Hustlers represents some kinda first in movie history: Never before has such an engrossing story involved this much glitter.
The violence in this movie escalates until it reaches a crescendo that is savage, cruel, and defeating, all at once.
Draw a movie, drink, and screen it. This episode, the 80s classic Three Amigos is the lucky film.
Audiences may be shocked–hopefully in a good way–by the thoughtful, meticulous drama that hides in plain sight.
At a sprawling, ballsy 170 minutes of runtime, this electric booglaloo alternates between being funny, fascinating, and flat-out draining.
For this episode, the boys and I discuss a few podcast highlights and drink a little Malbec.
A leaden script drowns a charismatic cast, while frantic, incoherent action scenes rob the movie of any real tension.
For this go-around, we drink a fantastic Merlot from the Acre winery and screen a 90s chestnut, The 13th Warrior.
It’s a fluffy little horror soufflé that excels at being adequate until the final act, when the whole thing collapses into a sugary mound of disappointment.
Falcon is a film of surprises, especially in how it takes what could’ve been a cheap and maudlin story and transforms it into consistently funny and moving entertainment.
