Welcome to Spooool.ie's monthly podcast where Páraic and Nigel sit down to discuss the films we liked from the last four weeks and look at what highlights are ahead.
With limited Irish interest this year, we focus on the big heavyweights in contention at the 2025 Oscars in our 13th annual Academy Awards preview. Anora, The Brutalist, Emilia Perez and Conclave lead the line, but who's set to win big on the night? Nigel Wheatley and Paraic McGeough give their take. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A very special look back at Páraic and Nigel's favourite films of the year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Correcton: The Oscars are on at 11pm Irish time on Sunday 10th March. They are only being broadcast on ITV so if you have that channel you are in luck.Will Ireland finally have it's first ever Irish born winner of a leading actor/actress with Cillian Murphy taking home the top prize for Oppenheimer?Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley go through all the categories in the 2024 Academy Awards - plus some Dune: Part 2 reaction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A very special look back at Páraic and Nigel's favourite films of the year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Reviews & Discussion: The Flash, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Mission Impossible, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mission: Impossible, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyHalf-year Report Card for 2023Galway Film Fleadh 2023 Preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There's a record 14 Irish representatives at the Oscars this year, but will we be going home disappointed? Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley preview the runners and riders at this year's Academy Awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We've been doing this for a decade and while we're seeing less brand few feature films (at a time when there's more than ever), rarely have we ever been so strongly in agreement on some of the top films. Comhghairdeas An Cailín Ciúin!!Nigel's Top 1010. Parallel Mothers9. Barbarian8. Athena7. All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)6. The Stranger5. Kimi4. After Yang3. Aftersun2. Top Gun: Maverick1. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)Páraic's Top 1010. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery9. Decision to Leave 8. RRR7. Top Gun: Maverick6. Nope5. The Banshees of Inisherin4. All Quiet on the Western Front3. Everything Everywhere All at Once2. Aftersun1. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)-------(Nigel's nearly made it....)20-11HustleCowBlondeElvisMarcel the Shell with Shoes OnThe BatmanEverything Everywhere All at OnceAmbuLAncePreyApollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Film reviews from Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Bros, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Wonder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Paraic and Nigel share 10 picks from the first half of the year, along with where your can watch them.Plus reviews of Baz Luhrman's ELVIS and JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nigel and Paraic go through all the major categories at the 2022 Academy Awards and predict who will be going home with Oscar statuettes (spoiler: probably CODA & Dune!!) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nigel and Paraic take a deep-dive into Matt Reeves' entry into the Dark Knight canon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Wrapping up some of the movies we've seen since Christmas which made an impact! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We've gone dark for the last 12 months but are back for a special episode to recap the year in cinema. With all the variables around cinemas and distribution in mind, we're just going to include any new feature films we saw this year, some may have gotten wide or limited releases here in Ireland, some may not!Páraic's Top 10 of 20211) Pig (Volta.ie)2) Riders of Justice (Youtube)3) Dune (Youtube)4) C'mon C'mon (In Cinemas Now)5) King Rocker (NowTV)6) Herself (Available for pre-order)7) The French Dispatch (Youtube)8) The Nest (Available for pre-order)9) In the Earth (Youtube)10) Boys from County Hell (Youtube)Nigel's Top 10 of 2021:1. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)2. C'mon C'mon (In Cinemas Now)3. Minari (Online Rental)4. The Nest (Available for pre-order)5. Dune (YouTube)6. The Crime of the Century (NowTV, Sky Go)7. King Richard (Google Play)8. Pig (Volta.ie)9. Herself (Available for pre-order)10. Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)** Páraic's almost made it list (all Oscar nominees): The Father / Promising Young Woman / Sound of Metal / Minari / Judas and the Black Messiah** Nigel's almost made it list: In the Heights / West Side Story / Tick Tick Boom / Nomadland / Eternals / Nobody / Last Night in Soho / Judas and the Black Messiah / Old / SpencerNOTE: We mention on the recording that some films are available on Amazon Prime, however it seems this is territory specific. Check your local service before giving Jeff Bezos your cash!Special thanks to producer Lisa McGeough See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It's the most wonderful time of the year.... end of year list time!! In this annual tradition Nigel and Páraic run through their respective best films of the year in a 12 month block like no other, and work out what their combined favourite film of 2020 was.
Nigel and Páraic sit down for a WhatsApp video call to talk films they've been "enjoying" Ireland's second full lockdown. Includes Cork FIlm Festival favourite WOLFWALKERS, Ben Wheatley's REBECCA, the Emily Mortimer-starring RELIC, Pixar's ONWARD, Robert Zemeckis' THE WITCHES, British film LYNN + LUCY and many more.... Plus Páraic goes through his Sky Movies offer, and Nigel reveals the best time to watch horror films - 5.30am.
It’s taken us 6 weeks but we’ve finally gotten back to the cinema and so this episode is mostly a big giant discussion on Tenet and whether it was worth the big wait. And after all that we’ll be digging through some of the new releases that have shown up on Netflix in the last few weeks and discussing 'The Batman'. And Nigel shills for 'Palm Springs' which isn't coming to a screen near you...
Nigel makes it to The Stella cinema in Rathmines for some socially distant cinema, Páraic virtually attends the Galway Film Fleadh for the Philip Doherty's Cavan-set 'Redemption of a Rogue', we set ourselves the challenge to tackle David Lynch's 1990 'Wild at Heart'... and a selection of what's been floating our boat on Disney+, Netflix and Amazon Prime.
We believe we can fly right back to 1996 to take on the Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny opus 'Space Jam', Nigel review new on-demand releases 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' and 'The Assistant', and Páraic takes on 'Extraction' and 'The Wrong Missy'. And we remember Lynn Shelton and Fred Willard.
4 weeks into shut cinemas, we're remote-recording to dip into a film that is considered a modern classic - 2000's 'American Psycho' from director Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale. We also go through some of the other random stuff we've been watching from Disney+, Netflix and Amazon Prime.
We try to make sense of what is going on in the world around the coronavirus pandemic, and how this affects cinema-going, on-demand viewing at home and the entire cinema industry. Amidst this we also review 'The Invisible Man', 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and 'Colour out of Space' and remember Max von Sydow.
Eithne Shortall joins Nigel and Páraic for the ultimate Academy Awards 2020 preview as they unveil their picks, discuss the big omissions and predict who'll be walking home with a gold statuette (Joaquin, Renée, Laura and Brad probably!)...
Páraic and Nigel dissect the disappointment of the latest part of the Star Wars franchise...
Nigel and Páraic debate the best films of the year, with nods to Marriage Story (Nigel's #1), Bait (Páraic's #1), The Farewell, Pain and Glory, The Irishman and many more! PLUS some friends of Spool record their picks for 2019's best work. *SPOILER*
From Blue Valentine to Marriage Story, and from Drive to Phantom Thread, Nigel and Páraic go through the most memorable and impactful films of the last decade as we get in on the trend of reviewing the 2010s. Full list of favourites in the show notes.
Reviews of.... The Irishman, Monos, Marriage Story, Sorry We Missed You, Bait, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and Terminator: Dark Fate. Plus a look ahead to Knives Out and Frozen II! Boom.
Páraic and Nigel sit down and dissect Todd Philips' JOKER, with both of them absorbed by the 70mm presentation of the film at Dublin's IFI. Also on the slab this month is Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad film EL CAMINO, the superb Awkwafina-starring THE FAREWELL, and James Gray and Brad Pitt's opus AD ASTRA. Plus remembering Robert Forster with a nod back to JACKIE BROWN...
This month we're celebrating 1999 with a run-through of some of that year’s iconic releases. Back to the present day and we’re talking Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory, Scary Stories to tell in the Dark, Never Grow Old, Angel has Fallen and whatever other bits and bobs that have caught our eye. We’ll be looking ahead to James Gray’s Ad Astra, the Downton Abbey film and the IFI's renovations.
In this episode, we've got an early review of Quentin Tarantino's ninth film ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, we break down the problems and successes with THE LION KING remake and we look back on Jim Jarmusch's small town zombie film THE DEAD DON'T DIE, and Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR. We pick out two Netflix films worth your attention THE GREAT HACK and ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE, and two upcoming cinema releases PAIN AND GLORY and HOBBS AND SHAW. We wrap up with a sequence of clips taken from Quentin Tarantino's last film THE HATEFUL 8 on the Lincoln letter
Páraic and Nigel are back and have an absolute bucket load of films to get through including Spider-Man: Far From Home, Child's Play, Apollo 11, Toy Story 4, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, Booksmart, Dark Phoenix, Rocketman, Diego Maradona, Murder Mystery, Late Night and Papi Chulo. And we preview the Galway Film Fleadh, and reveal the best and worst films we've seen this year...
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Avengers: Endgame - dissected by Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley...
Páraic, Nigel and Eithne go through this Sunday's Oscar broadcast...
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...
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.
A quick run through four of the big films in cinemas right now that we are digging!
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.
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.
We're back in the podcasting saddle with a look at three big releases - Blackkklansman, American Animals and Searching.
We're packing our bags for the west as we preview what's coming to the 30th Galway Film Fleadh, and we've got some reviews for what's been showing up in cinemas during the World Cup!
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.
Nigel and Páraic go deep on the Avengers: Infinity War and chat through The Delinquent Season, The Cured, Rampage, Deadpool 2 and Solo.
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...
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.
Phantom Thread, Darkest Hour, Three Billboards, Coco, The Greatest Showman, The Post, Downsizing, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Lady Bird, I Tonya, Black Panther and ADIFF 2018 Preview
For the sixth year running, here we are with our annual chat through the best films of the year.
It's been a great year for cinema, but amidst the gems there's always some film to get you down..,,
We've got reviews coming out of our noses - The Disaster Artist, Battle of the Sexes, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Suburbicon, The Florida Project + more
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.
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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.
Páraic and Nigel are joined by Lisa and Carol to chat through Dunkirk and The Big Sick.
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.
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