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An independent movie review website for northern Ireland, taking a look at the latest movie releases and cinematically inspired events

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Movie Review - Vacation

Here's what @legacurrylad thought of Vacation! The best of a bad bunch of recent comedies

Vacation (***) Certificate: 15 Running Time: 99 minutes Director Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Cast Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Leslie Mann, Charlie Day and Chris Hemsworth “We’re going to Valley World.” TO say I didn’t have high hopes going into a press screening of Vacation, Warner Bros. attempted reboot of National Lampoon’s Vacation film series,…

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The BanterFlix Cult Movie Vault: John Carpenter's The Fog (1980)

Here's why @legacurrylad thinks John Carpenter's 1980 feature, The Fog deserves a bit more appreciation.

“I don’t know what happened to Antonio Bay tonight. Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us.” JOHN Carpenter is without doubt a hugely influential filmmaker, his influence can be seen within many recent sci-fi and horror movies; but some of the films within his impressive back-catalogue are often overlooked and underappreciated. One of those in particular is his 1980 feature The…

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The BanterFlix CineCast, 10 August 2015: Scorsese and the Mafia

This week @legacurrylad is joined by @JamesMahon23 @LedZeppJack and @neilsedge as they talked about Martin Scorsese and the Mafia!

Episode 102: On this week’s show we looked back through Martin Scorsese’s various gangster movies, primarily his hard-hitting 1990 feature Goodfellas; a film which kick-started the 1990’s and this year celebrates its anniversary. Regarded by many as Scorsese’s third masterpiece, we debated whether it’s the greatest mobster movie ever made. https://banterflix.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodfellas…

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In the second of our summer blockbuster series of special podcasts we looked back at the career of 'Mr Blockbuster' Tom Cruise. Episode 101: On this week’s show we looked back at the career of Tom Cruise, picking out some of his best roles to date and debated whether he’s actually given enough credit for his acting ability.

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The first of our special summer series of Podcast's is out now. On this show we chatted about the Terminator franchise. Episode 100: This week we looked back at the highs and lows of the Terminator franchise; including a slightly spoilerific chat about the latest instalment in the series,

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Movie Review: Terminator Genisys

Apparently unlike the film's producers we need to put a spoiler warning on our review of Terminator Genisys. but anyway here's what Jim thought.

Terminator Genisys (***) Certificate: 12A Running Time: 126 min Director: Alan Taylor Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons and Matt Smith (Movie House Cinemas, Dublin Road, midnight screening, 02/07/2015) ARNIE might be back, but everything else about the Terminator franchise has completely changed, in fact it’s all went a bit bat-shit crazy…

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NvTv Show: Episode 19

Here's the latest edition of our Film Review show on #NvTv. This week we discussed #Amy #MagicMike and #Terminator

Episode 19: Here’s the latest edition of our weekly Film review show on Northern Vision’s NvTv channel, viewers in Belfast can find NVTV on Freeview Channel 8 or Virgin Channel 159. A new episode airs every Friday evening at 7.30pm and is repeated at various times throughout the week. This week host Jim McClean was joined by film historian Robert J.E. Simpson and James Mahon from the Pop up Film…

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The BanterFlix CineCast, 05 July 2015: Mid Term Review ( 2015 so far)

On this week's edition of the CineCast, we looked back at the best and worst movies of the year so far!

Episode 99: On this week’s show at the half-way point in the year we looked back at the cinematic highs and lows of 2015, picking out our favourite movies of the year so far. We also looked ahead and looked at some of the movies we’re looking forward to in the second half of the year. You can listen to the show here, or follow the link to our Podbean account. https://banterflix.files.wordpress.co…

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BanterFlix's NVTV Show: Episode 14 Episode 14: Here’s the latest edition of our weekly TV show on Northern Vision’s NVTV channel, airing every Friday evening at 7.30pm.

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The BanterFlix CineCast, 30 May 2015: Orson Welles Special

On this week's CineCast we talked about Orson Welles and debated whether he is truly a 'Master of Cinema'.

Episode 97: On this week’s show we looked back through the cinematic back-catalogue of acclaimed filmmaker and actor Orson Welles, discussing whether a director with only 12 completed features to his name can truly be considered a ‘master of cinema’. You can listen to the show here, or follow the link to our Podbean account. https://banterflix.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/welles.mp3 Don’t forget…

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BanterFlix NVTV Show: Episode 13

Here's the latest edition of our TV show on @northernvisions. Host @legacurrylad and Film historian @avalard chatted about recent releases!

Episode 13: Here’s the latest edition of our weekly TV show on Northern Vision’s NVTV channel. Airing every Friday evening at 7.30pm, viewers in Belfast can find NVTV on Freeview Channel 8 or Virgin Channel 159. This week Jim McClean was joined by film historian Robert J.E. Simpson as they reviewed some of the latest cinematic releases and also looked at two locally produced features, Shooting…

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The BanterFlix CineCast, 23 May 2015: CGI vs Practical Effects in the Movies

On this week's show, host @legacurrylad asked @butterlee @avalard and @Jonny_C85, what's more effective onscreen, CGI or Practical effects?

Episode 96: This week Jim, Robert and Leigh were joined by Jonathan Cardwell from the Belfast Times as they chatted about the amount of CGI in movies nowadays; asking the question what’s more effective onscreen, practical effects or CGI? You can listen to the show here, or follow the link to our PodBean account. https://banterflix.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/cgi.mp3 Don’t forget to subscribe via…

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QFT Screening: The Monday Club (30/05/2015)

QFT Screening: The Monday Club (30/05/2015)

The Monday Club

Cast: Derek Halligan, Shaun Blaney, Robbie Beggs, Nuala Davies, Aaron Gordon, Christopher Paul Heath, Harry Maunsell , Katie Richardson and Zoe Smedberg

Date: Saturday 30th May

Location: Queen’s Film Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast

Time: 5pm

Price: £4

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The Monday Club ‘was a place to go for a few drinks and great craic.’

Written and directed by…

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BanterFlix NVTV Show: Episode 12

Episode 12: Here’s the latest edition of our weekly TV show on Northern Vision’s NVTV, airing every Friday evening at 7.30pm. Viewers in Belfast can find NVTV on Freeview Channel 8 or Virgin Channel 159.

This week Jim McClean was joined by film historian Robert J.E. Simpson and local filmmaker Aidan Largey as they looked through some of the latest cinematic releases; including Mad Max: Fury Road

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Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Tired of Comic-Book movies? well @butterlee thinks you're lying! Here's this thoughts on #Avengers #AgeofUltron which is still on release.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (****)

Certificate: 12A

Running Time: 141 minutes

Director: Joss Whedon

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and James Spader 

HANDS up if you’re bored of comic book movies yet; well if you’re one of the few with your arm in the air then you’re either lying to yourself,…

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Love Coffee Screening: Mr. Turner (29/05/2015)

Love Coffee in Lurgan are serving up another cine delight later this month. @QFTBelfast @FilmhubNI

Mr.Turner

Cast: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville and Martin Savage.

Date: Friday 29th May 2015

Location: Love Coffee, 48 High Street, Lurgan

Time: 7.30pm

Price: Free!

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Love Coffee is teaming up with the QFT and FILMHUBNI to bring some of the best Independent Movies free of charge. Their latest screening, later this month, sees…

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Movie Review: Pitch Perfect 2

Here's what @legacurrylad thought of Pitch Perfect 2, the difficult second album!

Pitch Perfect 2 (***)

Certificate: 12a

Running Time: 115 min

Director: Elizabeth Banks

Cast: Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, Hailee Steinfeld and Chrissie Fit.

ACA-SCUSE me but let me just say right from the offset of this review that whilst I enjoyed Pitch Perfect 2, It still felt like yet another needless sequel to a film that…

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