Star Wars

Matchups, Part 3

For this week’s episode, we take random street-level (read: no superpowers) heroes and match them up for an imaginary brawl.  Geeky discussion follows.  As always, our podcast features dirty-bird words, so listener discretion is advised.

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2020 Movie Preview

We’ve scanned the movie schedule for 2020, and it truly looks like the best of times and the blurst of times.  Lots of sequels, prequels, remakes, rehashes, reboots, and screwups.  Still, look carefully and you’ll find some good with the bad and ugly. For this episode of Cinemavino, we discuss the upcoming movie schedule.  We’re really…

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Matchups, Part Deux (Classic French Wines)

As kids, most of us loved pitting random action figures against each other.  Superman vs. He-Man, who would win?  (I mean, Superman, duh…)  For this episode of Cinemavino, we play Matchups with some powerful pop culture figures and put it to a vote.  Some of the answers may surprise you!  Also, we enjoy some classic French…

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The Mandalorian (Series Recap) *spoilers*

(*WARNING:  SPOILERS ABOUND*)  Season 1 of The Mandalorian is in the books, and it’s been a resounding success for Disney+.  Ratings and critical reception have been sky-high, and it looks like the series will be here to stay.  For this episode of Cinemavino, Sean Jordan joins Trav and I as we discuss the finale of the…

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (French reds) **spoilers**

This is the second in our two-part Rise of Skywalker discussion.  If you haven’t seen it, check out our previous episode, which is spoiler-free.  (I’ll post a link below.)  For this discussion, SPOILERS ABOUND.  We had plenty of opinions about the final Skywalker installment in the Star Wars franchise.  This is a lively discussion, and a great episode…

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (French reds) *spoiler free

This week, it’s double the Cinema, double the Vino.  We present you with two Star Wars pods.  This one is free from spoilers, the next one is loaded with them.  You can check this one out, go see Rise of Skywalker, and head to the second episode. We also drink some delicious French wines, as my next movie…

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The Mandalorian (Episode 5) *spoilers

For this week’s episode of Cinemavino, Sean Jordan joins us as we drink some delicious red wine and discuss Chapter Five of The Mandalorian.  Also on the table:  The new Ghostbusters trailer just dropped, and Harrison Ford’s thoughts on continuing the Indiana Jones franchise after he’s done with it.

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The Mandalorian (Episode 4) *spoilers

New Cinemavino is live!  This week, The Mandalorian delivered what many are calling a “filler episode.”  As the midpoint episode, it really didn’t do a whole lot to move the plot forward.  Hopefully the series will regain a little momentum with next week’s episode.  As a whole, The Mandalorian is a great-looking series and still has a lot to offer….

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The Mandalorian (Episodes 2 & 3) *spoilers

As a Space Western, The Mandalorian gets stronger as it goes along.  The action scenes are killer, and it has attitude and atmosphere to spare.  This feels like the breath of fresh air Star Wars has needed for a good long while. I’ve had some kind of seasonal crud for the past week.  That means antibiotics, which also means…

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The Mandalorian (Episode 1) *spoilers

*SPOILERS ABOUND* Disney continues expanding the Star Wars Universe at a rapid pace.  The Mandalorian debuted on Disney+ last week, and its release has garnered generally positive reactions.  For this week’s Cinemavino, we take a look at the Disney’s latest Star Wars offering, and we enjoy some delicious Spanish Albariño. Taylor Owens is out for this week’s podcast, owing to illness Space Camp….

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