Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast Stripped Media

Genevieve Hassan (Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did podcast) and Natalie Jamieson (Bestsellers podcast, BBC Radio 1 & 2) join Flixwatcher to review Genevieve’s choice Bros: After the Screaming Stops.
Bros: After the Screaming Stops (2018) documents the rehearsals for their 2017 reunion shows, 28 years after their last performance. It also gives an insight into their relationship and lives after their success in the 1980s.
Forget what you know about documentaries and Bros, some of the one liners could have come straight from Christopher Guest. There are also moments where they reflect on the pressures of finding fame at a very early age.
Despite no one experiencing fanny flutter levels of Bros fandom, the recommendability scores for Bros: After the Screaming Stops were very high. That will high scores across small screen and engagement gives an overall rating of 4.04.
 
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Episode #325 Crew Links
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More about Bros: After the Screaming Stops
For more info on Bros: After the Screaming Stops can visit Bros: After the Screaming Stops IMDB page here orAfter the Screaming Stops - Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Charlotte Sometimes and George Wood (freelance film writers) join Flixwatcher to review Charlotte’s choice Sicario.

Sicario (2015) is the seventh feature film from director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Emily Blunt as Kate Macer, an FBI Special Agent recruited by Josh Brolin’s Matt Graver, a CIA officer, as a technical necessity so the CIA can operate in Mexico, outside the US border. Benicio del Toro plays Alejandro Gillick, a former Mexican prosecutor turned assassin with a specialism in torture. Also starring in an early role is Daniel Kaluuya as Reggie Wayne, a rookie FBI Special Agent and Kate's partner.
Sicario, Spanish for ‘hitman’, features strong performances and some incredible but tense set pieces. It is not an easy watch, due to the content and the unrelenting bleakness. The cinematography by Roger Deakins and score by Jóhann Jóhannsson are highlights in the darkness of the content.
Scores for recommendability reflected the harsh subject matter, it is a technical achievement but lacking in emotion and human connection. The love for Deakins and Jóhannsson also reflected the small screen scores and Sicario scores 3.63 overall.
 
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Episode #324 Crew Links
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More about Sicario
For more info on Sicario can visit Sicario IMDB page here or Sicario Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Lizzie Swindells and Neel Bhatt (Empire Podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Lizzie’s choice Paddington 2.
Paddington 2 (2017) sees Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishlaw) having settled into London life with the Brown family, framed for theft and sent to prison (on fairly shaky evidence). While Paddington is in prison, impressing the imposing Knuckles (Brendan Gleeson) with marmalade, the Brown family (led by Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters and Hugh Bonnerville) are trying uncover the real thief, Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant having a lovely time).
Paddington is pretty much universally adored by everyone, well everyone other than Helen maybe. At the films heart is the belief there is good in everyone and kindness will always prevail.
Unsurprisingly Paddington 2 scored extremely highly on recommendability, how could you not? Scores across the other Flixwatcher categories were very high, not high enough to challenge number 1 but a still a very respectable 4.68 overall, earning a place in the top 10.
 
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Episode #323 Crew Links
Thanks to the Episode #323 Crew of Neel Bhatt (@_Neelsreeldeel) and Lizzie Swindells (@lizzie1708) from Frame to Frame podcast 
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More about Paddington 2
For more info on Paddington 2 can visit Paddington 2 IMDB page here or Paddington 2 Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Sean Wilson and Andy Williams from Frame to Frame podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Sean’s choice Young Adult.
Young Adult (2011) is a comedy-drama from director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, their second collaboration after Juno (2007), who would go onto to make a third film together in 2018 with Tully.
Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a 37-year-old divorced alcoholic, she works as a ghost writer of a series of young adult novels that are soon to be cancelled. When she receives an email from old flame Buddy, played by Patrick Wilson, she sees it as a sign to return to her home town to win him back.
Young Adult followed the pretty much universally adored Juno and its tone couldn’t be more different. Theron does an incredible job of bringing humanity to a character that has very little redeeming qualities and is so very mean to people.
While it is a comedy, it is very much a bleak black humour and not laugh out loud. This was reflected in the recommendability scores, despite this Young Adult still scores a very high 4.15 overall.
 
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Episode #322 Crew Links
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More about Young Adult
For more info on Young Adult can visit Young Adult IMDB page here or Young Adult Rambow Tomatoes page here.
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Meg Waters (Glamour, Stylist and Little White Lies) and Sarah Collier join Flixwatcher to review Meg’s choice Last Night in Soho.
Last Night in Soho (2021) is a psychological horror from director Edgar (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) Wright. 1960s obsessed Eloise/Ellie (Thomasin McKenzie) moves to London from sleepy Cornwall to follow her dreams and study fashion at London College of Fashion. She falls victim to the taunts of queen bee university bully Jocasta (Synnøve Karlsen) and moves into a creepy bedsit with Ms Collins (Diana Rigg, in her final role) as the landlady.
In her new bedsit Ellie has a dream where she is transported by to the swinging sixties London and is transported into the body of Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), an aspiring singer, and meets seedy bar owner Jack (Matt Smith). When Ellie’s dreams start merging into reality things take a dark turn.
Views on Last Night in Soho were mixed, there are some excellent technical scenes and 1960s styling but the clunky plot and unintentional comedy made for an uneven watch. The overall rating from the combined scores was 2.69, making it the lowest Flixwatcher rated Edgar Wright film so far.
 
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Episode #321 Crew Links
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More about Last Night in Soho
For more info on Last Night in Soho can visit Last Night in Soho IMDB page here or Last Night in Soho Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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Stephen Carty (BBC Radio Scotland, Radio Times, Empire Magazine) and Simon Williams (You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat film quiz) join Flixwatcher to review Stephen’s choice The Equalizer.

The Equalizer (2014) directed by Antoine (Training Day) Fuqua stars Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a former US Marine and DIA officer, now retired and working in an hardware store. On one of his late night dinner visits he meets a sweet, teenage prostitute called Teri, played by Chloë Grace Moretz. When Teri is badly beaten by pimp, Slavi, Robert takes a personal interest in her wellbeing and takes matters into his own hands by paying her pimp a visit to buy her freedom. When his offer is declined Robert uses his old skills to take out Slavi and his gang, indadvertedly starting an all out war with a Russian syndicate.
While The Equalizer doesn’t rewrite the retired specialist killer coming out of retirement to seek justice genre it does bring a lot of entertainment and a top tier Denzel performance. The final act also features some fantastic death by DIY kills.
Recommendability for The Equalizer was high, dropping points for its violence. Scores across the categories were very strong to give an impressive rating of 4.30 overall.
 
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Episode #320 Crew Links
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More about The Equalizer
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