Spool Film Podcast

Páraic, Nigel and special guest Lisa Madden look back on the biggest film trilogy of all time. Lisa had never seen a minute of the Star Wars films and her reaction isn’t too promising… Listen to our thoughts on Episodes I-III  here, and we’ll see you next week for all of our end of year excitement!   The post Pod 40: STAR WARS (Original Trilogy Special) appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Aca...

This month Nigel and Páraic brave the glum winter weather to talk the magnificent return from Todd Haynes –  Carol.  Also on the agenda Steven Spielberg’s latest collaboration with Tom Hanks about the negotiator lawman James B. Donovan in  Bridge of Spies,  Scott Cooper’s  Black Mass  and Danny Boyle’s  Steve Jobs. And lastly a quick look at what The Light House Cinema and the IFI have in store fo...

With Star Wars:  The Force Awakens  on the horizon, we thought it would make sense to go back and re-assess the original six Star Wars films, we opted to start with the prequels and recorded a podcast with special guest Carol Mulligan on hand. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Nigel’s rating – ★★½ Released: 16 July 1999 (Ireland), US release May 19, 1999 Awards: 2000 MTV Movie Award...

Publishing a little earlier this month to discuss one of the year’s most eagerly-anticipated releases – Sam Mendes’ Spectre . Also on the cards the adaptation of the Colm Tóibín novel “Brooklyn”, Denis Villeneuve’s  Sicario ,  Macbeth  and  The Martian.  We also preview November’s big releases with  Steve Jobs, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, Carol, Bridge of Spies Black Mass. The post Podc...

This month we looked back on the early career of the legendary horror director Wes Craven by reviewing his first two films. Here’s Páraic’s piece on The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Here’s Nigel’s piece on  The Last House On The Left  (1972) The post Podcast #36 – Remembering Wes Craven // The Last House on the Left (1972) & The Hills Have Eyes (1977) appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast....

We’re back with a look back at some of the best films we saw over the last few weeks including the new Irish documentary Older Than Ireland, Everest, Me Earl and the Dying Girl, Miss You Already, The Visit and 45 Years. And then we also sit back and chat October with incoming titles The Martian, The Lobster, Macbeth and Spectre.   The post Podcast #35 – Older Than Ireland, Everest, The Martian, Sp...

Welcome to our first mid-month podcast where we continue our “Watch With Spooool” series by looking at two films that are nicely “Back to School” / “End of Summer” themed – the 1984 supposed college classic  Revenge of the Nerds and 2001’s  Wet Hot American Summer  which has returned to screens in the form of a revival series on Netflix. We’re absolutely delighted to have the wonderful Zoë Saunder...

We review  Mistress America, Trainwreck, Paper Towns, Hard to be a God and The Man from UNCLE . And then we delve into the upcoming month of September and discuss Ricki and the Flash, Legend, Irrational Man and Life . We’ll be back in two weeks with the first of our new mid-month “Watch With Spooool” podcasts where we talk old films. This time it’s  Revenge of the Nerds  and  Wet Hot American Summ...

This month we’re digging in to the latest Pixar film Inside Out  and Ireland’s Oscar nominated animated effort  Song of the Sea.  Also up for discussion is Ant-Man, Amy, Love & Mercy and Magic Mike XXL . We look back on the 2015 Galway Film Fleadh and discuss female directorial efforts Ratcatcher (1999) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)  – more on them next week. NW note: Andrea Arnold is not Scottis...

Oh Arnie, you’ve disappointed us! Aswell as Terminator Genisys , also on the slate for discussion this month are  Jurassic World, Let us Prey, The Look of Silence, She’s Funny That Way  and  Slow West. Watch With Spooool sees us dissecting two famous “final films”, Giant  (James Dean) and  The Misfits  (Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe), we spend a few minutes previewing the 2015 Galway Film Fleadh,...

Lots of chat this month about the dystopian world of Mad Max from 1979 through to 2015. Also reviews of San Andreas, Tomorrowland and Unfriended, and a look ahead to June releases Mr. Holmes, Slow West and Jurassic World. The post Podcast #30 – 1979 Mad Max V 2015 Mad Max appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With blockbuster season now kicked off we go spoiler-heavy and look at Avengers: Age of Ultron and Furious 7.  And reviews for John Wick, Glassland, Force Majeure and A Little Chaos and a special look at our podcast poster-boy Kurt in  Cobain: Montage of Heck. Watch With Spooool returns as we discuss the Todd Haynes classic  Safe  (1995) and the Oscar-nominated action film  Runaway Train  (1985)....

SO MANY FILMZZZ. It’s nearly all JDIFF this month as we tackle a whole load of films we saw, don’t forget to check out the full slate of reviews over here though . We also discuss the IFI’s Critical Take ( Páraic speaks tonight – Tuesday 31st ) and their Reading Pictures Course . We’re also bringing back Watch With Spooool for the spring with two films – Runaway Train (1985) and Safe (1995), both...

It’s a very special Oscar edition of the Spooool.ie podcast with a very special guest, Miss Eithne Shortall. Our latest pod is all about the Academy Awards which take place this Sunday night at 1am Irish time (5pm local time in Hollywood). We talk a little about the leading categories but also a look back on years gone by and share some of our favourite clips. [youtuber id=”oQKuNHhX8Js”] [youtuber...

No January blues here, as we go review crazy and give our two cents on Selma, American Sniper, Kingsman: The Secret Service, EX_MACHINA, A Most Violent Year, Birdman, Wild, Foxcatcher, The Theory of Everything and Enemy. Big Oscars special coming on February 20th! Send us your predictions and wishes to contact@spooool.ie or @spoooolers The post Spooool.ie Podcast #26 – Racist Academy, Big love for...

  See All Our Best of 2014 Coverage   Separate Top 10s and a combined Top 5? That’s cheating you cry! It may be, but we did it in 2013 and 2012 , so there. We like to celebrate the individual here at Spooool.ie and then bring our collective minds together to get those collaborative juices flowing. As old grandma Spooool used to SAY, there ain’t nothing like a collaboration to keep you warm at nigh...

With Thanksgiving in the United States, JJ Abrams treated us to the Star Wars trailer. What did we make of it? Listen in to find out! We also learn about… “The classic foreign film trailer” The problem with Chevy Chase The magic of Gene Hackman Bill Hader’s gay man acting ability Paddington gets reviewed. Thumbs up. The French Connection II and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation are on the Watch...

It’s Hallowe’en but we’re dispensing with horror and opting for some time with Hollywood heavy-weights with reviews for  Fury  (Brad Pitt), Interstellar (Matthew McConaughey) and  Nightcrawler  (Jake Gyllenhaal). Aside from those People magazine-friendly faces, we’re also looking at The Babadook, ’71 and Gone Girl. Wondering about what’s coming our way in November? We preview  The Hunger Games: Mo...

  To mark the IFI’s Stranger Than Fiction documentary festival , our latest Spooool.ie podcast saw us looking at two classic documentaries,  Hoop Dreams  which is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month, and Errol Morris’ seminal work  The Thin Blue Line.  There’ll be details of our next Watch With Spooool.ie here on the site later. We also go crazy with new reviews tackling The Equalizer,   I...

It’s September and a nation of boys and girls are heading back to school. To celebrate we had another Watch With Spoool viewing for the 1968 British boarding school drama  If….  and Michelle Pfeiffer-starring  Dangerous Minds  from 1995.  We stick with the education theme and honour Robin Williams with our Scene It selection for the month which comes from Dead Poets Society . We’re also reviewing ...

It’s the summer time! What better way to celebrate than to a tackle your nearest fire hydrant with a crowbar and cool off with the latest Spooool.ie podcast on your (hopefully waterproof) headphones. This month we’re celebrating the looking at two films considered modern classics as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing are on the slate in the latest Watch With...

Our June/July podcast comes slap bang in the middle of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but we’re doing our best to pretend it isn’t happening with our reactions to Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Cold in July, The Fault in Our Stars, 22 Jump Street and A Million Ways to Die in the West . At the 26 minute mark we’re also dipping into the 2014 Galway Film Fleadh programme to see what...

This month we’re going all low brow and ordering a kilogram of buttered popcorn and a tankard of Coca-Cola to do our now annual summer blockbuster discussion. Up for discussion are reviews and reaction to X-Men: Days of Future Past , Edge of Tomorrow and Godzilla and a look ahead to Transformers: Age of Extinction, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Guardians of the Galaxy.  We also briefly put th...

The May podcast takes a special look at Irish movies in 2014 as we try to work out whether we’re living in some sort of golden age or if it’s just coincidence that there are so many popular home-grown titles at the moment. Up for discussion are (deep breath)…  Frank, Calvary, Run & Jump, The Stag, Living in a Coded Land, The Sea, Last Days on Mars, Patrick’s Day, Out of Here  and  Mrs. Brown’s...

The March/April podcast… We tackle Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin and we go back into the archives to watch the David Bowie’starring cult classic The Man Who Fell to Earth , featuring the thin white duke’s mickey March movie reviews of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Muppets Most Wanted, The Double, Starred Up and The Grand Budapest Hotel . April movie previews of Noah and The Raid II: Bera...