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Alcohollywood

Every week, join Clint and Jared (and selected guest panelists) as they discuss, disseminate and make drinking rules for films both good and bad. Sit down with each film's signature cocktail and enjoy!
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Now displaying: February, 2016
Feb 26, 2016

It's Oscar season, and this year the Best Picture nominee we're covering is the balls-to-the-wall action extravaganza Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth film in the ever-so-weird Australian post-apocalyptic action series! Special guest Theo joins us to talk George Miller's crowd-pleasing mix of practical effects, curiously effective visual storytelling, and incredibly dynamic action. It was a surprise hit in the Oscar nominations, but will Clint's effusive praise sway the slightly more skeptical Jared and Theo? Is the movie mediocre or perfect in every way? Find out, along with our Oscar predictions with special guest (and second person who's actually seen the Oscar field) Julia! Don't forget to also check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules!

(Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

Feb 20, 2016

This week, Leah Pickett of Consequence of Sound and other fine publications joins us to delve into our second Tim Allen movie in as many months – 1997’s Jungle 2 Jungle! The American remake of a French comedy that Roger Ebert described as “one of the worst movies ever made,” J2J stars Tim Allen as, of all things, a selfish commodities broker who has to take his jungle-raised son to New York City and teach him the ways of the concrete jungle. Throw in gratuitous tarantula torture, icky stereotypes about native peoples and gays, and subplots about coffee futures and the Russian mafia, and you’ve got a mess of a movie. Give us a listen and check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules!

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(Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity, as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

Feb 14, 2016

Happy Valentine's Day to all you movie/booze lovers out there! This year's romcom is the listener-requested 2006 Nancy Meyers film The Holiday, starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as a couple of down-on-their-luck ladies who decide to swap houses for the holidays to recharge their batteries. Along the way, they meet some hunks, engage in some slapstick, and learn a little thing or two about Old Hollywood. Listen to us yammer on about one of the better romcoms we've had to cover on this show, and enjoy our custom cocktail and drinking rules!

(Thanks to our sponsor Jackbox as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

Feb 7, 2016

This week, we break bread (and boards) with returning guest Derek Jarvis as we check out Stephen Chow's cult kung-fu comedy Kung Fu Hustle! A wacky homage to everything from 40s jazz movies to Westerns to classic kung fu cinema of the 70s, Chow's blitzkrieg of high-flying antics, goofy CGI gags and incredible fight choreography from Yuen Wo Ping is something you simply have to see to believe. Along the way, we gab about the cross-pollination of Eastern and Western films, Stephen Chow's crazy sideplots, and a far-too-involved discussion of Animorphs. Check it out along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules!

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The Loose Canon Podcast (recommended on the show!)

(Thanks to our sponsor Field Notes as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

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