Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast - Ep #156 Under the Shadow with Anna Bogutskaya from The Final Girls and The Next Supremes and Mike Muncer from The Evolution of Horror.

Ep #156 Under the Shadow with Anna Bogutskaya from The Final Girls and The Next Supremes and Mike Muncer from The Evolution of Horror.

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05/13/20 • 50 min

Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast

Anna Bogutskaya (The Final Girls and The Next Supremes) and Mike Muncer (The Evolution of Horror) join Flixwatcher remotely to review Anna’s choice Under the Shadow. Under the Shadow is a 2016 Persian-language psychological horror film written and directed by Iranian British Babak Anvari. Set in 1980s Tehran during the War of the Cities, mother and former medical student Shideh and her daughter Dorsa are haunted by a spirit or djinn. Under the Shadow draws easy comparisons with both The Babadook (Shideh’s maternal shortcomings are visualised by the spirit) and The Devils Backbone (a political war as seen by a child) and this is no detriment. Supported by strong performances from its two leads Under the Shadow is a powerful (while not strictly a horror in the traditional sense) film that deserves a wider audience. Scores

[supsystic-tables id=163] With a runtime of 84 minutes Under the Shadow is definitely worth a watch and scores a very high 4.20 overall. You can also watch Babak Anvari’s latest film Wounds available on Netflix now. What do you guys think? Have you seen Under the Shadow? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!

Episode #156 Crew Links

Thanks to the Episode #156 Crew of Anna Bogutskaya (@annabdemented) from The Final Girls and The Next Supremes and Mike Muncer (@TheMovieMike) from The Evolution of Horror. Find their websites online at https://www.annabogutskaya.com/ and at https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/ and https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/ Please make sure you give them some love

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For more info on Under the Shadow, you can visit Under the Shadow IMDb page here or Under the Shadow Rotten Tomatoes page here.

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Episode #156 Crew Links

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Ep #155 Coming to America with Rich Nelson from Betamax Video Club podcast and Ben Dadds from Top Film Tip.

Rich Nelson (Betamax Video Club podcast) and Ben Dadds (Top Film Tip) return to Flixwatcher to review Rich’s choice Coming to America.

Coming to America is a 1998 romantic comedy directed by John Landis and starring Eddie Murphy (in a number of roles - starting what would become a staple of his), Arsenio Hall, and James Earl Jones. The plot is surprisingly touching, Prince Akeem Joffer (Murphy) rejects the gift of a bride for his 21st birthday and heads to downtown Queens, New York with his assistant, Semmi (Hall) to find true love and someone who’ll accept him as a person, not a prince. Any respectable child of the 1980s will have fond memories of watching this way before the tender age of 15 it was rated as suitable for. A blockbuster at the time, featuring an entirely black cast (fairly unheard of even now) Coming to America is carried throughout by peak Murphy - charming, funny, and knowing - possibly his last great film. Scores

[supsystic-tables id=162] Coming to America has aged reasonably well - a reminder of the prospect of multiple Murphy’s being something to look forward to not avoid - but nothing can hide that fact it is over two hours. Coming to America scores 4.01 overall, look out for the sequel. What do you guys think? Have you seen Coming to America? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!

Episode #155 Crew Links

Thanks to the Episode #155 Crew of Rich Nelson (@BetaMaxPod) from Betamax Video Club podcast and Ben Dadds (@topfilmtip) from Top Film Tip. Find their websites online at https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/Betamax-Video-Club-p1205348/ and at https://twitter.com/TopFilmTip Please make sure you give them some love

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Ep #157 Scott Pilgrim.Vs the World with Faye and Rachael from Her Dark Materials.

Faye and Rachael from Her Dark Materials join Flixwatcher remotely to review Faye’s choice Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 film adaption of the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim directed by Edgar Wright starring Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim.

In this film Scott must defeat the seven evil ex’s of his new girlfriend Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) - while playing in a local battle of the bands (which happens to be sponsored by one of the evil ex’s Gideon (Jason Schwartzman) with his band Sex Bob-Omb.

It’s pretty clear that bringing to life Scott Pilgrim from the page to film was done with love and attention - visually it is dazzling and sounds like nothing else (thanks to Nigel (Radiohead) Godrich. It also features an unbelievably good supporting cast - Kieran Culkin, Chris (Captain America) Evans, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman - to name a few.

2020 is a very different time to 2010 - there are a few moments in Scott Pilgrim that are particularly problematic - mostly in the treatment of Knives Chau and some off handed culturally insensitive references. There is also an unpleasant undertone to Gideon’s control over his ex Ramona. And it’s hard to gloss over that Scott is quite a bit of a dick.

Scores

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However, die-hard fans of the comic will find a lot to enjoy (there was a lot of love for it on Twitter) and it’s an interesting offer from Edgar Wright. Despite scoring low on recommendability Scott Pilgrim picks up some higher scores across the other categories to score a reasonable 3.95 overall.

What do you guys think? Have you seen Scott Pilgrim. Vs The World? What did you think? Please let us know in the comments below!

Episode #157 Crew Links

Thanks to the Episode #157 Crew of Faye (@fayeleyyy) from Her Dark Materials and Rachael (@rach_makes) also from Her Dark Materials.

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