After attending a punk concert at an undisclosed location, we eat Mexican food (including rice and beans) and then discuss Green Room . This movie really changed Blake’s life. Can it change yours? Jose thinks the film has some great moments, but may not be rewatchable. Brandon is sad because Anton Yelchin is gone forever. We all agree that this movie is entertaining. It gives us our second choice for a desert island band, the Ain’t Rights or Aren’t Rights whichever you prefer.
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 33 min
We’re framing each other for things we may not have done this week while we eat chicken Frito pie, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and Kit Kats before we discuss Gone Girl . Once we get past the unrealistic meet cute banter, the story leads us through a series of events that may not be as authentic as they are depicted. Is Nick a wife murderer? Is Amy abused? The answers may surprise you if you ignore the story's holes. We’re excited that Nick gives us some wood in the end, but we'll save that fo...
Feb 05, 2024•2 hr 7 min
Gorry! We plan our deaths as we eat cabbage, sausages, a plate of charcuterie, and drink some Scotch before discussing Dolores Claiborne . With impressive dialogue and a truly evil antagonist, this film takes us on a journey of discovery that we relish. As one year bleeds into the next, we look forward to growing old together. Sometimes dinner with a movie is all we have to hold on to.
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 45 min
Love is in the air as we eat muffins, Vienna sausages, and milkshakes before discussing Before Sunrise. Jose and Blake can relate to Jesse’s awkward peacocking while Brandon is let down by the lack of emotional investment in the characters. The next time we’re in Vienna we’ll have to catch the play “Bring Me the Horns of Wilmington’s Cow” instead of spending so much time in the cafes and bars.
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 47 min
Yippee ki-yay, movie lovers! We eat Crunch bars, Twinkies, ice cream, and cake before getting into the thick of it with Die Hard . After some debate, we determined that films don’t necessarily have to feature Christmas to be considered Christmas movies. This nostalgic eighties gem has it all: a half-naked hero, clever villain, idiotic cops, irresponsible F.B.I. officers, and a marriage on the rocks due to a lack of communication and support ultimately proving that being a hero can solve anything...
Dec 30, 2023•2 hr
We’re off to Türkiye this week to eat hamburgers, fries, rolls, strawberry ice cream, and lemon Fanta before we discuss Aftersun . We all connect with this film’s captivating depiction of a father-daughter relationship being damaged by depression. Paul Mescal has a nice butt and is brilliant in his portrayal of Calum. We don’t intend to put them under pressure, but we want to see more of young actress Frankie Corio and writer/director Charlotte Wells. Rave on!
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Ciao alla nostra bellissima principessa ascoltatrice! Instead of eating breaded liver and eel stuffed with fatty sausage, we chose to have some nice salmon with salad, bread, and lovely eclairs before discussing Life is Beautiful . This wonderful film is full of all of the hilarious highs and heartbreaking lows that we crave. All we can say to Roberto Benigni is “Grazie!” for manifesting your gorgeous film into existence.
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 31 min
We’re kicking up our heels this week after we eat a pastrami sandwich with celery juice and watch A Chorus Line . Blake scores the movie Intro Ten; Story Three. Jose is so Surprised by the movie he says it twice. Brandon wants to spend all his time At the Ballet from now on (preferably with Paul). We’re not dancers, probably because we can’t walk around with our pants stuffed in our cracks, but we can eat, talk about movies, and entertain you. We Can Do That!
Nov 20, 2023•2 hr 1 min
We are correctly doing something this week when we eat some Brooklyn pizza and discuss Do the Right Thing . Is Mookie the perfect unlikable protagonist? Is Sal the reason Pino is an a-hole? Who is doing right and who is doing wrong? Can we fully answer any of these questions? No, but that’s the point. We admire Spike Lee’s use of duality in every character and cinematography that captures moments of tension and heartbreak with precision. Spike Lee’s ability to write and direct such a thought-pro...
Nov 14, 2023•2 hr 12 min
Welcome to our nightmare where we eat small chickens and salad then discuss Eraserhead. Blake and Brandon try to decipher meaning in a possibly meaningless movie as the crew delves into the strangeness of David Lynch’s choices. Maybe he was just a dad going through some stuff. Does that explain the chicken-fish baby? Who knows? After we’ve picked all the meat off of this cult classic and the surreal chickens are left bare-boned, this is a movie that Jose just can’t sink his teeth into.
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 38 min
What was that? Oh, it was just Jimmy destroying our roof again. We better have his mom fix it before we eat eggs, purple flurp (grape soda), cotton candy, and popcorn then discuss Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. This nostalgic film brings back some memories of youth for Blake and Jose, not so much for Brandon who wants a smarter film. Go Jimmy, Jimmy that’s the voice I hear inside. Straight up, come along for the ride… It’s Dinner with a Movie time.
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Remember, remember the last week of September when we ate eggies in the basket and tea and biscuits before we discussed V for Vendetta. Jose and Brandon are adamant that the love interest between V and Evey is out of place and unneeded and Blake has issues with coincidences used to prove you’re the puppet of a higher power. We like the energy and the story but also expected a few more surprises from the detective work that is supposed to connect everything together. Now we have to put on some ma...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 48 min
This week, we eat potato soup, rice pudding, and oranges before we discuss Torch Song Trilogy. We connect with this seminal film about a gay man's search for family on many different levels. Arnold’s interesting way of looking at things makes him one of the greatest characters we have ever encountered. Per his advice, we were careful not to fall into an elevator shaft, skinny dip in a school of piranha, or accidentally douche with Drano on the way to the set. Arnold, Alan, Ed, Ma, and David draw...
Sep 25, 2023•2 hr 40 min
We stayed in Texas and then hitched a ride to Georgia with the legendary Bandit, Frog, Snowman, and Fred to eat cheeseburgers and iced tea in a choke and puke before discussing Smokey and the Bandit. How many police cars crashed along the way is almost uncountable. Maybe Buford and Junior have an inventory on that. That’s if Junior can manage to keep his head on better than his hat. This movie is almost as fun as driving your car through a football game. There’s almost nonstop car action except ...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 39 min
This week, we’re in Texas eatin’ up some down home-cookin’ of T-bone steaks, baked potatoes, green beans, corn on the cob, and iced tea before we discuss Hell or High Water. Chris Pine makes brooding sadness look good, but all agree that Ben Foster really steals the show in this bank-robbing tale. Nothing in this neo-western movie really tickles Jose’s fancy, but it gets two Yee-Haws from Blake and Brandon. So loud you’d think there were ten on us.
Sep 07, 2023•2 hr 1 min
In this week’s special re-recorded edition of DWAM, we are in Las Vegas to eat some spaghetti with marinara and meatballs, and some even distributed blueberry muffins before we discuss Casino. Is this movie’s long introduction through exposition a hindrance or an asset? There’s a lot to say about Ace, Ginger, and Nicky, but we have to watch our mouths. There are still plenty of holes in the desert around Las Vegas and we wouldn’t want to be caught dead in one of those.
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 57 min
We’re off to Central America this week to eat Big Macs and fries before we discuss Spy Kids. Jose’s memory as a kid of having a film that depicts people that looked like him makes this movie nostalgically important. It’s a kid’s film and it doesn’t really have to be much more than that to be fun. Although there are some aspects of Floop’s Fooglies that are nightmare fuel, that’s only an easy criticism of a film that’s about the difficulty of keeping a family together. And, that’s a lot of that’s...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min
After the ultimate sword fight, we eat Roman stew, apples, figs, and plumbs before we discuss Gladiator. This is the ultimate dad movie with a lot of beefy macho men fighting to win the crowd and win their freedom. For a film production filled with all kinds of setbacks, it has a larger-than-life story that is far from Roman reality, yet universal in its scope. Who wouldn’t enjoy a film with the original Dumbledore in it?
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 54 min
We start off this week’s bit by eating salad, milk and cookies, and Haagen Dazs (post-show ice cream) then we discuss Man on the Moon. Was Andy Kaufman a comic genius or the father of all trolls? We’ll let you decide. We agree that method acting, while great to watch onscreen, may not be so good for the cast and crew you’re working with. All joking aside, we’ll leave you on this note, I’ve got to be meeeeeeee.
Jul 27, 2023•2 hr 2 min
We catch the Train of Thought to eat pepperoni pizza with broccoli and caramel candy tears before we get in touch with our emotions and discuss Inside Out this week. We all need a little Bing Bong in our lives, but Jose lacks a Goofball Island. Of course, this is yet another Pixar movie that makes Blake and Brandon cry. Maybe there’s a connection between Goofball Island and crying?
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 51 min
We are all DWAM strong male hunters this week while we drink milk and eat eggs with fry bread before discussing Wind River. There is plenty to uncover on our journey through this film’s vast landscape and we are willing to hike to the top of Gannett Peak to discover what lies beneath this snow-covered tale. Cory and Matt teach us what it means to be real men while Jane learns nothing from her experience and evil Pete whimpers down the mountain but doesn't get too far. We love what’s at the film’...
Jul 13, 2023•2 hr 10 min
We joust one another with our enormous lances before we eat turkey legs and brie tart and discuss A Knight’s Tale. It’s a medieval story full of brilliant scenes full of emotional depth that are abruptly ended by modern music. It has everything from sports to romance and it makes us long for the tang of Alan Tudyk’s tansy cakes with peppermint cream. Maybe we can change our stars and make that happen someday.
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 54 min
We put on our Dinner with a Movie explorer hats and celebrate Marmalade Day by eating orange marmalade sandwiches with tea before discussing Paddington. Is this a kid’s film about a bear that moves to London or a work of pro-immigration, anti-colonialism propaganda? Paddington is the cutest bear we know and we’d welcome him or Mr. Gruber into any of our homes any time. We can’t wait to go to darkest Peru and visit with Aunt Lucy in the next year or two.
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 35 min
We’re headed to Dublin, Ireland in a food truck for this week’s gig. We eat fish and chips and cream puffs before we discuss The Commitments. We really wanted Bernie to have a solo, but the film’s depiction of an impoverished and divided Ireland in the eighties is immaculate and its music is divine. We all could use some soul and this movie has enough to spare.
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 40 min
We have the maple syrup out on that table and that can only mean one thing… we’re having pancakes. We also have apple juice and cheeseball puffs before discussing Rain Man. The dignified portrayal of a man with autism is nothing that’s laughed about in this drama. We agree that there is some long lost time that the Babbitt brothers need to make up for and this film conveniently allows that to happen in a road trip, but the ending needs a little more brotherly love. In all, Charlie may still be u...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 47 min
This week, we have chili, Tostitos, and Dr. Pepper before we’re whisked away into the world of spin doctors and Hollywood producers and watch Wag the Dog. This 1997 movie is so prophetic that it predates the Bill Clinton scandal, 9/11, and the War in Iraq and it’s still relevant today. It’s a big eye-opening thumbs up from all of us win-an-Emmy, social-conscience, save-the-rain-forest, liberal, affirmative action, peacenik commies here at the show. Some words in that were deleted for decorum, bu...
Jun 06, 2023•2 hr 10 min
We travel to the fictional small-town diner in Anarene, Texas this week to have hamburgers, chili, fries, onion rings, shakes, coffee, and Dr. Pepper before we discuss The Last Picture Show. The film’s unhappiness and emptiness are strongly felt throughout as it follows a group of mostly unsupervised teenagers. Life in this small town can be hard or sometimes indescribably soft. We can relate.
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 42 min
This week, we dine on Mother’s milk (from moo-cow moms), water, and salad before discussing the film Mad Max: Fury Road. We all agree that Max’s road to redemption is less defined than Furiosa’s, but that road is full of War Boys ready to fight and die for their leader as they attempt to bring back his escaped best wives. It’s more than just mediocre; it’s a great film full of wonderful cinematography and well-choreographed car chase action from beginning to end. Just like Max, we’re off on anot...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 56 min
We travel into THE CITY this week to eat lasagna and Flavor Blasted Goldfish crackers before discussing the movie Garfield. This fat cat movie is full of fun for kids but don’t expect much for adults except for Garfield’s strange rendition of Billy Joel’s New York State of Mind smack dab in the middle of the movie. If you’re looking for a movie about friendship and family values, this is an okay watch. Just skip the part when Jon knocks the hell out of Happy at the end.
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 36 min
After we eat a hearty helping of meatloaf, Spanish olives, olive oil with bread, and coffee with whiskey this week, we discuss the film Life Itself. We agree that Oscar Isaac’s performance is mind-blowing and we wanted more of a story with Dylan and her grandpa Irwin. Some of us liked the Gonzalez family story, but we all felt that the culmination of these lives lead to a disappointing appearance of Elena reading a story about her family’s loss and an unlikely coincidence that supposedly proves ...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 55 min
