Slam Dunk Cinema
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 9 years ago -Slam Dunk Cinema is Sheffield’s flagship movie review radio show hosted by film critic Van Connor and co-host Dave Walker. Slam Dunk Cinema brings you a weekly run-through of the UK Box Office Top 10, interviews with local film personalities, reviews of the latest cinema releases and a peep at the latest DVD releases. Each show is painstakingly researched and lovingly crafted, with Van forced to sit through each and every film (whether he wants to or not), all in the name of fair criticism. Rom-coms, tween vampire melodramas and 3D concert movies starring some thirteen year-old you’ve never heard of, he sits through them all so that you won’t have to suffer yourself. You might think this would drive a man insane after a while, luckily Dave is always on hand to keep Van from losing his mind. Slam Dunk Cinema is broadcast every Saturday at 12pm on Sheffield Live 93.2FM
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Episodes
6 June 2015: Spy, Insidious: Chapter 3, Survivor
June 06, 2015 15:20 - 74.6 MBVan and Kase look at action comedy Spy, horror sequel Insidious: Chapter 3, and terrorism thriller Survivor in the final episode of the series… …before it gets rebooted next week as OnScreen‘s radio and podcast series OffScreen. Update your subscriptions!
30 May 2015: San Andreas, Kung Fury, Man Up, Search Party, Danny Collins, Sword Of Vengeance
May 30, 2015 15:59 - 30.5 MBVan and Calvin Prickett look at disaster movie San Andreas, internet viral sensation Kung Fury, British rom-com Man Up, guys’ comedy Search Party, redemption dramedy Danny Collins, and fantasy tale Sword Of Vengeance.
23 May 2015: Tomorrowland: A World Beyond, Poltergeist, The Cobbler, Moomins On The Riviera
May 23, 2015 16:59 - 31.4 MBVan and Jon Dickinson look at Disney’s sci-fi adventure Tomorrowland: A World Beyond, horror remake Poltergeist, fantasy drama The Cobbler, and animated tale Moomins On The Riviera.
16 May 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2, A Royal Night Out, The Clouds Of Sils Maria
May 17, 2015 23:12 - 25.7 MBVan is joined by John Mosby to look at dystopian sequel Mad Max: Fury Road, acappella sequel Pitch Perfect 2, comedy A Royal Night Out, and drama The Clouds Of Sils Maria.
9 May 2015: Big Game, Spooks: The Greater Good, The Age Of Adaline, Top Five, Rosewater, Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead
May 09, 2015 17:22 - 28.3 MBVan and Chris Wilson look at survival action flick Big Game, spy thriller Spooks: The Greater Good, supernatural romantic drama The Age Of Adaline, Chris Rock dramedy Top Five, Iranian political story Rosewater, and Australian zombie tale Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead.
2 May 2015: Unfriended, Monsters: Dark Continent, Elsa & Fred, Far From The Madding Crowd, Two By Two
May 03, 2015 10:04 - 30.3 MBVan and Kase Allen look at social media horror tale Unfriended, fantasy sequel Monsters: Dark Continent, comedy drama Elsa & Fred, the latest adaptation of Far From The Madding Crowd, and animated adventure Two By Two.
25 April 2015: Avengers: Age Of Ultron, The Good Lie, The Falling
April 25, 2015 09:37 - 27.2 MBVan and John Nottingham look at the return of the Avengers in Age Of Ultron, as well as British psychological drama The Falling, and Sudanese refugee drama The Good Lie.
18 April 2015: Child 44, A Little Chaos, Last Knights, Amar, Akbar & Tony, The Salvation, The Town That Dreaded Sundown
April 18, 2015 16:32 - 25.8 MBVan and Jon Dickinson look at Soviet murder drama Child 44, romance tale A Little Chaos, revenge fantasy Last Knights, culture comedy Amar, Akbar & Tony, Western The Salvation, and horror meta-sequel The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
11 April 2015: John Wick, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Good Kill, Woman In Gold, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, The Duff
April 11, 2015 16:53 - 38.1 MBVan is joined by Dearne Community Cinema’s Kase Allen to look at revenge action flick John Wick, comedy sequel Hot Tub Time Machine 2, drone drama Good Kill, true story Woman In Gold, Kevin James comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and high-school tale The Duff.
28 March 2015: Cinderella, Get Hard, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water, The Face Of An Angel, The Signal, Seventh Son
March 28, 2015 19:24 - 33.9 MBVan and Chris Wilson look at live action fairy-tale adaptation Cinderella, Will Ferrell comedy Get Hard, animated adventure The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water, drama The Face Of An Angel, sci-fi mystery The Signal, and fantasy adventure Seventh Son.
21 March 2015: The Divergent Series: Insurgent, The Gunman, Home, The Voices, Run All Night, Suite Francaise, Wild Card
March 21, 2015 18:10 - 35.1 MBVan and John Coulson look at fantasy sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Sean Penn thriller The Gunman, animated adventure Home, black comedy The Voices, Liam Neeson thriller Run All Night, World War II drama Suite Française, and Jason Statham drama Wild Card.
7 March 2015: Chappie, Still Alice, Unfinished Business, Kill The Messenger, White Bird In A Blizzard
March 07, 2015 16:39 - 47.4 MBVan and Kelly Needham look at sci-fi tale Chappie, Alzheimer’s drama Still Alice, Vince Vaughn comedy Unfinished Business, journalistic drama Kill The Messenger, and mystery drama White Bird In A Blizzard.
28 February 2015: Focus, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, It Follows, The Boy Next Door
February 28, 2015 17:02 - 28.6 MBVan and Chris Wilson look at con-artist thriller Focus, comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, horror tale It Follows, and J-Lo thriller The Boy Next Door.
21 February 2015: Fifty Shades Of Grey, The Wedding Ringer, Project Almanac, Cake, Blackhat, Two Night Stand, Coherence, Love Is Strange, Predestination
February 21, 2015 20:16 - 46.8 MBIn a special bumper edition, Van and Calvin Prickett look at the much hyped Fifty Shades Of Grey, Kevin Hart comedy The Wedding Ringer, found footage time-travel tale Project Almanac, drama Cake, hacker thriller Blackhat, romcom Two Night Stand, sci-fi drama Coherence, indie drama Love Is Strange, and time travel thriller Predestination.
7 February 2015: Jupiter Ascending, Selma, The Interview, Shaun The Sheep: The Movie
February 07, 2015 21:31 - 32.6 MBVan and Jon Dickinson head for the stars with Jupiter Ascending and look at civil rights drama Selma, controversial comedy The Interview, and Aardman’s animated adventure Shaun The Sheep: The Movie.
31 January 2015: Kingsman: The Secret Service, Big Hero 6, Inherent Vice, Son Of A Gun, The Turning
January 31, 2015 16:05 - 28 MBVan and Chris Wilson look at espionage adventure Kingsman: The Secret Service, animated superhero tale Big Hero 6, seventies noir adaptation Inherent Vice, crime thriller Son Of A Gun, and Australian anthology The Turning.
24 January 2015: Mortdecai, Ex Machina, A Most Violent Year, The Gambler, Beyond Clueless
January 24, 2015 18:02 - 22.8 MBVan and Calvin Prickett look at Johnny Depp’s comedic caper Mortdecai, AI drama Ex Machina, crime tale A Most Violent Year, the remake of The Gambler, and retro-doc Beyond Clueless.
17 January 2015: American Sniper, Whiplash, Wild, Testament Of Youth
January 17, 2015 17:07 - 40.3 MBVan, Chris Wilson and Jon Dickinson brace for Oscar season by looking at Iraq war-pic American Sniper, music drama Whiplash, self-discovery tale Wild, and World War I biopic Testament Of Youth.
10 January 2015: Foxcatcher, Into The Woods, Tak3n, Annie, Big Eyes, Exodus: Gods & Kings, Unbroken, The Theory Of Everything, The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death, Birdman: Or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance
January 11, 2015 11:36 - 39.9 MBWith three weeks of releases to cover; it’s a bumper podcast special in which Van and Ismar look at wrestling drama Foxcatcher, fairytale musical Into The Woods, action sequel Tak3n, musical remake Annie, true-story dramedy Big Eyes, Ridley Scott’s Moses tale Exodus: Gods & Kings, World War II drama Unbroken, Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory […]
20 December 2014: Dumb And Dumber To, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, Kon-Tiki
December 22, 2014 09:27 - 28.3 MBIt’s the final show of 2014! And to celebrate; Van, Ismar and Jon unveil the Top Ten Movies of 2014, before taking a look at comedy sequel Dumb And Dumber To, family sequel Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, and Norwegian adventure tale Kon-Tiki.
13 December 2014: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, The Face Of Love, Tinkerbell And The Legend Of The Neverbeast
December 14, 2014 11:14 - 27.4 MBVan and Jon Dickinson look at the end of the Hobbit trilogy with The Battle Of The Five Armies, romantic drama The Face Of Love, and Disney fairy adventure Tinkerbell And The Legend Of The Neverbeast; before announcing the winners of The Arnies 2014.
6 December 2014: Penguins Of Madagascar, Black Sea, The Pyramid, St. Vincent, Get Santa, Men, Women & Children, The Grandmaster
December 06, 2014 23:16 - 25.8 MBVan and Ismar look at animated spin-off Penguins Of Madagascar, submarine thriller Black Sea, found-footage horror flick The Pyramid, Bill Murray dramedy St. Vincent, Christmas caper Get Santa, technophobic ensemble Men, Women & Children, and Chinese war epic The Grandmaster.
29 November 2014: Paddington, Horrible Bosses 2, I Am Ali, 2001: A Space Odyssey
November 29, 2014 14:45 - 27.7 MBVan and Jon Dickinson look at the 2014 incarnation of Paddington, comedy sequel Horrible Bosses 2, documentary I Am Ali, and the reissue of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
22 November 2014: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, Get On Up, The Homesman, What We Do In The Shadows, No Good Deed, My Old Lady
November 22, 2014 15:50 - 28.1 MBVan and Ismar take a look at fantasy sequel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, James Brown biopic Get On Up, Western drama The Homesman, vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, home invasion thriller No Good Deed, and Parisien comedy My Old Lady.
15 November 2014: The Imitation Game, Nativity 3! Dude, Where’s My Donkey?, The Drop, Third Person
November 16, 2014 22:35 - 29.2 MBVan and Ismar take a look at Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, family sequel Nativity 3! Dude, Where’s My Donkey?, crime thriller The Drop, and ensemble drama Third Person.
8 November 2014: Interstellar, The Skeleton Twins, Say When, The November Man, Leviathan
November 08, 2014 22:39 - 26.8 MBVan and Ismar look at science fiction extravaganza Interstellar, sibling dramedy The Skeleton Twins, comedy Say When, action thriller The November Man, and Russian crime drama Leviathan.
1 November 2014: Horns, Nightcrawler, Ouija, Mr. Turner, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman
November 04, 2014 10:52 - 26.4 MBVan and Ismar look at supernatural mystery adaptation Horns, dark thriller Nightcrawler, horror tale Ouija, Mike Leigh drama Mr. Turner, and Shia LaBeouf’s long-delayed The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman.
25 October 2014: Fury, The Babadook, The Book Of Life, Jimi: All Is By My Side, Love, Rosie, Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Serena, This Is Where I Leave You
October 25, 2014 21:50 - 28.7 MBVan and Ismar Badzic are joined by Chris Wilson to look at World War II tank tale Fury, Australian horror flick The Babadook, animated adventure The Book Of Life, musical biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side, British romcom Love, Rosie, family comedy Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, period drama Serena, […]
18 October 2014: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Judge, The Best Of Me, Open Windows, Northern Soul
October 19, 2014 09:30 - 29.3 MBVan, Jon Dickinson and Ismar Badzic take a look at the rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, courtroom drama The Judge, Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Best Of Me, thriller Open Windows, and musical tale Northern Soul.
11 October 2014: Annabelle, The Maze Runner, The Rewrite, ’71, The Calling
October 12, 2014 09:00 - 28.9 MBFor Dave’s final show, he and Van look at horror spin-off Annabelle, YA dystopian adventure The Maze Runner, dramedy The Rewrite, Brit thriller ’71, and serial killer drama The Calling.