It’s time for a brand new episode of The Flickcast on its new day: Friday! We hope you’ll still be able to enjoy the show, even if it’s on a different day now. We know the struggle is real. Stay strong. Speaking of the show . . .

On this week’s episode Chris and Joe are back at it discussing Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But don’t worry, that’s not all they discuss. Also included are the upcoming Jessica Jones series on Netflix, The Walking Dead, Supergirl, the Sherlock period movie, Ash vs. Evil Dead, more pictures of The Joker and Harley Quinn from the upcoming Suicide Squad movie and a whole lot more, more, more.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the movie The Martian, and Joe’s pick of the book Whoniverse by Lance Parkin.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques, offers of sponsorship, or whatever, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter, at Facebook, Google+ or via email.

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS

Happy New Year and welcome to another year of your favorite films here at Monday Picks. This week’s feature to ring in the New Year is the 1972 Spanish horror classic Horror Express a.k.a. Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express. The film stars both Hammer Films greats Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee who battle an alien life form which has existed on Earth for millions of years.

The film opens in 1906 Manchuria where English naturalist and explorer Alexander Saxton (Lee) has discovered an ape-like creature that has been frozen for thousands of years. Convinced he has found the missing link, Saxton and his party crate up the fossil and prepare to transport the cargo by train to Moscow, Russia.

While in Shanghai, Saxton encounters his fellow Royal Society member Doctor Wells (Cushing) who also plans to board the train bound for Moscow. While under guard, Saxton’s crate is picked by a thief who turns up dead on the station platform, his eyes turned white. A crazed monk and spiritual advisor to a Polish Count believes Saxton’s cargo is unholy. Saxton dismisses the monk’s ranting as spiritual nonsense.