Flicking and Screaming

Our 2025 journey through the World of Wes takes us underwater this week.

Nothing connects young millennials / elder zoomers like George Lucas' much-maligned prequels. Can we sort through the nostalgia of these films and see what remains?

We're suiting up with Ben Affleck this week, from the pocket protector to the sniper rifle.

Well, everyone knows Wes Anderson's third feature achieved box office and critical success, further establishing the Anderson-ian style and rhythms. What this podcast presupposes is . . . maybe he didn't?

We turned the key on the monkey's back this week . . . will we survive long enough to make it to the end of the episode?

We've still got spy fever after BLACK BAG, so we are returning to a classic. Plus, an extended conversation on James Bond, Amazon, and the future of our prestige franchise.

This week, Steven Soderbergh asks the question: how sick would it be to create international strife through advanced spycraft to prove just how monogamous you are?

Join us as we bounce from one extracurricular activity to the next in Wes Anderson's hilarious and spiky RUSHMORE.

Baseball. Is. Back. We are celebrating the return of our great game by covering SEE HER BE HER, a new documentary on women's baseball. Veronica Alvarez, manager of the US Women's Baseball Team, joins us to chat about the making of the documentary, the 2026/2027 World Cup season prep, and the future of international women's baseball. Plus, we preview the upcoming MLB season! 00:20 - talking SEE HER...

From tennis courts to Canadian courtrooms, from the Australian desert to the deserts of Arrakis, from the Vatican to Vegas, it's our favorite movies of 2024.

Yeah, yeah, the "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" has a little show for the best movies of 2024, but the real awards are on this podcast. Best Picture, all the acting categories, maybe a little sound and score action. What surprises do we have in store?

It's a far-reaching and honest conversation for our boys this week. How quickly can Jed's Oscar take provoke Evan? What does AI in movies even mean? Is THE BRUTALIST, like, THAT good, or just that good? Plus: SING SING, A REAL PAIN, THE APPRENTICE (which we will never watch), and WICKED (again).

Two of the most discussed (over-discussed?) horror movies feature on this week's episode, as Jed and Chip take a look at these two fairy tales. Are the prosthetics the real stars of these movies? Is the discourse cursed? Should we even attempt to parse through the noise to get to the truth of these films?? Should we have even pressed record????

Justin Kurzel's gritty crime drama helps us continue to celebrate Nic Hoult. How does the cinematography set the tone for this period? Has Jude Law ever looked better? How happy are we that this isn't a TV show? Plus: this movie's story is uhhh pretty relevant!

We've gone against the wishes of our mentors and plugged our (podcast microphones) into amplifiers. We're going electric! But will Chalamet take home his first Oscar? Does it matter if they are singing live on set? Are the soft and steady hands of James Mangold right for this story? Plus: a fiesty Mark Ruffalo tangent.

We're filling in the gaps on our Wes Anderson coverage in 2025, starting with Martin Scorsese's favorite! Which Wilson brother steals the show in this debut feature? How does Wes fragment his personality amongst the three leads? Plus: some WICKED talk, some generators talk, and a new arbitrary ranking scale.

Step into the judge's chambers with us for the movie Warner Bros doesn't want you to see. But is Clint's latest (and final?) movie worthy of a Max dump? How does Nicholas Hoult's good looks play into his part? Is he worthy of forgiveness, or justice? What is the difference? Plus: do we read anything into Clint's daughter cast as he victim?

Phase 2 of the Lindsay Lohan Netflix Cinematic Universe (LLNCU) is underway. Could Francis Ford Coppola have made this movie? Would this movie be better if it wasn't a romance? Plus: FORD V FERRARI, and boy, those opening credits were something. Happy Holidays!

It's the MEAN GIRLS of the Vatican, it's a touch of the Tucc, it's your parent's favorite movie of the year - we are talking CONCLAVE. Is this movie too catty, or not catty enough? This movie will win HOW many Oscars? Plus: rock and roll Chronicles of Narnia?

We didn't forget these movies were released this year! But did everyone else? How sleepy are the actors in these movies? What's up with Apple's release strategy? Plus: a popcorn sponsor, and Evan confuses STAR WARS and SPIDER-MAN.

It's fall, and we are looking for reasons to be happy. What better way than Rob and Nora, than Billy and Meg, than Carrie and Bruno?

We've got dollars in our fists. We've got some MORE dollars in our fists. And we are three men who can only be described as good, bad, and ugly. It's the best of the west on Flicking and Screaming.

We're not letting Tom Chaney get away! Will Chip repent for his repeated dismissals of this film? What makes Roger Deakins' work special and subtle? Plus: Hailee Steinfeld's place in the child actor pantheon.

It's the longest movie title ever, and it's just the first movie! Will the other three planned installments come to fruition? Is Kevin Costner's mortgage worth the franchise, or is that flawed question? Plus: casseroles, Michael Rooker's accent, Venice, and scorpions.

We're making a deal with the devil this week. Do these two horror surprise hits have more in common with each other than we think? Do those shared ideas end in the same place? Does FIRST OMEN separate itself from the IP studio machine? Is LONGLEGS, ya know, scary? Plus: BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH and IMMACULATE.