Episodes

As I continue to help take care of our brand new twins, enjoy this look back at When Harry Met Sally, a rom-com in which New Year's Eve plays a crucial role!

Our Christmas Series wraps up with one you wouldn't expect--Gremlins! The story begins with Oklahoma folk/country singer Hoyt Axton, playing inventor/two-bit entrepreneur Randall Peltzer. In a Chinatown antique store, Randall secretly buys a mogwai, or a cute, mischievous, fantastical creature, from the owner’s grandson. This adorable furball has three big rules—don’t expose it to light. Don’t get it wet, and don’t feed it after midnight. The former will cause it to reproduce like tribbles, the ...

Our Christmas Series continues with Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! The story: Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King, leader of Halloween Town, a community of goblins, ghouls, vampires, werewolves, and abominations. Jack wanders in a malaise of frustration and restlessness, until he discovers a portal into Christmas Town, where everyone is joyous, caroling, and exchanging gifts. Now motivated, Jack plans to take over Christmas, thus displacing Santa Claus—or Sandy Claws. Of course, ...

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...

As my paternity leave begins, enjoy this special look back at a Christmas movie you'd never expect--Lethal Weapon! Stay tuned, as we've pre-recorded a TON of new content, and it starts next week!

Our Twins Series wraps up with Double Impact. The story extremely simple: JCVD plays Alex and Chad Winter. Alex was raised in a Hong Kong orphanage. Giga-Chad was raised in a French dojo. They both speak with strong Belgian accents. Chad was cared for by Frank (Geoffrey Lewis), who he thought was his uncle. One day, Uncle Frank drops the bomb: He’s not really his uncle, and they must go to Hong Kong for, you know, business thing. Frank DOESN’T EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO CHAD, until he gets mistakenly ...

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!