Beer And A Movie

After 8 years, 900 beers, and more movie debates than we can possibly count…this is it — the final episode of Beer and a Movie. Our last film — the one we could not end without reviewing — is The Legend of Billie Jean: the definitive film review of this underrated masterpiece and our love letter to Corpus Christi, the city where BaaM was created. The takes on Billie Jean get surprisingly heated For the beers, we keep it meaningful. We start with Martin House Brewing’s Peace Be the Journey — a toast to the 8-year journey we’ve all been on together. Then Joe pulls out something truly special: Barreled Souls Brewing's Honey Pot, a gift from Dave over a decade ago, saved for exactly the right moment. And because it’s the last one, we lean into it. We talk about what Beer and a Movie might’ve looked like if COVID hadn’t changed everything, shout out the many recurring guests who became part of the fabric of the show, and take time to say a genuine thank you to everyone who listened, supported, and shared a beer wi

It's our 400th (and penultimate) episode!! So we floor it into the chaos with a full-blown In The Cage episode—the sacred, unhinged tradition where every pick is pure, uncut Nicolas Cage energy. And for a moment this big, you bring back family: Carlos Cooper returns—our one-time permanent co-host turned every-50-episode chaos agent—to ride shotgun one more time before the finale. Three hosts. Three Cage movies. No brakes. Joe comes in hot with Gone in 60 Seconds—chrome, speed, and that mythical Eleanor gliding through traffic like a fever dream. Carlos zag-picks with Joe—gritty, stripped down, and proof that Cage can burn just as slow as he explodes. And Dave…Dave chooses violence with USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage—a war story soaked in sweat, sharks, and sheer Cage intensity. The beers match the moment: we kick things off with Martin House Brewing Company’s Roadhouse Coffee, roll into the heavy artillery with Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Firestone XXI Anniversary Ale, and finish like kings with the 

Only 3 BaaM episodes left, and now it’s getting classy…dangerous classy. Local film enthusiast and cheerleader Heidi Hovda finally pulls up and programs a double feature straight outta the early-40s screwball playbook: The Philadelphia Story and Ball of Fire. We start things proper—popping champagne alongside The Philadelphia Story like we’ve got Cary Grant money—and then slide into a 2024 Bourbon County Vanilla Rye Brand Stout in an attempt to compete with the heat of Ball of Fire. Expect rapid-fire 40s slang, high society burns, and enough verbal gymnastics to make Jimmy Stewart stutter and Gary Cooper lean back and nod. And make no mistake—Heidi brings the Barbara Stanwyck energy. The real question: can Joe and Dave keep up? Or are they about to get left at the train station holding the luggage while Heidi runs the whole picture? Three episodes left. No fillers. All killers.

With only 4 episodes left, Comedian Blake Trevino returns one last time taking the wheel to program a double feature that’s been living rent-free in his head every time he’s on the show: Grandma's Boy and Zorro, the Gay Blade. For the first half, we lean all the way into chaos with Soul Sips THC 10mg Iced Tea—because if you’re diving into Grandma’s Boy, you might as well meet it on its level. It’s loose, it’s ridiculous, and the laughs hit a little differently when your drink is doing… extra credit. Then we pivot hard. Like, silk cape and secret identity hard. Out comes David’s Magic Bag of Beer with a 2020 Bourbon County Kentucky Fog Stout—a rich, tea-infused beast that pairs surprisingly well with the offbeat, ahead-of-its-time weirdness of Zorro, the Gay Blade. Two teas, wildly different missions. Blake brings the comedy brain, we bring the drinks, and somewhere in the middle we try to figure out why these two movies kept coming up—and why they actually make perfect sense together. It’s stoner nonsense, sw

Forget the Oscars…this is the real main event. It’s The BaaMies! — our biggest Beer and a Movie episode of the year, where we wrap up everything that mattered in 2025: the best films, the worst disasters, standout performances, and of course… the beer. And we didn’t come light. For the first time ever, dream guest and Patron Saint of Beer for BaaM Daniel Benavidez brings his magic bag of beer — loaded with four incredible brews (and yeah… things may or may not get a little whiskey involved). New Glarus Brewing Co.'s Strawberry Rhubarb Jester King's Fēn Táo Blend Eleven (2025) Jester King's Atrial Rubicite Dogfish Head's Czech-Spresso Dave and Joe break down their Top 5 Movies, Top 3 Beers, and everything in between in an episode that goes bigger, looser, and a little boozier than usual. This isn’t awards season. This is BaaMies season.

Only six episodes left, so we’re bringing in one of our favorite reinforcements. Kailey Diaz joins the gang for one last hurrah, and we almost go as off the rails as the final new-release movie we’ll ever review: The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s strange, ambitious, full-tilt fever dream of a film. To pair with it, we go back to the movie that helped launch Gyllenhaal into the spotlight—Secretary—a performance that announced her as one of the most fearless and unconventional actors of her generation.  We also hear from a listener who’s thrilled that David’s Magic Bag of Beer has been leading to longer beer discussions. In response, we reach into the bag twice. First up is Jester King’s Aurelian Lure bottled in 2018, followed by a Bourbon County Brand Stout from 2018. One of these beers has aged beautifully. The other…has not. With Kailey in the studio, the beers flowing, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s wild cinematic vision on the table, the conversation swings from thoughtful film talk to complete chaos—exactly the wa

On this week’s Beer and a Movie, we go global — and uncomfortably current. The Secret Agent and It Was Just an Accident, two Best International Feature Oscar nominees anchor the conversation. Both films wrestle with paranoia, authoritarian creep, and the slow normalization of fear — themes that feel disturbingly timely amid rising global tensions and the recent bombing of Iran.  Joining us is Ethan Thompson — the original third co-host of BaaM — stepping back into the third chair to walk down memory lane. The rhythm snaps back quickly: old stories, early-show chaos, and the kind of shorthand you only get from building something scrappy together from the ground up. The beers match the mood. We start with New Belgium Brewing’s 1554 leaning into the historic zwert tradition, a centuries-old style that uses gruit (a blend of herbs and botanicals) for bittering instead of hops.  Then David reaches into his Magic Bag of Beer and pulls out a decade-old bottle of Allagash Brewing Company’s Coolship Resurgam. Spontane

This week, we attempt to find the hidden thread connecting Norwegian heartbreak with Brad Pitt's high-octane racing. Adam Beam returns to tackle two Oscar Best Picture nominees, Sentimental Value and F1.  On the beer side, we’ve got a Banger Imperial Hazy IPA from Saint Arnold Brewing, juicy enough for a cinematic slow-mo montage, and from David’s magic bag of wonders, the 2025 Goose Island Bourbon County Double Barrel Stout, an imperial stout (17.4% ABV) aged in two sets of freshly emptied Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond bourbon barrels. Sip carefully, argue passionately, and maybe—just maybe—you’ll see why Sentimental Value and F1 kinda work together.

Only 9 episodes left, and this one is all corsets, cruelty, and complicated desire. Emily Suggs — our resident literary adaptation assassin — returns to the mic after publicly side-eyeing the marketing campaign for the new Wuthering Heights. The big question: did director Emerald Fennell deliver a fever-dream romance worthy of the Brontë chaos…or was this all perfume and no poison? To keep the seduction simmering, we pair it with Dangerous Liaisons, the gold standard of powdered-wig manipulation. If you like your romance weaponized and your flirtation fatal, this double feature is basically a lace glove hiding brass knuckles. On the beverage front, Emily zigzags expectations with two non-alcoholic canned mocktails from Athletic Brewing Company, proving you can keep your wits sharp even while discussing reckless passion. Meanwhile, David reaches deep into the magic bag and pulls out a 2017-bottled Oude Geuze from 3 Fonteinen — a spontaneously fermented, beautifully aged Belgian bruiser that’s as complex and un

Only 10 episodes left! Harold Ramos returns armed with two things we respect deeply: a massive film pick and an even more massive beer. This time, he brings a 19-year-aged Cantillon Lou Pepe — the longest-cellared beer we’ve ever poured on the show. It’s funky, complex, a little intimidating… which turns out to be the perfect pregame for 2025’s Nuremberg. To pair it, we go even darker. We discuss Elem Klimov’s Come and See — a film that isn’t just “disturbing,” it’s endure-it-and-process-it disturbing. The kind of movie that doesn’t feel watched so much as survived. Brutal. Unflinching. Historically suffocating in a way that lingers long after the credits roll. To honor its Russian roots (and brace ourselves emotionally), we crack open a 7-year-aged Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery Illuminatos Russian Imperial Stout — thick, heavy, and appropriately brooding. What unfolds is a conversation about World War II on film — but from wildly different cinematic angles. One film examines accountability and aftermath in

With only 11 episodes left, Beer and a Movie is deep in the endgame—and David takes the wheel to program The Kelly Reichardt Episode. This week’s films are 2025’s The Mastermind paired with Wendy and Lucy, and David makes his case—again, and lovingly—for why Reichardt is one of the great American filmmakers. Her quiet precision, her empathy for people on the margins, her ability to wring devastating emotion out of the smallest moments… yeah, Dave’s in his bag on this one. Joining us is Pam Brouillard, who made her BaaM debut on the now-infamous Talking Women episode. Pam brings three beers from Wisconsin, while David reaches into his Magic Bag of Beer to crack open a 9-year-old Jester King Spon, because apparently endings are for pulling out the good stuff. Emotions run high—people cry—but that’s kind of the point when Reichardt’s involved. Plus, one long-running BaaM thread finally gets some closure: Joe revisits First Cow and is ready to eat some crow… and maybe a few milk-filled biscuits while he’s at it

Clearly, we’ve been inspired by the completely bonkers ending of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as we wind down the podcast — and this episode follows suit. Things spiral fast, and you really should be listening to what happens after the episodes in After Hours as it all comes to an end: https://www.patreon.com/beerandamoviepodcast How did it all get so out of control? Blame guest Josh Deleon, director Nia DaCosta, and David’s Magic Sack of Beer. We finally tackle 28 Years Later: Bone Temple alongside DaCosta’s 2025 release Hedda, and like Bone Temple’s Iron Maiden-blasting, upside-down-cross finale, the show is a blast. The beers choose violence. We crack the brand-new Saint Arnold Brewing Eclipse IPA, then make a historically reckless decision by opening a 12-year cellared Firestone Walker XVIII Anniversary Ale. From there, responsibility exits the building. Notes get poetic. Memories unlock. By the end, the episode is gloriously off the rails — late-run BaaM chaos earned after hundreds of films and nearly

Well, here’s some big news: Beer and a Movie is ENDING, and we talk all about it at the top of this week’s episode. But don’t panic just yet — there are 13 episodes left, and we’d love for you to join us as we close up shop as we go out the only way we know how: talking movies, drinking great beer, and probably getting a little unhinged. This week, Anthony Zoccolillo joins us to dive into Park Chan-wook, tackling his latest awards-buzzy thriller No Other Choice alongside his all-time WTF masterpiece, Oldboy. We talk vengeance, obsession, craftsmanship, and why Park remains one of the most singular filmmakers working today. On the beer side, we crack open Independence Brewing’s Be/Rad IPA, then follow it up with a true unicorn: a 2017-bottled Bourbon County Brand Barleywine, aged, boozy, and absolutely worth the wait. The countdown has officially begun. Grab a beer, hit play, and stick with us till the credits roll.

Two movies. Two comedians. Two very big beers. This week on Beer and a Movie, Dave and Joe bring on comedian Uncle Sam to dig deep into comedy on film with Bradley Cooper's newest, Is This Thing On?, and Bob Fosse's 1974 Lenny Bruce biopic, Lenny—two very different looks at life onstage, offstage, and the price of being funny. One film captures the awkward grind and personal fallout of chasing laughs, while the other revisits the myth, brilliance, and self-destruction of a Mt. Rushmore comic who changed the rules by breaking all of them.  On the beer side, things get dangerously boozy. The guys start with Martin House Brewing’s Death by Chocolate Cake (a casual 12% ABV) before escalating to the heavyweight main event: Bourbon County Brand Stout 2025, clocking in at a staggering 14.6% ABV. It’s a lot of beer, a lot of alcohol, and maybe not the best idea—but definitely the right one. High-proof stouts, iconic comedians, and two comics trying to keep it together long enough to finish the episode. What could pos

No guest this week — just Joe and Dave doing what they do best: watching something bleak, talking about relationships, and washing it down with absurdly fun beer. The main feature is We Bury the Dead, a zombie-adjacent horror film that’s less about the end of the world and more about what’s left when love, grief, and obligation refuse to die.  We also finally circle back to a 2025 horror movie we somehow missed on the show: Together (2025). Another relationship-forward horror story, Together explores intimacy, dependency, and emotional rot with a very different tone, giving us the perfect excuse to compare how modern horror keeps turning romance into the real monster.  Beer-wise, things get significantly less depressing. We crack open a mixed four-pack from Martin House Brewing, featuring their Extra Creamy Peanut Butter Blonde and Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter Stout. Naturally, this leads to experimentation, irresponsible mixing, and the accidental creation of our own peanut butter monstrosity — possibly the h

This week on Beer and a Movie, we go full anxiety mode with a Safdie Brothers double feature, diving into Marty Supreme and Good Time with returning guest Rachel Clow. One film is raw, chaotic, and relentless; the other somehow manages to be even more stressful—because that’s the Safdie promise. We talk obsession, desperation, handheld panic attacks, and why these movies feel like they’re yelling at you on purpose. On the beer side, it’s all first-timers. We crack into Künstler Brewing out of San Antonio with their Black Swan Black IPA, then close it out strong with Great Divide Brewing’s Yeti Imperial Stout—a heavyweight beer for heavyweight vibes. Indie films, bold brews, and enough tension to make you need another drink.

This episode of Beer and a Movie goes full James Cameron—twice. Joined by comedian Connor Stewart, we dive into Avatar: Fire and Ash and the sci-fi horror classic Aliens. One is a sequel for the ages. One… frankly, isn’t. We break down blue aliens, big budgets, space marines, flamethrowers, and Cameron’s lifelong obsession with raising the stakes—sometimes brilliantly, sometimes questionably. Along the way, we compare how his storytelling, action, and world-building evolved across decades, and which franchise actually earned its legacy. Then we crack open Lagunitas Brewing's Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ and Saint Arnold's Christmas Ale, pairing hop-forward chaos and holiday nostalgia with Cameron’s cinematic excess. Expect strong opinions, beer-fueled tangents, and Connor Stewart doing what he does best—calling it like he sees it. Grab a beer, pick a side, and stay frosty—because in space, no one can hear you crack open a Christmas ale.

Hark! A New BaaM Episode Appeareth  This week on Beer and a Movie, we are joined by Emily Suggs, our most learned and oft-returning guest, for a thoughtful dip into Hamnet—a most modern tale and fictionalized accounting of the writing of Hamlet, now strutting about the awards circuit in fine hose. But lo, Shakespeare hath been borrowed from before. Thus, we turn our gaze unto Shakespeare in Love, and discourse upon inspiration, grief, creation, and the eternal question: what if the bard was, in fact, very horny? Our cups run dry of alcohol this fortnight, yet not of flavor, as we quaff Brooklyn Brewery’s Special Effects Grapefruit IPA alongside Best Day Brewing’s Galaxy Ripple Imperial IPA—our first parley with Best Day. Same keen analysis. Same merry disputation. Just NA beers, gentlefolk.

This week, we hit a double feature of Netflix’s latest mood-soaked meditations, Jay Kelly and Train Dreams, with guest Adam Beam. Both films lean hard into lush cinematography, sweeping landscapes, and the quiet poetry of a life unfolding… but they take those ingredients to two very different destinations. To pair with all that visual beauty, the guys crack open a couple of beers with complicated pasts. First up: Magnetic Disturbance from Roughtail Brewing—an IPA Joe grabbed last week without peeking at the bottom of the can: It's two and a half years old. (Whoops. Not all art ages gracefully.) Fortunately, redemption comes in the form of a 2024 Goose Island Bourbon County Macaroon Stout, a beer that absolutely benefits from a year of patience and barrel-kissed maturity. Thoughtful films, adventurous beers, and a blunt verdict from Dave and Joe: See Train Dreams NOW.

This week, we’re following the yellow brick road straight into an Oz double feature—Wicked: For Good and Return to Oz. Two films, decades apart, both proving that no matter how far you wander, you can’t escape those ruby-slippered roots. To keep our courage up, we crack open two high-octane potions from Lagunitas: the Maximus Colossal IPA and the Shugga Original Recipe—big, bold brews with enough ABV to make even the Cowardly Lion roar. Let’s just say there’s no place like foam. Joining us is returning guest Adam Beam, who chatted with us about the original Wicked: Part One. He’s back to help us untangle this Emerald-City-sized tapestry of witches, Wheelers, wizardry, claymation fever dreams, and questionable Kansas parenting. We ease on down the cinematic road, talk sequels that aren’t really sequels, prequels that might be sequels, and why Return to Oz still feels like the dark and stormy night Dorothy really needed a therapist for. If you’re into green girls, Gump gliders, and stories stitched together wit