Screenland with Brian Lloyd

Yes, it's our first show on the road - kind of - where I record this week's episode from the EV charging station at Circle K, Glasnevin, just across the road from Ireland's necropolis, the Glasnevin Cemetery where the likes of Luke Kelly, Brendan Behan, Roger Casement, Christy Brown, Dermot Morgan (yes, Father Ted himself), and many, many more are buried. Fun times!

On this week's show, I'm reviewing 'Splitsville', the new rom-com from Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, the action-horror-comedy 'They Will Kill You' with Zazie Beetz and Patricia Arquette's terrible Irish accent, and 'No Ordinary Heist' with Eddie Marsan and Eanna Hardwicke.

Enjoy, and sorry about the shit audio!

In this very special episode, I'm recapping the 2026 Oscars with NO ENCORE wunderkind host Dave Hanratty and discussing the downfall of Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign, the justice of Amy Madigan taking Best Supporting Actress, the inherent pointlessness of awards season in the wider context, and basically just yakking about the whole thing.

Elsewhere, we get into a thorny enough subject - influencers and content creators in the film space. Are they simply mercs-for-hire by studio marketing machines, or are they simply an evolution in the age of social media from journalists and critics? Would you trust a review from an influencer over a journalist or critic? Let us know what you think in the comments and don't forget to like and subscribe! See, I'm no better than any of them looking for engagement like this. Christ, I make myself sick sometimes.

We're back after a v. short hiatus - it was one week, folks. It happens.

On this week's offering, I'm looking at 'Inside The Manosphere', Louis Theroux's new doc about the internet douchebags who you most likely have encountered and ignored but still feel their sickly presence throughout your time in this hellscape. We're also talking about Ryan Gosling's trip to outer space with a rocky alien named Rocky in 'Project Hail Mary', we're skimming over 'How To Make A Killing' and our classic movie - well, it's a modern classic anyway - is none other than Bennett Miller's 'Moneyball'.

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On this week's show, I'm talking about how I didn't get to see 'Scream 7' and how it was probably for the best that I didn't because who can honestly look at what happened to Melissa Barrera and act like it's business as usual.

After that, I talked about Mona Fastvold's 'The Testament of Ann Lee', starring Amanda Seyfried as religious leader Ann Lee, and pitch myself as the screenwriter for a musical biopic based on the relationship between Joni Mitchell and Sam Shepard. No, really. Call it 'Coyote', let's start casting Sam Shepard right now.

And for our classic movie, it's 1988's apocalyptic romance drama 'Miracle Mile', starring Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham.

But then again, maybe it isn't? Who knows.

On this week's show, I'm going into 'The Moment', the new mockumentary from @Charli xcx and that it entails. I'm also going into 'Cold Storage' with a strange and wonderful cast in this horror potboiler, and if that wasn't enough for you, I'm also reviewing 'If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You', the new comedy-drama that's actually more like 'Jacob's Ladder' somehow.

Elsewhere, my old movie of the week is 'The Paper' in honour of the passing of the late, great Robert Duvall earlier this week.