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Kate has finally cracked. Between Ortega, the cocaine and the chief breathing down her neck, she’s hardly had enough time to make our cocktail for the week. Join us as we play catch up and enjoy the Bellini and watch “Miami Vice.”

Can a bit of prosecco, Aperol and seltzer water help Josh and his downtrodden cabbage-picking friends? Find out as Kate and Josh sample the Venice Spritz and puzzle over 2010’s TV-show-turned-feature-extravaganza “The A-Team.” Join us!

If brandy and delicious mint were not enough to keep you satisfied for an hour, we’ve got a magical Scatman Crothers, a clammy Jon Lithgow and the lead singer of The Runaways with her mouth sewn shut. Kate and Josh drink stingers and watch 1983’s “Twilight Zone: The Movie.” Join us!

Shag carpet, Lee Majors and Harvey Wallbangers: The punchline to the greatest Karnac bit Carson never told? Only his hairdresser knows for sure. This episode, Kate and Josh revisit those vodka soaked days of the 1970’s before dipping into the semi-forgotten sequel to 1974’s “Chinatown,” 1990’s “The Two Jakes.” Join us!

Does the devil really want you using the service entrance? Is Campari made of zinc ore and hooves? Find out as Kate and Josh sample the Negroni and watch “Exorcist: The Beginning.” Join us!

The power of Christ compels you to sip the Campari-laden Americano and enjoy the first of our two-part episode on the most recent installments in the “Exorcist” franchise. Join us!

From phony Polynesia to an alternate-reality Caribbean, we’ve got the islands covered. Kate, Amanda and Josh discuss “Jurassic Park III” while sipping on the oh-so-1950’s cocktail, the mai tai. Join us!

We are back with a show we recorded before the holidays and the flu got in the way. Sit back, grab a snuggie and join us as we gab about that most cozy of beverages, the Irish Coffee, and that most forgettable of blockbusters, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.”

We’re back, and so is the immortal-ish Scotsman Connor McCloud. Join us for a brisk gin rickey and “Highlander II: The Quickening.”

Because we really needed a pedestrian explanation of the world-expanding mysteries of Kubrick’s masterpiece, we watched “2010: The Year We Make Contact” and savor the exotic, violet-tinged flavor of the Aviation. Join us!

Halloween means a SPOOKILY long movie title! Sit back and hear Kate’s tips for a spooky Samhain, then dive into the remarkably unscary and delightfully gay “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.” Revenge against whom? Probably Wes Craven, who wanted nothing to do with this thing. Join us!

It’s our fiftieth show! Join us as we finally get the Rob Roy right, then watch the spectacularly strange “Staying Alive,” the sequel nobody needed to “Saturday Night Fever.” Join us! Movie: “Staying Alive” Show Notes: 1. Patrick Swayze was not the baby daddy in “Dirty Dancing.” It was Max Cantor, who played Baby’s sister’s […]

Comedian and author Sara Benincasa stops by the cocktail hour to talk about her tour, her time in North Carolina, and her dog Morley Safer. Wait, really? An actual, honest-to-goodness, paid-to-do-it funnyperson? Sure, why not? Kate then teaches Josh all about the Algonquin and we watch the least sexy sequel since “Another Requiem for Another […]

Pazuzu, Kokumo/Oh, we’re gonna take you to the Clover Club/We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take your soul. Join Kate and Josh as they enjoy the raspberry frothiness and watch “The Exorcist II: The Heretic!” Movie: “The Exorcist II: The Heretic“ Show Notes: 1. If you want to see an Exorcist movie that follows […]

Join Kate and Josh as they sample the grasshopper — a mint-chocolate booze-shake — and watch “Grease 2,” the only movie that dares to let Tab Hunter teach teenagers about reproduction. Movie: “Grease 2” Recommendations: “The Real Blonde,” “Moonlighting,” “Hotel Hell,” and this picture. Show Notes: 1. Learn more about chicory and its unholy relationship […]

You should put lemonade in your beer. No, seriously. Go do it now — while we wait. Meanwhile, enjoy the nadir of the 1970’s disaster genre, “When Time Ran Out,” starring Paul Newman, William Holden, Veronica Hamel, Jacqueline Bisset and noted cock-fighting enthusiasts Pat Morita and Alex Karras. Join us!

We’re back! In this episode recorded before the flu laid Kate and Josh low for a bit, we sample the champagne and gin quaintness of the artillery-like French 75, before watching one of Michael Caine’s most embarrassing moments, “The Swarm.” Join us!

A movie finally broke Josh. Congratulations, “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure.” Not even the sweet-tart bonhomie of the amaretto-laden Godfather can save him from the tedium of watching 10 people jump over a hole. Join us!

The boilermaker is like “Chopsticks” but for cocktails – easy enough for anyone to pretend they know what they’re doing. And if you’ve ever wanted to see a movie where Emmanuelle tells Charo she can’t play with her chihuahua, wait no longer, because “The Concorde … Airport ’79” is our movie this week. Join us.

The Cosmopolitan looks like what would happen if a fellow cut humself shaving while drinking a delicious martini. Its sweet-tart sensibility leads Kate and Josh to a discussion of “8mm,” the 1999 Nicolas Cage and Joel Schumacher movie that feels like an SVU episode in a world with no Internet to blame. Join us!