Booze and B-Movies

S1E74: McBain/Hide This One Up Your Ass, Glickenhouse

McBain: A "one man army" is rescued at the end of the Vietnam War and owes a life debt. The guy to whom he owes his life is killed in a coup attempt in Colombia. That guy's sister then cashes in McBain's debt to her brother to finish the job of overthrowing this dictatorship, which is probably propped up by an adolescent Shakira. Stuff blows up. Bad guys lose.  McBain final grade: Steve: "Sucked." Dialogue was bad. I'm glad they lost money on this. It's what they deserve. 2.025/5.0 Brandon: Christopher Walken's style and delivery don't work well here. Lots of "action," but no ACTION. How did he bust through the floor by jumping on it? 2.1/5.0 Cocktail of the Week: Lemoncello/Gin Cocktail 1 oz Lemoncello, homemade or otherwise 1 oz Gin Club Soda Mix this one in the glass. Add the Lemoncello and Gin to a Collins glass over ice. Give it a little swirl to combine, then top with the club soda. Cocktail Grade: Not bad. It grows on you. Prefer a Tom Collins over this if you're in this ballpark. But, if you've got a bottle of Everclear and 15 lbs of lemons around, you can make some lemoncello and mix this up. 3.5/5.0 ------------------Contact us with feedback or cocktail/movie recommendations to:boozeandbmovies@gmail.comX: @boozeandbmoviesInstagram: @boozeandbmoviesThreads: @boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies [http://boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies]

S1E73: Rippy/You'll Roo the Day

Steve's has an exciting guys weekend of golfing and a Sting concert at Red Rocks. Brandon spends his time driving his kids around. Pieces: Maddie, the daughter of the "Greatest Guy Ever to Live" in some small town in Australia follows in his footsteps to become the town cop. Unfortunately she's in charge of the town's safety when it is ravaged by some mysterious creature. The town kook says it's a Big Red, a killer zombie kangaroo, but our hero thinks he's full of shit. Eventually the evidence is too great to deny, but maybe it's also not a kangaroo, but a dragon-demon-thing. Will Maddie and her posse of lovable Aussie goofballs stop the 'roos reign of terror? Rippy final grade: Steve: Overall it was pretty well-acted. The writing was shitty and never really got you invested in the story or characters. Story wasn't cohesive. Fuckin' shaky cam. 2.467/5.0 Brandon: Didn't have the humor element I would have preferred if I had written the thing. Costuming was pretty good, but the overall product was the worst of the non-US movies we've watched. High hopes, disappointed. 2.468/5.0 Cocktail of the Week: The Zombaroo 1 oz White Rum (allegedly a dry version for the "best" result) 1 oz Demerara Rum 1/2 oz 151-Proof Rum 3 oz A blended mix of passion fruit, lemon juice, and lime juice As much ginger beer as it takes A drizzle of fancy-ass Grenadine Add everything but the ginger beer to a cocktail shaker. Shake to chill and combine, then strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass. Top that with however much ginger beer it takes to fill your glass. Drizzle just a bit of grenadine on top to give a "blood effect." Cocktail Grade: Not a bad drink. Plenty of sweetness, if that's your thing. Would be better if I would stop being lazy and just get some regular white rum instead of using this agricole stuff. However, with the alcohol content, it will get you where you're going. 3.1/5.0 ------------------Contact us with feedback or cocktail/movie recommendations to:boozeandbmovies@gmail.comX: @boozeandbmoviesInstagram: @boozeandbmoviesThreads: @boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies [http://boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies]

S1E72: Pieces/Some Assembly Required

Steve's got a bone to pick with Costco. The episode isn't super timely, since Brandon is a lazy little Suffering Bastard and hasn't been holding up his end of the deal lately. Pieces: A tween-age fella likes to put together a puzzle of a naked lady. His mom catches him one time, admonishes him, and threatens him with punishment if she catches him again. Fortunately for him, that won't be a problem, because he splits her like a piece of cordwood with a hatchet. Fast forward many years, and women start getting killed on the campus of a "university" in "Boston," and with different body parts taken off of each one. Turns out this kid ended up being a big weirdo as an adult. But which one of these seemingly well-adjusted adults is actually the murdering psychopath? Definitely not Willard. He's just a regular weirdo. Pieces final grade: Steve: Better than I anticipated. The dialogue sucked, execution wasn't bad. The lighting was good. 3.54/5.0 Brandon: Not in my sweet-spot for movies, but it was decent. Yet another wiener-twist. No "thriller" element. 3.3/5.0 Cocktail of the Week: The Suffering Bastard 1 oz Gin (allegedly a dry version for the "best" result) 1 oz Bourbon 1 teaspoon, aka 1/6 oz Fresh-Squeezed Lime Juice 1 dash Angostura Bitters As much ginger beer as it takes Add everything but the ginger beer to a cocktail shaker. Shake to chill and combine, then strain over fresh ice in whatever glass you like. Top that with however much ginger beer it takes to fill your glass. Cocktail Grade: Started off OK, but as the movie wore on, the gin/bourbon mixture wasn't so easy on the tummy. From a flavor perspective, could probably use a little more lime, and the bitters are pronounced. Just have a regular Mule of some sort. 2.8/5.0 ------------------Contact us with feedback or cocktail/movie recommendations to:boozeandbmovies@gmail.comX: @boozeandbmoviesInstagram: @boozeandbmoviesThreads: @boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies

S1E71: Warriors of the Wasteland/Second Best Thing Conceived in a Rock Quarry

Steve recaps his family golfing trip down to South Carolina. It's the cultural exchange that makes travel fun, right? Brandon rented a BIG OLE TRUCK and did some man-work. Warriors of the Wasteland: Nuclear war has destroyed society. We're left with two groups of people. One group of good guys who think humanity can be salvaged with niceness, and another one that thinks anyone who survived the apocalypse should be hunted down and killed and then the hunters will off themselves, for some reason. Then there's a lone-wolf guy who travels around the desert doing the right thing. The guy gets stuck between the two groups when he tries to save some lady. Have you heard this plot line before? Warriors of the Wasteland final grade: Steve: A fun movie to watch. Plenty of cool explosions. You notice a lot of the director's Spaghetti Western background. 4.024/5.0 Brandon: One of, if not the best 80s-era post-apocalyptic desert movie. My pulse pounded. My heart raced. All my parts did things at an excessive rate. 4.0/5.0 Cocktail of the Week: The Enzoni 1 oz Gin 1 oz Campari 3/4 oz Fresh-Squeezed Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup A handful of grapes Muddle a few green grapes in a cocktail shaker. Add the remaining ingredients and shake to chill/combine. Strain into a rocks glass over ice and enjoy. You can garnish with another grape or a lemon wheel, if you want. We didn't. Cocktail Grade: Another above average cocktail. Interesting flavor combination. Refreshing. 3.8/5.0 ------------------Contact us with feedback or cocktail/movie recommendations to:boozeandbmovies@gmail.comX: @boozeandbmoviesInstagram: @boozeandbmoviesThreads: @boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies

S1E70: Bride of the Killer Piñata/Give Hugs, Not Hits

We're watching a sequel to a movie we watched years ago, before we started this podcast, so if you want to catch up first, you'll have to watch Killer Piñata. You should do that, it was a good one. Bride of the Killer Piñata: It's been nearly a decade since our heroines first defeated the deadly Killer Piñata. Since then, adult life has become boring as shit. Work. Kids. Eating the same damned thing for dinner every night. No one trying to murder you. Sucks. Thankfully, some freakin' idiots break into their house to try and steal the exorcised corpse of the original KP. Unfortunately, especially for one guy who ends up becoming a literal d*ckhead, they awaken the spirit of the KP and he returns to his murderous rage. While sad for those guys, it's the greatest thing that has ever happened for our heroes, getting them out of the rut of a life they had settled into. Now they have to track down KP, as well as a second piñata that came to life, and with whom KP has fallen deeply in love. Bride of the Killer Piñata final grade: Steve: The movie was a little long, coming in at nearly two hours. Maybe an independent editor would have helped trim a little fat. Practical effects were great. The articulating piñata puppet was solid. Acting was better than you usually get with casts like this. 4.386/5.0 Brandon: Although all the side-quests were pretty well done if taken individually, there were probably still too many of them and detracted from the overall product. That said, this one is easily one of the better movies we've watched, doing well on a low budget, hitting the right humor spots, and actually...sorta...pulled off the piñata romance. 4.249/5.0 Cocktail of the Week: Italian Piñata 1 oz Tequila Blanco 1 oz Aperol 2 oz Grapefruit Juice Squirty of Lemon Juice Club Soda Red Alert! Building a citrus cocktail in the glass. No shaking. Don't tell anyone. Combine everything but the club soda over ice directly in the glass, stir to combine, then top with as much club soda as you need. Garnish with a hunk of grapefruit. Cocktail Grade: No sweeteners in this one, so it might cure diabetes. A well-balanced drink, citrusy and refreshing. A good one after a day of yardwork in the hot sun. 4.0/5.0 ------------------Contact us with feedback or cocktail/movie recommendations to:boozeandbmovies@gmail.comX: @boozeandbmoviesInstagram: @boozeandbmoviesThreads: @boozeandbmovieswww.facebook.com/boozeandbmovies