Movie And A Beer

On this funny episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the classic comedy Caddyshack and a couple of Leichtbiers (or lighter beers) we had while laughing along with this great film. We enjoyed the amazing actors telling the story of Danny Noonan, a struggling golf caddy at the Bushwood Country Club as he tries to raise money for his college education.  The beers were selected based on their low ABV...

On this new episode of Movie And A Beer, we're discussing the historical drama Judas and the Black Messiah that follows William O'Neal, a small time crook who makes a deal with the FBI to infiltrate the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence activist and leader Fred Hampton. The film is long, amazing, eye-opening, unafraid, and unabashed in showing how the FBI and police...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we watched the recent Disney film, Raya and the Last Dragon , with our youth correspondent, Otto. He had a chance to try some really yummy sodas while we got to sip on a few beers. The film follows a young woman's journey to save her people and the last dragon. It really does a great job in representing the importance of trust and why we must learn to trust and...

On this timey-wimey episode of Movie And A Beer, we talk about this crazy time travel over-engineered film from 2004, Primer . It's a story about a couple of friends that stumbled upon the link between gravity and time by accident during one of their garage experiments, and how they abuse the ability to travel back in time to try and fix what's broke. We drank a couple of experimental IPA's during...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the recently released Korean Netflix film, Space Sweepers which takes you on an amazing journey into low Earth orbit to save a young child from the evil grips of corporate greed. We explored a couple of beer and Soju pairings that really provided a great backdrop to the film.  Soju is a traditional Korean alcoholic drink (lighter vodka-like) that can...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer, we were joined by our youth correspondent Otto while to watch the classic 1979 James Bond film Moonraker starring Roger Moore. It takes the spy to some fantastic locations and then into the Earth's orbit towards the end of the movie. We picked a couple of local(ish) beers that have connections to space (by name alone) and Otto tried some strangely colored sodas...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the 1969 film The Castle of Fu Manchu which stars Christopher Lee as an evil master-mind trying to take over the world. We also had a couple of easy sipping beers along with this amazingly bad film.  While we tried our best to make it through this film without feeling totally gross regarding the amount of exploitation and racism that it has, the IPA w...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we review the Netflix film UNCORKED , then discuss the wide range of beers we had while viewing and note their differences. Uncorked follows a young man's journey to becoming a master sommelier while balancing his family's expectations to take over their BBQ joint in Memphis TN.  We enjoyed a range of beer styles, doing tastings with our friends while we watched...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we watched the fantastic Pixar film Soul with our special youth correspondent, Otto. We enjoyed a blind taste test between a couple of soda pop rivals and then three amazing fruited sour beers. The film follows a music teacher who has a chance to play in a jazz band and learns that he needs to look at his life and perhaps find what his passion is beyond his desi...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss The Shawshank Redemption , a gritty jail film that follows the lives of inmates in Shawshank Prison from the 40's-60's and two great collaboration beers we enjoyed with it. We wanted to bring in the new year with a film that inspires and brings hope to the lives of those less fortunate and this film hits it on the nose. The collaboration beers were an...

On this special Mini-sode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the Mandalorian TV show season 2, episode 1 and a fabulous porter we sipped while watching. We enjoyed this introduction of the next season with a true western approach in the storytelling and direction. Just remember, you don't always have to eat the worm, sometimes you can blow it up! The wonderful porter we had while watching the Mandalo...

On this epic pre-election evening, Movie And A Beer reviews  Borat Subsequent Moviefilm which provided both the social commentary and a welcome distraction from the craziness we're living through. Oh, and we also had two solid beers while viewing the Moviefilm. If you're not familiar with Borat as a character, this would be a good time to watch some of the trailers for it before going in blind.  T...

On this Halloween themed episode of Movie And A Beer, we embrace Pumpkinhead , a somewhat predictable horror film from the 80's and imbibe a couple of pumpkin beers that seemed to go with the film. While there were some pretty famous actors involved with this film, and it hits all of the horror tropes that exist, it still is dated and not the best thing to watch for Halloween.  Whereas the two pum...

On this COVID-sode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the recently released film Save Yourselves! , a sort of sci-fi millennial rom-com that fell really flat, along with a couple of strange beers that didn't work as well as they should have. While we enjoyed the premise of the story, the acting was just ok and the overall execution of the film lacked any drive or reason to watch. We sort of felt sorry...

On this COVIDsode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the recent 'bogus' film, Bill & Ted Face The Music and a couple of really good beers that we enjoyed with it. As you may expect, Bill and Ted are in trouble once again, but this time they have to write the song to unite the universe, and not just get past a high school history lesson. The music is 'excellent', the story is 'quaint', the acting is d...

On this Movie And A Beer covid-sode we explored the world of animated Marvel films with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse while crashing the universes of beers and ciders by mixing them along the way. This was one of the most amazing recent animated films we've all seen in ages, it's definitely one not to miss with excellent visuals, writing, voice acting, and Nic Cage playing Spidy-Noir, aka, Hum...

In this episode of Movie And A Beer we enjoyed the fantasy robot boxing film Real Steel. This film stars a washed-up former boxer played by Wolverine (actually Hugh Jackman) and his son, young Anakin Skywalker (actually Dakota Goyo). Filled with cheesy music and tons of green screen/computer action, you'll enjoy feeling good about this father/son story involving non-stop violence.   The two fruit...

On this COVID-sode of Movie And A Beer we discuss an early 80's space drama titled Space Raiders with our special youth correspondent Otto. While the film reuses sets, scenes, special effects, and parts of other space based films from that period, it isn't horrible or bad. We really enjoyed it but warn you, the script is so predictable that we were able to say the lines along with the actors even...

On this COVIDsode of Movie And A Beer we had the pleasure of reviewing the 2017 action flick Baby Driver and a few beers which we enjoyed while watching it. The film has a large ensemble cast of well-known actors and doesn't miss on the shooting and driving (even if the dialogue is thin and misses). Out of the three beers we tried, we would all agree that a smooth and easy drinker would be best to...

On this episode of Movie And A Beer we discuss the 2020 IFC independent release Tesla , which stars Ethan Hawke playing Nikola Tesla. This bio-pic is a mix of genres and storytelling that is both dry and interesting for history buffs while leaving everyone else a bit frazzled.  We discuss the three beers we sampled during the viewing of the film and lament about how they didn't really go with the...

Next up on Movie And A Beer is the classic 1989 film, Gleaming the Cube . Staring a young Christian Slater as Brian Kelly, a 16-year-old skateboarder who's skating skills are secondary to his investigation skills as he tries to solve the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother.   We discovered quickly that this film wasn't what we remembered as it's not just about skating, but examines the complex...

In this episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss the binge-worthy show you can find on-demand, Season 01 of DEVS written by Alex Garland.  This futuristic 8 part TV series takes place outside of San Francisco and provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of technology, timelines, and prediction engines that balance the cause and effect of life.    We run down the list of beers we sampled during...

In this 'stay at home' episode of Movie And A Beer, we take a look into the past at one of Tom Cruise's first acting roles from 1985, the legendary film LEGEND .  While you may be wondering why we would pick such an old film to review, we discovered that one of us had not seen it before and this demanded we watch it. Any chance to see Tim Curry in a head to toe red devil outfit is a MUST SEE event...

On this special double episode of Movie And A Beer, we discuss a set of movies to pair up with a couple of wonderful beers from 10 Barrel Brewing. We grouped the films with a few things in mind, and offer up a broad selection of sci-fi classics and wonderful family films. 10 Barrel Brewing provided us with Guava and Raspberry Crush beers and asked "what would you watch with these?" We were lucky e...

On this stay-at-home episode of Movie And A Beer, our youth correspondent Otto joined us for a wonderful Japanese animated movie, Spirited Away by Hiyao Miyazaki. Thought of by many as one of the greatest animated films ever made, this film brings you along on a journey of self-discovery and growth of a young girl as she struggles with trying to free herself and parents from the land of the spirit...