THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAAAAY!
It always comes in three’s, and right now it’s Episode Three of Season Two of A Couple of Old Fashioneds: Becca and Joe’s Double Feature Date Night at the Movies!
On this episode the Theme is, “A Long Way Back”, and the movies are:
A CHINESE GHOST STORY & THE WARRIORS!
Join Becca and Joe in their first episode back on this side of the pond after their exciting sojourn performing a LIVE edition in beautiful Norway (we miss you Norway!) Given all their recent travel, how will that affect their movie pics for such a journey-related theme? Whose film travels all the way to the Bronx, and whose film travels all the way to the underworld (and see if you can even spot the difference!…just kidding, you know we love you, Bronx), and will their debate over which film was best make it the long way back to agreeing or disagreeing?
Watch the episode to find out if you guessed right, and stay tuned to the end to find out what the theme will be next week!
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After all, the greatest gift a movie lover can give another is a great title they have yet to discover. That’s what movies are all about - they’re the only kind of marathon worth participating in and they’re what Date Nights are made for.
So settle in, grab your favorite old fashioned drink with your favorite old fashioned person (if that’s the pleasure of your own company then we completely feel you), and revel in a couple old fashioned conversations with Becca and Joe. They are, let’s face it, a pretty old fashioned kind of couple themselves.
PLUS! SOME OF THE OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED:
THE WARRIORS (1979) DIR: Walter Hill
48 HRS. (1982) DIR: Walter Hill
A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1987) DIR: Ching Siu-tung
ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (1991) DIR: Tsui Man-kong
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY (2001) DIR: Sharon Maguire
A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) DIR: John Woo
EVIL DEAD 2 (1986) DIR: Sam Raimi
TOGETHER (2025) DIR: Michael Shanks
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) DIR: John Carpenter
STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977) DIR: George Lucas
CREEPSHOW (1982) DIR: George Romero
HERCULES (1997) DIR: John Musker, Ron Clements
WEST SIDE STORY (1961) DIR: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
STREETS OF FIRE (1984) DIR: Walter Hill
HARD BOILED (1992) DIR: John Woo
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) DIR: Christopher Nolan