Alien vs Predator... who wins? Not the creatures, but the franchises...Dave Bond hosts this week, joined by PAF first timers Matt Lambourne & Elton McManus, to talk Ridley Scott's ALIEN & John McTiernan's PREDATOR - plus give their ideas for a perfect meeting of these two characters.TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pickaflickpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/p1ckaflick/?ref=hliTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/pick-a-flick!/id1054428004?mt=2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Jun 19, 2016•58 min
It's all about Christopher Nolan this week as guest host Steven Bateman is joined by returning guest Jane Douglas-Jones, and all new guest Ben Beck, to discuss two key films in his oeuvre.THE PRESTIGE and INTERSTELLAR, with a broader look at Nolan's work in cinema, are discussed and dissected - join us to hear more.TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pickaflickpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/p1ckaflick/?ref=hliTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/pick-a-flick!/id1054428004?mt=2 Hosted on Ac...
Jun 12, 2016•50 min
Like a bad penny that always turns back up, PICK A FLICK! sees Matt Latham (of The Bottle Episode) return as a guest this time for the second Pick a TV Show! episode, hosted by Tony Black - this time talking all things Friends.Tony & Matt get into the storylines, the characters, and what made Friends the biggest TV sensation of the 90's, as they wonder if the show has ever truly gone away...TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pickaflickpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/p1ckaflick/?ref=hliTUNES:...
Jun 05, 2016•1 hr 20 min
We head across the world for some South Korean ultraviolence this week, as PICK A FLICK! focuses on the celebrated 'Vengeance Trilogy' which proved a landmark in Korean cinema. Paul Field hosts, alongside Andrew Brooker, as both take an occasionally filthy but always entertaining look at three Korean movies.SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, the first in the 'trilogy', the most famous OLDBOY (which was of course remade for US audiences), and finally SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE, perhaps the least seen o...
Jun 01, 2016•1 hr 19 min
Dim the lights! Cue the music! For PICK A FLICK! is going off the reservation once again, and moving away from movies altogether for the 'backdoor pilot' of a brand new, possible spin-off show - PICK A DISC!The brainchild of Matt Latham (of The Bottle Episode), it follows the same rules as PAF - you pick an album, we talk about it, simple. Joining Matt to talk about the nominated album in this episode is old friend and music afficionado, Lee Chrimes.On the agenda? 'Murder Ballads' from Nick Cave...
May 29, 2016•47 min
Modern horror is the order of the day in this weeks PICK A FLICK! Our own horror maestro, Emma Platt, journeys over from her horror-dedicated podcast DEAD MEAT to host this creepy episode, alongside debutante Clint Thiele - popping in from the Geekdig Podcast.On the menu, they discuss Jennifer Kent's breakout 2014 horror hit, The Babadook, and also memorable found footage British creepster The Borderlands - one of those films with a celebrated twist in the tale.Also, amidst looking at these film...
May 22, 2016•52 min
We pay a visit to the Master of Suspense this week as Chris Haigh, a long time lover of Alfred Hitchcock, steps up for his first attempt as host - joined by seasoned film podcaster Mike White, of The Projection Booth, and classic film blogger Ruth Kerr, both in debut appearances on PICK A FLICK!Films on the agenda are REAR WINDOW, Hitch's 1954 classic as nominated by WHIST? Podcast, and VERTIGO - nominated by FilmMeIn - a 1958 outing for Hitch, both starring James Stewart as two very different k...
May 14, 2016•1 hr 22 min
How's this for a slice of fried gold? PICK A FLICK! tackles three (or should that be two?) modern classics this time around, with returning host Dave Bond (of Do You Expect Us to Talk?) joined by two show debutantes - Paul Hawkins (one half of the Blokebusters Podcast) and Andrew Dodderidge, in his first ever podcast experience - to talk the 'Cornetto Trilogy'.First, SHAUN OF THE DEAD--the first team up of old friends Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg & Nick Frost--followed by HOT FUZZ, and finally T...
May 07, 2016•55 min
"Avengers... A--"The Earth's mightiest heroes are put under the spotlight for this experimental episode of PICK A FLICK! this week, as Tony "Stark" Black and "The Mighty" Andrew Brooker try and 'fix' 2015's epic Marvel sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron.Nominated by Brooker to be fixed, he and Tony tackle the film in three stages: what they liked about it, where it went wrong, and finally how they could go about fixing it. On the eve of Captain America: Civil War being released, can they improve Jo...
Apr 30, 2016•1 hr 12 min
PICK A FLICK! gives the middle finger to the Establishment and the whole of the Cannes Film Festival as we focus on the unique, hugely divisive and often difficult auteur this week that is Mr. Lars von Trier.Host Philip Sharman (1/3rd of the award-winning Wikishuffle podcast) is joined by friend Ruth Bradley and in her first time podcasting, Jane Douglas-Jones, undertaking the impressive 500 Days of Film project which she discusses at length.Nominated by Jane herself, they first examine von Trie...
Apr 23, 2016•1 hr
Coca coooola! Lipstick ring! Dance all night! Dance all night! This is the way you like it as PICK A FLICK! explores music-themed movies with host Dave Bond (loaned from Do You Expect Us to Talk?) plus guests Stacey Taylor (she of the Pop Culture Parlour) and debutante on the show, Lee Grice.Nominated by Zack Lockwood, the trio take a close look at FRANK, the Lenny Abrahamson critically appreciated take on the Frank Sidebottom phenomenon, before exploring FOUR ROOMS--nominated by Pop Culture Rew...
Apr 16, 2016•50 min
The 80's! Perm hair! Synthesizers! Tie-die t-shirts! Oh and a wealth of comedies from both sides of the Pond which PICK A FLICK! examine in this episode, hosted by Emma Platt of Dead Meat - joined by The Bottle Episode curator Matt Latham & film journalist & host of Failed Critics: Underground Nights, Paul Field.Nominated by Andy Moseley, they take a serious look, Shirley, at AIRPLANE! The Zucker brothers seminal comedy that opened the decade. Then they examine THE BREAKFAST CLUB, as nom...
Apr 09, 2016•1 hr
'Tis the season for Zack Snyder, fa la la la la la, la laaa laaa laaa---ahem, yeah, given Snyder is all in vogue, we thought we might keep the focus on the big man as Chris Wallace (hosting for the first time) and Wikishuffle compadre Phil Sharman are joined by Pop Culture Parlour's Stacey Taylor.They look at WATCHMEN, Snyder's divisive adaptation of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons's unfilmable graphic novel, square the focus on Alan Moore movies in general, before looking also at EVIL DEAD 2 - th...
Apr 02, 2016•1 hr 2 min
In the second of a two-part episode of PICK A FLICK!, it's the battle of the titans you've all been waiting for... Black VS Brooker--uh sorry, Batman VS Superman!Tony Black is joined by Failed Critics' own Andrew Brooker to examine the brand new BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, and take in some audience feedback on it along the way - did it triumph or falter?TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pickaflickpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/p1ckaflick/?ref=hliTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podc...
Mar 28, 2016•57 min
In the first two-part episode of PICK A FLICK!, it's the battle of the titans you've all been waiting for... Black VS Brooker--uh sorry, Batman VS Superman! Or the road to it, at least...Tony Black is joined by Failed Critics' own Andrew Brooker to examine two key DC Comics movies that, in different ways, helped spawn the brand new Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice.THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, as nominated by James Morton, and MAN OF STEEL are both explored in depth - which one will come out fightin...
Mar 27, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Put on your glad rags. Dust off the Manolo's. It's time to shop until you drop, or rather pod until you drop, as we enter the not-at-all stereotypical world of the 'chick flick'!Emma Platt hosts, joined by guests Chris Haigh (because she contractually can't host without a Chris), and knicked from Failed Critics, Steve Norman, to talk CLUELESS (1995) and SEX AND THE CITY 2 (2010).Thanks to Maaya Brooker & Tom Barwick for their nominations, and to all contributors who suggested other similar f...
Mar 20, 2016•57 min
Calling all you sh*t faced co*kmasters out there! It's our unofficial 90's comedy special in which Tony Black returns, joined by The Bottle Episode's incorrigible Matt Latham, to talk comedy movies very close to their 90's kid hearts.Firstly, nominated by James Morton, SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT, which Tony & Latham must constantly resist the urge to break out into a quote-off about, or indeed sing its brace of tunes.Amidst this, they take suggestions from the floor about the bes...
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 30 min
War? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing? Find out as we borrow Failed Critics host Steve Norman to chair this latest Pick a Flick!, alongside Cinematic Dramatic's Leslie Byron Pitt, to tackle modern warfare alongside a soupcon of fate, destiny and weird talking rabbits.Thanks to Teresa Votypkova for nominating ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012) and Jakob Barnes for DONNIE DARKO (2001). Thanks to contributors on Twitter for their suggestions on modern warfare movies.TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pickafl...
Mar 06, 2016•1 hr
If you've ever listened to Black Hole Cinema, you'll know of the hate reserved for Woody Allen by host Emma Platt, and her guests Chris Haigh & from our friends Cinematronix, Chris Byrne. Now, Pick a Flick! brings you the full force of their anti-Woody sentiment.Thanks to the nomination of BLUE JASMINE, by The Comic Roast, Emma and her favourite Chris' begin their rampage over Woody as they decide whether his recent Oscar-baiter is brilliant or pretentious - three guesses what they decide.Af...
Feb 28, 2016•1 hr 1 min
It's a podcast within a podcast within a podcast this week as Wikishuffle's own Phil Sharman takes the Pick a Flick! hosting chair, joined by two debutantes to the show - firstly his old friend Ruth Bradley and, of Filmback TV, the show's first transatlantic guest Claire Tanner.Their first picked flick, from Matthew Brady, is SYNEDOCHE, NEW YORK, from the unique mind that is Charlie Kaufman, and all three have some fascinating opinions on a fascinating picture.Beyond this, they discuss the other...
Feb 21, 2016•1 hr 14 min
Weird slinky webs and young European women at the ready as Pick a Flick! wanders into the strange world of Dario Argento, hosted by horror veteran Emma Platt (of Dead Meat) and her guests Chris Wallace (1/3 of Wikishuffle) and Chris Haigh.As nominated by Lee Howard (of Movie Matters), they look at SUSPIRIA, one of his most well-known horror pieces, and you might be surprised out of the three who liked it...They look at Italian horror and video nasties, before embracing the madness of Nicolas Cag...
Feb 07, 2016•50 min
KOYAAAAAAAAANISQAAAAATSI!!!We're getting very serious and talking documentaries today instead of all these silly entertaining films like Star Wars or Rocky. No, this week is about proper films, so who better than podcasting jokesmith artists Jack Stewart (as host) and Phil Sharman from Wikishuffle, joined by Failed Critics film buff Owen Hughes, to tackle these serious and not at all funny films.Today these very serious men tackle early 1980's artful look at society, KOYAANISQATSI, as nominated ...
Jan 31, 2016•1 hr 2 min
ADRIAAAAAAN! ADRIAAAAAAAN! I DID IT, ADRIAAAAN!!Ahem. As you may have guessed, Pick a Flick! this week enters the ring in order to celebrate the ROCKY franchise, as new sequel CREED fights its way into cinemas in the UK.Tony Black (who just couldn't keep away for this one) returns as host, flanked by a returning Andrew Brooker and in his first ever podcast appearance, Tony's best friend and Rocky afficionado Mathew Howell joins them to work through a pugilist's paradise.From the original Oscar-w...
Jan 24, 2016•1 hr 12 min
2016 is here, you bad motherf*ckers, and to celebrate the release of Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT, we are dedicated an entire episode to the smart-mouthed master of cinematic cool.Emma Platt returns as host, joined by Tarantino fans Dave Bond & Andrew Brooker (in his first appearance on Pick a Flick!), to talk Tarantino's movies, what they mean to them, and with the help of the Pick a Flick audience, try and figure out QT's Best and Worst.They go in depth on RESERVOIR DOGS (as nomin...
Jan 10, 2016•1 hr 6 min
The Force is with the final episode of PICK A FLICK! for 2015, which sees Tony Black joined in her second appearance by Laura Rogers and in his debut appearance, film journalist Sean Wilson on loan from the Cultural Mirrors podcast, and they're off to a galaxy far, far away to examine STAR WARS...They pick through all seven of the movies in George Lucas' epic space opera franchise, from misguided prequel THE PHANTOM MENACE all the way to the brand new THE FORCE AWAKENS - what will they uncover o...
Dec 30, 2015•2 hr 2 min
Meeeeery Christmas, everyone!Yes it's that time of year. Finish that mince pie. Put down the glass of sherry. Turn off Downton Abbey. PICK A FLICK! brings you festive cheer to warm the cockles with host Tony Black joined by the Wikishuffle boys aka Jack Stewart, Chris Wallace & Phil Sharman, to talk Christmas movies.Well, one Christmas movie in Richard Curtis rom-com LOVE ACTUALLY, which Chris & Phil were looking forward to revisiting in advance - will they actually agree with Tony &...
Dec 25, 2015•1 hr 3 min
We fart in your general direction this week as Tony Llama is joined by Matt Llama III (of The Bottle Episode) and Becca Llama (of Do You Expect Us to Talk) for a very very funny podcast in which a lot of laughter happens, ok?Ahem. Anyway, along the way they chat up a storm about MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, nominated by Clint Thiele, and discuss whether it's better than Life of Brian...Eric Melin nominates THIS IS SPINAL TAP to be turned up to eleven, and triggers a discussion on what makes ...
Dec 20, 2015•1 hr 3 min
WEEEEEE HAAAAAVE THE POWEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!Ahem. Excuse me for that, but for the latest episode of PICK A FLICK! hosted by Tony Black, it seemed appropriate.Joined this time by on-loan podcasters Dave Bond (of Do You Expect Us to Talk?) and in his first appearance on the show, Owen Hughes (of Failed Critics), they discuss variously Sean Connery, He-Man, toys and zombies.Nominated by Lee Chrimes, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE divides opinion - is it a load of rubbish or a fun slice of 80's popcorn kitsch?...
Dec 12, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Infamy! Infamy! They've all got in for me this week, well Matt Latham has as he sidles over from The Bottle Episode, takes Tony Black hostage and steals his podcast, hosting for one night only, as Pick a Flick becomes PICK A TV SHOW!Tony brings to the table celebrated US sitcom ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, which he has recently gotten into, and they both explain why it's perhaps among the all-time classics.This leads into Latham talking about movies that have become, or are becoming TV shows in the fut...
Nov 29, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Ten episodes old and may the odds be ever in our favour! Brave tributes Emma Platt, our returning host, and her guests Chris Haigh and PICK A FLICK! debutante Stacey Taylor--skipping over from her own STACEY'S POP-CULTURE PARLOUR--face the challenges and dangers of two fresh nominations.First up, courtesy of 'Robbo' McGovern, is THE HUNGER GAMES - they agree on the bravery of Effie Trinket and how great Jennifer Lawrence's arse is...This leads nicely into an overall discussion of DYSTOPIAN MOVIE...
Nov 25, 2015•49 min
