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Godzilla (1998)

Written by Nick McCann 45/100 By the 1990's, Godzilla had a 40 plus year history built up and American audiences had got a few different tastes of his growing legacy. It was about time though that a proper American production … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment March 22, 2021March 14, 2021

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Written by Nick McCann 69/100 King Kong ushered in a new era of special effects driven American filmmaking back in 1933. Godzilla, 21 years later, took that effects film formula and wove in a palpable social commentary for Japanese audiences. … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment March 15, 2021March 14, 2021

Gojira (1954)

Written by Nick McCann 91/100 Pretend, reader, that you were a citizen of Japan in mid-summer of 1945... yeah that sucked. The atom bombings of World War 2 left a permanent stain on that country and the world. The nuclear … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment March 8, 2021March 6, 2021

King Kong (1933)

Written by Nick McCann 94/100 There is no other like the Eighth Wonder. Who could’ve thought in the 1930's that movies can get so big? Sure talkie pictures had been around for a while and there were some B-pictures that … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment March 1, 2021March 3, 2021

The Devil All the Time

Written by Nick McCann 84/100 As far as getting new releases, this year bites. It's a good thing the streaming platforms all had full banks to deploy. Admittedly I'm still not all that enthused with Netflix originals, but the output … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment December 9, 2020November 29, 2020

The Blob

Written by Nick McCann 72/100 Just as people flock to movies to escape the fearful thoughts of our current virus lockdown, moviegoers of the 1950s were flocking to movies to escape fearful thoughts of Cold War anxieties. Monster and alien … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment December 5, 2020November 29, 2020

Possessor

Written by Nick McCann 95/100 It fills me with joy when filmmakers have kids that go on to do filmmaking of their own. Enter David Cronenberg, the king of body horror! His movies over the years raised as many social and … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment October 19, 2020October 20, 2020

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  • Episode 123: Chloé Zhao: Eternals / Songs My Brothers Taught Me December 13, 2021
  • Episode 122: Rescreening Letter from an Unknown Woman November 29, 2021
  • Episode 121: Lamb / The Last Duel / No Time to Die November 8, 2021

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Still buzzing about the 2022 Academy Award Nominations? Drink in the Movies has reviews of all the Best Picture Nominees on our site. See if our thoughts coincide with the Academy or, more importantly, coincide with yours.
Judi Dench got an Academy Award nomination today for "Belfast" like it was the early 2000s. In honor of Dame Judi Dench's eighth nomination, tell us your favorite Academy Award nominated performance from the esteemed actress.
Sundance 2022 ended yesterday. Here are some of the reviews that have been published by DitM thus far, with more to come:
We conclude our series of posts sharing our contributor's top ten films of 2021 with DitM's co-host and Editor-in-Chief, Taylor Baker's top ten of 2021.
One of our newest contributors, Raúl Mendoza, shares his eclectic Top 10 Films of 2021.

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Written by Rudolph Lambert Fernandez
Still buzzing about the 2022 Academy Award Nominations? Drink in the Movies has reviews of all the Best Picture Nominees on our site. See if our thoughts coincide with the Academy or, more importantly, coincide with yours.
Judi Dench got an Academy Award nomination today for "Belfast" like it was the early 2000s. In honor of Dame Judi Dench's eighth nomination, tell us your favorite Academy Award nominated performance from the esteemed actress.
Sundance 2022 ended yesterday. Here are some of the reviews that have been published by DitM thus far, with more to come:
We conclude our series of posts sharing our contributor's top ten films of 2021 with DitM's co-host and Editor-in-Chief, Taylor Baker's top ten of 2021.
One of our newest contributors, Raúl Mendoza, shares his eclectic Top 10 Films of 2021.
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