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Our Christmas Series concludes with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.  To pair, we enjoy some delicious Rombauer Zin.  It’s a jammy, fruit-forward wine, perfect with a Jelly of the Month sub.

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Our Christmas Series continues with something completely different:  Last Christmas!  After screening two edgier films for our previous content, this time we opt for a more traditional, more frothy holiday flick.  It stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding as a star-crossed couple.  The only thing separating them is fate.  And a big secret.

Enjoy!

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Our Christmas Series continues strong with a dark comedy classic–Bad Santa.  It’s junk food humor at its nastiest, and the opposite of any other Christmas movie you could imagine.  To pair, we enjoy Elk Cove Pinot Noir.  It’s a splurge buy ($30ish) from Oregon, and goes perfectly as a first bottle, or as a gift for a Pinot lover.

To read my full review, click here!

Next up:  Something completely different.

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Kevin Conroy performed the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne for decades, including Batman: The Animated Series, and multiple direct-to-video releases and video games.  Sadly, he passed away on November 10, 2022.  In honor of his indelible stamp on the role, we take a special look at Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, released to theaters on December 25, 1993.

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Our Christmas season kicks off with a movie that I forgot totally qualifies as a Christmas movie–Lethal Weapon.  It’s an 80s classic, with big action, iconic characters, and memorable one-liners.

To read my full review–click here!

To pair with this flick, we downed a few seasonal beers!  The Scotch Ale from Bells Brewery was outstanding–rich, nutty, malty flavors make it a beer that will warm you right up.

Next up, one of the bleakest and funniest Christmas movies ever made.

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For our final leftovers entry, we take a good look at one of my personal favorites–This is Spinal Tap.  It’s a landmark in rockumentaries, documentaries, and movie comedies, all at once.

Next up:  We kick off our Christmas series with an 80s action classic.  And no, it’s not Die Hard.

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For this special episode, we review and recap Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now in theaters!  Naturally, our talk will be loaded with spoilers, so go see it and head back here!

To pair with this discussion, we drink a delicious red from South Africa!

If you want to read my full review, click here!

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Our Leftover series continues with BASEketball, a raunchy 90s sports comedy, starring Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park.  This was Tay’s pick, and we have strong opinions.

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Our Leftovers series continues with O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a memorable movie that nonetheless won no Oscars.  We loved this movie, and our discussion reflects this.  To pair, we enjoy some delicious Prosecco.

Next, we hit up a leftover from our Baseball series!

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Our “Leftover Series” kicks off with the 2011 remake of Fright Night.  Every week in November, we’ll pick a movie from a previous series we’ve done–one we wish we could’ve already covered.  This was a great idea by Sean, and I can’t wait.

To pair with this movie, we’re drinking The Chook, a sparkling Shiraz from Australia.  If you want to learn a little more, click here!

If you want to read my full review of Fright Night, go this way.  Or, for the OG version, click here!

Next up, a Coen brothers classic!

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