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Dear listeners, with Windy moving to Texas and all, we’re getting our pre-nostalgia on with an episode all about Minnesota movies! That’s right… we spend about half the time telling stories, and the other half talking about the likes of Prince, Diablo Cody, and the Coen brothers. If you would like to drink along, we found a lot of joy in the bottom of a bottle of Cantele Primitiv...

This week, dear listeners, we welcome back special guest star Eric Knight for an episode about Anthony Mann westerns! That’s right, we get to introduce you to the sub-genre of film noir westerns, with all their moral grey areas and Jimmy Stewartness! If you would like to drink along, do what we did, and grab a bottle of wine with a horse and a cowboy on it. In particular, we recommend The Sh...

This week, dear listeners, Windy expounds about a genre of films that she is inexplicably fascinated by: underdog sports movies! Grab your sportballs and join us! If you would like to drink along, make friends with a Wisconsinite and get yourself a bottle of Three Lakes Winery semi-sweet cranberry wine. We sure did! Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Rocky The Bad News Bears The Longest...

This week, dear listeners, we bring you the second half of our Stephen King movies extravaganza, with special guest star, Molly Glover! We plunge heartily into the good, the bad, and the ugly of the more recent years in King film adaptations. If you would like to drink along (and you probably should), we recommend either Double Dog Dare Cabernet Sauvignon or Castle Rock Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvig...

Dear listeners, this week’s episode has finally arrived, and it is part one of a two-parter about Stephen King movies! Even better, for this in-depth and very giddy endeavor, we enlisted the help of comedienne and Stephen King uber-fan, Molly Glover! If you would like to drink along with us, we highly suggest one or both of these highly thematic wines: Castle Rock Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvig...

This week, dear listeners, we welcome back Cetius the Scotchbringer for an episode about the year 1987! He figures that 1987 was a stellar year for fun movies, and we we completely agree. If you look back at the year 1987 and feel old, we recommend that you drink more Aberlour 16 scotch, because that’s what we did. (And if you’re too young to remember 1987, please wait while I reach fo...

It is time, dear listeners, for our fifth Off Topic episode! Like our previous Off Topic episodes, this one is constructed of bits that were cut out of the previous 14 episodes: gaffs, giggles, tangents, and other random stuff. Amidst this wandering fray, you will hear the voices of many former guests, including: Tonya Wershow Kate Cornish Kelvin Hatle Pat Harrigan Lewis Lovhaug Cetius Scotchbring...

We have something special for you this week, dear listeners! For this episode, we combined forces with Screw It! A Podcast About Wine and recorded live at CONvergence 2015! That means the audio quality isn’t great and we’re especially squirrelly, but who wouldn’t be when joined onstage with the fabulous Dawn Krosnowski and Lana Rosario? Anyway, we took this great opportunity to l...

We have a special delight for you today, dear listeners! Today is the first day of CONvergence 2015, and so we have invited Eric Knight to talk about the 17 years he has spent running the incredible CONvergence movie room, Cinema Rex! CONvergence fans can hear about this year’s film selections (all dystopia themed) as well as learn about the history of the movie room. Those of you aren&#8217...

This week, dear listeners, we are joined again by author Pat Harrigan for an episode all about Quatermass! We get into the nitty gritty of Nigel Kneale’s groundbreaking series of stories: the BBC miniseries, the Hammer Films remakes, the radio show… and even stuff like The Stone Tape and The Year of the Sex Olympics . If you would like to drink along (and oh, we did drink), we recommen...

Oh my, dear listeners, it’s time for our second XanaCineWeekend Movie Marathon! For this episode, Windy and Melissa ensconced themselves for an entire weekend, trading off watching movies that one or both of them had never seen before. This episode compiles their thoughts and comments about fifteen films, with each segment recorded immediately after the completion of each film. If you would...

This week, dear listeners, we have rejoined with North Star Rollergirl Kate Cornish (aka She Coli) for an episode all about the films of Rian Johnson! So if you have never seen Brick , Brothers Bloom , or Looper , we hope to steer you to a better life. If you would like to drink along, we recommend  Bodega Tamari Reserva Malbec, because it’s Argentinian, and we like Argentinians. Show notes...

Dear listeners, remember all those weird, dark live action Disney movies from the mid-60s to mid-80s? Well, buckle up for our episode all about Disney Urban Fantasy Movies! For this episode, we are joined by Cetius Scotchbringer, who brought both this week’s subject matter and plenty of scotch for us to sip. If you would like to drink along, we recommend any and all of the following:  Macall...

Dear listeners, get ready to be bombarded with quotes, because this week our subject of choice is Monty Python! And joining us for our odyssey through absurdity is returning guest and Python fanatic Tonya Wershow! If you would like to gain liver poisoning by drinking at every Python quote we drop, please consider Trepiche Malbec, which is responsible for our tipsy behavior during this episode. Sho...

This week, dear listeners, we talk to Linkara (aka Lewis Lovhaug) about making Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie , a crowdfunded film based on his popular web video show . We discuss independent filmmaking, producing content for the Internet, and space ships. For this episode, we were also joined by a couple of excellent audience members, Fes Works and Noel Thingvall. Yay! If you want to drink along...

For this week’s episode, dear listeners, we sit back with some wine (a lot of wine) and talk about our favorite feel-good films: movies that we watch over and over and never seem to tire of. And if you want to drink a lot of wine, too, we recommend a bottle of Wrongo Dongo Red, because we sure did enjoy our bottle. Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Face-Off National Treasure Seven...

This week, dear listeners, we get literary with an in-depth discussion of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: the book, the BBC miniseries, and the 2011 film! And for our discussion, we are joined by the ever-erudite author Pat Harrigan ! If you have not read or seen any version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , dear listeners, be wary: this episode is loaded with spoilers! We recommend all three versions of...

Buckle up your seat belts, dear listeners, because on today’s episode we are joined by Kelvin Hatle for a blow-by-blow, film-by-film description of B-Fest 2015! Listen in to find out about such things as Korean Godzilla knock-offs, a mustache-free Sam Elliott, and paper plate throwing strategies! Today’s extra-sauced episode is brought to you by a bottle of Rabbit Ridge Allure du Roble...

Dear listeners, we are well aware that we are middle-aged ladies, so we brought on young’un Kate Cornish from the North Star Roller Girls to discuss teen comedies! (Okay, so we admit Kate is old enough to have PhD and we’re talking about teen comedies of the late 1990s, but hey! We’re trying!) If you feel brave enough to drink along with two roller girls and Melissa, we suggest T...

This week, devoted listeners, we bring you the second half of our meta movies discussion with Tonya Wershow! Or perhaps more correctly, this is the final few minutes of the discussion, followed by 20 minutes of tangents and drunken giggling, because that is the quality podcasting that we know you value. Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Holy Motors Wayne’s World Wayne’s World 2 Attack o...

This week, dear listeners, Tonya Wershow joins us for an in-depth discussion about meta movies! We got so deep into our discussion, in fact, that we had to split it into two halves! (We hereby deny implications that we were too drunk to watch the time while recording.) (…but if we were in such a state, we’d certainly achieve it by drinking something like Trapiche Malbec. Or tiny bottle...

This week, dear listeners, we bring you our fourth Off Topic extravaganza! If you are a new listener, here’s what’s going on: our episodes are heavily edited, mostly because we drink while we record. Most of the things we cut out are things nobody will miss, but sometimes we simply go off on an odd tangent. So, we save all the fun clips until we can just make a whole episode out of them. It’s like...

For this week’s episode, dear listeners, we decided to discuss movies we just don’t get: films that seem to be almost universally adored, but, because of some personal defect deep within ourselves, we just don’t like. In other words, we sit around and complain about things other people tell us are good. For this episode, we recommend that you join us in drinking, because that mak...

Dear listeners, we have a great episode for you this week, because we nerd out about Hammer Films with our erudite friend and author, Pat Harrigan ! We traipse through the history of the famed British studio, mentioning favorite films and actors along the way. And, as you can probably tell by our diction in this episode, we have had plenty of Cocobon Red Blend wine. You should, too! Show notes beh...

Dear listeners, if the term “romcom” is poison to you, don’t worry… we know how you feel! That’s why this week, we talk about romantic comedies for people who hate romantic comedies! And joining us this week as our special guest is comedy person Kelvin Hatle ! If you would like to ignite your passions with some booze (as we certainly did while recording), we recommend...