Films and Fermentation-- Strong reviews. Stronger drinks.
"Films and Fermentation" is a unique and lively podcast where we explore the intersection of movie culture and adult beverages. Each episode, we pick a fun, nostalgic, or quirky movie topic and pair it with the perfect drink to match the vibe. From cult classics and hidden gems to blockbuster hits, we review films with humor, heart, and a little buzz. We delve into films across all genres and decades, creating spirited discussions, while raising a glass to the art of cinema and the world of craft brews, cocktails, and more.With over 160 episodes and nearly 3 years of consistent content...
60th Anniversary of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
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Tonight on Films & Fermentation, we're celebrating the 60th anniversary of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, the beloved Halloween classic that taught generations of children about friendship, faith, and the crushing disappointment of getting a rock instead of candy. 🎃 For six decades, we've watched Linus spend Halloween in a pumpkin patch waiting for a giant imaginary vegetable, while the rest of the Peanuts gang enjoys costumes, candy, and questionable parenting decisions. We'll revisit our childhood memories, favorite moments, and the enduring magic of Charles Schulz's creation, including Snoopy's World War I combat fla...
Films that Time Forgot (Halloween Edition)
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer affects millions of individuals and families, and early detection, research, and support can make a real difference. If you'd like to learn more or make a donation, please consider visiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (https://www.bcrf.org) or the National Breast Cancer Foundation (https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/). From all of us at Films & Fermentation, here's to everyone fighting, everyone surviving, and everyone we've lost along the way.
Tonight on Films & Fermentation, we're digging up some forgotten horror and Halloween movies...
Halloween Movie Recasts: Humans, Muppets & Horrible Decisions
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Tonight on Films & Fermentation, we're celebrating Halloween by doing what Hollywood does best: taking perfectly good movies and replacing the actors with people who have absolutely no business being there. 🎃 Each of us has chosen a horror or Halloween classic to recast, but with one terrifying twist: we must decide whether our new stars will be actual human beings or a bunch of felt-covered lunatics with someone's hand up their backsides. We'll be replacing iconic performances, destroying childhood memories, and discovering that Kermit the Frog might actually be a more convincing leading man...
History of the World Pt. 1 (45th Anniversary)
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Tonight, we’re celebrating the 45th anniversary of Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I, the movie that finally taught us everything our history teachers were apparently too cowardly to cover. From cavemen and the Roman Empire to the Spanish Inquisition and Louis XVI, Brooks proves that thousands of years of human civilization were really just an elaborate setup for dick jokes. We’ll revisit the movie’s greatest scenes, ridiculous characters, endlessly quotable lines, and the impressive number of historical atrocities that somehow become musical comedy. Along the way, we’ll determi...
From First Downs to First Takes: Football Players Turned Actors
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Tonight, we’re looking at football players who traded first downs for first takes, proving that apparently getting tackled by a 300-pound lineman is excellent preparation for Hollywood. 🏈🎬 From Jim Brown and Carl Weathers to Bubba Smith and Terry Crews, some of these guys left the gridiron and built acting careers that became almost as famous as their football ones. Others discovered that memorizing dialogue is considerably easier when nobody is trying to knock you unconscious before you finish the sentence. We’ll look at their football careers, their biggest roles, and determine...
Creatures, Miniatures & Mayhem: The Practical Effects Movie Draft w/ Cthulhu Jack
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Tonight, we’re celebrating the glorious days when movie monsters were made of rubber, spaceships were hanging from wires, and blowing something up meant somebody actually had to blow something up. From prosthetic creatures and miniature cities to animatronic dinosaurs and stunt performers questioning their career choices, we’re drafting the greatest practical-effects movies from across the decades. Each of us will build our team while trying to decide whether to grab a classic now or risk watching Jurassic Park disappear one pick before we planned to take it. Along the way, we’l...
THE PEOPLE vs. ROGER EBERT: THE ROGER EBERT ZERO STAR FILM LIST
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Tonight, we’re celebrating one of the rarest achievements in cinema: making a movie Roger Ebert believed deserved absolutely nothing. Mike and Kev will try to identify twelve movies that earned the dreaded ZERO STARS, ranging from infamous cinematic disasters to a few choices that may cause us to question Roger’s usually impeccable judgment. Along the way, we’ll revisit some of Ebert’s most gloriously savage reviews, because nobody could professionally tell a filmmaker they’d wasted everyone’s time quite like Roger. There will be bad movies, questionable taste, wounded chil...
Where No Podcast Has Gone Before: 60 Years of Star Trek
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Sixty years ago, Star Trek boldly went where no television show had gone before, although it took two pilots, two captains, and a network saying “maybe try that again” to actually get there. 🖖 Tonight, we’re heading back to the beginning with The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before to see how Captain Pike’s strange trip to Talos IV eventually evolved into Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise we all know. Then we’re raiding every corner of the Star Trek universe to build our perfect crew, choosing our captains, doctors, engi...
Greatest Movie Monologues Ever: You Can’t Handle the List!
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Tonight, we’re celebrating the greatest movie monologues of all time, because sometimes shutting up and letting one actor cook is the best special effect Hollywood has. From Quint ruining ocean vacations forever to Colonel Jessup explaining that apparently none of us can handle the truth, these are the speeches that stopped movies dead in their tracks and made audiences listen. We’ll revisit the rants, confessions, inspirational speeches, villainous sermons, and Oscar-bait verbal flamethrowers that became part of movie history. Along the way, we’ll determine whether great writing, great acting, or sim...
TV Shows that Time Forgot
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Tonight, we’re digging through the dusty attic of television history to uncover the live-action TV shows time forgot, programs so bizarre you’ll swear they were fever dreams brought on by bad pizza and unrestricted access to the remote. We’re talking crime-fighting animal shapeshifters, computerized superheroes, talking orangutans, nuclear-apocalypse sitcoms, and yes, that time NBC gave Joe Pesci his own detective series. These aren’t merely shows that got cancelled, they’re shows that disappeared so completely their own cast members may require photographic evidence they happened. We’ll revisit the stranges...
Turn It Up to 11: The Greatest Fictional Movie Bands
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Tonight, we’re cranking the amps to eleven as we rank the greatest fictional bands in movie history, where musical talent is optional but dramatic backstage arguments are apparently mandatory. From Spinal Tap and Stillwater to The Wonders, Sex Bob-Omb, and bands whose members include escaped convicts, prep-school children, and occasionally Muppets, cinema has given us groups that frankly deserve better Spotify numbers than some actual musicians. We’ll debate which fake bands had the best songs, the most convincing chemistry, and which ones we’d genuinely pay money to see live. We’ll...
The Sophomore Slump: Hollywood's Greatest One-Hit Wonders
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Hollywood loves an origin story... right up until the sequel. Tonight we're talking about the actors, actresses, and directors who burst onto the scene with a first movie so good that studios were practically throwing money at them, only to discover lightning doesn't always strike twice. Some became cautionary tales, some became cult legends, and a few are probably still pitching "it's The Sixth Sense meets Cats" to confused executives. This isn't about people who had one good movie. It's about the people whose very first swing was a grand slam... and...
Wait... THAT Was Based on a Book?!
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Tonight, we’re looking at movies you probably assumed sprang fully formed from the mind of a screenwriter, only to discover they were hiding in a book, comic, memoir, or suspiciously short piece of fiction all along. This is not Harry Potter, where the source material arrives carrying its own theme park and gift shop. We’re talking A History of Violence, Die Hard, Mean Girls, and other films that quietly snuck onto the screen wearing fake mustaches. Some of these adaptations are so different from their originals that calling them “based on” fe...
Real Plot or Not: Shark Week Edition
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Welcome to Films and Fermentation's Shark Week Special, where we're testing not just our movie knowledge, but humanity's ability to distinguish between actual shark movies and fever dreams that somehow got greenlit. In Real Plot or Not: Shark Week Edition, we'll read outrageous shark movie plot summaries, and our contestants have to decide whether Hollywood really made them... or whether we made them up after one too many tropical drinks. Considering there are movies featuring ghost sharks, avalanche sharks, and sharks that apparently ignore the laws of biology, this game is far...
Season 12 Premiere (Films that Time Forgot Part 15)
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Season 12 of Films and Fermentation kicks off with a fan-favorite tradition as we dive into our 15th edition of Movies That Time Forgot, uncovering hidden gems, overlooked classics, and films that deserved far more love than they ever received. Joining us for the celebration are our unofficial fourth co-host, the delightfully erudite Cthulhu Jack, and special guest Matt Brooks, indie horror filmmaker and champion of all things creepy. Together we'll make passionate cases for forgotten favorites, argue over cinematic injustices, and almost certainly add a dozen movies to your watchlist. Expect great...
‘Murica: The Movie | 32 Films Enter. One Movie Leaves (Season 11 Finale)
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Happy Fourth of July from Films and Fermentation! This week, we're settling one of the most gloriously unnecessary debates in cinematic history by crowning the most American movie ever made in a 32-film tournament packed with underdogs, explosions, baseball, freedom, questionable decisions, and at least one bald eagle in spirit. Will Rocky go the distance, will Top Gun buzz the tower, or will an unexpected Cinderella story steal the championship? Expect heated debates, questionable seeding, and passionate arguments over whether excessive patriotism or simply grilling hot dogs should count toward a movie's...
The Career of Tim Curry
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we're celebrating the wonderfully weird, wildly talented, and utterly unforgettable career of Tim Curry. From a sweet transvestite from Transylvania to a terrifying clown lurking in the sewers, Curry somehow managed to traumatize and delight entire generations at the same time. We'll revisit his most iconic roles, debate his greatest performances, and probably spend an unhealthy amount of time quoting movies that shouldn't be as endlessly quotable as they are. Whether you know him as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Pennywise, Long John Silver, Wadsworth, or the Lord of...
The Great Sports Movie Draft with guest, Matt Brooks
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we're trading movie reviews for a draft board as we assemble the ultimate roster of sports movies. From underdog boxers and miracle hockey teams to baseball dreams and football legends, no athlete, coach, or inspirational locker room speech is safe from selection. Will strategy prevail, or will someone panic and spend a first-round pick on a movie they haven't actually watched since cable television was king? Expect fierce competition, questionable scouting reports, and enough sports clichés to fill an entire Hall of Fame wing. So g...
Movies that are better drunk
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we're tackling one of cinema's most important questions: are some movies actually better after a few drinks? From cult classics and glorious train wrecks to action movies that somehow become masterpieces at beer number three, we're ranking the films that improve with a little liquid assistance. We'll debate whether this is a testament to the movies themselves or simply evidence that our standards become increasingly flexible as the evening progresses. Expect questionable opinions, highly scientific analysis, and at least one movie that somehow jumps from a 5/10...
Duel of the Scores: Ranking the Best of John Williams
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we're diving into the legendary music of John Williams and attempting the impossible: ranking our five favorite scores from a career that basically soundtracked modern cinema. From sharks and space wizards to dinosaurs, superheroes, and archaeologists with questionable workplace safety habits, Williams has spent decades living rent-free in our collective ears. We’ll debate which themes soar highest, which scores deserve more love, and whether humming the Imperial March automatically improves any argument. Expect nostalgia, hot takes, and at least one moment where someone accidentally conducts an...
Recasting Special: One Movie. One Recast. Unlimited Bad Decisions
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re taking some of our favorite movies of all time and committing the ultimate act of cinematic chaos: recasting them with modern actors. Each of us secretly picked one legendary film we wish we could experience again for the first time, then rebuilt the cast from scratch like Hollywood executives with too much confidence and a dangerous amount of caffeine. Will our choices be inspired masterpieces… or the kind of decisions that make the internet start a petition? Expect surprise reveals, terrible casting arguments, and at l...
Movies So Good We Wish We Could Unsee Them
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re talking about the movies we wish we could experience again for the very first time. You know the ones: the films that stunned us, broke us emotionally, melted our brains, or left us sitting silently through the credits questioning reality and possibly our life choices. From shocking twists to unforgettable finales, we’re revisiting those magical first-viewing moments that can never quite be recreated… no matter how many times we rewatch them. Expect nostalgia, heated debates, and at least one argument over whether seeing The Si...
The Fellowship of the Drink (LotR: Fellowship of the Ring 25th Anniversary)
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One podcast to rule them all, one podcast to find them, one podcast to bring them all and in the laughter bind them. This week, Films and Fermentation journeys back to Middle-earth to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film that convinced an entire generation to suddenly care deeply about second breakfast and New Zealand geography. We’re diving into unforgettable performances, groundbreaking effects, behind-the-scenes chaos, and the moment fantasy movies stopped feeling like low-budget wizard conventions. Grab your lembas bread, pour yo...
Pixar at 40!
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re celebrating 40 years of Pixar—the studio that made us believe toys have feelings and that yes, we can cry over a imaginary friends disappearing. From groundbreaking animation in films like Toy Story to emotional gut-punches like Up and Inside Out, we’re diving into the movies that defined generations. We’ll revisit the classics, debate the best Pixar films, and ask how one studio keeps making us laugh, cry, and question our life choices in under two hours. Expect nostalgia, hot takes, and at least on...
Sequel Wars! | Star Wars: A New Hope vs. Empire Strikes Back (featuring filmmaker Matt Brooks)
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re jumping into a galaxy far, far away for another round of Sequel Wars, as we debate Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope vs. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Is the original film’s perfect hero’s journey enough to hold off one of the most acclaimed sequels of all time, or does Empire’s darker tone and iconic twist give it the edge? We’re breaking down characters, story, world-building, and the moments that defined a generation of movie fans. From trench ru...
Cinematic Shakespeare
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Welcome, dear friends, to Films and Fermentation,
Where cinema meets wit and bold libation.
This week we dare to tread where few have gone,
Through Shakespeare’s tales now cast on silver screen.
From star-cross’d lovers doomed by hasty hearts,
To kings undone by whispers in the dark,
We ask: doth Hollywood do justice fair,
Or twist the Bard for box office delight?<...
Battle of the Movie Trilogies
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come back to Films and Fermentation, where this week we settle a debate more intense than a lightsaber duel in a thunderstorm… the greatest movie trilogy of all time. We’ve built the ultimate bracket, packed with iconic franchises, questionable matchups, and at least one pick that will absolutely start a fight. From epic sagas to perfectly crafted three-film arcs, only one trilogy will survive our completely unbiased (and totally biased) opinions. Expect bold takes, dramatic upsets, and the kind of arguments that make referees nervous. So grab your drink, fill out your...
Worst Movie Reboots & Remakes: Hollywood’s Biggest Do-Over Failures
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we dive headfirst into the cinematic recycling bin to uncover the worst movie reboots and remakes Hollywood swore we needed (we did not). From soulless cash grabs to “bold reimaginings” that forgot what made the original great, we’re revisiting films that made audiences ask, “Who approved this?” Expect passionate debates, questionable creative decisions, and at least one remake that feels like it was written by a committee of confused interns. We’ll break down why these reboots failed, what they could’ve done differently, and whether any de...
This Year in Film History (1986) with Cthulhu Jack
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Special Guest -- Cthulhu Jack
Dust off your leg warmers and prepare for maximum montage energy, because this week we’re diving headfirst into This Year in Film History: 1986 🎬🔥 It’s the year where fighter jets flew dangerously close to volleyball games, aliens got cozy in suburbia, and one man named Crocodile proved that tourism marketing could, in fact, involve knives. We’re breaking down the biggest movies, unforgettable moments, and the kind of cinematic chaos that only the mid-80s could deliver without a hint of irony. Expect blockbuster nostalgia, behi...
Oscar Review (Plus tribute to Chuck Norris)
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This week on Films and Fermentation, it’s a solo mission as Leo breaks down the biggest moments, surprises, and “wait… really?” decisions from the latest Oscars. From standout wins to head-scratching snubs, we’re taking a look at what the Academy got right—and where it might need a second take. Then, we pivot from red carpets to roundhouse kicks with a tribute to the one-man genre known as Chuck Norris. Because while the Oscars celebrate acting, Chuck Norris celebrates defying physics, logic, and occasionally gravity itself. So grab a drink and jo...
“Luke, I Am Your Father”… Movie Quotes Everyone Gets Wrong
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re diving into the famous movie quotes you think you know… but probably don’t. From “Luke, I am your father” to “Play it again, Sam,” Hollywood history is filled with lines that millions of fans have been confidently misquoting for decades. Are these misquotes the result of pop culture telephone, bad memories, or just the Mandela Effect working overtime? We’re breaking down the most misquoted movie lines in film history, revealing the real quotes, and discovering how the wrong versions somehow became more famous than the...
Reel Therapy: Movies That Portray Mental Health Accurately… and the Ones That Miss the Mark
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re diving into one of Hollywood’s most important and complicated subjects: mental health in movies. From powerful portrayals of depression, OCD, PTSD, autism, and bipolar disorder to films that maybe… didn’t quite consult a licensed professional, we’re breaking down what cinema gets right and where it misses the mark. Some movies handle mental illness with nuance, research, and emotional honesty, while others treat it like a quirky personality trait or a convenient plot twist. We’re not here to cancel your favorites, but we are h...
Forgotten 80's Animation with the KJ & A Podcast
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Dust off your cereal bowl and adjust your rabbit ears because this week we’re diving headfirst into the wonderfully weird world of forgotten 80s and 90s cartoons. From neon-soaked Saturday morning fever dreams to animated shows you only half-remember between toy commercials, we’re testing our brains on the most obscure animated TV series of the era. Think deep cuts, one-season wonders, and characters that absolutely deserved better… or at least a second episode. Can we actually guess these retro cartoons from the golden age of Saturday morning TV, or will nostal...
Best Physical Performers: A Draft Episode
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This week on Films & Fermentation, we’re drafting the greatest physical actors in movie history, the legends who run, jump, fall down stairs, and somehow still hit their mark 🎬💥. From bone-crunching action stars to rubber-faced comedy icons, we’re building our ultimate roster of cinematic athletes who treat gravity like a mild suggestion. Who gets first pick when the board includes stunt daredevils, slapstick masters, and performers who do their own fight scenes without calling their chiropractor? Expect passionate arguments, questionable strategy, and at least one dramatic gasp when a fan-favorite gets snatched o...
Recasting Dick Tracy (1990)
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Welcome back to Films and Fermentation, where questionable casting decisions are not only encouraged, they’re the whole point 🍿🍺 This week we’re recasting Dick Tracy, the comic-strip fever dream that asked, “What if every actor looked like a wax figure with a grudge?” We’re pulling the movie apart role by role to decide who should wear the yellow coat today, who gets buried under prosthetics, and who absolutely should not be allowed near a fedora. Expect bold choices, irresponsible confidence, and at least one casting pick that will make you yell at your spe...
Best On-Screen Chemistry: A Valentine's Special
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Welcome back to Films and Fermentation, the only bracket tournament where love stories, buddy comedies, and heroes vs. villains all get judged on the same sacred metric: “Do we buy it?” 🍿🍺 This week we’re throwing the movies into a full-on Onscreen Chemistry Tournament, because some duos flirt, some bicker, and some try to throw each other off a building and it’s still weirdly electric. We’ve got romance sparks, ride-or-die besties, and rivalries so intense they practically need a chaperone. You’ll hear the matchups, the upsets, and the passionate arguments that abs...
Eddie Murphy: From SNL to Beverly Hills Cop – A Legendary Acting Career
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re talking about a man who dominated stand-up, movies, and box offices before most of us finished middle school: Eddie Murphy. From leather-clad comedy specials that absolutely could not be made today to characters so iconic they’re still being quoted at family gatherings, Murphy’s career is nothing short of legendary. We’re diving into the hits, the misses, the talking animals, and the era when every studio executive said, “Just get Eddie.” It’s a career built on fearless comedy, massive charm, and the confidence...
Interview with Bobby DeMars + Films that Time Forgot
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re back with Part 13 of our Films That Time Forgot series, digging up forgotten cinematic oddities like archaeologists with microphones and beer. But the real spotlight belongs to our special guest, Bobby DeMars, founder of Blind Barrels (A Whiskey Tasting Experience) and producer of the documentary, The Business of Amateurs. We talk indie filmmaking, passion projects, and what it takes to build something meaningful when you’re not backed by a Hollywood money cannon. It’s part movie nostalgia, part behind-the-scenes hustle, and part “how did this...
Stand By Me: A 40th Anniversary Celebration
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Stand By Me, Rob Reiner’s coming-of-age classic that somehow makes friendship, grief, and questionable decision-making feel like one perfect summer day. We’re walking the tracks with Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern, and yes, we’re emotionally prepared… which is to say we brought beverages and denial. We’ll dig into why this Stephen King adaptation still hits like a memory you didn’t realize you kept, powered by unforgettable performances from River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O’Co...
2025 Movie Yearbook + Our Most Anticipated 2026 Movies
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This week on Films and Fermentation, we’re cracking open a cold one and looking back at the beautiful disasters and surprise bangers that were the movies of 2025. We’ll argue about box office hits, under-the-radar gems, and the “who greenlit this?” films that probably should’ve stayed in development hell. Then we’ll stumble boldly into the future with a preview of 2026 movies, hyped blockbusters, sequels nobody asked for, and the odd original idea that somehow escaped a franchise. Expect beer-fueled predictions, wildly inaccurate box office guesses, and at least one movie we swe...
