2026 Movie Check In - The Drama, Hokum, The Mummy, Project Hail Mary, Sirāt + more

On this jam-packed episode of I Know That Face, hosts Andrew Carroll, Katie McGrath, and Stephen Porzio explore the phenomenon of YouTubers transitioning to directing hit horror movies. As part of this, the gang discuss Kane Parsons' Backrooms and Curry Barker's Obsession at length, while also touching on Mark Fischbach's Iron Lung and Chris Stuckmann's Shelby Oaks. Katie and Stephen also review the new horror film Evil Dead Burn. Plus, the episode ends with a chat about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey recorded ahead of its release, where the trio recommend several other Greek myth flicks. Andrew Carroll Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Porzio Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of I Know That Face, we're trying out a new format: Movie Hot Takes! Who is the true king of sci-fi, Denis Villeneuve or James Cameron? Which Oscar-winning director is overrated? Are films too long now? Are most sequels better than the original? We hash out these questions, and more, while also providing some cool film recommendations, as usual. Andrew Carroll Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Porzio Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew, Katie and Stephen are doing a movie review round-up this episode. We're talking about some of our favourites from the first quarter of 2026, both new releases and first watches. This includes religious epics, Irish horror (Hokum and The Mummy) and golden oldies to more recent fare like The Drama, Project Hail Mary, Send Help, Sirāt, The Testament of Ann Lee and much more. Andrew Carroll Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Porzio Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I Know That Face is back, but we're not talking about character actors in this episode. Inspired by post-Christmas and post-Christmas gifts, Andrew and Stephen are showing off some of their favourite Blu-rays and DVDs, all the while trying to convince Katie to join them on their physical journey. Andrew and Stephen's picks range from a horror that the BBC banned, another spooky flick described as 'IT for old people', films that inspired Ben Affleck's The Town and Vince Gilligan's Pluribus, and a movie that Stephen calls one of his favourites of the 21st century. Andrew's physical media picks The Friends of Eddie Coyle - Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment Ghost Stories for Christmas Volume 1 - Blu-ray from BFI Ghostwatch - DVD from 101 Films Jackie Chan's Police Story 1 & 2 - Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment Lake Mungo - Blu-ray from Second Sight Films Stephen's physical media picks Exorcist II: The Heretic - Blu-ray from Arrow Films Ghost Story (1981) - Blu-ray from Second Sight Films The Invitation (2015) - Blu-ray from Second Sight Films The Quiet Earth - Blu-ray from Arrow Films Andrew Carroll Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Porzio Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with a brand new episode! Hosts Andrew, Katie and Stephen head to the heat of the Mississippi Delta and plenty of other warm places too, in covering Delroy Lindo. The acclaimed character actor is perhaps best known for his roles in David Mamet's Heist, Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods, The Core and Gone in 60 Seconds. He was also recently nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his scene-stealing turn in Ryan Coogler's record-breaking Sinners. Before they get into Lindo's career, the hosts discuss their recent watches, including Emerald Fennell's film adaptation of Wuthering Heights and RTÉ's new show These Sacred Vows. Andrew Carroll Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Porzio Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll & Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Andrew Carroll, Katie McGrath and (a slightly late) Stephen Porzio discuss their most anticipated movies of 2026, from massive sure-to-be-blockbusters like Dune Part 3 and The Odyssey, to other box office hopefuls like Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, Zach Cregger's Resident Evil and the Tom Cruise-starring Digger, to smaller genre and homegrown fare. Listen to find out about what upcoming franchise spin-off filmed in a Dublin City bar, what crime drama once banned in Ireland has become a valuable piece of IP, or what soon-to-be-released thriller Stephen thinks could be a secret sequel. Andrew Carroll Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Porzio Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the end of the year, and Andrew and Stephen are joined by Katie McGrath once again to talk about the year in movies and the career of Irish character actor David Wilmot. The gang chat about such 2025 hits as 28 Years Later, F1, Sinners and the just-released Avatar: Fire and Ash. There are also some sneak previews of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Marty Supreme, as well as a French film called Flush, where a man gets his head stuck in the toilet. After each picking our top five movies of the year, we turn to David Wilmot and his work in Irish films that defined the 21st Century, such as Intermission, Calvary, The Guard, Lies We Tell and Shadow Dancer. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on I Know That Face, Andrew and Stephen take each other to task over their recent Letterboxd reviews, discussing everything from the new movies The Running Man and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, upcoming releases like Primate, to all five Twilight films. Stephen also argues that TV is officially back, thanks to The Chair Company and Pluribus. After this, we take on the career of Kerry Condon, Tipperary's most famous export. Oscar-nominated for her role in Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin, she has been acting since the '90s, appearing in shows like Better Call Saul and Rome, as well as films like Unleashed, F1, In the Land of Saints and Sinners, and the just-released Train Dreams. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The spooky season don't stop on I Know That Face. Assisted again by scream queen Katie McGrath, we talk about what we're watching this Halloween. This includes the middle movies in the Halloween franchise, bad remakes of Pulse and The Thing, slashers like Cherry Falls and Wes Craven's My Soul to Take, as well as '80s cult classic Dead and Buried. Following that is our discussion of Irish actress Ruth Negga's career from its beginnings in the homegrown thrillers Isolation and Trafficked to her Oscar-nominated role in Loving. We also touch on Negga's more recent fare, such as Ad Astra and Passing. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Licence⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our resident scream queen, Katie McGrath, rejoins us for our annual Halloween episode. To start, we're talking about our spooky highs and lows of 2025, breaking down the year in horror as we go. Afterwards, we dive into Irish horror, discussing the common themes, monsters and history that stretch from the likes of The Devil's Doorway, The Cellar and The Hole in the Ground through to the more recent Irish language horrors An Taibhse and Fréwaka. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. ⁠⁠Licence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices