Wine and - Podcast

12/05/2024

Our penultimate episode for 2024! We're joined by the alway amazing Jessica Maison Judd to talk Duncan Jones' directorial debut, MOON starring Sam Rockwell and Sam Rockwell (wait, wut?)

Paired with Cocktails, Cali Reds, and Literal Clones, oh my! (link to pod below)

11/27/2024

Our latest podcast drop, we tackle my FAVORITE holiday movie OF ALL TIME - a rare Thanksgiving movie in a sea of Xmas movie p**n.

Paired with a sparkling eggnog (recipe included!) and a light bodied Greek red wine made from the Lemnio grape - the oldest recorded red grape in history!

Listen on our Substack or wherever fine podcasts are cast. ("Wine and Entertainment")

https://wineand.substack.com/p/wine-andmovies-home-for-the-holidays

10/31/2024

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! To celebrate, let’s dig into the spookiest, most TERRIFYING subject known to man: Political. Elections. But let’s also have some fun with a satire set during a high school election. From the director of SIDEWAYS and THE HOLDOVERS! A true gem and this was Dallas’ first time seeing it! Linkety below!

10/24/2024

Super fun one this week folks - 2 horror films that are available nowhere, but anyone CAN gain access to see them if they DM the director on IG!

I whoeheartedly recommend checking these out - all practical effects, incredible atmosphere and sound design.

Deets in the post, and/or in the podcast. Plus we paired one of the films with a Ruby Port and Natural Cloudy Red. Happy horror season, y'all!

https://open.substack.com/pub/wineand/p/wine-andmovies-whos-there-2018

10/17/2024

New Episode Drop! We tackle the latest HELLBOY movie, THE CROOKED MAN, a lower budget, more Blumhouse-y folk horror approach to the character that’s also truer to the source material. How does it stack up to the Gillermo del Toro films? Did any of us bother with 2019’s Niel Marshal / David Harbour version? And what kind of beverages did we select to sip while viewing? (Whiskey, Wine, and 6.66% ABV Beer, please.)

W/ special guests Jon Westhoff and Matt Harding! Link below!

10/10/2024

Super excited about this one - Rylend Grant's new film HAUNTED HEART directed by Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba, graciously gave his time to tell us the epic 16 year journey this movie had from script to screen!

Take a listen, then support indie cinema and go rent or buy the film on VOD. Also feast on the wines we chose to pair with this very international, Greece-set romantic thriller. (linkety below)

10/04/2024

Part 2 is out in the wild! With the unstoppable Richard Fairgray.

SPOOKTOBER begins here at Wine and…! We’re kicking things off in style with a discussion on the best, most fascinating, most feminist, most empathetic, most Gothic and Goth Batman movie ever made, BATMAN RETURNS!!!We’re joined by comic book creato...

10/03/2024

Did you know Tim Burton directed a Japanese-themed Hansel and Gretel where the siblings and the witch have a martial arts fight at the end? It aired once on The Disney Channel in 1983 then never seen again...until the internet, baby!

You can watch Burton's cracked out early days output below, and learn more about Burton and fun tidbits like this Hansel and Gretel film and the journey to making BATMAN BEGINS in our recent podcast episode with Richard Fairgray!

https://wineand.substack.com/p/wine-andmovies-batman-returns-1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXeEzpPgCjw

Hansel and Gretel is a television special that was made in 1983 for The Disney Channel, directed by Tim Burton. It only aired once on October 31, 1983, at 10...

10/03/2024

Wine and…BATMAN RETURNS! Full 2+ hour podcast with special guest Richard Fairgray available to paid subs. Preview for freeloaders and you can of course go find the publically available 2-parter on the podcast platform of your choice.

If you’d like to become a paid sub, we’re offering 40% off through the month of October! $3/month or $30/year. Get access to everything, forevermore (well, okay, until you stop re-upping, but you know how this works.)

We dive deep into the making of the movie, our thoughts on its legacy, and more! Winks in comments.

10/01/2024

SPOOKTOBER with the WINE AND... crew begins this week and runs all month! Movies, movies, movies!

The schedule is as follows:
BATMAN RETURNS with guest Richard Fairgray (10/3)
HAUNTED HEART with guest Rylend Grant (because he wrote the damn thing!) (10/10)
HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN with a roundtable of guests Jon Westhoff, Ernie Estrella, and Matt Harding (10/17)
WHO'S THERE, a short horror film by indie fim maestro Mike Pecci that nobody can watch but anyone can gain access to (wait, what?) (find out the deets on 10/24)

And then for Oct 31st, Halloween itself, we tackle the ULTIMATE horror - ELECTION DAY! Just in time for the Nov 5th American Presidential eleection, we cover the 1999 cult classic film, ELECTION, starring Renee Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.

Join us, y'all.

09/25/2024

Dropping later this week! What better way to follow-up our interview with tv writer Chris Black than to tackle the comic that put his co-creator of MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS, Matt Fraction on the map!

S*X CRIMINALS is our next podcast topic, by Matt and Chip Zdarsky. A somewhat joke concept that blossomed into a true dramedic epic. We tackle the first third of the series and pair some totally funny wines to drink with it. Well, no, not really, is wine ever funny? But okay, some POIGNANT wines. And tasty.

09/19/2024

Whew! It’s finally here! The final ep of our 5-part Severance coverage. This is a SPOILER-FREE interview with Severance Exec Producer and Writer, Chris Black! (special thanks to Jonathan London for putting us in touch!)

Chris has been writing TV since the mid-90’s, working on Sliders, Star Trek, Mad Men, Outkast, Invincible, and most recently Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. He talks about his career, moving from network TV to working for streamers, and his experience running the Severance writer’s room. Some awesome insider tidbits in this interview!

And since Chris is a beer guy and a Cali guy, he paired the Severance show with a *very* California beer. Even if you skipped our other Severance eps for fear of spoilers, this is one you should dive right into!