Netflix Book Club

For episode 19 KC chose the 2014 reboot of the 1987 Robocop, which takes place in 2028. 867-5309. Holy Christ! This movie is packed with big names: Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, hell I'll even throw in Jay Baruchel and Abbie Cornish. Also some dude I've never heard of plays Robocop, which is fitting, as I'd never seen the original film (this is written by Dennis). Listen to the e...

Listen up Flix folk: we have an irregular episode today because life is crazy sometimes. Like when you're Jewish but you hate Jewish people. We'll get to that in a minute though! OK, so if you watched the Robocop reboot don't worry; we'll be back next Wednesday to talk about it. But for now! Here's an early episode of The Flix Book Club with the original theme song and name! SOAK IT IN. The movie...

Episode 17 is Dennis' pick - Mystic River, the Clint Eastwood directed murder-thriller-mystery flick that stacked up tons of awards and nominations in 2003. While Dennis had never seen it before, KC and Stephen had. That doesn't mean they had solid opinions about the movie...Listen to the episode to see who changed their mind to make this Dennis' first blockbuster! Head over to the main site at ww...

It's episode 16 again folks and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooold out there today! Stephen chose the Bill Murray staple Groundhog Day...As you know, one of the rules here at The Flix Book Club is that for a movie choice to qualify, it has to be a first time viewing experience for at least one of the guys. KC and Stephen watched this movie YET AGAIN...While Dennis had never seen it befor...

Episode 15 is KC's pick - a film by Andrew Haigh titled Weekend starring Tom Cullen and Chris New. This unrated little indie flick is a snapshot of a weekend shared by two young gay men. We get to know them as they do each other, discussing gay sex, gay politics, gay art, and mugs. This is truly a film grounded in dialogue and character exploration - but is it enough to keep these three idiots ent...

Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! A very happy St. Paddy’s Day from us here at The Flix Book Club to you listeners! Episode 14 is Irish-American’s Dennis Rooney’s pick, titled The Quiet Man. It’s a film from 1952 starring The Duke himself – John Wayne, and the lovely Maureen O’Hara. Ever wanted to marry a girl you met yesterday, and the only thing standing between you and matrimony is an Irish bullheaded...

Our non-fiction enthusiast Stephen plucks one from Netflix's bouquet of documentaries this week. Episode 13 is a documentary titled How To Survive A Plague, a movie about the early days of the AIDS crisis and the activist group ACT UP that came out of it. This is heavy duty stuff and has some of the best raw footage I've seen in any documentary ever - including a protest inside of St. Patrick's Ca...

KC rebuttals Chinatown this week with his pick, The One I Love, starring Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass. Charlie McDowell's directorial debut, this movie puts a sci-fi/fantasy twist on the modern romantic comedy. A young couple visit a vacation house in an attempt to fix their marriage, but something is awry. It's Kafka-esque, Roald Dahl-esque maybe, or some other champion of the weird short stor...

Episode 11 is Chinatown, the 1974 Roman Polanski film. When film noir is discussed, Chinatown is considered a touchstone and a classic to the genre. It's about a detective who starts snooping on an allegedly unfaithful political figure, only to be pulled down the rabbit hole way over his head. This conversation gets HEATED. The boys have some strong opinions on this one. This is what The Flix Book...

Stephen picked another documentary this week because he hates fun. OK, that's not true, and Stephen has picked some killer docs (check out episode 1 Deep Water), so we went into this weeks pick optimistic. It's a very recent documentary titled Video Games: The Movie, and yes, it's about all things video games. There was a lot of ground to cover on this movie, and all three of us have at least a bi...

We are back on track this week with the highly regarded The French Connection. KC picked this, Dennis had been dying to see it, and it was a revisiting for Stephen. It's about two cops trying to thwart a massive drug deal in 1970's NYC. I had to wipe my hands after watching this movie ('cause it was so gritty. Get it?). This movie has one of the best car chases of all time, but listen in to find o...

Like Forest Whitaker's eye, we have you guys lookin' one way, but we're going in another. We know we had The French Connection on the menu for this week, but we're gonna drop in this bad boy for now. Out of the Furnace is the story of one man trying to walk the line, and teeter tottering all over the place. Some great acting on this one, but will it keep everybody's attention? Listen in and see wh...

Dennis got to pick this week and he's waited a long time to see this movie. All Is Lost is a film starring Robert Redford as our guy at sea, dealing with a shipwreck. That's it. That's the whole movie. TITILLATING STUFF HERE GUYS. No seriously that's the whole plot and there is no dialogue in this movie at all. A short monologue at the top but that's it. Give a listen and see if this movie holds u...

Stephen chose Frequencies for our episode 6 pick. It is a sci fi romance that does A LOT of things, and a lot of people have been talking about it. This movie was seen by all of us on several "best of Netflix" lists so we were curious to see what all the hubbub was about. We know for sure this one's gonna bring in a lot of mixed reviews. Leave us a comment/shoot us an email through the website www...

KUMITE! KUMITE! KUMITE! Episode 5 is brought to you by the Kumite, a tournament that brings the worlds best fighters together to smash each others faces in. This one stars Jean Claude Van Damme, it was KC's pick, and we enjoyed the hell out of it. This is Flix Book Club at it's finest: overanalyzing a cheesy 80's martial arts movie. Hit us up on twitter @flixbookclub and tell us if you think it's...

We get our white collar crime on this week with episode 4, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. This was Stephen's pick, a documentary about the bastard company Enron and more specifically their 2001 scandal and ultimate demise. This one's filled with villains guys. Smarmy, upper crust villains! Listen in to see if anyone gives it a #streamit and to see just how many of us said #dontstreamit (ha!...

Episode 3 was a doozy. At times it felt as long as the time our poor protagonist spent locked up in that hotel room. What, you didn't know that already? Didn't you watch the original Korean version? No not that Korea, South Korea. Anyway, listen to the guys reminisce about how good the original 2003 film was and where exactly Spike Lee went wrong with this one. Follow us on here and on Twitter @NF...

For episode 2 we watched Pontypool, a Canadian indie horror thriller zombie thing that is maybe Dennis' favorite movie. He was the only one who had previously seen the film, and the results are...mixed. Hear the guys duke it out on whether this movie is worth a #streamit or #dontstreamit.

Welcome to Flix Book Club! Stephen gets first pick and starts with a documentary titled Deep Water. It’s a documentary about the first guys to circumnavigate the globe by sail boat. We pick this movie apart and talk about how we’d fare out at sea for over a year of solitude. Let us know whether you say #streamit or #dontstreamit. Follow us on twitter @flixbookclub!