Beer Me A Movie

We praise self-aware movies quite a bit around these parts. Teen Titans GO! To The Movies might be the single most self-aware, ridiculous, and fun surprise of a movie we've had the pleasure of covering; making it an instant CAPED CLASSIC! We truly cannot recommend this movie enough. Stop sleeping on animation. Didn’t Into the Spider-Verse teach you anything!? *Teen Titans GO! To The Movies © 2018...

Warren Beatty. Madonna. Al Pacino. If you don't know where I'm going with this, you don't know Dick. Dick Tracy that is. The next installment in our CAPED CLASSICS is the comic-bookiest of the comic book movies and is brimming with early 90s goofiness. *Dick Tracy © 1990 Touchstone Pictures. Dick Tracy® and its associated titles, logos, and characters are registered trademarks of TMS News & Featur...

In our next CAPED CLASSIC, the fate of the world is left in the hands of the quarterback of the New York Jets. It goes better than you'd expect. That's right! We talked Flash Gordon! So you KNOW we had to gush about Queen, Brian Blessed, and Timothy Dalton. *Flash Gordon © 1980 Universal Studios. Flash Gordon® and its associated titles, logos, and characters are registered trademarks of King Featu...

Another CAPED CLASSIC from our June 2020 Oops! All Ebert month!? Yup! It's A History of Violence. Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, and the late great William Hurt star in this VERTIGO comic-based film with more #StairSex and Philadelphia than you could ever possibly want or need in a movie. *A History of Violence © 2005 New Line Productions, Inc. A History of Violence® and its associated titles, logos,...

Next up on our Caped Classics: The Punisher. But not just any Punisher. 80s Dolph Lundgren Punisher. This was our first episode back in person after several weeks of early-pandemic quarantining and the energy in the Fortress of Poditude was electric. It certainly helped that Ebert chose an absolute BANGER for us. *The Punisher © 1989 New World Pictures The Punisher® and its associated titles, logo...

Next up in our Caped Classics: it's the Fantastic Four! In this episode, we finally give director Tim Story and this film the credit they deserve. Which is to say: not a whole lot. But we have an absolute blast doing it. For added fun, drink every time we say "fantastic!" (Don't actually do that. You’ll die.) *Fantastic Four © 2005 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Fantastic Four® and its ass...

I WAS FROZEN TODAY!! This one-liner, one of the most quoted on our show, came from the Caped Classic: Suburban Commando. The Ginger Skull berated us, calling us cowards regularly, until we finally agreed to cover this movie starring an alien Hulk Hogan and his unlikely pal Christopher Lloyd, brother. *Suburban Commando © 1991 New Line Productions Inc. Suburban Commando® and its associated titles,...

Next up on our Caped Classics: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure! At some point, every podcast thinks it'd be a good idea to do a drunk episode. Shaun and Mitch (formerly of Nerdy Thursday) join us for what is definitely our drunkest episode. Come for the Pee-Wee impressions. Stay for Dave's reaction to Shaun saying "Let me tell you how movies work." The secret word is "boys" 🤫 *Pee-Wee's Big Adventure © 1...

We're on a break, but over the next few weeks we'll be delivering you our "Greatest Hits" in the form of CAPED CLASSICS: our favorite episodes that show how we've evolved over the years. Here is the first ever birthday pick made on the show: Howard The Duck! Dave chose this movie for obvious reasons and we had our good friend Nick guest host. We gave him explicit instructions to not watch the movi...

It's our last episode before our break, so we're treating you to the often requested Superman IV: The Quest for Peace! The lack of budget is on full display in Christopher Reeve's final outing as Superman… and it's not great. So why then did we like it so damn much? Also in this episode: Logic, Timbits, and Smelly Money *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace © 1987 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. *Supe...

This week in the Fortress of Poditude, things are getting kooky. They're getting spooky. They're getting downright ooky! That's because we're talking about The Addams Family: the 1991 movie that you think you remember, but it turns out maybe not so much. Also this week: “I WAS FROZEN TODAY!,” parents doing it, and sweaty lawyers. Snap. Snap. *The Addams Family © 1991 Paramount Pictures. The Addams...

This month's Ebert pick sure is an interesting one: Hercules starring The People's Demi-God: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. If you didn't know this movie existed, you're not alone! Neither did we! But it could be the best pro wrestler-led Greek mythology movie from 2014. Also in this episode: New Goop products, Stranger Danger, Hype Men, and the correct pronunciation of “Reese’s Pieces.” *Hercules © 2...

This week in the Fortress of Poditude, we finally conclude M. Night Shyamalan's “Eastrail 177 Trilogy.” (which is FOR SURE what people are calling it) We're talking, of course, about Glass: the 2019 threequel to Unbreakable and Split. Buckle up, it's about to get real twisty! *Glass © 2019 Universal Studios and Buena Vista International, Inc. Glass® and its associated titles, logos, and characters...

HEY MR. WILSONNNNN!!! This week in the Fortress of Poditude, we're talking about Dennis The Menace! So put on your grumpiest Walter Matthau face, try to avoid the dirtiest version of Christopher Lloyd ever, and try to... you know... not murder an obnoxious kid. *Dennis the Menace © 1993 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Dennis the Menace® and the associated titles, logos, and characters are registe...

We're back, baby! February is here and with it comes PROPER comic book movies. We're kicking things off by getting real tiny and launching ourselves back into the MCU: it's Ant-Man and The Wasp! It's the post-Infinity War levity we needed, but with enough antagonists to make Spider-Man 3 blush. *Ant-Man and The Wasp © 2018 Marvel Entertainment LLC. Ant-Man and The WAsp® and their associated titles...

It's still Indiana Jonesuary and we've officially run out of Indiana Jones flicks. That means we have to turn to the only man beloved enough to be worthy of finishing out such an incredibly epic month: Brendan Fraser. So this week, We're talking about The Mummy! With all of the plagues and Rachel Weisz you could ever hope for! *The Mummy © 1999 Universal Studios. The Mummy® and its associated titl...

Indiana Jonesuary keeps rolling on, but now we've skipped forward 20 YEARS. It's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and it has everything we've been asking for: Old Man Indy, Shia LaBeouf, and aliens. That IS what we were asking for, right? *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull © 2008 Lucasfilm Ltd. Indiana Jones® and its associated titles, logos, and characters are r...

We continue our Indiana Jonesuary with 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas tried to make Indy as much like James Bond as possible in that opening scene. This time they said "Screw it, just make Sean Connery his father." And it's AMAZING. *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade © 1989 Lucasfilm Ltd. Indiana Jones® and its associated titles, lo...

Look. All we really want to do is tear out our still-beating heart and hand it to you in an audio medium. KALI-MA!! We continue our Indiana Jonesuary with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It's the one where fear is not a factor for Indy! And neither are kidnapped children, really. *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom © 1984 Lucasfilm Ltd. Indiana Jones® and its associated titles, logos, and...

Indiana Jones. Perhaps you've heard of the guy? Harrison Ford? Steven Spielberg? George Lucas? ...Any of this ringing a bell? Well, you had better get used to hearing those names because we'll be talking about them all month long, starting right now with Raiders of the Lost Ark. *Raiders of the Lost Ark © 1981 Lucasfilm Ltd. Indiana Jones® and its associated titles, logos, and characters are regis...

"It's Christmas Theo. It's the time of miracles, so be of good cheer..." – Hans Gruber, Die Hard That's right. We're decking the halls of the Fortress of Poditude the only way we know how: John McClane style. So make fists with your toes and tune in! *Die Hard © 1988 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Die Hard® and its associated titles, logos, and characters are registered trademarks of 20th...

It's the end of the year, which means it's officially awards season. It's been a while since we did The Capeys, but THEY'RE BACK and better than ever! We asked you, our dear sweet listeners, for your nominations and categories and then we went and brought in "The Ginger Skull" to emcee. Oops. Check it out!

Our lovely lovely Patreon subscribers got to choose this month's Ebert pick after hitting TWO Extra Life stretch goals in October. they voted and decided on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Fun fact! "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers is about the first half of this movie! (Not really, but wouldn't that be fun?) *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring © 2001...

This week in the Fortress of Poditude, we're time traveling!! You never know who's going to show up in these wacky days of the future and/or past. We're talking X-Men: Days of Future Past and you're gonna want to hear what our resident mutant-hater thinks of this one. *X-Men: Days of Future Past © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. X-Men® and its associated titles, logos, and characters...

Nicolas Cage as Superman. Now that I have your attention, Ryan of film-ftw.com joins us this week to talk about the excrutiatingly long-titled documentary: The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? about the infamous Tim Burton Superman movie that never happened. (Then we make our own Nic Cage Superman movie) *The Death of “Superman Lives”; What happened? © 2015 Super Skull Ship, Inc. *Superma...