We Love Movies
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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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April 2021
Hey hey! Check out our episodes tab to find another BRAND NEW, NEVER-BEFORE SEEN episode recovered from our lost season. It's primitive, sure, but one of the best discussion panels we ever did, as Glenn Bartlett and Kara Heckard join me on the couch to discuss the Golden Age (era) of Disney Films. The panel was so good it ran long, so we cut it into two pieces rather than edit out any of the inherent goodness.
Also be sure to check out our Letterboxd page for the rest of our reviews, (nearly 2500 now!)
Also be sure to check out our Letterboxd page for the rest of our reviews, (nearly 2500 now!)
February 2021
Another year, another episode recovered! (Remember that story about that hard drive we were working to recover as much material from as possible?) Behold a (very primitive) episode of the fabled season 1, rescued from the ether. Guests Evan Reser, Joel Smith, Julian Green, and James Medina join me on the couch and sing: Babe. I got you, babe. I got you, babe. Ever have Deja Vu? Babe. I got you, babe. I got you, babe.
We've passed 2300 reviews on Letterboxd!
And COVID continues to be a thing, but there is hope on the horizon. Stay tuned, true believers!
We've passed 2300 reviews on Letterboxd!
And COVID continues to be a thing, but there is hope on the horizon. Stay tuned, true believers!
The COVID Chronicles 2020
As COVID-19 devastated the country last year, we thought we'd create a positive message using some of our favorite movie clips. We collected them here for you. An now that there is actual hope on the horizon, a reminder to be safe and smart. COVID isn't over even it you're over it. Continue practicing social distancing, wear your mask (correctly. It goes over your mouth AND nose), 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.)
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FWF Corona 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo. |
FWF Corona 2 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo. |
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FWF Corona 4 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo. |
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FWF Corona 8 2020 from Flicks With Friends on Vimeo. |
December 2020
From all of us, to all of you, Happy Holidays!
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 two, in which the largest group of guests we'd ever assembled (including A.J. Dome, Kara Heckard, The James Heckard, Julian Green, James Medina, Joel Smith and Matt Quick) joined me for a discussion of the movie Die Hard.
This was the first action blockbuster that established the formula of “man vs terrorists (insert location)”, Die Hard is not only iconic for what it brought to the table, but it’s also a well-crafted, damn fine movie in its own right. Yippie Kai Yay…. 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.
Another spot of good news as we finish out 2020 is that we now have that same number of reviews on our letterboxd page, with so many more to come (click HERE to see them).
This was the first action blockbuster that established the formula of “man vs terrorists (insert location)”, Die Hard is not only iconic for what it brought to the table, but it’s also a well-crafted, damn fine movie in its own right. Yippie Kai Yay…. 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.
Another spot of good news as we finish out 2020 is that we now have that same number of reviews on our letterboxd page, with so many more to come (click HERE to see them).
November 2020
COVID-19 cases continue to rise and spike just before Thanksgiving, so once again here's a reminder to be safe and smart. Continue practicing social distancing, wear your mask, and stay positive! As the song says, "If you knock me over, I will get back up again." And we will. We love you. (And obviously, no, we don't own the rights to any of these clips. Used for entertainment purposes only.)
As we limp into the end of the year, we are nearing 2000 reviews on our letterboxd page, (click HERE to see them).
We've managed to recover some more episodic content thought lost and never before released (for more on that, check out the "episodes" tab) and with the recent death of Sean Connery, pay tribute to a true trailblazer with our look back at his Bond films.
As we limp into the end of the year, we are nearing 2000 reviews on our letterboxd page, (click HERE to see them).
We've managed to recover some more episodic content thought lost and never before released (for more on that, check out the "episodes" tab) and with the recent death of Sean Connery, pay tribute to a true trailblazer with our look back at his Bond films.
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.
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
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".
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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