Episodes

Adaptation depicts a fictionalized version of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine), and his struggles with writer’s block in adapting the Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean—played here by Meryl Streep. Orlean’s prose is wandering, and there isn’t a narrative through line that Kaufman can translate into a coherent, marketable film. Meanwhile, Kaufman’s oblivious, good-humored twin Donald wants to break into the screenwriting business. While Charlie is a naturally gifte...

The plot is part buddy comedy, part road trip movie, and part high concept fantasy comedy: Schwarzenegger and DeVito play Julius and Vincent Benedict, fraternal twins who were created in a lab experiment and separated at birth. A collection of Nobel Prize winners, artists, and scholars donated sperm, which were combined to form the twins. (Watch for a very young Heather Graham as their birth mother.) All the best components from the donors combined the form the superhuman Julius. All the garbage...

Our Christmas Series begins with a 90s classic: Hook has a combination of premise, cast, and crew that would inspire a movie executive to hand over blank check: A sequel to Peter Pan, with Robin Williams as an adult version of the character. Dustin Hoffman as an aging Captain Hook, and Julia Roberts as TInkerbell. A three actors are the prime of their careers and popularity here. First act of the film has Williams as Peter Banning, a 40ish career-driven yuppie who barely has time for his wife a...

The Crow will be forever marked by the tragedy that occurred during its filming. On March 31st, 1993, Brandon Lee-the only son of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee—was killed by a mishandled prop gun, which was accidentally loaded with both a blank AND a dummy bullet, thus capable of firing a real projectile. Lee was expected to be a major star like his father, and it was hoped the Crow would be his breakout role. Instead, Lee passed away with roughly one week of shooting left. This forced the fi...

Our Halloween Series is in full swing as we take a good look at Fright Night Part 2.  This middling vampire flick is a perfect case study for why 95% of all movie sequels never need to be made. To read my full review, please click here!

Our Halloween series continues with my pick, Poltergeist!  I've wanted to discuss this 80s classic for a while now, so it's good to get this one under our belt.

Our Halloween series kicks off with an all-time slasher classic, Friday the 13th!  For this movie, we pair a few tasty Octoberfest beers!

I've been looking forward to this one!  In between the Summer of Chaos and Halloween, we take a look at RoboCop! To read my full review, click here!

The Summer of Chaos concludes with Dredd, a 2012 adaptation of the long-running comic strip.  This one turned out to be a very pleasant surprise! To read my full review, click here!

The Summer of Chaos winds down with Battle Royale.  It's probably the most controversial movie we've yet done, and we have strong opinions on this cult classic!

Our Summer of Chaos winds down with an 80s fantasy classic, Legend!  To pair, we enjoy some delicious white Bordeaux.

The Summer of Chaos enters its final stretch with an 80s action classic, Jean-Claude Van Damme's Bloodsport!  We enjoy some fine Malbec and have a spirited discussion.

The Summer of Chaos continues with a Norwegian cult classic, Trollhunter. To read my full review of this movie, click here!

The Summer of Chaos continues with another critical and fan favorite--Amadeus, the Oscar-winning classic!

Our Summer of Chaos continues with Black Sheep! To read my full review of the movie, click here! To see our wine of the week, click here!

Our Summer of Chaos hits a high point with an all-time classic:  Jaws.  This is one of my all time favorites, and we have a great discussion on it. As with every flick in this series, we pair this movie with a completely random type of alcohol.

Our Summer of Chaos continues with 10 Things I Hate About You!  This episode is an add-in for my wife Jo, in honor of her birthday.

Our Summer of Chaos continues with an 80s classic, Clue! To read my full review, click here!

Our Summer of Chaos series continues with The Iron Giant!  This is a 90s cult classic, and one of us has never seen it, so the discussion gets lively. To pair, the Random Wheel picked cheap reds, which I rebranded into affordable reds.  So,

Our Summer of Chaos gets back on schedule with The Negotiator!  This 90s chestnut features Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey headlining a propulsive action thriller.  The Wheel of Chaos selected an expensive red,

Better late than never!  Our Summer of Chaos continues with 21 Grams!  As with everything else in this series, we're pairing random booze with this episode.  Literally, we load booze into a digital wheel and give it a spin.  This time,

Hey everyone!  Due to the July 4th holiday, we're pushing back our 21 Grams episode by a couple days.  Rest assured, it'll be out this weekend, and we'll be back on schedule. In the meantime, enjoy this look back at a classic episode you may have miss...

It’s a special bonus episode of Cinemavino!  For this extra round, we talk DC’s The Flash, now in theaters.  SPOILERS ABOUND!  If you haven’t seen it, proceed with caution! On Wednesday, we proceed with our usual schedule with 21 Grams.

Our Summer of Chaos continues with The Neverending Story!  We had planned on discussing 21 Grams this week, but as Taylor is off this week, we called an audible and subbed in this 80s classic.  This was a huge nostalgia flick for Travis and I,