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Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by Joe McElroy as they chatted about The Irishman. You can also hear the second part of Jim's Q&A with Film Stories' Simon Brew from the Cinemagic Film Festival earlier this year. 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...

Send us Fan Mail Since its November 2019 and the year of Blade Runner , we thought we'd dip into the archives here at Banter HQ and revisit our Blade Runner special from 2016 as Jim chatted with the Thin Air's Conor Smyth, Embarr Film's Ethan Barr and local writer Jack McFadden about the film.  Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review w...

Send us Fan Mail On this spooky episode of our podcast, once again recorded at the Odeon Belfast Jim was joined by the Big List's Leigh Forgie as they reviewed Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep and looked back at Stanley Kubrick's version of The Shining . 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast, host Jim McClean was joined by BanterFlix's Joe Mc Elroy and Therese Rea as they chatted about Terminator: Dark Fate , but be warned there will be spoilers! You can also hear the first part of Jim's chat with Simon Brew, editor and founder of Film Stories , live on stage as part of this year's Cinemagic Film Festival h...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, recorded once again at the Odeon Belfast, host Jim McClean was joined by local writer Victoria Brown as they chatted about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which is out in cinemas now.    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...

Send us Fan Mail On this recording, thanks to Movie House Cinemas, Jim sat down with BanterFlix's Gavin Moriarty to chat about Todd Philips' Joker, which is released this week and he also caught up with local filmmaker Seán Murray to chat about the Respect Human Rights Film Festival, which is taking place this weekend in Belfast. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscri...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's Deputy-Editor Joe McElroy as they shared their thoughts on James Gray's Ad Astra and Adrian Grunberg's Rambo: Last Blood. You'll also hear our interview with Actor Manu Bennett, who was recently in Belfast to celebrate The Comic Book Guys Fifth birthday. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, Jim was joined by local filmmaker Jim McMorrow as they chatted about the Film Devour Short Film Festival, which recently took place in Belfast earlier this month and they also reviewed It Chapter Two in spoilerific detail.  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...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, Jim was joined by local writers Kate Cannon and Lee Brady as they reviewed André Øvredal's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark . We also chatted about It: chapter One  ahead of the second instalment's release 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim was joined by local cosplayer Joanne Alexandre (Hedgescout) and BanterFlix's very own Thérèse Rea. as they chatted in spoilerific detail about Stranger Things Season Three and our general love for the Duffer Brothers series on Netflix. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe and leave us a nice review wherever you get your podcasting...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s recording Jim was joined by BanterFlix’s very own Darren Vincent and local director/producer Margaret McGoldrick as they chatted in spoilerific detail about Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . we also reviewed the documentary Gaza , which recently screened at the Queen’s Film Theatre and Jim spoke with one of the film’s directors Garry K...

Send us Fan Mail To celebrate the release of Quentin Tarantino's 9th film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we've dipped into the vaults here at Banter HQ and re-released our Quentin Tarantino Special!  Recorded back in 2015 to coincide with the Pop-Up Film Club's Tarantino weekend at T13, this recording features The Big List's Leigh Forgie, Cinepunked's Robert J. E. Simpson...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast, recorded at the Odeon Belfast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's very own Gavin Moriarty and local writer Lee Brady as we chatted about Indiewire's list of the top 100 films of the past decade and we also reviewed Robert Budreau's latest feature The Captor , starring Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace and Mark Strong! Jim recently caught up with the...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast, Jim was joined by one of the Odeon's own, Chris Gray and Gabrielle Riddiough from the W.I.S.H.cosplay group as they reviewed Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw . They also chatted about Film Hub NI's Cinema Day 2019, which takes place on Monday 26th August and Jim spoke with Sara Gunn-Smith from Film Hub NI about t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the BanterFlix Podcast Jim was joined by BanterFlix's Deputy-Editor Joe Mc Elroy as they chatted about Ari Aster's Midsummar in spoilerific detail.   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 soc...

Send us Fan Mail On this recording, Jim was joined by The Thin Air's Conor Smyth as they reviewed The Lion King and Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die. Jim also spoke with writer/director Anke Blondé about her film the best of Dorien B. which recently screened at both the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Galway Film Fleadh. Support the show If you enjoy the show, be sure...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by Joe Mc Elroy and Gabrielle Riddiough as they reviewed Annabelle Comes Home, Masters of Love and the cinematic classic that is Jaws. Jim also spoke with Chloe Chestnutt from Takeover about their screening of All About Eve at the Queen's Film Theatre on the 18th July and he also spoke with some of the cast and crew of Masters of Love. Support...

Send us Fan Mail On this recording Jim was joined by two of BanterFlix's regular contributors Darren Vincent and Caitlain Rafferty as they reviewed Spider-Man: Far From Home, Robert the Bruce and Midsommar. Jim also spoke with Angus Macfadyen about reprising his role as Robert the Bruce ahead of the film's world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Support the show If you enjoy the s...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of our podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's Jess Blair and our very own Peter Parker, Warren Blair as we chatted about Support the Girls, Child's Play 2019 and Toy Story 4.This podcast was recorded at the Odeon Belfast 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Jim was joined by the Sick Sense's Bill Taylor and BanterFlix's very own Leigh Forgie as they chatted about Men In Black: International and also some of the most recent movie news. 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 fin...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's very own Darren Vincent and local cosplayer Gabrielle Riddiough as they chatted about Simon Kinberg's swansong for the X-Men's First Class era in X-Men: Dark Phoenix. 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 h...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's Deputy-Editor Joe Mc Elroy and The Gown's Victoria Brown as they chatted about Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters. 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.  Ch...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast, Jim was joined by Therese Rea and Caitlain Rafferty as they reviewed Guy Ritchie's live-action remake of Aladdin and also chatted about the last ever episode of Game of Thrones. 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 po...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Jim was joined by Colette Fahy and Darren Vincent as they chatted about John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum. 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 and YouTube .

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the BanterFlix Podcast Jim was joined by BanterFlix's Geek Queen Jess Blair and Conor Smyth from the Thin Air as they chatted about Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, which is out in cinemas now! 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 listener...