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Phoenix FM Film Reviews
Every Saturday afternoon Film Critic & author Mark Searby joins Spencer Carter on Phoenix FM for reviews of the latest films in the cinema, on streaming, DVD/Blu Ray and on-demand.
Episodes
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 20 July 2024
This week Mark reviews: Twisters - Kate Carter is a retired Tornado chaser turned meteorologist. She is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 13 July 2024
This week Mark reviews: Despicable Me 4 - Gru and family, including baby Gru Jr., are forced to go on the run and assume a new identity after Gru’s school…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 6 July 2024
This week Mark reviews: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F - Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills after his daughter’s life is threatened. His old pals Taggart and…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 29 June 2024
This week Mark reviews: Kinds Of Kindness - Three stories revolve around a man who tries to take control of his own life, a policeman whose wife seems like a…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 22 June 2024
This week Mark reviews: The Bikeriders - A Midwestern motorcycle club begins as a group of outsiders who are untied by good times, rumbling bikes and their…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 15 June 2024
This week Mark reviews: Inside Out 2 - As Riley becomes a teenager, she develops new emotions including Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui aka boredom…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 8 June 2024
This week Mark reviews: The Dead Don’t Hurt - Two pioneers fight for their lives and their love on the American frontier during the Civil War. Lisa…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 1 June 2024
This week Mark reviews: You Can Call Me Bill - William Shatner recounts his personal journey over nine decades on Earth, stripping away all the masks he's worn…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 25 May 2024
This week Mark reviews: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and subsequent team-up with Mad Max. The…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 18 May 2024
This week Mark reviews: Hoard - Maria grew up with her mother, who was a hoarder. Years later, after being taken into a foster home, previous resident Michael…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 11 May 2024
This week Mark reviews: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 4 May 2024
This week Mark reviews: The Fall Guy - A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend’s blockbuster film. The End We Start From - A…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 27 April 2024
This week Mark reviews: I.S.S. - U.S. and Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station watch as conflict breaks out on Earth. Soon, they each…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 20 April 2024
This week Mark reviews: The Book of Clarence - Struggling to find a better life, Clarence is captivated by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 13 April 2024
This week Mark reviews: Back To Black - The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 6 April 2024
This week Mark reviews: Scoop - How the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 30 March 2024
This week Mark reviews: Kung Fu Panda 4 - After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 23 March 2024
This week Mark reviews: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 16 March 2024
This week Mark reviews: Drive-Away Dolls - Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 9 March 2024
This week Mark reviews: Ricky Stanicky - When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 2 March 2024
This week Mark reviews: Dune: Part II - Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremon while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 24 February 2024
This week Mark reviews: Memory - Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple life and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 17 February 2024
This week Mark reviews: Bob Marley: One Love - Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 10 February 2024
This week Mark reviews: The Iron Claw - The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 3 February 2024
This week Mark reviews: American Fiction - A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 27 January 2024
This week Mark reviews: All Of Us Strangers - A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbour…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 20 January 2024
This week Mark reviews: The Holdovers - A cranky history teacher at a private school is forced to remain on campus over Christmas with a student who has no…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 13 January 2024
This week Mark reviews: Poor Things - Bella Baxter is a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. The…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 6 January 2024
This week Mark reviews: Priscilla - When teenage Priscilla meets Elvis, the man is already a rock and roll superstar. But he becomes someone else entirely…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - Best Films of 2023
Phoenix FM film critic Mark Searby joins presenter Spencer Carter to countdown their favourite films of 2023.
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 23 December 2023
This week Mark reviews: The Boy And The Heron - A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother, ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 16 December 2023
This week Mark reviews: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Having pulled off an escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has found a peaceful island sanctuary for the…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 9 December 2023
This Week Mark reviews: Wonka - With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for it’s chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 2 December 2023
This week Mark Reviews: Candy Cane Lane - A man is determined to win the neighbourhood’s annual Christmas decorating contest. He makes a pact with an Elf to…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 25 November 2023
This week Mark reviews: Napoleon - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is on a relentless journey to power. However, his addictive and volatile relationship with…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 18 November 2023
This week Mark reviews: Saltburn - A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 11 November 2023
This week Mark reviews: The Killer - After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 4 November 2023
This week Mark reviews: Bottoms - Two unpopular queer high school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation. Cobweb - An eight-year-old boy…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 28 October 2023
This week Mark reviews: Pain Hustlers - Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. She gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy company, and Liza’s…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 21 October 2023
This week Mark reviews: Killers of the Flower Moon - Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 14 October 2023
This week Mark reviews: Daliland - In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 7 October 2023
This week Mark reviews: Blackberry - The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. Joy Ride - Four Asian American…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 30 September 2023
This week Mark reviews: The Creator - Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 23 September 2023
This week Mark reviews: The Lesson - A young writer takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer. Junk Head - In a distant future, humanity…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 16 September 2023
This week Mark reviews: Bolan’s Shoes - Penny and Jimmy are brother and sister. They grew up in a children’s home after they were involved in an accident after…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 9 September 2023
This week Mark reviews: Past Lives - Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 2 September 2023
This week Mark reviews: And Then Come The Nightjars - An unlikely friendship develops between a Devon farmer and a vet who is assigned to cull his precious…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 26 August 2023
This week Mark reviews: The Blackening - Seven Black friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 19 August 2023
This week Mark reviews: Strays - An abandoned dog teams up with other strays to get revenge on his former owner. The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan - D’Artagnan…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 12 August 2023
This week Mark reviews: Haunted Mansion - Single mother Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 5 August 2023
This week Mark reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Four teenage mutated turtle brothers must work to earn the love of New York City while…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 29th July 2023
This week Mark reviews: The Beanie Bubble - Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his idea into the biggest toy…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 22 July 2023
This week Mark reviews: Barbie - Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence. Oppenheimer - The story of American scientist…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 15 July 2023
This week Mark reviews: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One - Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 8 July 2023
This week Mark reviews: Elemental - In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fire-y young woman called Ember realises how much she…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 1 July 2023
This week Mark reviews: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 24 June 2023
This week Mark reviews: Asteroid City - World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargarzer/Space Cadet convention in an American…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 17 June 2023
This week Mark reviews: Greatest Days - When Rachel wins a competition to see a reunion tour for a band she loved as a teenager, she looks to take her best…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 10 June 2023
This week Mark reviews: Chevalier - Joseph Bologne was the illegitimate son of an African Slave and a French plantation owner. He rose to great heights in…
Phoenix FM Film ReviewsPhoenix FM Film Reviews - 3 June 2023
This week Mark reviews: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-people…