Movie And A Beer

2025 Japan brings us this episode of Movie And A Beer with Rental Family , a drama that follows Phillip, an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who lives and works in Tokyo and struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig acting or playing different roles to help people find some happiness and joy in their lives. Directed by HIKARI, this film has great actors and the story brings traditiona...

On this fantasy driven episode of Movie And A Beer, we review The Yinyang Master, a Chinese release from 2021. This is a big screen adaption of the mobile game "Onmyoji" which is a story about a feud that erupts between the human and demon realms. It closely follows Yinyang master Qing Ming as he teams up with disgraced guard Yuan Boya to vanquish a demonic threat as a conspiracy looms. While this...

On this sci-fi driven episode of Movie And A Beer we watched the classic 1974 movie Zardoz . Directed by John Boorman with Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, and Sara Kestelman in staring roles. It explores the ruling class of beings called Eternals and their boredom with immortality in the year 2293. Zed (Sean Connery) is one of their Brutals who helps manage the lower class and discovers that Zar...

On this latest episode of Movie And A Beer, we examine one of the greatest sci-fi films of the 1980's with The Terminator . James Cameron's time-travel masterpiece with a cyborg assassin played by Arnold Schwarzenegger as it tries to kill the mother of the future's rebellion leader, Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton. While it's dated with limited special effects, the story holds up and draws...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we explore the world of Ex Machina . Directed by Alex Garland, this 2015 movie presents what would happen if AI or a robot with AI could fool you? The visuals are amazing, the science fiction is believable, the acting incredible, and the environment created brings you along for the ride. There are many questions asked in the film of both humanity and the AI, and...

We're back in the 80's with this episode of Movie And A Beer, it's Big Trouble in Little China staring Kurt Russel as Jack Burton, a truck driving loud mouth that seems to stumble himself out of danger more times than not. Jack just can't seem to catch a break as he get's mixed up with a magical plot put into motion by Lo Pan, a 2000 year old Chinese wizard that's trying to become mortal again in...

On this fantasy driven episode of Movie And A Beer, we encountered the Princess Bride, a 1987 classic from director Rob Reiner. This is a pretty straight forward fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman (Buttercup) and her one true love (Westley) as told by a grandfather to his grandson who's a bit under the weather. There are a lot of homage being paid to older films that relied upon ac...

With the recent rise of AI here in present day, we at Movie And A Beer figured it would be a good time to revisit some of the past movies that exemplify what "might" or "could" happen if we don't pay attention. Which brings us to the 1991 James Cameron action blockbuster, Terminator 2: Judgement Day staring Edward Furlong as young John Connor, Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, Robert Patric...

Here we are with another super-hero installment of Movie And A Beer, this time it's The Batman which was released in 2022 from director Matt Reeves. We follow a young Batman, played by Robert Pattinson as he uncovers a long time plot within the city of Gotham that involves his own family. The film is more of a ‘70s crime drama in it's aesthetic and presentation visually and this lends to the reali...

With nostalgia in our bones, we at Movie And A Beer appreciate the finer nuances of the craft when it pays homage to the Golden Age of Cinema....this time around, it's Hail, Caesar! , a Cohen brothers production. Set in the 1950's it follows studio boss Eddie Mannix played by Josh Brolin as he sets out to handle the day to day activities and chaos that is taking place on the movie lot. The main pl...

For this episode of Movie And A Beer we go back to 1999 and experience the episodic The 13th Warrior . One of the many films to come out around that same time that works both as an historical drama and mythical journey for the protagonist of the film. Antonio Banderas portrays  Ahmad ibn Fadlan, who by no fault of his own, finds himself in the company of Vikings on a quest to vanquish an evil demo...

With amazing special effects and writing, Movie And A Beer found ourselves in the midst of a challenging yet provocative sci-fi driven and all around good film titled Gentlemen Broncos . Released in 2009, it was written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre fame. The film stars Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, and Sam Rockwel...

On this teenage story episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss with our youth correspondent Otto the recent film Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood , by Richard Linklater. The film is pseudo-autobiographical in nature and takes you to the moon and back in this story about growing up in the 1960s in Houston, TX. Visually, it's animated but most of the scenes were filmed live-action and then later...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the exceptionally well done movie Train Dreams , a 2025 release directed by Clint Bentley and based off of a novella by the same name that follows the life of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century. The acting, visuals, music/atmosphere, a...

On this Holiday episode of Movie And A Beer, we watched and enjoyed Bad Santa, a black comedy about a couple of guys that take advantage of the Christmas spirit and learn a valuable lesson in the end. Staring Billy Bob Thornton as the seasonal mall Santa Willie, Marcus (played by Tony Cox) as his partner in crime who spend each holiday working at a different department store where they rob it on C...

On this science vs. humanity episode of Movie And A Beer, we review the 2025 remake of classic horror and monster driven story by Mary Shelly, Frankenstein. This movie adaptation by Guillermo Del Toro is one of the best that's been produced in recent memory due to the character driven performances and beautifully executed visuals. We do a deep dive into how this retelling could be a nod to how AI...

On this period piece episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss Hedda , a modern reimagining of 1891 play Hedda Gabler.  This updated early 20th century screen adaptation is by writer/director Nia DaCosta. Staring Tessa Thompson as Hedda, she finds herself struggling with a past lover and now rival while striving to get what she wants for her current life. Over the course of one crazy evening, many l...

On this AI driven episode of Movie And A Beer we review Blade Runner 2049 , the sequel to the original 1982 film Blade Runner. We also sipped three beers along the way and briefly cover which went best. Denis Villeneuve brings to life the futuristic landscape of Replicants and humanity as they struggle to co-exist with "K" played by Ryan Gosling as the current day Blade Runner, hunting down his ow...

On this jewel heist family drama of Movie And A Beer, we watched and review Brothers , a 2024 film from Max Barbakow which stars Peter Dinklage and Josh Brolin as thieving siblings that are drawn into a plot to recover some stolen emeralds that their mother had hidden years prior on their dead step-father. While some might argue that this is more of a family drama film where the kids have to come...

Flashing back to 2001, Movie And A Beer brings you Legally Blonde , a wonderful comedy about female empowerment that follows Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) who chases her ex-fiancé Warner (Matthew Davis) from college out in California to Law School, Harvard specifically. Her intent isn't to become a lawyer at first, but she quickly turns the tables on everyone and proves that she can do what she p...

We're back around to another space based horror film on this episode of Movie And A Beer with the 2025 shudder release, ASH . The film follows Riya as she awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive. Ash stars Eiza González, Aaron P...

On this financial thriller episode of Movie And A Beer, we enjoyed the 2015 film The Big Short that was directed by Adam McKay and stars an amazing cast of A-list actors. The movie follows the events leading up to 2008 when the housing market collapsed and a number of large banks went under. Done in a documentary like style, the main characters are portrayed as some of the few smart betting types...

On this most gangster of episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss Reservoir Dogs from 1992. The first of many films written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It follows a group of criminals as their job goes sideways and the resulting fall out of their demise by the police. While most of the film is all dialogue and not a lot of action, what little bit there is holds your attention while the chips...

On this KPop (Korean Pop Music) themed episode of Movie And A Beer, we enjoyed the recent Netflix/Sony Studios Animation movie KPop Demon Hunters . This is a traditional animated story that you will find across a lot of the anime that's out there. Good vs. Evil. Pretty simple until you learn that those lines aren't always clear, your past and shame don't own you, and you can overcome even the grea...

We're back around to a great comedy and buddy film with Role Models on this episode of Movie And A Beer. Released in 2008, it follows salesmen Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) as they are given a choice after trashing a company truck, you can either go to jail  or do community service in a mentoring program. They picked the mentoring and the two youth they get paired up with pro...