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In this episode, Jim was joined by local blogger James Oliver as they chatted in spoilerific detail about the latest entry in the MCU, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

This episode also features Aaron Flanagan from The Comic Book Guys store in Belfast telling us everything we need to know about the character of Kang The Conqueror. 


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In this episode, the second of two specials for the RENDR Festival, Jim speaks with artist Charmaine Chan.Charmaine is one of the thirty guests attending the two-day event in Belfast on the 23 and 24 February.
 
She'll be representing Industrial Light and Magic.

About Charmaine

Charmaine Chan is an Associate Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic. Originally born and raised in Hawaii, Charmaine studied at the University of California Irvine where she got a BA in Studio Art with a focus in photography and video production. Charmaine joined ILM in 2007 and with over 15 years of experience has worn many hats such as compositing, tech leading, and supervising across projects ranging from Transformers, Rango, Black Panther, Warcraft, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Charmaine has been helping innovate the Virtual Production world using real time rendering and LED screens on projects such as The Mandalorian, Andor, and the Batman. She is currently at the ILM London office supervising an upcoming sci-fi film.

About RENDRA unique nocturnal experience, celebrating creative craft and artistry in a fully immersive two-day festival exploring the space between creativity and technology. Ignite your imagination with inspiring speakers from the worlds of film, gaming, animation, immersive, and more! Learn from the best, with 30+ creatives from the likes of Netflix, Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, and Epic Games among others.

Witness creative uses of new technology, explore the gallery of digital art, chow down at the food village or play in the arcade. We want to transport you to the future and provide you with unforgettable and inspirational nights. Like nothing you have experienced before, our unique combination is guaranteed to provide two nights you can’t miss. Come for the talks, and stay for the experience!

Check their website for more details and to book your tickets.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, the first of two specials for the RENDR Festival, Jim speaks with artist Giovanna Ferrari.
Giovanna is one of the thirty guests attending the two-day event in Belfast on the 23 and 24 February.
 
She'll be representing Irish Animation Studio Cartoon Saloon.

Based in Kilkenny, the studio is best known for its animated feature films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and The Breadwinner

About GiovannaSince the early 2000s, Giovanna has worked on several feature films across Europe both as Storyboard Artist and Animator. After working in France for 10 years, she moved to Ireland and worked with Cartoon Saloon on a number of projects, including Song of The Sea, The Breadwinner, and Wolfwalkers. Recently she was Head of Story and Animation Director of Cartoon Saloon’s new feature film “My Father’s Dragon” produced by Netflix and directed by Nora Twomey.Giovanna’s storyboarding on "The Breadwinner" was awarded with an Emile Award in 2018. Giovanna is now working on Cartoon Saloon’s next feature film as a storyboard artist and consulting on the development of various other projects.

About RENDRA unique nocturnal experience, celebrating creative craft and artistry in a fully immersive two-day festival exploring the space between creativity and technology. Ignite your imagination with inspiring speakers from the worlds of film, gaming, animation, immersive, and more! Learn from the best, with 30+ creatives from the likes of Netflix, Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, and Epic Games among others.

Witness creative uses of new technology, explore the gallery of digital art, chow down at the food village or play in the arcade. We want to transport you to the future and provide you with unforgettable and inspirational nights. Like nothing you have experienced before, our unique combination is guaranteed to provide two nights you can’t miss. Come for the talks, and stay for the experience!

Check their website for more details and to book your tickets.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, Jim McClean is joined by Joe McElroy and Victoria Brown  as they chat about James Cameron's Titanic (1997).

The film has been re-released in 3D to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Thanks to Cineworld Belfast Jim & Joe got to attend a special screening of the 4DX screening of the film.


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In this episode, Jim was joined by the  Sick Sense's Bill Taylor as they looked back at  Frank Coraci's The Waterboy (1998) starring Adam Sandler.A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, Jim is joined by local filmmaker Adam Neeson as they share their thoughts on Gerard Johnstone's Sci-Fi/ horror M3GAN.

"A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own."Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode host Jim McClean was joined by local filmmaker Adam Neeson as they chatted about Rob Zombie's The Munsters.

The film is available on DVD & Blu Ray now and can also be purchased on various VOD platforms. In come terrorites the movie is also availble on Netflix's streaming service.

On this recording, Jim also got the opportunity to speak with one of the flm's stars, Daniel Roebuck, who plays the Count.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, Jim was joined by Pen Densham & John Watson, the writers and producers of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Released in 1991, directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman and Morgan Freeman, the film was a huge box-office success, earning nearly £400 million at the box office.

This interview was recorded via zoom just before Christmas as Jim spoke with Pen and John about the development of the film from script to screen.


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In this episode Jim was joined by Joe Mc Elroy as they shared their thoughts on James 
Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water.

We chatted about the film in spoilerific detail with spoilers for the film happening after the 24th minute of this podcast.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, Jim is joined by BanterFlix's Resident Disney Queen as they look back at their 1985 animated feature The Black Cauldron and our Pick of the Streams Grease (!978), which is available to watch on Paramount +'s streaming Service.

Local cosplayer Sarah McDowell also reviewed Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's musical Six, which was recently staged at the Grand Opera House in Belfast.

So give it a listen and look out for this week's big questions!

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In this episode, Jim is joined by BanterFlix's own Joe Mc Elroy as they chat about Jordon Peele's  Nope and James L. Brooks's Broadcast News.

Aaron Flanagan from The Comic Book Guystells us everything you need to know about the character of She-Hulk as the new series has recently started to screen on Disney +

This week's big podcast questions?
How have you dealt with the heat?
Have you ever had an encounter with a monkey?

These important questions and more are asked throughout this episode.

Email us your answers at info@banterflix.com

Show Timings

• Movie News - 00:03:11
• She-Hulk  'Comic Book 101' - 00:14:12
• Nope Review - 00:31:06
• Broadcast News Review - 00:55:24

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In this episode, Jim is joined by local filmmaker Adam Neeson as we review David Leitch's Bullet Train and Dan Trachtenberg's Prey.
 
Joanne Alexander shares her thoughts on this year's Dublin Comic Con and we chat about some recent movie news.

This week's big podcast questions?

Who were your favourite '90s boybands?
Where is the train going to in Bullet Train?
What's the name of the film with Jeff Bridges in a hotel?
Does Superman get a get rapey in Superman 3?
What's the name of the film by one of the McDonagh's starring Alexander Skarsgård?

These important questions and many more are asked throughout this episode.

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On this episode of Belfast On-Screen, Jim McClean was joined by Joe Mc Elroy as they chatted about Robert Eggers' latest film The Northman.


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In this episode Jim, Joe and Victoria share their thoughts on Sir Kenneth Branagh's Belfast.

This is the first episode in a new series of podcasts as BanterFlix that champions many of the local & international films filmed in Northern Ireland, whilst also looking back at the various depictions of Belfast within cinema's rich history.

About Belfast

Belfast is a 2021 Irish/British coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. The film stars Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, and newcomer Jude Hill. The film, which Branagh has described as his "most personal film", centres on a young boy's childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the beginning of The Troubles in 1969.

BELFAST - Official Trailer - Only In Theaters November 12 - YouTubeDon't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, we need to talk about Christmas TV as once again Jim defends the best Freeview television can offer over the Christmas period as it goes head to head against online steaming and the best physical media we could buy from Poundland.

On this recording, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's deputy editor Joe Mc Elroy who was representing physical media and The Sick Sense's Bill Taylor, who was once again representing online streaming sites like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV.

Our guest judge on this year's episode was James Stafford from Talking CodswallopDon't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this festively themed episode, we need to Talk About Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.

On this recording, Jim McClean is joined by BanterFlix's resident Disney Queen, local writer Victoria Brown along with fellow writer Maria McQuillian.

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In this 'festively' themed episode of Crime Scene to Screen BanterFlix's resident Sleuth Sisters' Joe Mc Elroy and Therese Rea share their thoughts on Scott Walker's 2013 film The Frozen Ground, a movie based on the real-life serial killer Robert Christian Hansen, who was known as the Butcher Baker.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, we need to talk about Ridley Scott's House of Gucci! On this recording, Jim is joined by BanterFlix's Deputy-Editor Joe Mc Elroy and James Stafford from Talking Codswallop.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.

In this episode, BanterFlix's Jim McClean was joined by filmmaker Bill Taylor and cosplayer Aoibheann Henry as they chat in spoilerific detail about Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Show Notes

• BanterFlix: Movie Reviews With a 'Norn Irish' Accent!
• Cosplays By Eevee | Facebook
• The Sick Sense | Facebook
• GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube
• Return of the Ghostbusters (2007 Fan Film) - YouTube

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In this episode, we need to talk about Disney's 24th animated feature, The Fox and the Hound (1981) as we continue our deep dive into the Dark-Era of Disney's animated back-catalogue. 

On this recording, Jim McClean is joined by BanterFlix's resident Disney Queen Victoria Brown and local cosplayer Sarah McDowell.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on the BanterFlix website.