Liz’s Top 5 Date Movies of 2012
So, you’ve finally landed a date with that cutie you’ve had a crush on for a while, but he/she just wants to hang ...
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Geoff’s Top Five Limited Release Films of 2012
In addition to all of the big budget, big theater releases I saw in 2012, a large portion of my time was spent ...
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Nick’s 9 Best Hero Films of 2012
The monomyth, or hero’s journey, is an accepted archetype of storytelling in which a character responds to the call of adventure and transforms ...
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The Top 6 Korean Films Released on Netflix in 2012
When it came time for the Flixist staff to do end-of-year lists, we obviously wanted to have things that reflected us as a ...
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Matt’s Nine Manliest Movies of 2012
Look there are good movies every year, and there are bad movies every year. That’s just a fact of life so why try ...
Jenika’s Top 5 Animated Movies of 2012
In recent years, a lot of animated movies have been formulaic and underwhelming, but 2012 brought us the variety and quality that has ...
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Hubert’s 10 Best Documentaries of 2012
If you watch a lot of documentaries, you begin to admire the craft and diligence that goes into a great non-fiction film. There’s ...
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Here’s why a sequel to Pitch Perfect is a bad idea
Pitch Perfect is reminiscent of singing television shows such as Glee or Smash. It’s a film that’s not quite a musical, yet it’s not ...
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Flixclusive Interview: Author Hiroshi Tasogawa
With Tora! Tora! Tora!, producer Darryl F. Zanuck hoped to do for the Pearl Harbor attack what The Longest Day did for the ...
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Considering John Ford’s The Quiet Man
There’s a great piece by Jonathan Lethem about John Ford’s The Searchers, the classic Oscar-winning western starring John Wayne. The gist: I like ...
The Cult Club: The Warriors (1979)
The Cult Club is where Flixist’s writers expound the virtues of their favourite underground classics, spanning all nations and genres. It is a ...
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The Cult Club: Six-String Samurai (1998)
[The Cult Club is where Flixist’s writers expound the virtues of their favourite underground classics, spanning all nations and genres. It is a ...