Episode # 379 The Net with Smith and Stew from It Doesn’t Hold Up podcast
Smith and Stew from It Doesn’t Hold Up podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Smith’s choice The Net.
The Net (1995) is an action thriller staring Sandra Bullock as a systems analyst from producer turned director Irwin Winkler.
Angela Bennett (Bullock) a single, permanently online systems analyst gets involved in a conspiracy when she unknowingly receives a floppy disk with confidential information. On vacation she meets Jack (Jeremy Northam) who under the guise of a holiday romance tries to kill Angela. She manages to escape but quickly discovers her identity has been erased online.
The Net is a film that shows us the thrills of ordering pizza online and the indestructible floppy disk. Time has not been kind to films about ‘the internet’ from the 1990s and The Net is no exception.
There is no reason for this film to be two hours but it is! This is reflected in the scoring and The Net scores 2.49 overall.
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Episode #379 Crew Links
Thanks to the Episode # 379 crew of Stew and Smith from @doesntholduppod
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More about The Net
For more info on The Net can visit The Net IMDB page here The Net Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Episode # 378 Brian and Charles with Russell Bailey and Will Chich
Will Chich and Russ Bailey (Not Just for Kids podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Will’s choice Brian and Charles.
Brian and Charles (2022) is a Welsh comedy drama directed by Jim Archer with a screenplay by David Earl and Chris Hayward, who also star in the film.
Brian (David Earl) is a lonely inventor living in rural Wales, he builds unusual contraptions that serve little purpose and barely function. On one of his scavenger trips he finds a mannequins head and he decides to create a robot to keep him company. During a thunderstorm the robot is activated and takes on a personality of his own called Charles Petrescu (Chris Hayward).
Brian and Charles is a quirky and warm hearted film about friendship, loneliness and self discovery. It won’t be for everyone, but if this is your thing you’ll have a lot of fun with it. Recommendability scores reflected its quirkiness and Brian and Charles scores 3.71 overall.
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Episode #378 Crew Links
Thanks to the Episode # 378 crew of Russell Bailey (@russlovesmovies) and Will Chich (@WillChich)
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More about Brian and Charles
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Episode # 377 The Kings of Summer with Tom Davies and Harley Mumford
Tom Davies (The Proper Mental Podcast) and Harley Mumford (Fandomentals podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Tom’s choice The Kings of Summer.
The Kings of Summer (2013) is a coming of age comedy drama. Directed by Jordan (Kong: Skull Island) Vogt-Roberts it stars starring Nick Robinson as Joe, Moisés Arias as Biaggio, Gabriel Basso as Patrick, and Nick Offerman as Frank, Joe’s dad.
Frustrated by his single and recently bereaved father, Joe along with his best friend Patrick decide to teach their parents a lesson and build themselves a house in the woods. Free of responsibility and their parents for the summer. Joined by Biaggio, an unusual character with a lot of heart, they hunt, play and live like kings. Until Joe brings Kelly, his crush into the mix and the dream begins to fall apart.
Recommendability scores for The Kings of Summer were very high. Its 90 minute run time also allowed for strong engagement scores as well to give a very respectable overall rating of 4.61.
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Episode #377 Crew Links
Thanks to the Episode # 377 crew of Tom Davies (@Propermentalpod) and Harley Mumford (@HarleyMumford)
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More about The Kings of Summer
For more info on The Kings of Summer can visit The Kings of Summer IMDB page here The Kings of Summer Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Episode # 376 Back to Black with Hannah Wales and Sam Pay
Hannah Wales (missflicks.com) and Sam Pay (Song by Song podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Hannah’s choice Back to Black.
Back to Black (2024) is a biographical film based on the life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. Directed by Sam (Nowhere Boy) Taylor-Johnson it stars Marisa Abela as Amy, Jack O'Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse and Lesley Manville as Cynthia Levy.
Back to Black follows the standard music biopic structure and starts with Amy’s love of singing in her home with her dad Mitch and grandmother Cynthia. She is quickly discovered and releases her debut album Frank. Things start going downhill when Amy meets Blake, the love of her life who also happens to be a bad influence on her.
Back to Black has been heavily criticised for its representation of Mitch and Blake and failure to show Amy as anything other than a sad lonely addict. Recommendability scores reflected this and together with low scores across the other categories Back to Black scores 2.64 overall. Watch Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy instead.
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Episode #376 Crew Links
Thanks to the Episode # 376 crew of Hannah Wales (missflicks.com) and Sam Pay (@sampay)
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For more info on World War Z can visit Back to Black IMDB page here Back to Black Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Episode # 375 World War Z with Elwood Jones and The Reverend Scott K
Elwood Jones (Asian Cinema Film Club podcast) and The Reverend Scott K (The Church of Tarantino podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Elwood’s choice World War Z.
World War Z (2013) is an action zombie film film directed by Marc (Quantum of Solace) Forster and inspired by the book of the same name by Max Brooks. Brad Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, an ex United Nations investigator who is tasked with finding the source and also a potential cure for a sudden zombie apocalypse.
World War Z’s biggest downfall is that it came out after the genre defining 28 Days Later. In its attempt to out do 28 Days Later running zombies it creates zombies that aren’t really zombies. It’s also biggest downfall is its decision to not stay faithful to the source material and take its name but go in a different direction. It also fails the genre by being a PG-13 certificate and lacks the gore to be a true zombie film.
This was reflected in the recommendability scores, it’s two hour plus runtime affected repeat viewing and engagement categories to give an overall score of 3.37.
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Episode #375 Crew Links
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