Commentist Beer Barrel: Spoilers for Beer and Television

makeitsnowondem - April 28, 2019April 27, 2019

The final season of Game of Thrones, the greatest achievement in televised violence and incest since Dexter, has proceeded, so far, at a surprisingly measured pace, considering the season's abbreviated six-episode length and the intimidating number of still-unresolved plot threads. We can safely expect that'll change tonight, with Jon, Dany,

Oscars 2019 Preview and Open Thread: We Got to Move These Acclaimed Motion Pictures. We Got to Move These Short Nominees.

makeitsnowondem - February 24, 2019February 24, 2019

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Welcome to Oscars Evening, Commentists! I'm back, and I've got some more capital-T Takes on these awards, specifically the prestige categories, the short films, and the feature films that well-adjusted people probably care even less about than they do the short films. But first, I want to yell about something

Oscars 2019 Preview: I Have Eaten The Polar Bears That Were In Your Ice Cap

makeitsnowondem - February 23, 2019February 23, 2019

Happy Oscar weekend! In past years, I know, I've spread this out a little more, but there were a few key films I had to go down to the wire to find time to watch. It's honestly still looking questionable whether I'll see everything on the list this year, thanks

Oscars 2019: Tell Homeland Security – We Are The Noms

makeitsnowondem - January 25, 2019January 26, 2019

Welcome to late January! It's a time we at DFO most associate with bitching that the goddamned Patriots are in the stupid fucking Super Bowl again, but that's not all these bleak winter weeks have to offer. There are also movie awards! Balls of Steel is already ably handling the

Commentist Beer Barrel: Brut Strength

makeitsnowondem - August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

I don't love champagne. That's a hell of a thing to say to you Commentists after being away so long, I know, but it's the only honest way for me to launch back into this. I've had some good champagnes, and they were fine, but I've had to conclude that

Oscar Night 2018 Open Thread

makeitsnowondem - March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

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Good evening, Commentists! It's Oscar night, and I'm here to set the stage for your finest cinematological dick jokes. Here are the nominees for Best Picture, ranked, and my predictions for which of them will actually win. 10. Darkest Hour Impeccably acted and unexpectedly pretty to look at. There are no bad movies

Oscar Preview 2018: Prestige Award Lightning Round

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makeitsnowondem - March 1, 2018

I did it. I had to go to two different theaters yesterday because the one I went to first was having "events" of some sort and had canceled all its normal screenings with minimal notice, but I regrouped, ate something, and saw the last movie on the list, the Aaron Sorkin

Oscar Preview 2018: Salute Your Shorts

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makeitsnowondem - February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

The animated features and short films are, collectively, some of my favorite awards-season categories. There's almost always something in there that's as good as most of the Best Picture nominees, and because it's not a Best Picture nominee, I get to feel smug about appreciating it. Also, a lot of

Oscar Preview 2018: Art for Film’s Sake

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makeitsnowondem - February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

Good afternoon, Commentists! Today I'm cruising on through the more artsy categories today, and here's a status update: I have three more feature films to watch, and another seven shorts still, and as of tomorrow all of them will be available to me. We're really doing this! Let's get into

Oscar Preview 2018: Awards for Nerds

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makeitsnowondem - February 25, 2018February 25, 2018

Good afternoon, Commentists. We're a week from Oscar night, and and my plan was to cover all the "technical categories" today, but that was before I did a little more research and discovered that there are seven technical categories and that they include costume design and production design. And, look,

Oscar Preview 2018: The Films No One Watches

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makeitsnowondem - February 22, 2018February 22, 2018

Good afternoon, Commentists. We're ten days from the Oscars, and I believe that this will finally be the year that I can claim to have watched everything. Some of you may remember how close I've gotten the past couple of years; I missed the animated film My Life as a Courgette last year,

Commentist Beer Barrel: Hops and Chocolate

makeitsnowondem - February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

I sometimes think we're not experimenting enough, as a society, with hoppy beer. Sure, it seems like someone's cultivated a new hop every month, sometimes bringing brand new flavors to the table, but most brewers seem largely content to let the hops stand on their own, rather than try to