You Need to Watch...While Drunk

Send us Fan Mail To commemorate it's 50th Anniversary, we dive into Spielberg’s Jaws.  In this episode from 2023, we break down the shark (which kept breaking down), the suspense, the legacy, and why it still makes you afraid to go in the water. *Spoilers Ahead*    Jaws (1975) - IMDb   The Making Of Jaws - The Inside Story - Retro N8 - YouTube   Shark Attack Statistics - Frequency & Fatal...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff asks Sara to watch one of his favorite films of all time -- the weepy, tearjerker Imitation of Life.  Will Sara finally shed a tear? *Spoilers Ahead*  Imitation of Life (1959) - IMDb   Lana Turner - IMDb   Juanita Moore - IMDb   Sandra Dee - IMDb   Susan Kohner - IMDb   Mahalia Jackson - Wikipedia   Mahalia Jackson prompts Martin Luther King Jr. to improvise "I Have a Dr...

Send us Fan Mail It's election day in the United States and things are getting real.  So, Sara and Jeff have elected to watch this realistic family drama that has America's sweetheart of the 1970's, Mary Tyler Moore, playing against type. *Spoilers Ahead*    Ordinary People (1980) - IMDb   Mary Tyler Moore - IMDb   Donald Sutherland - IMDb   Timothy Hutton - IMDb   Theme Music:  Hap...

Send us Fan Mail The lines between fiction and reality get blurred with this movie that only enhances the tales of the supposed feud between its two legendary stars. *Spoilers Ahead*    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - IMDb   Bette Davis - IMDb   Joan Crawford - IMDb   Victor Buono - IMDb   Feud (TV Series 2017–2024) - IMDb     Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – li...

Send us Fan Mail As we approach the spooky season, Sara tries to spook Jeff with John Carpenter's horror classic, The Thing. *Spoilers Ahead*  The Thing (1982) - IMDb   Kurt Russell - IMDb   Wilford Brimley - IMDb   John Carpenter - IMDb   Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – license purchased on AudioJungle 

Send us Fan Mail This week, Jeff introduces Sara to a very British, very dark comedy which features Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, Alec Guinness, starring in 8 different roles! *Spoilers Ahead*    Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) - IMDb   Alec Guinness - IMDb Dennis Price - IMDb Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – license purchased on AudioJungle 

Send us Fan Mail This week we have a fashion emergency!  Sara and Jeff watch the eternal teenager, Molly Ringwald in her third and final John Hughes film of the 80s. *Spoilers Ahead*  Pretty in Pink (1986) - IMDb   Molly Ringwald - IMDb   Jon Cryer - IMDb   Andrew McCarthy - IMDb   Annie Potts - IMDb   Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – license purchased on AudioJungle   

Send us Fan Mail This week Sara and Jeff get swept away by the beauty of a 17-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun. *Spoilers Ahead*  A Place in the Sun (1951) - IMDb   Elizabeth Taylor - IMDb   Montgomery Clift - IMDb   Shelley Winters - IMDb   How Elizabeth Taylor saved the life of Montgomery Clift (faroutmagazine.co.uk)     Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – l...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Tara is back to join Sara and Jeff as they go deep with The Fisher King.  This highly emotional film examines how life can change in the blink of an eye. *Spoilers Ahead*    The Fisher King (1991) - IMDb   Jeff Bridges - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Robin Williams - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Mercedes Ruehl - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Amanda Plummer...

Send us Fan Mail This movie, which is over 60 years old, packs quite an emotional punch and is still as relevant today as the day it was released. *Spoilers Ahead*    The Children's Hour (1961) - IMDb   Audrey Hepburn - IMDb   Shirley MacLaine - IMDb   William Wyler - IMDb   Lillian Hellman | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright | Britannica   The Celluloid Closet (1995) - IMDb     Theme Music: ...

Send us Fan Mail Join Sara and Jeff as they laugh inappropriately at certain parts of Dead Calm -- the high-seas thriller that introduced Nicole Kidman to an American audience. *Spoilers Ahead*   Dead Calm (1989) - IMDb   Nicole Kidman - IMDb   Sam Neill - IMDb   Billy Zane - IMDb     Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – license purchased on AudioJungle     

Send us Fan Mail This week we offer you Part 2 of Nive to Five. *Spoilers Ahead*    9 to 5 (1980) - IMDb   Jane Fonda - IMDb   Lily Tomlin - IMDb   Dolly Parton - IMDb   Dabney Coleman - IMDb   Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – license purchased on AudioJungle   

Send us Fan Mail In honor of Dabney Coleman passing away last month, Sara and Jeff work overtime to bring you Nine to Five...a movie that is so good and so hilarious, they have to give it to you in two parts.   *Spoilers Ahead*    9 to 5 (1980) - IMDb   Jane Fonda - IMDb   Lily Tomlin - IMDb   Dolly Parton - IMDb   Dabney Coleman - IMDb    Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster –...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff and Sara get very nostalgic while discussing the first movie to feature the iconic character of Pee-wee Herman. *Spoilers Ahead*  Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) - IMDb   Paul Reubens - IMDb   Tim Burton - IMDb   Jan Hooks - IMDb   Phil Hartman - IMDb   The Twisty History of Pee-wee Herman—Loner, Rebel, Icon | WIRED   Paul 'Pee-Wee' Reubens charged in kid-porn p...

Send us Fan Mail Sara and Jeff get sucked into the world of Noir films and medieval lore with this classic film that set the stage for most detective stories to come. *Spoilers Ahead*     The Maltese Falcon (1941) - IMDb   John Huston - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Humphrey Bogart - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Mary Astor - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Peter Lorre - Turner Classic M...

Send us Fan Mail This movie has a little bit of everything:  action, adventure, alligators, comedy, romance, and stones to be romanced.  With the acting trio of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny De Vito, this movie is a fun ride. *Spoilers Ahead*    Romancing the Stone (1984) - IMDb   Michael Douglas - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Kathleen Turner - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   D...

Send us Fan Mail This Preston Sturges comedy has received high praise from cinephiles for decades, but Sara was less than impressed with this one. *Spoilers Ahead*  The Lady Eve (1941) - IMDb   Barbara Stanwyck - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Henry Fonda - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   The difference between beer and ale | BrewDog UK   Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmast...

Send us Fan Mail This week Sara and Jeff go back to the dawn of the Space Race with this epic 80's movie. *Spoilers Ahead* The Right Stuff (1983) - IMDb   Sam Shepard - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Ed Harris - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Dennis Quaid - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By Pressmaster – license purchased on AudioJungle     

Send us Fan Mail Sara and Jeff foray into the world of Italian neorealism with Bicycle Thieves.  This film is considered a landmark in cinema history.  Will they agree? *Spoilers Ahead*  Bicycle Thieves (1948) - IMDb   Life and culture in Italy between 1945-1950 - Life in Italy   Munch Addict | Exotic International Snacks, Subscription Box & Gifts   Theme Music:  Happy Way to Start the Day  By...

Send us Fan Mail Pirates, crooks, hidden treasure, booby traps, dead bodies --this classic, children's adventure movie has everything you would expect from the 80's.  This week, Sara and Jeff explore it all. *Spoilers Ahead*  The Goonies (1985) - IMDb   Sean Astin - IMDb   Josh Brolin - IMDb   Munch Addict | Exotic International Snacks, Subscription Box & Gifts   Theme Music:  Happy...

Send us Fan Mail Sara and Jeff have googly eyes for this film that is nothing short of a masterpiece.  How can a movie that sounds ridiculous on the surface (with hot dog fingers, butt plugs and the multiverse), end up being so deeply moving?  Find out in this episode of Everything Everywhere All at Once.  *Spoilers Ahead*    Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) - IMDb   Michelle Yeoh - IMDb  ...

Send us Fan Mail Sara and Jeff discuss the movie they both thought should have won the Oscar for 2020.  Promising Young Woman is much more than it appears at first.  It's riveting portrayal of the lengths a woman may go to in order to be seen, heard and acknowledged.   *Spoilers Ahead*    Promising Young Woman (2020) - IMDb   Emerald Fennell - IMDb   Carey Mulligan - IMDb   Theme Music:  Happ...

Send us Fan Mail Sara and Jeff agree that this little movie should be more popular and should have received some Oscar recognition when it was released. *Spoilers Ahead*  Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) - IMDb   Jeff Bridges - Turner Classic Movies (tcm.com)   Cynthia Erivo - IMDb   Lewis Pullman - IMDb   Dakota Johnson - IMDb   Chris Hemsworth - IMDb   Jon Hamm - IMDb     Theme Music:  Happy Wa...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff and Sara discuss the little movie that could...almost win best picture.  Released in 2019 about a aspiring drummer that starts to lose his hearing, and to him, everything that he is and wants.  Starring Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke.  Enjoy!  ***Spoilers Ahead*** Sound of Metal (2019) - IMDb   Riz Ahmed - Wikipedia   Olivia Cooke - Wikipedia   NAD - Learning American Sign Langua...

Send us Fan Mail For the next several weeks, Sara and Jeff will review some Academy Award nominees and winners of recent years.  They start it off with a charming celebration of movie-making in the silent era, The Artist. *Spoilers Ahead*    The Artist (2011) - IMDb   Jean Dujardin - Wikipedia   Bérénice Bejo - Wikipedia   The Artist (2011) - Suit Comes to Life - Peppy Miller and George Valentin (...