Páraic, Nigel and Eithne go through this Sunday’s Oscar broadcast… View this post on Instagram Podcast recording for our annual Oscars preview! Been doing this with @myfavtalkies and @eithne.shortall for the last 5-odd years, and been watching the exravaganza live on and off since 2006 (We think). The new Spooool podcast will be available from iTunes, Spotify and HMV Xtravision from tomorrow… A post shared by Nigel Wheatley (@wheatln2) on Feb 19, 2019 at 12:08pm PST The post Pod 83: So, who’s go...
Feb 20, 2019•30 min•Ep. 83
It’s getting close to Oscar season and it’s been a few weeks since we yacked away about films so we’ve got a wealth of things to talk through in the January podcast… The post Pod 82: Green Book v Beale Street v Driving Miss Daisy (kinda) appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 30, 2019•41 min•Ep. 82
Read the “Friends of Spooool” picks for the year’s best films It’s that time of the year where we sit down and argue about what the best films of the year were, while discretely taking notes about all the new things to add to our watch-list over Christmas. This year there’s three films that crossed over and featured on both of our lists – A Star is Born, Phantom Thread and Rosie. Nigel’s Top 10 Nearly made-its… : Tully, Hereditary, The Shape of Water, The Old Man & The Gun, Lucky, BlacKkKlan...
Dec 19, 2018•48 min•Ep. 81
Nigel Wheatley and Páraic McGeough have their “I’m with Stoopid t-shirts” t-shirts on for a quick run through four of the big films in cinemas right now that they’re digging. The post Pod 80: Raising a glass to Tom Waits, Robert Redford, Sly Stallone and Tessa Thompson appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 13, 2018•27 min•Ep. 80
Steve McQueen’s latest ‘Widows’ is one of the year’s smartest heist films and worth your money. We talk it, the Freddie Mercury biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, Peter Jackson’s ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’, Nic Cage’s crazy ‘Mandy’, Roddy Doyle’s ‘Rosie’ and lots more. The post Pod #79 – Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’, plus Bohemian Rhapsody, Mandy, Rosie & more appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 09, 2018•40 min•Ep. 79
Something a little different this month as we take advantage of a few days away by catching up with a classic of modern Irish cinema which (shamefully) neither of us had seen, The Crying Game . Yes, we knew about the infamous “twist” and all the awards that were showered upon Neil Jordan’s screenplay and directing, but somehow it had slipped through the net over the years… We’ll be back in a few weeks with a more conventional and structured podcast discussing the big October releases! The post P...
Oct 08, 2018•22 min•Ep. 78
After our annual summer break we’re back in the podcasting saddle with a look at three big releases – Blackkklansman, American Animals and Searching , along with a wrap up of all the other films of note we’ve seen over the last month. Also we preview Harry Dean Stanton’s farewell film in Lucky and discuss the connection between Blackkklansman and Airplane! . Yep. The post Pod #77 – The ‘BlackKklansman’ and ‘Airplane!’ connection, American Animals, Searching, Lucky & more appeared first on Sp...
Aug 29, 2018•40 min•Ep. 77
We’re packing our bags for the west as we preview what’s coming to the 30th Galway Film Fleadh with some thoughts on Don’t Go, Damsel, The Eyes of Orson Welles, Katie, For Vagina’s Sake, Captain Morten And The Spider Queen and the IFB Shorts programme. Elsewhere box office taking have been way down this summer because of the World Cup, but what’s in the cinema for when it’s all done and dusted and football comes home? And of course we’ve got the regular business of in-cinema reviews for Leave No...
Jul 11, 2018•35 min•Ep. 76
We’re back in the podcasting saddle for a look at three big heavy-hitting blockbusters – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Deadpool 2, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. Beyond that The Breadwinner, Tully, Lean on Pete and Book Club are also up for discussion. And no-one seems to be talking about Cineworld’s new 4DX enhanced motion experience screen. Your seat moves, you get water sprayed on you and a machine punches you in the back. It’s a few quid more, but is absolutely gas. Nigel (who saw Jurassic W...
Jun 10, 2018•36 min•Ep. 75
The first of the summer’s ginormous blockbusters Avengers: Infinity War goes under the knife for some spoiler-tastic dissecting and some wild theories. Also up for discussion is Mark O’Rowe’s divisive The Delinquent Season , the Irish horror film The Cured, and The Rock’s giant gorilla movie Rampage. And Josh Brolin’s other movie Deadpool II is coming our way as is Solo: A Star Wars Story . The post Pod #74: Avengers Spoilerz, The Delinquent Season, Deadpool 2 & more appeared first on Spoooo...
May 06, 2018•32 min•Ep. 74
It’s been a few weeks but we’ve got absolutely oodles of new and recent releases to burn through, including the superb Michael Inside and the hit-and-miss Isle of Dogs . We have since seen A Quiet Place and have quite diverging opinions… for next time! The post Pod #73 – Is ‘Isle of Dogs’ the first bad Wes Anderson movie? Is ‘Michael Inside’ the best Irish film of the year? appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 09, 2018•41 min•Ep. 73
*re-uploaded due to dud mp3* It’s that time of the year again – Awards Season! And what better way to celebrate than to sit down with special guest Eithne Shortall (Sunday Times Chief Arts Writer and best-selling author) ahead of Sunday’s main event – The 90th Academy Awards. Note, since we recorded this, two critical things have happened… Sufjan Stevens has confirmed he will play at the Oscars Eithne has seen and loved Ladybird The post Pod #72 – An Oscars Conversation (w/ special guest Eithne ...
Feb 26, 2018•41 min•Ep. 72
We may have had life changes in the last month (babies, house moves), but we still packed a lot of great films in. We’ve also got previews of some of the big titles from the next few weeks, and a few picks from the 2018 Audi Dublin International Film Festival. We’ll be back in a few weeks with our annual Oscars special – hopefully with a special guest in tow. The post Pod #71 – The Shape of Water, Phantom Thread & many, many more appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Feb 10, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 71
BEST OF 2017 | WORST OF 2017 | NIGEL’S TOP 10 | PÁRAIC’S TOP 10 | FRIENDS OF SPOOOOL And so for the SIXTH year running, here we are with our annual chat through the best films of the year. Back in 2012 , in our first ever podcast, we anointed The Perks of Being a Wallflower as the year’s stand-out feature, since then we’ve had the brilliant Frances Ha (2013) and the sumptuous The Guest (2014) take top spot. A change in format and splitting up our favourites came in 2015 for Carol and Inherent Vi...
Dec 18, 2017•42 min•Ep. 70
BEST OF 2017 | WORST OF 2017 | NIGEL’S TOP 10 | PÁRAIC’S TOP 10 | FRIENDS OF SPOOOOL Between us we’ve seen about 150 new releases this year, but we’re not claiming to have seen everything that hit screens. So it goes without saying that many of those titles with the atrocious Rotten Tomatoes ratings are not up for discussion here. What’s also worth noting is the presence of films that were much-anticipated and then were bitterly disappointing. Is there anything worse than going into a new releas...
Dec 13, 2017•18 min•Ep. 69
It’s been a few weeks since we talked (with microphones present), so an absolute load of films to review. Lots of them we saw together, and lots of them we really liked, so listen in. And yes Páraic did give The Florida Project 2 stars. #Shocker. Anyway the excitement got too much for us and all the excitement led to the audio dropping out for a bit at the five minute mark, so apologies for the 90 seconds where it sounds like we’re recording in a dust-bin. Just skip past it if it bothers you… We...
Dec 06, 2017•38 min•Ep. 68
It’s taken us a fortnight but we’ve finally gotten our head around Blade Runner 2049 , and its place in modern film history. How does it compare to the 1982 that inspired it? Listen in to find out. Oh and we do get side-tracked midway through chatting about a certain Mr. Harvey Weinstein. The post Pod #67: Blade Runner(s) spoilers chat…. and the Harvey Weinstein problem appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 23, 2017•26 min•Ep. 67
This month it’s a rare one as we’ve got four new films and all four are worth your time and money – The Death of Stalin, The Meyerowitz Stories (Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler FTW!), The Party, and Daphne . Also from the 22:45 mark we break down Dublin’s new kid on the block – The Stella Cinema ( whose demise we’ve lamented before ) – which will be a snazzy boutique cinema costing you €19 a ticket. We’re excited. From 25:10 will anyone really care about The Savoy Cinema’s closure of the giant Scre...
Oct 22, 2017•35 min•Ep. 66
After our second honeymoon holiday of the year (Nigel this time), we’re back in action with a look at some of the most noteworthy titles in cinemas right now. SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! Is there going to be a more divisive film in cinemas this year than Darren Aronofsky’s mother! ? Is Wind River racist? Is A Ghost Story shite? Is It scary? Is Detroit going to be in the films of the year list? All this and more in the 65th Spooool.ie podcast, we’ll be back next time collecting our pensions. The post Po...
Sep 19, 2017•50 min•Ep. 65
Sometimes holidays arrive at just the wrong time, in this instance we were scuppered by Nigel’s impending flight to the Azores so we pre-recorded the bulk of the podcast and then roped in Lisa to chat with Páraic through Dunkirk and later Carol gets to blabber on with Nigel about The Big Sick. You could argue they’re more articulate and intelligent contributors than our usual two cronies…. The post Pod #64: Dunkirk, The Big Sick, War for the Planet of the Apes & more appeared first on Spoooo...
Jul 23, 2017•43 min•Ep. 64
After our fifth year covering the Galway Film Fleadh we sat down to look back on some of the Irish cinema that was on show at the annual film festival including the excellent Michael Inside and Bad Day for the Cut . Catch all of our Galway Film Fleadh 2017 coverage * * The post Pod #63: Galway Film Fleadh 2017 round-up – Best New Irish Features & Shorts appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 22, 2017•32 min•Ep. 63
A special off-shoot podcast from Nigel and Páraic as they look at one of Edgar Wright’s biggest inspirations for his film Baby Driver, the 1978 Los Angeles car chase film The Driver . It should go without saying that my movie couldn’t even exist without The Driver. If there’s one film that has an influence on its genesis, it would be that… The film stars Ryan O’Neal as the titular character, with Bruce Dern the crooked police chief doing whatever he can to catch him, and Isabelle Adjani the impr...
Jul 05, 2017•12 min•Ep. 62
Nigel Wheatley and Páraic McGeough cram into the cupboard under the stairs (you might be able to hear the fridge humming) to discuss some of the best films driving onto Irish cinema screens (and Netflix…) with now. And there’s a special preview of the 2017 Galway Film Fleadh with some picks for the festival including Frank Berry’s ‘Michael Inside’ and Aisling Walsh’s ‘Maudie’. The post Pod #61 – Baby Driver! Okja! Galway Film Fleadh 2017 Preview! appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. S...
Jun 30, 2017•44 min•Ep. 61
Páraic McGeough is with Nigel Wheatley as they pay tribute to one of America’s most loved arthouse directors who is back in everyone’s consciousness with the return of TWIN PEAKS. The post Pod #60 – Celebrating DAVID LYNCH appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 05, 2017•27 min•Ep. 60
After a bit of a spring break, Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley are back in the Spooool.ie podcast headquarters for a discussion of the summer blockbusters coming our way this summer – and the films that have caught their attention in the last two months. Next up – a 60th podcast David Lynch spectacular! The post Pod #59 – We’re back! // War Machine, The Red Turtle, Cardboard Gangsters, Alien, The Mummy & MORE appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
May 29, 2017•33 min•Ep. 59
After a five week hiatus we’re back in the saddle with a round-up of some of the March movies which caught our eye starting with the new Ghost in the Shell remake. Also on the slate – Get Out, Kong: Skull Island, Life, Beauty and the Beast, Personal Shopper, The Salesman and The Eyes of My Mother. And then a chat on what’s coming up in April including I Am Not Your Negro, The Handmaiden, The Fate of the Furious and re-releases of The Conversation and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Jam-packed! ...
Mar 30, 2017•41 min•Ep. 58
It’s that time of the year! Award, award, award! We’re delighted to be joined by Eithne Shortall, chief arts writer for the Sunday Times Ireland, as we take a look at this year’s Oscars race – just how much can La La Land win?? The post Pod #57: Oscars 2017 Special (featuring Páraic, Nigel & Eithne predictions) appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 23, 2017•39 min•Ep. 57
Our first podcast of the year takes a look at the T2 Trainspotting sequel (nothing to do with Dublin Airport, or Terminator 2) and talks Oscar contenders La La Land, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight. We’re also previewing the upcoming Audi Dublin International Film Festival, with some picks of notable films playing during the festival which runs from February 16th- 26th. The post Pod #56: Trainspotting 2, ADIFF 2017 Preview, Manchester by the Sea and more appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted...
Jan 22, 2017•45 min•Ep. 56
READ ALL OUR BEST OF 2016 COVERAGE What a year it’s been. Lots of dead musicians, more Enda, some Brexiteering and a Trump in the White House. However at the cinema, life seemed to continue as normal. We saw over 160 new films that hit screens this year and have picked out our favourites and chatted about them in the podcast. We will also publish individual lists – Nigel’s Top 10 and Páraic’s Top 10 . Looking for a consensus pick of our joint films of the year? Seems hard to look beyond Paterson...
Dec 20, 2016•45 min•Ep. 55
A special spoiler-tastic review of the new Star Wars film (if indeed it is a Star Wars film). Stay tuned for a week of Best of 2016 coverage! The post Pod #54: ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story – *spoiler review* appeared first on Spooool.ie . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 17, 2016•17 min•Ep. 54
