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Flicks With Friends aims to bring you insightful and fun film and entertainment commentary without the nerd rage (mostly) prevalent on most sites nowadays.
Hosted by filmmaker and podcaster Shaun Collins (a veteran of over 25 years of jockeying a video store counter) each episode brings a new topic and a rotating group of friends to the couch to discuss. We also offer up our opinions on the latest movies with our spoiler free, two (ish) minute movie reviews. |
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September 2020
BIG NEWS!!! LOST EPISODE FOUND!!!
Another episode recovered! (Remember that story about that hard drive we were working to recover as much material from as possible? Well we rescued the complete episode three, in which guests A.J. Dome and Matt Quick join me for a discussion of the movie TRILOGY. What drives directors and studios to package films in threes, and what drives us to consume them this way? I am beyond thrilled to have it back in rotation, despite it's primitive nature. (This episode now marks the earliest piece of Flicks With Friends history) and we're presenting it warts and all!
You can find it over on the episodes tab.
You can find it over on the episodes tab.
Other news:
We hadn't forgotten about you with our COVID videos, there was a new one in the series planned... but it depressed us. So we're going back to the drawing board on that as it were, and coming up with a new and improved POSITIVE message to throw out there for everyone!
And speaking of positive, our letterboxd page continues to grow. We now have more than 1850 reviews posted. Click HERE to see them all!
Want some more positives? We might just have another lost episode on the way to you!
We hadn't forgotten about you with our COVID videos, there was a new one in the series planned... but it depressed us. So we're going back to the drawing board on that as it were, and coming up with a new and improved POSITIVE message to throw out there for everyone!
And speaking of positive, our letterboxd page continues to grow. We now have more than 1850 reviews posted. Click HERE to see them all!
Want some more positives? We might just have another lost episode on the way to you!
July 2020
BIG NEWS!!! LOST EPISODE FOUND!!!
Well, for as much of a colossal shit show as 2020 has turned out to be thus far, it does manage to continue to surprise. This was a good one for a change, in that we were able to recover a missing episode from the fabled season one off of a hard drive that had crashed, burned, died and was buried. Somehow, this hard drive reanimated itself zombie style and lurched back to life, and because I am a notorious packrat who has issues throwing anything away, I still had it, and on a lark plugged it in.
A sputter of electricity and a few ticks as the drive spun up, and suddenly we were in a foot race to recover as much material from this drive as possible before it shuffled off this mortal coil again. And to our amazement, one of the recovered items was the complete episode four, in which guest Glenn Bartlett and I discuss the One Sheet, or movie poster. I feel it's one of the best discussion pieces we've ever had on the show, so I am beyond thrilled to have it back in rotation. Don't misunderstand, it's still primitive (this episode now marks the earliest piece of Flicks With Friends history) and we're presenting it warts and all!
You can find it over on the episodes tab.
A sputter of electricity and a few ticks as the drive spun up, and suddenly we were in a foot race to recover as much material from this drive as possible before it shuffled off this mortal coil again. And to our amazement, one of the recovered items was the complete episode four, in which guest Glenn Bartlett and I discuss the One Sheet, or movie poster. I feel it's one of the best discussion pieces we've ever had on the show, so I am beyond thrilled to have it back in rotation. Don't misunderstand, it's still primitive (this episode now marks the earliest piece of Flicks With Friends history) and we're presenting it warts and all!
You can find it over on the episodes tab.
June 2020
FWF Corona 7 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
As COVID-19 cases spike amid the country's reopening, a reminder now more than ever to be safe and smart. Continue practicing social distancing, wear your mask, and stay positive! We love you. (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
Celebrating another milestone as we just surpassed 1700 reviews that have been loaded onto our Letterboxd page. A combination of video, audio and written word, so there's lots of goodies there for you to check out if you haven't yet.
In case you missed it, there's a new episode up on the feeds where we take a look at "the S. Morgenstern classic", The Princess Bride".
In case you missed it, there's a new episode up on the feeds where we take a look at "the S. Morgenstern classic", The Princess Bride".
FWF Corona 6 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
Reopening continues (along with other national and local issues) so now more than ever a reminder to be safe and be smart and stay positive! For those who need to hear it, we love you. (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
May 2020
FWF Corona 5 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
As we begin to reopen, now more than ever a reminder to be safe and be smart and stay positive! (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
April 2020
FWF Corona 4 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
Reiterating, it's not over yet, but stay the course, and stay positive gang! (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
FWF Corona 3 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
Stay positive gang! (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
FWF Corona 2 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
A reminder to everyone to STAY hunkered down watching movies. (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
March 2020
FWF Corona 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo.
Just a quick shout out to everyone, hope you're all doing well, staying in, watching movies. (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
February 2020
"State of the Union"
Just a week out from the Oscars, my Chiefs just won the Superbowl, and we've passed 1300 Reviews loaded into our Letterboxd page. In short, life is good.
Oh, and there's a new episode up on the feeds with my top Fifteen best films of 2019.
Oh, and there's a new episode up on the feeds with my top Fifteen best films of 2019.
January 2020
Heading into a new year and new decade with the same attitude: To continue to provide interesting insight into films we love without the nerd rage! It seems strange to me now that this journey has been four years in the making, (well, four years NOT including all the years spent jockeying a video store counter or the countless hours watching movies) and while it hasn't gone exactly according to plan--looking at you, YouTube--it continues to be a fun ride.
Once again, we couldn't do this without all of you, so thank you for your continued support!
Text, audio, and video reviews continue to be added to our Letterboxd page, as of this writing we are nearing 1250 entries with so many more to come. Also on that page are all of our archived reviews (they still exist if you were confused or concerned) that were bogging down the works here. We have added an "archive review" tab to make locating them easier.
Once again, we couldn't do this without all of you, so thank you for your continued support!
Text, audio, and video reviews continue to be added to our Letterboxd page, as of this writing we are nearing 1250 entries with so many more to come. Also on that page are all of our archived reviews (they still exist if you were confused or concerned) that were bogging down the works here. We have added an "archive review" tab to make locating them easier.
September 2019
Well movie lovers, it's happened. The sheer weight of the embedded videos on our Review page was lagging the site down to the point of unusability, so we have removed "archived" reviews from these pages. You can still find those reviews, (and more) on our Letterboxd page.
We are looking at alternatives for showcasing the videos here. We may go to a list/link format, or we may just put the newest reviews on this page and direct you all to Letterboxd for the rest.
It's still being debated.
Speaking of Letterboxd, we are over 700 reviews loaded onto that site now, (text, video and audio) with more to come.
We are looking at alternatives for showcasing the videos here. We may go to a list/link format, or we may just put the newest reviews on this page and direct you all to Letterboxd for the rest.
It's still being debated.
Speaking of Letterboxd, we are over 700 reviews loaded onto that site now, (text, video and audio) with more to come.
You may notice a few more horror movies cropping into the reviews over the next two months. While I am not a big fan of the genre, we do tend to try and watch them during the Halloween season, and because there are so many I haven't seen, its becomes an opportunity to be seasonal AND cross a bunch off the list.
Our Current Obsession
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Thanks to Friend of Flicks Rick Zinn for turning us on to Letterboxd, a great fun site that's just like Goodreads, only for movies. You can create a profile, select movies you've seen, rate them, rank them, review them, create lists and share with friends and other members of the community.
We've fallen down this particular rabbit hole hard, and are building our awesome profile as you read this. But by all means, don't take our word for it, click here and go check it out for yourself! |
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Our Mission Statement
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It's very much envogue right now to hate things we love. Star Wars, DC, Disney. You can almost tell how big a fan of something someone is by how much venom they spit all over it. Don't get us wrong, some of it--okay, maybe a lot of it--is very much deserved.
But we wanted to focus on the good. We want to talk about movies because we love movies. Life is too short to hate everything, so lets focus on the great stuff we do have. |
How We Started |
All Are Welcome |
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Everybody has that group of friends that you hang out with and talk movies with and then you get up to leave and somebody asks something and you stand around and discuss that for another two hours right? We we basically thought it would be cool to record those conversations.
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We might put on a good show of being elitist, (oh, who are we kidding? We are.) But all are welcome here. And your feedback is always welcome, whether you agree with us or don't. Please feel free to contact our ever growing list of contributors directly or through the contact page here to voice your thoughts!
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