At the Flicks

Nothing separates the men from the boys in the At The Flicks podcasts more than the subject of superheroes.

Graham and Neil constantly try to use logic and fandom to give weight to their point of view. Then there is Jeff. No logic, no fandom, no sense (most of the time)! A podcast to discuss Marvel Vs DC and the current state of the superhero could be seen as risking total meltdown within the team. Luckily, Elijah is on hand to restore balance to the universe (whether Marvel or DC) as we chat about superheroes on TV and cinema.

Special thanks also to Elijah for suggesting this comparison as a subject for a show. His idea, turned out to be a very informative and fun discussion despite Jeff's belligerent attitude.

In fact it goes so well we are promising an update later in the year when The Joker is released. Do you agree with our views? Are you more DC than Marvel? Or more Marvel than DC? Please let us know by eMail at [email protected] or tweet us at @attheflickspod.

We are back to business as usual! After a month of detailed work on a large podcast project we are planning to release soon, we return to our classic end of month movie review show.

This month Jeff and regular contributor Lucy discuss "strong female leads" in movies based on the books of Stephen King.

We review Avengers Endgame with friend of the pod Phil Foster. The Tolkien biopic, imaginatively titled "Tolkien" and the much maligned comedy "The Hustle".

We end on our 'What else have we been watching" feature where we talk about Rocketman, Game of Thrones, The Wandering Earth and a radio version of 70's British TV classic 'The likely lads'!

This month we have a high water mark where we talk about our nomination at the British Podcast Awards and a low water mark (well, Graham does) as we review Dragged Across Concrete. A Mel Gibson review was always going to be trouble, but who would have thought our three intrepid reviewers would almost come to blows over Mel!

There are other more standard reviews - Shazam and Hellboy, for those who think all we do is fight over our movies. Elsewhere in the show, Jeff and Lucy talk all things Pet Sematary, kicking off a short season of Stephen King discussions.

Finally we have our usual “what else we have been watching” section.

We hope you enjoy the show more than Graham did when we was dragged across Bristol to see Dragged Across Concrete.

In this month’s “Phil’s view of the movies”, Phil and the team discuss the three main movie awards of this year: The Golden Globe, The BAFTA’s and of course, The Oscar’s. We rate the winners and talk about who in our opinion should have won the major awards. We also discuss this year’s biggest snubs and go back to the 1980’s to discuss the relative merits of Ordinary People versus Raging Bull. This podcast has chapters for each award so you can skip to your favourite award show.

For our mid month show we interview animator Ken Blakey about his work on Louisa An Amazing Adventure and the incredible true story behind the film.

Also Elijah returns for “Rediscovering the Classics with Elijah”. This month we are in the Tron universe to talk Tron and Tron Legacy. We decide which one we like the best and go off topic for a brief talk about film music in fantasy movies.

Finally there is the ever popular film news. Neil goes cultured to discuss a new screen version of Emma, Jeff provides an update on Sam Mendes World War One film 1917 and Graham finds a new hero when he discusses Bruce Willis’ recent slate of movies.

The name is Q – Q The Music. They are the world’s leading James Bond Tribute Band. For this podcast special, we have an interview with the band’s founder and manager Warren Ringham.

Warren tells us how this very special tribute band came into being, where its name come from, their very special night playing at Sir Roger Moore’s memorial event and much more besides. As a special treat to our listeners, Warren has very kindly given us permission to use some tracks from their live show on the podcast. So, sit back, relax and listen to some great conversation and fantastic music.

Buckle up for part two of the great Vice / Adam McKay debate as Jeff

brings up the subject of The Big Short with Lucy and Josh. Let’s hope

there isn’t as much drink flying around!

Our main reviews this month are Fisherman’s Friends, Captain Marvel and

Us. In case you are thinking – what Graham and Neil made it to a horror

film. Nope. Jeff and Lucy discuss this because the other two were in

hiding in a well lit room at the time.

As well as our usual “what else we have been watching” section, we

invite listeners Nick and Rich onto the show to tell us what they have

impressed with.

After all of that there is Jeff’s movie quiz. This month test your

knowledge about Jan-Michael Vincent.

Welcome to a new series of monthly podcast shorts – Phil’s Look At The Movies

Friend of the show Phil Foster (aka Phil The Bear) will be talking to us about aspects of the movies which interest him. For our inaugural episode, we chat with Phil about the films he is most looking forward to in 2019.

Yes we know that we are now a quarter of the way through the year, however you may well be surprised by the amount of potentially excellent movies still to come. Phil will be your guide through a fascinating list.

For our mid month show we interview the very knowledgeable Philip Raby – the creative director of the Bath Film Festival. We introduce a new contributor, Elijah, who joins us with a new feature called “Rediscovering the Classics with Elijah”. For our first talk, the focus is on Bladerunner, a film that's viewed very differently by Philip and Elijah!

Writer / Director Phil Stubbs (Last Chancers) joins us again, to talk about another of his favourite directors. For this show we talk to Phil about director Stanley Kubrick. From ‘Paths of Glory’ to ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, we discuss in depth the career of a director that some critics say is the greatest of all time!