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 Angela. She manages to escape but quickly discovers her identity has been erased online.

The Net is a film that shows us the thrills of ordering pizza online and the indestructible floppy disk. Time has not been kind to films about ‘the internet’ from the 1990s and The Net is no exception.

There is no reason for this film to be two hours but it is! This is reflected in the scoring and The Net scores 2.49 overall.

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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 keep him company. During a thunderstorm the robot is activated and takes on a personality of his own called Charles Petrescu (Chris Hayward).

Brian and Charles is a quirky and warm hearted film about friendship, loneliness and self discovery. It won’t be for everyone, but if this is your thing you’ll have a lot of fun with it. Recommendability scores reflected its quirkiness and Brian and Charles scores 3.71 overall.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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