The Better With Booze Film Club Podcast

You know those movies that people describe as "musicals for people who don't like musicals"? This film may be the opposite of that. It might be useful therapy for those who wish to ween themselves off of musicals. Despite some heavy hitting talent (pun intended), does this movie score a home run or is it out on first? Tune in and find out!

Recommendations:
Glenn: Casino Royale (2006 film)
Sarah: The Great British Bake Off (2010 - television series)
Cameron: Murder Among the Mormons (2021 Netflix documentary series)

Hey remember that time that James Bond and Paddington Bear teamed up to help the French beat back the Germans? No? Well let us remind you in our review of the 1999 British WWI film The Trench!

Recommendations:
Glenn: All the Light We Cannot See (2023 film)
Sarah: Edge Of Tomorrow (2016 film)
Cameron: Summer Of Soul (2021 film)

George C. Scott plays a confidence man who takes a young drifter played by Michael Sarrazin under his wing. They lie and steal their way through the south, tricking honest people out of the hard earned dough. This we we are down as Sarah, but we pick up a Josh. Tune in and find out what we think of The Flim-Flam Man.

Recommendations:
Glenn: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988 film)
Josh: Frasier (2023 television show)
Cameron: The Napoleonic Wars series on Epic History TV's YouTube channel

A film with an exclamation mark in the title!? How could it be bad? Join us as we review the 1960 British WWII war drama Sink the Bismarck!(!) 

Recommendations:
Glenn: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970 film)
Sarah: The Finest Hours (2016 film)
Cameron: Life (2015 film)

What do James Bond and Sherlock Holmes have in common? Nothing, you say? Well not so fast, because apparently they do, in as much as Roger Moore has played them both. His Bond is iconic enough, but what of his Sherlock Holmes? Have we deduced that he played the role successfully? Tune in and find out.

Recommendations:
Glenn: The Great Escape (1963 film)
Sarah: Foyle's War (2002-2015 television series)
Cameron: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-1994 television series)

Peter Ustinov plays the role of an embezzler working for a company with one of those newfangled computers.  Hilarity ensues.  Or does it?  Tune in and find out what we think!

Recommendations:
Glenn: The Dirty Dozen (1967 film)
Sarah: Criminal: UK (2019 Netflix series)
Cameron: Bobby Kennedy For President (2018 Netflix documentary)

On this week's episode, a British horror film about a very shouty man.  Starring Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York and a minor role for Tim Curry, as, strangely, the most normal person in the film.  Do we give this film a shout?  Tune in and find out!

Recommendations:
Glenn: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film)
Sarah: The Fall Of the House Of Usher (2023 Netflix miniseries)
Cameron: The Field (1990 film)

On this week's episode we watch Denzel Washington's first film.  It is comedy based on race relations.  Uh huh.  So is it worth a watch?  Tune in and find out!

Recommendations:
Glenn:  The Rewrite (2014 film) 
Sarah:  The Devil's Hour (2022 miniseries)
Cameron:  The Hitchhiker (1953 film)

Doris Day and Jack Lemmon team up in a romantic comedy featuring everyone's favorite things: lobsters, trains and small town democracy! But what exactly happened to Jane? And does it make for a compelling viewing? Tune in and find out!

Recommendations:
Glenn: Lessons In Chemistry (2023- series)
Sarah: Grumpy Old Men (1993 film)
Cameron: Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)

A lot of Vincent Price films are at least visually shocking. So it seems a bit of a shame that they have chosen one of his least shocking films to get the title Shock. And yes, I appreciate that it has to do with a different plot point in the film. But still, you couldn't have thrown in at least one floating skull somewhere? Oh well, tune in and see if this was enough for us to avoid a recommendation on our latest episode.

Recommendation:
Glenn: Kung Fu Hustle (2004 film)
Sarah: Holes (2003 film)
Cameron: One Piece (2023- series)