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Send us Fan Mail Twelve terrorists. One Butcher. The odds are against Marty Scorsese.. That's just the way he likes it.  Returning for a second year in a row, its the BanterFlix King of Castle Street Christmas special.  Its Christmas Eve, everyone's favourite butcher from Castle Street is heading to the Europa to reconnect with his wife only to discover terrorists have taken over the hot...

Send us Fan Mail In this festive themed episode of 'Crime Scene to Screen' BanterFlix's resident sleuth sisters Joe Mc Elroy and Thérèse Hyland chat about Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990) . Henry Hill, a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, rises through the ranks of his neighborhood's organized crime branch; he ends up in the FBI's witness protect...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, originally recorded live on Facebook back in October, Jim & Adam were joined by Gav Logan from Fright Club NI and John Kavanagh from Ulster University as they chatted about the iconic horror franchise. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review wherever you get your podcasting fix .  It’s a free way you can help mor...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jim & Adam chatted bout some of the movies they’ve watched over the past four weeks, including Conclave , Wicked: Part One , Saturday Night , Paddington in Peru & Herectic . Jim also spoke with filmmaker Julian Doyle, who worked as editor on Monty Python's The Life of Brian and Airell Anthony Hayles, the writer/director of the new festive chiller Adven...

Send us Fan Mail Was 1999 the greatest year in cinematic history? In this episode Jim & Adam continue their retrospective as they look back at Barry Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West . When President Ulysses S. Grant (Kevin Kline) learns that diabolical inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) is planning to assassinate him, he orders Civil War hero James West (Will Smith) and U.S. Marsha...

Send us Fan Mail Was 1999 the greatest year in cinematic history? In this episode Jim & Adam continue their retrospective as they look back at Paul Thomas Anderson's ensemble feature, Magnolia lead by Tom Cruise and Julianne Moore. An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sur...

Send us Fan Mail Was 1999 the greatest year in cinematic history? In this episode Jim & Adam continue their retrospective as they look back at Trey Parker's South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. When Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame. It also features some musical segments we've featured on the sho...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jim & Adam begin their 1999  cinematic retrospective as they look back at Renny Harlen's Deep Blue Sea, starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows and Samuel L. Jackson.  Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back. Support the show If you en...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jim & Adam chatted about some of the films which have screened at this year's Belfast Film Festival (31 October to 09 November) . Jim also spoke with Aislinn Clarke, the writer/director of Fréwaka , which opened this year's festival and Paul Kennedy, the writer/director of Dead Man's Money , which also screened at a gala event within the programm...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jim & Adam chat about some of the movies that scared them when they were younger just in time for Halloween. There's even some special guests dropping into the studio to tell their own spooky tales! Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review wherever you get your podcasting fix .  It’s a free way you can help mo...

Send us Fan Mail In this epsiode Host Victoria Brown was joined by writer Maria McQuillan and BanterFlix's very own Jim McClean as they chatted about Duwayne Dunham's Halloweentown (1998). When a young girl living with her secret witch mother learns she too is a witch, she must help her witch grandmother save Halloweentown from evil forces. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Adam chats with filmmaker Peter Filardi (The Craft/ Flatliners) and Roger Clarke (Red Dead Redemption 2) about their short film Damn Handy . When Plumber Roger Clark visits the remote farmhouse of two murderous sisters, he'll need a trick up his sleeve to survive. Its one of 10 shorts available to watch on the festival's digital player from the 26 October...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of 'Crime Scene to Screen' BanterFlix's resident 'sleuth sister's Joe and Thérèse are joined by local writer Victoria Brown as they chat about James Wan's 2013 feature The Conjuring , starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. They also discuss the infamous paranormal investigators Ed & Lorraine Warren, whose investigations the movi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode to celebrate the release of Terrifier 3 in cinemas, Jim & Adam look back at the three feature films within Damian Leone's franchise so far, featuring David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review wherever you get your podcasting fix .  It’s a free way you can help more listen...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jim & Adam  were joined in the studio by Doctor Nicole Hamilton as they chatted bout some of the movies they’ve watched over the past four weeks, including Joker: Folie à Deux & The Substance . We also spoke with director Dominic O'Neill, the writer/director of Haunted Ulster Live , which is available to rent or buy now on various VOD platforms. Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 | T...

Send us Fan Mail 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, ba...

Send us Fan Mail 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? Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subs...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 , w...

Send us Fan Mail 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. About the film 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 danci...

Send us Fan Mail 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 jo...