Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we pair drinks with movies about – how shall we put this delicately – working girls. Y’know, hookers. The 1990 rom-com Pretty Woman has Richard Gere hooking up with Julia Roberts….
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, a trio of film classics starring the great Gregory Peck. I have always thought – hoped – that Gregory Peck took his Hollywood name after looking up while standing on the…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, a “very special” Blood of the Vines for the celebration of the USA’s birthday. The special that’s not really special concerns movies that aren’t really movies. Pass the popcorn. The 1974…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week we examine three films which deal with the atomic age, in one way or another. When I did a Google search for 2017’s Atomic Blonde – just to make sure I…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week we look at the dark side of the fair sex in a trio of Femme Noir films. The one-sheet for 1947’s Nora Prentiss says “Loving her once is once too often,”…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, the Music Matters in three films that gave us a record of three seminal concert experiences. What better reason to crack open a bottle or two? Or three? The 1973 documentary,…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we take the express train, with three stops along the way for a quick drink. The 1994 Hong Kong crime/dramedy/romance Chungking Express has so many genres attached to it, you can…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we celebrate producer/director Charles Band. Charles Band started making movies in the 1970s and has created a number of films through the decades, many of them in the horror/comedy vein. He…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, our three movies are about monsters and kids. How are we to tell them apart? For fans of movies, nothing stirs them quite like a movie about movie fans. Ask anyone…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we have a trio of films directed by Lewis Milestone, with pairings to match. Lewis Milestone was a Russian-American director who barely escaped a career in engineering. That’s what his parents…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we break out some booze to drink while watching three films of “paranoid politix.” But wait, is it paranoia if they’re really out to get you? Movies about political paranoia were…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we join Cinerama fans in calling for the preservation of the world-famous Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. If you want to see the change.org petition to Save the Dome, click here. We…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, the gurus have scoured their “What About This One?” lists for fine films forgotten. 1974’s noirish crime film, Buster and Billie, was directed by Daniel Petrie, who also helmed Fort Apache,…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we fondly remember some of George Segal’s work after his recent passing. In 1972’s The Hot Rock, Segal got second billing to Robert Redford in the story of a diamond heist…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we look back at a few Epic Spectacles and find a suitable beverage to consume with each. 1959’s Ben-Hur was directed by William Wyler, who won Oscars three times for directing…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we remember Yaphet Kotto – Bond villain, space alien fighter, homicide detective, along with many other memorable roles. Rest in peace, Mr. Big. TFH guru Larry Cohen wrote and directed 1972’s…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week the TFH gurus spotlight a trio of films starring everyone’s favorite movie star. Get vaccinated – then watch James Garner. Burt Kennedy – a guy who had a way with westerns…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week’s topic is Pulchritude on the Prairie, beauty in the backwater, good looks on the grassy plain. The TFH topic picker bravely fought off a case of Zoom fatigue to come up…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we look at a couple of “Viva” films.. “Viva” comes from the word meaning “to live.” Its use in these movie titles indicates a preference that the subject matter not…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we look at a couple of Shaft movies and a near-Shaft film, with wine and beer pairings for all three. Shaft ’19 is the fifth film in the Shaft series,…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week we remove our beanies for another great who is no longer with us, Hal Holbrook. I saw Hal Holbrook decades ago in Texas, doing his Mark Twain show. My companion…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. We take a loving last look this week at the work of Christopher Plummer, who passed away recently at the age of 91. R.I.P., Captain von Trapp. In the 1979 film, Murder…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week, we look at the work of an actress we lost recently. Cloris Leachman won an Oscar and an armload of Emmy Awards. She passed last week at the age of…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week it’s all about tough guys – guys who don’t even flinch when they get the COVID vaccine shot. Tough Guys Don’t Dance is a 1987 film noir, written and…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. This week’s triple play of classic films are about getting small. Steve Martin had the smallness concept in his stand-up act way back when – “Let’s get small…” – but the examples…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies, and many more, at Trailers From Hell. Here are a trio of films which explore the difficulty of being black in America, and pose responses to that difficulty in varying scenarios. Blast! is the 1976 retitling of the 1972…