Banterflix: 2nd November 2024
With just days to go until the 2024 US presidential election, Jim McClean and Alan Meban review Ali Abbasi’s ‘The Apprentice’, featuring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump in the 70s and 80s under the mentorship of Jeremy Strong’s corrupt Roy Cohn. The pair also take a look at Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut with […]
Making Relatives: A Nibi Water Walk
Making Relatives an environmental group concerned with preserving the environment along with Lakota Water Protectors welcomed Ojibwe ceremony leader Sharon Day and the Ikidowin youth theatre ensemble to share in a sacred Water Walk, to honour the River Foyle and to pledge their protection.
Banterflix: 25th October 2024
The show takes on a witchy theme in time for Halloween as Jim McClean is joined by filmmakers Margaret McGoldrick and Jim McMorrow review a diverse trio of supernatural films. The romantic fantasy of Griffin Dunne’s generational witch drama ‘Practical Magic’ starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman is contrasted with the twisted technicolor of Dario […]
Our Parlour: Fitzroy Presbyterian Church Memory Lane Service
Maryann Quigley learns the story behind the dementia friendly service in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church.
Banterflix: 19th October 2024
Jim, Joe, and Leo sink their teeth into the long-awaited film adaptation of Stephen King’s classic vampire novel ‘Salem’s Lot’ and prepare for ‘Gladiator II’ with a look back at Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott’s original. Also up for discussion are the latest updates to the ‘Mission Impossible’ franchise, the growing hype for another new […]
Banterflix: 11th October 2024
Jim McClean is back in the host’s chair to deliver a verdict on the highly anticipated and divisive sequel to Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’, with the help of Nicole Hamilton and Adam Neeson. This week’s ‘Pick of the Screams’ is Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ 2019 Halloween horror ‘Haunt’, but not before an interview with Dominic […]
Banterflix: 4th October 2024
Banterflix starts October by diving into the deep end as guest host Bill Taylor is joined by Adam Neeson and James Oliver to tackle the relentless body-horror satire of Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. The horror doesn’t stop there, though, as DVD of the week is 1986’s cult […]
Banterflix: 27th September 2024
Guest Host Robert J.E. Simpson is joined by Danny Brown and Maria McQuillan for a review of ‘Inside Out 2’, Pixar’s smash-hit sequel to their 2015 emotional epic. The team also celebrate the 20th anniversary re-release of ‘Shaun of the Dead’ by discussing the impact and legacy of Edgar Wright’s indie horror-comedy, and Jim McClean […]
Banterflix: 20th September 2024
It’s guest host Adam Neeson’s turn to lead discussion on James Watkins’ ‘Speak No Evil’, the James McAvoy-led remake of the 2022 Danish horror-thriller. Joined by Gerard McNeil and Bill Taylor, the team also look back on Alan Parker’s ‘The Commitments’ and pay tribute to the late James Earl Jones with a retrospective on his […]
Our Parlour: Bill McKnight
Bill McKnight speaks on his Mental Health, his struggles with it, as well as how he overcame this condition and uses it as inspiration for his poetry.