What The Flicks Podcast

One of the great supernatural thrillers starring Nicole Kidman, about a World War 2 widow and her two photosensitive children trying to cope with their unusual circumstances. A must see!!

An unlikely superhero Thelma, a 93 year old grandmother gets scammed out of 10,000 dollars and sets out to get her money back.

A CEO's daughter who has incredible bad luck, went on vacation to Mexico and is now missing. Fortunately, the company has an equally unlucky accountant that they feel would have the best chance of finding her. Starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu.

A British black comedy mystery starring Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley in this truth is stranger than fiction tale. A proper god fearing English woman starts receiving anonymous wicked tawdry letters and feels her Irish immigrant neighbour is the culprit. 

Mr Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) a 93 year old retiree, is living by the sea in southern 1947 England with his house keeper (Laura Linney) and her young precocious son Roger (Milo Parker). Sherlock must solve his final case as his memory fades and his mind deteriorates.

Jennifer Lawrence really struts her comedic chops as a 30-ish femme fatale trying to bring a young man out of his nerdy shell. Hilarious!

After surviving a catastrophic plane crash, John Ottway (Liam Neeson) an expert hunter tries to lead eight survivors through the Alaskan wilderness deep in winter stalked by a hungry wolf pack.

Continuing in Bob’s series “movie roles no-one else could have played”… Peter O’Toole stars in this wildly entertaining omage to film making and the under appreciated stunt man.

Director George Clooney’s sports drama based on true story about the  university of Washington’s junior varsity rowing team’s attempt at qualifying for the 1936 olympics in Berlin. 

A cautionary tale. What seems to be the perfect job, going to exotic locations and making tons of money, what could possibly go wrong? Be careful what you wish for.

Gives a new twist to the Rom-Com genre as Glen Powell’s loosely based portrayal of the real life Gary Johnson, a nerdy psychology professor by day and a cool charismatic hitman by night.

Real life can be even more unbelievable than fiction as is apparent in this film as we follow one of the most famous wrestling dynasties, the Von Erich family as told through the eyes of the only surviving brother Kevin Von Erich.

High octane, full throttle on all cylinders with a killer soundtrack.

In this Tamil language Rom/Com, Keerthi disguises herself from a champion wrestler so that she can enter into an arranged marriage with Veera, a nice but chauvinistic suitor.

A must see Peter Bogdanovich directed film, starting Ben Gazzara as a charismatic and charming pimp living in Singapore.

American crime thriller. Three civil rights workers go missing in Mississippi and the locals are not proving to be very helpful to the FBI’s investigation.

Jerry Seinfeld directs and stars in this hilarious comedy depicting the race between Kellogg’s and Post to develop a new and revolutionary breakfast cereal in the 1960s.

Nominated for 8 Academy Awards and starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as two very eccentric and mentally disturbed people who find each other and their also crazy families that love them. Extremely funny and very uplifting. 

Takes us to a most extraordinary world where a genetic mutation is occurring, changing humans into hybrid animal creatures. We navigate this world with a Francois, a father and his 16 year old son Emile as they search for their wife and mother who is afflicted with this virus.

A fast paced epic tale of a warrior who seeks peace for his war torn land.

A hilarious ride with the unlucky assassin Ladybug (Brad Pitt) aboard the Bullet Train as he encounters fellow assassins, each with their own agenda.

An uplifting sports film starring Bill Nighy highlighting the very real “Homeless World Cup”.

Things just got interesting in Pangniturang, Nunavut. A grout of teenage Inuit girls become a target for some really savage and hungry aliens.

The Harper house is full of underlying conflicts and at the same time a ten year old boy is abducted from the  neighbourhood. This thriller takes us on a journey full of twists and turns.

In 1972 the Uruguayan Rugby team’s plane crashed in the heart of the Andes mountains and the 14 survivors describe how they endured for 72 days in one of the harshest environments on earth.