Episode 44: Pixie

Fatal Femmes

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We come to you from the Emerald Isle with the Irish Thriller Comedy, Pixie (2020).

To get us started, here is a synopsis:

Pixie plans a heist that will give her the means to leave her small town. But everything goes wrong and she has to flee from gangsters with two companions that are in way over their heads.

We want to caution you that this episode is full of spoilers. We go in-depth on every aspect of the plot so if you care about that go watch the movie and come back. We’ll be waiting.

Trigger Warnings for this episode are gun violence, murder, blood and gore, suffocation, no breathing!!!!Don’t give a F if I cut my arm bleeding *sick guitar solo

Our Patreon bonus episodes will talk about Irish cinema and Irish Thrillers this month.

Recommendations:

Wild Target (2010)
directed by Jonathan Lynn
starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Eileen Atkins, Martin Freeman, and Rupert Everett
Screenplay by Lucinda Coxon
Top European assassin Victor decides to save his target rather than kill her after she sells a fake painting to a vicious gangster. Later, Victor becomes an unwitting mentor to a young protégé, and the trio find themselves caught in the crosshairs of another hit man.

Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
An action thriller film directed by Navot Papushado, with a script co-written by Papushado and Ehud Lavski. The film stars Karen Gillan as a young hitwoman who must team up with her estranged mother (Lena Headey) and her former colleagues (Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, and Angela Bassett) in order to save a young girl (Chloe Coleman) from rival assassins.

St. Trinian’s (2007)
The legacy of the most notorious school in England looks likely to come to an abrupt end as headmistress Mrs Fritton can’t pay the bills, and straitlaced education minister Geoffrey Thwaites is set on closing the doors of St Trinian’s for good.
Starring: Rupert Everett; Colin Firth; Russell Brand; Talulah Riley; Lena Headey; Gemma Arterton
Directors: Barnaby Thompson, Oliver Parker

Links:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pixie-movie-review-2021
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/23/pixie-review-olivia-cooke-radiates-in-ireland-set-drug-heist-comedy
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