Nigel and Páraic preview the 98th Academy Awards which will broadcast on the night of Sunday March 15th, hosted once again by Conan O'Brien.

Does Timothée still have a chance to win Best Actor? Will Sinners or One Battle After Another stand tall at the end of the night? Can any of the acting nominations from Sentimental Value go home with an award.

And the big question - can anyone beat Jessie Buckley, as the Irish film world looks to add another name to the short list of Oscar winners from the emerald isle - with the short Retirement Plan also in the mix for Best Animated Short Film.

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We're back for our annual look at the best films of the year with Sinners, One Battle After Another, I’m Still Here, The Brutalist and Sorry Baby all in the mix for top spot.

This is taken from new releases in Ireland in the calendar year 2025 so don't panic when you see things that feel like 2024 releases!

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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.

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Reviews & Discussion: The Flash, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Mission Impossible, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mission: Impossible, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Half-year Report Card for 2023

Galway Film Fleadh 2023 Preview

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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 10

10. Parallel Mothers

9. Barbarian

8. Athena

7. All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)

6. The Stranger

5. Kimi

4. After Yang

3. Aftersun

2. Top Gun: Maverick

1. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)

Páraic's Top 10

10. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

9. Decision to Leave 

8. RRR

7. Top Gun: Maverick

6. Nope

5. The Banshees of Inisherin

4. All Quiet on the Western Front

3. Everything Everywhere All at Once

2. Aftersun

1. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)

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(Nigel's nearly made it....)

20-11

Hustle

Cow

Blonde

Elvis

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

The Batman

Everything Everywhere All at Once

AmbuLAnce

Prey

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

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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.

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