Fast movie talk for beautiful cinematic messes.
Movies, Films and Flix treats movies like a group text that got very good at criticism. Mark Hoffmeyer and people joining him bounce from plot absurdities to casting, budgets, awards, sequels, movement, editing, and the one ridiculous detail that makes a flawed movie worth remembering.
PRESS PLAY
Movies, Films and Flix is a rapid, conversational movie show powered by affection, incredulity, and a lot of remembered scenes. It has the energy of film-literate friends who know the difference between a bad movie and a boring one. That distinction matters here. A messy film with personality can get more love than a cleaner one with nothing going on. Mark Hoffmeyer appears in episodes and is joined by rotating voices, with recent conversations featuring John Levengood, Niall Moore, Eric Hoffmeyer, and Professor Mike Dillon. The show does not treat cinema as a museum object. It treats it as a pile of choices: casting, accents, effects, budgets, editing, marketing, awards campaigns, and whatever strange line reading refuses to leave the brain. One episode can jump from Gods of Egypt casting jokes to a budget figure. Another can revisit The Ice Pirates and realize that a childhood cable-memory comedy plays very differently as an adult. The Great Outdoors becomes a route into John Candy, water-skiing embarrassment, and the Old 96er. Hard Target becomes a celebration of John Woo movement, Sam Ramey as producer, JCVD, snake punching, and wall-to-wall technique. Fair Game gets picked apart as a hacked-down 1990s studio object with character actors, Cindy Crawford, William Baldwin, and a lot of uncomfortable framing. Star Trek: Section 31 gives the show room to mock bad accents, weak jokes, doomsday-device naming, and franchise choices that feel both overworked and undercooked. The Academy Awards special is more reflective, but still blunt: Oscars matter, mostly because they market movies, shape careers, and put smaller titles in front of larger audiences. That range is the appeal. The show can be silly without being empty. It can be harsh without sounding bored. It is best for listeners who like genre movies, awards chatter, movie-business talk, action craft, odd movie details, and the pleasure of asking why anyone made a choice that strange.
Made for: For movie fans who like genre titles, action craft, awards arguments, movie-business oddities, and jokes that still lead somewhere critical. It especially suits listeners who enjoy rewatching older films and noticing how strange they really are.
What sets it apart: Movies, Films and Flix pairs loose riffing with surprisingly sturdy film analysis. The show makes room for budget talk, scene memory, casting disbelief, and genuine craft talk without sanding off the chaos.
A one stop shop for all things movies. The MFF crew tackle the real issues like "What is Kurt Russell's best sleeveless shirt?" Listen. Enjoy. Share
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Mark Hoffmeyer and his guests connect sharp craft observations with an enduring affection for strange, messy, and memorable movies.
Mark Hoffmeyer turns movie criticism into an animated conversation, pairing close attention to craft with a taste for odd details. Discussions move from Dan Aykroyd's rapid line delivery in The Great Outdoors to the strained dialogue and objectification surrounding Cindy…
A pontoon boat becomes a Dan Aykroyd punchline, exactly when your movie night needs one.
Press play if you want
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Cindy Crawford, bad threat dialogue, and a thriller the studio seems content to leave on YouTube.
Movies, Films, and Flicks finds plenty to enjoy in Fair Game by treating it as the kind of 90s thriller that collapses under its own chaos. Mark Hoffmeyer and Norbert Morvan have fun tracing Cindy Crawford running, William Baldwin freaking out, the stiff threat dialogue, and the…
A gleeful Trek gripe session that finds personality in the mess.
Mark Hoffmeyer and Niall Moore turn Star Trek: Section 31 into a brisk argument about bad accents, old Trek baggage, and a movie that keeps daring them to laugh at it.
A skeptical Oscars discussion that still makes room for why the awards matter.
Mark Hoffmeyer and the panel treat the Oscars as both an industry award and a marketing machine, but they do not write them off. The discussion keeps coming back to the idea that nominations can still lift smaller movies and push them toward a wider audience.
A loose but affectionate conversation finds real feeling in a scrapbook, a shelter visit, and two damaged characters.
Movies, Films, and Flicks lets Mark Hoffmeyer and Johnny Numb sit with a movie built around grief, a shelter visit, and a meteor shower that lands like an emotional ambush. Their discussion stays close to Bob and Lily, whose bond gives both characters a way forward.
A sharp, funny read on Ray Liotta, close-ups, and the sturdy craft inside No Escape.
This episode treats No Escape as a rough-edged Ray Liotta showcase, with Mark Hoffmeyer and Professor Mike Dillon circling the question of how much craft can survive without much elegance.
A rowdy B-movie breakdown of how The Ice Pirates turns its rough edges into strange charm.
The Ice Pirates comes across as the kind of space adventure that makes its limits part of the joke. Mark Hoffmeyer and the group lean into the scrappy laser effects, the swords doing lightsaber duty, and the black robot design that sparks one of the sharper jokes.
A sharp, funny rewatch that catches fresh bite in Ackroyd's lines and Candy's calm center.
Movies, Films, and Flicks returns to the movie through the comic scrape between John Candy and Ackroyd, paying close attention to what a second viewing makes easier to catch.
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain one topic per episode, from the bicameral mind to Boeing's MCAS.
Multi-part dramatized retellings of scandals like OceanGate's Titan and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins dissect Oscar races, new releases, and Hollywood news.
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen debate new releases, classics, and their own film rankings.
Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas argue their way through terrible movies.
Mark and Eric Hoffmeyer analyze the 1988 comedy 'The Great Outdoors,' starring John Candy and Dan Aykroyd.
Mark Hoffmeyer and guest Niall Moore discuss the 1984 cult film The Ice Pirates.
Mark Hoffmeyer and Norbert Morvan spend the show on Fair Game, with Cindy Crawford, William Baldwin, and a movie that feels very much like it was hacked down to a shorter 90-minute shape.
Mark Hoffmeyer and Niall Moore open by going hard at the Irish accent in Star Trek: Section 31.
Movies, Films, and Flicks brings together a big rotating crew to dig into the Academy Awards.
Mark Hoffmeyer welcomes Johnny Numb and quickly calls him a real kindred spirit.
Mark Hoffmeyer and Professor Mike Dillon spend the episode on No Escape (1994), also called Escape from Absalom, while joking about Ray Liotta escaping from a level 5 prison called Penguin Island.