What do you get when you have a heaping helping of movie trivia, twisted humor, and a glass of wine (or beer for fans of the fizzy lifting drink)? You get the Movie Wino. That's me.

Welcome to all things cinema and grape.If you're like me, your movie selections vary with your mood. When I'm anxious, I default to either of the Ghostbusters movies; Real Genius; Fight Club or The Departed. Then comes the beverage. Call it state dependent learning that most movies are at least slightly more enjoyable when coupled with a glass of wine--and even better if you have a friend who's a fellow movie wino.

My commitment to you is to provide at least one movie and wine pairing for any mood or occasion. If you have suggestions or need one, bring it on. You can search for movie and wine pairings by mood or visit the archives by week and see what mood I was in...

Movie summaries are courtesy of Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Comments and fermented grape juice or hopped up amber beverage recommendations courtesy of my sick, twisted mind. Whether you're a Wine Enthusiast or have Rotten Tomatoes bookmarked, there's bound to be something for you here.

Drink up!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Smothered and Chunked

Sometimes I wonder if I'm not the female equivalent of Tucker Max. Not the female antithesis of a misogynistic pig, just...fickle, independent, solitary. Yea, that's it. Actually, I think I identify more with Laura Kipnis in her polemic: Against Love. And I quote, "So just as a thought experiment - though it will never happen to you and certainly never has - please imagine finding yourself in the contradictory position of having elected to live a life from which you now plot intricate and meticulous escapes: a subdivision getaway artist, a Houdini of the home front." I never liked Houdini.

Things that make you go hmmm.

Ok. Enough of that. Judge for yourself is Tucker was a bastard or just misunderstood in I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.

The Movie

Tucker decides to take an impromptu trip to celebrate his friend's bachelor party. He drags his friend into a lie with his fiancée, gets him into trouble and then abandons him in order to pursue a hilarious carnal interest. Tucker is disinvited to the wedding, and in order to get back in, Tucker has to find a way to balance his narcissism with the demands of friendship.

The Wine

The Dante Merlot makes itself to the table as a smooth red with no edges; drinks smoothly from start to finish; tart red flavors abound.

The Devil's Brew

Belgian Beer no.6: Duvel, the devil beer. Duvel means ‘the devil’ in Flemish. And a devilish beer it is.
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