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Welcome to the latest At The Flicks review show. Regular listeners will notice a few changes this month, the biggest being that, thanks to lockdown, there aren’t many new movies to review! Which is of course a problem for a review show. However before we talk about our sneaky approach to that problem, let’s look at our new expanded team. Let’s start with the regulars “Oracle” Jeff “I make my film...

Our continuing and popular series on the politics of the Rambo films has the team journeying to Afghanistan to talk about the most expensive film of the series, Rambo III. Note that there is no more mention of First Blood in the title. This time our own Rambo style native warrior Neil (no knife, all golf club) joins us as the battle lines of discussion are drawn. During the course of this in depth...

Last Year Jeff had a rant (nothing new there) about Disney + and their staggered release pattern. He said it would be a disaster outside of America. Well, COVID proved him wrong as the UK had a record number of subscribers when lockdown hit. What else was he wrong about? Find out on our Disney + podcast discussion. On this podcast Phil the bear (a subscriber) joins the team to talk about the relea...

The Witcher, Daredevil, The Punisher and Hannibal are some of the most highly praised and watched TV shows of recent years. They have all had episodes directed by our guest on this show – Marc Jobst. This special episode is devoted almost exclusively to Marc talking about his career, from his early stage days to the heights of being one of the most sought after directors working today . Marc talks...

Ain’t lockdown a bitch? The At The Flicks team can’t get out to go into a cinema. Can’t go to a bar to get that beer Neil owes us. We are all stuck in our respective properties having to decide what to watch next. Jeff has to make sure he avoids anything Marvel, Graham is stuck in an endless cycle of Mel and Gerard movies while Neil has to work out how to turn the TV on. Even after you get to your...

Howdy Partners. Don’t stand so far away, come closer to the campfire, grab some beans and coffee while its still hot and settle back as the At The Flicks team talk Westerns. Welcome to the first in a series of podshorts from the At The Flicks western team. While you help yourself to the food, we’ll introduce ourselves. There’s Jeff the Kid, Itchy Trigger Finger Graham and Snake Eyes Neil (don’t st...

Dec and Phil join the team to pick two films each that were personal disappointments. The complete list of all ten films can be found in the show notes for this episode. Attheflicks.co.uk

Welcome to our end of month show, slightly late, but then everything is crazy at the moment! We hope you are all coping well with whatever lockdown is taking place in your country and are following all the social distancing rules. To keep you entertained here is our review show for March. Most of these we were able to watch in cinemas (remember them?) Like everyone else we have no idea when cinema...

Jardiel from Pulp Cereal joins us to ask a very important couple of questions. Who is Roger Corman? What is his importance in the history of cinema? Without giving too much detail away – we don’t want to spoil your enjoyment of the show – we will just say, that without Roger Corman, cinema would not be as we currently know it. Well known names such as James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan...

After the success of episode 72 (The Politics Of Rambo), we return to one of Sylvester Stallone’s most famous characters as we critique Part II. In preparation for this, your jungle team of Elijah, Graham and Jeff put on their bandanas, get out their bows and arrows and journey into the undergrowth. The undergrowth of politics that is. We examine why the second Rambo film, the most successful of t...

The world around you may seem to be going mad as everyone enters lockdown phase, however don’t worry, the At The Flicks team are there for you. We have more content stored than Neil’s toilet roll collection and it is of better quality. Yes, throughout this crisis we pledge to deliver to you shows on a regular basis. You may not agree with our views (no one ever agrees with Jeff), but we hope to ke...

The last, the longest and the wittiest awards show review of the year. As we are so late to the party, the At The Flicks team approached this assignment like a Quentin Tarentino movie. The usual suspects are here, however for this one we had to go bigger and bring in some extra Reservoir Dogs. Like every great Tarentino movie we break the action down into chapters, such as the Controversies and th...

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In podcast 78 “Is it too early for Sherry” we had so many reviews that we had to split the show into two parts. This Podcast is the second part of our End of month Review show. This show contains reviews of Bad Boys for Life, The Rhythm Section, Emma, While you were sleeping, Slenderman, 71, The Buddy Holly Story and a review of the first six Studio Ghibli movies that aired on Netflix in February....

Welcome to our end of February show. It might be the shortest month, yet paradoxically it has the biggest show. So big in fact that we have had to split it in two! We could have edited some of the content out, but if we did that we would have to put up with another Jeff rant as to how he was being censored. This seems a good compromise, and as an added bonus, if you have to self isolate in the wee...

The “it’s back” episode. It’s back to great interviews, it’s back to movie news and it’s back to Elijah who is once again re-discovering the classics. It’s also back to Jeff’s rants, Neil’s confusion and Graham’s unnatural obsession for all things Mel. Put that from you mind as we tell you about our big interview. Our first interview of the year and we start with a bang. Kirk Doman is a major movi...

On this Podcast short special we talk to director Marc Jobst about his latest in development project Home.  Marc will be bringing a concept performance from the film, a movie “pitch” if you like, to this year’s Stroud Film Festival. As the Festival guide explains the event “ Home is a multi generational dance musical about three young homeless people who meet on the streets of Bristol. Researched...

The 2020 Stroud Film Festival starts with a lead in event on 21st February and to discuss the programme for this year we sat down with Co. Director of the Festival, Andy Freedman. In this podcast we talk about the films, venues, competitions, events and workshops that make this festival such a unique experience. If you have an interest in cinema then the Stroud Film Festival, which runs until 28th...

In the last few years film fans have complained that the movie industry was churning out nothing but Sequels, Reboots and Remakes. What exactly are these modern phenomena? In 2019 we had more Avengers, another John Wick, Godzilla back again, Pets continuing to be secret, X-Men doing the Phoenix saga again, the return of the Toy Story crowd, yet more Annabelle and a further helping of the Men in Bl...

Welcome to our first end of month review show of the year.  It has been a few months since our last reviews show, so we start with a little catch up. Star Wars fan Phil Foster aka Phil the Bear joins us to discuss Star Wars : The Rise Of Skywalker (or as Jeff has cynically named it – Star Wars : The Death Of A Saga). It is a film which has divided audiences as much as it has done for our panel. Wh...

Welcome to the first of a limited series looking at the Rambo films. While that might seem an odd series for At The Flicks to go into such detail on, it is something that has been on political Jeff's mind since watching Rambo Last Blood.  What this series will hopefully achieve, is a critique of each film and the political times in which it was made.  Each film will get its own episode. What bette...

After the last couple of shows which have focused on listeners and contributors favourite films of 2019, it is now time for the At The Flicks team to put theirs together. It wasn’t easy! The period of creating and comparing the three lists ended up in Game Of Thrones style intrigue. Jeff threatened to release incriminating photos unless his picks were selected. This plan backfired when he realised...

On New Year's Eve we released episode 69 (Neil's favourite episode) where some of our contributors and guests revealed their top films of 2019. Following some fantastic feedback, we now have, for you, the second half of the show. Once again, guests and contributors tell us what their favourites were. For our guests and contributors we have an equally strong list: Declan - Who takes a break from wa...

A very happy New Year to all our listeners.  What would the start of a new movie going year be if you didn’t have a close look back at the one that has just passed? If you had a good New Year’s Eve, then your hangover time should be spent assessing what was good and bad in 2019. Trust us, that is what we will be doing! We thought we would ask some of our contributors and listeners what their views...

Christmas is coming and like every family, the 'At The Flicks' team will be settled in 'Silent Night' fashion in front of the TV. Well, it is better than talking to one another. Anyway, by that time we would have fallen out, Jeff will no doubt be complaining about who ate the last roast potato, Neil will be hyper after his annual glass of wine and Graham will be trying to get us all to stand for t...