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 concern L.A.’s favorite obsession – after movies, of course – cars. There is a wine pairing for each. Let’s get revved up.
Gumball Rally is a 1976 laffer about a coast-to-coast auto race with no rules – rather like Can-Am racing with less horsepower. A rich candy manufacturer, overcome with ennui, gets his car enthusiast pals together for the rally – which he hopes will liven up his humdrum life.
It’s a car-chase movie, so you know there is a hitch. In this case, the hitch is a bumbling L.A. cop who has made a career out of trying to apprehend the racers. You can bet your greasy camshaft that he will try and shut down the race at any cost. Never mind...
Gumball Rally is a 1976 laffer about a coast-to-coast auto race with no rules – rather like Can-Am racing with less horsepower. A rich candy manufacturer, overcome with ennui, gets his car enthusiast pals together for the rally – which he hopes will liven up his humdrum life.
It’s a car-chase movie, so you know there is a hitch. In this case, the hitch is a bumbling L.A. cop who has made a career out of trying to apprehend the racers. You can bet your greasy camshaft that he will try and shut down the race at any cost. Never mind...
- 12/22/2022
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
Composer Bear McCreary discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Wolf Man (1941) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man movie power rankings
Host (2020)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary celebration
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Robot Monster (1953) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Cat-Women Of The Moon (1953)
The Man With The Golden Arm (1955) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Ten Commandments (1956) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
The Swarm (1978) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Batman (1989)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) – Mike Schlesinger’s trailer commentary
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
The Professor And The Madman (2019)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Do The Right Thing (1989) – Allan Arkush...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Wolf Man (1941) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man movie power rankings
Host (2020)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary celebration
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Robot Monster (1953) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Cat-Women Of The Moon (1953)
The Man With The Golden Arm (1955) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Ten Commandments (1956) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
The Swarm (1978) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Batman (1989)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) – Mike Schlesinger’s trailer commentary
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
The Professor And The Madman (2019)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Do The Right Thing (1989) – Allan Arkush...
- 12/6/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
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 is the 1973 high-school romance movie which relates to the Pearl Jam song of the same name, in name only. That’s a good thing, because the song is a real bummer. Besides being a fairly good flick, the movie, Jeremy, reportedly has the distinction of spawning a real life love affair between the principals.
Robbie Benson plays a cello-studying, dog-walking, poetry-reading, chess-playing 15-year-old who follows the ponies. He falls for Glynnis O’Connor – can you blame him? – but they never make it to the track to place a bet. They have a short teenage love...
Jeremy is the 1973 high-school romance movie which relates to the Pearl Jam song of the same name, in name only. That’s a good thing, because the song is a real bummer. Besides being a fairly good flick, the movie, Jeremy, reportedly has the distinction of spawning a real life love affair between the principals.
Robbie Benson plays a cello-studying, dog-walking, poetry-reading, chess-playing 15-year-old who follows the ponies. He falls for Glynnis O’Connor – can you blame him? – but they never make it to the track to place a bet. They have a short teenage love...
- 11/27/2020
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
If you are in the mood for an unhinged parody of the beach-blanket-teen-flesh movies of the early to mid-’60s – and when are you not in the mood for that? – “Lord Love A Duck” is where you should go. Duck pairs wonderfully with wine and the movie gives flight to the “groovy” part of the sixties. I expect Peter Sellers to walk into the scene at any moment. The script can only manage to flirt with alcohol, but going on a murderous rampage with a bulldozer suggests there may have been something stronger in play.
Tuesday Weld and Lola Albright play the bikini-beach gal roles to the hilt. Sweaters? Sure you get sweaters! How about a dozen? Try them on – please! Roddy McDowall is a cross between Moondoggie and Bonehead, only dangerous. The music in the beach party scenes is just about the most redundantly cheesy song ever written – one...
Tuesday Weld and Lola Albright play the bikini-beach gal roles to the hilt. Sweaters? Sure you get sweaters! How about a dozen? Try them on – please! Roddy McDowall is a cross between Moondoggie and Bonehead, only dangerous. The music in the beach party scenes is just about the most redundantly cheesy song ever written – one...
- 8/28/2014
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
The Curiosity rover has begun snooping about for evidence of life on Mars. I’ll be watching those pictures closely for evidence of wine on Mars. Paul Mantee’s character in Robinson Crusoe on Mars could have used a little martian vino, be it red or white.
Had Daniel Defoe’s earthbound Crusoe known he would be marooned for 28 years, he might have tried making some wine - if only for sacramental purposes. The 18th-century Crusoe got religion by reading the Bible while stranded. Imagine what he could have accomplished, inspired by a couple of issues of Wine Spectator.
Hollywood’s version of the desert island is Mars in the 1964 film billed as “scientifically authentic.” That must have referred to the Technicolor process, because little else seems to be very realistic. Tfh says the movie does borrow effects from “War of the Worlds” and “Destination Moon,” and the presentation is 1964-moderne,...
Had Daniel Defoe’s earthbound Crusoe known he would be marooned for 28 years, he might have tried making some wine - if only for sacramental purposes. The 18th-century Crusoe got religion by reading the Bible while stranded. Imagine what he could have accomplished, inspired by a couple of issues of Wine Spectator.
Hollywood’s version of the desert island is Mars in the 1964 film billed as “scientifically authentic.” That must have referred to the Technicolor process, because little else seems to be very realistic. Tfh says the movie does borrow effects from “War of the Worlds” and “Destination Moon,” and the presentation is 1964-moderne,...
- 8/14/2014
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
For the dog days of summer, what could be better than a movie with some canine teeth? And some claws. And a loud bark. And a nice wine for a dog day afternoon.
“The Howling” is a great 1980s werewolf film - there were a few of them back in the day. This one boasts Tfh head guru Joe Dante directing a screenplay by John Sayles- not to mention the likes of Patrick Macnee, Slim Pickens, John Carradine andKevin McCarthy onscreen. I’m in.
First of all, save your silver bullets. Do you know how much ordinary stuff can kill a dog? Wine is right up there - or any alcoholic beverage. But how about milk? That’s bad for Fido, too. Chocolate, also not so good for Rover. Nor are avocados, persimmons, eggs, fish, salt, sugar, yeast or macadamia nuts. It looks like the only thing dogs can safely eat are Bonz.
“The Howling” is a great 1980s werewolf film - there were a few of them back in the day. This one boasts Tfh head guru Joe Dante directing a screenplay by John Sayles- not to mention the likes of Patrick Macnee, Slim Pickens, John Carradine andKevin McCarthy onscreen. I’m in.
First of all, save your silver bullets. Do you know how much ordinary stuff can kill a dog? Wine is right up there - or any alcoholic beverage. But how about milk? That’s bad for Fido, too. Chocolate, also not so good for Rover. Nor are avocados, persimmons, eggs, fish, salt, sugar, yeast or macadamia nuts. It looks like the only thing dogs can safely eat are Bonz.
- 8/7/2014
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
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