Category: THEME THURSDAYS
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Two Beers) - Turkish invaders have laid siege to a large, unnamed European city. As cannonballs rain down, the City officials and civilian populace watch a play about Baron Munchausen (German Nobleman famous for telling Tall Tales). In the midst of this performance, an old and disheveled man approaches the stage, and claims
Empire of the Sun (1987)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Jim Graham is a young boy growing up in Shanghai, China in 1941. He is the son of wealthy parents, living in a neighborhood virtually untouched by World War II (now in its 2nd year). All that changes when the Japanese invade, separating Jim from his parents and
The Ladykillers (2004)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Four Beers) - Professor G.H. Dorr (Tom Hanks) is a kindly middle aged Southern gentlemen seeking a room, and a practice space for his string band. Or at least that’s what Mrs. Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall) thinks. In reality, G.H. is planning a heist, and using Mrs. Munson’s basement to
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Two Beers) - Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) is from a town nobody’s ever heard of, and graduated from a college nobody’s ever heard of, and he’s going to the big city to find a job. He quickly finds that very little work is available for someone without experience, eventually taking a
Barton Fink (1991)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Barton Fink (John Turturro) is a New York playwright whose latest show has opened to explosively positive reviews. Intending to start work on his next play, he is instead lured by his agent to Hollywood to be a screenwriter. Fink objects at first, feeling the move will hurt
Blood Simple (1984)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) is the owner of a bar deep in the heart of Texas. He suspects his wife Abby (Francis McDormand) of cheating on him, and hires private investigator Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) to find out. When the investigator returns to Marty with photographs, Marty
The Sandlot (1993)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - Young Scott Smalls moves with his mother and stepmom into a new neighborhood in the summer of 1962. One day, Scott comes across a group of boys playing baseball in a makeshift backyard field and tries to join him. Initially rejected by many of the boys due to
Air Bud (1997)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Six Beers) - Buddy the golden retriever was a big novelty hit in the 90s for his uncanny ability to make basketball shots by bumping the ball with his snout. He had appearances on numerous morning show news broadcasts, Late Night with David Letterman and numerous other shows. This being the 90s, the novelty
Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Five Beers) - Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is desperate to join the amateur basketball team his coworkers participate in. The team (dubbed the “Clean Sweeps”, in tribute to the janitorial services offered by its members) is reluctant at first to allow him to play. Ernest receives a surprise visit from a guardian
Red Hook Summer (2012)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Four Beers) - Flik Royale (Jules Brown) is used to the comforts of his middle-class suburban life in the Atlanta area, so when his mother decides to send him to spend the summer with his grandfather in the poor New York suburb of Red Hook, Flik is faced with the culture
