007 Guilty Pleasures: Thunderball (1965) & Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Short Answer: No!
Slightly Longer Answer: We started a new show! Joining forces with Connor and Peter from Fix-a-Flick to create the Tuvix of podcasts: No Flicks Given. Frank has more in this mini-update, but we want to make sure you knew where to go.

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"Within these Santa films were bound the strength and will to bring holiday cheer around the world. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Santa film was made..."

We enjoyed (is that the right word?) our holiday-themed commentary for One Magic Christmas (you know...the one were the dad gets shot. in. the. face.) so much we decided to do another one!

2020 was a weird year, and it produced an even weirder Santa Claus movie: Fatman, Starring Mel Gibson as Santa (you read that right). Only Frank has seen this one beforehand, so we're all in for a treat. Hit up Peacock, rent it on the Blockbusters of the Internet, settle in with some booze and tag along for this wonky sleigh ride.

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One Shall Stand. Three Shall Fall.

It's the thrilling conclusion to our Chris Kringle King of the Ring! To recap, all four of us are going head-to-head-to-head-to-head, each having chosen what we each deem to be the ultimate Santa Claus film depiction. This week we cover our final two challengers and determine the ultimate Claus.

Miracle on 34th Street (1994) - Peter York
Elf (2003) - Connor Lynch

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Four Santas enter. Only one leaves.

Ho Ho H'oh no! 

Happy Holidays everyone. The boys at Fix-a-Flick are once again back on to talk about what the Christmas season is all about: competition. All four of us are going head-to-head-to-head-to-head in a sleigh bell smackdown, each having chosen what we each deem to be the ultimate Santa Claus film depiction. Because of the size of this yule tidal wave, this episode is only going to focus on the first two contenders:

The Santa Clause (1994) - Matt Conrad
Klaus (2019) - Frank James

Tune in next week for the epic conclusion where we all vote after making our cases to determine which Santa reigns supreme.

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"Do you expect me to talk?"

Spooky Season is over, pumpkin spice has completely permeated the air, and the Holidays are just around the corner. You know what that means; it's time to give thanks to our favorite British spy. The name's Bond. James Bond.

This year we each highlighted a personal favorite that might not be well remembered. Frank went dove deep to nominate Thunderball while Tomorrow Never Dies left Matt black, white, and read all over. We also give our first impressions on No Time to Die, but kept it brief.

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FULL. SCREAM. AHEAD.

The crescendo of this year's Halloween mini-series - Deep Rising, where a crew of mercenaries planning to hijack a cruise ship shows up to realize something got to the ship first: a gargantuan tentacled...thing? Idk, it's not a squid and it's not an octopus. Whatever, it drinks people and that's all you need to know. Hop aboard to watch store-brand Harrison Ford and a crew of murderers consisting entirely of "Oh That Guy"'s tangle with a vicious killing machine. We're joined once again by Peter and Connor, making this yet another official episode of an unofficial podcast, No Flicks Given.

Directed by Stephen Sommers (right before he did The Mummy) and scored by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith, Deep Rising comes close to hitting that so-bad-it's-good tier of high octane thrill rides.

Happy Halloween to everybody! We hope you've enjoyed the torture we've put ourselves through watching these 90s creature features. It's all for you!

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" What heads we were able to salvage from the Santos Morales were pretty decomposed, but they all were missing their hypothalamus... es."

Let's talk about the kathoga in the room. For the first half of our NO FLICKS GIVEN series with Fix-a-Flick hosts Connor & Peter, Frank decided to punish us. Is it a murder mystery? A monster slasher? If 78% of the frame weren't too dark to see, we might have been able to answer that question. As to it's quality...well, maybe just tune in.

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The one night a year where we can pretend to be the scariest thing we think of.

"Winds in the east... there's a mist comin' in... like somethin' is brewin'... and 'bout to begin..." This week, we take a look at an oft-forgotten, direct-to-video release that might've become a modern classic if it debuted in the streaming era. We won't bury the lede here, Trick 'r Treat should be in your Halloween film rotation ASAP. Wanna know why? Turn off the lights, spike your hot cider, and tune in as we make our case for why Sam should be the mascot of Spooky Season.

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No guest for this one (there's no one we can think of that we hate enough to make them watch this trash movie).

Welcome to what is hopefully the last conversation ANYONE will have on the 2001 film Evolution, a bargain bin Ghostbusters rip-off that doesn't check a single box to be worth a revisit. Sorry this is sounding harsher than I mean it - you gotta understand, we just watched this film, recording a full hour talking about it, then had to spend time editing that conversation, so we've been down here way too long.

Evolution is a 2001 American comic (supposedly) science (supposedly) fiction (thank god) film (debatable) directed by Ivan Reitman. It stars David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore, and Ted Levine. It was released by DreamWorks Pictures in the United States and by Columbia Pictures internationally. The plot of the film follows college professor Ira Kane (Duchovny) and geologist Harry Block (Jones), who investigate a meteorite crash in Arizona. They discover that the meteorite harbors extraterrestrial lifeforms, which are evolving very quickly into large, diverse and outlandish creatures.







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A midwestern American in the 1300s does medieval battle against the slimiest of bearded slimeballs and his horrifying mom/witch.

This week we revisit a forgotten blockbuster, the 2nd biggest movie of 1991 after Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Kevin Costner stars as the fabled Robin of Locksley, in this dark retelling a veteran of the Crusades returned home to find Alan Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham poised to claim the throne of England. With one of the greatest movie themes and one of the worst British accents, the Gi5 boys sit through a severe mess, coming close-to-but-never-quite-reaching the status of guilty pleasure. Enjoy.

Also, one thing we forgot to mention in air - 

In the beginning Marian's brother, after having been locked away in prison for 5 years, gives Robin his family ring as he dies...Where was he hiding that ring??

Joining us for his third appearance, the one-and-only (which I'm realizing we say about every guest) Mike Lacy. Lacy has a (fucking still) forthcoming podcast centered around the filmography of one Thomas Cruise, so be sure to keep an eye (and ear) out for that. Days of Thetan: A Mission into the Impossible Tom Cruise, available soon where ever you get your podcasts.