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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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 2021

1) 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 / Spencer

NOTE: 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

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