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A weekly look at films and film universes with Jade, Brose and guests.

Episode 370 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 12/24/2023

Episode 370 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Merry Christmas from the ChatFlix team! To celebrate James. Chris and Brose discuss one of the most famous bad Christmas films ever; Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964). Yes, the year the Beatles invaded the USA, GI Joe was invented and this film... so many things! So, if you need to block out the noise of Last Christmas and avoid Whamaggeddon this year, plug in your noise cancelling earbuds and listen to our LATEST EPISODE! Available for your listening pleasure NOW all for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/29215883

Episode 369 The Wicker Man (2006) 12/11/2023

Episode 369 The Wicker Man (2006) The bees, the bees! Not only is Neil LaBute's 2006 remake of the 1973 masterpiece with the same name unnecessary, not only is it ham fisted and not only is it badly acted, shot and scored, if you watch the wrong version of the film, you won't even see the most famous scene with Nicolas Cage. Brose has assembled the cultish Man Bites God to discuss this mid-naughties, smoking trash pile in a conversation that is almost as long and infinitely more entertaining than the film! Buy your way onto a cargo plane, sneak onto Summerisle and listen to our LATEST EPISODE! Available for your listening pleasure NOW all for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/29015503

Episode 368 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 12/05/2023

Episode 368 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Somewhere out there... thataway (motions to space) in the 2270s, a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. The human adventure is just beginning in… Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Brose-Unit resumes command of the Starship Chatflix in order to intercept, discuss and hopefully stop it with some assistance from carbon-based units Jazz & Looch and joined for the FIRST TIME ever by Trekker Chris Pearson Ahead warp one to our LATEST EPISODE! Available for your listening pleasure NOW all for FREE /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28932843

Episode 367 The Wicker Man (1973) 11/03/2023

Episode 367 The Wicker Man (1973) A missing girl, a puritan policeman, a Pagan community and a man... made from wicker combine to produce a mystery film with a horrific outcome in Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973). Virginal Brose flies his seaplane to a Scottish island t James and his raffish Pagan cult members confuse, tempt and distract him in a ritualistic episode of ChatFlix. Round up your hobby horse, dress the fool and pop in your headphones and LISTEN to our BRAND NEW episode NOW! All completely FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28504931

Episode 364 The Shining 10/20/2023

Episode 364 The Shining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Only in Stanley Kubrick’s epic Nightmare of horror, The Shining (1980) Brose accepts a caretaker job at the ol’ Overlook Hotel where he, along with Ben and ABC’s own film critic, Zak Hepburn must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter… but they aren’t prepared for the madness that lurks within No need to break down doors with an axe, rather pop in your headphones and listen to our BRAND NEW episode RIGHT NOW! All completely for FREE!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28374329

Episode 363 The Addams Family Values 10/12/2023

Episode 363 The Addams Family Values Get creepy, kooky, mysterious & spooky all over again when members of the fam get up to more macabre antics in the Barry Sonnenfeld sequel; The Addams Family Values! (1993) Brose welcomes the arrival of The Addams Family baby boy, Pubert. Allan & Ben are shipped off to summer camp and Nanny / Black Widow, Kayleigh plots to marry (and murder) their wealthy Uncle. Pop on your spooktacular best, click your fingers together and join us for our LATEST episode this Halloween season! Available NOW!! Completely for FREE!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28304402

Episode 362 Scream VI 10/06/2023

Episode 362 Scream VI The survivors of the last Ghostface killing spree, leave Woodsboro in their rearview mirror starting a fresh chapter in the Big Apple for a whole other slew of kills in; Scream VI (2023) Brose, Stu and James take a stab at the sequel to Scream (2022) which is also the sixth in the franchise but it’s New York, which means, new rules. New brutal and relentless rules. Embrace this spooky season, don’t answer the phone, pop on your headphones and listen to our LATEST episode TODAY! Available right NOW! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28241555

Episode 361 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 09/28/2023

Episode 361 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen A famed adventurer is recruited by the British Empire for their League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in order to find the a cunning villain before he ignites a world war in an adventure in a league of its own; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Stu is an extraordinary spy & hunter. Ben is an immortal, vampiric beast. With Brose’s gentlemanly roguish, scientific smarts they’ll chat this flick that teams characters culled from great adventure literature of yesteryear for a brand new adventure… that’s loosely based on the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill Pop in your headphones and jump aboard The Nautilus for our latest episode. Available now /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28166069

Episode 360 Event Horizon 09/21/2023

Episode 360 Event Horizon A ship has been lost in space for 7 years (a little more than a three hour cruise!) and the team from Lewis and Clark (no, not Lois and Clark) have been sent to rescue the crew and the: Event Horizon (1997). With Rescue Technician Shaun and Chief Engineer Harry on board, Commanding Officer Brose is trying to stymie a mild demonic possession and salvage the long lost spaceship. So jump into your pressurised suit, enter the airlock, pop in your headphones and tune into LATEST episode TODAY! AVAILABLE NOW! All for you, completely for FREE!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/28098911

Episode 359 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 09/07/2023

Episode 359 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story He’s been called the drifter, also the shape shifter, the master chef, the chameleon, the problem child, the hard one, the white Indian, the giant midget, regardless he is definitely Guilty as Charged. Dewey Cox follows a long, hard walk to music stardom in the up-and-down-and-up-again musical biopic parody: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) Life made Brose tough. Love made Allam strong. Music made Ben hard. Together they’ll chat changing musical styles, becoming addicted to nearly every drug and bouts of uncontrollable rage. So whether you're a Black Sheep or a Big Daddy, Take My Hand, pop in your headphones and come on this Beautiful Ride with our LATEST episode, available NOW! All for FREE!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27966705

Episode 358 Marvel Cinematic Universe [Part One] 08/17/2023

Episode 358 Marvel Cinematic Universe [Part One] For those of us STILL sitting in the theatre as the credits continued to roll at the end of Iron Man (2008) we were welcomed into something grander, Nick Fury stepped out of the shadows and proclaimed “You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe” and boy o’ boy, was he not kidding… And here we are a 15 years on, 32 (!!!) movies, 9 streaming series, one shots, specials and more!! Before Marvel’s newest instalment, The Marvels (2023) hits cinemas Brose sits down with Dr Tara Lomax and Ryan 'Eddie' Edmends to take a look at what the kids are calling - The MCU! For more writings by Dr Tara Lomax visit: /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27778182

Episode 357 Oppenheimer [Spoiler Warning] 08/10/2023

Episode 357 Oppenheimer [Spoiler Warning] The man, the myth, the ethically complicated womaniser; Robert J. Oppenheimer comes to life courtesy of Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy in the epic adaption of American Prometheus: Oppenheimer (2023). Brose manages an elite team of quantum cinephiles, Dr. Ben and Prof. Margherita at Los ChatFlixamos, as they delineate between fission and fusion. Slip on your sunglasses, slap on some sunscreen and prepare for an explosive test of nuclear proportions for this week's brand new episode of ChatFlix, available now! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27710238

Episode 356 Barbie {SPOILER WARNING] 08/01/2023

Episode 356 Barbie {SPOILER WARNING] Hi listeners (Hi Chatflix ) Welcome to the best day ever! As was yesterday and so is tomorrow and every day from now until forever! Why? Because for our NEWEST episode we’re chatting the flick based on the iconic Mattel doll (no, not He Man), directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig: Barbie (2023)! Kayla is everything, there’s only one Kayleigh …and Brose... well, he’s just Brose. Grab your rollerblades, pop in your headphones and listen to us chat the BIGGEST movie in the Real World RIGHT NOW! NOW! All for FREE!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27621279

Episode 355: Mission Impossible 2 07/21/2023

Episode 355: Mission Impossible 2 This mission brings Cruise Down Under, plunging him smack bang in centre of an international crisis and armed only with some impressive Woo-Fu! Only in Mission: Impossible II (2000) With computer genius, James at his side and beautiful thieves Chris and Mark on his mind, Brose races from Spain to Sydney to stop a rogue m IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon. Your mission, should you choose to accept is to listen to our LATEST episode TODAY! AVAILABLE NOW! All for you, completely got FREE!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27527853

Episode 354 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 07/15/2023

Episode 354 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Dun da na na, dun da nah! Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny FACTS: The fifth and final (?) Indiana Jones film has finally been released. FACT The film stars Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. FACT This episodes features Stuart Wilson (author), Stephen Rowley (author) and Brose Avard (something something). FACT The Dial of Destiny was released 42 years AFTER Raiders of the Lost Ark! FACT The Dial of Destiny ChatFlix episode is 353 episodes after we discussed Raiders of the Lost Ark. FACT The Dial of Destiny was released 7 years AFTER it was announced. FACT The Dial of Destiny run 2 hours and 34 minutes. FACT This episode of ChatFlix runs 44 mins less than The Dial of Destiny... I guess we could have tried harder to make up the difference... maybe 44 mins of Brose humming the Indiana Jones theme? Dun da na na, dun da nah! FACT? You can download the ChatFlix Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny NOW! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27471588

Episode 353 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Movie 07/07/2023

Episode 353 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Movie Knives Out was Chatlifx Ep 198 Some of us loved it and some did hate Well, there's another sequel to see ChatFlix 353 Friends meet on a picturesque isle Murderous lockdown in style Talking about Glass Onion! The crew from Mystery Radio Theatre, Nick, Esther and Chris, join Brose to unravel the mystery that is Glass Onion! Who loved it? Who hated it? Who was somewhere right in the middle? Listen to find out! (Compelling stuff, hey?) Decode the invitation, pack your bags and pop in your headphones to listen along to our NEWEST episode RIGHT NOW! All completely for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/27395751

Episode 352 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Interviews (Part One) 03/31/2023

Episode 352 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Interviews (Part One) As Easter creeps ever closer (or should we make that hops?!) Melbourne comes ALIVE with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (29 Mar 2023 – Sun, 23 Apr 2023) And with that in mind we turn our attention to a couple of acts as Brose chats with comedians Steph Teitelbaum & Stephen Hall about their shows Hello, Who Is It? and Letters From My Heroes respectively. Check the MICF website for which dates suit YOU best! Plus while we’re on it, don’t forget about WrestleBrainia (Sun 2nd, 16th and 26th, 5:30pm @The Catfish)) and James’ The Job Interview (April 11th - 16th @LaMama) when you’re making your CAN'T MISS lists! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/26400831

Episode 351 The Big Sleep 03/23/2023

Episode 351 The Big Sleep Private Dick, Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he'll have seen murder, blackmail and what might be love only in; The Big Sleep (1946) Brose & James are back together again to unpeel this "Bogie and Bacall" film noir all-time classic WHOO- dunnit! Adapted from the novel by Raymond Chandler Pop on your trenchcoat, slap on a hat and pop in your headphones to listen along to our NEWEST episode RIGHT NOW! All completely for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/26314863

Episode 350 The Kid Detective 03/16/2023

Episode 350 The Kid Detective A once-celebrated child investigator is now a washed-up 30-something PI still dealing with the same ol’ trivial mysteries… until a client brings him his first murder mystery in our next in a series of under appreciated Murder Mysteries (0r Whoo-dunnits!); The Kid Detective (2020) Brose is no longer a kid. And James ain’t much of a detective but together they’ll chat this oddball noir Mystery / Thriller that found itself lost amongst the 2nd wave of (you know what) So, clean yourself up, put on some fresh clothes and listen to our NEWEST episode TODAY. Go on, we may even go for ice cream afterwards. /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/26247117

Episode 349 Oscars 2023 with Tony Coca Cola 03/09/2023

Episode 349 Oscars 2023 with Tony Coca Cola It is AWARDS SEASON!! Before Hollywood's night of nights, we get Tony Coca Cola from Lights, Camera, What’s The Action? Podcast to wax on with @brosewavard about this year's Academy Awards Nominations What did the fellas think of The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Baz’s Elvis biopic, the dramatic musical Tár, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, the dramedy Triangle of Sadness, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front and the blockbusters, Avatar: The Way of Water & Top Gun: Maverick. Tony and Brose discuss personal favourites and which nominees are the front runners with the bookies! Find out more about how and who to bet on during the film awards season by listening to Lights Camera What’s The Action? Where you find your podcasts or: /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/26171994

Episode 348 The Lost Boys 03/02/2023

Episode 348 The Lost Boys After moving to a new town, the Emerson brothers soon discover the one thing that makes Santa Carla, California so unappealing to live in. Sure the People are Strange but things get even stranger in Joel Schumacher’s horror/comedy; The Lost Boys (1987) Brose sleeps all day. James parties all night. Kayleigh never grows old. And Floyd from Ang Fang Quartet never dies. It's fun to be a vampire. Splash on some Windex, pop in your headphones and listen to our LATEST episode, available RIGHT NOW! Completely for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/26101548

Episode 347 Identity 02/24/2023

Episode 347 Identity Identity is a secret. Identity is a killer. Identity is a thriller and also a mystery. In fact it’s this weeks Under-rated Murder Mystery chat; Identity (2003) Brose and James find themselves stranded at a motel in a storm. They become acquainted with 10 strangers before they start getting knocked off one by one. Get in out of rain, pop in your headphones and listen to our latest episode for FREE. Available to you RIGHT NOW! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/26030070

Episode 346 The Last of Sheila 02/16/2023

Episode 346 The Last of Sheila A wealthy widow invites a group of his friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game in our next in a series of Breezy Murder Mysteries; The Last of Sheila (1973) However, things turn ugly when the game changes into a true murder mystery. Good thing we have Brose and James aboard to sort the fact from the fiction. Slip on a pair of boat shoes, slop on some sunscreen and slap in your headphones and listen to our LATEST episode TODAY! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25950204

Episode 345 Charade 02/02/2023

Episode 345 Charade Ahh, Paris! A city of romance …and suspense?! When a woman is pursued for a fortune her murdered husband stole, expect the unexpected when they play; Charade (1963) Brose and James will be your tour guides as their words take you on a merry-go-round of love, laughter, thrills and adventure. Give yourself a break, pop in your headphones and listen to our LATEST episode TODAY. All for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25806909

Episode 344 27 Dresses 01/27/2023

Episode 344 27 Dresses Jane is the go-to gal whenever anyone needs help with their wedding plans and she’s got the bridesmaids dresses in her closet to prove it. All 27 of them! In the rather appropriately titled; 27 Dresses (2008) Brose has found the perfect fit to chat this 00’s rom-com, the hosts from Scalpels and Tequila Podcast, Maid of Honour Ayla & Ring Bearer Tamzen to their mics for our LATEST EPISODE. So, please find your designated seat as listed on the seating chart, pop in your headphones and LISTEN to our NEWEST chat TODAY. Completely for FREE! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25742616

Episode 343 Cats 01/20/2023

Episode 343 Cats Meow! Look out, this litter has claws. Chatflix goes CATFLIX for the musical fantasy based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber megamusical phenomenon; Cats (2019) Brose is the indisputable leader of the gang. He's the boss, James’ a pip, Tamzen’s the championship, Katherine’s the most tip top, And they… chat Cats! Don’t be concerned if you don’t have a Memory of seeing this flick, the gang cover it all. So curl up in your favourite corner, pop in your headphones and listen to our FIRST feature chat for the year! Completely for FREE! Download TODAY!! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25664676

Episode 342 Looking Ahead to 2023 01/12/2023

Episode 342 Looking Ahead to 2023 New Year! New You! New Movies! What can we as an audiences expect to be filling our eyeballs in the year that everyone is calling … 2023? Brose and Jazz scroll through the calendar to chat the upcoming movie release schedule to chat where 2023 is going. The pitfalls, the possibilities, the perils and the promise. In 2023, please like and share Chatflix with your mates. /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25584180

Episode 341 2022 in Review 01/04/2023

Episode 341 2022 in Review It’s a whole NEW year once again! Where does the time go? What is life? Happy New Year listeners! We at Chatflix HQ thought before we pull up our sleeves and truly embrace the new year, Brose and Jazz should call a time-out and reflect back on some of those cinematic offerings of last year, you know… the flicks you love and the flicks you loved to hate from 2022 If you had a favourite from last year that didn’t get mentioned let us know about in the comments. /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25501431

Episode 340 Santa with Muscles 12/29/2022

Episode 340 Santa with Muscles The Hulkster is naughty, he's nice, and after suffering from some mild amnesia, he's coming to save Christmas! Only in John Murlowski’s holiday comedy, Santa with Muscles (1996) Brose convinces his wrestling elves, Tara Lomax, Mark Williamson and Brent Welch to help save an orphanage from the machinations of a greedy, insane doctor. It’s the final episode in our month of Christmas chats, for the last week of the year! So take some time for yourself and give our last episode of 2022 a go! Available NOW, completely for FREE /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25453968

Episode 340 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 12/22/2022

Episode 340 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Twas the night before Christmas When all thru the home, One boy would discover, He’d been left … Home Alone... AGAIN! Well, left at the airport and mistakenly boarded onto the wrong flight, ending up LOST in New York... in; Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) A then 12 year old Macaulay Culkin plays 9 year old Kevin McCallister, 12 months after the events of Home Alone, in a movie that proves some people never learn, be they parents or wet bandits... But don’t worry Brose has become a bird lady (pigeon to be precise) encouraging ludicrous behaviour in a 9 year old while Angus and Cable avoid Tim Curry and kick Wet Bandit butt! Recorded exclusively on a TalkGirl (TalkBoy was sold out) for your Christmas listening pleasure, download our NEWEST episode NOW! /episode/index/show/chatflix/id/25405410

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