With the release of 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere', this week on Screentime John Fardy looks at the best and some of the worst music biopics of all time when he chats to Today FM'S Claire Beck and Film Critic Chris Wasser.
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Will Hollywood ever kill the boogeyman?
This week on Screentime John Fardy takes a deep dive into the horror franchise that is ‘Halloween’ when he talks to author Wayne Byrne about his new book 'You Can’t Kill the Boogeyman: The Ongoing Halloween Saga – 13 Films and Counting’. Plus, in a bumper week for new Cinema releases John talks to Brian Lloyd about ‘After the Hunt’ and ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ and more.
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Rebecca Ferguson on 'A House of Dynamite' and her complicated Irish Roots
This week on Screentime John Fardy talks to Rebecca Ferguson about her new Netflix Thriller 'A House of Dynamite' as well as Mission Impossible and her Irish Grandmother. There are reviews of 'Tron: Ares' and the doggie horror 'Good Boy'. Plus, director Myrid Carten on her lauded film 'A Want in Her' which documents her mother's complicated life and won the audience award at DIFF.
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I Swear
This week on Screentime John Fardy talks to actor Robert Aramayo and Writer and Director Kirk Jones about their new film ‘I Swear’ which tells the heart-warming, sad and sometimes funny story of John Davidson who, diagnosed with Tourette’s at age 15, faced and overcame many hardships from adolescence and early adulthood as a result of what was a little known and entirely misunderstood condition in 1980s Britain. Chris Wasser reviews the week’s new cinema releases including ‘The Smashing Machine’ and Jim Sheridan’s new film ‘Re-creation’.
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Emma Thompson on 'Dead of Winter' and the stars of 'House of Guinness'
This week on Screentime John Fardy chats to Emma Thompson about her new chilly thriller 'Dead of Winter' as well as the magic of 'Remains of the Day'. John also talks to Anthony Boyle and Danielle Galligan about their roles in the new Netflix series 'House of Guinness'. Plus, Chris Wasser reviews the new Paul Thomas Anderson film 'One Battle After Another'.
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