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Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast

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

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Episode # 382 Scoop with Nina Robinson and Ninna...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/06/18

Nina Robinson (Soundtruism Media Productions) and Ninna Makrinov (The Fat Psychologist podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Nina’s choice Scoop.Scoop (2024) is a dramatisation of the jaw dropping 2019 BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. It is based on the book Scoops by former Newsnight editor Sam McAlister. Directed by Philip (The Crown) Martin, it stars Gillian Anderson as Newsnight host Emily Maitlis, Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk, Prince Andrew's private secretary, Billie Piper as Sam

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Episode # 381 Pig with Luke Tomlinson and Ash Farkas

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/06/11

Luke Tomlinson (Impropod Podcast) and Ash Farkas join Flixwatcher to review Ash’s choice Pig.Pig (2021) is a drama about a ex-chef and his beloved foraging pig. Written and directed by Michael (A Quiet Place: Day One) Sarnoski it stars Nic Cage as Robin ‘Rob’ Feld the reclusive truffle-forager and Alex Wolff as Amir, an inexperienced buyer and seller for luxury restaurant ingredients. One night Rob is attacked and beaten, at the same time his pig is stolen. Rob enlists the help of Amir to track

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53:28

Episode # 380 Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Dr. Andrew Johnstone and Jason Heat from Seemingly Unrelated podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Andrew’s choice Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You.Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You (2020) is a Netflix documentary that follows the Grammy-winning, multi-platinum singer-songwriter around the globe on her sold out 2019 Sweetener World Tour. To be filed under one for the fans only. There is very little insightful footage to be found here in the 1 hour 37 minutes. It does feature 25 songs

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40:05

Episode # 379 The Net with Smith and Stew from It...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/04/02

Smith and Stew from It Doesn’t Hold Up podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Smith’s choice The Net.The Net (1995) is an action thriller staring Sandra Bullock as a systems analyst from producer turned director Irwin Winkler. Angela Bennett (Bullock) a single, permanently online systems analyst gets involved in a conspiracy when she unknowingly receives a floppy disk with confidential information. On vacation she meets Jack (Jeremy Northam) who under the guise of a holiday romance tries to kill

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Episode # 378 Brian and Charles with Russell Bailey...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/03/26

Will Chich and Russ Bailey (Not Just for Kids podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Will’s choice Brian and Charles.Brian and Charles (2022) is a Welsh comedy drama directed by Jim Archer with a screenplay by David Earl and Chris Hayward, who also star in the film. Brian (David Earl) is a lonely inventor living in rural Wales, he builds unusual contraptions that serve little purpose and barely function. On one of his scavenger trips he finds a mannequins head and he decides to create a robot to

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Episode # 377 The Kings of Summer with Tom Davies and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/03/19

Tom Davies (The Proper Mental Podcast) and Harley Mumford (Fundamentals 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

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

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/03/12

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

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48:52

Episode # 375 World War Z with Elwood Jones and The...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/03/05

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

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Episode # 374 Hidden Figures with Kim Marsh and Alice...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/02/26

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

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Episode # 373 The Death of Stalin with Ian and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/02/19

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

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Episode # 372 Top Gun: Maverick with Tansy Gardam and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/02/12

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

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Episode # 371 King Richard with Natasha Willings and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/02/05

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

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Episode # 370 Rebel Ridge with Russell Bailey and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/01/30

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

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Episode # 369 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/01/22

Jason Heat and Dr. Andrew Johnstone from Seemingly Unrelated podcast join Flixwatcher to review Jason’s choice Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is a surreal romantic comedy written by Charlie (Being John Malkovich) Kaufman and directed by Michel (Be Kind Rewind) Gondry. It stars Jim Carrey as Joel Barish who discovers his ex-girlfriend, Kate Winslet’s Clementine Kruczynski has had him erased from her memory following their break up. The supporting

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Episode # 368 Beetlejuice with Stew and Smith from It...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2025/01/15

Stew and Smith from It Doesn’t Hold Up podcast join Flixwatcher to review Beetlejuice.Beetlejuice (1988) is a fantasy horror comedy directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, a sleazy ‘bio-exorcist’, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as Adam and Barbara, the unfortunate couple who die and return to their house to be haunted by the new inhabitants which include Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, a teenage goth. Beetlejuice set the tone for Tim Burton’s films of the 1980s and 1990s and

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52:09

Episode # 367 Bad Boys II with Vic Turnbull and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2024/12/18

Podcast producers Vic Turnbull and Charles Commins return to Flixwatcher to review Vic’s choice Bad Boys II.Bad Boys II (2003) is the second film in the Bad Boys franchise, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Theresa Randle, and Joe Pantoliano all reprise their roles from the previous film, Bad Boys (1995). Detective Lieutenant Michael Eugene 'Mike' Lowrey (Smith) and Detective Lieutenant Marcus Miles Burnett (Lawrence) are back in Miami. This

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Episode # 366 Godzilla Minus One with The Reverend...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2024/12/11

The Reverend Scott K (The Church of Tarantino podcast) and Elwood Jones (Asian Cinema Film Club podcast) join Flixwatcher to review Scott’s choice Godzilla Minus One.Godzilla Minus One (2023) is a Japanese Kaiju film and the 37th in the Godzilla franchise. This Godzilla was written and directed Takashi Yamazaki, and also visual effects that went on to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Becoming the first non-English language film in Academy Awards history to do so. It was the

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Episode # 365 American Gangster with Sumit Sharma and...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2024/12/04

Sumit Sharma and Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms podcast return to Flixwatcher to review Sumit’s choice American Gangster.American Gangster (2007) is biographical crime thriller based on Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas. Directed by Ridley Scott and screenplay by Steven Zaillian based on the The Return of Superfly by Mark Jacobson. It’s stacked cast features Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas, Russell Crowe as Richie Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Huey Lucas, Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo, RZA as Moses

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46:04

Episode # 364 Ambulance with Liam H Dempsey and Tommy...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2024/11/27

Liam H Dempsey (Spocklight podcast) and Tommy James (Little White Lies, Zavvi) return to Flixwatcher to review Liam’s choice AmbuLAnce.Ambulance (2022) is a heist thriller directed by Michael (Bad Boys) Bay. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Sharp, a well known criminal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Will Sharp, a former U.S. Marine and Afghanistan veteran and Danny’s adoptive brother, Eiza González as Paramedic Thompson and Garret Dillahunt as LAPD Captain Monroe, field leader of the LAPD SIS unit

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53:20

Episode # 363 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse with...

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast ·

2024/11/20

Em (Verbal Diorama: A Film History Podcast) and Chris Johnston (Easy Riders Raging Podcast) return to Flixwatcher to review Em’s choice Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is animated Spider-Man film this time focussing on Miles Morales/Spider-Man modern reimagining of Marvel’s Spider-Man character. It is directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter (Rise of the Guardians) Ramsey and Rodney Rothman and based on a screenplay by Phil (The Lego Movie) Lord and Rodney

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