Bar Stool Film School
A conversational comedy breakdown of some of your favorite flicks—old and new! Each episode, hosts Dylan Quarles (award winning sci-fi, horror, & adventure writer) and Cameron Roberts (successful bar owner and restaurateur) take on your favorite flicks to determine if they 'pass the bar' and join the ranks of truly excellent bar movies. Good bar movies can be hit or miss, but you'll never know until you take the shot. The first round is on us!
Episodes
We take care of our mental health with 1975's Oscar winning classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Things get a little satanic as we welcome friend of the program, Will George to talk about 1987's Angel Heart!
Written and directed by Alan Parker
Starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, and Lisa Bonet
Better late, or never? You decide after our robust discussion of 2000's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai .
Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch
Starring Forest Whitaker
The wait is over! Season 3 of BSFS kicks off with John Carpenter's 1981 cult classic, Escape from New York!
Starring, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes, Donald Pleasence, and Ernest Borgnine.
Season 3 is on the way folks! First episode, May 1st!
For the season 2 finale, we welcome the Mayor of our humble little hamlet back to the program to talk 1989's Death Spa!
Written by Mitch Paradise and James Bartruff.
Directed by Michael Fischa.
Starring William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Marritt Butrick, Ken Foree, and Shari Shattuk.
The Cocktail: (Aviation)
2oz Gin
.5oz Lemon Juice
.5oz Maraschino Liqour
.250z creme de Violette
Honestly, if you know, you know...
Written by Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi.
Directed by Claudio Fragasso.
Starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young, and Deborah Reed.
THE COCKTAIL:
A twist of Negroni
1oz Peated Bourbon
1oz Cynar
.5oz Sloe Gin
A dash of Bitters
For this week's sequel-centric offering, we're off to the Kingdom of Far Far Away for 2004's, Shrek 2! Despite being on the older end of the millennial spectrum, we both had a good time with this movie, helped in great part by some stiff cocktails!
Written by William Steig, Andrew Adamson, and Joe Stillman.
Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon.
Starring, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Di...
On this weeks episode, we bend over and talk out of our butts about monkey bites, LOST, and 1995's blockbuster comedy sequel, Ace Ventura 2.
Written and directed by Steve Oedekerk.
Starring Jim Carry, Simon Callow, and Ian Mc Niece.
The Cocktail:
Muddled Rasberry
.5oz Lemon Juice
2oz Dark Rum
.5oz Ginger Vinegar
For this week's sequel-centric offering, we head back to the hollow earth for 2024's Godzilla x Kong: the New Empire. Joining us on this mind melting adventure into drunken stupidity is friend of the show, local radio DJ, and resident cohost, Rachel Smith!
Written by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, Jeremy Slater.
Directed by Adam Wingard.
Starring Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Bryan Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle.
The Cock...
Join us for a very special "on-screen" episode of 2024's Twisters! We drive our giant storm chasing pickup trucks directly from the theater to the studio to talk this super fun disaster, action blockbuster.
Written by Mark L. Smith and Joseph Kosinski.
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung.
Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos.
Sorry folks, no cocktail this week. Just good old fashioned whiskey.
On this episode, we head straight to home video for a conversation about the sequel to a beloved cult classic. That's right, it's Tremors 2! And we've got alcohol fueled opinions.
Written by Brent Maddock and SS Wilson.
Directed by SS Wilson.
Starring Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Helen Shaver, and Chris Gartin.
THE COCKTAIL: (Oaxaca Old Fashioned)
2oz Mezcal
Bitters
1 Suger cube
Dash of chilies
For this week's offering, we're talking the gold standard in cinematic sequels, 1986's Aliens! This sci-fi action flick changed the game, but does it make for a good bar movie?
Written David Giler, Walter Hill, and James Cameron.
Directed by James Cameron.
Starring Starring Signourny Weever, Michael Briehn, Paul Riser, Lance henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Carrie Hen.
The Cocktail: (Blackberry Paloma)
1oz Tequila
1oz...
Nothing in the seven seas could salvage this shipwreck of a superhero blockbuster, but does that mean it's a bad bar movie? Joining us to find out is Port Townsend's resident comic book store owner, Kristin Meyers.
Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick.
Directed by James Wan.
Starring, Jason Mamoa, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nichole Kidman, Amber Heard, and Randall Park.
The Cocktail: (The Trident)
1oz Brandy
1oz Cy...
This week, we test the theory that a movie *set* in a bar has an easier time of qualifying as a good bar movie. Unfortunately, we picked 2024's reimagining of Roadhouse to test that theory. Hey, at least the cocktail was good!
Written by Anthony Bagarozzi, Chuck Mondry, and R. Lance Hill .
Directed by Doug Liman.
Starring Jake Gylenhaal, Conor McGregor, Jessica Williams, and Daniela Melchior.
The Cocktail:
2oz pineapple rum
2...
Sharpen your stakes and ready your garlic presses, it's time for 2002's action, horror, vampire banger, Blade II. Directed by none other than the Master of Monsters himself, the legendary GDT!
Written by David S. Goyer
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Starring Wesley Snipes, Lenor Varela, Kriss Kristopherson, and Ron Pearlman
The Cocktail: N/A only blood or red wine will do
You read right, folks! We're talking Sam Raimi's unimpeachable 1987 cult classic, Evil Dead 2! Joining us is the resurrected, demonic soul of friend of the show (and past guest), Rachel Smith of the DudeBabe Radio Hour on Port Townsend's own KPTZ 91.9 FM
Written by Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegal.
Directed by Sam Raimi.
Starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, and the Necronomicon ex Mortis!
The Cocktail: (The Chainsaw)
...Even though they say "there can be only one," somehow Highlander got a sequel! That's right, Highlander 2: The Quickening from the year of our lord 1991. This sci-fi fantasy sword fest isn't a very good (or even comprehensible) film, but it miiiight just be a great bar movie!
Written by Gregory Widen, Brian Clemens, and William N. Panzer.
Directed by Russel Mulcahy.
Starring Christopher lambert, Sean Connery, Mi...
On this episode of BSFS, we kick around a later sequel from the James Bond franchise, 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me. This one has it all, folks—gadgets, exotic locations, a top-tier evil lair, and several romantic encounters that DO NOT age well—but does that mean it makes for a good bar movie?
Written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum. Directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Starring, Roger Moore, Barabra Bach, and Curt Jurgens.
The C...
Yeah baby (sigh...)
For this sequel-centric offering, we are covering the third installment in the Austin Powers franchise, 2002's Goldmember. It's not a great movie (at all), but it might just be a top-tier bar movie.
Written by Michael McCullers. Directed by Jay Roach.
Starring Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Michael Cain, and so, so many cameos
The Cocktail:
2oz Goldschlager
topped-off with your favorite hard cider (we used Fin...
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