The Flick Files

Time to jump back into the good old filing cabinet! This week we go back to last year when we had a long talk about some manly men with mustaches. This flick will make you want to put on a holster, jump on a horse and yell "I'm coming! And hell's coming with me!" Join us as we discuss "Tombstone".
Recorded: 04.03.2025
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Origin: US
Release Date: December 25, 1993
Run Time: 2 Hr 10 Min
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Writer: Kevin Jarre (helped direct a little bit also)
Composer: Bruce Broughton
Cast: Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Sam Elliott (Virgil Earp), Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill Brocius), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo) 
Genre: Western Epic, Biography, Drama
Rating and Why: R for violence, language, drinking
Film Location: Arizona
Budget: 25M
Box Office: 56.5M worldwide, 6.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 56.5M gross (US & Canada) - only showed in US
Awards: Nominated for 2 MTV movie awards - best male performance and most desirable male (Val Kilmer)
Timeframe: 19th century, 1880s, 1881
Synopsis: A bunch of manly men with mustaches shoot each other in the wild west!
Tagline: “I’m your huckleberry!”
Watch On: Hulu, Peacock, Rent on Prime/Amazon
IMDb - 7.8
Letterboxd - 3.8
Rotten Tomatoes - 73% critic, 94% audience
Metacritic Metascore - 50
- Our Ratings -
Dylan: 3.9
Jesse: 4.4
Dawson: 4.4
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Do you like British movies? How about British crime movies? How about British crime dark comedies? How about British crime dark comedies with Brad Pitt as an incomprehensible gypsy bareknuckle boxer? Then we have the right flick for you! Join us as we discuss "Snatch".
Recorded: 07.08.2025
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Country of Origin: United Kingdom, United States
Release Date: January 19, 2001 (U.S.)
Run Time: 1 Hr 42 Min
Director: Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Gentleman)
Writer(s): Guy Ritchie
Producer(s): Stephen Marks, Peter Morton, Trudie Styler (among others)
Composer: John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Cinematographer: Tim Maurice-Jones
Editor: John Harris (127 Hours), a lot done by Guy even though he did not get credit.
Cast: Jason Statham (Turkish), Brad Pitt (Mickey O’Neil), Stephen Graham (Tommy)
Genre: Caper, gangster, crime, dark comedy
Rating and Why: R for strong violence, language and some nudity
Film Location(s): England
Budget: 6M (Euros)
Box Office: 28K opening weekend (US & Canada), 83M worldwide
Awards: Best British Director and Actor (Empire Awards, UK)
Time Frame: Early 2000s
Setting: London
Synopsis: A bunch of criminals do bad things and a huge diamond gets eaten by a dog.
Tagline: “Stealin’ Stones and Breakin’ Bones”
Watch On: Pluto TV and Rent on Prime Video
IMDb: 8.2 (950K), #122 in Top 250
Letterboxd: 4.0 (69K)
Rotten Tomatoes: 74% critic (142), 93% audience (250K+)
Metacritic: 55 Metascore (21) ”Mixed or Average”, 8.3 User Score (473) “Universal Acclaim”
Critic Consensus (RT): “Though perhaps a case of style over substance, Guy Ritchie’s second crime caper is full of snappy dialogue, dark comedy, and interesting characters.”
- Our Ratings - 
Dylan: 3.9
Jesse: 5.2
Dawson: 4.1
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We are digging through the files yet again. Get ready to smell some napalm during this week's episode as we dive into one of the most renowned war flicks ever. Join us as we discuss "Apocalypse Now".
Recorded: 03.19.2024
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Run Time: 2 Hr 27 Min
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Martin Sheen (Captain Willard), Marlon Brando (Colonel Kurtz)
Release Date: August 15, 1979
Budget: $31.5m
Box Office: $105m worldwide
Awards: Won 2 Oscars (Best Cinematography and Best Sound)
Tagline: "The Horror... The Horror..."
Watch On: MovieSphere and Prime
- Our Ratings - 
Dylan: 4.1
Jesse: 4.6
Dawson: 4.9
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Let's dig through the old files. This was our very first trial episode! And we picked a doozy. To make it an even more immersive experience, we recorded it inside the actual Endurance spaceship (aka sucky sound quality). Though we thought it was impossible to cover such an epic space flick, it was necessary (said with a McConaughey accent). Join us as we discuss "Interstellar".
Recorded: 03.13.2024
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Origin: US / UK / Canada
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Run Time: 2 Hr 49 Min
Director: Christopher Nolan 
Writer(s): Jonathan and Christopher Nolan
Composer: Hans Zimmer (has done 7 for Nolan, this is probably the best)
Cast: Matthew M (Cooper), Anne H (Brand), Jessica Chastain (Murph) 
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure Epic, Quest, Drama
Rating and Why: PG-13, some intense perilous action and brief strong language
Film Location(s): Iceland, Calgary, Alberta
Budget: 165M
Box Office: 731M worldwide, 47.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 188M gross (US & Canada)
Awards: Won 1 Oscar (Visual Effects, should've got more)
Tagline: "Mankind was born on Earth, it was never meant to die here."
Watch On: Paramount+, Pluto TV, Prime Video
- Our Ratings -
Dylan: 5.2
Jesse: 5.4
Dawson: 5.4
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HAPPY 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BRUCE! Let's sink our teethers into this iconic movie that set the bar HIGH for all shark flicks to come. Join us as we discuss "Jaws".
Recorded: 06.18.2025
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Country of Origin: United States
Release Date: June 20, 1975 (U.S.)
Run Time: 2 Hr 4 Min
Director: Steven Spielberg (E.T., Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan)
Writer(s): Peter Benchley (wrote novel, cameo as new reporter on the beach), Carl Gottlieb
Producer(s): David Brown, Richard Zanuch 
Composer: John Williams (THE GOAT)
Cinematographer: Bill Butler (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Grease)
Editing: Verna Fields
Cast: Roy Scheider (Brody), Robert Shaw (Quint), Richard Dreyfuss (Hooper), Lorraine Gary (Ellen)
Genre: Monster horror, sea adventure, survival, thriller
Rating and Why: PG (great for kids)
Film Location(s): Massachusetts, Australia, LA
Budget: 70M
Box Office: 478M worldwide, 7M opening weekend (US & Canada), 267M gross (US & Canada)
Awards: Oscar Winner: Best Sound, Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.
Time Frame: Summer of 1975 
Setting: Amity Island off coast of New York
Synopsis: Shark eats multiple people before anyone does anything about it.
Tagline: “You’ll never go in the water again”
Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video
IMDb: 8.1 (698K), #202 in Top 250
Letterboxd: 3.9 (148K)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% critic (149), 90% audience (250K+)
Metacritic: 87 (21 critics) ”Universal Acclaim, Must-See”, 8.7 (779 users) “Universal Acclaim”
Critic Consensus (RT): “Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg’s Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.”
- Our Ratings -
Dylan: 4.2
Jesse: 4.7
Dawson: 5.2
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Let's talk about one of the best monster (war) flicks out there. It's weird. It's creepy. It's sad. It's also kinda sweet. Join us as we discuss "Pan's Labyrinth".
Recorded: 10.17.2024
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Origin: Spain, Mexico
Release Date: January 19, 2007 (U.S.)
Run Time: 1 Hr 58 Min
Director: Guillermo Del Toro (Shape of Water, Pinocchio)
Written By: Guillermo Del Toro
Producer: Belen Atienza and Guillermo Del Toro (among others)
Composer: Javier Navarrete (Wrath of the Titans)
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro (Pacific Rim, I am Number Four)
Editing: Bernat Vilaplana (Society of the Snow, A Monster Calls, The Impossible)
Cast: Ivana Baquero as Ofelia, Ariadna Gil as Carmen, Sergi Lopez as Vidal, Maribel Verdu as Mercedes and Doug Jones as Fauno / Pale Man
Genre: Coming-of-age, Fantasy (dark), Period drama, War
Rating and Why: R for language and violence
Film Location: Many areas of Spain
Budget: 19M
Box Office: 83.9M worldwide, 569K opening weekend (US & Canada), 37.6M gross (US & Canada)
Awards: Oscar Winner: Writing (Original Screenplay), Cinematography, Art Direction & Makeup. Oscar Nominee: Original Score & Foreign Language Film of the Year.
Timeframe: 1944 WWII and Post Spanish Civil War
Setting: Spain mountains/forests
Synopsis: Lost Princess must find her way back to her magical kingdom… 
Tagline: "What happens when make-believe believes it’s real?"
Watch On: Tubi and Rent on Prime Video
IMDb: 8.2 (711K) #146
Letterboxd: 4.2 (54K)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% critic (244), 91% audience (250K+)
Metacritic: 98 (37 critics) ”Must-See”, 8.7 (1,700 users)
Critic Consensus (RT): "Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable."
- Our Ratings -
Dylan: 4.2
Jesse: 3.8
Dawson: 3.3
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