Flicks and Chill

Can Top Gun Maverick win best picture? Is Cate Blanchett truly the best actress front-runner! Will Everything, Everywhere All at Once run away with the night? Callan and Kev answer all the burning questions and rip through the 2022 film slate, breaking down the upcoming Oscars! Get your picks ready, the big dance is only a week away! Theme Music: Adam Hesh

Cal and Kev boil it all down to five movies each from 2022. We compare the film slates of the last few years, chat a little Golden Globes and make some Oscar predictions before featuring on our favourite films of 2022. Theme Music: Adam Hesh Intro: 00:00 Top 5 movies: 30:00 Homework: 1:11:00

It's been two years since we started recording, and we invited our listeners to fill the bag with questions. From our favourite movie villains, to underrated Hollywood stars, to a celebrity threesomes, we have it all in this year's edition of the holiday mailbag! Thanks for your questions and thanks for listening to Flicks and Chill! Theme Music: Adam Hesh

It's a special industry interview episode of Flicks and Chill. Today, we sit down with Vancouver filmmaker Kat Jayme and talk about her recent documentary, The Grizzlie Truth, which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival. We chat with Kat about her pathway as a filmmaker, we talk about the reporting, research and filmmaking that went into creating the Grizzlie Truth and we even pry a few recommendations out of her. Hope you enjoy our interview with Kat Jayme!

It's a ranking episode!! Kev and Cal wrack their brains to come up with their top 10 movies of the 2010s, a vast and incredible effort. It's a remake of an exercise they attempted at the start of the pandemic. They must have had some foggy brains because we've litigated those original lists and found some holes! We talk a bit about the current state of movie going heading into the home stretch of the year and even chat spooky szn a bit! Enjoy. Theme Music: Adam Hesh Intro: 00:00 Feature: 13:00 Homework (A Silent Voice & X): 1:08:45

It's the Vancouver International Film Fest special episode. We have esteemed guest, Natalee Sinclair in the studio. We grill her about her 13 VIFF screenings, we'll talk VIFF experience, tell VIFF stories and chat about the festival as a whole. Historical VIFF Gems: Killing of a Sacred Deer, Parasite, Force Majeure, Clouds of Sils Maria. 2022 Film Highlights: Decision to Leave, The Whale, Until Branches Bend, Riceboy Sleeps, The Grizzlie Truth, Holy Spider. Theme Music: Adam Hesh

Callan and Kev are back in the booth after taking the summer off. The boys talk a little summer recap, some movie news and then cast their ultimate dream weddings. Fall preview, a fresh set of homework and VIFF anticipation and more on this episode of Flicks and Chill. Introduction and NOPE: 00:00-14:00 VIFF Anticipation: 14:00 Ultimate Dream Wedding Game: 18:00 Homework Assignments: 1:16:00 Music provided by Adam Hesh

We feel the need, the need for speed! Join the Flicks and Chill boys, Callan and Kev, for a spoiler free discussion of Top Gun Maverick. From the raucous atmosphere in the theatre to the on-screen marvel of F-18s going supersonic, we break down the ins and outs of Tom Cruise's newest box-office hit. Callan and Kev have officially watched 100 movies together…many more on the way! Homework (Moonlight and Top Gun) 05:10 Top Gun Maverick: 35:00

The Flicks and Chill boys are back to talk about the killer start to 2022. We're break down four awesome movies that have graced the silver screen this year. We're talking Vikings, vengeance, acceptance, black eye makeup, giant red pandas, Alexander Skarsgard's abs, hotdog fingers and more. Join us for an action packed conversation about a great start to the year!

Sixty minutes in and out! The Flicks and Chill boys have you covered for all things Academy Awards. Callan and Kev make predictions, discuss expectations and talk about our personal favourites leading up to award-week. It's a bonus OSCARS episode of Flicks and Chill and we have it all, right here. INTRO: 00:50 MAJOR CATEGORY BREAKDOWN: 09:45 BONUS DISCUSSION: 44:00 Theme Music: Adam Hesh

Callan and Kev are back in the in-person recording studio and it feels so right! We get together to break down our homework projects and talk about our new year of movie watching. It's Oscar szn, so we chit chat about the Academy Awards nominations and preview our incoming Oscar episode. Then, the boys get into it, and feed the listeners 10 Netflix Canada recommendations in our feature segment. Theme Music - Adam Hesh

Happy New Year! The boys are back, trying to sift through the global chaos and trying to rank their 2021 releases. We talk about the holiday season, snowmagedden and breakdown our holiday homework. Then we cap off the episode recommending our favourite five 2021 releases. Flicks and Chill is back for another calendar year! Homework Assignments: 13:00 Top 5 2021 Releases: 47:30 Theme Music - Adam Hesh New Homework Psycho (1960) The Way Way Back (2013)

Happy one-year, from the boys at Flicks and Chill. Callan and Kev celebrate a year of movie-podcasting by digging into a big sac of listener mail and answering everyone's most pressing questions. From movie-star crushes to soundtracks; from the perfect movie-watching experience to our most influential watches, we have it all during this episode. Thank you to all our listeners, and cheers to another year behind the mic! One Year Anniversary Intro - 00:40 Homework (Animal Kingdom) - 27:00 Listener Mailbag - 35:30 Theme Music - Adam Hesh

Welcome to another episode of Flicks and Chill. Today, Callan and Kev invite special guest Andre Gailits onto the show to do a director draft. We break down filmographies and careers of our favourite directors and even snake some filmmakers from each other…Does your favourite director make the draft board? Listen to find out on today's episode of Flicks and Chill! Homework Discussion – 12:00 Director Draft – 30:48 Theme Music - Adam Hesh

It's Wes Anderson o'clock in the Flicks and Chill recording studios. We lay out some gadgets on a table, whip pan around the room, zoom in on people's faces and attempt to rank all nine of Wes Anderson's directorial features. After a busy summer, the Flicks and Chill boys will have episodes coming out in September, October and November! The weather is getting bad and we're heading into movie szn. Enjoy! Homework Discussion - 23:30 Wes Anderson Rankings: 49:00 Theme Music - Adam Hesh

Callan and Kev line-up for popcorn, stroll down the aisle and plop themselves down for A Quiet Place II. Today's episodes is all about the movie theatre experience. The boys have a spoiler-free chat about QPII and talk about other memorable movie-theatre experience. Want to hear about Cal and Kev sneaking into R-rated flicks? What to hear about fights, medical emergencies, American Flags and more? It's all here, on today's episode of Flicks and Chill!

It's the 10th episode of Flicks and Chill. Today, we bring special guest Alannah Johnston onto the show and do our very own Rom-Com draft! Callan, Kev and Alannah try to assemble their very best Romantic Comedy lineups. Laughter, controversy, antics ensue! Homework - 00:05:30 The Hunt (2012) Colossal (2016) Rom Com Draft - 00:30:50 Theme Music - Adam Hesh

What movie would you want to be dropped into and simply live there? Join Cal and Kev this month as they do their best to answer that question and propose five movies each. The boys recap Oscar Szn and review their homework assignments as well! It's May, it's practically summer, enjoy a fun episode of Flicks and Chill! Introduction and Oscar Recaps - 01:15 Homework - 15:00 I Care and Lot + Boyz N The Hood Feature Discussion (Movie Universe) - 28:00 Theme Music - Adam Hesh

It's OSCAR SZN, baby! Kev and Cal take you through the lightning round of their Oscar predictions from the 2020 movie year and preview the Academy Awards Show. Our preview show includes snubs, predictions and betting advice. This is your must-listen crash course of the 2020 movie year before you sit down and watch Hollywood's finest take the stage! Theme Music: Adam Hesh

Kev and Cal get all dressed up, hop into the time machine and take to the red carpet in 2007. We're not in the business of re-assigning Oscars; we embark on an effort to give out alternate awards to all the great movies and performances of an incredible year in film. Enjoy our first ever Flickies awards show and more in this month's episode of Flicks & Chill. Theme Music: Adam Hesh Homework Assignments: 6:45:00 Monthly Recap: 23:45:00 Kev and Cal in 2007: 37:00:00 The 2007 Flickies: 49:20:00

The Flicks and Chill boys are here to take you out of the doldrums of winter and set you up for a big spring of movie watching! We discuss our homework assignments (11:55), chat a little bit about our Valentine's Day movies, and talk about inclusivity in Hollywood. Our feature discussion is all about women directors and we make some suggestions for how the average movie-fan can support female filmmakers by highlighting some amazing recent female-directed movies (45:00). Theme Music: Adam Hesh Movies discussed: Sgt Bilko, If Beale Street Could Talk, Our Friend, Thelma and Louise, Crip Camp, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Kajillionaire, Promising Young Woman, Nomadland, One Night in Miami.

It's Pixar month in the Flicks and Chill home offices and the boys get together to build Pixar Mountain. Which movies are left in the valley and which ones wind up at the summit? Listen to find out. Remember, you've got a friend in me.

Callan and Kev wish everyone a Happy New Year and talk about their gigantic December of movie-watching. Then they kick off the year by recommending nine 2020-released movies to get you started on the year. Enjoy the first Flicks and Chill of 2021. Theme Music written and recorded by - Adam Hesh

This is not your regular Christmas pod. Kev and Cal bust out the rum and eggnog and break down their favourite holiday scenes from all the classics. Theme Music written and recorded by Adam Hesh

Hosts, Kev and Cal breakdown their massive November of motion-pictures and then flow into a Top-5 rankings of Lucas Hedges and Saoirse Ronan performances. Cal thanks his parents for listening and Kev tries a Boston accent ... check it out. Theme Music written and recorded by Adam Hesh

Callan and Kev talk about their October watch list and rank their top five co-watching experiences of the last eight months. Join Cal and Kev every month as they recap their film-watching activity, make recommendations and give their amateur analysis of the movie world! Explicit Content: light swearing.