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Send us Fan Mail On this bumper edition of the Podcast, Jim was joined by local filmmaker Brian Mulholland and BanterFlix's very own Geek Queen Jess Blair as we chatted about Avengers; Endgame in spoilerific detail! You can also hear some of Jim's interview with prosthetic makeup artist Jon Moore at the Odyssey Cinema. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leav...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, BanterFlix's Colette Fahy sat down with local cosplayer Joanne Alexander (Hedgescout) and Dr Giuliana Monteverde from Queen's University to chat about the character of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver).This Podcast was recorded to coincide with BanterFlix's Game Changing Women screening programme. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to sub...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim was joined by Leigh Forgie as they chatted about the new Hellboy film and Shazam, which are both out in cinemas now. We also shared our thoughts on the new trailer for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker and Jim also caught up with director's Andy and Ryan Tohill to chat about their new film The Dig. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we shared our thoughts on the latest version of Stephen King's Pet Sematary and discussed our favourite cinematic adaptions of King's work. We also continued our countdown to this year's Belfast Film Festival and chatted about some of the recent movie-related news. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subs...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we shared our thoughts on Tim Burton's Dumbo, which is out in cinemas now. We also continued our countdown to this year's Belfast Film Festival and chatted about some of the recent movie related news from the past seven days. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review wherever you...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we chatted about Jordan Peele's Us. Jim was joined by local filmmaker Leo McGuigan and BanterFlix's Darren Vincent. 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 listeners find our pod.  Check out our socials o...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's very own Jess Blair and the Thin Air's Conor Smyth as they reviewed The Kindergarten Teacher and What Men Want. We also chatted about the launch of this year's Belfast Film Festival and Jess chatted her experience at the Dublin Comic Con: Spring Edition. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and...

Send us Fan Mail This week we chatted about Captain Marvel, which is out in cinemas now and discussed the topic of Netflix's Academy Awards eligibility. Recorded at the Odeon Belfast, Jim was joined on this podcast by local filmmakers Jim McMorrow and Sarah-Jayne Tracey. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review wherever you get your podcasting fi...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by Joe Mc Elroy and Thérèse Rea as they chatted about the Academy Awards and reviewed some of the latest releases. We reviewed The Hole in the Ground, starring Seána Kerslake and James Quinn Markey and we also spoke with the film's director Lee Cronin. We also reviewed James Kent's The Aftermath, which is out in Cinemas now and Christina C...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim looked back at some of his favourite interviews he's done over the past 12 months for the BanterFlix podcast. You'll hear his chat with Issa López about Tigers Are Not Afraid, his chat with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer about their feature The Parting Glass and his interviews with Ben Elton and Penelope Wilton amongst many others. Support the show If...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim caught up with local writer Michael Campbell to talk about Luca Guadagnino's new version of Suspiria. He spoke with Ben Wheatley, Sam Riley and Alexandra Maria Lara about Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, which is showing at the QFT on Sunday 02 December. He wrapped up by chatting with BanterFlix's very own Jess Blair and Neil Sedgewick from Films &amp...

Send us Fan Mail We have a packed episode for this edition of the BanterFlix podcast.  Jim caught up with Aaron Flanagan from the Comic Book Guys to chat about Stan Lee, who passed away earlier this week. He spoke with Ethan Barr from Embarr Films about Colette, which opened this year's Foyle Film Festival and spoke with Craig William Macneill about Lizzie, which will also be screened during...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim was joined by Aaron Flanagan from The Comic Book Guys to chat about the comic book origins of the character of Venom. 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 listeners find our pod.  Check out our socials on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram a...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of the podcast, Jim caught up with director David Naglieri and Shane Paul O'Doherty to chat about John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace. The film will be screened at Omniplex Cinemas across Ireland later this week. 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this bumper edition of our podcast, Jim caught up with local filmmaker Jim McMorrow to chat about the Nun and BanterFlix's very own Joe Mc Elroy to review Crazy Rich Asians. In the first part of a series of retrospectives on the work of Orson Welles he caught up Cinepunk's Robert J. E. Simpson to discuss Touch of Evil. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim caught up with local writer/director and producer Margaret McGoldrick as we continue to get to know some of the local filmmakers working within the film industry. 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 listeners find our pod.  Check out ou...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's very own Joe Mc Elroy and David 'CBG' Campbell as they chatted in spoilerific detail about Ethan Hunt's latest outing and its impact on the spy genre. 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 li...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim was down at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for this years Dublin Comic-Con and spoke with some of the Cosplayers, stallholders and attendees at this year's event. 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 listeners find our pod.  Check out...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim caught up with Director Maurice Sweeney and producer Ed Moloney to chat about their documentary I, Dolours which was recently screened here in Belfast as part of the Pull Focus Documentary Film Festival. Following that interview, Jim caught up with local blogger Alan Meban to chat about the film. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and...

Send us Fan Mail Ahead of the release of Ant-Man and The Wasp we caught up with Aaron Flanagan from the Comic Book Guys on Great Victoria Street to chat about The Wasp's comic book origins. 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 listeners find our pod.  Check out our soci...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim spoke with local writer/director Brian Mulholland, one of the founders of the Film Devour Short Film Festival and Stay Beautiful Films. He sat down with Brian to discuss his passion for cinema and his own journey as a filmmaker. 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, we chatted in spoilerific detail about Ari Aster's Hereditary, a film which has divided audience and critical opinion with its bombastic ending! So we sat down to share our thoughts on the film. On this recording Jim was joined by Alice Byrne, Therese Rea and Joe Mc Elroy. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, the second in a two-part special we continued to showcase some of the guests we spoke to during this year's Edinburgh International Film festival. Some of the guests on this episode included Anthony Byrne (In Darkness), Haifaa Al-Mansour (Mary Shelley), Adam Morse and Laurie Calvert (Lucid) and Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin about The Parting Glass. Support th...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, the first in a two-part special we showcase some of the guests we spoke to during this year's Edinburgh International Film festival. Some of the guests on this episode included Ben Elton, George MacKay, Mia Goth and Sergio G. Sánchez, the writer and director of The Secret of Marrowbone Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us...

Send us Fan Mail Ahead of their show at the Mac here in Belfast on Saturday 30 June, BanterFlix's Jim McClean caught up with Andrew Jones Cassidy, Bill Taylor and Steven Barrett from the Sick Sense to see what makes these sickos laugh! 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...