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Hello there, and welcome to The Flick Files! We’re three brothers—Dylan, Jesse, and Dawson—who love movies and can talk about them for hours. This space is no different. We’re here to dive deep into the films we watch, ramble a bit, laugh a lot, and bring you along for the ride.
Each week, we pick a movie, break down what makes it work (or not), and rate it using our custom system—designed to actually explain why a film lands where it does. It’ll probably evolve over time, and we hope you’ll try it out too.
We explore everything: fun facts, trivia, goofs, details, what we love, what we can’t stand, and all the reasons behind our opinions. We’re not film experts—not even close. We’re just average movie fans looking for an excuse to watch more films and learn a little along the way. Through this journey, we’ll revisit favorites, discover hidden gems, and finally check off some long‑overdue classics.
So grab a snack, get comfortable, and join us on The Flick Files. And fair warning: spoilers are always in play.
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We watched this movie so you don't have to spend two hours wondering why nobody noticed a child living inside a giant clock. Join us as we discuss "Hugo". Recorded: 5.28.2026 - Flick Details - Release Date: November 23, 2011 Run Time: 2 Hr 6 Min Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Asa Butterfield (Hugo), Chloe Grace Moretz (Isabelle), Ben Kingsley (Georges) Budget: $150M Box Office: 11M opening weekend US & Canada, 185M worldwide Tagline: “One of the most legendary directors of our time takes you on an extraordinary adventure” Watch On: Hulu/Paramount Plus IMDb - 7.5/10 (349K) Letterboxd - 3.5/5 Rotten Tomatoes - 93% critic / 78% audience Metacritic - 83 critic / 7.5 audience Critic Consensus (RT) - “Hugo is an extravagant, elegant fantasy with an innocence lacking in many modern kids' movies, and one that emanates an unabashed love for the magic of cinema.” Movies around the same time: Drive, Moneyball, The Tree of Life - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.3 Jesse: 2.2 Dawson: 2.6 Follow @itstheflickfiles on Instagram

Jack Burton brought a knife to a magic fight - and still somehow thinks he carried the team. Join us as we discuss "Big Trouble in Little China". Recorded: 04.28.2026 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: US Release Date: July 2, 1986 Run Time: 1 Hr 39 Min Director: John Carpenter Cast: Kurt Russell (Jack Burton), Kim Cattrall (Gracie), Dennis Dunn (Wang), James Hong (David Lo Pan), Victor Wong (Egg Shen) Budget: 25M Box Office: 2.7M opening weekend US & Canada, 11M worldwide Tagline: “Adventure doesn’t come any bigger!” Watch On: Prime Video IMDb - 7.2/10 (167K) Letterboxd - 3.7/5 Rotten Tomatoes - 71% critic / 82% audience Metacritic - 53 critic / 7.3 audience Critic Consensus (RT) - “Brimming with energy and packed with humor, Big Trouble in Little China distills kung fu B-movies as affectionately as it subverts them.” Movies around the same time: Top Gun, Platoon, Cobra, Ferris Bueller, Labyrinth, Stand By Me, Three Amigos, Short Circuit - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.1 Jesse: 3.6 Dawson: 4.2 Follow @itstheflickfiles on Instagram

Join us as we discuss "The Devil Wears Prada". That's all. Recorded: 04.09.2026 - Flick Details - Release Date: June 30, 2006 Run Time: 1 Hr 49 Min Director: David Frankel Cast: Meryl Streep (Miranda), Anne Hathaway (Andy), Emily Blunt (Emily), Stanley Tucci (Nigel) Budget: 35M Box Office: 27M opening weekend US & Canada, 326M worldwide Awards: 2 Oscars nominations - best actress, costume design IMDb - 7/10 (530K) Letterboxd - 3.8/5 Rotten Tomatoes - 75% / 76% - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.9 Jesse: 3.3 Dawson: 4.2 Follow @itstheflickfiles on Instagram

Today we are stepping into the blood-soaked ring with the Bronx Bull himself, Jake LaMotta. Join us as we discuss "Raging Bull". Plus we go over our Oscars picks prior to this coming Sunday! Who you got??? Recorded: 03.11.2026 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: USA Release Date: Dec 19, 1980 Run Time: 2 Hr 9 Min Director: Martin Scorsese Writer(s): Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage Producer(s): Robert Chartoff, Hal W. Polaire, Peter Savage, Irwin Winkler Cinematographer: Michael Chapman Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker Cast: Robert De Niro (Jake La Motta), Cathy Moriarty (Vickie La Motta), Joe Pesci (Joey) Genre: Boxing, Biography, Docudrama, Period Drama, Sport Rating and Why: R for language, sexual content and violence Film Location(s): Manhattan, New York (Hell’s Kitchen) Budget: 18M Box Office: 129K opening weekend US & Canada, 23M worldwide Awards: 4 Oscars nominations - best picture, supporting actor, supporting actress, director. Won best actor. Time Frame: 40s Setting: New York Synopsis: The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it. Tagline: “I don’t go down for nobody.” Watch On: Prime Video IMDb - 8.1 (408K) #183 Letterboxd - 4.2 (771K) Rotten Tomatoes - 92% critic (151), 93% audience (100K+) Metacritic - 90 Metascore (28) ”Universal Acclaim”, 8.5 User Score (527) “Universal Acclaim” Critic Consensus (RT) - “Arguably Martin Scorsese's and Robert De Niro's finest film, Raging Bull is often painful to watch, but it's a searing, powerful work about an unsympathetic hero.” - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.7 Jesse: 3.8 Dawson: 4.2 Follow @itstheflickfiles on Instagram!

Crime. Chaos. Cameras. Crazy children. We are breaking down one of the most electric films ever put to screen. Join us as we discuss "City of God". Recorded: 02.25.2026 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: Brazil, France Release Date: Feb 13, 2004 Run Time: 2 Hr 10 Min Director: Katya Lund, Fernando Meirelles Genre: Coming of age, gangster, political drama Rating and Why: R for obvious reasons Film Location(s): Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Budget: 3.3M Box Office: 88K opening weekend US & Canada, 30.6M worldwide Awards: 4 Oscars nominations - director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing Time Frame: 60s, 70s Setting: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tagline: “If you run, the beast will get you. If you stay, the beast will eat you.” Watch On: Paramount+ or Prime Video IMDb - 8.6 (865K) Letterboxd - 4.6 (1.4M) Rotten Tomatoes - 91% critic (162), 97% audience (250K+) Metacritic - 79 Metascore (33) ”Generally Favorable”, 9.0 User Score (663) “Universal Acclaim” Critic Consensus (RT) - “City of God offers a shocking and disturbing - but always compelling - look at life in the slums of Rio de Janiero.” - Our Ratings - Dylan: 4.2 Jesse: 4.6 Dawson: 4.9 Follow @itstheflickfiles on Instagram!

Took a little six month break and now we are back! And what better way to jump back in than with a serial killer crime drama based on a true story. Join us as we discuss "Zodiac" and enjoy some peanut M&Ms. Only the best here. Recorded: 02.05.2026 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: United States Release Date: March 2, 2007 (U.S.) Run Time: 2 Hr 7 Min Director: David Fincher Writer(s): James Vanderbilt, Robert Graysmith Producer(s): Big list Composer: David Shire Cinematographer: Harris Savides Editor: Angus Wall (The Social Network, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Cast: Jake G (Robert Graysmith), Mark Ruffalo (Inspector David Toschi), Anthony Edwards (Inspector William Armstrong), Robert Downey Jr. (Paul Avery) Genre: Cop drama, docudrama, psychological thriller Rating and Why: R for killings, language and brief sexual images Film Location(s): Vallejo, CA Budget: 65M Box Office: 13M opening weekend US & Canada, 84M worldwide Awards: 0 Oscars nominations (wow) Time Frame: 60s and 70s Setting: San Francisco area Synopsis: Guy kills people and sends clues to the police. Never gets caught. Tagline: “There’s more than one way to lose your life to a killer” Watch On: Paramount+, Netflix and Rent on Prime Video IMDb - 7.7 (663K) Letterboxd - 4.0 Rotten Tomatoes - 90% critic (264), 77% audience (250K+) Metacritic - 79 Metascore (40) ”Generally Favorable”, 8.0 User Score (663) “Generally Favorable” Critic Consensus (RT) - “A quiet, dialogue-driven thriller that delivers with scene after scene of gut-wrenching anxiety. David Fincher also spends more time illustrating nuances of his characters and recreating the mood of the '70s than he does on gory details of murder.” - Our Ratings - Dylan: 4 Jesse: 3.9 Dawson: 5.1 Follow along on Instagram @itstheflickfiles!

The ONE and ONLY dinosaur movie. Okay, not the one and only, but the one that stomps and roars above the rest. The original dino flick. Join us as we discuss "Jurassic Park". Recorded: 07.31.2025 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: United States Release Date: June 11, 1993 (U.S.) Run Time: 2 Hr 7 Min Director: Steven Spielberg Writer(s): Michael Crichton, David Koepp Producer(s): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy (among others) Composer: John Williams Cinematographer: Dean Cundey Editor: Michael Kahn Cast: Sam Neill (Grant), Laura Dern (Ellie), Jeff Goldblum (Malcolm) Genre: Dinosaur, adventure, sci-fi thriller Rating and Why: PG-13 for intense science fiction terror Film Location(s): California and Hawaii Budget: 63M Box Office: 47M opening weekend US & Canada, 1.1B worldwide Awards: 3 Oscars - best sound, effects (sound and visual) Time Frame: Early 1990s Setting: Isla Nubar near Costa Rica Synopsis: Dinosaur park trial goes horribly wrong… Tagline: “An adventure 65 million years in the making” Watch On: Peacock and Rent on Prime Video IMDb - 8.2 (1.1M), #140 in Top 250 Letterboxd - 4.1 (182K) Rotten Tomatoes - 91% critic (202), 91% audience (250K+) Metacritic - 68 Metascore (21) ”Generally Favorable”, 8.9 User Score (1.2K) “Universal Acclaim” Critic Consensus (RT) - “Jurassic Park is a spectacle of special effects and life-like animatronics, with some of Spielberg’s best sequences of sustained awe and sheer terror since Jaws.” - Our Ratings - Dylan: 5 Jesse: 5.3 Dawson: 5.3 Follow us on Instagram @itstheflickfiles!

YOU TALKIN' TO ME??? De Niro puts on a clinic in this powerful flick. Join us as we discuss "Taxi Driver". Recorded: 09.12.2024 - Flick Details - Origin: US Release Date: February 9, 1976 Run Time: 1 Hr 54 Min Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Paul Shrader Producers: Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips Composer: Bernard Herrmann Cinematographer: Michael Chapman Cast: Robert De Niro (Travis), Jodie Foster (Iris), Cybill Shepherd (Betsy) Genre: Psychological drama, crime Rating and Why: R for obvious reasons Film Location: Brooklyn & Manhattan Budget: 1.3M Box office: 28.5M worldwide, 116K opening weekend (US & Canada), 28M gross (US & Canada) Awards: Oscar Nominee for Best Music/Original Score, Supporting Actress, Leading Actor, and Best Picture Timeframe: Post Vietnam War Setting: New York City Synopsis: Vietnam vet with PTSD and insomnia becomes Batman… sort of… Tagline: "On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody." Watch On: Prime Video IMDb - 8.2 (939K), #126 Letterboxd - 4.2 (1.99M) Rotten Tomatoes - 89% critic (161), 93% audience (250K+) Metacritic Metascore - 94 (23 critics)”Must-See”, 8.6 (1,200 users) Critic Consensus (RT) - "A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best." - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.5 Jesse: 3.7 Dawson: 3.9 Follow us on Instagram @itstheflickfiles!

Time to jump back into the good old filing cabinet! This week we go back to last year when we had a long talk about some manly men with mustaches. This flick will make you want to put on a holster, jump on a horse and yell "I'm coming! And hell's coming with me!" Join us as we discuss "Tombstone". Recorded: 04.03.2025 - Flick Details - Origin: US Release Date: December 25, 1993 Run Time: 2 Hr 10 Min Director: George P. Cosmatos Writer: Kevin Jarre (helped direct a little bit also) Composer: Bruce Broughton Cast: Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Sam Elliott (Virgil Earp), Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill Brocius), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo) Genre: Western Epic, Biography, Drama Rating and Why: R for violence, language, drinking Film Location: Arizona Budget: 25M Box Office: 56.5M worldwide, 6.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 56.5M gross (US & Canada) - only showed in US Awards: Nominated for 2 MTV movie awards - best male performance and most desirable male (Val Kilmer) Timeframe: 19th century, 1880s, 1881 Synopsis: A bunch of manly men with mustaches shoot each other in the wild west! Tagline: “I’m your huckleberry!” Watch On: Hulu, Peacock, Rent on Prime/Amazon IMDb - 7.8 Letterboxd - 3.8 Rotten Tomatoes - 73% critic, 94% audience Metacritic Metascore - 50 - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.9 Jesse: 4.4 Dawson: 4.4 Follow us on Instagram @itstheflickfiles!

Do you like British movies? How about British crime movies? How about British crime dark comedies? How about British crime dark comedies with Brad Pitt as an incomprehensible gypsy bareknuckle boxer? Then we have the right flick for you! Join us as we discuss "Snatch". Recorded: 07.08.2025 - Flick Details - Country of Origin: United Kingdom, United States Release Date: January 19, 2001 (U.S.) Run Time: 1 Hr 42 Min Director: Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Gentleman) Writer(s): Guy Ritchie Producer(s): Stephen Marks, Peter Morton, Trudie Styler (among others) Composer: John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy) Cinematographer: Tim Maurice-Jones Editor: John Harris (127 Hours), a lot done by Guy even though he did not get credit. Cast: Jason Statham (Turkish), Brad Pitt (Mickey O’Neil), Stephen Graham (Tommy) Genre: Caper, gangster, crime, dark comedy Rating and Why: R for strong violence, language and some nudity Film Location(s): England Budget: 6M (Euros) Box Office: 28K opening weekend (US & Canada), 83M worldwide Awards: Best British Director and Actor (Empire Awards, UK) Time Frame: Early 2000s Setting: London Synopsis: A bunch of criminals do bad things and a huge diamond gets eaten by a dog. Tagline: “Stealin’ Stones and Breakin’ Bones” Watch On: Pluto TV and Rent on Prime Video IMDb: 8.2 (950K), #122 in Top 250 Letterboxd: 4.0 (69K) Rotten Tomatoes: 74% critic (142), 93% audience (250K+) Metacritic: 55 Metascore (21) ”Mixed or Average”, 8.3 User Score (473) “Universal Acclaim” Critic Consensus (RT): “Though perhaps a case of style over substance, Guy Ritchie’s second crime caper is full of snappy dialogue, dark comedy, and interesting characters.” - Our Ratings - Dylan: 3.9 Jesse: 5.2 Dawson: 4.1 Follow us on Instagram @itstheflickfiles!