Lifewine Podcast

Dust off that sticky mat and grab your favorite chakras as we dive downward dog into PSYCHO YOGA INSTRUCTOR (2020), starring Ashley Wood Garcia, Brady Smith, and Panos Vlahos. Let the Lifewine trinity guide you into a state of laughter-riddled zen; find your balance in the clumsiness of Stephanie, your strength in the weakness of Rachel’s car, and your flexibility in Zach’s paralyzing case of come...

This week, we dive into the wild world of secret twins and astral projection as we discuss STRANGER WITH MY FACE (2009), starring Alexz Johnson, Andrew Francis, and Catherine Hicks. We also wonder why Stephanie isn’t a serial killer, Rachel begs you to please turn on the damn light, and we get one step closer to finally securing 1-800-PODCASTS. We bet you a boatload of goat dangles that you’ll lov...

This week, on a very importANT Lifewine, we review DESTINATION: INFESTATION (2007), starring Jessalyn Gilsig and Antonio Sabato Jr. Think Snakes on a Plane, but instead of snakes, it’s a highly intelligent and deadly species of ant who loves to reproduce quickly while chewing through everything and everyone they can. Also: We discuss clone sex ethics, Rachel declares war on Taco Bell, and what’s u...

Many of us remember Lorena Bobbitt as tabloid fodder from the early 90’s; a “hot-blooded Latina” who violently severed her husband’s penis and threw it out the window of a moving car. But what the media did NOT clearly expose was the history of abuse, control, and gaslighting that Lorena suffered from her spouse. In I WAS LORENA BOBBITT (2020), starring Dani Montalvo, Luke Humphrey, and Lorena her...

This week, we discuss a movie that is very special in regard to the Lifewine origin story…or shall we say, we ATTEMPT to discuss it. In our most colossal train wreck yet, we take a stab at reviewing TEMPTING FATE (2019), starring Alyssa Milano, Zane Holtz, and Steve Kazee; fate, however, apparently had other plans for us! We valiantly battle the technology gods, consider selling our souls to the d...

Here’s a bite-sized morsel of Lifewine to hold you over ‘til Winesday! Stephanie and Rachel take a quick jaunt across the pond to visit HARRY & MEGHAN: A ROYAL ROMANCE (2018), starring Parisa Fitz-Henley and Murray Fraser. We discuss how truly shocking it is to learn that a family with a history of slave trade and mistreatment of indigenous peoples could also be racist, as well as what the nex...

We admit it; sometimes we go off the rails. And every once in a while, there are no rails to begin with! In SLEEPWALKING IN SUBURBIA (2017), starring Emilie Ullerup, Giles Panton, and Carlo Marks, we learn that we’ve all had different experiences with “The Penis Game”, contemplate the results of mixing dictator DNA and martial artist DNA (on the moon, of course), and discuss the surprising downsid...

This week, we journey back to a simpler time: when one could wear enormous shoulder pads without fear of ridicule, wet t-shirt contests were on every corner, and escaping from maximum-security prison was a breeze. In CALENDAR GIRL, COP, KILLER? THE BAMBI BEMBENEK STORY - aka The Heart of the Lie - (1992), starring Lindsay Frost, Timothy Busfield, and Linda Blair, we discuss the true story of a wom...

If revenge is a dish best served cold, then how delicious must it be after 25 years on ice? In BLACK WIDOW KILLER (2018), starring Erin Karpluk, Morgan Kohan, and Ryan Robbins, we learn that vengeance is patient cook with a recipe for retribution. We also reenact a kidnapping scenario just to prove that you don’t need to keep the bait alive. You may not yet think we’re the “doll’s butt” of podcast...

We’ve all done things we regret, but what about the errors that could have been? This week, we meet a woman who comes close to paying dearly for nearly making what could have been the biggest mistake of her life in I ALMOST MARRIED A SERIAL KILLER (2019), starring Krista Allen, Zoë Lillian, and Louis Mandylor. Put on your finest fast casual wear as we explore the weird wild world of temporary witn...

The powerhouse of podcasts is coming to you from deep within the Texas polar vortex! We’ve filled our bathtubs with water and are hoping the power grid holds long enough for us to finish recording. This week, we discuss WHITNEY (2015), starring Yaya DaCosta and Arlen Escarpeta. Directed by the devastatingly talented Angela Bassett, this biopic portrays Whitney Houston’s rise to fame as she navigat...

You’ve probably been thinking to yourself, “How has Lifewine gone for nearly 60 episodes without covering a film with ‘Psycho’ in the title?” Well, the wait is over, for this week we bring you PSYCHO STRIPPER (2019), starring Karissa Lee Staples, Tyler Johnson, and Mark Hapka. A bride-to-be discovers she is the suddenly the object of a male exotic dancer’s obsession; is it just a harmless crush? O...

It’s the month of romance, so we’re bringing you a story of love, second chances, time travel, and heart attacks! A VALENTINE CAROL (2007), starring Emma Caulfield Ford, Barbara Niven, and John Reardon, is a Dickensian tale of a cold-hearted cynic who must learn the true meaning of love before it’s too late. Scars are hot, Larry King dies for the second time, and we accidentally misplace Nancy Sin...

In honor of Episode 55, the James Franco conceptualized “remake” of MOTHER, MAY I SLEEP WITH DANGER?, here’s a Lifewine Rewind! We bring you Episode 7 from February 26th, 2020, where we discuss the 1996 original, starring Tori Spelling, Ivan Sergei, and Lisa Baines. This was the last episode we ever recorded in Zach’s old studio, and it also documents the birth of Zach’s interlude as well as our e...

Every once in a while, a film remake comes along that dares to defy the characters, storyline, and even fundamental concepts upon which the original was constructed. This week, we encounter a movie that does just that – and then doubles down by adding lesbian vampires. MOTHER, MAY I SLEEP WITH DANGER (2016), starring Leila George, Emily Meade, and Tori Spelling, is a puzzling merge of remake and p...

To wrap up National Stalking Awareness month, we bring you STALKED BY MY NEIGHBOR (2015), starring Kelcie Stranahan, Amy Pietz, and Katrina Norman. A young woman with PTSD believes murder is afoot in her new neighborhood; are her suspicions valid or is her previous trauma clouding her judgment? We also meet Zach’s stoner neighbor, envision Stephanie’s cat licking up her hypothetical brain matter,...

In honor of National Stalking Awareness month, we’re covering the film that commenced Lifetime’s quintessential canon of creepiness: STALKED BY MY DOCTOR (2015), starring Brianna Joy Chomer, Deborah Zoe, and the illustrious Eric Roberts as notorious incel Dr. Albert Beck. Get ready for a movie so deliciously disturbing that it spawned three sequels (so far), chronicling Dr. Beck on his quest to fi...

In the wine making process, there is always a small amount of liquid that evaporates from the barrel during the aging stage. This is called the "angels’ share", because it disappears into the sky. Every once in a while, we like to bring you a bite-sized sampling of content that would have otherwise been lost to editing, or that is so significant that its value cannot be overstated. Today...

Isn’t it delightful when you meet your soulmate? And isn’t it just rude when they refuse to leave their significant other for you? In THE PERFECT STALKER (2016), starring Danielle Savre, Jefferson Brown, and Krista Morin, we meet a woman who is so determined to win over her unavailable crush that she hatches a brilliant plan involving an imaginary stalker, some phony answering machine messages, an...

Welcome to our first new episode of the year! This week, we cover STALKERS (2013), starring Drea de Matteo, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, and Mena Suvari. A determined prosecutor joins forces with a hot-tempered cop to bring justice to a highly intelligent stalker obsessed with her former lover. We also discuss which parts of the body one can gerund into the orifices of another, as well as learn that Stephani...

January is National Stalking Awareness Month, so every movie we review during this time will be centered around stalking. To kick it all off, here’s a Lifewine Rewind: Episode 3, STALKED BY MY PATIENT (2018); recorded in December of 2019, and aired January 28, 2020. This was the Before Times, when we used to gather in Zach’s studio, a.k.a. “Skullverx”, to record. Witness the origin of the stalker’...

Ring in the New Year with your Lifewine hosts as they don party hats, toot noisemakers, spill wine, break glass, and startle the hell out of their animals. Not only can we finally say goodbye to the dumpster fire that is 2020, but it’s also our 50th episode! To commemorate this joyous milestone, we are reviewing A DEADLY ADOPTION (2015), starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Never has a film so...

Welcome to Part II of our Christmas special where we review WHO KILLED JONBENÉT? (2016). We also analyze Stephanie’s strange and erotic dream (with a little help from Freud), further develop Rachel’s theory that her sister is secretly a domestic terrorist, and Zach almost vomits twice (but that’s ok; it’s from laughter!).   Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and happy holidays to all. We h...

This week, we’re changing up our format a bit to bring you our first two-parter! In Part I, we discuss a heartbreaking true crime mystery that has baffled investigators for decades: Who killed JonBenét Ramsey on Christmas Day in 1996? We’ll examine the botched investigation, the bizarre ransom note, and the numerous theories of who could have possibly committed this horrendous crime – some legitim...

We couldn’t help ourselves! Stephanie and Rachel HAD to record an emergency mini-sode to celebrate A RECIPE FOR SEDUCTION (2020): The Lifetime/KFC joint that we didn’t know we needed, and we certainly don’t deserve. A young heiress must make a choice: marry her wealthy douchebag of a beau and save her family from financial ruin, or run into the arms of the new house chef who has big dreams of chan...