Though April showers may come your way, they bring the flowers that bloom in May!

And now it's March, and here's our first episode of 2024. Well be honest, 2023 was not an easy year for the NFG boys, so we took a few months off. Fortunately we had Natalie Wilson, who made a generous donation to Timmy Nelson's (past a future guest) charity stream for Child's Play, a charity that puts video games in the hands and hearts of children that have long stays at a hospital. Natalie decided she wanted to hear our thoughts on "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), and here they are! They'll be standing in lines
For those old honky-tonk monkeyshines, and so will you.

In which our heroes open their hearts and celluloid spills out. CONTENT WARNING: Death and grief. 2023 was a challenging year but especially so for Peter & Matt, who lost their dads. We took this time to talk about our dearly departed fathers by discussing their favorite movies. Hopefully it's as entertaining to listen to as it was cathartic to record. Happy New Year, folks.
TIMECODES:
1. Punisher: War Zone - 0:14:01
2. Patton - 0:35:23
3. Airplane! - 0:59:21
4. Animal House - 1:16:07
5. Star Trek: Generations - 1:36:29
6. The Blues Brothers - 2:05:10

Merry Christmas and Pod Bless Us, Everyone!

Rounding out what ended up being a year of no-bummers, we knew there would only be one choice for our Christmastide Commentary: The Muppet Christmas Carol. Sit down with your favorite brand of eggnog or cocoa (or bourbon), pop in your trusty tape (or open Disny+) and hang for the next 90 minutes of holiday cheer. You'll also be able to revel in Frank's continued phobia of the Ghost of Christmas Past.

LISTENER'S NOTE: we're watching the *full* version of the movie which includes the "When Love is Gone" song. A lot of DVDs and older Blu Rays don't include this song, but if the version you're watching indicates the "full" version of the film you're good. It's available on Disney+ under the Special Features for the movie.

Stay safe, hug your loved ones, and enjoy!

Merry Christmas and Pod Bless Us, Everyone!

Rounding out what ended up being a year of no-bummers, we knew there would only be one choice for our Christmastide Commentary: The Muppet Christmas Carol. Sit down with your favorite brand of eggnog or cocoa (or bourbon), pop in your trusty tape (or open Disny+) and hang for the next 90 minutes of holiday cheer. You'll also be able to revel in Frank's continued phobia of the Ghost of Christmas Past.

LISTENER'S NOTE: we're watching the *full* version of the movie which includes the "When Love is Gone" song. A lot of DVDs and older Blu Rays don't include this song, but if the version you're watching indicates the "full" version of the film you're good. It's available on Disney+ under the Special Features for the movie.

This version has the audio track of the movie if you don't want to watch along.

Stay safe, hug your loved ones, and enjoy!

Is it a "Santa is dropped into a Die Hard scenario" movie?

Yes... Yes it is. Did you think there was more then one of those? Because this is the only one. Fatman (2020) was more of a kinda bad Coen Brothers revenge story kinda thing. Krampus was a holiday themed horror anthology. Violent Night stands alone as THE "Santa Clause is dropped into a Die Hard scenario" movie. Listen you should watch it. It's pretty good. The boys are going to talk about it for more then an hour.

Merry Christmas you filthy animal.

IT'S TURBO TIME!

"You don't see a podcast. You hear it. White noise blasting by the ton on all sides. ASMR sounds blinding you and choking you and making you vomit."

That's right, the Unchosen Men are back and this time they've brought a fresh recruit! Frank joins us as Sharpe trains the South Essex regiment for fighting a column of seasoned French infantrymen.

Listen, it's a Sharpe movie.

It's got guns, gals, and gazetted captains, though definitely not that toff Gibbons. We'll learn what a damn fine soldier Major Lennox was and for what offense he ANSWERED. WITH. HIS. LIFE. (as you should have done, if you had any sense of honor!) Today, on the…[checks notes]…214th anniversary of the…Battle of Alba de Tormes?

It's Sharpe's Eagle on NO FLICKS GIVEN!

You're in for a treat today! Matt and Frank are back to bring you a staple of November. No not turkey. No not massive sales on things you don't need. It's Bond season. And with that, both of them have selected two more James Bond entries to cover, as well as an in-depth conversation on the franchise as a whole.

Frank and Matt previously covered Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies and No Time to Die on their other podcast Give it Five. You can check out that martini-induced ramble here.

First up Matt brings us Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Sean Connery's last official trip through the halls of MI6 as he confronts Blofeld yet again. Their battle takes them to Las Vegas, Nevada, the final destination of a diamond-smuggling chain where Blofeld unveils his more deadly evil plan to date.

Then we move to the Florida Keys for Frank's pick: Licence to Kill (1989), Timothy Dalton's second - and final - wear of the tux. This time Bond goes rogue. Back when it wasn't a cliche. He's on a warpath to avenge the injury to his best friend Felix Leiter. Come to think of it you'd think he'd go after the shark, no? His target: Franz Sanchez, drug kingpin and unofficial power of the fictional island country of Isthmus.

Event Horizon is a bit delayed....

We'll get there.... someday.

Happy Halloween!

The nightmare that has been Peter's horror movie rubric finally comes to an end as we cover the third and final spooktacular entry in this year's Halloween series with Matt's pick: 1987's The Gate, which was directed by Tibor Takács and stars Stephen Dorff in his film debut.

The Gate follows a group of neighborhood kids who accidentally release a horde of demons from their backyard through a large hole in the ground. Basically Goonies crossed with Evil Dead. With masterful atmosphere, top-notch creature designs and great child actors, The Gate provides you all the hauntingly fun fright that you want from a Halloween movie.

So tune in to hear a scarily-fun conversation, as well as a final breakdown of all three films to find out which Peter arbitrarily decides "wins" this little Octoberial contest.

Follow the boys at No Flicks Given on Instagram to see what's coming up next. After all, Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner...