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  • Podcast – Fight Club

    Podcast – Fight Club

    CinePunked break rules 1 and 2 as they talk about David Fincher’s 1999 film Fight Club – an iconic piece that challenged our ideas of masculinity and perceptions of reality. Robert and Rachael meander through its imagery, meaning and legacy. … More Podcast – Fight Club

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  • Podcast – Red Pill or Blue Pill

    Marking two decades of The Matrix franchise and the release of the fourth film in the series – The Matrix Resurrections, CinePunked ponder the deeper meanings of Lana Wachowski’s new film, including its religious and binary symbolism, and the blurring of lines between what’s real and constructed. … More Podcast – Red Pill or Blue Pill

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  • Ten Great Screen Performances By Musicians-Turned-Actors

    Rachael Kelly presents a whistlestop tour through the magic that happens when musicians take to the screen… … More Ten Great Screen Performances By Musicians-Turned-Actors

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  • Podcast – Targets

    Podcast – Targets

    Paying their respects to critic, actor and filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, who died recently, CinePunked explores his debut feature – Targets (1968) – a bold and arresting story that combines the stories of a mass shooting with the retirement of a cinematic legend, played by Boris Karloff. … More Podcast – Targets

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  • Podcast – You Remind Me of the Babe

    Marking what would have been David Bowie’s 75th birthday the CinePunked team delve into a world of predators, childlike innocence and Muppets as they revisit Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986). … More Podcast – You Remind Me of the Babe

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  • LIVESTREAM EVENT – CinePunked presents: In the Grip of Hammer

    Thursday 13 January 2022, CinePunked presents In the Grip of Hammer. In the first of a new occasional series of CinePunked conversations with fans and enthusiasts, our very own Robert JE Simpson will be in conversation with David L Rattigan about their shared love of classic Hammer Films. … More LIVESTREAM EVENT – CinePunked presents:…

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  • Podcast – The Unicron Variant

    The second of two CinePunked Christmas specials for 2021 sees the team revisit a childhood of cartoons and toys via the spectacle of 1980s favourite The Transformers: The Movie. … More Podcast – The Unicron Variant

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  • Podcast – The Night the Reindeer Died

    CinePunked mark the festive period with the first of two special podcasts – this one exploring the dark fantasy of Richard Donner’s classic reworking of A Christmas Carol – SCROOGED. … More Podcast – The Night the Reindeer Died

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  • Top Ten Forgotten Christmas Films

    Our own Rachael Kelly presents her Top Ten Forgotten Christmas Films… … More Top Ten Forgotten Christmas Films

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  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife – review

    “A film about that complex relationship with the past…” Robert JE Simpson reviews Ghostbusters: Afterlife … More Ghostbusters: Afterlife – review

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