Movie Night
/Having a Friday night in? We recommend a movie, a bottle of wine, and some popcorn. What type of movie? One about wine of course! There are many movies about wine out there to choose from and on Fridays we will share one with you that we have seen and enjoyed. You get the popcorn and let Qorkz send you the wine!
In my house, the Friday after Thanksgiving is about decorating for Christmas and watching Home Alone. I hope you share in this family tradition with us this year and remember "This is your house, you have to defend it!"
Home Alone
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!
Film Critic
Kevin! Home Alone is a movie that needs no introduction. Kevin McAllister really did a number on the Wet Bandits huh? Let's review: iron to the face, nail through the foot, red hot doorknob, two falls down the stairs, paint can to the face, BB gun to the groin, blow torch to the head, falling out of a treehouse, etc.. I am fairly sure that these two guys would be dead by the end of the movie given all they went through. And what takes them down in the end? A flimsy snow shovel... (It's okay, I love it anyway!) Which reminds me...
Why We Love It
Why do we love Home Alone? For so many reasons. We all have our favorite scenes that make us until we fall out of our chairs. Every time we watch that scene where Marv hits Harry with a crowbar to kill the spider, my wife laughs so hard it brings her to tears. I love it. But the movie is about more than that. It reminds us of the importance of family but also shows us that we can go it alone if necessary. It shows the importance of lending a hand to a stranger when necessary (Looking at you Polka King of the Midwest). It taught us to check doorknobs before we open them, not to eat your brother's cheese pizza, and to ask if our toothbrush was approved by the American Dental Association. Mainly, it's about how even when we are so mad at family we want them to disappear, deep down inside we really don't. It's a classic and in my house, a family tradition. We hope you enjoy it!
Wine Pairing
So basically this entire movie Kevin eats cheese pizza or a bowl of 8 scoops of ice cream with marshmallows. What kind of a wine do you pair with that? I would go with the Ascension Evangelist Late Harvest Viognier $36. The deep caramelized pear flavor would be a refreshing contrast to a grease of the pizza, and would make a magnificent pairing with ice cream.
Movie Trailer
