BEST TV OF 2014: Comedy Central is Living Up to Its Name
An observation about the SportsAlcohol.com Top Television of 2014 list: only one network comedy made the list. We’re a pretty comedy loving bunch, but I’ll admit to being a little surprised, not...
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THE CHRISTMAS _________ GAME
November 22, 2013: Jesse was musing on Twitter about the Fathom Events presentation of Glenn Beck’s The Christmas Sweater, which we’d seen advertised every time we’d been to a movie that month....
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The Best of Will Forte
The SNL “Best of…” compilation was long the best way to see old sketches or relive your favorite characters and cast members. In the days when you had to just wait and hope for an older episode to show...
View ArticleBest of 2014
Here it is, you’re one stop place to see all of SportsAlcohol.com’s Best of 2014 posts! MOVIES We wrote about 14 of our very favorites here, including not-so-usual suspects like We Are the Best! and...
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Why I Love Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quick, name your favorite “part four” in a movie series. For every Conquest of the Planet of the Apes or Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol or Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, there’s a Jaws: The...
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TV on the Silver Screen
With Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation arriving in theaters this weekend to great buzz, let’s talk about the best film adaptations of TV shows. The borders between film and television are obviously...
View ArticleHALFTIME REPORT: Attack the Block (2011)
With Halftime Report, your good friends at SportsAlcohol.com revisit some of their favorite films from the first half of this decade. For monster fans, creature design in the 21st century has been...
View ArticleHALFTIME REPORT: Four Lions (2010)
With Halftime Report, your good friends at SportsAlcohol.com revisit some of their favorite films from the first half of this decade. It’s become part of the conventional wisdom about Paddy Chayefsky’s...
View ArticleHALFTIME REPORT: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
With Halftime Report, your good friends at SportsAlcohol.com revisit some of their favorite films from the first half of this decade. Hang me, oh, hang me. I’ll be dead and gone. Hang me, oh, hang me....
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The SportsAlcohol.com Frankenstein Studies: Frankenstein (2016)
JESSE: OK, Nathaniel, it’s time to talk about this Frankenstein 2016 redo that’s just come out on Blu-ray. I really should’ve sent this movie over to Rob and Sabrina with the probably foolish hopes...
View ArticleTRACK MARKS: “Kiss” by Prince
In April of 2001, the struggling Arizona Top 40 radio station 104.7 ZZP was getting ready to relaunch as 104.7 KISS-FM. The station’s format was undergoing a transition from Mainstream Top 40 to...
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Godzilla: King of the Hollywood Trends
For one week, starting today, fans in America and Canada will be able to see Shin Godzilla, the first new Japanese Godzilla movie in twelve years. The film was a smash hit this summer in its native...
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Shin Godzilla (2016)
First things first: Shin Godzilla is here! There’s a new Japanese Godzilla film currently playing theaters in the United States and it is pretty spectacular. With a franchise that has lasted over six...
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King Kong Primer
Kong: Skull Island marks the return to theaters of one of the greatest American screen monsters, 84 years (and three days) after he changed movie history in the original King Kong. He’s never had a...
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King Kong Opponents
A few years ago when we were talking about Godzilla here at SportsAlcohol.com, in the run-up to Legendary’s 2014 film, we talked about which of Godzilla’s famous opponents we’d like to see in a future...
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Merian C. Cooper, King Kong, and the Carl Denham Connection
– Say, is this the moving picture ship? – The pictures? Yeah. Are you going on this crazy voyage? – What’s crazy about it? – I don’t know, but everybody around here...
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Kong: Pulp Fiction
Friends, we’ve talked about the sequels and knock-offs of King Kong. And you can probably guess how excited we are to see Kong: Skull Island when it opens this weekend. But I’m here today to talk about...
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The Athletic Grand-Nephew of Kong: MR. GO (2013)
NATHANIEL: Finally, after like four years of percolating interest, I managed to see Mr. Go, the Korean/Chinese gorilla-playing-baseball movie! And I roped you into watching it too! Now we’re gonna talk...
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King-Size Kong
How big is King Kong? Everyone who’s heard of him knows the answer is “big,” but the real answer is, “it depends.” Because in his seven film appearances (including this week’s Kong: Skull Island) his...
View ArticleKing Kong Week!
Hail the power of King Kong week on SportsAlcohol.com! If you’re looking for Kong coverage, we’ve got: …a King Kong primer for the uninitiated. …a list of all of Kong’s movie opponents. …a look at...
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