Cinemavino

For this week’s Cinemavino, we settle back into our routine:  Draw a movie, drink, and screen it.  This episode, the 80s classic Three Amigos is the lucky film.  I watched it a thousand times as a kid, but it’s been years.  Movies like that often feel like a familiar, favorite blanket, and this one was no different.

In keeping with the movie’s Mexican setting, the boys and I down a few Mexican beers and take too many shots of Cimarron tequila.  If we sound goofy by the end, that’s why.  This one was too much fun.  Enjoy!

* One correction:  I mention that Amigos was considered by Steven Spielberg at one point, with Martin, Dan Ackroyd, and John Belushi.  We’ll blame the reposado:  Martin, Bill Murray, and Robin Williams are the most commonly cited stars Spielberg had in mind.

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For this week’s Cinemavino, we settle back into our routine:  Draw a movie, drink, and screen it.  This episode, the 80s classic Three Amigos is the lucky film.  I watched it a thousand times as a kid, but it’s been years.  Movies like that often feel like a familiar, favorite blanket, and this one was no different.

In keeping with the movie’s Mexican setting, the boys and I down a few Mexican beers and take too many shots of Cimarron tequila.  If we sound goofy by the end, that’s why.  This one was too much fun.  Enjoy!

For this episode, the boys and I discuss a few podcast highlights and drink a little Malbec.  This includes some new footage from the pilot episode that Travis and I recorded, which has never been aired.  Kick back and enjoy a trip down memory lane!

It’s inevitable that most sitcoms will feature at least one clip show.  We’ve all seen ’em:  The main characters sit around in one room and reminisce about their favorite memories.  It conserves time and money for future episodes.  Hell, even Star Trek: The Next Generation had one.

For this episode, the boys and I discuss a few podcast highlights and drink a little Malbec.  This includes some new footage from the pilot episode that Travis and I recorded, which has never been aired.  Kick back and enjoy a trip down memory lane!

It’s inevitable that most sitcoms will feature at least one clip show.  We’ve all seen ’em:  The main characters sit around in one room and reminisce about their favorite memories.  It conserves time and money for future episodes.  Hell, even Star Trek: The Next Generation had one.

For this episode, the boys and I discuss a few podcast highlights and drink a little Malbec.  This includes some new footage from the pilot episode that Travis and I recorded, which has never been aired.  Kick back and enjoy a trip down memory lane!

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This week’s Cinemavino brings a new format.  Starting with this episode, we will draw movie title out of a hat, drink lots of good wine, and discuss that movie at length.  For this go-around, we drink a fantastic Merlot from the Acre winery and screen a 90s chestnut, The 13th Warrior.

Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, Warrior was a troubled production from the get-go.  As an action-centered period epic, the budget was already going to be high.  But when preview audiences declared that it sucked deep-fried monkey ding-dongs, that meant lots of reshoots.  And that meant even more cost.  Some reports have The 13th Warrior‘s price tag at over $150 million.  And it’s still pretty rough to watch.  Parts of it even look TV movie-cheap.

Full disclosure:  This movie is a Travis Budd staple.  He loves it, mainly for the Beowulf references and the rainy weather.

Anyway, sit back and enjoy another episode of Cinemavino.

This week’s Cinemavino brings a new format.  Starting with this episode, we will draw movie title out of a hat, drink lots of good wine, and discuss that movie at length.  For this go-around, we drink a fantastic Merlot from the Acre winery and screen a 90s chestnut, The 13th Warrior.

Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, Warrior was a troubled production from the get-go.  As an action-centered period epic, the budget was already going to be high.  But when preview audiences declared that it sucked deep-fried monkey ding-dongs, that meant lots of reshoots.  And that meant even more cost.  Some reports have The 13th Warrior‘s price tag at over $150 million.  And it’s still pretty rough to watch.  Parts of it even look TV movie-cheap.

Full disclosure:  This movie is a Travis Budd staple.  He loves it, mainly for the Beowulf references and the rainy weather.

Anyway, sit back and enjoy another episode of Cinemavino.

 

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Starting with this episode, we will draw movie title out of a hat, drink lots of good wine, and discuss that movie at length.  For this go-around, we drink a fantastic Merlot from the Acre winery and screen a 90s chestnut, The 13th Warrior.

This week’s Cinemavino is a hodgepodge of discussion, but it also marks a tweak in format for us.  For this episode, we talk about the new footage from the upcoming Star Wars installment.  We also pound some delicious rosé.

To learn more about this week’s wine, click here.

Another new feature this week:  We draw a movie that we will screen next and get wine drunk and discuss.  It should be a whopping good time, so make sure you tune in for that.

This week’s Cinemavino is a hodgepodge of discussion, but it also marks a tweak in format for us.  For this episode, we talk about the new footage from the upcoming Star Wars installment.  We also pound some delicious rosé.

To learn more about this week’s wine, click here.

Another new feature this week:  We draw a movie that we will screen next and get wine drunk and discuss.  It should be a whopping good time, so make sure you tune in for that.

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