Join us as we cover the latest box office news with movie fans like you while testing your movie memory courtesy of our movie trivia tournament known as The FlickWish Showdown.
It's fight night during the season finale of FLICKWISH RISING as The Guardians of the Galaxy from The Boys & Girls Club of Lunenburg, MA square off against The Teen Titans of The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, MA for The 2019 FlickWish Championship. Bill breathes a sigh of relief as he gives Sony and Marvel much respect in mending their bridge and welcoming Spider-Man back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Brandon pitches his vision for a FORTNITE movie to the Disney suits as he announces the winner of the September 27-29 Box Office Contest.
FlickWish returns to The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, MA as The Jedi take on The Teen Titans for the club championship and the right to advance to The 2019 FlickWish Championship at O'Neil Cinemas. Bill dives into the FlickWish Mailbag and gives his two cents on SNL firing rookie cast member Shane Gillis as it's clear we're living in a DEMOLITION MAN world. Brandon delivers a heartfelt review of THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON as he selects the fifth winner of the July 19-21 Box Office Contest.
FlickWish returns to The Boys & Girls Club of Lunenburg, MA as The Guardians of the Galaxy battle The Justice League for the club championship and the right to advance to The 2019 FlickWish Championship at O'Neil Cinemas. Bill gives Sony Pictures the business as he vents his shock in Spider-Man's departure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Brandon gets Bill movie drunk due to his movie music knowledge as he selects the fourth winner of the July 19-21 Box Office Contest.
FlickWish returns to The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, MA for the final first round match of The 2019 FlickWish Showdown Tournament as The Incredibles take on The Teen Titans. Bill talks the Fall movie season as he puts his money on Shia Labeouf's THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON and Matt Damon/Christian Bale's FORD V FERRARI to make some serious Oscar noise while the Academy and Netflix play high school. Brandon faces his RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK knowledge as he selects the third winner of the July 19-21 Box Office Contest.
FlickWish returns to The Boys & Girls Club of Lunenburg, MA for the third match in The 2019 FlickWish Showdown Tournament as two superhero titans in The Avengers and The Justice League face off. Bill talks ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, his loyalty to Quentin Tarantino the director, but his exhaustion with Quentin Tarantino the personality. Brandon shakes off a chest cold as he phones in his movie knowledge during the July 26-28 Box Office Contest.
After a fantastic first match to kick off The 2019 FlickWish Showdown Tournament, FlickWish visits The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, MA for a thrilling second match as The Jedi scrap with The Sith in a nail-biter. Bill pleads for Gen-X movie fans like himself to let go of the past and embrace the next generation. Brandon brings THE BLACK PANTHER and THE LION KING together in one hell of a movie pitch as he announces the winners of the July 19-21 Box Office Contest.
Despite a brutally hot week, FlickWish's annual movie trivia tournament known as The FlickWish Showdown gets underway with The Guardians of the Galaxy and The Fast and the Furious rocking The Boys & Girls Club of Lunenburg, MA. Boston Red Sox executive historian Gordon Edes leads off with a masterclass for the next generation of sports writers. Brandon tries to stay awake while giving Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man the ladies man award during his FAR FROM HOME review as he announces the winner of the July 12-14 Box Office Contest.
After a review of AVENGERS: ENDGAME and its record-smashing opening weekend that brings the inner child out of a 42-year-old in a snap that would make Thanos proud, Bill dips into the FlickWish mailbag and makes some predictions on the November debut of Disney Plus and its upcoming effect on Netflix’s bladder control. Bill and his first lady of FlickWish, Tara Harris, welcome two new contestants to The FlickWish Showdown while Brandon envisions a Marvel and DC union as he announces the winner of the April 5-7 Box Office Contest.
In a shocker of an episode, Bill and Brandon roll out FWR's new movie trivia game show known as The FlickWish Showdown where movie fans squared off at The Boys & Girls Club in Lunenburg, MA and put their movie memory to the test in an overtime thriller between The Avengers and The X-Men. Brandon gets web crazy for SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE's big Oscar win on Sunday as he announces the winners of the September 28-30, October 12-14, February 8-10, and February 22-24 Box Office Contests.
With the VICE trailer dropping this week, Christian Bale’s choke hold tightens around the Best Actor Oscar as Bill dives into the FlickWish mailbag and answers listener e-mail with his latest fall movie trailer picks, honoring a fallen entrepreneur by helping those who loved them to lose the guilt, and paints a picture of a real streaming bubble that will soon burst, leaving only one to rise from the ashes. Brandon taps his music memory for a big payday as he announces the winner of the September 14-16 Box Office Contest.
In the wake of the Academy’s new “Popular Film” category to help salvage TV ratings come Oscar night, Bill lays a blowtorch to the category addition as too little, too late while challenging every studio head in Hollywood to sack up and give up their Oscar night seats for the greater good. Brandon gets whooped at the poker table while reviewing TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES and picking the three winners of the August 3-5 Box Office Contest.
As Hollywood’s #MeToo train of justice keeps chugging along with CBS boss Les Moonves being dragged behind, Bill dives into the FWR mailbag and gives some guidance on helping a failed entrepreneur get back on the saddle, but not before he sinks his teeth into the James Gunn scandal that led to the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY director getting Disney’s big axe of destiny. Brandon educates Bill on how love works with his review of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 while announcing the winner of the July 20-22 Box Office Contest.
With a record-breaking summer box office in the bank, Bill architects Hollywood’s new Mafia with Disney’s Bob Iger as the boss of all bosses. FWR A-Lister Ben Ferrante returns with a vengeance as he brings his halftime analysis of the 2018 summer movie season into the mix. Brandon solidifies the fact that he’s the greatest good you’re ever gonna get as he announces the winner of the July 6-8 Box Office Contest.
We dive into the FWR mailbag as Bill shares listener feedback on the season premiere while sharing his battle scars as an entrepreneur, sparing no one in the process. Sarah Kozenko returns to the movie fan panel to dig into who's to blame for the STAR WARS slump: Disney or the fan base. Brandon's need to swear gets a pass as he picks two winners of the June 22-24 Box Office Contest.
FLICKWISH RISING kicks into high gear as FWR's first A-Listers Sarah Kozenko of Hudson, MA and Ben Ferrante of Lunenburg, MA join our panel to dig into who really puts asses into a theater seat. Johnny Depp or Jack Sparrow? Ben Affleck or Batman? Robert Downey Jr. or Iron Man? Brandon blows off some INFINITY WAR steam while announcing the winner of the June 1-3 Box Office Contest.