Fresh Hop Cinema

Max is joined by movie buff Kevin Andy Stamps for this remote recording session in Reno, NV. They discuss the latest film from Korean director Bong Joon-ho "Parasite," black satire about class disparity and capitalism. Please rate & review us wherever you listen to podcasts and, if you're so inclined, consider donating to the show via our Patreon page. Find our entire collection of episodes as wel...

As Oscar season draws ever-nearer, we find ourselves, once again doubling up on films. Tune in for coverage of the Netflix-released "The Irishman" from director Martin Scorsese and our take on "Waves"; a nontraditional take on family drama directed by Trey Edward Shults which takes on the stresses that come from what it means to be children and parents in a changing modern world. Our first beer of...

This week on the podcast, we cover a star-studded whodunnit from the brain of Rian Johnson with "Knives Out." We start the show with a west-coast IPA from Flatland Brewing out of Elk Grove, CA called "Clear Understanding & Dank Intentions" and follow it up with a golden stout called "Chrysaetos" from Mason Ale Works (San Marcos, CA) and Horus Aged Ales (Oceanside, CA). Episode Timeline: 0:00 "Clea...

Yeah yeah. We know that some of your favorite film podcasts are covering the likes of "Frozen II" or "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." Go listen to them for that coverage. We decided we wanted to give "Ford v Ferrari" the attention it deserves (or maybe doesn't depending on who you are." We also dive into the telling of the story of Rudy Ray Moore, the man behind the Blaxploitation icon Dolem...

This week on the show Max is joined by Kevin Andy Stamps to discuss the second feature film by Robert Eggers "The Lighthouse." Kevin is film buff that works in advertising and marketing in Reno, NV and is also a Libra- if you think that sort of thing matters. He doesn't. Enjoy! Please rate & review us wherever you listen to podcasts and, if you're so inclined, consider donating to the show via our...

This week on the show we dissect a veritable sequel to the 1980 Kubrick film "The Shining." "Doctor Sleep" is a film that no one needed but one that Stephen King REALLY wanted. Does a faithful translation from book to movie do it any favors or should this story have remained locked up in the pages of it's source material? Our first beer is a seasonal release from Deschutes (Bend, OR) called "Mario...

We take a deep dive into nazis and robots on the show this week. Tune in for the latest development (or first since 1991, if you ask the producer and director) in the Terminator saga and see WWII through the eyes of a young boy who's closest friend is an imaginary Adolf Hitler. We start with show with a NE IPA from Moksa (Rocklin, CA) called "Pineapple Turbo Fuzz" and end it with another NE IPA fr...

With Halloween in our rearview, we put away the fictional monsters - the vampires, ghosts and ghouls - and set our sights on real monsters; slave owners in Pre-Civil War America. "Harriet" tells the story of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman. We discuss the merits of the story, the telling, and the factuality of the first feature-length (WHAT? HOW?) film about an iconic woman in American hi...

Happy Halloween! This week we cover some scaaaaaary stuff. The first scary thing is a beer from Nightmare Brewing (originally from New York) called "Glasgow Smile." It's a Leipzig Gose that comes in at 6.7%. Our second beer was "Blood Junkie," an 8.7% Imperial Red Ale from Three Weavers Brewing Co out of Inglewood, CA. The "scary" thing sandwiched in between those alcoholic wonders is "Zombieland:...

We're back! Max got back from his recent honeymoon and brought some beers back with him. The first beer we cover is a 7.2% Norwegian lager called "Stockholm" and was made by Krönlein's Brewery (Halmstad, Sweden). We then delve into "Ink & Dagger" from Amundsen Brewery out of Oslo, Norway. After dissecting "Joker" we taste "Scandi Land" from Graff Brewery (Tromsø, Norway) as well as "Quenchable - M...

This week on the show: Hustlers (2019) Citraholic by Beachwood Brewing Shake Your Stack by Great Notion & Mikkeller

Episode Timeline: 0:00 Intro & "Hazy Memory" by Lagunitas 19:41 Beers of the Week - "DDH Booming Rollers" by Modern Times - Great Notion Brewing 27:22 "IT Chapter II" (No Spoilers) - DANGER ZONE - 44:08 "Don't Fear the Blender" by Clown Shoes 54:33 "Hot & Bothered" 1:07:30 "IT Chapter II" (SPOILERS)

This week on the episode, we talk peanut butter. The film? "The Peanut Butter Falcon." "The beers," you ask? The first is a kettle sour from Sudwerk's 'Funhouse' series called "Tropical" and the second is the world-famous peanut butter stout "Yellow Belly." Flick Picks finds us rehashing 2009's "Law Abiding Citizen" and 1982's "The Dark Crystal." Episode Timeline: 0:00 Intro & "Tropical" - - - FLI...

This week we cover the horror? comedy? b-movie? thriller? "Ready or Not." We kick off the show with a IIPA from Treehouse Brewing called "Doppelgänger" and enter the Danger Zone with a maple stout from The Bruery called "Vermont Sticky Maple." Jonny also details his first experience watching "American Honey" (2016), his Flick Pick this week. Episode Timeline: Downbeat "Doppelgänger" 15:01 Flick Pi...

This week on the podcast, we cover a coming-of-age adventure film called Good Boys. It's rated R and for all the best reasons. We start the show with a review of a delicious new beer from Deschutes called "Handup" plus a followup to the Oskar Blues series "Can-O-Bliss with their latest version; "Citrus." We enter the Danger Zone with a less-than-delicious beer from Evil Twin called "Bushido." Epis...

This week on the podcast we review (well, one of us does) the film adaptation of the short story novel series "Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark." We kick off the show with a SUPER METAL imperial stout called "Infinite Suffering" New Glory and Nightmare Brewing (NY) and enter the Danger Zone to the sweet, sweet melody of an unfiltered West Coast IIPA called "Dankenstein's Monster." Episode Timelin...

This week we dive into the 9th movie from the Fast & Furious franchise with Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. We first sip on a tasty hoppy hazy IPA from Oskar Blues called Can-O-Bliss and enter the Danger Zone with a beer from a Garland, TX brewery called Intrinsic Brewing. The beer is a hazy double IPA called "Dangit Bobby." Enjoy the episode!

One can dream of the day a Quentin Tarantino film is released with the hopes of catching it in all it's glory in a proper movie theater. Does "Once Upon A Time..." live up to this legendary expectation? Can a modest brown ale blow away two skeptical grown men? Can an imperial stout WITHOUT maple syrup live up to the reputation of the brewery whose maple beers define them in the mind of Jonny Summe...

What a week! We cover a lot on this episode. Catching up on Disney remakes (This week is the Lion King) has never been an easy task but perhaps the artistic vision of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” will make up for it. Our conversation is lubricated by beers generously donated to the show by Trevor Maturo. The first is a wheat beer called “Gumballhead” from Three Floyds Brewing out of India...

This week we discuss the sophomore feature-length film by director Ari Aster (Hereditary). We also drink a beer from Portland called "Game On." It's an IPA with potential for greatness. We end the show with a beer from Westbrook celebrating the brewery's 7th anniversary. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 14:59 "Game On" - FLICK PICKS - 15:00 - 18:38 Jonny; "Chef's Table" 18:39 - 22:07 Max; "Aziz Ansari Rig...

This week we cover (again) Marvel's latest with "Spider-Man: Far From Home." We also cover two beers (again). One is from Firestone circa 2018 called"Dark and Stormy." It's a Jamaican rum barrel aged ale clocking in at 11.1% abv. Our second beer was from Henhouse out of Santa Rosa and was called "Recurring Nightmare." It was a barrel aged blend of all their previous stouts. Episode Timeline: 0:00...

This week we dissect the film "Yesterday" by Danny Boyle. We drink some 4th of July adjacent beers with Heretic's "4th of Juicy" and Stone's "Enjoy By 7.4.19." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 16:45 Intro & "4th of Juicy" - FLICK PICKS - 16:46 - 24:08 "Yardie" 25:00 - 43:07 "Yesterday (Spoiler Free) - DANGER ZONE - 43:08 - 1:03:53 "Enjoy by 7.4.19" 1:03:54 - 1:16:08 "Hot & Bothered" 1:16:08 - END "Yesterd...

Shoutout to friends of the show Cameron and Miyagi for supplying this week's beers. The first is a DIPA from Treehouse Brewing called "Very Green." It's the Imperial version of their renowned IPA "Green." Like it's smaller incarnation, it's brewed with Australian and American hops and clocks in at 8.3% abv. The second is a barrel-aged version of Deschutes' "Clack Butte Porter." We're drinking "Bla...

This week on the podcast we discuss "Shaft." It's the third(ish) film in a franchise about John Shaft Jr; an FBI cyber security expert, hellbent on uncovering the truth behind his best friend's untimely death. To do so, he needs an education that only his dad can provide. Absent throughout his childhood, the legendary John Shaft agrees to help his son navigate the heroin-infested underbelly of Har...

This week, our discussion of the latest (and final) installment into the X-Men franchise that brought us "First Class," "Days of Future Past," and rammed "Apocalypse" down our throats. "Dark Phoenix" chronicles the downward spiral of Jean Grey after she's hit by, what's thought to be a solar flare. As the power within her grows stronger, her ability to control it weakens and the rest of the X-Men...