The Flicks and Friends Podcast

We wrap up the season with a BANGER! 1989's Kickboxer is a pivotal B-Action movie and one of JCVD's best! Has a really good bad guy and a really flexible good guy. Revenge is a dish best served cold and we ain't talking about ice cream. We talk about the old way of Muay Thai fighting and disco dance moves.

We are wrapping up Paulsploitation Month with a familiar IP. Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie was clearly here to promote the game because there isn't even a a first one.....unless you count that BADASS live action movie with JCVD! Did we have a good time with this one? Did we defeat that son of a bitch Bison? Find out in this weeks episode!

Week three of Pauls Birthday Month was a great one! We are talking about 2024's The Boy and the Heron and man oh man, was this one a treat. Everything from the beautiful landscapes and animations to the self discovery of having to accept death to a Heron with a ehole mouth of teeth....weird. 

Week two of the Paulsploitation is here and man....we are dropped in the middle of the battle for the Hornburg! We are talking about 2025's The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim! We had Mickey from B-Action! join us to talk about all things anime and Lord of the Rings.....it was fun!

The start of the deal has come to light! Public Damnation! was sweetened with the deal that Paul could pick FOUR anime movies for his birthday month and well....here we are. We are covering 1995's Memories and who doesn't like a good anthology!? Find out in this weeks episode!

July 3rd, 1985....the same day Back to the Future was released, on the other side of the country.......there was an outbreak. Night of the Living Dead is talked about in this movie and is made to be believed that it actually happend. Well, it happens again! Return of the Living Dead is a staple in any horror lovers kit and this week, we talk about it!

1989 brings us back to Studio Ghibli and we are talking about Kiki's Delivery Service! We had Sean of Movie Dumpster hop on his broom stick and fly around with us while we talked about this beautiful animated feature. 

This week we head to the bottom of the 9th with 1989s Major League! We have all of the heavy hitters in this episode and talk everything baseball! You do learn a valuable leason in this movie and that is to NEVER steal Jobu's rum!

This week, The Boys get stranded on an alien planet and have to survuve by NOT taking each other out! We are talking about 1985's Enemy Mine and there is SO MUCH that's impressive about this movie!

WHO'S THE BADDEST?! WHO'S THE PRETTIEST?! This week we are covering 1985's The Last Dragon and one of us couldn't be any more happier!! The culture, the tone, the music! This movie has it all! Now strap up with us and Bruce Leroy and let's go show The Shogun of Harlem WHO'S THE MASTAH!!!!

Get the cpaes out and lets dive into 1989's Batman! This week we were joned by Daniel of THe Geeks With Beards Podcast to talk all things Batmania! From Prince, toys, McDonalds and everything inbetween, we our selves find us dancing with the devil in the pale moon light! Did we enjoy the movie? Find out in this weeks episode!! 

The year was 1985.........The Walt Disney Studios produce a movie that under performed and really expensive...and out of no where, American Greetings said "Hold my beer." The Care Bears Movie came out 3 months later....and let's just say...we would much rather of it have not! 

COME ONE COME ALL!!!!! Step into this weekes episode as we do battle in the Arena (1989). One of Empire's hidden gems comes to light in this episode and we talk about our udder love for Steve Wang! Will Steve Armstrong come out on top? Or is everyone going to be chanting "HORN! HORN! HORN!"....find out in this weeks episode!

The year was 1985...but not 1985? Maybe the year was 1954...but set in 1985? Who knows?! Maybe we get to the bottom of it in this weeks episode! We are talking Clue and we couldn't do it alone....we needed our good friend Liz of Fright Mic to help us solve this murder mystery. Was it the wrench? The revolver? The......jugs? Let's find out!

Godzilla has FINALLY made another apperance on the show and on this one, BIOLLANTE IS HERE AS WELL! We had two mega nerds of the genre join us, Milo Jansen and Serj of Lethean to talk about this mega monster movie and what it means to them! 

The year was 1985.....and Disney Animation was nearly destroyed....by The Black Cauldron! This dark fantasy animated movie almost took out the tyrant that is Disney Animation and left us wondering what the world would be like WITHOUT Disney making films in this episode! ALL HAIL THE HORNED KING!!!!

WE ARE HEADED TO CALIFORNIA! Pack your lunchbox and grab your Power Glove, because we are talking about 1989's The Wizard! Mickey from B-Action! joins us on this Nintendo powered cross country adventure! How does it hold up? Find out on this weeks episode!

This week, we travel back to 1985 to talk about the heaviest movie we have done on the show. That's right...we are talking about Back to the Future. This 1985 INSTANT classic brings the jokes, the charisma and the sound that cousin Chuck was looking for. Hang out with us as we talk about why this movie is so good what there is to like about it...as if you need it.

1989 gave us plenty of badass movies...and that includes 1989's Cyborg! Jean Claude lead Cannon movie with gory practicals and a razor thin plot line...but who's here for story lines in a Cannon movie!? Find out who did in this weeks episode!

What happens when you give a couple of teens a high tech computer and a barbie doll? You get Weird Science! We bring you the 1985 John Hughes horny teen classic and we didn't do it alone. Dustin from The Barrens Hideout Podcast joins us as we talk about Bill Paxton getting turned into a toad and squirt guns!

Kicking off a new season with a tradition! We are finally wrapping up the greatest trilogy known to man and that is Indiana Jones! Any chance we get to talk about Nazis getting punched in the mouth, we will talk about it! Parker from Dissect That Film joins us in this wild adventure of train jumping, library smashing and tank flipping!

As we enter 2026, we noticed one thing. THIS IS THE YEAR OF MOVIE THEATERS! Everything mentioned on this episode are must see's in theaters but we had to narrow it down to 5! We were joined by parker from Dissect That Film and in spirt, Mickey of BAction! This list was a ton of fun and we can not wait to get back to the norm over here on the show!

Our Yearly wrap up of 2025 is here! What made our honorable mentions?! What made the dishonorable?! Find out with this awesome Top 5 of 2025! As always, we were joined by Mickey of B-Action! and Parker of Dissect That Film as we discuss what we loved and didn't of the year.

We are on our final week of Winter Summerland and we decided to go to ta theme park! This week we are headed to Spooky Island to solve the case that is Scooby-Doo from 2002. We couldn't do it alone, we needed Logan back from Video Villa Entertainment to help us crack the case and get rid of that pesky Melvin Doo!

Kwan-Tsu, dudes! What happens when you mix surfing, martial arts and Leslie Neilson as a samurai overlord? You get 1993's Surf Ninjas! With a stacked cast, bad ass martial arts and a set of stairs longer than anything you've ever seen. what can go wrong! We are stoked to finally bring this movie to the show and we really hope you enjoy!