Drinks and a Movie

This week Carissa and I come through with another double feature episode. We're talking James Whales classic Universal monster movies, "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein"

This week my brother and I discuss the Jamie Lloyd saga of the Halloween franchise. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers which features Paul Rudd in his first lead role and the last entry to have Donald Pleasance as Dr. Loomis. We pair these with the Nelson Bros Sherry Cask and 21st amendment brewery's Pumpki...

DOUBLE FEATURE!!! This week Carissa and I discuss The Texas Cahinsaw Massacre from 1974 and it's 2003 remake. Two great films require two great drinks so we're trying out Nelson Bros Honey Cask finished bourbon and Paperback brewings Blue Bunny with a chainsaw double hazy IPA.

Spooky season is her so we're looking at some horror films to celebrate the month of October. We're starting with Eli Roths Hostel films. Pairing them with the new Nelson Bros Rye and Stone Enjoy by 10-31-23 Hazy IPA.

We've arrived at the end of our journey. The final film in the John WIck franchise. (or is it?). Matt and I discuss the all great and wonderful John WIck chapter 4 from earlier this year. We also end our tasting of the Blantons bourbon lineup with one I've been anticipating for a long time. The uncut and unfiltered Blantons Straight from the Barrel. Proofs vary but the one we tasted on this episod...

We made it! The final fil of the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Today I'm talking "White Heaven in Hell". Will Ogami finally finish off Retsudo and the Yagyu clan? Listen to find out. This is a bizarre horror influenced entry in the series. Too bad it ends here. I pair this one with the highly sought after Russell's Reserve 13. One of my all time favorite bourbons. Cheers!

Matt and I return to discuss John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum. These movies continue to be great. We also continue our tasting of the Blantons bourbon lineup. now we're on to the 103 proof Gold Edition. I decide to break out some Nelson Bros Reserve Bourbon that won a blindtasting for me against Blantons Gold a couple weeks prior. So Matt and I do some comparing and see if my results are the same. A...

This week I go solo to chat about the 5th film in the Lone Wolf and Cub series, "Baby Cart in the land of Demons". I continue my tasting through Wild Turkey's Russell's Reserve lineup. This time I taste the SIngle Barrel bourbon, This is the same bottle that won the blindtasting against Russell's 13 and 101 12yr. If you missed it then be sure to find Drinks_and_a_movie on Instagram and TikTok.

Matt and I discuss John Wick Chapter 2. We continue our Blantons tasting with a Store pick from CIrcus liquor and another formerly Japan only release, the Takara Red.

In another solo episode I continue my rewatch of the Lone Wolf and Cub series. This time talking about the fourth film, "Baby Cart in Peril". So far this is one of my favorites. I pait this one with Russell's Reserve 10 year old bourbon from Wild Turkey.

It's finally time! Matt and I take on the John Wick franchise. For each film we will drink a variant of Blantons single barrel bourbon from the buffalo trace distillery. For this first film we start with the lower proof offerings of Blantons. The green label sSpecial Reserve and the Japan release of Takara Black. Listen to hear our thoughts and more. Cheers!

This week I try out the core line up of Whiskeys from Frey Ranch. Their four grain bourbon, Bittled in bond Rye, and Farm strength uncut bourbon. Frey racnh is a great craft distillery based out of Fallon Nevada. Purely grain to glass. My cousin Anton joins the podcast as a first time guest to discuss Park Chan Wook's Vengeance trilogy. The unofficial trilogy consists of 2002's "Sympathy for Mr. V...

In this solo episode I give a quick review on part 3 in the Lone olf and Cub series, "Baby Cart to Hades". All while sipping on some Russells Reserve Single Barrel Rye.

This week Carissa and I try out an amazing hazy IPA and discuss Eli Roths feature film directorial debut "Cabin Fever".

This week in celebration of the summer time, Carissa joins me to chat about the 1983 horor film "Sleepaway Camp" starring Felissa Rose. Since the wether is hot we try some refreshing Sierra Nevada Summerfest Lager.

This week I'm solo, giving my rambling thoughts on both Barbie and Oppenheimer after my first view. These movies definitely require a watch as well as some folks to chat with so they will probably be revisted in greater detail another time. I just couldn't pass up making an episode about what I think is the Movie Event of the year. For two movies I decided to taste two great rye whiskies. Sagamore...

Matt and I try out one of the newest batches of Bookers bourbon as well as a recent daily sipper of mine, Jim Beam single barrel. We end up busting out the knob creek to compare with the Jim Beam SB and Bookers. We discuss the movie event of the year that's dropping this weekend, the strike, and finally a long conversation on the latest Indiana Jones film.

In this weeks episode we taste Old Grand Dad Bonded and 114 then discussYasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story" from 1953.

This week Matt and i discuss "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" directed by Robert M. Young and sarring Edward James Olmos. The new Hardins Creek line of bourbons from Beam distilling had just come out when we covered Youngs earlier film "Alambrista" so we decided to pair this with the latest release from Hardins Creek, the kentucky series Clermont. This is a 17 year old bourbon that is part 1 of a 3...

In the second of Chris's picks we chat about Steven Seagals second film, "Hard to Kill". There's a lot of laughting in this one. Before diving into the movie we try Wild Turkey 101 bourbonas well as it's single barrel counterpart Kentucky Spirit.

Trying out another solo episode where I taste the Sierra Norte red corn mexican whiskey and give my simple review on Eva Longoria's directorial debut "Flamin' Hot". This is a great feel good movie of the year that I highly recommend everyone watch. Thanks for listening to my thoughts and please rate/review/subscribe. Cheers!

This week Chris chooses two films for us to discuss starting with 1986's "Cobra" written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. We pour the newest makers Mark Wood Finishing Series release called BEP (Barrel Entry Proof) as well as a Bevmo selection called Mayan Spiced Chocolate.

Watch this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/-tXKxmYeytE This week I'm grateful to welcome Carlos Avila as my guest. He's a film and television director whose credits include Price of Glory, Foto Novelas, Grimm, Cold Case, and more. We discuss how his career began with his thesis film "Distant Water", his twilight zone inspired show "Foto Novelas", his documentary "Tales of Masked Men", his feat...

This week Matt and i discuss one of the greatest achievemnts in american cinema "Termiator 2: Judgement Day" We taste of lineup of 3 Jack Daniels expressions. The Bonded which was released last year and voted as one of the best new whiskies of the year as well as the single barrel rye and single barrel barrel proof. Bother single barrels were old bottles from 2021.