Mac N Cheese Movies: Recent Episodes
Mac N Cheese Movies
When your weekend’s all spent and Monday’s coming down the pike, sometimes all you need is comfort food and comfort movies. Mac N Cheese Movies is how we fight the dread of Monday, by pairing food with our favorite comfort movies.
Join us as we talk about everything from what if Seth Rogen was Goose’s son to how Tom Cruise is the Pearl Jam of movie stars. Last time, we had a wing contest that Ben Ice manned his way to the trophy. This time in 2022, we did Buffalo Wild Wings. Honey BBQ-my talk to...
With some fake mouthwash snuck into the dorms, Sam Steen and I talk about 1991’s “Toy Soldiers”, the start of the “Die Hard” model for Hollywood and Sean Astin’s sliding doors action career.
Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” with bread machine bread, olives, nuts, fruit bowls and a charcuterie board. We discuss the 2019 film with Nadine McKown, the Site Director at the Kell House Museum. We talk about how the Kell daughters were similar to the daughters in “Little Women”, Shannon’s 90s “Little Women” amnesia and how “Little...
Is “Spider-Man: No Way Home” just a warmed over TV dinner for the public, a tasty snack or the meal of your life? Do the hits make up for the plot misses? Is Spider-Man’s only true rival Batman? Did Tom Holland really drunkenly call the President of Sony to get this movie made? We tackle...
Team Duckie or Team Blane? With sushi and an assortment of pink foods, we discuss “Pretty in Pink.” Was Jon Cryer the best version of Duckie? What hoops did John Hughes have to jump to get Molly Ringwald? Is James Spader a better Blane?
While drinking a double dry hopped IPA with calypso and lemon drop hops and jasmine green tea, I talk about “Big Trouble in Little China” with Chad Newman. We talk about how the film put out expectations for life we did not see once we grew up, how Kurt Russell’s been cashing checks off this...
With the world’s greatest sandwich and Alaska Ale, we talk about “Spanglish”, how Adam Sandler is a red herring in a film about two women fighting for the American Dream and how we were given one last great James L. Brooks film.
We enjoy “Lars and the Real Girl” with some Almost Real Buffalo Wings with Amber Scott. We talk about how the filmmakers went all in on the vision this movie took, how a community can come together for a friend and Ryan Gosling’s performance.
For my birthday, I go to a movie and this year I went to Century Rio 24 Plex and XD in Albuquerque, New Mexico to see “Red Rocket.”
We have chicken wings and shrimp cocktail and talk about “Tommy Boy.” Why is Tommy such a good role model for life? Where would Chris Farley’s career have gone? Is Richard right to be such a jerk? Parallels with Billy Madison and more.
“You wanna run?” “You mean be on a podcast?” Sam Steen joins us with foods that start with the letter Q “Quiche Cups” to talk about “White Men Can’t Jump.” We talk about Ron Shelton and his sports trifecta, using all the trash talk in our own lives and how everyone should have a bank...
Scotty shares his “First Taste” thoughts on “Spider-Man: No Way Home” at Cinemark, Wichita Falls
Madeleine Calcoate Garcia, Director of the Museum of North Texas History, joins us to talk about “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the ethics involved with museums when it comes to archaeology, the unicorn of Harrison Ford and whether this is the most influential film over the last forty years. all this while we have fried...
While sipping on bourbon, water back and a Texas BBQ Pizza from Progress and Provisions, Scotty and Chad talk about George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, the Tarantino effect and “Out of Sight” with special guest dog, Smuckers.
The last dollar movie theater in Dallas closed this year. We talk to Danny Gallagher from The Dallas Observer about dollar theaters, movie theaters in the fight against Covid and the importance of the cinematic experience.
A punk rock movie. An anti-capitalist movie. A Disney movie? Disney’s “Taxi Driver”? Disney’s “Fight Club”? Disney’s “Devil Wears Prada”? Whatever it is, it’s a true rebel in mainstream media. With cucumber sandwiches, Amber Scott stops by to talk about “Cruella.” Cruella Cucumber Sandwiches Dirty dry gin martinis Dry gin Vermouth Olive brine Olives Combine...
Scotty is gonna need to be living the same day over and over to get the flapjacks right and to improve on making Rita’s favorite drink, sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist. Scotty and Shannon are joined by Chad to talk about Harold Ramis and Bill Murray, how “Groundhog Day” created a whole...
For New Year’s Eve, we went super green with “The Fifth Element” with pepper pizza with pineapple. We talk about the classic film, Luc Besson, Bruce Willis, the designers who worked on the film and how much Bruce Willis’s apartment cost. How this movie was different than all the downer future 90s films and what...
After a year away from one of our favorite places, we went back to the movies this spring for Scott Pilgrim VS the World at AMC Sikes Senter 10 in Wichita Falls, TX. Mac N Cheese Movies is going on the road. We want to visit as many movie theaters as we can. To find...
Lindsey talks with us while we eat Christmas Fettucine about Cameron Diaz’s career, Jack Black’s romantic lead status and the greatness of Jude Law.
The case for Chris O’Donnell? Who could play Frank Slade today? Scotty talks about the incredible impact the film had on his 12 year old brain. We talk about Al Pacino. What do we look for in a good roll? Do biscuits tops rolls every time? Should Charlie have snitched out those rich kids? We...
For this Monster Mac N Cheese Movie, Scotty, Shannon and Samantha talk about "Death Becomes Her" while drinking "A Touch of Magic Cocktail with Thyme."
Cable Guy!!!!!! With food from Medieval Times: Rotisserie Chicken, Potatoes, no utensils but Pepsi, we discuss Jim Carrey’s apex, Ben Stiller’s Gen X Thesis and real life cable guys.