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BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER (2002) The Worst Reviewed Movie on Rotten Tomatoes Paired with Maligned Wines

We revisit a childhood favorite, which somehow has always had an utterly abyssmal reputation, and find out if it's as bad as people say it is.

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BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER (2002) The Worst Reviewed Movie on Rotten Tomatoes Paired with Maligned Wines

We revisit a childhood favorite, which somehow has always had an utterly abyssmal reputation, and find out if it's as bad as people say it is.

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With special returning guest "Decarceration" of From the Yard to the Arthouse Substack fame! This one is CRASS, people. Read at your own risk.

Jul 2 • Dave Baxter

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SIDEWAYS (2004) Paired with Wines That Embody its Characters

"The Sideways Effect". "The French Paradox", how both dovetailed to alter the American wine industry, and why this movie still matters.

Jun 24 • Dave Baxter

1:34:40

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017) w/ Screenwriter Mark Palermo: Paired with Wines - and a Hard Ice Cream Float - that Embody the Punk Rock…

When is a horror movie not a horror movie? The diamond in director Shin'ichiro Ueda's rather insane ouvre.

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Wine and Comics: AUTOMATIC KAFKA by Joe Casey and Ashley Wood

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A very American, New York wine for a very American, New Yawk comic.

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VINTERFICATION: Script vs. Screen - SIX FEET UNDER Pilot Episode

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Wherever the love of surprise and discovery dominates, that is where I want to be.

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Like Mercy, it cannot be forced or coerced onto another. It may not be the same as personal preference, but it cannot escape our personal value…

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This is who we are and have been; and this is what AI is and has been.

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Director Chris McGilvray talks EDEN (2024) - The Documentary That Asks "What Price Wine?"

A family run vineyard, passionate about the grapes and the wine. But what does it cost them?

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Fermenting more than just grapes, making a de-alc wine worth drinking, and finding all the ways wine can surprise.

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VINTERVIEW: Director Matt Battaglia Talks Georgian Wine Doc THE RED LINE

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