Tom Salinsky and John Dorney and from Best Pick podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Tom’s choice Matilda the Musical. Matilda the Musical (2022) is a musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel based on the stage musical by Tim Minchin. It is directed by Matthew (Pride) Warchus and stars Alisha Weir as Matilda alongside Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough as Mr and Mrs Wormwood and Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull. Matilda the Musical follows the same story as the classic novel. Forever the disappointment of her family for not being born a boy, Matilda finds joy and escapism in reading. When it is discovered she has never been to school she is sent to Crunchem Hall. While at school she impresses the shy Miss Honey and irritates the angry and violent Miss Trunchbull with her precocious talents. Where it differs from the novel is the sub plot of an escapologist who falls in love with and marries an acrobat that is reoccurring. Is Matilda the best musical film of the last 20 years? It is according to Tom! Helen was less convinced, the addition of the unnecessary acrobat plot takes away from the original magic of the book and makes it a two hour film. While recommendability was pretty high its two hour runtime meant lower repeat and engagement scores, to give an overall rating of 4.16. [supsystic-tables id=375]     Episode #361 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 361 crew of Tom Salinsky (@tomsalinsky) and John Dorney (@MrJohnDorney) from BestPickPod You can find their website here https://bestpickpod.com/ and at https://the-spontaneity-shop.com/ Please make sure you give them some love   More about Matilda the Musical For more info on Matilda the Musical can visit Matilda the Musical IMDB page here or Matilda the Musical Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eliza Janssen (Midnight Screening podcast) and Tansy Gardam (Going Rogue Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Eliza’s choice Final Destination. Final Destination (2000) is the first film in the Final Destination horror franchise. It stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Tony Todd and is directed by James (Jet Li’s The One) Wong and written by Wong and Glen Morgan. After having a premonition of a mid air plane explosion Alex cheats death by being thrown off. Several of his classmates and his teacher all end up leaving as well. Death, intent on completing the plan, starts picking off the survivors in the order they were meant to die. The Final Destination franchise is framed for its elaborate and red herring filled death sequences that are both wince inducing and comical. The deaths might be gory but the tone is never too serious. The recommendability for Final Destination reflects the widely held opinion that while Final Destination is fun it isn’t the best in the franchise. With a runtime of 98 minutes scores for repeat and engagement were pretty solid to give an overall rating of 4.02. [supsystic-tables id=374]     Episode #360Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 360 crew of Eliza Janssen (@eliza_janssen) and Tansy Gardam (@tansyclipboard) You can find their website here https://elizajanssen.com/ and at https://x.com/goingrogue_pod and at https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/going-rogue/id1636196453 Please make sure you give them some love   More about Final Destination For more info on Final Destination can visit Final Destination IMDB page here or Final Destinatione Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah McDowell (The SEO Mindset Podcast) and Natasha Willings (Limitless Learning education services) join Flixwatcher to review Sarah’s choice How to Blow Up a Pipeline. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) is action-thriller inspired by the book of the same name by Andreas Malm that explores ideas on climate activism and sabotage to create change. The film is directed by Daniel (Cam - do check out our Fixwatcher episode on this!) Goldhaber and stars relatively unknown actors Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, and Irene Bedard.   The film version follows a fictional group of eight people who are brought together to blow up an oil pipeline at two key locations. Their motivations range from being directly affected by the actions of the oil company or to be climate activists. They all feel that non-disruptive action is not sufficient and are prepared to risk prison to carry out the plan.   Recommendability scores for How to Blow Up a Pipeline were pretty strong, everyone agreed it was an important subject and opened up interesting conversations on climate activism. Scores were lower for repeat viewing but due to its punchy runtime and fast moving narrative it scores a very respectable 3.51 overall. [supsystic-tables id=373]     Episode #359 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 359 crew of Sarah McDowell (@sarahmcduk) and Natasha Willings (Limitless Learning education services) You can find their website here https://x.com/seomindsetpod and at https://linktr.ee/sarahmcduk and at https://limitlesslearninghub.com/ Please make sure you give them some love   More about How to Blow Up a Pipeline For more info on How to Blow Up a Pipeline can visit How to Blow Up a Pipeline IMDB page here or How to Blow Up a Pipeline Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast producers Charles Commins and Vic Turnbull join Flixwatcher to review Charles’ choice The Final: Attack on Wembley. The Final: Attack on Wembley (2024) is a Netflix documentary explores the anti-social behaviour and attempt made by 6000 football fans/hooligans to enter Wembley without a ticket to watch the Euro 2021 Finals. The documentary is made up of news and mobile phone footage from the day and interviews. It is notable that there are no famous names interviewed and some of the choice of “fans” to interview are an embarrassment to football. There is a distinctive lack of journalism in this documentary. Illegal and anti-social behaviour is given a platform and not challenged and very little insight is given from the other interviews. Very few questions are asked about the apparent lack of concern or real plans for dealing with the chaos inside and outside. Recommendability scores for The Final: Attack on Wembley reflected the overall quality of the content and the lack of investigation by the filmmakers. If you’re an England football fan you’ll probably find it interesting. Low scores for repeat viewing give an overall rating of 2.93. [supsystic-tables id=372]     Episode #358 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 358 crew of Charles Commins and Vic Turnbull   Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Final: Attack on Wembley For more info on The Final: Attack on Wembley can visit The Final: Attack on Wembley IMDB page here or The Final: Attack on Wembleye Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Sumit from Breaking Atoms podcast join Flixwatcher to review Chris’ choice They Cloned Tyrone. They Cloned Tyrone (2023) is a science fiction action comedy mystery film directed by Juel (Creed II writer) Taylor in his directorial debut. It stars John Boyega as Fontaine/Tyrone, a local drug dealer, Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles a pimp and Teyonah Parris as Yo-Yo, one of Slick’s girls. One evening Fontaine is doing business with Slick where he is shot and fatally killed by a rival dealer Isaac. The following day Slick is surprised to see Fontaine apparently alive and well, with no recognition of the previous day or shooting. Fontaine and Slick find Yo-Yo who confirms the shooting and the trio follow a vehicle to a house that reveals a secret lab where a very strange experiment is taking place. They Cloned Tyrone brings a variety of genres together including sci-fi and blaxploitation and at times a Scooby Doo mystery. In trying to bring in so many genres it sometimes feels a little unfocused and many of its ideas are not fully fleshed out. However the three main leads are so enjoyable to watch playing off each other that it’s hard not to enjoy the adventure. Recommendability scores for They Cloned Tyrone were pretty solid, but with a runtime of two hours it loses points for repeat viewing and engagement to score a respectable 3.47 overall. [supsystic-tables id=371]     Episode #357 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 357 crew of Chris and Sumit from Breaking Atoms podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about They Cloned Tyrone For more info on They Cloned Tyrone can visit They Cloned Tyrone IMDB page here or They Cloned Tyrone Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hallam and Alice Oliver (Just Films & That podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Josh’s choice Spider-Man: No Way Home. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) is the third instalment of the Tom Holland Spider-Man Marvel/Sony franchise. Directed by Jon (Spider-Man: Homecoming) Watts, it sees Tom Holland reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man alongside Zendaya's MJ, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Jacob Batalon as Ned.  Directly following the events from Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter Parker's identity as Spider-Man has been revealed by Mysterio. In an effort to restore things back to normal, Peter visits Dr Stange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell to make Spider-Man's identity a secret again. When the spell goes wrong, it opens up the multiverse and unleashes several entities connected to Peter into this universe. Spider-Man NWH is the highest grossing Spider-Man film and saw Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprise their versions of Spider-Man alongside their respective villains. Some of which were included using previous footage rather than new footage.  Recommendability scores for Spider-Man NWH were high, with a runtime of two hours and 28 minutes though scores for repeat viewing were lower, to give an overall rating of 4.05. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William (Bill) DeMeritt (actor and writer) and James III (Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Bill's choice Spaceman. Spaceman (2024) is a science fiction drama based on the novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař and directed by Johan (Chernobyl) Renck. It stars Adam Sandler as Jakub Procházka, a Czech astronaut six months into a space mission to investigate a mysterious cloud of dust and particles, called Chopra. Carey Mulligan is Lenka, Jakub's pregnant wife. Isabella Rossellini co stars as Commissioner Tuma, Jakub's commanding officer with Paul Dano who voices Hanuš, an extraterrestrial spider. Jakub is lonely and misses Lenka. Unbeknown to Jakub, Lenka has sent a message says she wants to leave him. The message is intercepted by Commissioner Tuma who rules that Jakub should not receive the message as it will worsen his mental health and compromise the mission. Days later a telepathic spider appears inside the spaceship and they discuss humanity. Spaceman is a curious film, by casting Sandler and Mulligan it instantly asks you to suspend belief that Jakub is Czech, its easier to believe in a space spider than the implied quirkiness of Jakub's existence in space. Even less easier to believe is the central romance. Recommendability scores for Spaceman were quite mediocre, despite there being a talking spider it is quite dull. Similar scores across the remaining categories give Spaceman an overall score of 3.69. [supsystic-tables id=368]     Episode #355 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 355 crew of William (Bill) DeMeritt (actor and writer) and James III (Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] podcast) you can visit their website here: https://x.com/blackmenpodcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Spaceman For more info on Spaceman can visit Spaceman MDB page here or Spaceman Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Sean’s choice Talk to Me. Talk to Me (2022) is an Australian supernatural horror film directorial debut from Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou. Who are also known as horror comedy YouTubers RackaRacka. In Talk to Me a group of teenagers who discover they are able to contact the dead using a mysterious embalmed hand. Mia (Sophie Wilde) is struggling with her relationship with her father and consumed with grief following her mother’s suicide two years previously. Mia and her best friend Jade (Alexandra Jensen) and younger brother Riley sneak out to a house party where the main attraction is having a go on the hand that can summon the dead. By holding the hand and saying ‘Talk to Me’ for 90 seconds the spirits of the dead enter the human body, any longer than 90s seconds the spirits will possess the body with horrific consequences. Talk to Me was the sleeper hit of 2022 and took over $90 million at the Box Office on a budget of just $4.5 million. It’s combination of subtle special effects, a snappy script and 95 minute runtime made it a hit with Flixwatcher and guests as well. Talk to Me scored highly across all Flixwatcher categories, apart from small screen, to score 4.13 overall. Very highly recommended. [supsystic-tables id=367]     Episode #354 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 354 crew of Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame podcast you can visit their website here: https://x.com/frametoframepod   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Talk to Me For more info on Talk to Me can visit Talk to Me MDB page here or Talk to Me Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Art of the Heist: Why "Logan Lucky" is a Must-Watch Heist movies have been thrilling audiences for decades with their intricate plots, charismatic characters, and the undeniable rush from watching a well-crafted caper unfold. "Logan Lucky," directed by Steven Soderbergh, is an exceptional entry in this exciting genre. Here's why you should add it to your must-watch list. A Fresh Take on Familiar Territory At its core, "Logan Lucky" is about pulling off an impossible robbery. But rather than treading overused ground, it offers a fresh perspective by setting the action in the American South and infusing every scene with heart and humour. Channing Tatum leads as Jimmy Logan—a man determined to reverse his family's curse with one grand heist during a NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Star-Studded Performances That Charm The film boasts both grounded and delightfully over-the-top performances—none more so than Daniel Craig's Joe Bang, an explosives expert who steals every scene he’s in. The trio makes for an unforgettable team, with Adam Driver playing Jimmy’s one-armed brother Clyde and Riley Keough as their sister Mellie. The cast also includes cameos from actors known for beloved TV shows like Parks and Recreation, which adds another layer of enjoyment for fans who spot these familiar faces. Laughs That Keep You Engaged While some may expect “Logan Lucky” to be another high-stakes drama, it surprises viewers with genuine laughs throughout its runtime. Its Southern charm doesn't come across as cartoonish. Still, it endears you further to each character’s quirks—and let's not forget those comedic moments that land perfectly thanks to impeccable timing by the ensemble cast. Rewatchability Factor Through the Roof One key aspect where “Logan Lucky” shines is rewatchability; there’s always something new to notice upon subsequent viewings. Whether it's foreshadowing you missed or a line delivery that suddenly stands out—it keeps drawing you back for more fun discoveries. Perfect For Any Screen Size In today’s streaming-dominated world, not all films transition well from big screen to small screen, but “Logan Lucky” does so seamlessly. Without relying heavily on visual effects or expansive set pieces, it maintains its charm whether viewed on your home theatre or laptop screen. Final Thoughts “Logan Lucky” checks all the boxes when it comes to what makes a great film: engaging storylines full of twists and turns, memorable characters portrayed by talented actors, rewatch value through clever details, accessibility across viewing platforms, and loads of fun! If you haven’t yet experienced this gem—or even if you have—consider planning your next movie night around “Logan Luck.” It promises entertainment galore! [supsystic-tables id=366]     Episode #353 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 353 crew of Matt, Tim and Jack from Sequelisers you can visit their website here: https://x.com/Sequelisers   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Logan Lucky For more info on Logan Lucky can visit Logan Lucky MDB page here or Logan Lucky Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barney Boom and Laila Khan from Sonic Boom Six return to Flixwatcher to review Barney’s choice Creep. Creep (2014) is a found footage horror film directed by Patrick Brice and based on a story by Brice and Mark Duplass, who both star. Inspired by Brice’s experience on Craigslist, Brice plays Aaron, a struggling videographer who accepts a request from Josef (Duplass). The request is to join Josef in his remote cabin to film a video diary for his unborn son. Josef tells Aaron he has inoperable cancer and wants to leave a video legacy. As Josef exhibits increasingly bizarre behaviour Aaron begins to regret accepting the assignment. Creep is 77 minutes of very strange and creepy behaviour, some of the scenes are deeply disturbing but also hilarious. Recommendability scores for Creep were mixed, while Flixwatcher and guests loved it, due to it’s disturbing content it isn’t an easy one to widely recommend. A runtime of 77 minutes helped with engagement and repeat viewing scores to give an overall rating of 4.11. [supsystic-tables id=365]     Episode #352 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 352 crew of Barney Boom and Laila Khan from Sonic Boom Six you can visit their website here: https://x.com/SonicBoomSix   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Creep For more info on Creep can visit  Creep MDB page here or Creep Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommy James (Little White Lies, Zavvi) and Liam H Dempsey (Spocklight podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Tommy’s choice They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) is a documentary about the ill-fated final Orson Welles film The Other Side of the Wind. The Other Side of the Wind (2018) was intended to be Welles’ comeback but he died before it was completed. Peter Bogdanovich, who also stars, ended up completing the project and it was released by Netflix in 2018. They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead is the perfect companion piece to The Other Side of the Wind. Watching them in that order as well will give you a good context to go in with. Recommendability scores for They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead were strong, as well as providing an insight into the making of The Other Side of the Wind you also get an insight into the life of Welles, the issues he faced and filmmaking in the 1970s. Slightly lower scores for repeat viewing give an overall rating of 3.41. [supsystic-tables id=364]     Episode #351 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 351 Tommy James and Liam H Dempsey   Please make sure you give them some love   More about They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead For more info on They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead can visit They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead IMDB page here or They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Stogdon, Jack Chambers-Ward and Tim Maytom (Sequelisers podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Matthew’s choice ’71. ’71 (2014) is an action thriller set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Directed by Yann (Top Boy) Demange it stars Jack O’Connell as Gary Hook, a new British Army recruit sent to Belfast. When his platoon is sent to a volatile area without protective gear during a home search for weapons. A crowd gathers and tensions rise, when a soldier is hit by a rock order disappears and Hook is accidentally abandoned and left on the streets to fend for himself. ’71 is a taut 99 minutes chase set over one night. The lines between the good and the bad guys is blurred, safe zones are scarce and it’s impossible to know who to trust. Recommendability scores for ’71 were very high, with a runtime of 99 minutes it scored well for engagement as well to give an overall rating of 4.23. [supsystic-tables id=363]     Episode #350 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 350 Matthew Stogdon (@stoghz), Jack Chambers-Ward (@jlwchambers) and Tim Maytom (@trivia_lad) from Sequelisers podcast You can find their website here https://reviews.theredrighthand.co.uk/ and at https://withcandour.co.uk/about/team/jack-chambers-ward   Please make sure you give them some love   More about '71 For more info on '71. can visit  71 IMDB page here or 71 Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Dorney and Tom Salinsky from Best Pick podcast join Flixwatcher to review Tom’s choice Nyad. Nyad (2023) is a biographical sports drama based on swimmer Diana Nyad’s life and her book Find a Way: The Inspiring Story of One Woman's Pursuit of a Lifelong Dream. It stars Annette Bening as Diana and Jodie Foster as Bonnie Stoll, Diana’s best friend and trainer. Rhys Ifans also stars as John Bartlett, the navigator of her support ship. The film follows Diana as she attempts to complete the 110-mile nonstop swim from Cuba to Florida that has eluded her since 1978. In 2011, at the age of 60 Diana makes the first of many attempts to complete the journey. Nyad follows a standard sports biopic template, except there are big questions about the validity of her completed swim. Not only is the main swim potentially not 100% accurate, some of the major moments in the Nyad completely fictional. There was no shark! Recommendability scores for Nyad were firmly floating around the threes, not a bad film but also not an especially exciting or remarkable one. Everyone was in agreement that it is also a good film to watch while doing a task, so not particularly high on engagement, which gives an overall score of 2.70. [supsystic-tables id=362]     Episode #348 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 348 Crew of John Dorney (@MrJohnDorney) and Tom Salinsky (@tomsalinsky) from Best Pick podcast You can find their website here https://x.com/BestPickPod and at http://www.the-spontaneity-shop.com   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Nyad For more info on Nyad. can visit Nyad IMDB page here or Nyad Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amelie Thomas and Matthew Turner from (Fatal Attractions podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Amelie’s choice Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club (1999), directed by David (Se7en) Fincher and staring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, is you don’t talk about Fight Club. Recommendability scores for Fight Club were very high, it is Helen and Amelie’s favourite film so no surprises there. Exceptionally high scores across the other Flixwatcher categories give Fight Club an overall rating of 4.80. Making it the new number Flixwatcher film! [supsystic-tables id=361]     Episode #347 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 347 Crew of Amelie Thomas (@theonlycleolunaand ) and Matthew Turner (@filmfan1971) from @fatalattractpod You can find their website here https://t.co/GYwzo95997 and at https://twitter.com/fatalattractpod   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Fight Club For more info on Fight Club. can visit Fight Club IMDB page here or Fight Club Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below.     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darryl Edge and Petros Patsilivas (Getting Dafoe You - A Willem Dafoe Podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Darryl’s choice Jackass Forever. Jackass Forever (2022) is the fourth film in the Jackass universe. Returning idiots are Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy and new idiots joining the dick busting fun are Sean "Poopies" McInerney, Jasper Dolphin, Zach Holmes, Rachel Wolfson and Eric Manaka. Knoxville gets the gang back together for 96 minutes of high definition dick and stupid stunts. That is Jackass! Recommendability scores for Jackass Forever were very high. With a runtime of 96 minutes repeat viewing and engagement scores were also high to give an overview rating of 4.18. [supsystic-tables id=360]     Episode #347 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 347 Crew of Darryl Edge and Petros Patsilivas from (Getting Dafoe You - A Willem Dafoe Podcast) You can find their website here https://t.co/FWLG822QJ9   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Jackass Forever For more info on Jackass Forever. can visit Jackass Forever IMDB page here or Jackass Forever. Rotten Tomatoespage here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below.     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Nelson and Catrin Lowe (Don’t You Want Me? podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Catrin’s choice Oasis: Supersonic. Oasis: Supersonic (2016) is a documentary charting the almost overnight success of Oasis in the mid 1990s. Directed by Mat (Spike Island) Whitecross it stars the brothers Gallagher, Noel and Liam respectively as they reflect on their ascent to mega stardom and record breaking double gigs at Knebworth in 1996. In classic documentary style we start with the Gallagher’s growing up in Manchester and hear from Peggy Gallagher. We follow their quick rise to fame and the release of Definitely Maybe and hear their tales of rock n roll debauchery. Recommendability scores for Oasis: Supersonic were pretty high, its mix of 1990s nostalgia and the hilarious Gallagher’s make it an easy watch even for a casual Oasis fan. Strong scores across the other categories gives Oasis: Supersonic a solid overall rating of 3.99. [supsystic-tables id=359]     Episode #346 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 346 Crew of Rich Nelson (@fantana275) and Catrin Lowe (@KittyCostanza) from Don’t You Want Me? podcast You can find their website here https://dywm.podbean.com/ And at https://www.instagram.com/kittycostanza     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Oasis: Supersonic For more info onOasis: Supersonic can visit Oasis: Supersonic IMDB page here or Oasis: Supersonic Rotten Tomatoespage here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. [supsystic-tables id=355]     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James III (Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] podcast) and William (Bill) DeMeritt (actor and writer) join Flixwatcher to review James’ choice Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) is the fifth instalment in the Jurassic Park film series. Directed by J. A. (The Impossible) Bayona, Fallen Kingdom sees Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, BD Wong, and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles from the previous films. Dinosaurs are facing extinction (again) due to volcanic eruption on Isla Nublar. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) testifies that the dinosaurs should be left to perish. However, John Hammond’s former partner Sir Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell) has other ideas and wants to clone the remaining dinosaurs under the guise of rescuing them. Cue Claire (Dallas Howard) recruiting former Velociraptor trainer Grady (Pratt) to help capture the last surviving Velociraptor. As with all the Jurassic Park films, wherever there are dinosaurs, things never go to plan. Despite there being more dinosaurs and more action Fallen Kingdom fails to match or even come close to being as good as Jurassic Park. Recommendability scores for Fallen Kingdom were not very high. Repeat viewing scores were helped a little by James having seen it five times at the cinema and slightly higher engagement scores give an overall rating of 3.34. [supsystic-tables id=359]     Episode #345 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 345 Crew of James III (@ruleof3inc) and William DeMeritt (@demeritt) You can find their website here https://twitter.com/blackmenpodcast  And at https://twitter.com/audmapp   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom For more info on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom can visit Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom IMDB page here or Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Rotten Tomatoespage here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. [supsystic-tables id=355]     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Costello and Emma Kathryn from The Yearbook Committee Podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Paul’s choice Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Glass Onion (2022) is a standalone sequel to Knives Out written and directed by Rian (Brick) Johnson. Daniel Craig reprises his role as detective Benoit Blanc. This mystery sees Blanc joining a group of “Disruptors” on a private Greek island for a murder mystery weekend hosted by Miles Bron (Edward Norton), a Elon Musk type tech bro and founder of Alpha. His guests include model-turned-fashion designer Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson), the governor of Connecticut Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn) and her assistant, video game streamer Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and his girlfriend and co-founder of Alpha and Miles's ex-business partner Andi Brand (Janelle Monáe). As with Knives Out, Glass Onion takes the classic murder mystery genre, throws in several red herrings and is full of fun and enjoyable performances from the ensemble cast. While not quite as intriguing and original as Knives Out, but still fun, Glass Onion still scores high on recommendability and engagement to score 4.23 overall [supsystic-tables id=357]     Episode #343 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 343 Crew of Paul Costello (@)PaulCinephile) and Emma Kathryn from The Yearbook Committee Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Glass Onion For more info on Glass Onion can visit Glass Onion IMDB page here or Glass Onion Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. [supsystic-tables id=355]     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Tonks (actor and screenwriter, The Latent Image (2022)) and Becky Darke (The Evolution of Horror, Don’t Point That Horror At Me and Return to Eerie, Indiana podcasts) return to Flixwatcher to review Josh’s choice Stand by Me. Stand by Me (1986) is a coming-of-age drama directer by Rob (When Harry Met Sally) Reiner and based on the Stephen King novella, The Body. Set in a fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959 it tells the story of four friends who go on a hike to find the body of a missing boy. Starring Wil Wheaton as Gordon "Gordie”, River Phoenix as Chris, Corey Feldman as Teddy and Jerry O'Connell as Vern. Even though they are only aged 12 they all have their own struggles, Gordie is grieving the loss of his older and influential brother Dennis "Denny”, Teddy’s father is mentally ill, Chris is affected by his families bad reputation and Vern is bullied for his weight. The story is told in a flashback from the point of view of the “writer” who is now an adult Gordon, played by Richard Dreyfuss. Unsurprisingly Stand by Me is rated ‘most liked’ on Netflix, it’s period piece charm and engaging child actor performances make it the much loved classic and the Flixwatcher scores reflect this. With a runtime under 90 minutes it also scored high on repeat viewing to score 4.42 overall. [supsystic-tables id=356]     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Joshua Tonks (@JoshuaTonks) and Becky Darke (@bunnydarke)   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Stand by Me For more info on Stand by Me can visit Stand by Me IMDB page here or Stand by Me Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. [supsystic-tables id=355]     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Johnston (Easy Riders Raging Podcast) and Em (Verbal Diorama: A Film History Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Chris’ choice Parasite. Parasite (2019) is a South Korean black comedy thriller directed by Bong (Snowpiercer)Joon-ho. It tells the story of the working class Kim family who infiltrate the wealthy Park household. The Kim family live in a basement flat, steal their neighbours WiFi and make money doing low paid jobs, like folding pizza boxes. When Ki-woo is given an in teaching English by his university friend in the Park house the Kim family work together to find jobs for all the family members. In this pursuit they force out the Park’s long serving maid who is hiding a secret in a hidden basement under the Park house. Parasite became the first South Korean film to win the Palme d'Or. It also became the first non-English language film in Academy Awards history to win Best Picture and it ended up winning four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Unsurprisingly recommendability scores for Parasite were extremely high, Flixwatcher and guests calling it a masterpiece. Strong scores for Parasite across the other categories give an overall score of 4.56. [supsystic-tables id=355]     Episode #342 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 342 Crew of Verbal Diorama and Easy Riders Raging Podcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Parasite For more info on Dune: Part One can visitParasite IMDB page here orParasite Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Chambers-Ward, Matthew Stogdon and Tim Maytom (Sequelisers podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Jack’s choice Dune: Part One. Dune: Part One (2021) is directed by Denis (Blade Runner 2049) Villeneuve and based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. Set in there future where the most valuable resource is spice, found only on the desert planet Arrakis. House Harkonnen, rival to Houses Atreides, are ordered to hand over control of Arrakis to Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), with his son and heir, Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), the Duke’s longterm concubine and member of the Bene Gesserit. Leto is suspicious of the stewardship but looks to form an alliance with the Fremen, the desert natives. Dune was the 10th highest grossing film of 2021 and won six Oscars. It received praise for its score by Hans Zimmer, cinematography, special effects and its faithfulness to the source material. Recommendability scores for Dune were very high, especially high from fans of the original novel. Due to impact on the experience of watching on a smaller compared to the big screen scores were lower for small screen to give an overall rating of 3.98. [supsystic-tables id=350]     Episode #341 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 341 Crew of Jack, Matthew and Tim   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Dune: Part One For more info on Dune: Part One can visit Dune Part One IMDB page here orDune Part One Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laila Khan and Barney Boom from Sonic Boom Six join Flixwatcher to review Laila’s choice Society of the Snow.   Society of the Snow (2023) is based on the non-fiction book La Sociedad de la Nieve by Pablo Vierci and directed by J. A. (The Impossible) Bayona. It tells the incredible true story of the Uruguayan rugby team, who were travelling to Chile when their plane crashed in the Andes in 1972. The film was nominated for Best International Film at the 2024 Oscars. On October 13, 1972, the Uruguayan rugby team and their family and friends board Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Their destination is Santiago, Chile, but due to pilot error the plane descends too early and the plane stuck a mountain ridge. The impact splits the plane into two - the front fuselage sliding down a glacier. Of the 45 passengers on board, 29 survive the initial crash. The survivors are faced with unbelievable conditions as they struggle to stay alive. This is not the first time the incredible true story has been portrayed on film. The 1993 film Alive was criticised for its portrayal by American actors. Society of Snow reclaims its own history by casting Uruguayan and Argentine actors and filming at the actual location. Recommendability scores for Society of the Snow were very high, the crash scene in particular is heart-rending, due to its traumatic story repeat viewing scores were lower to give an overall rating of 3.51. [supsystic-tables id=350]     Episode #340 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 340 Crew of Laila Khan and Barney boom from Sonic Boom Six       Please make sure you give them some love   More about Society of the Snow For more info on Society of Snow can visit Society of the Snow IMDB page here orSociety of the Snow Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Williams and Sean Wilson from Frame to Frame podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Andy’s choice Studio 666. Studio 666 (2022) is based on a story by Dave Grohl and directed by BJ McDonnell. It is the first non-documentary film to feature the Foo Fighters. In this entirely fictional film, the Foo Fighters are suffering from a creative block. To get the new album made, studio execs send the Foos to a haunted mansion where Dave Grohl unleashes a demon and the rest of the band are dispatched in gruesome ways. Studio 666 is an ill advised vanity project and could have been a 10 minute short and saved everyone from the embarrassment of being in a horror comedy that is neither particularly scary nor funny. To say it is for hardcore fans only comes with an advisory that it is quite slog. Unsurprisingly, Studio 666 didn’t score very highly for recommendability - or any of the other Flixwatcher categories. It doesn’t even feature a new song from the Foo Fighters! Helped by some generous scoring by Andy, Studio 666 scores 3.10 overall. [supsystic-tables id=353]     Episode #339 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #339 Crew of Andy Williams and Sean Wilson from Frame to Frame podcast    Please make sure you give them some love   More about Studio 666 For more info on Studio 666 can visitStudio 666 IMDB page here orStudio 666 Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice Oliver and Josh Hallam (Just Films & That podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Alice’s choice The Big Short. The Big Short (2015) is based on the true story of the 2007-2008 financial crash. Based on the book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis and directed by Adam (Step Brothers) McKay. The Big Short tells the story of the financial crash from three separate experiences. Michael (Christian Bale) Burry, a hedge fund manager with a love of drumming and Metallica, discovers that the housing market is extremely unstable and he makes a bet against the market. Jared (Ryan Gosling) Vennett, a Deutsche Bank salesman, finds out about Burry’s analysis and uses this information to profit off the crash. An accidental phone call brings in Mark (Steve Carell) Baum and his team who expose that mortgage brokers are selling bad mortgages and use this to their advantage and profit as well. Watching The Big Short may leave you with more questions that answers, like why do they all have bad wigs, why is Margot Robbie in a bath and what exactly is a short? Recommendation scores for The Big Short were very high, due to its dense subject matter and runtime it received lower repeat viewing scores to give an overall rating of 4.51. [supsystic-tables id=352]     Episode #338 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #338 Crew of Alice Oliver and Josh Hallam   Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Big Short For more info on The Big Short can visitThe Big Short IMDB page here or The Big Short Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Turner and Amelie Thomas (Fatal Attractions podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Matthew’s choice Paprika. Paprika (2006) is an adult animated Japanese sci-fi fantasy film directed by Satoshi (Tokyo Godfathers) Kon. It is based on the novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui and it is claimed to have been a significant influence on Christopher Nolan’s Inception, although Nolan has never confirmed this. Dr Atsuko Chiba is a scientist by day and a dream detective at night, working under the code name Paprika. When a device called at DC Mini, a device to the help psychiatric patients, is stolen Paprika and Detective Toshimi Konakawa’s dreams and reality begin to merge as they try to recover the device. Recommendability for Paprika was mixed, although we all agreed the animation style was incredible and detailed. The complicated plot and surrealism isn’t going to be for everyone. Scores across the remaining categories give Paprika an overall rating of 3.54. [supsystic-tables id=351]     Episode #337 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #337 Crew of with Matthew Turner (@FilmFan1971) and Amelie Thomas (@TheOnlyCleoLuna) (Fatal Attractions podcast)   You can find their website here https://t.co/iihRa2fX9V     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Paprika For more info on Paprika can visit Paprika IMDB page here or Paprika Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Petros Patsilivas and Darryl Edge (Getting Dafoe You - A Willem Dafoe Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Red Rocket. Red Rocket (2021) is a comedy drama from writer and director Sean (Florida Project) Baker. It stars Simon Rex as Mikey "Saber" Davies, an adult film actor, who returns to his hometown in Texas after a 17 year absence. The exact reasons for his sudden return are unknown but it is clear from the outset that trouble is always close by to Mikey. He manages to convince his estranged wife and porn film co-star Lexi (Bree Elrod) to let him back into her house and life. While visiting the local doughnut place he sets his sights on 17-year-old Raylee (Suzanna Son), who also goes by Strawberry. With whom he enters into a sexual relationship with and grooms her to move with him back to LA so he can get back into the porn industry. Despite its dark themes, Red Rocket is pretty funny and at no point glamourises the life that Mikey is leading. As with Baker’s other films, his characters exist on the edges of society and from marginalised subcultures. We might laugh at Mikey but it is because of his behaviour not because of who he is. Recommendability scores for Red Rocket reflected the dark comedy and themes but strong scores for small screen and engagement give an overall rating of 3.80. [supsystic-tables id=350]     Episode #336 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #336 Crew of with Petros and Darryl from (@dafoeyoupod)   You can find their website here https://linktr.ee/dafoeyoupod     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Red Rocket For more info on Red Rocket can visit Red Rocket IMDB page here or Red Rocket Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catrin Lowe and Rich Nelson (Don’t You Want Me? podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Rich’s choice Spencer. Spencer (2021) is directed by Pablo (Jackie) Larraín and written by Steven (Peaky Blinders) Knight and stars Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana experiencing an existential crisis (nightmare) during Christmas 1991 when she spends the holidays at Sandringham with the British royal family. The supporting cast includes Sean Harris as Darren McGrady, head chef to the royal for 15 years, Sally Hawkins as royal dresser Maggie (possibly inspired by Fay Appleby, Diana’s real-life dresser and loyal friend) and Timothy Spall as Equerry Major Alistair Gregory (an amalgamation of royal staff). It is important to note that while the film is inspired by a real-life moment in Diana’s life, it is based longtime rumours and real events, and is very much a work of fiction. Recommendability scores for Spencer reflected the ambiguous nature of some of themes and the absence of a traditional narrative. Engagement scores were on the lower end due to the run time of over two hours and the vibes as opposed to actual plot, to give Spencer an overall score of 3.22. [supsystic-tables id=348]     Episode #335 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #335 Crew of Catrin Lowe (@KittyCostanza) and Rich Nelson (@fantana275)   You can find their website here https://twitter.com/DYWMpodcast     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Spencer For more info on Spencer can visit Spencer IMDB page here or Spencer Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marshall Shaffer (Slant Magazine, Decider, /Film, Marshall and the Movie Substack) and Rafa Sales Ross (Sight & Sound, i_D, BFI, Total Film, Little White Lies) return to Flixwatcher to review Marshall’s choice Widows. Widows (2018) is a heist thriller from director Steve (12 Years A Slave) McQueen and screenplay by Gillian (Gone Girl) Flynn, based on a Lynda La Plante TV series. The ‘widows’ are Veronica Rawlings (Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Alice (Elizabeth Debicki). Left to deal with the $2,000,000 debt left by a heist gone wrong, led by Veronica’s husband, Harry Rawlings (Liam Neeson), the group decide to carry out a elaborate heist themselves to pay back Jamal and Jatemme Manning (Brian Tyree Henry and Daniel Kaluuya). Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Jon Bernthal, Garret Dillahunt and Lukas Haas also star. Recommendability scores for Widows were very high, not only does it deliver on plot twists and heist tension but it is also a commentary on gentrification. It also scores highly across other Flixwatcher categories to score a very high 4.52 overall. [supsystic-tables id=347]     Episode #334 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #334 Crew of Rafa Sales Ross (@rafiews) and Marshall Shaffer (twitter.com/media_marshall)   You can find their website here https://t.co/zYcTU3VrGF   And at https://www.rafiews.com/     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Widows For more info on Widows can visit Widows IMDB page here or Widows Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma Kathryn and Paul Costello from The Yearbook Committee Podcast join Flixwatcher to review Emma’s choice Spirited Away. Spirited Away (2001) is an animated Japanese fantasy adventure from Studio Ghibli written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Spirited Away tells the story of 10-year-old Chihiro who enters an enormous bathhouse for Japanese spirits (kami) after taking a short cut on her way to her new house. Her parents also take the short cut but are turned into pigs when they feast on the food left out for the spirits. While in the bathhouse Chihiro meets many different spirits, including a polluted river spirit and No-Face, who ends up eating one of the bathhouse workers. There are also lots of other weird and wonderful spirits too complicated to explain here, it is best to just watch and enjoy. Recommendability for Spirited Away was very, very high, it was the also the first Studio Ghibli watch for many UK fans. High scores for the other Flixwatcher categories gives Spirited Away an overall rating of 4.39.   [supsystic-tables id=346] Episode #333 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #333 Crew of Emma Kathryn (@GirlofGotham) and Paul Costello (@PaulCinephile) from (@YearbookPodcast) Find their Websites online at https://linktr.ee/YearbookPodcast And at  https://twitter.com/FatalAttractPod And at https://www.twitch.tv/girlofgotham Please make sure you give them some love More about Spirited Away For more info on Spirited Away, you can visit Spirited Away IMDb page here or Spirited Away Rotten Tomatoes page here.   Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes   If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natalie Jamieson (Bestsellers podcast, BBC Radio 1 & 2) and Genevieve Hassan (Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did podcast) return to to Flixwatcher to review Natalie’s choice In the Heights. In the Heights (2021) is a musical directed by Jon (Crazy Rich Asians) M. Chu and is based on the stage musical of the same name written by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel (Hamilton) Miranda. In the Heights tells the story of a community of Dominican residents of a corner of Washington Heights in New York as they follow their dreams for a better life. Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) owns a bodega and is in love with Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), who dreams of being a fashion designer but can’t get an apartment as she doesn’t have credit. Kevin who owns the local taxi firm is selling off his business to fund his daughter Nina’s (Leslie Grace) University education. But Nina has dropped out due to the racism she has experienced and doesn’t want to go back. With a run time of 2 hours and 23 minutes In the Heights is a long film. Recommendations were very mixed, without catchy numbers and a perhaps overly complex amount of characters it is a tricky film to warm to. The runtime negatively affected the repeat viewing and engagement scores to give In the Heights an overall rating of 3.52. [supsystic-tables id=345]     Episode #332 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #332 Crew of Natalie Jamieson (@Nat_Jamieson) and Genevieve Hassan (Genevieve (@JournoGenevieve) / X (twitter.com))   You can find their website here https://www.celebritycatchup.com/ and at https://linktr.ee/bestsellerspodcast   Please make sure you give them some love   More about In the Heights For more info on In the Heights can visit In the Heights IMDB page here or In the Heights Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becky Darke (The Evolution of Horror, Don’t Point That Horror At Me and Return to Eerie, Indiana podcasts) and Joshua Tonks (actor and screenwriter, The Latent Image (2022)) join Flixwatcher to review Becky’s choice Cam. Cam (2018) is a psychological horror thriller directed by Daniel (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) Goldhaber. It stars Madeline Brewer as Alice, AKA Lola, a cam girl with ambitions of being the number one ranked girl on the website FreeGirlsLive. One day Alice finds herself locked out of her account and discovers a doppelgänger Lola active and performing on livestreams. Unable to access her account, Alice determined to get it back blurs the lines between Alice and Lola to find out who or what is has taken her identity. Cam might start as a standard slasher film but it doesn’t go down the usual route. While the set up doesn’t quite match the ending it is still an interesting and chilling film that looks at identity, isolation and the role technology has on our lives. Recommendability scores for Cam were high and with a runtime of 93 minutes, engagement and repeat viewing scores were also strong to give an overall rating of 3.74. [supsystic-tables id=344]     Episode #331 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #331 Crew of Becky Darke (@bunnydarke) and Joshua Tonks (@JoshuaTonks)   You can find their website here https://t.co/wNsIwbxMs1 and at https://linktr.ee/bunnydarke   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Cam For more info on Cam can visit Cam IMDB page here or Cam Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Wood and Charlotte Sometimes (freelance film writers) return to Flixwatcher to review Georges’s choice Pom Poko. Pom Poko (1994) is a Studio Ghibli animation written and directed by Isao (Grave of the Fireflies) Takahata. Pom Poko is the story of tanuki, which in Japanese folk lore are magical shape shifting creatures, also referred to as Japanese raccoon dogs which has led to the incorrect translation of ‘raccoons’ to the English version. The film opens in late 1960s Japan, a group of tanuki (raccoon dogs) find their natural habitat threatened by rampant suburban development. Fast forward to the 1990s and the tanuki are facing reduced resources and space and resorting to fighting with each other for survival. A group of elders come up with a strategy to take back their land that involves killing of humans and learning the art of shapeshifting. Testicles are also a prominent feature in tanuki traditions and they feature frequently in Pom Poko, if referred to incorrectly as ‘pouches’ in the English dub. Your enjoyment of Pom Poko rests largely on your tolerance of testicles or your interest in their versatility in battling against environment destruction. Mixed recommendability and low repeat viewing scores, at nearly two hours it is a long animation, give Pom Poko an overall rating of 3.48. [supsystic-tables id=342]     Episode #330 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #330 Crew of George Wood (@g_woody) and Charlotte Sometimes (@sometimesmovies)   You can find their website here https://filmtalkwithme.substack.com/ and at https://t.co/eyhWf8CFqh   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Pom Poko For more info on Pom Poko can visit Pom Poko IMDB page here or Pom Poko Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neel Bhatt (Empire Podcast) and Lizzie Swindells return to Flixwatcher to review Neel’s choice Crazy Stupid Love. Crazy Stupid Love (2011) is a romantic comedy drama written by Dan (This is Us) Fogelman and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. It stars Steve Carell as Cal Weaver. A middle-aged man who suddenly finds himself single after his wife Emily, played by Julianne Moore, says she has had an affair (with Kevin Bacon’s David Lindhagen) and wants a divorce. On one of his nights out he meets serial womaniser Jacob, played by Ryan Gosling in photoshopped perfection. Jacob teaches Cal how to dress and speak to women to up his romantic game. Law school graduate Hannah, (the effervescent Emma Stone) is having her own romantic troubles with her wet drip boyfriend. Crazy Stupid Love succeeds where so many romantic comedies fall in being both romantic and genuinely funny, in this case actually laugh out loud. It also gave us the ‘laughing Ryan Gosling’ GIF. Riffing on popular culture and referencing both Dirty Dancing and The Karate Kid and with a sweetness at its heart recommendability for Crazy Stupid Love was very high. Equally high was repeat viewing and small screen which gives an overall rating of 4.79. This means there is a new top film on the Flixwatcher leaderboard! Congratulations Crazy Stupid Love! [supsystic-tables id=341]     Episode #329 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #329 Crew of Neel Bhatt (@_Neelsreeldeel) and Lizzie Swindells (@lizzie1708)   You can find their website here https://t.co/LMb3WDsDHt     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Crazy Stupid Love For more info on Crazy Stupid Love can visit Crazy Stupid Love IMDB page here or Crazy Stupid Love Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rafa Sales Ross (Sight & Sound, i_D, BFI, Total Film, Little White Lies) and Marshall Shaffer (Slant Magazine, Decider, /Film, Marshall at the Movies Substack) join Flixwatcher to review Rafa’s choice Nine Days. Nine Days (2020) is a fantasy drama written and directed by Edson Oda. It explores themes of the meaning of life, existentialism, morality and spirituality. It stars Winston Duke as Will, a sombre analyst who interviews souls to see if they pass a test to go and become humans. The period of testing lasts nine days, if they are not selected they will cease to exist. Among the souls being interviewed for selection are Zazie Beetz as Emma, Tony Hale as Alexander and Bill Skarsgård as Kane. Will is frequently visited by Benedict Wong’s Kyo, a supervisor but also friend who has never been human. Nine Days was unfortunately a victim of the pandemic, it was partially released in the US and it’s themes of life, death and suicide was a hard sell for the post-pandemic viewing appetites. The character of Will was inspired by Edson’s uncle who died by suicide and one of the one of the selected souls who Will has chosen takes her own life. Recommendability for Nine Days was mixed, mainly due to the themes on life and death, however if you are willing to take a chance you will be richly rewarded with a complex and beautiful film. Strong ratings for engagement and small screen give an impressive overall score of 4.13. [supsystic-tables id=340]     Episode #328 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #328 Crew of Rafa Sales Ross (@rafiews) and Marshall Shaffer (twitter.com/media_marshall)   You can find their website here https://t.co/zYcTU3VrGF   And at https://www.rafiews.com/     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Nine Days For more info on Nine Days can visit Nine Days IMDB page here or Nine Days Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Collier and Meg Waters (Glamour, Stylist and Little White Lies) return to Flixwatcher to review Sarah’s choice Human Traffic. Human Traffic (1999) is a British-Irish coming of age comedy drama set in Cardiff. It revolves around the lives and specifically one big night out for a group of five twenty-somethings. It launched the careers of John Simm and Danny Dyer and was written and directed by Justin Kerrigan. It also featured cameos from DJ Carl Cox, Howard Marks and Andrew (Egg) Lincoln. Jip, Lulu, Koop, Moff and Nina are in need of an escape from the monotony and misery of their jobs and the weekend is here. They are all dealing with their individual insecurities and personal issues but are united by their love of 90s rave music and drugs - including MDMA and weed. As we follow them from the club to the after party to the morning after we experience the hedonistic fun of the 1990s counter-culture. Human Traffic is a unique and funny snapshot into 1990s club culture. Recommendability reflected that a lot of the enjoyment relies on 90s nostalgia and its 99 minute runtime helped with strong engagement scores which gives Human Traffic an overall rating of 3.81. [supsystic-tables id=339] Episode #327 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #327 Crew of Sarah Collier and Meg Waters Please make sure you give them some love   More about Human Traffic For more info on Human Traffic can visit Human Traffic IMDB page here or Human Traffic Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It’s Episode 105! Sam and Louise from the Picturehouse and 90 Minutes or Less Film Fest podcasts return for Sam’s choice The Holiday. The Holiday is a 2006 Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give) romantic drama/comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as pre-Airbnb home swappers and Jude Law and Jack Black as their respective if not wholly convincing love interests. Set at Christmas is it a guaranteed feature on TV over Christmas despite not being particularly Christmassy other than continuing to give an illusion of picturesque snow in a (fake) English village, rather than the slush fest it is in reality. Diaz swaps her massive LA home for Winslet’s tiny village cottage and encounters a drunk and charming Law. Winslet is depressingly obsessed with a complete slimeball at work and trying to wean herself off him meets an old man and for no romantic reasons ends up with Black. If you can buy Jack Black as a romantic lead and that Winslet would ever be rejected by anyone ever you’ll probably enjoy this. If you haven’t seen it before, it might have something to with the terrible film posters, it isn’t as bad as you might expect it to be. It is too long - over two hours - it could easily be 90 minutes. Scores[supsystic-tables id=110]The runtime definitely loses The Holiday points on repeat viewing and engagement - it doesn’t need the full two hours and fifteen minutes - however it still manages 3.78 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen The Holiday? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below! Episode #105 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #105 Crew of Louise and Sam Clements (@sam_clements) from 90 Minute or Less Film Fest. @90minfilmfest Find their website here: https://ninetyminfilmfest.podbean.com/ Please make sure you give them some love Flixwatcher Spotify PlaylistIt has to be Putting on the Ritz, but there is no Gene Wilder version so we have added the Mel Torme Version! More about The HolidayFor more info on The Holiday, you can visit The Holiday IMDB page here or  The Holiday Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunesIf you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Carty (BBC Radio Scotland, Radio Times, Empire Magazine) and Simon Williams (You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat film quiz) return to Flixwatcher to review Stephen’s choice Extraction 2. ​ Extraction 2 (2023) is the sequel to the Netflix 2020 film Extraction. Directed by Sam (Extraction) Hargrave and based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González and Eric Skillman. Spoiler, after surviving (just) a previous mission, Tyler (Chris Hemswoth) Rake retires to Austria but his retirement is short-lived. A mysterious stranger (Idris Elba) arrives with a rescue mission involving Tyler’s ex-wife’s Mia’s (Olga Kurylenko) sister Ketevan (Tinatin Dalakishvili) and her children. Her husband,Davit Radiani, just happens to be one of the co-leaders of the largest crime syndicate of Georgia and much violence and destruction follows the rescue. Chances are if you enjoyed Extraction, you’ll enjoy Extraction 2. Unlikely to make the top ten list of films of the year but it knows what kind of film it is and plays to those strengths - ridiculous levels of violent action. Scores for recommendability reflected this and scores across the other categories give an overall rating of 3.66. [supsystic-tables id=338]   Episode #326 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #326 Crew of Stephen Carty (@TheNakedPun) and Simon Williams (@film_quiz) You can find their website here https://t.co/IZQR5womlD and at https://t.co/lQqzTwGysr   Please make sure you give them some love   More about Extraction 2 For more info on Extraction 2 can visit Extraction 2 IMDB page here or Extration 2 Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Genevieve Hassan (Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did podcast) and Natalie Jamieson (Bestsellers podcast, BBC Radio 1 & 2) join Flixwatcher to review Genevieve’s choice Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Bros: After the Screaming Stops (2018) documents the rehearsals for their 2017 reunion shows, 28 years after their last performance. It also gives an insight into their relationship and lives after their success in the 1980s. Forget what you know about documentaries and Bros, some of the one liners could have come straight from Christopher Guest. There are also moments where they reflect on the pressures of finding fame at a very early age. Despite no one experiencing fanny flutter levels of Bros fandom, the recommendability scores for Bros: After the Screaming Stops were very high. That will high scores across small screen and engagement gives an overall rating of 4.04.   [supsystic-tables id=338]   Episode #325 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #325 Crew of Genevieve Hassan (@JournoGenevieve) and Natalie Jamieson (@Nat_Jamieson) You can find their website here Please make sure you give them some love   More about Bros: After the Screaming Stops For more info on Bros: After the Screaming Stops can visit Bros: After the Screaming Stops IMDB page here orAfter the Screaming Stops - Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlotte Sometimes and George Wood (freelance film writers) join Flixwatcher to review Charlotte’s choice Sicario. Sicario (2015) is the seventh feature film from director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Emily Blunt as Kate Macer, an FBI Special Agent recruited by Josh Brolin’s Matt Graver, a CIA officer, as a technical necessity so the CIA can operate in Mexico, outside the US border. Benicio del Toro plays Alejandro Gillick, a former Mexican prosecutor turned assassin with a specialism in torture. Also starring in an early role is Daniel Kaluuya as Reggie Wayne, a rookie FBI Special Agent and Kate's partner. Sicario, Spanish for ‘hitman’, features strong performances and some incredible but tense set pieces. It is not an easy watch, due to the content and the unrelenting bleakness. The cinematography by Roger Deakins and score by Jóhann Jóhannsson are highlights in the darkness of the content. Scores for recommendability reflected the harsh subject matter, it is a technical achievement but lacking in emotion and human connection. The love for Deakins and Jóhannsson also reflected the small screen scores and Sicario scores 3.63 overall.   [supsystic-tables id=337]   Episode #324 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #324 Crew of Charlotte Sometimes (@sometimesmovies) and George Wood (@g_woody) You can find their website here https://twitter.com/sometimesmovies Please make sure you give them some love   More about Sicario For more info on Sicario can visit Sicario IMDB page here or Sicario Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lizzie Swindells and Neel Bhatt (Empire Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Lizzie’s choice Paddington 2. Paddington 2 (2017) sees Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishlaw) having settled into London life with the Brown family, framed for theft and sent to prison (on fairly shaky evidence). While Paddington is in prison, impressing the imposing Knuckles (Brendan Gleeson) with marmalade, the Brown family (led by Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters and Hugh Bonnerville) are trying uncover the real thief, Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant having a lovely time). Paddington is pretty much universally adored by everyone, well everyone other than Helen maybe. At the films heart is the belief there is good in everyone and kindness will always prevail. Unsurprisingly Paddington 2 scored extremely highly on recommendability, how could you not? Scores across the other Flixwatcher categories were very high, not high enough to challenge number 1 but a still a very respectable 4.68 overall, earning a place in the top 10.   [supsystic-tables id=336]   Episode #323 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #323 Crew of Neel Bhatt (@_Neelsreeldeel) and Lizzie Swindells (@lizzie1708) from Frame to Frame podcast  You can find their website here https://twitter.com/empiremagazine And at https://twitter.com/Cinema_Savvy Please make sure you give them some love   More about Paddington 2 For more info on Paddington 2 can visit Paddington 2 IMDB page here or Paddington 2 Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Sean’s choice Young Adult. Young Adult (2011) is a comedy-drama from director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, their second collaboration after Juno (2007), who would go onto to make a third film together in 2018 with Tully. Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a 37-year-old divorced alcoholic, she works as a ghost writer of a series of young adult novels that are soon to be cancelled. When she receives an email from old flame Buddy, played by Patrick Wilson, she sees it as a sign to return to her home town to win him back. Young Adult followed the pretty much universally adored Juno and its tone couldn’t be more different. Theron does an incredible job of bringing humanity to a character that has very little redeeming qualities and is so very mean to people. While it is a comedy, it is very much a bleak black humour and not laugh out loud. This was reflected in the recommendability scores, despite this Young Adult still scores a very high 4.15 overall.   [supsystic-tables id=327]   Episode #322 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #322 Crew of Andy Williams (@andywilliams250) and Sean Wilson (@seano22) from Frame to Frame podcast  You can find their website here https://twitter.com/booksandcwtches And at https://twitter.com/mcfarlandcopub       Please make sure you give them some love   More about Young Adult For more info on Young Adult can visit Young Adult IMDB page here or Young Adult Rambow Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meg Waters (Glamour, Stylist and Little White Lies) and Sarah Collier join Flixwatcher to review Meg’s choice Last Night in Soho. Last Night in Soho (2021) is a psychological horror from director Edgar (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) Wright. 1960s obsessed Eloise/Ellie (Thomasin McKenzie) moves to London from sleepy Cornwall to follow her dreams and study fashion at London College of Fashion. She falls victim to the taunts of queen bee university bully Jocasta (Synnøve Karlsen) and moves into a creepy bedsit with Ms Collins (Diana Rigg, in her final role) as the landlady. In her new bedsit Ellie has a dream where she is transported by to the swinging sixties London and is transported into the body of Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), an aspiring singer, and meets seedy bar owner Jack (Matt Smith). When Ellie’s dreams start merging into reality things take a dark turn. Views on Last Night in Soho were mixed, there are some excellent technical scenes and 1960s styling but the clunky plot and unintentional comedy made for an uneven watch. The overall rating from the combined scores was 2.69, making it the lowest Flixwatcher rated Edgar Wright film so far.   [supsystic-tables id=334]   Episode #321 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #320 Crew of Sarah Collier(@sarahcolr) and Meg Waters (@wordsbyMeg) You can find their website here   And at https://megwalters.co.uk/ Please make sure you give them some love   More about Last Night in Soho For more info on Last Night in Soho can visit Last Night in Soho IMDB page here or Last Night in Soho Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Carty (BBC Radio Scotland, Radio Times, Empire Magazine) and Simon Williams (You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat film quiz) join Flixwatcher to review Stephen’s choice The Equalizer. The Equalizer (2014) directed by Antoine (Training Day) Fuqua stars Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a former US Marine and DIA officer, now retired and working in an hardware store. On one of his late night dinner visits he meets a sweet, teenage prostitute called Teri, played by Chloë Grace Moretz. When Teri is badly beaten by pimp, Slavi, Robert takes a personal interest in her wellbeing and takes matters into his own hands by paying her pimp a visit to buy her freedom. When his offer is declined Robert uses his old skills to take out Slavi and his gang, indadvertedly starting an all out war with a Russian syndicate. While The Equalizer doesn’t rewrite the retired specialist killer coming out of retirement to seek justice genre it does bring a lot of entertainment and a top tier Denzel performance. The final act also features some fantastic death by DIY kills. Recommendability for The Equalizer was high, dropping points for its violence. Scores across the categories were very strong to give an impressive rating of 4.30 overall.   [supsystic-tables id=327]   Episode #320 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #320 Crew of Stephen Carty (@TheNakedPun) and Simon Williams (@film_quiz) You can find their website here https://t.co/IZQR5womlD   And at https://www.film-quiz.com/     Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Equalizer For more info on The Equalizer can visit The Equalizer IMDB page here or The Equalizer Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Llong and Neil Gregory from We Needed Roads podcast join Flixwatcher to review David’s choice Scream. Scream is the first film in the Scream franchise, released in 1996 it was written by Kevin (Dawsons Creek) Williamson and directed by horror legend Wes (A Nightmare on Elm Street) Craven. It stars Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, a high school senior who receives threatening phone calls from Ghostface, a masked killer who taunts their victims before brutally stabbing them to death. It also stars as fellow high schoolers Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy and Drew Barrymore, and David Arquette as local sheriff Dewey Riley with Courteney Cox as reporter Gale Weathers. Scream completely rebooted horror back in 1996, its clever deconstruction of the genre and self reflective knowingness delighted horror kids and casual fans alike. Its longevity was given a boost in 2022 with Scream and Scream VI in 2023 but Scream (1996) still retains its freshness and shock first kill. Scores for recommendability for Scream were very, very high, consistently strong scores across the other categories give a a very impressive overall rating of 4.29.   [supsystic-tables id=295 Episode #296 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #296 Crew of David Llong and Neil Gregory from We Needed Roads podcast Find their Websites online at https://twitter.com/NeededRoads and at https://linktr.ee/weneededroads Please make sure you give them some love   More about Scream For more info on Scream, you can visit Scream IMDb page here or Scream Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Higgins (The Sofa Cinema) and Lucy Buglass (Tea-V-Time podcast) join Flixwatcher remotely for a spooky special to review Sean’s choice Halloween. Halloween is the 1978 John Carpenter slasher classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut) as Laurie Strode who is terrorised on Halloween by mental patient on the loose Michael Myers. That is basically the plot! It has inexplicably spawned 12 sequels of extremely mixed quality - Carpenter very wisely had zero involvement in the sequels - but it is widely agreed that Halloween (1978) is the best. Laurie has entered into film history as an original ‘final girl’ and the Michael Myers mask has entered popular culture multiple times (see Baby Driver). Halloween is probably unlikely to shock and scare 2022 viewers like it did in 1978 but that doesn’t stop it being highly endearing and winning over even non-horror fan Kobi. Scores for Halloween were very high, especially for recommendability, slightly lower engagement give it an overall rating of 3.95.   [supsystic-tables id=284] Episode #272 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #272 Crew of Sean Higgins (@SeanHig44489215) and Lucy Buglass (@TeaVTimePod) Find their Websites online at https://t.co/UtruPQSYBj and at https://twitter.com/TeaVTimePod Please make sure you give them some love   More about Halloween For more info on Halloween, you can visit Halloween IMDb page here or Halloween Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Midsommar is the 2019 second feature film from writer and director Ari Aster. Starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor William Jackson Harper and Will Poulter as a group a friends invited to visit Sweden to experience an exclusive midsummer festival. After a family tragedy, the tensions in the relationship between Dani and her boyfriend Christian are out in the open. Despite her obvious fragile mental state she agrees to come along and it is not long before strange things start happening and the lines between reality and hallucinations become blurred. Midsommar is an extremely vivid and imaginative folk horror than manages to move between the disturbing and the amusing with ease. Anchored by a phenomenal performance by Florence Pugh helps the two hour and 27 minute run time feel light. The Podcast Nobody Asked For has to date recommended Midsommar 146 times - therefore it was not a surprise that their scores for recommendabilty were the full five. Slightly lower scores for small screen - this is film best viewed with an audience on a big screen - gives an overall rating of 4.15.   [supsystic-tables id=273] Episode #261 Crew Links Thanks to Episode #261 Crew of Ian Harries (@lordharries) and Graham Jones from The Podcast Nobody Asked For Find their Websites online at https://thepodcastnobodyasked4.captivate.fm/ And at https://twitter.com/nobodyasked4pod Please make sure you give them some love   More about Midsommar For more info on Midsommar, you can visit Midsommar IMDb page here or Midsommar Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pravina Rudra (online editor and writer at the New Statesman) and Megan Agnew (news features writer at The Sunday Times) return to Flixwatcher to review Pravina’s choice She’s the Man. She’s the Man (2006) is an American teen romantic comedy. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, in this version Viola (Amanda Bynes), who is pretending to be her twin brother Sebastian so she can play soccer (football!) ends up being roommates with Duke (Channing Tatum) who is the soccer team captain. While in disguise as her brother, Olivia (Laura Ramsey) falls in love with Viola and Viola falls in love with Duke, who is in love with Olivia (and Viola not in disguise as Sebastian). There is also a big soccer game between the rival schools, where Vinnie Jones plays the coach and David Cross is the flamboyant school principal Horatio Gold. She’s the Man requires a high level of suspension of belief - Despite the numerous plot holes, She’s the Man is a highly enjoyable and a completely ridiculously watch. It scored very well on recommendability and small screen to give an overall rating of 3.45.   [supsystic-tables id=326]   Episode #319 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #319 Crew of Megan Agnew (@MeganAgnew) and Pravina Rudra (@Pravina_R) You can find their website here https://t.co/gnfT7Mnb6H And at https://twitter.com/thetimes And at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/megan-agnew?page=1     Please make sure you give them some love   More about She's the Man For more info on She's the Man can visit She's the Man IMDB page here or She's the Man Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices