Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast

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Every week the Flixwatcher crew team up with other podcasters to talk about what to watch on Netflix! Flixwatcher is hosted by Helen Sadler and Kobi Omenaka. Every episode discusses and rates a film from Netflix as chosen by special guests from other podcasts using our unique Flixwatcher scoring system. We tackle classic films including Woody Allen's "Manhattan" and "Pulp Fiction" , Netflix Originals such as "Amanda Knox" and "Beasts of No Nation" through to bargain bin b-movies such as Sharknado 3. The choice what to watch on Netflix is given wholly to the podcaster guests. Team Flixwatcher has no say in what they watch from the huge Netflix library! Tune in every week to get Netflix film recommendations and rejections with spoilers guaranteed! If you are ever struggling with what to watch on Netflix then this is the podcast for you! If you do want to skip to the end that is when you'll get all of our film scores using our unique Flixwatcher Netflix scoring system! Tell your friends AND SUBSCRIBE!

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Episode # 377 The Kings of Summer with Tom Davies and Harley Mumford

    Tom Davies (The Proper Mental Podcast) and Harley Mumford (Fandomentals podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Tom’s choice The Kings of Summer.  The Kings of Summer (2013) is a coming of age comedy drama. Directed by Jordan (Kong: Skull Island) Vogt-Roberts it stars starring Nick Robinson as Joe, Moisés Arias as Biaggio, Gabriel Basso as Patrick, and Nick Offerman as Frank, Joe’s dad. Frustrated by his single and recently bereaved father, Joe along with his best friend Patrick decide to teach their parents a lesson and build themselves a house in the woods. Free of responsibility and their parents for the summer. Joined by Biaggio, an unusual character with a lot of heart, they hunt, play and live like kings. Until Joe brings Kelly, his crush into the mix and the dream begins to fall apart. Recommendability scores for The Kings of Summer were very high. Its 90 minute run time also allowed for strong engagement scores as well to give a very respectable overall rating of 4.61. [supsystic-tables id=391]     Episode #377 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 377 crew of Tom Davies (@Propermentalpod) and Harley Mumford (@HarleyMumford) You can find their website here https://x.com/fandomentalspod And at https://linktr.ee/FandomentalsPodcast Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Kings of Summer For more info on The Kings of Summer can visit The Kings of Summer IMDB page here The Kings of Summer Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    39 min

  2. 12 MAR

    Episode # 376 Back to Black with Hannah Wales and Sam Pay

    Hannah Wales (missflicks.com) and Sam Pay (Song by Song podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Hannah’s choice Back to Black. Back to Black (2024) is a biographical film based on the life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. Directed by Sam (Nowhere Boy) Taylor-Johnson it stars Marisa Abela as Amy, Jack O'Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse and Lesley Manville as Cynthia Levy. Back to Black follows the standard music biopic structure and starts with Amy’s love of singing in her home with her dad Mitch and grandmother Cynthia. She is quickly discovered and releases her debut album Frank. Things start going downhill when Amy meets Blake, the love of her life who also happens to be a bad influence on her. Back to Black has been heavily criticised for its representation of Mitch and Blake and failure to show Amy as anything other than a sad lonely addict. Recommendability scores reflected this and together with low scores across the other categories Back to Black scores 2.64 overall. Watch Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy instead. [supsystic-tables id=390]     Episode #376 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 376 crew of Hannah Wales (missflicks.com) and Sam Pay (@sampay) You can find their website here https://missflicks.com/ And at https://t.co/S8sbBSijzR Please make sure you give them some love   More about Back to Black For more info on World War Z can visit Back to Black IMDB page here Back to Black Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    42 min

  3. 5 MAR

    Episode # 375 World War Z with Elwood Jones and The Reverend Scott K

    Elwood Jones (Asian Cinema Film Club podcast) and The Reverend Scott K (The Church of Tarantino podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Elwood’s choice World War Z. World War Z (2013) is an action zombie film film directed by Marc (Quantum of Solace) Forster and inspired by the book of the same name by Max Brooks. Brad Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, an ex United Nations investigator who is tasked with finding the source and also a potential cure for a sudden zombie apocalypse. World War Z’s biggest downfall is that it came out after the genre defining 28 Days Later. In its attempt to out do 28 Days Later running zombies it creates zombies that aren’t really zombies. It’s also biggest downfall is its decision to not stay faithful to the source material and take its name but go in a different direction. It also fails the genre by being a PG-13 certificate and lacks the gore to be a true zombie film. This was reflected in the recommendability scores, it’s two hour plus runtime affected repeat viewing and engagement categories to give an overall score of 3.37. [supsystic-tables id=389]     Episode #375 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 375 crew of Elwood Jones (@Elwood_Jones) and The Reverend Scott K @ChurchOfQTPod You can find their website here  https://t.co/xFtAVwG9Dv And at https://x.com/acfilmclub Please make sure you give them some love   More about World War Z For more info on World War Z can visit World War Z IMDB page here World War ZRotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    49 min

  4. 26 FEB

    Episode # 374 Hidden Figures with Kim Marsh and Alice Nagle from Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast

    Kim Marsh and Alice Nagle from Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast join Flixwatcher to review Kim’s choice Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures (2016) is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. It tells the incredible true story of the biographies of three African-American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA. Directed by Theodore Melfi it stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Goble Johnson, Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson. Other real life character include Mahershala Ali as Jim Johnson, who marries Katherine and Glen Powell as astronaut John Glenn. In fictional roles it also stars Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst and Jim Parsons. Hidden Figures shines a light on the impressive work done by women of colour in behind the scenes roles. However, there are a number of fictional scenes and several inaccuracies, some that lean into the white saviour trope. Recommendability scores were very favourable despite the historical inaccuracies. Fairly solid scores across the remaining categories give a very respectable score of 4.34 overall. [supsystic-tables id=388]     Episode #373 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 373 crew of Kim Marsh and Alice Nagle from Fetch the Smelling Salts podcast You can find their website here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fetch-the-smelling-salts/id1677507979 And at https://podbay.fm/p/fetch-the-smelling-salts Please make sure you give them some love   More about Hidden Figures. For more info on Hidden Figures can visit Hidden Figures IMDB page here Hidden Figures Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    42 min

  5. 19 FEB

    Episode # 373 The Death of Stalin with Ian and Michael from Lord Of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

    Ian and Michael from Lord Of Adders Black: A Black mo baadder Podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Ian’s choice The Death of Stalin. The Death of Stalin (2017) is a satirical black comedy written and directed by Armando (The Thick of It) Iannucci. In the wake of the death of Joseph Stalin, the remaining members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union bicker and fight over who will succeed him. Its ensemble cast includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Dermot Crowley, Paul Chahidi, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Whitehouse, and Jeffrey Tambor. The Death of Stalin attempts to condense a very complex period of what was then the Soviet Union into 1 hour and 47 minutes with added satirical comedy. Its sheer number of key players adds to its denseness. It’s tricky balance of humour and people being shot in the head won’t be for everyone and the recommendability scores reflected this. The Death of Stalin scores 4.23 overall. [supsystic-tables id=387]     Episode #373 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 373 crew of Ian and Michael from Lord Of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast You can find their website here https://x.com/LeAdderNoire?t=vhI2Je65p1IUANUmQItJXw&s=09 Please make sure you give them some love   More about The Death of Stalin For more info on The Death of Stalin can visit The Death of Stalin IMDB page here The Death of Stalin Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    46 min

  6. 12 FEB

    Episode # 372 Top Gun: Maverick with Tansy Gardam and Eliza Janssen

    Tansy Gardam (Going Rogue Podcast) and Eliza Janssen (Midnight Screening podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Tansy’s choice Top Gun: Maverick. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is a sequel to the 1986 Tony Scott action film Top Gun. Reprising their original roles are Tom Cruise as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell and Val Kilmer as Iceman. It also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman and Ed Harris. Maverick is forced to face his past when he is tasked with training a group of new recruits on a complex mission. Initially the new recruits are skeptical of Maverick and despite their best efforts can’t beat him. Top Gun: Maverick might tone down the homoeroticism of the original but dials up the SFX. It finished up worldwide total of $1.496 billion and became the highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise’s career in 2022. Recommendabilty scores for Top Gun: Maverick were pretty high, due to having to experience it one the big screen scores were lower for small screen to give an overall rating of 4.01. [supsystic-tables id=386]     Episode #372 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 372 crew of Tansy Gardam (@tansyclipboard) and Eliza Janssen (@eliza_janssen) You can find their website here https://x.com/goingrogue_pod?t=o7ZzUNGw20e1aaSa0YOcfQ&s=09 And at https://t.co/6bLkPqHwZL Please make sure you give them some love   More about Top Gun: Maverick For more info on Top Gun: Maverick can visit  Top Gun: Maverick IMDB page here Top Gun: MaverickRotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    57 min

  7. 6 FEB

    Episode # 371 King Richard with Natasha Willings and Sarah McDowell

    Natasha Willings (Limitless Learning education services) and Sarah McDowell (The SEO Mindset Podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Natasha’s choice King Richard. King Richard (2011) is a biographical sport drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus (Monsters and Men) Green. It tells the story of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams from the point of view of their father and coach Richard Williams. It stars Will Smith as Richard, Saniyya Sidney as Venus, Demi Singleton as Serena, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Oracene ‘Brandy’ Price, the sisters mother and Jon Bernthal as Rick Macci, the sisters tennis coach. King Richard earned Will Smith his first Oscar, an achievement that is perhaps overshadowed by the slap he gave Chris Rock at the Oscars. Some of the criticism of the film is that the story focuses more on Richard than it does the achievements of the sisters. Scores for Kind Richard acknowledged it is a interesting watch but felt it leaned too much into Richard and would have been more engaging if its sole focus was Venus and Serena. Slightly lower scores for repeat viewing gives an overall rating of 3.82. [supsystic-tables id=385]     Episode #371 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 371 crew of Natasha Willings () and Sarah McDowell (@SarahMcDUK) You can find their website here https://linktr.ee/sarahmcduk   And at https://x.com/seomindsetpod  Please make sure you give them some love   More about King Richard For more info on King Richard can visit King Richard IMDB page here or King Richard Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    44 min

  8. 30 JAN

    Episode # 370 Rebel Ridge with Russell Bailey and Will Chich

    Russell Bailey (Not Just For Kids Podcast) and Will Chich return to Flixwatcher to review Russell’s choice Rebel Ridge. Rebel Ridge (2024) is a Netflix action thriller written, produced, directed and edited by Jeremy (Green Room) Saulnier. It stars Aaron Pierre as Terry, a ex Marine who is hoping to post bail for his cousin. While on his way, he is rammed off his bike by local police officers who seize the bail money worth $36,000 via civil forfeiture. Terry refuses to give in to the police and enlists the support of AnnaSophia Robb’s Summer McBride, a courthouse clerk. After she discovers a number of cases similar to Terry’s cousin they uncover a history of police corruption. Rebel Ridge is a taut thriller with elements of the western genre. Recommendability scores were very high, only let down by low small screen - we wanted to see this at the cinema Netflix! But it still scores 3.97 overall. Episode #370 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 370 crew of Russell Bailey and Will Chich Please make sure you give them some love   More about Rebel Ridge For more info on Rebel Ridge can visit Rebel Ridge IMDB page here or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Every week the Flixwatcher crew team up with other podcasters to talk about what to watch on Netflix! Flixwatcher is hosted by Helen Sadler and Kobi Omenaka. Every episode discusses and rates a film from Netflix as chosen by special guests from other podcasts using our unique Flixwatcher scoring system. We tackle classic films including Woody Allen's "Manhattan" and "Pulp Fiction" , Netflix Originals such as "Amanda Knox" and "Beasts of No Nation" through to bargain bin b-movies such as Sharknado 3. The choice what to watch on Netflix is given wholly to the podcaster guests. Team Flixwatcher has no say in what they watch from the huge Netflix library! Tune in every week to get Netflix film recommendations and rejections with spoilers guaranteed! If you are ever struggling with what to watch on Netflix then this is the podcast for you! If you do want to skip to the end that is when you'll get all of our film scores using our unique Flixwatcher Netflix scoring system! Tell your friends AND SUBSCRIBE!

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