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This week, Nick from Consequence of Sound joins us once again as we check out the 1991 dog-and-kid flick Bingo! When a preternaturally intelligent dog is run off the circus and makes friends with a precocious kid, only to have to chase him from Denver to Green Bay, Wisconsin after the family moves - it's Homeward Bound without the celebrity voices, and with a whole lot of prison shank fights and dog slaughter! A strange, baffling movie that represents everything weird about kid’s movies from the 90s, Bingo takes place in an oddball world where dogs can track the scent of urine cross-country, the family of a professional football player lives like the Cleavers, and people on both sides of a court case can not only be sent to prison, but to the same prison. It’s a real treat, folks, so strap in and enjoy our review along with our signature cocktail and drinking rules!

Happy birthday, America! It’s Independence Day once more, kids, and to usher in our nation’s birthday, we talk about (and drink to) Air Force One, along with guest Nick (from our NeverEnding Story and Independence Day episodes)! Wolfgang Petersen’s Die Hard on a Plane follows President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) being… Continue reading The post 4TH OF JULY SPECIAL: Air Force One (1997) appeared first on Alcohollywood.

Happy birthday, America! It’s Independence Day once more, kids, and to usher in our nation’s birthday, we talk about (and drink to) Air Force One, along with guest Nick (from our NeverEnding Story and Independence Day episodes)! Wolfgang Petersen’s Die Hard on a Plane follows President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) being the only person who can stop a group of Kazakh hijackers from killing his family and the world in the process. In the meantime, we’re treated to a rollicking ride featuring a great cast (including a scenery-chewing Gary Oldman), great tension and Ford at his square-jawed best. Take in our nation’s holiday in the right way with our custom cocktail and drinking rules below!

This week on Alcohollywood, we’re joined by Nina and Bryan of Broken Brush Entertainment (along with fellow guest Edwina) to take a look at the 1979 sci-fi comedy/thriller Time After Time! Directed by The Wrath of Khan’s Nicholas Meyer, the film follows famed science fiction author H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) as he chases Jack the Ripper (David Warner) to modern-day 1979 San Francisco. There, the two of them engage in a battle of wits to bring the Ripper to justice, all the while getting a smitten bank teller (Mary Steenburgen)thrown into the mix. The film is equal parts goofy and charming, with great performances by genre stalwarts and a ton of quirky fish-out-of-water comedy. The result is a phenomenally fun film that’s worth checking out. Take a listen to our thoughts, along with our drinking rules and custom cocktail, below!

This week on Alcohollywood, we’re joined by Nina and Bryan of Broken Brush Entertainment (along with fellow guest Edwina) to take a look at the 1979 sci-fi comedy/thriller Time After Time! Directed by The Wrath of Khan’s Nicholas Meyer, the film follows famed science fiction author H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell)… Continue reading The post Time After Time (1979) w/BBE appeared first on Alcohollywood.

This week on Alcohollywood, we honor the greatest playwright in literary history with the Shakespeare themed slasher-comedy Theatre of Blood! This 1973 comedy of terrors features horror icon Vincent Price as crazed Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart, who (along with daughter Diana Rigg and an army of loyal meths drinkers) unleashes… Continue reading The post Theatre of Blood (1973) appeared first on Alcohollywood.

This week on Alcohollywood, we honor the greatest playwright in literary history with the Shakespeare themed slasher-comedy Theatre of Blood! This 1973 comedy of terrors features horror icon Vincent Price as crazed Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart, who (along with daughter Diana Rigg and an army of loyal meths drinkers) unleashes a series of elaborate murders against the group of critics who spurned him for an award. The result is a fantastically campy, yet effortlessly stylish piece of 70s Gothic horror that’s just ridiculous enough to be fantastic. Lionheart’s traps are equal parts Seven, Saw and Snidely Whiplash, and Price’s performance is a must-watch. Come check it out with our custom cocktail and drinking rules below!

We’re prepping for Man of Steel with Zack Snyder’s previous film, the divisive Sucker Punch! A group of young girls (Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish) try to escape a nightmarish brothel and mental asylum by escaping into their imaginations to fight CGI monsters that… represent patriarchy, I… Continue reading The post Sucker Punch (2011) appeared first on Alcohollywood.

We’re prepping for Man of Steel with Zack Snyder’s previous film, the divisive Sucker Punch! A group of young girls (Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish) try to escape a nightmarish brothel and mental asylum by escaping into their imaginations to fight CGI monsters that… represent patriarchy, I guess? The film is a highly stylized exercise in half-satire. It feels like Snyder and crew threw every juvenile fetish a Hot Topic customer might want (skimpy schoolgirl outfits, Japanese anime, cyberpunk, WWII Nazi chic) into some concept art and filmed it. Join Clint and Jared (along with guests Julia and returning guest Grant of Chip and Ironicus) as we dissect this fascinating bit of cinema, along with our drinking rules and custom cocktail!

This week on Alcohollywood, Jared and Clint (and returning guest Craig) break down the whys, wheres and whos of John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The Thing! This gory spin on the 1950s monster movie The Thing from Another World, the film follows a group of Antarctic researchers (including Kurt Russell’s gruff… Continue reading The post The Thing (1982) appeared first on Alcohollywood.

This week on Alcohollywood, Jared and Clint (and returning guest Craig) break down the whys, wheres and whos of John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The Thing! This gory spin on the 1950s monster movie The Thing from Another World, the film follows a group of Antarctic researchers (including Kurt Russell’s gruff MacReady) as they encounter a creature that can imitate them perfectly and wants to murder them, turning into all manner of grotesque beings along the way. The practical effects by Rob Bottin are incredible, and the uniformly great cast is a wonder to watch – if you haven’t seen it, there’s no excuse: it’s on Netflix. Watch it along with our drinking game and custom cocktail! (Special thanks to our friend Gavin for tracking down Wilford Brimley and having him record a special message for us.)

This week the two of us round out Mystery Month with Nick of the music blog Consequence of Sound as we roll up for the 1967 TV special Magical Mystery Tour, written/directed by and starring The Beatles! One of the most misguided moves I’ve ever seen in my life, this day tripper is… Continue reading The post Magical Mystery Tour (1967) w/Consequence of Sound appeared first on Alcohollywood.

This week the two of us round out Mystery Month with Nick of the music blog Consequence of Sound as we roll up for the 1967 TV special Magical Mystery Tour, written/directed by and starring The Beatles! One of the most misguided moves I've ever seen in my life, this day tripper is 52 minutes long, long, long of complete and utter nonsense; I've got a feeling the Fab Four just bedazzled a bus, gave a bunch of extras a ticket to ride and went on the long and winding road hoping the movie would start getting better. The results are helter-skelter, as the movie goes here, there and everywhere without a paperback writer to help organize the chaos. For the script, they just said to themselves, "Why don't we do it in the road?" You can't do that. It really goes nowhere, man, I should have known better than to watch this film. It's such a rarity I had to find it with a little help from my friends, but we've got help! for you in the form of our custom cocktail and drinking rules!

This week on Alcohollywood’s Mystery Month, we travel back in time to the days before the Hays code for 1933’s horror film Mystery of the Wax Museum! Intrepid reporter Florence (a speed-talking yet adorable Fay Wray) attempts to work out the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths in New… Continue reading The post Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) appeared first on Alcohollywood.

This week on Alcohollywood’s Mystery Month, we travel back in time to the days before the Hays code for 1933’s horror film Mystery of the Wax Museum! Intrepid reporter Florence (a speed-talking yet adorable Fay Wray) attempts to work out the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths in New York City. Her journey leads her to the newly opened wax museum led by the ever-so-tragic villain Dr. Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill), and the thrills keep coming! The last major motion picture filmed in the rare two-strip Technicolor process, the film has a strange quality to it, as the color is effectively painted on artificially, creating a pastel world that only slightly approximates color. In our review, we chat it up about the film, this process, and our custom cocktail and drinking game rules – check it out!