Booze and B-Movies

McBain: A "one man army" is rescued at the end of the Vietnam War and owes a life debt. The guy to whom he owes his life is killed in a coup attempt in Colombia. That guy's sister then cashes in McBain's debt to her brother to finish the job of overthrowing this dictatorship, which is probably propped up by an adolescent Shakira. Stuff blows up. Bad guys lose.  McBain final grade...

Steve's has an exciting guys weekend of golfing and a Sting concert at Red Rocks. Brandon spends his time driving his kids around. Pieces:  Maddie, the daughter of the "Greatest Guy Ever to Live" in some small town in Australia follows in his footsteps to become the town cop. Unfortunately she's in charge of the town's safety when it is ravaged by some mysterious creature. The town kook says it's...

Steve's got a bone to pick with Costco. The episode isn't super timely, since Brandon is a lazy little Suffering Bastard and hasn't been holding up his end of the deal lately. Pieces: A tween-age fella likes to put together a puzzle of a naked lady. His mom catches him one time, admonishes him, and threatens him with punishment if she catches him again. Fortunately for him, that won&#3...

Steve recaps his family golfing trip down to South Carolina. It's the cultural exchange that makes travel fun, right? Brandon rented a BIG OLE TRUCK and did some man-work. Warriors of the Wasteland: Nuclear war has destroyed society. We're left with two groups of people. One group of good guys who think humanity can be salvaged with niceness, and another one that thinks anyone who survived...

We're watching a sequel to a movie we watched years ago, before we started this podcast, so if you want to catch up first, you'll have to watch Killer Piñata. You should do that, it was a good one. Bride of the Killer Piñata: It's been nearly a decade since our heroines first defeated the deadly Killer Piñata. Since then, adult life has become boring as shit. Work. Kids. Eating the sam...

This one is not for the kiddos. It's one of those times Steve may regret letting Brandon pick the movie. But, let's get right to it. Bunny The Killer Thing: We're never told why, but some bad guys in Finland get their hands on a serum that turns people into anthropomorphic rabbits with over-sized genitals and want to infect humanity with this creation. But, they shoot a guy up with it,...

Steve starts the show out with a little honorarium on the career of Val Kilmer, then we get on to the movie. Nazis at the Center of the Earth: Scientists, doing science stuff, and throwing around many, many science words are caught up in the rise of the Fourth Reich when two of their group are abducted. While searching for their lost colleagues, they all end up finding their way to a beautiful uto...

Easter Bunny Kill! Kill!: A developmentally-disabled teen lives with his mom, loves Easter, loves bunnies. His mom is dating a guy who, in addition to being a murder, is also just generally a prick. When mom's not around, he's abusive to the kid. He also enjoys the company of sex workers. While he believes Mindy, the mom, is at work, he starts doing his jerk thing around town, when suddenl...

We spent last night drinking by the fire and talking amongst ourselves, so there isn't much to catch up on today. Crackcoon: Nefarious drug dealers prowl the under-bridge areas of West Virginia peddling the newest way to chase your high. Crack mixed with BATH SALTS! Well, wouldn't ya know it, a bag full of this new designer drug gets discarded in the woods, and it's consumed not only b...

The usual chatter before getting into the movie. Steve went out to dinner at an 80s-themed restaurant that wasn't quite like going back in time. Brandon spends too much time wondering about the downfall of the nation and talking about it. Big Ass Spider: A likeable everyman, Alex, goes about his day as a mild-mannered exterminator, shooting his shot with nearly every woman he encounters...when...

Brandon pitches an idea for a new #dating app. Steve actually gets out of the house. Unlucky Charms: A bunch of models are trying out, in gameshow format, to be a spokesmodel for some lingerie line. The woman running the show has a charm bracelet that allows her to control some mythical creatures. She uses them to kill people. The creatures are actually good guys, though, so they don't want to do...

A follow-up to last week's Hockey Update. Not all the news is good. This week's movie is based on a true story, a first for this podcast. As such, Steve dives into the real history of Alfred (Alferd) Packer. Cannibal! The Musical: A musical bit of fan fic surrounding the real life "adventures" of Alfred Packer, a 19th Century American who served in the Civil War, became a wildern...

Start off with an old-school Kids' Sports Update before getting to the movie. Yor, The Hunter from the Future: A caveman with a backstory, such that there is one, similar to Lonestar in Spaceballs wanders around the Turkish countryside causing mayhem. He meets women. They fall in love with him. Other cavemen come along and destroy shit. Then SUDDENLY, there's space ships and laser beams. A...

In the much-anticipated follow-up to last week's discussion on Valentine's Day gift giving, Steve catches us up on the trials and tribulations of navigating Hallmark's most imaginary holiday. Revenge of the Ninja: It's a story you've probably heard before. A ninja name Cho Osaki has left his life of ninjacity behind is pulled back in after his family is killed in Japan. At the...

Many people say this is a podcast about drinking good cocktails with your friends while watching bad movies. But we like to think it's also about romance. So, we prepare everyone for the most important holiday of the year, Valentine's Day, by scrolling through some "Best Gifts for Him/Her" lists and see if any of the tacky trash on them is actually a decent gift idea. Turns out.....

After a "Parent's Night Out" at gymnastics, Brandon is curious what Steve's favorite cuisines are when he has a date night, so we talk about that for a bit. The answers, may surprise you. Studio 666: Legendary rock band, The Foo Fighters rent an AirBNB to record what will surely be a legendary tenth album. Unfortunately, as legend has it, the house is also the site of a gruesome...

Reinforcing our annual youth sports "Don't Be a Dick" PSA. Steve is psyched that his Buckeyes from THE Ohio State University won the National Championship. Brandon, and the rest of society, are thrilled the Philadelphia Eagles snuck out of their snowy game with another W. Brandon is also very upset about paper goods. Creepazoids: A group of military deserters traipse across a post-apocalyptic futu...

Back by popular demand, or maybe just because she has nothing better to do, our first special guest star, Emma, is back to help us review a movie about some of her favorite things: Cannibals, Carpet installers, and Brits. A quick check in with the weekend of hockey/kids activities, and we're off to the movie. Cannibals & Carpet-fitters: A family of weirdo cannibals hires a team of carpet-f...

Steve spends another week busy with HS hockey and Brandon has taken up Taekwondo as an adult. Night of the Lepus: Man's interference in nature comes back to bite him, with two giant anterior incisors. First, a farmer kills off all the coyotes on his land. Then, with no natural predators, the place is overrun by rabbits. What's he supposed to do now? Recruit a scientist to inject chemicals and horm...

Back after our holiday breaks. Trips to Ohio and Wisconsin were taken. Family festivities were attended. We check in to see how Santa treated us, and ring in the New Year. Steve tells us how to get around the DIA airport and Brandon gets into wordy t-shirts. Oh yeah, and #TacoBarChristmas. America 3000: Many years after Mercans and Commies nuked each other, Fraus rule the world and keep men mostly...

Nothing special to talk about this week, so we can knock this one out quickly. New Year's Evil: Some killer who has given himself the nom de plume "Evil" calls into the host of a "punk rock New Year's Special" that Steve says does not feature any punk rock. Mr. "Evil" says he's going to kill people, then he does, but in an uninteresting manner. In a twist no one could see coming, "Evil" turns out...

After catching up on some youth sports, we try to figure out if the ARC Thrift Shops in the Denver Metro area are reuse/recycle centers or just a huge garbage can. Nutcracker Massacre: A sentient, ambulatory nutcracker kills people as it tries to find its own version of the Sugarplum Fairy. Apparently it's animated by some jewels that some dude ate one time 100 years ago. Ten minutes of exposition...

The Spotify website is down at the moment, so I'm uploading this from my phone. You're not gonna get much of a description. The mythology of of this one is that Santa is actually a demon who lost a bet and is forced to be nice for 1000 years. But, now that time is up. and he can go back to killing everyone, like he used to. Santa's Slay Final Grades Steve says he liked this one more than he wanted...

In the spirit of last weeks "Top/Bottom Movies Lists," we give you a rundown the absolute best and worst cocktails from Year 1. Stay tuned to our socials for recipes to the best cocktails we've tried and throw them together for yourselves to celebrate the Yuletide season. The Killing Tree: A man who is executed for committing the murders of people he considers "insolent and opulent" is necromanced...

Now that it's been one full revolution around the sun for this podcast, we thought we'd start this episode off with a little look back on the year, and give you the short version of our Five Favorite and Five Least-Favorite movies of Year 1. So, we did. Black Friday: Zombie-like Black Friday shoppers out to beat their fellow man/woman into the linoleum for the latest and cheapest toys are ACTUALLY...