Bar Stool Film School

It's season 2 of Bar Stool Film School and we're focusing on sequels, so naturally we decided to start with the granddaddy of them all, 1980's The Empire Strikes Back! Written by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett. Directed by Irvin Kershner. Starring, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher. The Cocktail: 2oz Rum 1oz Plantation Dark Rum .5oz Amaro 14 .5 oz Cointreau Orange Twist

We're back in the studio and the hits just keep coming with the international super sensation, Ong-Bak, featuring the Mauy Thai stylings of Tony Jaa! Written by Panna Rittikrai, Prachya Pinkaew, and Suphachai Sittiaumponpan  (involved in all three ong baks and other Thai action movies. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew. Starring Tony Jaa, Mum Jokemok, Pumwaree Yodkamol. The cocktail: 2oz vodka, .5oz...

For the season 1 finale, we dive headlong into the action, thriller, identity craziness that is 1997's Face/Off! Cam mixes a custom cocktail (recipe below) and Dylan wonders why action movies made for American audiences by non Americans are so much better. Written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. Directed by John Woo. Starring Nicholas Cage, John Travolta, Gina Gershon, and Joan Allen. THE COCKT...

In this knock-down, bare knuckle brawl of an episode, we talk Adam Wingard's 2021 monster mash-up, Godzilla vs Kong while also sipping on Jäger-ritas (you read that right). Cocktail recipe below, if you dare... Written by Eric Pearson and Max Borenstien. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, and Brian Tyree Henry. THE COCKTAIL: Jäger-rita 2 oz Jä...

This week, we take on 1986's sci-fi, fantasy slice 'em up, Highlander! Halloween might be over, but doesn't mean the heads have to stop rolling. As always, this episode is paired with a craft cocktail (recipe below). Directed by Russell Mulcahy. Written by Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, and Larry Ferguson. Starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and Roxanne Hart. THE...

For our final Halloween offering, we hold a seance with the charming and knowledgeable hosts of Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks to determine if the third instalment of the beloved "Freddy" franchise makes for a good bar movie. That's right, we're talking 1987's A Nightmare Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Written by Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont, and Chuck Russell. Direc...

It's Halloween all month over here at the BSFS studio and we couldn't be more excited! We're starting the spooky season off with 1999's extremely stonerific horror/comedy, Idle Hands . Pour yourself a demonic chalice of your finest blood and join the fun! *apologies to Tom Delonge… Written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer. Directed by Rodman Flender. Starring Devon Sawa, Jessica Alba, Seth Green,...

We cruise back to Keaun Land for 2014's assassin-centric tale of vengeance. With glasses of fine Welsh whisky in hand, we discuss this (SPOILER ALERT) totally awesome bar movie and why you should never, ever piss off anyone nicknamed, the Boogyman. Written by Derek Kolstad. Directed by Chad Stahelski (and also probably David Leitch). Starring Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe, Ian McShane, and Michae...

This week, Dylan and Cameron welcome Rachel from the Castle to discuss her pick for the show, 1968's Barbarella. Much like the film, things get silly and much fun is had by all! Also, Dylan butchers the director's name repeatedly (again). Yay alcohol! Written by Jean-Claude Forest, Terry Southern, and like 7 other random people. Directed by Roger Vadim. Starring Jane Fonda.

For the big 1-0 we don our swim trunks and dive into 1984's weirdly horney (Academy award nominated?) family comedy, Splash. Written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, and John Candy. As always, find us on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bsfs_podcast/

This week, we pair casual drinking with 2022's dark comedy satire, The Menu. Cam dishes on the trials and tribulations of running a bar and restaurant through COVID, and explains why he decided *not* to turn some of his customers into human smores. Directed by Mark Mylod. Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. Starring Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Nicholas Hoult

For this installment of the program, we go way back to the year 1990 with the sleepover cult-classic, Tremors! The only thing more deadly than the man-eating ground worms in this flick are the gin based cocktails we whipped up for the discussion. Directed by Ron Underwood. Written by S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Finn Carter. Find us on Insta! https://www.inst...

This week, we consume a dangerous amount of Pym particles in order to shrink our brains down to the appropriate size to talk about 2023's Antman 3. The movie may not have been our cup of computer animated tea, but the conversation, and the drinks, made for a fun time regardless! Directed by Peyton Reed. Written by Jeff Loveness. Starring Paul Rudd, Ebangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Michel...

The Mayor of our humble little hamlet joins us for *several* drinks as we discuss 2002's The Scorpion King. Things get loose, but that's ok because the movie is full of hardbodies so it all balances out in the end. Written by Jonathan Hales. Directed by Charles Russell. Starring Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Kelly Hu.

It doesn't get much better than this folks! Join Cameron and I as we knock back a few chai-tias (chai tea infused mai tais) and nerd out over 2022's international sensation, RRR! Starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Alison Doody, and Ray Stevenson (RIP). Written and Directed by S. S. Rajamouli.

On this episode, we knock back a few dark and stormies while wrestling with 1995's Batman (colon) Forever! It's bright, it's colorful, its stupid. But is it a good bar movie? Listen now to find out where we land on this coin toss. Directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Akiva Goldsman. Starring Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, and Nicole Kidman.

On this week's episode, we sit down over drinks to talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once, and end up talking about the 2022 Academy Award winning film by the same name as well! Written and directed by The Daniels. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan.

In this episode, we catch up over several glasses of red wine and M. Night Shyamalan's puzzlingly dull fantasy/thriller, Lady in the Water (2006). Cameron dishes on the highs and lows of Thai Netflix, while Dylan repeatedly mispronounces one of the lead actor's last name. A good time was had by all so pull up a stool and pour yourself a glass! Lady in the Water was written and directed by...

For our inaugural episode, we take on the mac-daddy of all great bar movies, 1994's SPEED. Crack open a cold one and join us for some fun! Starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and Dennis Hopper. Directed by Jan De Bont and written by Graham Yost.