At the Flicks

At the Flicks

Come and join us At The Flicks. Three friends of a certain age who still enjoy the movies would like to share their passion with you. With the benefit of their advancing years, they are reviewing films new and old, to prove there is really nothing in cinema that hasn’t been seen before?

  1. 1d ago

    301: Word Processor of the Gods

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  2. 2d ago

    300: Stephen King's Cat's Eye

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  3. 3d ago

    299: Stephen King's Christine

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  4. Oct 12

    298: Bath Film Festival

    Bath Film Festival is one of the UK's best film festivals, and we hope talking about it becomes an annual tradition. Graham and Jeff are joined by Tessa, one of the festival's programmers. She tells us how around ten volunteers work through about 300 films each year to build the line-up, and picks out some highlights from this year's festival, which runs from **Friday 16 to Sunday 25 October**.

  5. Sep 18

    297: Phil's Summer Review

    Get out your coats as that’s a wrap – of the 2026 Summer. Which means the big blockbuster season, lasting seemingly for ever, is over for another year.  However, we couldn’t let this moment pass without having our say on some of the key movies of the hot months.  For this discussion we have unleashed Graham, Jeff and Phil to do the honours.  Phil of course watches just about everything with the other two rather in his wake.  We tried to make sure that for the main four films included in this review, all three lads have cast their critical gaze over them. Sadly Graham had a note from his mom excusing him from the slightly frightening one. Like last year we let Phil pick the films that made this a stand out summer for him.  Remarkably, Jeff and Phil hardly disagree on this show! So what are the four films: Obsession – The low budget hit that Graham ran away from The Odyssey – Christopher Nolan is back with another winner.  A film Jeff and Graham got to see in a premium cinema, especially designed for screening this epic (oh and Graham has a tale to tell of his toilet encounter after the movie) Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Of course Phil had to pick a Marvel movie.  Don’t worry, Jeff did try to fly the flag for DC’s Summer offering The End Of Oak Street – No Jurassic World this year, but there are dinosaurs! And as an added bonus, the three talk about the movies they are looking forward to seeing in the remaining months of 2026. Was it a great Summer? Absolutely and the team discuss why. As always please tell us what you think. For now, we are getting our notebooks out for the Fall (Autumn) season.  Watch out for us scribbling At The Flicks. Bye for now.

  6. Jul 16

    296: Streaming Futures Part II

    In episode 294 Declan, Graham and Jeff looked at what the streaming landscape could look like in the near future given all the recent amalgamations, such as Paramount and HBO.  At the end of that show, Declan posed the question “what about YouTube”? The answer is this latest show.  We brought that same team back together to look at the very successful phenomenon that is YouTube to examine its success, and what does it offer that other, more conventional streaming platforms do not. With the excellent timing you would expect from At The Flicks, our discussion became very topical. 2 films created by people who essentially refined their craft on YouTube, were proving to be big hitters in this Summer’s movie season.  Obsession comes from writer / director Curry Barker (26 years old) and has become the most financially successful film ever to be made for less than one million dollars.  Then there is Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons (20 when he made the film), another massive hit.  We talk about both and how their YouTube channels contributed to their respective successes. Going beyond the YouTube content creators, we also discuss how people of all ages use the platform.  From the How To videos to the finding of “lost” 70’s movies (have a guess who that person is).  All of this is the fun aspect.  There is the darker algorithm side, with its potential for addiction. Also covered here.  Finally, we look at the possible alternatives to YouTube which are either now available or still in development. Not our usual type of show, however it’s one we think you will find interesting.  Declan will return later in the year with a new Carry On Streaming in the normal format.  Until then see you At The Flicks.

  7. Jun 19

    295: The Mandalorian with Steve

    It’s Summer and the At The Flicks team are avoiding the heat / rain by going as often to the cinema as they can! On one of these trips, the team watched the first Star Wars film for 7 years – The Mandalorian and Grogu. This spin off from the Disney+ TV series (ok the plot outline was originally designed for season 4), has plenty of action, horrific creatures and the lovable baby Yoda or as he is better known, Grogu.  They were so impressed they felt they had to talk about it. Joining Jeff and Graham for this pop-up review show is Gloucestershire reporter and Star Wars enthusiast Steve Knibbs.  Being a big fan of the Star Wars universe, Steve can bring to light the nuances that our two regulars often miss (not difficult at their respective ages).  However, before we talk Star Wars, Steve was asked about another event that is watched around the world – his reporting on the famous Gloucester Cheese Rolling which recently took place on Cooper’s Hill. To find out Steve’s thoughts on this landmark event and of course The Mandalorian feature film, you will have to check out this current episode.  We believe this is worth your time – a half hour well spent in great company. More Summer reviews will follow when we do our usual wrap up show of the season with Phil The Bear.  Expect fireworks in that one as I am sure Jeff and Phil will have different opinions on what they watch. Until then, maybe we will see you At The Flicks this Summer? Bye for now.

  8. Jun 11

    294: Streaming Futures

    Welcome to a special streaming show.  Of course, the usual streaming gang are all here, Declan, Graham and Jeff, however this time the content is a little bit different. Dec has his special recommendations, we wouldn’t change that and  we would urge you to catch up with them.  Shows like Small Prophets and Lord Of The Flies – a diverse pair, well produced by The BBC and a couple of gems from Apple.  To find out what we enthuse over on that streaming channel, you will have to listen to the show. That’s our bit of mystery done! But all that is just the Appetiser.  We said this was special.  For this episode we are looking at the changing landscape of the streaming show.  With HBO launching in the UK and the Warners / Paramount deal still dragging all on, what does it mean to you the consumer?  Will it be more or less choice and, perhaps more importantly, could it cost you more for less? This fascinating and topical discussion takes in all of those questions. Now, we will admit that we recorded it over a month ago, but in reality little has changed since we spoke .  Who said the streaming world moves fast? However, what really surprised us where we ended up and what had not been considered when planning the show.  The rise of the short form platforms, like YouTube or TikTok. Indeed, with the success of movies like Obsession and Backrooms, it seems those platforms may, ironically, be a saviour of the cinema.  That is something this same team is going to look at in another show in the near future. Until then, we look forward to seeing you, watching these YouTube inspired movies, At The Flicks Bye for now

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Come and join us At The Flicks. Three friends of a certain age who still enjoy the movies would like to share their passion with you. With the benefit of their advancing years, they are reviewing films new and old, to prove there is really nothing in cinema that hasn’t been seen before?

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    At the Flicks
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    423
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