The Flixters

#movies #F1movie #F1 #bradpitt #cinema #thecriticaldrinker #screenrant #2025 #chrisstuckman #netflix #cinema #theflixterspodcast #podcasts #bitcoin Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! In this week's show we review 'F1', starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris. Our anniversary corner pick is 1995's ' Days of Thunder', starring Tom Cruise....

#movies #28yearslater #horror #cinema #thecriticaldrinker #screenrant #2025 #chrisstuckman #netflix #cinema #theflixterspodcast #podcasts #bitcoin Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! In this week's show we review the long awaited '28 Years Later', directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. Will this be worth the wait....? Our anniversary corner pi...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On today’s show we review Straw , a new film by Tyler Perry. Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) delivers a powerful performance in this hard-hitting drama about a single mother dealing with one problem after another. This isn’t the first time Henson and Perry have teamed and by the look of things, this won’t be their las...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On today’s show we bring you Ballerina , the latest in the John Wick universe. Set in between the events of John Wick 3 and John Wick 4, Ballerina pits stone cold assassin Eve (Ana de Armas) against mob bosses, gangsters and everyone in between - oh and John Wick too!  Check out the show for more deets!  We also bring y...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s show we review Apple Tv’s latest big budget offering, Fountain of Youth . Starring the ever watchable, John Krasinski as an Indiana Jones esque globetrotting, relic hunter. If Indiana Jones is the high bar (not number four) in films of this ilk, where would Fountain of Youth rank?  Check out the show for...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   In a franchise spanning just shy of 30 years, it’s easy to forget one man is pretty much the face of the Mission Impossible films. There’s no denying the jaw dropping stunts, the edge of your seat action scenes and gorgeous locations, but is it really the final outing for the Mission Impossible franchise?  Check out the...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   Death comes knocking on the door in the sixth , yes, sixth installment in the Final Destination universe. Final Destination: Bloodlines comes 25 years after the first in the series was released and it pretty much ticks all the boxes you’d want or need in a Final Destination movie:  Gruesome deaths. Check.  Tony Todd (RI...

#movies #lockedmovie #havocmovie  #thecriticaldrinker #2025 #chrisstuckman #netflix #cinema #theflixterspodcast #podcasts #bitcoin Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast! In this week's show we review two movies. First is 'Locked', starring Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins. Second movie is 'Havoc', starring Top Hardy and directed my 'T...

The one where we review Thunderbolts* Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   The MCU is back at it again with the release of Thunderbolts* (we’ll get into the asterisk in the show). Captain America 4 didn’t land as good as Marvel wanted so maybe a story about a ragtag group of ‘criminals’ can save the day, and box office takings ?  Joining us is regular gues...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s show we review the return of Ben Affleck’s accountant in The Accountant 2 . Not content with using his calculator, Ben, teams up with Jon, ‘The Punisher’ Bernthal to fight an international human trafficking ring. Expect mayhem and bullets and little maths.  We also discuss Until Dawn , a live action versi...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   The Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan teamup continues into 2025 with the release of Sinners , a gloriously vibrant, vampiric tale of twin brothers in 1930s Jim Crow era America. With thumping music, an unmissable performance from Jordan and Coogler’s eye, Sinners sets itself apart from typical vampire fare.  We also di...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   After his Oscar winning turn as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody , Rami Malek stars in The Amateur , a not so typical spy thriller that manages to do enough to keep you guessing. In Magazine Dreams , we have Jonathan Majors in blistering form as a troubled bodybuilder trying to make his dreams come true.  Check out...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s episode we’re talking about revenge seeking unicorns and deep sea diving.  Let’s get one thing straight, the trailer for Death of a Unicorn , is absolutely bonkers. Father and daughter duo, played by Paul Rudd and Jenny Ortega, accidentally knock over a unicorn (yes, a unicorn!) said unicorn’s special hea...

On this week’s episode we discuss the action/comedy Novocain starring Jack Quaid (Hughie from The Boys) and Jake Batalon (Ned from Spider-Man) . In it, Jack plays Novocain , a lovestruck assistant bank manager who cannot feel physical pain.  When the bad come along and take his newfound love, Novocain, saves the day. Albeit in a rather messy and goofy kinda way.  Check out the show for what we tho...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s episode we discuss the latest release from hitmakers, A24. This is the studio that brought us Oscar winning Everything, Everywhere All At Once, or horror classic Hereditary . These guys know a thing or two about being off kilter, and dare we say it, edgy? Sometimes the mix is hard to get right but if a fi...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s episode we discuss Oscar winning film director Bong Joon Ho’s (Parasite) Mickey 17 , an adventurous, and at times darn right bonkers sci-fi comedy. Starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman) as the eponymous Mickey, who’s brilliant by the way, the film offers a chaotic take on so many themes it’s hard to pinp...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   It’s Oscars week and by the time you hear this episode we’ll have already gotten our winners for 2025. Surprised?  Hit us up on our YouTube channel and let us know your thoughts.  On this week’s show we have slasher/comedy Heart Eyes , about a deranged killer who terrorises couples in what can only be described as a Val...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   Fresh off the success of his sophomore film Longlegs , director Ozgood Perkins is on a roll. And a bloody one at that.  Perkins is back with an adaptation of a Stephen King short story, The Monkey , and if you’ve seen the trailer you can see where this is heading.  The tropes are there: twins (never a good sign in a hor...

Another year, another MCU fan favourite hits the screens. This time, we’re ready to see Anthony Mackie take the reins off of Chris Evans, as Captain America. In what is being billed as a bold new direction for the MCU, Brave New World aims to deliver a lot of what audiences expect from a Captain America movie: big action scenes, great villains, espionage with a dash of comedy thrown in. Expectatio...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s episode we talk about historical drama/thriller September 5 , a re-telling of the terrorist attack that rocked the world during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Told from the perspective of the ABC sports crew tasked with reporting the games, the film deftly weaves the behind-the-scenes high sta...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s episode we discuss robot dolls and killer boyfriends! Yup, we get into Companion , a blend of sci-fi, horror and comedy as well as a delicious slice of romance thrown in for good measure.  Question: Where do you stand on robot romance? Check out the show for more deets!  On Anniversary Corner we look back...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s episode we discuss eerie psychological horror Presence, from Oscar winning auteur Steven Soderberg (Ocean’s trilogy, Traffic) and Flight Risk, from Oscar winning director Mel Gibson (Braveheart). # One of these movies makes it to our Movie of the Week, but which one is it?   Check out the show for more de...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   On this week’s show we’re talking hairy transformations and office sex games. Weird combo right?  After the success of Universal’s and Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man, it was only a matter of time before the suits got together and worked out how they could bring to the screen the big hairy monster that was The Wolf Man . ...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   We’re back with another creepy horror film for you folks! This week we take a look at Irish film Oddity , an atmospheric tale involving a blind clairvoyant, a killer doll and spooky ghosts!  Check out the show for more deets!  On Anniversary Corner we look back at The Visit (2014).  And if that’s not enough entertainmen...

Hello and thank you for downloading another episode of The Flixters Podcast!   To kick-start what looks like a massive year for film and TV, The Flixters take a deep dive into Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu . Boasting a top-notch cast, masterful imagery and a famed storyline, Nosferatu is one the most hotly anticipated movies of 2025.  Is it any good? Sink your teeth into the show for more deets!  On An...