguire Got the Part in “Spider-Man” (2002) (youtube.com)

All the Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against James Franco (thecut.com)

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2h 13min
August 14, 2024The More Than Pixels on a Screen August Cine Ramble: Part Deux
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In this episode Jim & Adam chat serve up a second serving of the ramble edition of the pod as they chat more about some of the movies they've watched over the past month.

They shared their thoughts on Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, which is out now on Netflix and MaXXXine, which was released in cinemas in July. They also chatted a little about The Boys and The Acolyte.

Jim spoke with director Janis Pugh about Chuck Chuck Baby (Interview recorded at last year's Edinburgh International Film Festival), which is out now on general release.

And Gav Logan from The Fright Club NI shares some of his movies to look out for at FrightFest London, which is happening later this month

Show Notes

Chuck Chuck Baby trailer
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Official Trailer
MaXXXine | Official Trailer
The Fright Club NI

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1h 26min
August 05, 2024 The More Than Pixels on a Screen August Cine Ramble
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In this episode Jim & Adam chat about some of the movies they've watched during the past month and and pretty everything else they can think off.

Some of the films we chatted about on this podcast included Deadpool & Wolverine, Thelma, Longlegs and Joe Mc Elroy shares his thoughts on Twisters

Jim also spoke with director Robert Morgan about his movie Stopmotion, which is out on DVD and Blu Ray now (also available on Shudder) and filmmaker Brian Mulholland drops in for a chat about the Film Devour Short Film Festival, which recently took place in Belfast.
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1h 28min
July 22, 2024 Striptease
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In this episode Jim & Adam were joined in the studio by Docto Nicole Hamilton as they chatted about Andrew Bergman's 1996 movie Striptease, starring Demi Moore.

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When her ex-husband gets custody of their daughter, former FBI office assistant Erin Grant (Demi Moore) needs money to fight the legal case to get her child back. As a result, she takes a job dancing at the Eager Beaver strip club in Miami, where she befriends an imposing bouncer named Shad (Ving Rhames). Unfortunately, she also becomes an object of obsession for politician David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds), who gets what he wants through charm and violence -- and what he wants is Erin.

Show Notes

Rotten Tomatoes - Striptease | Rotten Tomatoes
IMDB - Striptease (1996) - IMDb
Trailer - Striptease 1996 Trailer HD | Demi Moore | Burt Reynolds (youtube.com)
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1h 20min
July 16, 2024 Piranha II: The Spawning
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In this episode Jim McClean and Joe Mc Elroy continue their retrospective of James Cameron's cinematic back-catalogue as they look back at his feature debut Piranha II: The Spawning (1982).

Resort islanders (Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen) face flying killer-fish left over from a government experiment that flopped.

On this recording Jim & Joe were joined by regular 'More Than Pixels On A Screen' co-host filmmaker Adam Neeson.
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The podcast currently has 308 episodes available.