Wine and Entertainment
We pair wine with movies, TV, music, books, and comics with guests from both the wine and entertainment industries.
Episodes
34 episodes
Wine and...Movies: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)
A rare Thanksgiving movie in a sea of Xmas movie porn, this is straight up my all-time fave holiday movie. I saw it in the theater back in 1995, and it has stayed with me all thee years.The second directorial effort by Jodie Foster, star...
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Episode 33
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1:06:44
Wine and...Books: BREASTS AND EGGS (2019) by Mieko Kawakami
Today we finally drop the episode covering the winner of our first Substack subscriber poll!BREASTS AND EGGS is the first novel from award-winnin...
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Episode 32
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Wine and...TV: TASKMASTER Series 1 (2015) w/ Mike Shea and Kevin Jospeh
In this episode we tackle the British "comedy panel" show where different celebrities (mostly comedians) compete to accomplish a number of creative tasks in the most outlandish and/or embarassing ways possible. We cover all of the first "Series...
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Episode 31
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1:25:32
Wine and...Music: THE CIVIL WARS (2013) w/ Maria Banson - Part 2
Make sure to listen to Part 1 where we discuss the history of the band, the album, and talk about the wines we chose to pair with it!Today, we go track by track through ...
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Episode 30
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Wine and...Music: THE CIVIL WARS (2013) w/ Maria Banson - Part 1
What a shit shitty week in America, folks.To "celebrate", we're tackling the abulm THE CIVIL WARS by the band The Civil Wars - their second and final album, as they underwent their own civil war in the making of it! While they were not ...
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Episode 29
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1:12:21
Wine and...Movies: ELECTION (1999)
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we tackle the scariest, most terrifying subject matter we could think of: POLITICAL. ELECTIONS.And America's own election is a scant few days away. So let's watch something that's going to make us laugh an...
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Episode 28
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Wine and...Movies: WHO'S THERE? (2018) by Mike Pecci and Will Simmons
WHO'S THERE is oe of two films that that aren't available anywhere, but anyone *can* gain access to see them, *IF* they take direct action and DM the director their Top 3 Horror Films, and Top 3 *Demonic* Horror Films.The director is Mi...
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Episode 27
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Wine and...Movies: HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN (2024) w/ Jon Westoff and Matt Harding
The 4th live action Hellboy feature film, the second reboot, this time aiming for a lower budget (~$20M) folk horror themed entry witha younger Hellboy and a story pulled straight from the comics. How does it stack up to the previous three?...
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Wine and...Movies: HAUNTED HEART (2024) with Screenwriter Rylend Grant
The writer of HAUNTED HEART joins us to tell the epic tale of how this movie got made.16 years from script to screen, directed by Academy-Award winning director, Fernando Trueba, and starring Matt Dillon and Aida Folch.Rylend Gr...
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Episode 26
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1:33:22
Wine and...Movies: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) with Richard Fairgray, Part 2
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 ...
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Episode 25
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1:05:58
Wine and...Movies: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) with Richard Fairgray, Part 1
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 ...
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Episode 24
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1:00:30
Wine and...Comics: SEX CRIMINALS Omnibus Vol 1 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
The joke comic that turned into a sincere dramedic epic, today we tackle the first third of the series as collected in the BIG HARD OMNIBUS Vol. 1Matt Fraction is a long-time indie comics and Marvel writer, and now the co-creator of the...
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Episode 23
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Wine and...TV: SEVERANCE Season 1, Part 5 - Interview w/ Chris Black
Chris is an Exec Producer and Writer on Severance Season 1. He's been writing TV since the mid-90's! Weird Science, Sliders, Cleopatra 2525, Star Trek: Enterprise, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, Ugly Betty, Lone Star, Outcast, Inv...
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Episode 22
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1:09:29
Wine and...TV: SEVERANCE Season 1, Part 4 - Episodes 7-9
The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.Part 1: How Did...
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Episode 21
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Wine and...TV: SEVERANCE Season 1, Part 3 - Episodes 4-6
The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.Part 1: How Did...
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Episode 20
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1:10:41
Wine and...TV: SEVERANCE Season 1, Part 2 - Episodes 1-3
The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.Part 1: How Did...
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Episode 19
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1:18:39
Wine and...TV: SEVERANCE Season 1, Part 1 - How Did This Get Made?
The best TV show of 2022, sez us! This is the first in a 5-part series covering all of Severance Season 1, the show created by Dan Erikson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, and starring Adam Scott.Part 1: How Did...
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Episode 18
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Wine and...Movies: THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984) with Fred Harper
The artist on the brand new Toxic Avenger comic talks the OG Troma movie that started it all! And what do you drink with toxic?Fred Harper has a background in fine art, caricature art, editorial art, mural art, and more, but he always c...
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Episode 17
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1:13:09
Wine and...Movies: ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024) with Bryant Dillon
With special guest BRYANT DILLON, President and co-founder of Fanbase Press, the GLAAD Media Award-winning and Eisner and Harvey Awards-nominated comic book publisher and geek culture website. Bryant hosts his own weekly podcast, The Fan...
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Episode 16
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Wine and...Books: THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by Cixin Liu
Today we tackle the Chinese sci-fi sensation, the first book in the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy by Liu Cixin, the first Asian winner of the Hugo Award.THE WINES WE PAIRED WITH THIS ALBUM!Dallas' Wine<...
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Episode 15
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1:10:14
Wine and...Music: EXUMA THE OBEAH MAN (1970)
"Exuma" is the stage name of Bahamian musician, Tony Mackey (or "Tony McKay"), and this album was the key inspiration for Jordan Peele's NOPE movie! THE WINES WE PAIRED WITH THIS ALBUM!Dallas' WineHOMEMADE BEET...
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Episode 14
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1:20:29
Wine and...Movies: FIRST MAN (2017) with Curtiss Frisle
Today we tackle the 2017 movie FIRST MAN directed by Damien Chazelle (WHIPLASH, LA-LA-LAND) and starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, a biopic about Neil Armstrong and the first moon landing.We're join...
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Episode 13
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1:34:59
Wine and...Comics: CONCRETE PARK by Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander
Concrete Park was released in 2 volumes via Dark Horse Comics in 2014 and 2015. Co-written by screenwriter Tony Puryear and actress Erika Alexander and additionally illustrated and lettered by Puryear, this book is something else, folks!
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Episode 12
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1:09:38
Wine and...Music: DEDICATED by Carly Rae Jepsen (2019) with Anas Abdulhak - Part 2
In Part 2 we pick up with special guest, poet and comics writer Anas Abdulhak and talk Tracks 4-15 + the wine pairings!Anas has written Elutheromania, Objects in the Mirror, and Etheres. We actua...
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Episode 11
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