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…
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 wine pairings for three films sporting low-rent comedy teams. They came together for a brilliantly mediocre film – a moment in time that has proven to be unforgettable no…
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 wine pairings for three films which feature fuzzy woodland critters of one sort or another. Maybe they are the kind you’ve been seeing out the window during these pandemically…
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 find wine pairings for three films starring the late Robert Shaw. Whether you know him as Henry VIII, Doyle Lonnegan or Quint, he was a special talent and deserves a…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. You may have heard, they’ve got this pandemic going on. Well, viral is as viral does, so hitch up that mask and delve into the wine pairings for three films of a viral…
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 wine pairings for three films which have in common … a name in the title. Hey, they can’t all be diamonds – there’s a pandemic on, y’a know. Jeremy…
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 Mills Family – John, Haley and Juliet.- not to be confused with the Mills Brothers. How many holiday meals will have face masks as a side dish? 1959’s Tiger Bay…
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 a virtual trip to France… or at least Texas. Check your tickets before departing so you’ll know how to respond when someone asks who got your vote in the election….
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. If the pandemic has turned your household roles upside down and inside out, don’t get mad. Get mad, mad, mad, mad. For the soul of the country, y’all. Of course, it was possible…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. As if the pandemic isn’t bad enough news, we lost another movie great last week. Sean Connery passed away at the ripe old age of 90. R.I.P, Mr. Connery. Dr. No, directed by…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. A show of hands: how many remember trick-or-treating when a tampered-with candy bar was the biggest fear? Should a surgical mask be worn inside or outside the scary character mask? The 1925 version…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. What better trio of films to receive a wine pairing than a handful of Hitchcocks. If you’re a fan of Alfred Hitchcock’s films – and you’d better be – you know there’s going…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. Crime is a hot topic in the movies, but be careful – you don’t always know who the criminals are. Clay Pigeon didn’t exactly set 1971 on fire, but if it had it…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. And watch your speed, unless you want to be breaking news. 2019’s Ford v Ferrari is a gearhead’s movie. A speed freak’s movie. A Ford man’s movie. Keep your Chevys in the garage…
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 mourn the loss of cinematographer Michael Chapman, who passed away recently at his Los Angeles home. If you like the way 1976’s Taxi Driver or 1980’s Raging Bull looks on…