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Today’s pick was inspired by two short films from the same director. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick has been remade twice since this original. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick includes a character inspired by Donald Trump. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick won the Oscar for Best Make-up. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick went by another name when first shown on American TV. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick could have been inspired by many Christmas shopping trips. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick is Marvel’s entry as a Christmas film. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick is very bad. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick is about the creation of a holiday favourite, Can you guess what it is?

Today’s darker pick was one of the reasons for the creation of the PG-13 certificate. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick is the first film to use one of the best selling Christmas songs of all time. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick is a Netflix animation feature. Can you guess what it is?

Today’s pick is a family gathering which turns into a comic horror. Can you guess what it is?

Advent Calendar Day 1 Today’s pick is a British black & white classic. Can you guess what it is?

A very special announcement from At The Flicks for the Christmas season. We tell you all about our special podcast advent calendar. Oh and also another opportunity for Jeff to torment Neil until it all ends in tears. See below for more advent fun. This is our way of saying thank you to all our listeners Happy a very happy Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=3c5df46f6c943cf1d4a3d5e4c3a8d0c7

Welcome back for our second Vox Pops show, where our listeners and contributors tell us their favourite Christmas films. This is as much fun as the first was, with more traditional and controversial selections. Oh and that Christmas hate movie which has now been mentioned in our last two shows, appears again. This time Phil really lays out why people don’t like this very successful movie. What is it? Listen to the show to find out. As for our guests for this second show, we have two double acts : Ultimate Christmas fan Sam and her son Isaac, who become perturbed when they learn the “best Christmas film ever” has not been selected for the At The Flicks advent calendar. An upset Jeff quickly passes to Graham, Reviewers Phil and Darren with their views on what makes a great Christmas film and sharing with us some of their seasonal traditions. All this before Phil goes full “roasting” mode! After all the big build up of these last two shows, tomorrow we reveal just what the At The Flicks team are doing for t

In a few days time, the At The Flicks team will start to reveal some of their favourite Christmas movies. Before we begin that controversial voyage (very controversial with some of Neil’s choices), we thought it would be a great idea to find out what our listeners and fellow contributors consider their favourites. Did they match ours, were there any ideas we could steal, will this be useful reminder for Neil that Christmas is actually coming etc? It was so great talking to everyone that Graham forgot to turn off the recording (makes a change from forgetting to start the recording – more on that in our end of year reveal) and we ended up with enough material for TWO shows. We did try to edit it down to one, but Jeff insisted we have to let him speak – you know what divas are like! So you lucky listeners get two vox pops shows. One today and the other tomorrow. In this first show we have BBC presenter Jo Durrant telling us her favourites along with some of her food associations for Christmas Elijah (from r

“Ho Ho Ho, I have a machine gun”. You just have to love any show that starts like that! On today’s episode the wonderful Em from Verbal Diorama joins Graham and Jeff to talk Christmas movies. We investigate what are the elements that make a great Christmas film, before discussing Em’s favourites with her. Oh and there will be mention of one pet hate – we won’t mention it here, only saying it will bring a smile to Phil The Bear’s face! One film that does get a positive mention in the show is Arthur Christmas. If you want more details about that film, please check out Verbal Diorama episode 27, trust me, it is worth it. As for the rest of the movies, we will leave you discover that in the show. Apart from one for which we include the trailer below. Thank you Em and have a great Christmas.

Welcome to the latest At The Flicks review show. We are honoured this month to be joined by a special guest. The real life Neil has managed to turn up. That said, judging by our postbag it appears a lot of you were fooled by the excellent impression a fellow cast member provided, and many have asked if this could be a permanent replacement. Neil, nonplussed by all this attention, has said that he may want the impersonator to stand in for him when he is required to play in golf competitions. So it sounds like Neil will never miss another show. We do start proceedings on this show on a sombre note as we reflect on the life and career of Sir Sean Connery. Each member of the review panel has their say on what the actor meant to them and what were some of their favourite Connery movies. This was a rare moment of unity for the team. Oddly, there was another one later in the episode as everyone was in agreement regarding what the film of the month was. We won’t say what that is here, you will have to check the sh

The best laid plans…. During March 2020, the At The Flicks team met with talented film makers Phil Haine and Tim Willrich (at the time of writing these notes, this was our last face to face interview). They had joined us to talk about their careers and in particular, their next project which was due to film in Gloucestershire during the Summer of 2020. That project is Harmony, a ghost story built around music. Our intention was to air the interview in July as the film entered production. We hadn’t factored on how much COVID-19 was going to disrupt everyone’s life. Sadly, the production had to be moved and we thought it best to hold the interview until we could release it with good news. That good news is here. Pre-production is now well underway on Harmony, with plans to film in the originally planned locations during March and April 2021. On hearing that wonderful update, we thought the time was right to share our chat with Phil and Tim with you. Apart from revealing a few tantalising bits about Harmony