Rick & Nick Talk Flicks
Rick & Nick Talk Flicks is about movies by two revered local movie critics...and since they're unwilling and/or unable to actually DO their podcast we found two other guys who love movies; Joel Hoover & Dave Brooks. With a theme on most episodes it's clear that these two fill-ins spend waaaaay too much screen time.
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Episode XXV - How the West Was Won, Lost & Lega...
Mar. 19, 2018 Westerns these days are an under-utilized genre that has produced some true classics of the past. With Rick & Nick hogtied to a cactus, the fill-ins (Dave & Hoov) raise a sarsaparilla to their favorites!
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Episode XXIV - Close Encounters of the DETAILS ...
Mar. 5, 2018 Technology in filmmaking has come a long way since spaceships dangling from string. CGI is amazing but it's nothing more than a movie tool. Like any tool, CGI can be misused and dampen the final product.
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Episode XXIII - Through the Lens of History
Feb. 21, 2018 Historical events can make for great story elements in a movie! Some are accurate enough to be shown in a classroom while others take great historical license. *NOTE* One of our titular hosts makes his first appearance...in...
51 min
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Episode XXII - The Envelope, Please
Feb. 5, 2018 A golden Oscar episode; All things 2018 Academy Awards!
54 min
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Episode XXI - Spring '18 Preview
Jan. 22, 2018 Spielberg's version of Avatar, Oprah does sci-fi, monsters with great hearing and the rise of Wakanda! Spring 2018 looks to be a wild ride as Rick & Nick (absently) preview what's coming!
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Episode XX - The Fox and the Mouse
Dec. 18, 2017 The biggest mega-merger in Hollywood history is on the horizon; Disney is purchasing 20th Century Fox. Is this a good thing? Neither Rick nor Nick are willing to discuss this issue so they send their pawns (Dave &...
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Episode XIX - A Lethal Christmas All The Way!
Dec. 4, 2017 Da Holidaze are here! What do YOU watch with your flaming yule log? We have our favorites too.
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Episode XVII & XVIII - How Star Wars Changed t...
Nov. 15, 2017 (Originally a two-part episode) On the eve of a new Saga chapter, the fill-ins examine how Star Wars captured a generation and changed filmmaking forever!
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Episode XVI - Fix It, Vol. 2
Nov. 6, 2017 While Rick & Nick are out (again), their fill-ins (Dave & Hoov) tasked to run the store fix-up the place a bit with some "movie fixes"!
47 min
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Episode XV - The Long & Short Of It
Oct. 23, 2017 Sometimes overcooking can ruin the dish! Portion control! When are movies too long...or too short? Behold the power of editing!
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Episode XIV - Halloween 'n Screams
Oct. 9, 2017 What makes audiences scream in the night? Which spooky stories make viewers squirm in their seats? It's what we watch when the leaves fall!
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Episode XIII - When the Stars Align
Sept. 18, 2017 Movie stars put butts in movie seats. How 'bout when they all gather in an ensemble? Since Rick & Nick really only focus on themselves, their fill-ins (Dave & Hoov) will focus on the power of a group!
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Episode XII - Fall '17 Preview
Sept. 5, 2017 Can Justice League rise above expectations? Is Deckard a replicant? Can Thor & Hulk pull-off a road rip movie? Will The Last Jedi carry the new trilogy torch forward? All good questions as the fill-ins look ahead...
65 min
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Episode XI - Fix It, Vol. 1
Aug. 21, 2017 Rick & Nick might just tear-in and rip apart, but their fill-ins were raised with the guidance of "don't criticize without offering a solution." What would WE change about movies and Hollywood if we had...
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Episode X - Man The Canon
Aug. 7, 2017 Don't you hate it when your favorite movie series or show ret-cons (alters it's history) and incidents from the past are like they never happened in the first place? Like who's supposed to host a certain podcast...
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Episode IX - War
July 24, 2017 War movies can be the stuff of Oscar gold but are often gritty and can be hard to watch. There are some great ones that you SHOULD watch...
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Episode VIII - Directors
July 7, 2017 Many legends have graced "The Big Chair" and we have our favorites! Spielberg, Tarantino, Hitchcock... Their stamps on Hollywood have been iconic!
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Episode VII - News & Notes
June 26, 2017 Tackling a couple of news items including Wonder Woman storming the summer season and some directoral changes in a galaxy far away...
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Episode VI - ReCycle
June 12, 2017 Remakes, reboots and recycled ideas! Who did it well, who needs to get taken to the woodshed and why can't we just come up with some original concepts?
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Episode V - Big Bright Stars
May 30, 2017 With no Rick nor Nick, again, those fill-ins shine a spotlight (see what we did there?) on the guys & gals that light-up The Big Screen!
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Episode IV - The Cosmic Comic Clash
May 22, 2017 D.C. and Marvel; who wears it best? We unzip our nerd fly and talk, what else, comic book movies!
48 min
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Episode III - Experience Matters
May 1, 2017 Why watch an "Epic Movie-going Experience" on your teenie-tiny device screen when there's a massive canvas just waiting to transport you? Let us count the ways...
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Episode II - Summer '17 Preview
Apr. 17, 2017 From Wonder Woman to Spider-Man, wars against Apes and battles at Dunkirk, Rick & Nick's fill-ins preview the upcoming Summer '17 movie season!
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Episode I - The Fill-Ins
Apr. 3, 2017 First episode with no Rick nor Nick to be found, what will the fill-ins discuss when it comes to a general topic of What Makes a Good Movie?
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Episode LXXIII - Hollywood and I
Nov. 18, 2020 Remember those "Tangible Intangibles" of a few episodes ago? Dave and Hoov revisit the topic in a new fashion to talk about times where they have encountered moviemaking personally...while also envisioning ways they...
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