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Spool Film Podcast
Spool.ie
113 episodes
8 months ago
The place for Irish cinema-obsessives Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley to discuss the best and worst films that they've seen in cinemas and on the telly. We've been on the go since 2012. Say hello @spool on Twitter.

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The place for Irish cinema-obsessives Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley to discuss the best and worst films that they've seen in cinemas and on the telly. We've been on the go since 2012. Say hello @spool on Twitter.

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Spool Film Podcast
Oscar Preview Special - who's taking home an Academy Award?
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.

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8 months ago
29 minutes 30 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Best Films of 2024
A very special look back at Páraic and Nigel's favourite films of the year

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11 months ago
38 minutes 14 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
The Coronation of Cillian? - An Irish preview of the 2024 Oscars

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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1 year ago
34 minutes 31 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Best Films of 2023
A very special look back at Páraic and Nigel's favourite films of the year

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1 year ago
37 minutes 48 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
2023 Half Year Report Card and Summer Blockbuster Discussion

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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2 years ago
24 minutes 38 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Oscars 2023 Preview: Can Ireland win anything?
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.

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2 years ago
30 minutes 29 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Best Films of 2022

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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2 years ago
38 minutes 33 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Who needs the World Cup?!
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.

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2 years ago
27 minutes 40 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Best of 2022's first 6 months. Plus "Elvis".

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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3 years ago
37 minutes 19 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Oscars Preview Special
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!!)

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3 years ago
27 minutes 39 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
The Batman is the bee's knees
Nigel and Paraic take a deep-dive into Matt Reeves' entry into the Dark Knight canon.

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3 years ago
20 minutes 1 second

Spool Film Podcast
Encanto / Parallel Mothers / Licorice Pizza
Wrapping up some of the movies we've seen since Christmas which made an impact!

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3 years ago
29 minutes 27 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Best Films of 2021 - Ep #101 Special

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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3 years ago
44 minutes 30 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Best Films of 2020 - Ep #100 special
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.

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4 years ago
59 minutes 16 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Films for lockdown #2
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.

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4 years ago
31 minutes

Spool Film Podcast
Making sense of TENET with some big fat spoilers
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...

Closer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7-HbYvD9I

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5 years ago
33 minutes 5 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
A return to the cinema? // (Virtual) Galway Fleadh // David Lynch's 'Wild at Heart'
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 including...
  • Dating Amber
  • Hamilton
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Eurovision
  • The Old Guard
  • King of Staten Island
  • Plus One


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5 years ago
37 minutes 2 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Space Jam, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Assistant (Social Distancing Cinema #2)
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.

Watch 'The Making of Space Jam': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBdm19I7iE
Watch the closing clip from 'My Sister's Sister': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-FAqJJOkU

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5 years ago
33 minutes 2 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
American Psycho (Social Distancing Cinema #1)
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.

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5 years ago
22 minutes 50 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
Coronavirus and Cinema.....
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.

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5 years ago
27 minutes 50 seconds

Spool Film Podcast
The place for Irish cinema-obsessives Páraic McGeough and Nigel Wheatley to discuss the best and worst films that they've seen in cinemas and on the telly. We've been on the go since 2012. Say hello @spool on Twitter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.