Flix And A Six

This week we did something a little different than our previous episodes. Instead of discussing a specific new movie (and/or its predecessor) we take a deep dive into the current, and future, landscape of the Superhero movie industry. Specifically, we spent most of our time on the MCU and DCEU. And it’s not like we’re the first people to trash the DCEU, but we like to think that we did it the best (who’s counting really?). Our anger at the DCEU, and our love for the MCU (look the acronyms up if you need to, I’m too lazy to type the words 8 times each), was fueled by the liquid stylings of Sixpoint Tesla and Jammer. That’s right we broke all types of Flix & a Six ground. Multiple beers for multiple movies. True innovators. We’ll be expecting our Edison Awards in the mail. We hope you enjoy a very special episode of Flix & a Six, only on The Spinchoon!

It is a period of civil war. rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. Ok sure that was a bad joke (we’re playing to the cheap seats here) but shit, if you haven’t realized by now that we are gigantically obsessed with all things Star Wars, I’m not sure even beating you over the head with the opening crawl will do it. Basically, if you hear “Episode 4”, and you don’t immediately think Star Wars, it’s probably not going to work out between us. It’s definitely you, and not us. Back on track, we talk about Lego Batman, and the Lego movie “series” in general, in this episode. Not just the Lego aspect either, as we also consider where it ranks among Batman movies period (spoiler alert, it’s better than most of the Batman movies). We also enjoy a Falconer’s Flight Extra IPA (brewed by resident homebrew enthusiast, Al) and give you our take on how that came out. We hope you enjoy the latest from the guys on Flix & a Six, only on the Spinchoon!

Actually, this is one of our shorter episodes (it’s still like an hour…. We like to talk). But instead of just a straight review of John Wick: Chapter 2, we spend the first half of the episode talking about the continuing expansion of the Wickiverse (yes I just made that up while typing, and don’t come at me if it exists somewhere on the internet, because I’m too lazy to check if someone already thought of this) and how they accomplish ridiculously good world building with minimal plot and exposition. Also, you know, bad ass fight choreography and stuff (that’s the technical term. Look it up). Of course, we do a spoiler heavy conversation in the second half of the episode (that’s what the 7 of you still with us are looking for right?). We also drink, enjoy, and rave about Heady Topper, from The Alchemist. For those of you who have heard of, but never had, Heady Topper, yea it’s good (seriously Josh we are in your debt for getting that for us). Come check out our thoughts on the B movie Keanu Reeves vehicle, t

Now that the 3-part saga that was our debut has concluded, it’s time to move on to Logan. And because we are the professionals you’ve come to expect (Ha!), we even figured out how to do a proper spoiler warning (not proud that it took this long. We’re sorry). In all seriousness, we spend the first half of the episode talking completely (mostly) spoiler free to give you a feel for how much we enjoyed the movie if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s ridiculously good. The first half also includes our sampling and review of Newburgh Brewing Company’s (still not sponsored. Who knew business was so difficult?) Jessica, a sour cherry porter. The second half of the episode is our deep dive into what made Logan the best X-Men movie to date, as well as a possible occurrence of Al crying at a movie (all 4 of you that have been with us this far will get this, the rest of you…. O well and also don’t judge us). So buckle up, and listen up, as we take you on this emotional roller coaster on Flix & a Six, only on the Spinchoon!

Just in case you were worried that we were always in lockstep, you can listen to us argue over what worked and what didn’t in Rogue One. Because Al thought the movie was great and Anthony thought it was good and everyone knows that’s as far apart on the spectrum as you can be….. Seriously we got pretty good mileage out of that since this is a story about characters and Anthony didn’t really like them. We also debuted a segment that we think will be a lot of fun for the pod, WILD SPECULATION™!, where we get into some theories on the recently announced title of Episode 8: The Last Jedi. All of this under the influence (just make sure you stick with us past the intro and the beer, I promise we get on topic with the movie) of the Holiday Spiced Ale from Al’s Ales (We’re actually endorsed by this one! I wonder how we pulled that one off…..). Stay tuned for the stunning conclusion (finally) of the first episode (seriously we’re doing our best) of Flix & a Six, only on The Spinchoon!

Well, at least this was closer to the idea we had trying to talk Oscars, as we fall down the rabbit hole that is La La Land. Naturally, that means we went off on a big ol’ tangent as Al hijacked the pod to talk about Cloud Atlas (get used to this it’s gonna happen a lot) and Mr. Nobody. Anthony was kind enough to indulge him. We reviewed Fordham Copperhead Ale (this endorsement is way less likely to happen) and we even made a (pathetic) effort to talk about the Oscar field as a whole, even though we only saw 2 of the movies that had significant nominations (sorry….. actually this is our pod we’ll do what we want). And yea it’s gonna be our second podcast, even though it’s the middle third of the first one…. So part 2. We’ll figure it out eventually I promise (I think). If you’re still with us after the first, congrats you’re a trooper, so enjoy the next iteration of Flix & a Six on The Spinchoon!

In our inaugural episode we discussed the merits of Hacksaw Ridge in gory detail (pun intended). Of course it was supposed to be a one(ish) hour debut about beer, the Oscars, and Star Wars….but over 4 hours of content later you are graced with nearly one full hour of awkward introductions to our podcast, our highly sophisticated (Ha!) opinions on Newburgh Brewing Gigaboss Double IPA (still working on that endorsement), and deep, thoughtful discussion on Hacksaw Ridge. Listen up because you can only find this train wreck here on Flix & a Six, the flagship podcast of The Spinchoon!