Fresh Hop Cinema

This weeks on the podcast, we discuss the critically acclaimed "Widows." Does the movie stand up to the hype? We also drink two big fat imperial stouts. The first is "Double Chocolate Stout" from Rouge Ales and the second- "Expedition Stout" from Bell's. Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 11:37: Intro & Double Chocolate Stout 11:38 - 20:07: Hot & Bothered 20:42 - 38:35: Widows (No Spoilers) 39:10 - 46:55: E...

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema, we enter a new age of podcast episodes with episode 101. We cover the sequel to 2012’s “Wreck It Ralph” with “Ralph Breaks the Internet. We also tackle two very different stouts. “The Patsy” is a coconut rye stout from Barley Forge Brewing Co out of Costa Mesa, CA and “Queen Anne” is a collaboration stout from Mason Ale Works and Humble Sea Brewing Co out of San Marc...

We've made to episode 100, everyone! After talking beer and film this week, we revisit some of our favorite moments from the last 50 episodes in a "Danger Zone Supercut." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 15:52 - Intro & "Windsor Porter" **Ratings- Jonny: 8.2 Max: 8.5 15:53 - 23:19 - "Hot & Bothered" 24:06 - 44:36 - Robin Hood **Ratings: Jonny: 2 Max: 1 45:26 - END - DANGER ZONE SUPERCUT

After a week's hiatus due to the Camp Fire in Northern California, we're back! Tune in to hear our take on the film Bohemian Rhapsody and review "Fresh Hop Cine Haze," our namesake beer from Secret Trail Brewing Co and "Freddie Murkury" by Mikkeller. 0:00 - 9:31 - Intro + Fresh Hop CineHaze 9:31 - 18:24 - Hot & Bothered 19:13 - 36:23 - Bohemian Rhapsody (SPOILER FREE) 37:20 - 45:19 - Freddie Murku...

Join us for a discussion of the first film by writer/director Jonah Hill. "Mid90s" explores ideas of masculinity, skate culture, and growing up. We drink beers from two breweries that we've never had the pleasure of trying before. Black Market Brewing from Temecula, CA created a FANTASTIC IIPA known simply as "The Orange Can." It won the gold medal this year for "Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double I...

This week we catch up with Hollywood's latest introspective Western in "The Sisters Brothers." Starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C Reilly, Riz Ahmed, and Jake Gyllenhall, this film tells the tale of two bounty hunter brothers (Phoenix, Reilly) on a mission to chase down a chemist (Ahmed) who has stolen a formula from their employer, a man called The Commodore. Can a one-dimensional character portraye...

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema we review of "A Star Is Born;" the fourth remake of a Hollywood tradition dating back to 1937. In this iteration, Bradley Cooper directs while costarring next to silver screen first-timer Lady Gaga. This film is a cautionary tale of fame and alcoholism, a telling of a star's rise in the modern music industry and ultimately a pendulum of romance and heartbreak. We drin...

What a week! We talk zombie virus outbreaks as we cover 2017's "Cargo." Starring Martin Freeman, the film explores what a father must endure when a massive virus has "wiped out" much of the human population. We drink a tasty IPA from Bearded Iris (TN) called "Homestyle" and a rich and robust stout called "Naval Gazer" from New Heights (TN). Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 14:47- Intro, "Homestyle," and "...

This was a crazy fun episode! Tune in for all the info you'll ever need on "White Boy Rick" and "Holy Hermit from Moonraker and "Err to Excess" from Breakside Brewing. 0:00 - 29:05: Intro, "Holy Hermit," and "Hot & Bothered" 29:53 -41:45: "White Boy Rick (Spoiler-Free) 42:29 - 50:12 - "Err to Excess" 50:13 - END - "White Boy Rick" (DANGER ZONE)

One of our most anticipated movies of the year this week; "Blindspotting." We drink a NE IPA from Lead Dog called "For Redding with Love" and a fruited porter from Latitude 33 called "Native Trails Black and Blue." Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 14:02- "For Redding with Love" 14:03 - 38:25- "Blindspotting" (Spoiler Free) 38:26 - 50:15- "Black and Blue" 50:16 - END - "Blindspotting" (DANGER ZONE) Review...

We're a little late to the game but we're here to discuss Chloé Zhao's April 2018 film "The Rider." The film flirts a delicate line between documentary and drama as it tells the true story of Brady Jandreau, a rodeo cowboy who suffers a traumatic brain injury and may never ride again. For the most part, the cast of this film is made up of the actual people who lived the events. We sip a pale ale t...

This week we FINALLY get a chance to cover Bo Burnham's first feature-length film "Eighth Grade." It tells the story of Kayla; an 8th grader navigating her final week's of middle school and juggling the pressure's of identity, adolescence and puberty amidst a world entwined with social media. To help us along our conversation are two very different beers. The first, a NE-inspired IPA called "1-2 P...

This week on the podcast, A THROWBACK to 2017. Join us for a discussion of "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected); A 2017 film by Noah Baumbach starring Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, and Elizabeth Marvel. We drink a West Coast IPA called "Strata" from Worthy Brewing out of Bend, OR and an East Coast IPA called "All Clouds Everything" from New Glory out of Sacramento, CA. Episode T...

Join Jonny and Max as they dive into one of their favorite movies from the 90's; David Fincher's "Fight Club." We'd talk about it more here, but that'd be against the rules. To lube up their vocal cords along the way are a 4.5% sour saison born of a collaboration between Two Roads & Stillwater called "Ground Loop" and a hazy New-England IPA from Revision called "Playafication." Episode Timeline: 0...

Join us for a discussion of the first Hollywood film in 25 years to feature an all Asian/Asian American cast AND one of the best rom-coms in recent memory; "Crazy Rich Asians." Our conversation is fueled by a pFriem's "Oud Bruin," an 8.7% aged brown ale and Track 7's "Under Construction," a 14.2% Imperial Stout. Plus, since Jonny wasn't able to see the film this week, HIS conversation is also file...

Jonny and Max discuss one of their favorite films of the year so far. Spike Lee's biting, witty retelling of Ron Stallworth's 2014 memoir details Stallworth's experience as the first African-American on the Colorado Springs police force and his time infiltrating a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. We drink beers from El Segundo Brewing Co and Dogfish Head Brewery. Episode Timeline: 00:00 - 28:10...

This week we dive into the indie film "First Reformed." Jonny didn't love it. Max didn't love it either. BUT... did Jonny like it? No... not really. But Max did. Or did he? Find out by listening to this episode. Also, find out if the beers we drank this week were delicious. Spoiler alert: they were. OR WERE THEY? Episode Timeline: 0:00 - 12:35: Intro & "Ngongo" by Bruery Terreux. 12:36 - 23:20: Ho...

Come with us on a journey of intense stunts including (but not limited to) airplane jumps, motor cycle rides, helicopter crashes, and broken ankles as we explore the sixth installment of the Mission Impossible franchise with "Fallout." Beers: "Bou Lou" by Boulevard & Tech N9ne A 5.5% wheat beer with pineapple and coconut . "Blueberry Creamsicle" by Decadent. An 8.6% Double IIPA brewed with blueber...

This week we cover the documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" which tells the story of the life and work of Fred Rogers, creator and star of "Mister Roger's Neighborhood." Beers this week created by Upland Sour Ales ("Crimson" an 11.2% barrel-aged sour red ale) and Siren Craft Brew ("Kentucky Tickle Monster" a Bourbon Barrel-Aged Triple IPA with Mango and Cedar Wood). Episode Timeline: "Crimson"...

Hello. Sorry to bother you this morning, but we were hoping to borrow an hour of your time and we really think it'll be worth it. This week on Fresh Hop Cinema, we cover the Boots Riley sci-fi/satire "Sorry To Bother You." Starring Lakeith Stanfield, it tells the story of Oaklander Cassius Green, a telemarketer who discovers a way to quickly climb the totem pole after getting a tip to speak to cli...

Let's dive into the latest MCU film! This is the 349th movie in the Marvel universe and it watches like one. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Hannah John-Kamen, "AM&TW" tells the story of Scott Lang as he balances being both a Super Hero and a father. Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from the...

Join us this week as we unpack the indie film "Hearts Beat Loud" starring Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons and drink some tasty beers; 1) "Digital Bath" from Belching Beaver 2)"Fruitlands: Rose Edition" from Modern Times Episode Timeline: 1:00 - 12:35 Intro & "Digital Bath" 12:35 -21:55 "Hot & Bothered" 23:30 -41:46 "Hearts Beat Loud" (No Spoilers) 43:14 - 54:08 "Fruitlands; Rose Edition" 54:09 -...

This week we tackle a box office smasher about dinosaurs. That's all you need to know. Max didn't like it. Jonny did. They get into the biggest fight since *insert epic brawl here.* We drank some terrific beers (listed below). Both beers available at S&S produce in Chico, CA and probably other places as well. Episode Timeline: 0:00-4:08 Intro 4:09-13:28 Stillwater "Pineapple Fields" -----6.7% Dry-...

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema we unpack the frights of living with a family dealing in the occult (or possibly just genetic mental instabilities) as we cover the film "Hereditary" directed by Ari Aster and starring Toini Colette and Alex Wolff. We drink wonderful beers from Fieldwork and 21st Amendment. Beers: Fieldwork's "Sauvige Garden": NE IPA. 7.2% 21st Amendment's "Hendrik's Stout" Imp Stout....

This week: "Upgrade." A futuristic Sci-Fi film about a man who, after a horrible car accident, allows a tiny little microchip to integrate with his spine and make him no longer a quadriplegic. Beers: Cherry Berry from Almanac Chocolate Hazelnut Porter from Heretic