<p>p>Ella Watts from Orphans podcast, BBC Sounds, and Becky Brynolf from And Then What podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Ella’s choice How to Train Your Dragon.</p> <p><img class="wp-image-3290 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/feature-3.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="540" /></p> <div> <p> </p> <p>How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 animated fantasy loosely based on the book of the same name by Cressida Powell, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and produced by DreamWorks (and it’s also Ella’s favorite film).</p> <p>Set in Viking times, Hiccup is an aspiring but failing Viking and keen to follow tradition by slaying dragon. By chance, he manages to trap the rarest (and dangerous) dragon the Night Fury (Toothless) but realizes that he can’t kill it and befriends it instead. Essentially How to Train Your Dragon is a film about the unknown and your fears but also learning to accept differences and with the main character with a physical disability.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> <p></p> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=154]</p> <p>How to Train Your Dragon is a charming film that is universally appealing (not just for kids) that benefits from an emotive score and some of the best DreamWorks animations to date. How to Train Your Dragon scores generously across all the Flixwatcher categories but let down only by the small screen score - do catch it on the big screen where you can- and scores 3.91 overall.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen How to Train Your Dragon?</span><span style= "font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span></p> <p> </p> <h2>Episode #148 Crew Links</h2> <p> </p> <p>Thanks to the Episode #148 Crew of Becky Brynolf ( <a href= "https://twitter.com/rabbitinahat">@rabbitinahat</a> ) from And Then What podcast (<a href= "https://twitter.com/andthenwhatpod">@andthenwhatpod</a>) and Ella Watts <a href="https://twitter.com/gejwatts">@GejWatts</a> from Orphans podcast (<a href= "https://twitter.com/OrphansAudio">@OrphansAudio</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p>Find their websites online at <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/user-585702036">https://soundcloud.com/user-585702036</a> and  <a href="https://www.orphanspod.com/">https://www.orphanspod.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Please make sure you give them some love</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>More about How to Train Your Dragon</strong></h2> <p> </p> <p>For more info on How to Train Your Dragon, you can visit <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2386490/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Train Your Dragon IMDb</a> page here or <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_train_your_dragon" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Train Your Dragon Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p> </p> <p>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.</p>

p>Ella Watts from Orphans podcast, BBC Sounds, and Becky Brynolf from And Then What podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Ella’s choice How to Train Your Dragon.   How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 animated fantasy loosely based on the book of the same name by Cressida Powell, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and produced by DreamWorks (and it’s also Ella’s favorite film). Set in Viking times, Hiccup is an aspiring but failing Viking and keen to follow tradition by slaying dragon. By chance, he manages to trap the rarest (and dangerous) dragon the Night Fury (Toothless) but realizes that he can’t kill it and befriends it instead. Essentially How to Train Your Dragon is a film about the unknown and your fears but also learning to accept differences and with the main character with a physical disability.     Scores [supsystic-tables id=154] How to Train Your Dragon is a charming film that is universally appealing (not just for kids) that benefits from an emotive score and some of the best DreamWorks animations to date. How to Train Your Dragon scores generously across all the Flixwatcher categories but let down only by the small screen score - do catch it on the big screen where you can- and scores 3.91 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen How to Train Your Dragon? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #148 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #148 Crew of Becky Brynolf ( @rabbitinahat ) from And Then What podcast (@andthenwhatpod) and Ella Watts @GejWatts from Orphans podcast (@OrphansAudio)   Find their websites online at https://soundcloud.com/user-585702036 and  https://www.orphanspod.com/   Please make sure you give them some love     More about How to Train Your Dragon   For more info on How to Train Your Dragon, you can visit How to Train Your Dragon IMDb page here or How to Train Your Dragon 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.

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Ep #148 How to Train Your Dragon with Ella Watts from Orphans podcast, BBC Sounds and Becky Brynolf from And Then What podcast.

<p>Amelie Thomas (Fatal Attraction Podcast) and Matt Brothers (Spocklight) join Flixwatcher to review Amelie’s Choice La La Land. <img class="wp-image-3269 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/La-La-Land-feature-2.jpg" alt="" width="780" height="411" />   La La Land is a 2016 musical from director Damien (Whiplash) Chazelle starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone that nearly won the Best Picture at the Oscars. Mia (Stone) is a struggling/aspiring actress in LA who has a series of chance encounters with Sebastian (Gosling) a struggling and unforgivingly rude jazz pianist. They eventually fall in love only to realize that their own ambitions and the obvious fact they are clearly not compatible and break up. More divisive than Marmite, La La Land drew many criticisms for being a musical without any particularly memorable songs (among other criticisms) - which wouldn’t matter but by not having the songs it betrays the musical genre. To others though it’s a romantic story with fated lovers set against the LA backdrop. Watch it and decide for yourself.</p> <div> </div> <div> </div> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=153] Strong support in the scoring for La La Land from guests Amelie and Matt and Kobi but less enthusiasm from Helen brings the overall score to 3.58. A mixed reception from Twitter echos the feelings in the studio. <span style= "font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen La La Land?</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #147 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #147 Crew of Amelie Thomas  (<a href= "https://twitter.com/theonlycleoluna">@TheOnlyCleoLuna</a>) from Fatal Attraction Podcast and Matt Brothers <strong> </strong>(<a href= "https://twitter.com/mattbrothers2">@MattBrothers2</a>) from Spocklight.   Find their websites online at:<a href= "https://player.fm/series/fatal-attractions">https://player.fm/series/fatal-attractions</a> and <a href= "https://spocklight.podbean.com/">https://spocklight.podbean.com/</a>   Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about La La Land</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on La La Land, you can visit <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">La La Land IMDb</a> page here or <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_la_land" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">La La Land Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Amelie Thomas (Fatal Attraction Podcast) and Matt Brothers (Spocklight) join Flixwatcher to review Amelie’s Choice La La Land.   La La Land is a 2016 musical from director Damien (Whiplash) Chazelle starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone that nearly won the Best Picture at the Oscars. Mia (Stone) is a struggling/aspiring actress in LA who has a series of chance encounters with Sebastian (Gosling) a struggling and unforgivingly rude jazz pianist. They eventually fall in love only to realize that their own ambitions and the obvious fact they are clearly not compatible and break up. More divisive than Marmite, La La Land drew many criticisms for being a musical without any particularly memorable songs (among other criticisms) - which wouldn’t matter but by not having the songs it betrays the musical genre. To others though it’s a romantic story with fated lovers set against the LA backdrop. Watch it and decide for yourself.     Scores [supsystic-tables id=153] Strong support in the scoring for La La Land from guests Amelie and Matt and Kobi but less enthusiasm from Helen brings the overall score to 3.58. A mixed reception from Twitter echos the feelings in the studio. What do you guys think? Have you seen La La Land? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #147 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #147 Crew of Amelie Thomas  (@TheOnlyCleoLuna) from Fatal Attraction Podcast and Matt Brothers  (@MattBrothers2) from Spocklight.   Find their websites online at:https://player.fm/series/fatal-attractions and https://spocklight.podbean.com/   Please make sure you give them some love     More about La La Land   For more info on La La Land, you can visit La La Land IMDb page here or La La Land 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.

Ep #147 La La Land with Amelie Thomas from Fatal Attraction Podcast and Matt Brothers from Spocklight.

<p>Steph Watts and Caitlin Quinlan from Bechdel Fest and Who Is She podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Steph’s choice Prisoners.<img class="wp-image-3233 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/poster-2.jpg" alt="" width="790" height="450" />  </p> <div> </div> <div>Prisoners is a 2013 thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Paul Dano. Two girls are abducted from outside their homes and one of their fathers (Jackman) takes matters into his own hands after key the suspect (Dano) is arrested but subsequently released. As a result of Detective Loki (Gyllenhal) then has two cases to try and solve and time is running out for both the missing girls and the prime suspect. Prisoners is a bleak film - no plot that centers around child abduction was ever going to be Disney lite - but it starts dark and then goes darker, and darker still. In another directors hands and without the acting chops of Jackman, Gyllenhal and Dano Prisoners could quickly fall into torture porn/violence for violences sake - it’s a fine line but it (just about) doesn’t cross it.</div> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=152] You’ll spend most of the film working out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys, whilst trying to figure out who took the girls - be prepared for two hours of intense concentration. For something, so dark Prisoners scores fairly well in the Flixwatcher categories and scores a fairly high 3.97 overall. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen Prisoners?</span><span style= "font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #146 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #146 Crew of Caitlin Quinlan (<a href="https://twitter.com/csaquinlan">@csaquinlan</a>) and<strong> </strong>Steph Watts (<a href= "https://twitter.com/stephwatts">@stephwatts</a>) from Bechdel Fest (<a href= "https://twitter.com/BechdelTestFest">@BechdelTestFest</a>) and Who Is She podcast   Find their websites online at: <a href= "http://bechdeltestfest.com/podcast/">http://bechdeltestfest.com/podcast/</a> <a href= "https://caitlinquinlan.contently.com/">https://caitlinquinlan.contently.com/ </a>and <a href="https://about.me/stephwatts">https://about.me/stephwatts</a>   Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about Prisoners</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on Prisoners, you can visit <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt01392214/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Prisoners IMDb</a> page here or <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prisoners_2013" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prisoners Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Steph Watts and Caitlin Quinlan from Bechdel Fest and Who Is She podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Steph’s choice Prisoners.     Prisoners is a 2013 thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Paul Dano. Two girls are abducted from outside their homes and one of their fathers (Jackman) takes matters into his own hands after key the suspect (Dano) is arrested but subsequently released. As a result of Detective Loki (Gyllenhal) then has two cases to try and solve and time is running out for both the missing girls and the prime suspect. Prisoners is a bleak film - no plot that centers around child abduction was ever going to be Disney lite - but it starts dark and then goes darker, and darker still. In another directors hands and without the acting chops of Jackman, Gyllenhal and Dano Prisoners could quickly fall into torture porn/violence for violences sake - it’s a fine line but it (just about) doesn’t cross it. Scores [supsystic-tables id=152] You’ll spend most of the film working out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys, whilst trying to figure out who took the girls - be prepared for two hours of intense concentration. For something, so dark Prisoners scores fairly well in the Flixwatcher categories and scores a fairly high 3.97 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen Prisoners? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #146 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #146 Crew of Caitlin Quinlan (@csaquinlan) and Steph Watts (@stephwatts) from Bechdel Fest (@BechdelTestFest) and Who Is She podcast   Find their websites online at: http://bechdeltestfest.com/podcast/ https://caitlinquinlan.contently.com/ and https://about.me/stephwatts   Please make sure you give them some love     More about Prisoners   For more info on Prisoners, you can visit Prisoners IMDb page here or Prisoners 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.

EP# 146 Prisoners with Steph Watts and Caitlin Quinlan from Bechdel Fest and Who Is She podcast.

<p>Becky Young (Anti Diet Riot Club) and Honey Ross (The Body Protest) join Flixwatcher to review Becky’s choice The Wife. <img class="wp-image-3205 size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the-wife-feature-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1707" /> The Wife is a 2017 drama starring Glen Close and Jonathan Pryce, directed by Björn Runge and based on the novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer. Pryce plays Jonathan Castleman, a celebrated author, so celebrated he receives the Nobel Prize and travels to Stockholm with his loyal wife Joanie (Close) to receive the honor. Through flashbacks we learn of their early years - he is the tutor and she is the student - their affair and subsequent relationship. It quickly transpires that it all may not be as it seems and Joanie’s stoic veneer begins to falter. The Wife is Close’s film - she won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress but lost out (was robbed!!) to Olivia Coleman. She is incredible and The Wife is worth watching for her alone.</p> <div><strong>Scores</strong></div> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-mobile= "100%" data-table-width-fixed="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=151] Unsurprisingly The Wife scores very highly across all Flixwatcher categories and scores a very respectable 4.19 overall. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen The Wife?</span><span style= "font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #145 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #145 Crew of  Becky Young (<a href= "https://twitter.com/@AntiDietRiothttps://www.insta@Sloppy_spicegram.com/">@AntiDietRiot/@Sloppy_spice</a>) from Anti Diet Riot Club   and   Honey Ross <a href= "https://twitter.com/@PinkProtesthttps://www.instag@HoneyKinnyram.com/">@PinkProtest/@HoneyKinny)</a> from The Body Protest Find their websites online at <a href= "http://antidietriotclub.co.uk/">http://antidietriotclub.co.uk/</a>and <a href="https://audioboom.com/channels/4993418">https://audioboom.com/channels/4993418</a> Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about The Wife</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on The Wife, you can visit there page here <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt03750872/">The Wife</a> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt03750872/">IMDb</a> or <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wife_2018">The Wife Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Becky Young (Anti Diet Riot Club) and Honey Ross (The Body Protest) join Flixwatcher to review Becky’s choice The Wife. The Wife is a 2017 drama starring Glen Close and Jonathan Pryce, directed by Björn Runge and based on the novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer. Pryce plays Jonathan Castleman, a celebrated author, so celebrated he receives the Nobel Prize and travels to Stockholm with his loyal wife Joanie (Close) to receive the honor. Through flashbacks we learn of their early years - he is the tutor and she is the student - their affair and subsequent relationship. It quickly transpires that it all may not be as it seems and Joanie’s stoic veneer begins to falter. The Wife is Close’s film - she won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress but lost out (was robbed!!) to Olivia Coleman. She is incredible and The Wife is worth watching for her alone. Scores   [supsystic-tables id=151] Unsurprisingly The Wife scores very highly across all Flixwatcher categories and scores a very respectable 4.19 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen The Wife? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #145 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #145 Crew of  Becky Young (@AntiDietRiot/@Sloppy_spice) from Anti Diet Riot Club   and   Honey Ross @PinkProtest/@HoneyKinny) from The Body Protest Find their websites online at http://antidietriotclub.co.uk/and https://audioboom.com/channels/4993418 Please make sure you give them some love     More about The Wife   For more info on The Wife, you can visit there page here The Wife IMDb or The Wife 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.

EP#145 The Wife with Becky Young from Anti Diet Riot Club and Honey Ross from The Body Protest

<p>Frank Didymus (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist) and Andrew Johnstone (sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist) return to Flixwatcher to review Frank’s choice The Silence of the Lambs. <img class="wp-image-3193 aligncenter size-large" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Silence-of-the-Lamb-Feature-1024x676.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="676" />   The Silence of the Lambs is the 1991 adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel of the same name starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins (both Oscar-winning performances) and directed by Jonathan Demme. Clarice Starling (Foster), trainee FBI agent is brought in to help track down a serial killer “Buffalo Bill” by enlisting the help of the brilliant psychiatrist but cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lector (Hopkins). It won the ‘big five’ at the Academy Awards - Actor, Actress, Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay - only the third film to ever do so. Every one it deserves, Demme direction is both grotesque and compulsive, slow-burning and unbelievably tense, extremely dark but also occasionally funny.  </p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=150] Unsurprisingly The Silence of the Lambs scores highly across pretty much all of the Flixwatcher categories - overall it scores an impressive 4.68 - making it the current 4th top-ranked Flixwatcher film. <span style= "font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen The NeverEnding Story</span>? <span style="font-size: 14px;">What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #144 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #144 Crew of  Andrew Johnstone (<a href="https://twitter.com/podcastsquared">@podcastsquared</a>) from sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist and Frank (on their podcast debut!) Didymus (<a href= "https://twitter.com/transrmn">@transrmn</a>) (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist)   Find their websites online at: <a href= "https://www.andrewdjohnstone.com/">https://www.andrewdjohnstone.com/</a> and  <a href="https://transrmn.wordpress.com/">https://transrmn.wordpress.com/</a> Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about The Silence of the Lambs</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on The Silence of the Lambs, you can visit  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Silence of the Lambs IMDb</a> page here or  <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silence_of_the_lambs">The Silence of the Lambs Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Frank Didymus (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist) and Andrew Johnstone (sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist) return to Flixwatcher to review Frank’s choice The Silence of the Lambs.   The Silence of the Lambs is the 1991 adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel of the same name starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins (both Oscar-winning performances) and directed by Jonathan Demme. Clarice Starling (Foster), trainee FBI agent is brought in to help track down a serial killer “Buffalo Bill” by enlisting the help of the brilliant psychiatrist but cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lector (Hopkins). It won the ‘big five’ at the Academy Awards - Actor, Actress, Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay - only the third film to ever do so. Every one it deserves, Demme direction is both grotesque and compulsive, slow-burning and unbelievably tense, extremely dark but also occasionally funny.   Scores [supsystic-tables id=150] Unsurprisingly The Silence of the Lambs scores highly across pretty much all of the Flixwatcher categories - overall it scores an impressive 4.68 - making it the current 4th top-ranked Flixwatcher film. What do you guys think? Have you seen The NeverEnding Story? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #144 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #144 Crew of  Andrew Johnstone (@podcastsquared) from sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist and Frank (on their podcast debut!) Didymus (@transrmn) (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist)   Find their websites online at: https://www.andrewdjohnstone.com/ and  https://transrmn.wordpress.com/ Please make sure you give them some love     More about The Silence of the Lambs   For more info on The Silence of the Lambs, you can visit  The Silence of the Lambs IMDb page here or  The Silence of the Lambs 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.

EP#144 The Silence of the Lambs with Frank Didymus and Andrew Johnstone

<p>Illustrators David Litchfield and Sam Gilby return to Flixwatcher to review David’s choice, Back to the Future Part 2.   <img class="wp-image-3161 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Poster.jpg" alt= "" width="612" height="450" />   Back to the Future Part 2 reunited Michael J Fox’s Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd’s Doc, however, Crispin Glover did not return and Elizabeth Shue joined as Marty’s girlfriend Jennifer. Both Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale returned to direct and write respectively. It was filmed back to back with Part 3 and was the third highest-grossing film of 1989. BTTF 2 picks up exactly where BTTF ended. They go back to the future (2015) to save their future children but Marty picks up an almanac and inadvertently changes the future. They return to 1985, which is now changed - and it’s not good - and they have to fix things by going back to 1955 (again). It’s fair to say BTTF 2 is not the five star classic BTTF is. The plot feels a bit tired, the product placement tie-ins are jarring (Michael Jackson), the vision of 2015 doesn’t really work and Fox playing his own future daughter is just weird! Watching BTTF 2 with 2020 eyes it’s hard to ignore some of the films misogyny - Jennifer being knocked out early on to avoid her hindering the rescue mission - and nothing can hide some of the terrible make up effects (Lorraine’s fake boobs) and the absence of Glover.</p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=148] Not as fun or warmed hearted as BTTF this sequel will still hold a special place for die hard fans but maybe not earn many new first time watch fans. Back to the Future Part 2 scores 3.61 overall. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen The Thing?</span><span style= "font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #143 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #143 Crew of Illustrators Sam Gilbey (<a href="https://twitter.com/samgilbey">@samgilbey</a>) and David Litchfield (<a href= "https://twitter.com/dc_litchfield">@dc_litchfield</a>)   Find their websites online at: <a href= "https://samgilbeyillustrates.bigcartel.com/">https://samgilbeyillustrates.bigcartel.com/</a> and <a href="https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com/">https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com/</a>   Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about Back to the Future part 2  </strong></h2> <p>  For more info on back to the Future part 2 , you can visit <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Back to the Future part 2</a> page here or <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/back_to_the_future_2" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Back to the Future part 2 Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Illustrators David Litchfield and Sam Gilby return to Flixwatcher to review David’s choice, Back to the Future Part 2.     Back to the Future Part 2 reunited Michael J Fox’s Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd’s Doc, however, Crispin Glover did not return and Elizabeth Shue joined as Marty’s girlfriend Jennifer. Both Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale returned to direct and write respectively. It was filmed back to back with Part 3 and was the third highest-grossing film of 1989. BTTF 2 picks up exactly where BTTF ended. They go back to the future (2015) to save their future children but Marty picks up an almanac and inadvertently changes the future. They return to 1985, which is now changed - and it’s not good - and they have to fix things by going back to 1955 (again). It’s fair to say BTTF 2 is not the five star classic BTTF is. The plot feels a bit tired, the product placement tie-ins are jarring (Michael Jackson), the vision of 2015 doesn’t really work and Fox playing his own future daughter is just weird! Watching BTTF 2 with 2020 eyes it’s hard to ignore some of the films misogyny - Jennifer being knocked out early on to avoid her hindering the rescue mission - and nothing can hide some of the terrible make up effects (Lorraine’s fake boobs) and the absence of Glover. Scores [supsystic-tables id=148] Not as fun or warmed hearted as BTTF this sequel will still hold a special place for die hard fans but maybe not earn many new first time watch fans. Back to the Future Part 2 scores 3.61 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen The Thing? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #143 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #143 Crew of Illustrators Sam Gilbey (@samgilbey) and David Litchfield (@dc_litchfield)   Find their websites online at: https://samgilbeyillustrates.bigcartel.com/ and https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com/   Please make sure you give them some love     More about Back to the Future part 2     For more info on back to the Future part 2 , you can visit Back to the Future part 2 page here or Back to the Future part 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.

Ep #143 Back to the Future part 2 with Illustrators Sam Gilbey and David Litchfield

<p>Ben (@TopFilmTip) and Rich (Betamax Video Club podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Ben’s choice the Oscar nominated animation I Lost My Body.<img class="wp-image-3138 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/JPMC_AIFF_1920x1080-1280x720-2.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <div>  I Lost My Body is a 2019 French animated film based on the book Happy Hand by Guillaume Laurant (who also co-wrote the screenplay) and directed by Jérémy Clapin. It won the Nespresso Grand Prize (critics choice) at Cannes making it the first animation to do so. I Lost My Body is almost two stories, one is the story of a severed hand, dancing and fighting its way across Paris while having to defend itself against rats and pigeons to rejoin its owner. The second is a sad story of orphan Naoufel, who fails at delivering pizza but by chance meets Gabrielle who opens his world to other opportunities. <strong>Scores</strong></div> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=148] I Lost My Body is best watched non dubbed with subtitles to get the full Paris flavours and charms and with a run time of 81 minutes, it’s very much worth your attention. I Lost My Body scored fairly well, let down a little by repeat viewing but still scores a respectable 3.21 overall. <span style= "font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen I Lost My Body?</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #142 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #142 Crew of Ben <a href= "https://twitter.com/@topfilmtip">@topfilmtip</a> and Rich(Betamax Video Club podcast) <a href= "https://twitter.com/@BetaMaxPod">@BetaMaxPod</a> Find their websites online at <a href= "https://twitter.com/TopFilmTip">https://twitter.com/TopFilmTip</a> and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub">www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub</a>  Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about I Lost My Body</strong></h2> <p>For more info on Sense and Sensibility, you can visit <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9806192/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">I Lost My Body IMDb</a> page here or <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_lost_my_body" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">I Lost My Body Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.</p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>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.</p>

Ben (@TopFilmTip) and Rich (Betamax Video Club podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Ben’s choice the Oscar nominated animation I Lost My Body.   I Lost My Body is a 2019 French animated film based on the book Happy Hand by Guillaume Laurant (who also co-wrote the screenplay) and directed by Jérémy Clapin. It won the Nespresso Grand Prize (critics choice) at Cannes making it the first animation to do so. I Lost My Body is almost two stories, one is the story of a severed hand, dancing and fighting its way across Paris while having to defend itself against rats and pigeons to rejoin its owner. The second is a sad story of orphan Naoufel, who fails at delivering pizza but by chance meets Gabrielle who opens his world to other opportunities. Scores [supsystic-tables id=148] I Lost My Body is best watched non dubbed with subtitles to get the full Paris flavours and charms and with a run time of 81 minutes, it’s very much worth your attention. I Lost My Body scored fairly well, let down a little by repeat viewing but still scores a respectable 3.21 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen I Lost My Body? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #142 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #142 Crew of Ben @topfilmtip and Rich(Betamax Video Club podcast) @BetaMaxPod Find their websites online at https://twitter.com/TopFilmTip and www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub  Please make sure you give them some love     More about I Lost My Body For more info on Sense and Sensibility, you can visit I Lost My Body IMDb page here or I Lost My Body 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.

Ep#142 I Lost My Body with Ben from Top Film Tip and Rich from Betamax Video Club podcast

<p>Rhianna Dhillon (BBC 6music, previously Radio 1) and James King BBC Radio 2, also previously Radio 1) join Flixwatcher to review Rhianna’s choice Sense and Sensibility. <img class= "wp-image-3117 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ep-141-sense-and-sensibility-poster.jpg" alt="" width="737" height="416" /></p> <div>Sense and Sensibility is the 1995 Ang Lee directed adaptation of the Jane Austen classic starring Emma Thompson (winning Best Adapted Screenplay), Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant I’m supporting roles. It tells the story of the Dashwood girls, who after the death of their father are left in “ruin” with only their half brother John to look after them financially. After they are moved to a more modest house the older sisters Elinor (Thompson) and Marianne (Winslet) fall in love with various characters, with their respective ‘sense’ and ‘sensibility’ reflected in their interactions. An absolute must for any Austen fan, this version allowed Thompson to bring her own flourish to a well loved classic and it was largely well received. Questionable whether non Austen aficionados would find it as charming, especially given its two hour run time. <strong>Scores</strong></div> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=147] There was mostly a lot of love for Sense and Sensibility and it scored generously on recommendability but slight lower on engagement due to the two hour run time, giving an overall score of 3.89. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen Sense and Sensibility?</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #140 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #140 Crew of  Hannah Russell (<a href="https://twitter.com/hannahruss">@hannahruss</a>) from Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella,(<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mags.creative">@mags.creative</a>) Honestly with Clemmie Telford and Georgie Grier (<a href= "https://twitter.com/georgie_grier">@georgie_grier</a>) from The Screenster Podcast   Find their websites online at <a href= "https://www.magscreative.co.uk/">https://www.magscreative.co.uk/</a> and  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-screenster-podcast/id1453025577   Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about Sense and Sensibility</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on Sense and Sensibility, you can visit <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847150/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sense and Sensibility IMDb</a> page here or <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068832_sense_and_sensibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sense and Sensibility Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Rhianna Dhillon (BBC 6music, previously Radio 1) and James King BBC Radio 2, also previously Radio 1) join Flixwatcher to review Rhianna’s choice Sense and Sensibility. Sense and Sensibility is the 1995 Ang Lee directed adaptation of the Jane Austen classic starring Emma Thompson (winning Best Adapted Screenplay), Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant I’m supporting roles. It tells the story of the Dashwood girls, who after the death of their father are left in “ruin” with only their half brother John to look after them financially. After they are moved to a more modest house the older sisters Elinor (Thompson) and Marianne (Winslet) fall in love with various characters, with their respective ‘sense’ and ‘sensibility’ reflected in their interactions. An absolute must for any Austen fan, this version allowed Thompson to bring her own flourish to a well loved classic and it was largely well received. Questionable whether non Austen aficionados would find it as charming, especially given its two hour run time. Scores [supsystic-tables id=147] There was mostly a lot of love for Sense and Sensibility and it scored generously on recommendability but slight lower on engagement due to the two hour run time, giving an overall score of 3.89. What do you guys think? Have you seen Sense and Sensibility? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #140 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #140 Crew of  Hannah Russell (@hannahruss) from Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella,(@mags.creative) Honestly with Clemmie Telford and Georgie Grier (@georgie_grier) from The Screenster Podcast   Find their websites online at https://www.magscreative.co.uk/ and  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-screenster-podcast/id1453025577   Please make sure you give them some love     More about Sense and Sensibility   For more info on Sense and Sensibility, you can visit Sense and Sensibility IMDb page here or Sense and Sensibility 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.

Ep #141 Sense and Sensibility Rhianna Dhillon from BBC 6music and James from King BBC Radio 2 both formerly on BBC Radio 1

<p>Hannah Russell (Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella, Honestly with Clemmie Telford) and Georgie Grier (The Screenster Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review the 2013 Richard Curtis romantic drama About Time.</p> <p><img class="wp-image-3098 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about-time-feature.jpg" alt="" width="739" height="415" /></p> <div> <p>Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) is let into a secret by his father James (Bill Nighy) that all the men (yes, the men only) can travel back in time. Tim uses this opportunity to go back in time to stalk/make Mary (Rachel McAdams) fall in love with him. There is more time travel that services his own best interests (if he prevents his sister from being involved in a car crash he would have a son instead of a daughter) and again when he nearly forfeits having another child because it would stop him traveling back in time to spend more time with his father.</p> <p>It’s two hours about a very selfish man or a charming romantic drama depending on how you look at things. Ignoring any inconsistencies about the logistics of time travel About Time favours male white privilege and all of the female characters are poorly written (Mary’s only interest is Kate Moss).</p> <p><strong>Scores</strong></p> </div> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> <p></p> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=146]</p> <p>Both guests and Kobi found it charming and heartwarming, let’s just say Helen was less favourable towards it! Despite low scores across the board from Helen About Time scores 3.86 overall.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen About Time?</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span></p> <p> </p> <h2>Episode #140 Crew Links</h2> <p> </p> <p>Thanks to the Episode #140 Crew of  Hannah Russell (<a href="https://twitter.com/hannahruss">@hannahruss</a>) from Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella,(<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mags.creative">@mags.creative</a>) Honestly with Clemmie Telford and Georgie Grier (<a href= "https://twitter.com/georgie_grier">@georgie_grier</a>) from The Screenster Podcast</p> <p> </p> <p>Find their websites online at <a href= "https://www.magscreative.co.uk/">https://www.magscreative.co.uk/</a> and  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-screenster-podcast/id1453025577</p> <p> </p> <p>Please make sure you give them some love</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>More about About Time</strong></h2> <p> </p> <p>For more info on About Time, you can visit <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">About Time IMDb</a> page here or <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/about_time" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">About Time Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p> </p> <p>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.</p>

Hannah Russell (Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella, Honestly with Clemmie Telford) and Georgie Grier (The Screenster Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review the 2013 Richard Curtis romantic drama About Time. Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) is let into a secret by his father James (Bill Nighy) that all the men (yes, the men only) can travel back in time. Tim uses this opportunity to go back in time to stalk/make Mary (Rachel McAdams) fall in love with him. There is more time travel that services his own best interests (if he prevents his sister from being involved in a car crash he would have a son instead of a daughter) and again when he nearly forfeits having another child because it would stop him traveling back in time to spend more time with his father. It’s two hours about a very selfish man or a charming romantic drama depending on how you look at things. Ignoring any inconsistencies about the logistics of time travel About Time favours male white privilege and all of the female characters are poorly written (Mary’s only interest is Kate Moss). Scores [supsystic-tables id=146] Both guests and Kobi found it charming and heartwarming, let’s just say Helen was less favourable towards it! Despite low scores across the board from Helen About Time scores 3.86 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen About Time? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #140 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #140 Crew of  Hannah Russell (@hannahruss) from Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella,(@mags.creative) Honestly with Clemmie Telford and Georgie Grier (@georgie_grier) from The Screenster Podcast   Find their websites online at https://www.magscreative.co.uk/ and  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-screenster-podcast/id1453025577   Please make sure you give them some love     More about About Time   For more info on About Time, you can visit About Time IMDb page here or About Time 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.

Ep #140 About Time with Hannah Russell from Mags Creative: Deliciously Ella, Honestly with Clemmie Telford and Georgie Grier from The Screenster Podcast

<p>Ali Plumb (BBC Radio 1) and Ally Wybrew (Empire Magazine) return to Flixwatcher to review Ali’s choice Moneyball. Moneyball is a 2011 baseball film based on true events starring Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. <img class="wp-image-3011 aligncenter size-large" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/legally-blonde-sequel-1024x576.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="576" /></p> <div>Directed by Bennett (Capote, Foxcatcher) Miller and co written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin it tells the story of the Oakland Athletics baseball 2002 season where manager Billy (Pitt) Beane with the help of Peter (Hill) Brand uses sabermetrics to (controversially) recruit players on a small budget. How you feel about Moneyball largely depends on how you feel about baseball in general and how interested you are in the use of statistics in sport - if neither of these things get you going Moneyball may not be your film. Pitt puts in a decent performance that includes him eating in many scenes but it’s Hill that gives the surprising performance as his semi reluctant assistant. Moneyball isn’t without the sports movie cliches and it is as macho as you’d expect from a baseball film. The zinging Sorkin script gives it both its energy but by being so fast for non baseball aficionados it’s sometimes difficult to keep up and understand what’s going on. <strong>Scores</strong></div> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=144] Despite being very, very niche Moneyball scores a fairly respectable 3.91 overall. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen Moneyball?</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #139 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #139 Crew of Ally Wybrew (<a href= "https://twitter.com/allywyb">@AllyWyB</a>) from Empire Magazine (<a href="https://twitter.com/empiremagazine">@empiremagazine</a>) and Ali Plumb (<a href= "https://twitter.com/AliPlumb"><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"@AliPlumb"}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">@AliPlumb</span></a>) from BBC Radio 1   Find their websites online at <a href= "https://www.empireonline.com/">https://www.empireonline.com/</a>   Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about Moneyball</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on Moneyball, you can visit <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Moneyball IMDb</a> page here or <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moneyball" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Moneyball Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Ali Plumb (BBC Radio 1) and Ally Wybrew (Empire Magazine) return to Flixwatcher to review Ali’s choice Moneyball. Moneyball is a 2011 baseball film based on true events starring Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. Directed by Bennett (Capote, Foxcatcher) Miller and co written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin it tells the story of the Oakland Athletics baseball 2002 season where manager Billy (Pitt) Beane with the help of Peter (Hill) Brand uses sabermetrics to (controversially) recruit players on a small budget. How you feel about Moneyball largely depends on how you feel about baseball in general and how interested you are in the use of statistics in sport - if neither of these things get you going Moneyball may not be your film. Pitt puts in a decent performance that includes him eating in many scenes but it’s Hill that gives the surprising performance as his semi reluctant assistant. Moneyball isn’t without the sports movie cliches and it is as macho as you’d expect from a baseball film. The zinging Sorkin script gives it both its energy but by being so fast for non baseball aficionados it’s sometimes difficult to keep up and understand what’s going on. Scores [supsystic-tables id=144] Despite being very, very niche Moneyball scores a fairly respectable 3.91 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen Moneyball? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #139 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #139 Crew of Ally Wybrew (@AllyWyB) from Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) and Ali Plumb (@AliPlumb) from BBC Radio 1   Find their websites online at https://www.empireonline.com/   Please make sure you give them some love     More about Moneyball   For more info on Moneyball, you can visit Moneyball IMDb page here or Moneyball 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.

Ep #139 Moneyball with Ally Wybrew from Empire Magazine and Ali Plumb from BBC Radio 1

<p>Happy 2020 everyone!! Viv Groskop (How to Own a Room) and Rosie Wilby (The Breakup Monologues) return to Flixwatcher to review Viv’s choice, Goodfellas. <img class= "wp-image-3070 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/GoodFellas-Feature.jpg" alt="" width="871" height="352" /> Goodfellas is the 1990 gangster crime epic from Martin Scorsese starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy. It tells the rise and fall of mob wannabe Henry Hill from 1955 to 1980.   Arguably the greatest mob film ever made, Goodfellas was the inspiration for The Sopranos and Scorsese’s directorial choice of freeze frames, fast cutting and the long tracking shots influenced nearly every director after. The acting is impeccable - Joe Pesci won Best Supporting Actor for his role as the unpredictable and violent Tommy and as you’d expect from a Scorsese film its soundtrack is not only awesome but it helps the pacing of each decade.  </p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=143] However, it’s not for everyone, there is an argument that Goodfellas does glamourise violence and the mob lifestyle but given that no one ends up unscathed in the end is definitely not glamorous it’s a flimsy argument. It is violent and sweary and at two hours 25 minutes it’s not a short watch. This Scorsese classic scores a very strong 4.19 overall. <span style= "font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen Goodfellas</span>? <span style="font-size: 14px;">What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #138 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the crew of episode 138 Rosie Wilby (<a href= "https://twitter.com/rosiewilby">@rosiewilby</a>) from The Breakup Monologues and Viv Groskop  (<a href= "https://twitter.com/VivGroskop">@VivGroskop</a> )from How to Own a Room   Find their websites online at <a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Own-Room-Brilliant-Speaking">https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Own-Room-Brilliant-Speaking</a>  and <a href="http://www.rosiewilby.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.rosiewilby.com&source=gmail&ust=1570087490937000&usg=AFQjCNFDdmldY_Zx6uWSAoVPdN7ios95Gg">www.rosiewilby.com</a> Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about Goodfellas.</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on Goodfellas, you can visit  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278871/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Goodfellas  IMDb</a> page here or  <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blue_is_the_warmest_color">Goodfellas Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Happy 2020 everyone!! Viv Groskop (How to Own a Room) and Rosie Wilby (The Breakup Monologues) return to Flixwatcher to review Viv’s choice, Goodfellas. Goodfellas is the 1990 gangster crime epic from Martin Scorsese starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy. It tells the rise and fall of mob wannabe Henry Hill from 1955 to 1980.   Arguably the greatest mob film ever made, Goodfellas was the inspiration for The Sopranos and Scorsese’s directorial choice of freeze frames, fast cutting and the long tracking shots influenced nearly every director after. The acting is impeccable - Joe Pesci won Best Supporting Actor for his role as the unpredictable and violent Tommy and as you’d expect from a Scorsese film its soundtrack is not only awesome but it helps the pacing of each decade.   Scores [supsystic-tables id=143] However, it’s not for everyone, there is an argument that Goodfellas does glamourise violence and the mob lifestyle but given that no one ends up unscathed in the end is definitely not glamorous it’s a flimsy argument. It is violent and sweary and at two hours 25 minutes it’s not a short watch. This Scorsese classic scores a very strong 4.19 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen Goodfellas? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #138 Crew Links   Thanks to the crew of episode 138 Rosie Wilby (@rosiewilby) from The Breakup Monologues and Viv Groskop  (@VivGroskop )from How to Own a Room   Find their websites online at https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Own-Room-Brilliant-Speaking  and www.rosiewilby.com Please make sure you give them some love     More about Goodfellas.   For more info on Goodfellas, you can visit  Goodfellas  IMDb page here or  Goodfellas 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.

Ep #138 Goodfellas with Rosie Wilby fromThe Breakup Monologues and Viv Groskop from How to Own a Room

<p>Suzy Buttress (Casual Birder Podcast) and Sara-Mae Tuson (Fable Gazers) return to Flixwatcher to review Suzy’s choice Mystic Pizza. <img class= "wp-image-3062 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mystic-pizza.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="562" /> Mystic Pizza is a 1988 romantic drama starring Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor and Annabeth Gish that also features Matt Damon’s film debut. Not a huge hit on its release, Mystic Pizza has gained a dedicated cult following in recent years and the film is carried by a wonderful performance by Roberts. Despite its age Mystic Pizza has a surprisingly strong girl power ethic running though it. Lili Taylor’s Jojo gets cold feet on her wedding day and wants to enjoy sex before marriage and Roberts Daisy is much more than the pretty girl of the story. All this while they work at the famous Mystic Pizza restaurant.  </p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=142] Mystic Pizza scored more generously from Flixwatcher than guests on recommendability and high marks for small screen but let down by engagement (competing with The Ashes in Helen’s house) giving it an overall score of 3.28. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen Mystic Pizza</span>? <span style= "font-size: 14px;">What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #137 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #137 Crew of  Sara-Mae Tuson  from Fable Gazers <a href= "https://twitter.com/fable_gazers">@fable_gazers</a> and Suzy Buttress from Casual Birder Podcast <a href= "https://twitter.com/casualbirderpod">@CasualBirderPod</a>   Find their websites online at: <a href= "http://fablegazers.libsyn.com/">http://fablegazers.libsyn.com/</a> and <a href="http://casualbirderpod.libsyn.com/">http://casualbirderpod.libsyn.com/</a> Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about Mystic Pizza</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on Mystic Pizza My Maybe, you can visit  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095690/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Mystic Pizza IMDb</a> page here or  <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mystic_pizza">Mystic Pizza Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Suzy Buttress (Casual Birder Podcast) and Sara-Mae Tuson (Fable Gazers) return to Flixwatcher to review Suzy’s choice Mystic Pizza. Mystic Pizza is a 1988 romantic drama starring Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor and Annabeth Gish that also features Matt Damon’s film debut. Not a huge hit on its release, Mystic Pizza has gained a dedicated cult following in recent years and the film is carried by a wonderful performance by Roberts. Despite its age Mystic Pizza has a surprisingly strong girl power ethic running though it. Lili Taylor’s Jojo gets cold feet on her wedding day and wants to enjoy sex before marriage and Roberts Daisy is much more than the pretty girl of the story. All this while they work at the famous Mystic Pizza restaurant.   Scores [supsystic-tables id=142] Mystic Pizza scored more generously from Flixwatcher than guests on recommendability and high marks for small screen but let down by engagement (competing with The Ashes in Helen’s house) giving it an overall score of 3.28. What do you guys think? Have you seen Mystic Pizza? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #137 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #137 Crew of  Sara-Mae Tuson  from Fable Gazers @fable_gazers and Suzy Buttress from Casual Birder Podcast @CasualBirderPod   Find their websites online at: http://fablegazers.libsyn.com/ and http://casualbirderpod.libsyn.com/ Please make sure you give them some love     More about Mystic Pizza   For more info on Mystic Pizza My Maybe, you can visit  Mystic Pizza IMDb page here or  Mystic Pizza 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.

Ep #137 Mystic Pizza with Sara-Mae Tuson from Fable Gazers and Suzy Buttress from Casual Birder Podcast

<p>Scarlett Russell (Sunday Times Style and Secrets of the Side Hustle podcast) and Anna Smith (Girls on Film, Metro and Time Out) return to Flixwatcher to review Scarlett’s choice Good Will Hunting.<br /> <img class="wp-image-3046 size-large" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/good-will-hunting-1024x512.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="512" /> Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and directed by Gus Van Sant. Damon plays Will, a genius with issues who works as a janitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who solves impossible mathematical puzzles for fun. When he’s not doing that, he spends his time drinking and fighting with Affleck’s Chuckie.</p> <p>When Will solves a particularly difficult mathematical puzzle and is found out he is given an opportunity to turn his life around with the support of Robin Williams’ Sean, a psychology teacher. Minnie Driver makes his life more complicated and gives a refreshing performance as Will’s love interest Skylar.</p> <p>It would be a shame for this film to be remembered for its association with Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax, rather than the brilliant and nuanced (and Oscar winning) performance from Robin Williams or that Damon wrote this when he was 20. While it is debatable as to whether this has aged well it definitely shows how much things in Hollywood in a short period of time, it is universally agreed that the loss of Robin Williams is felt by everyone.</p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=141] </p> <p>Despite the mixed reactions for Good Will Hunting, it still scored well. Flixwatcher scored it generously for recommendability and there some high scores for small screen. Good Will Hunting scores 4.3 (exactly!)</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen Good Will Hunting</span>? <span style="font-size: 14px;">What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span></p> <h2>Episode #136 Crew Links</h2> <p>Thanks to the Episode #136 Crew of  Anna Smith <a href= "https://twitter.com/annasmithjourno">@annasmithjourno</a> from <a href="https://podfollow.com/1439182513">Girls on Film</a>,  Metro and Time Out and Scarlett <a href= "https://twitter.com/scarroserussell">@ScarRoseRussell</a>  from Sunday Times Style and Secrets of the Side Hustle Find their websites online at:  <a href= "http://annasmithjourno.com/">http://annasmithjourno.com/</a> and <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/secretsofthesidehustle">https://play.acast.com/s/secretsofthesidehustle</a> Please make sure you give them some love</p> <h2><strong>More about Good Will Hunting</strong></h2> <p>For more info on Good Will Hunting, you can visit  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Good Will Hunting IMDb</a> page here or  <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_will_hunting">Good Will Hunting Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.</p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>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.</p>

Scarlett Russell (Sunday Times Style and Secrets of the Side Hustle podcast) and Anna Smith (Girls on Film, Metro and Time Out) return to Flixwatcher to review Scarlett’s choice Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and directed by Gus Van Sant. Damon plays Will, a genius with issues who works as a janitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who solves impossible mathematical puzzles for fun. When he’s not doing that, he spends his time drinking and fighting with Affleck’s Chuckie. When Will solves a particularly difficult mathematical puzzle and is found out he is given an opportunity to turn his life around with the support of Robin Williams’ Sean, a psychology teacher. Minnie Driver makes his life more complicated and gives a refreshing performance as Will’s love interest Skylar. It would be a shame for this film to be remembered for its association with Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax, rather than the brilliant and nuanced (and Oscar winning) performance from Robin Williams or that Damon wrote this when he was 20. While it is debatable as to whether this has aged well it definitely shows how much things in Hollywood in a short period of time, it is universally agreed that the loss of Robin Williams is felt by everyone. Scores [supsystic-tables id=141]  Despite the mixed reactions for Good Will Hunting, it still scored well. Flixwatcher scored it generously for recommendability and there some high scores for small screen. Good Will Hunting scores 4.3 (exactly!) What do you guys think? Have you seen Good Will Hunting? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below! Episode #136 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #136 Crew of  Anna Smith @annasmithjourno from Girls on Film,  Metro and Time Out and Scarlett @ScarRoseRussell  from Sunday Times Style and Secrets of the Side Hustle Find their websites online at:  http://annasmithjourno.com/ and https://play.acast.com/s/secretsofthesidehustle Please make sure you give them some love More about Good Will Hunting For more info on Good Will Hunting, you can visit  Good Will Hunting IMDb page here or  Good Will Hunting 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.

Ep #136 Good Will Hunting with Anna Smith from Girls on Film and Scarlett from Sunday Times Style

<p>Andrew Johnstone (sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist) and Frank (on their podcast debut!) Didymus (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist) join Flixwatcher to review Andrew’s choice The Never Ending Story. <img class= "wp-image-3041 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/neverending-story-still-03_758_427_8.jpg" alt="" width="758" height="427" /> A contender for the worst use of puppets in film, The Never Ending Story is a 1984 fantasy adventure from director Wolfgang (Das Boot) Petersen featuring an awesome theme song from Giorgio Moroder and a freaky looking flying skin coloured dragon dog creature.   The story is pretty bleak, Bastian is grieving for the loss of his mother and living with an unsupportive father and is also bullied, frequently. He steals a book and retreats to a creepy attic space to read it where he enters the magical world of Fantastica. Except there isn’t much fantastic about it, its very depressing and there is a lot of death. A lot. Artax the horse dies about 20 minutes it and it doesn’t even end on a high note.</p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=140] Quite terrifying, very confusing and you’ll probably have this confused in your memory with Labyrinth or The Dark Crystal, The Never Ending Story isn’t the cult 80s classic Stranger Things wants you to believe it is. Not surprisingly The Never Ending Story scores a very low 2.13 overall, proving that having a kick ass song doesn’t get you high points. <span style= "font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen The NeverEnding Story</span>? <span style="font-size: 14px;">What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #135 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #135 Crew of  Andrew Johnstone (<a href="https://twitter.com/podcastsquared">@podcastsquared</a>) from sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist and Frank (on their podcast debut!) Didymus (<a href= "https://twitter.com/transrmn">@transrmn</a>) (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist)   Find their websites online at: <a href= "https://www.andrewdjohnstone.com/">https://www.andrewdjohnstone.com/</a> and  <a href="https://transrmn.wordpress.com/">https://transrmn.wordpress.com/</a> Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about The NeverEnding Story</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on The NeverEnding Story, you can visit  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00088323/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The NeverEnding Story IMDb</a> page here or  <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_neverending_story_1984">The NeverEnding Story Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Andrew Johnstone (sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist) and Frank (on their podcast debut!) Didymus (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist) join Flixwatcher to review Andrew’s choice The Never Ending Story. A contender for the worst use of puppets in film, The Never Ending Story is a 1984 fantasy adventure from director Wolfgang (Das Boot) Petersen featuring an awesome theme song from Giorgio Moroder and a freaky looking flying skin coloured dragon dog creature.   The story is pretty bleak, Bastian is grieving for the loss of his mother and living with an unsupportive father and is also bullied, frequently. He steals a book and retreats to a creepy attic space to read it where he enters the magical world of Fantastica. Except there isn’t much fantastic about it, its very depressing and there is a lot of death. A lot. Artax the horse dies about 20 minutes it and it doesn’t even end on a high note. Scores [supsystic-tables id=140] Quite terrifying, very confusing and you’ll probably have this confused in your memory with Labyrinth or The Dark Crystal, The Never Ending Story isn’t the cult 80s classic Stranger Things wants you to believe it is. Not surprisingly The Never Ending Story scores a very low 2.13 overall, proving that having a kick ass song doesn’t get you high points. What do you guys think? Have you seen The NeverEnding Story? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #135 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #135 Crew of  Andrew Johnstone (@podcastsquared) from sometimes podcaster occasional Digital Humanist and Frank (on their podcast debut!) Didymus (@transrmn) (Queer Intersectional Healthcare Activist)   Find their websites online at: https://www.andrewdjohnstone.com/ and  https://transrmn.wordpress.com/ Please make sure you give them some love     More about The NeverEnding Story   For more info on The NeverEnding Story, you can visit  The NeverEnding Story IMDb page here or  The NeverEnding Story 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.

Ep #135 The NeverEnding Story with Andrew Johnstone and Frank Didymus

<p>Liz Campbell (Wooden Overcoats, No Space for Heroes) and Zac Fortais-Gomm (The Orphans) return to Flixwatcher to review Zac’s choice The Cabin in the Woods. <img class= "wp-image-3032 aligncenter size-full" src= "http://flixwatcher.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Cabin-In-The-woods-.jpg" alt="" width="477" height="268" /> The Cabin in the Woods is a 2011 horror/mystery/sort of comedy. Directed by Drew Goddard with a screenplay from Joss Whedon it also features an early Chris (Thor) Hemsworth performance. The Cabin in the Woods begins like many other teen horror films with a group of college students who decide going away to stay in a remote house in the middle of nowhere. Ignoring the warnings from weirdos they quickly become part of a game that is much bigger than the viewer (probably) expected.   The premise is that they are all part of a ritual to appease the blood gods and Sigourney Weaver (in a fun cameo) and messing with this will unleash every monster imaginable. The Cabin in the Woods has some fun playing with typical horror stereotypes and but in over winking at the audience it neglects the audiences interest in the outcome of the characters.</p> <h2><strong>Scores</strong></h2> <div id="supsystic-table-103_87781" class="supsystic-tables-wrap" style="width: 100%; visibility: visible;" data-table-width-fixed= "100%" data-table-width-mobile="100%"> </div> <p>[supsystic-tables id=139] A mixed film - it does some of the horror well, some parts are pretty funny (Curt’s death) and the monsters in the monster store are pretty creepy - but it asks too many questions and it feels a bit half baked. The reaction from Flixwatcher and guests was also a bit mixed, The Cabin in the Wood scores 3.84 overall. <span style="font-size: 14px;">What do you guys think? Have you seen The Cabin in the Woods</span>? <span style="font-size: 14px;">What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!</span>  </p> <h2>Episode #134 Crew Links</h2> <p>  Thanks to the Episode #134 Crew of  Liz Campbell <a href= "https://twitter.com/lizxcampbell">@LizxCampbell</a> from Wooden Overcoats <a href= "https://twitter.com/OvercoatsWooden">@OvercoatsWooden</a> and No Space for Heroes and Zack Fortais-Gomm <a href= "https://twitter.com/zackfg">@zackfg</a> from The Orphans <a href= "https://twitter.com/orphansaudio">@orphansAudio</a>   Find their websites online at: <a href= "https://www.woodenovercoats.com/">https://www.woodenovercoats.com/</a> and  <a href="https://www.orphanspod.com/">https://www.orphanspod.com/</a> Please make sure you give them some love    </p> <h2><strong>More about The Cabin in the Woods</strong></h2> <p>  For more info on The Cabin in the Woods, you can visit  <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7371706/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Cabin in the Woods IMDb</a> page here or  <a href= "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_cabin_in_the_woods">The Cabin in the Woods Rotten Tomatoes</a> page here.  </p> <h2><strong>Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes</strong></h2> <p>  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.</p>

Liz Campbell (Wooden Overcoats, No Space for Heroes) and Zac Fortais-Gomm (The Orphans) return to Flixwatcher to review Zac’s choice The Cabin in the Woods. The Cabin in the Woods is a 2011 horror/mystery/sort of comedy. Directed by Drew Goddard with a screenplay from Joss Whedon it also features an early Chris (Thor) Hemsworth performance. The Cabin in the Woods begins like many other teen horror films with a group of college students who decide going away to stay in a remote house in the middle of nowhere. Ignoring the warnings from weirdos they quickly become part of a game that is much bigger than the viewer (probably) expected.   The premise is that they are all part of a ritual to appease the blood gods and Sigourney Weaver (in a fun cameo) and messing with this will unleash every monster imaginable. The Cabin in the Woods has some fun playing with typical horror stereotypes and but in over winking at the audience it neglects the audiences interest in the outcome of the characters. Scores [supsystic-tables id=139] A mixed film - it does some of the horror well, some parts are pretty funny (Curt’s death) and the monsters in the monster store are pretty creepy - but it asks too many questions and it feels a bit half baked. The reaction from Flixwatcher and guests was also a bit mixed, The Cabin in the Wood scores 3.84 overall. What do you guys think? Have you seen The Cabin in the Woods? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!   Episode #134 Crew Links   Thanks to the Episode #134 Crew of  Liz Campbell @LizxCampbell from Wooden Overcoats @OvercoatsWooden and No Space for Heroes and Zack Fortais-Gomm @zackfg from The Orphans @orphansAudio   Find their websites online at: https://www.woodenovercoats.com/ and  https://www.orphanspod.com/ Please make sure you give them some love     More about The Cabin in the Woods   For more info on The Cabin in the Woods, you can visit  The Cabin in the Woods IMDb page here or  The Cabin in the Woods 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.

Ep #134 The Cabin In the Woods with Liz Campbell from Wooden Overcoats and Zack Fortais-Gomm from The Orphans

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