What The Flicks Podcast

Regular Barbie (Margo Robbie), the most popular Barbie in Barbieland is having an existential crisis. She and Ken must travel to the human world to find their real purpose. Hilarious!

Wow! Chris Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is a monster of a movie. Stunning, gripping, provocative. A must see.

Bill Nighy gives a compelling performance in this beautifully told story of a very ordinary man that turns his life around at the eleventh hour.

In this Norwegian black comedy Lars (Aksel Hennie) and Linda (Noomi Rapace) are having some marital problems so they plan a vacation to a remote family cabin under the guise of reconnecting but actually their intentions are much more sinister.

This Academy Award winner that highlights the separateness and isolation of the Los Angeles based communities that only in collisions do they interact with each other.

Defying the will of nature has consequences. As this strange Icelandic Horror Folk tale reminds us. Sheep farmers Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) are grieving parents who are shocked when one of their ewes give birth to a hybrid.

Suddenly there is an explosion on an aging ocean liner on its last voyage. The passengers and crew fight to escape the sinking ship. The realistic portrayal is impressive as a woman is trapped under the wreckage and her frantic husband tries to free her.

Cabby Jay Trotter (Richard Dreyfuss) is having a good day or what? A very average guy with a huge gambling problem is killing it at the track.

In Madrid there are three women led by father Girón who specialize in paranormal phenomena. They are investigating an antique shop where strange things are happening. Based on a true story.

This disturbing horror thriller is like a runaway train. It just keeps escalating and there's nothing you can do but sit and watch in shock.

This is the most entertaining movie about marketing a shoe that you will ever see.

A blend of history myth and folklore told with great passion, fantastic music and great visuals and action sequences.

Hilarious French box office smash about a postal manager banished from beautiful Provence to the bleak and unsophisticated North.

An apartment building in Argentina becomes a labyrinth as Sebastian (Ricardo Darín) searches for his two missing children who have mysteriously disappeared.

Life from our protagonist point of view. A little donkey who passes through the life of many. Humans and animals alike. A film that makes one think.

A who’s who of actors portraying the true story of the 54 Massachusetts infantry regimen. One of the first African American units fighting with courage and character in the American Civil War.

Ruth Kimke (Melanie Lynskey) has her house broken into and her computer is stolen. With her very unusual neighbour Tony (Elijah Wood), they begin a journey to find it. Such an unusual charming movie in a laugh out loud and violent way.

This is a psychological crime thriller starring Hugh Jackman as Keller Dover who faces every parent’s worst nightmare and Jake Gyllenhaal as detective Loki who has to deal with a child kidnapping and an out of control desperate parent.

Old school blockbuster that brings Maverick’s story full circle adding depth and dimension to the original.

Ruben Ostlund takes a look at the obsurdity of social hierarchy in this clever Oscar nominated black comedy.

Oscar nominee for best film starring Ricardo Darin as Julio Cesar Strassera who led a young and inexperienced legal team in the prosecution of Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship. A true story.

In 1923, in a very small Irish village, Padraic (Collin Farrell) is seriously shocked and bewildered when his life long friend Colm (Brendan Gleeson) wants to end their friendship. A funny, sad tale.

A true story of Beth Raymer (Rebecca Hall), a former exotic dancer who moves to Las Vegas to become a waitress and ends up a successful bookie after meeting Dink (Bruce Willis), a professional gambler.

Korean director Yeon Sang-Ho of “Train to Busan” fame, brings us this sci fi action film that explores what it means to be human.

A romantic comedy written and directed by Kenya Barris and co-written with Jonah Hill. An old story of a young couple with different ethnicities and religions and their families trying to adjust to this new reality. Really funny!