The Flixters

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! On this week’s show we are joined by our special guest Charley who gives us her honest and funny take on the new Amazon exclusive, Without Remorse . It stars Michael B. Jordan as an ex soldier gone rogue. It’s got guns, fist fights and yes, people, Micheal’s bare chest! Download the show to find out what we thought! On An...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Get Over Here! Yup, those immortal words from the classic 90s video game are back. It’s been 26 years since the first movie outing for our kick-ass warriors. This time they’re back to save Earth from cold ass villains and four-armed monsters. Check out the show for more deets! Download the show to find out what we thought...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! On this week’s show we review Run , a psycho-drama starring Sarah Poulson and Kiera Allen who makes her film debut. Sarah plays Diane, mother to Chloe, a wheelchair bound and homeschooled teenager. Beneath the exterior show of love and affection Diane harbours a sinister and dark secret which when found out, leads to some...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Based on a best-selling novel, Chaos Walking teams up Tom Holland (Spider-Man) and Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) as two unlikely companions in this sci-fi adventure from director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, Mr and Mrs Smith). When her ship crash lands on an unknown planet, Viola (Ridley) must survive so she can make contact...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! The biggest showdown in movie history happens right now folks. We’re bringing you our monster review of Godzilla vs Kong. Yup, these two titans of the monsterverse finally get to crack skulls together. But the question is, who is the winner? Download the show to find out. On Anniversary corner we bring you some more monst...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! What happens when Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown head for a night out in Miami in 1964? This is the premise for Regina King’s directorial debut adapted from a play by the same name. It's a fictionalised account of a meeting between these real-life icons of America. A slice of American history without th...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! It’s been four years since Zack Synder’s Justice League hit the big screens and ever since fans have been begging the director to release his version of that maligned movie. Four years on and fans’ wishes have come true. In a brand new cut of the movie, which stands at four hours long, Zack Synder’s Justice League hits th...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! On this week’s show we’re talkin’ Coming 2 America the sequel to the smash Eddie Murphy hit Coming to America. The whole gang is back, plus a few extras. Wanna know what we thought? Download the show to find out. And if that wasn’t enough for you we’ve even thrown in new trailers to watch and an epic chat about the Disney...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! This week on the show we review The Little Things starring Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto. Set in 90s Los Angeles during a wave of grisly murders, Washington and Malek play two detectives piecing together the clues, with Leto providing just enough creepiness to make us believe he is the killer...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! On this week’s show we talk about Judas and the Black Messiah , directed by Shaka King and starring Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield. It tells the story of Fred Hampton (Kaluuya), leader of the Chicago branch of Black Panther Party, and an FBI informant planted within the party played by Lakeith Stanfield. Check out t...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Still in the mood for some romance after a Valentine’s weekend? Well, on this week’s show we go deep with Zendaya and David Washington in the Netflix exclusive Malcolm & Marie . When two lovers return from a night out, it should be all love and tenderness. But for these two, it definitely is not. Check out the episode...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! This week we discuss Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut Promising Young Woman (2020). It stars Carey Mulligan as Cassie, a clever young woman who fakes being drunk at bars and nightclubs to get a man to take her home. Once alone, she waits patiently for the man to take advantage only then to reveal the truth. If that doe...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Who doesn’t like a time-travel, video game inspired action flick huh? If you don’t then I’m afraid you’re outta luck, because on this week’s show we review Boss Level , which is a time sensitive, video game inspired action flick! The film stars Frank Grillo as an ex Navy Seal who is having a seriously messed up day...agai...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Hot off the heels from his role in Outside the Wire Anthony Mackie is back in another sci-fi called Synchronic . Here he plays Steve, a paramedic teamed up with Dennis, played by Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) who witness first hand the devastating effects of a new drug called Synchronic on the streets of New Orleans...

The one where we review Outside the Wire and Songbird Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! We’ve got TWO new reviews on this week’s show peeps. First up, action/thriller Outside the Wire , starring Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris. Damson plays a peacekeeping officer assigned to assist Mackie on a dangerous mission in war torn Ukraine. One of the two is a roo...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Hello and welcome back to the show. We’ve got a soulful one for you this week our soldiers. We gettin’ deep with Pixar’s latest Soul , starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey and Graham Norton. Foxx plays Joe Gardner, a music teacher who hasn’t quite reached the pinnacle of his career. But when an opportunity comes his way, will...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! It’s our first episode in 2021 and we’re bringing you a review of George Clooney’s Netflix exclusive Midnight Sky . Not only does he star in it, but he directs too. Set in a future where Earth faces global catastrophe, Clooney plays a lone scientist tasked with warning the crew of a spaceship returning to Earth. Does he r...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! We’ve waited for what feels like an eternity for Wonder Woman 84 to arrive, and at last it’s here. Directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot as the titular superhero. Does it live up to the hype? Was it worth the wait? Is it a Greek tragedy waiting to happen or better than the original? You’ll just have to check ou...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! On this week’s show we celebrate and lament the final performance of the late, great Chadwick Boseman in the film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom . Chadwick died before the film’s release but if there was ever a performance that deserves to be seen, it’s this one, he is just sublime. Check out the show for more on this. On Hidde...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! We’ve a jam packed show full of Marvel and Star Wars news for our intrepid listeners! PLUS, we’re also throwing in a movie review too! This week we discuss Sound of Metal (2020), starring Brit actor Riz Ahmed. He plays Ruben, a drummer in a heavy metal band who suddenly loses his hearing. Riz produces a beautifully layere...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! This week on the show we delve into Brandon Cronenberg’s second film outing, Possessor . Starring Andrea Riseborough as an assassin who literally goes into your mind to carry out certain acts of violence. And when we mean violent, we really do mean violent. There are bodies, blood, lots of blood and some serious mind bend...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! Fancy a bit of cops and robbers in your movies? Well we got plenty of those for you this week. On the show we talk about Dragged Across Concrete (2018). Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles and Michael Jai White. We reckon this neo-noir cop thriller will have you glued to your seat. It’s got bad guys who are su...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! On this week’s show we review a new psychological horror from director Bryan Bertino called The Dark and the Wicked . Two siblings are brought back to their childhood farm when their father becomes ill. Grief is overtaken by a sense of dread and fear which the two siblings seem unable to cope with, and so begins a descent...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! This one’s for the gamers out there! Sony have released a new games console and so we thought it would be a good idea to speak about films based on games.  We also review Console Wars , a documentary about the rivalry between two of the biggest names in gaming history, Nintendo and Sega. The doc takes a look back at...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! We’ve a great show for you this week listeners. This week we discuss the directorial debut of Radha Blank in The 40 Year Old Version . The film follows the life of a once promising playwright who never quite reaches the pinnacle of her career, who reinvents herself as a hip-hop rapper. Funny, feisty, and with a lot of hea...