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Wow. It's been a minute hasn't it? The summer was an eventful one for the NFG boys. Fortunately, one of the things we've been busy with is watching movies. Today, Frank, Peter and Connor got to sit down and talk about some of the things they caught over the boiling summer months of 2023. Join us for the recap! Here's what we got up to. 1:41 - Barbenheimer 1:41 - Oppenheimer 11:21 -...

AVAST! Join Connor, Matt and Frank as they journey back to ye olde 2003 to discuss the original (and - let's be honest - only good) Pirates of the Caribbean film. Load the cannons...and the episode. And let the adventure begin. The story follows pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) as they rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann (Kiera Knightley) fr...

Welcome to red, white and blue Braveheart! This July 4th, come celebrate America's birthday with us as we discuss 2000's epic of (barely) historical proportions! The Patriot is a historical war film written by Robert Rodat, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Mel Gibson, Chris Cooper, Heath Ledger and Jason Isaacs. The story takes place mainly in rural Berkeley County in South Carolin...

Well... Here we are again. Our old hero Indiana Jones is being wheeled out of the old folks home for one last (?) adventure. We've been here before, and we've been hurt. But have the wounds from "Crystal Skull" healed enough to give love a shot again? The boys have gathered together to figure that out. Will Indy need a knee replacement. How's Indy's cholesterol these days...

It's just the 'Give it 5' boys this week. Join Matt & Frank as they give you a catch-all episode, going over all the things they've been watching recently. Every week there's a ton of stuff we all watch that might not merit a full episode in their own right. It doesn't mean talking about them won't make for great radio. And because we're so nice, here's the...

Professor Peter, Colonel Matt and Mr. Frank meet up to discuss 1985's Clue, a murder-mystery comedy decades before Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston tried to obliterate the genre. Listen in as they chat about the history of board game movies as well as what the rights of the game hold for future entries into the Clue-niverse. Directed by Jonathan Lynn, co-written alongside John Landis, and pro...

It's mini-series time! Come with us on a journey as we dive into the series that was designed in a lab deep under London to appeal directly to one Matthew J. Conrad: "Sharpe". "Sharpe" was a TV show that ran from 1993 until 2008 for a grand total of 16 episodes. The hitch is that each episode is 2 hours long! So this is a 16 movie long series that the Brits called a "T...

We're diving deeper into our "No Bummers...." Series? Era? It certainly is going to last longer than a month. THE FUN CONTINUES UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES! Anyway, this week is Connor's pick, and we're going all the back to the good ole' days of 1997 with the Summer Classic, "Men In Black", the third movie in the Will Smith Superstar Trifecta. Often forgotten as just...

It's no bummers month! It's dark. It's cold. Connor's sick. March is actively trying to kill us, and the only way to survive is movies that bring us nothing but joy! As a result we are starting with a Frank/Matt pick with 1996's "The Birdcage". Hilarious from start to finish. Incredible performances from Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Hank Azaria, Gene Hackman, and pod...

Sometimes, a filmmaker is brave enough to ask the big questions. Questions like... "What if there was a giant alligator?" And some questions, like "What if there was a giant alligator?" have to be asked twice. Today we are investigating the second time a brave filmmaker dared to ask that question of himself, society, and all of us. "Alligator 2: The Mutation" is 1991's sequel(?) to the 1980 origin...

January is rough on all of us. After a mad Christmas scramble we thought we would take it back to our roots and give you the first episode we ever recorded as a group before we were No Flicks Given: Masters of the Universe!  New episodes coming in February!  Subscribe and rate us wherever you found us!  Questions? Comments? Concerns?  Find us on Instagram   @NoFlicksGiven...

It's a Christmas miracle! Or a curse depending on how you look at it. We continue our holiday tradition of watching a weird movie and recording our thoughts so you can watch along! Ever wondered what a Harlequin novel would look like if you took out all the sex, sprinkled some Jesus in, and made it a movie? Boy, do we have the flick for you. Vivica A. Fox appears for one whole afternoon of sh...

"Now I have a podcast. Ho, Ho, Ho" -John Mcclane if Die Hard was made in 2022 probably What is a Christmas movie anyway? We know that Die Hard is, but can a movie about Batman be a Christmas movie too? That's the central question of this month's podcast series where the boys of NFG put forward movies that might be Christmas classics... or just another movie with a Christmas tre...

The boys are back at film school with Peter to take a look at the 1980 Martin Scorsese classic “Raging Bull.” We are talking classic cinametrdgophy, Bobby De Niro,  Joe Pesci, boxing movies and toxic masculinity.  Subscribe and rate on your favorite pod catcher!  Let us know what you think of Raging Bull @NoFlicksGiven on Instagram email: noflicksgivenpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe and rate us wherev...

Evil Gets an Upgrade. We're blasting off to Halloween with a new commentary track! The boys chose the Friday the 13th franchise, then let a d10 decide the entry. While Matt was more elated than the others, the whole group ponders life's greatest questions. Not least of which is:  why do so many horror franchises go to space? Subscribe and rate us wherever you found us! Questions? Comment...

The verdict is in: wolfman's got nards. Join the NFG boys as we chat about 1987's The Monster Squad, something of a Goonies cash grab featuring all the Universal monsters (but due to copyright laws...they're not - still we should watch like they are the Universal monsters - though they aren't). Dracula. Frankenstein's Monster. The Wolf Man. The Mummy. The Gill-Man. All in...

CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, abuse, Roman Polanski Happy HalloWEEK, dear listeners! We open our trilogy with what is broadly considered a cinematic and horror film classic. P.O.S. director notwithstanding, we delve into the problematic and unfortunately timely story of a woman gaslight by old men about her pregnancy.  Is it worth the watch more than 50 years on? If the content warning doesn&ap...

AVAST ME HEARTIES AND SALTY DOGS YE! Welcome to the second and concludin' episode of our Treasure Island Flick/Off. We're gonna jaw about some lighter fare' this time. Two more movies from the Landlubbers of Disney.  "Muppet Treasure Island" (1996) and "Treasure Planet" (2002".  Which John is the Longest Silver? Which tale of sea or space fairing adventure w...

Happy Star Trek Day! We take a break in between our Flick/Off to do something a little different. This time around, Matt brings form Gi5 guest Mike to discuss their one true passion: Gene Roddenberry's vision for the future. Strange New Worlds and Anson Mount's hair kinda came outta nowhere, but it's quickly become the leader of this pack of modern Trek. The question is: how does it...

Arrr me hearties! September be the month where we talk like a pirate! In the spirit of the day we're going taking to the HIGH SEAS for an adventure that's excited and delighted old and young alike for nigh these hundred years! This week the lads look at two versions of the tale. One from 1950, a classic made by Disney. The other made in 1990 where the likes of Charlton Heston portrays th...

After a series of pretty heavy films, enjoy a lighter palate cleanser. 1948's Judy Garland / Gene Kelly classic, "The Pirate".   There will be song! There will be dance! There will be lingering shots of Gene Kelly's ass! Subscribe and rate us wherever you found us! Questions? Comments? Concerns? Find us on Instagram @NoFlicksGiven Email noflicksgivenpodcast@gmail.com if you’ve...

Take one part Die Hard . Mix it together with some Blade Runner , some Terminator , some Alien , and a small dash of Terminator . Sprinkle some Brad Dourif over the top and BAM! You've got yourself a Death Machine ! Directed by Stephen Norrington, released in 1994, Deathmachine is so much more than all of its influential parts. Part cyberpunk, part horror, part sci-fi, part action, and part.....

We're taking Peter to school.... film school. Of the four flickers Peter has missed out on some of the film school classics. Wells, Felini, and KURAOSAWA! In this episode the boys help Peter break down the finer points of Kurosawa's 1957 classic: "Throne of Blood".   The boys talk samurai, Shakespeare, and that weird stain on the floor of the set. Also Frank eats an entire meal...

Iron Man. Captain America. The Hulk. These are characters that do not even remotely appear in this movie. We're back from our vacation in the great outdoors to bring you an action adventure epic from the past. This week we're covering the 1998 spy "comedy" The Avengers starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and Sean "The Weatherman" Connery. One of the many 90s movies ba...

And now for something completely different! With summer in full swing, Matt chose a refreshing palette-cleanser: home video mainstay and John Candy vehicle, The Great Outdoors. It was in heavy rotation growing up, but does John Hughes writing stand the test of time? Better listen in! Subscribe and rate us wherever you found us! Questions? Comments? Concerns? Find us on Instagram @NoFlicksGiven Ema...