Blaise and Ray discuss the Miller coaching showdown in the Crosstown Shootout, and Blaise's favorite Christmas Classic, Holiday Affair, while drinking one of Blaise's favorite beers from one of his favorite breweries: Listermann's Operation Flintlock Stout. Ray learns what a crowler is and feels most actors from the 30s through the 50s were afraid to take their shirts off. Let's make this a Christmas Cult Classic!
Blaise and Ray discuss great acting, impeccable shot selection, along with great writing in Sicario, and the need for more tough-men characters in film, as well as the notorious slap (not so manly behavior of Will Smith) at the Oscars. Video available on Blaise Weller's youtube channel. Stay tuned for our upcoming Xmas Cult Special, our pick for best Christmas film.
Ray and Blaise discuss Tarantino's ninth film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Blaise yells at Ray for not knowing his history, part of the storyline, as well as the world for not understanding how good Tarantino's writing is, his expertise in pitting character vs. character within his films. Ray and Blaise forlorn the absence of tough men in Hollywood. Video version available on Blaise Weller's youtube channel.
Blaise and Ray dissect and argue about characters in Jim Jarmusch's Patterson, while Ray forgets the main story line in Pulp Fiction, but learns a new respect for poetry and one of Blaise's favorite directors.