Cheese, Wine & Christmas

Episodes

1. 26

   Cheese, Wine & Christmas Finale

   Merry Christmas everyone! As you are opening up gifts from loved ones or traveling to a family gathering, listen to Brendan and Deirdre wrap up the last 24 days of Netflix Christmas movies (and others) and reflect on the tropes they ran into. They also discuss their favorite Christmas movies and...

   Dec 25, 2021

   20m
2. 25

   Christmas Break-up

   Again, we're watching a movie that is totally based on something else... which isn't new in the movie world, but in this case, it's Home Alone, but a girl lead, and in a school. The last movie in our project (but one more episode tomorrow, be on the look out!!) So we end on this really.... bottom...

   Dec 24, 2021

   39m
3. 24

   Hitched for the Holidays

   A holiday movie with Joey Lawrence?! WOAH!!!! Throughout the Cheese, Wine & Christmas project, we had not done a movie that referenced any other religious holiday... that's changing today with Hitched for the Holidays. This movie was made prior to Holidate and is pretty much the same movie, on a...

   Dec 23, 2021

   33m
4. 23

   Midnight At the Magnolia

   We're soooooooooooooo close to finishing our Cheese, Wine & Christmas project but we're still going in random for some of these movies. The "Christmas" section of Netflix really oughta be ashamed of themselves for this one. THE MOVIE STARTS DECEMBER 26th!! And it only goes downhill from there....

   Dec 22, 2021

   41m
5. 22

   California Christmas 2: City Lights

   A Cheese, Wine & Christmas first... A SEQUEL! When we did California Christmas at the start of the month, we heard rumors that a sequel was coming and it finally is here! What has happened to Callie and Joseph since the first one? How is Manny? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY LEAD THEM BACK INTO THE CITY?…

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   Dec 21, 2021

   19m
6. 21

   Holiday with a View

   Super tropes ahoy with minimal effort all around. EXCEPT CLIVE! CLIVE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Listen to this episode and hop aboard the hype train for Clive! From IMDB: Secret aspirations between a failed restaurateur and a celebrity chef threaten their blossoming Christmas romance. This one takes a...

   Dec 20, 2021

   19m
7. 20

   Holiday in the Wild

   What we are learning about the "Christmas/Holiday" section in Netflix (and we have touched upon this before) is there is a bunch of scripts that fall on the desk of a Netflix exec that will only green light it if "Christmas/Holidays" get included in a way that it can be marketed as such. This is...

   Dec 20, 2021

   29m
8. 19

   Christmas Survival

   As we push forward, we step into different and unique situations. Christmas Survival is no different. We run into a situation where Deirdre was only able to watch part of the movie and we rely on Brendan's notes to get through the second part of the movie. If that doesn't sell you on the…

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   Dec 18, 2021

   29m
9. 18

   My Dad's Christmas Date

   Throughout the run of Cheese, Wine & Christmas, the one constant was that Deirdre would always enjoy or at least appreciate the movie more so than Brendan... even if they didn't like a movie or did like it... Deirdre's take was always a bit more... positive. For the first time, we have the...

   Dec 17, 2021

   33m
10. 17

    Operation Christmas Drop

    Today Brendan and Deirdre breakdown Operation Christmas Drop. A very under the radar Christmas movie featuring a plethora of "oh, I know that person from somewhere" actors. If you were told you were to audit an entire Army base because of potential "reckless" spending and discovered it was the...

    Dec 16, 2021

    30m
11. 16

    Let it Snow

    It was bound to happen, we guess. To find a movie that is so out there that when the credits roll, Brendan and Deirdre look at each other an in unison ask, "What was this movie about?" This attempt at a Christmas Anthology is certainly something else. Unpacking Let It Snow and making sense of it...

    Dec 15, 2021

    19m
12. 15

    Santa Girl

    For today's episode, Deirdre and Brendan unpack the (relative?) unknown Netflix Christmas movie, Santa Girl. There are 2 different opinions going into this discussion, but as they make sense of this movie, one of their opinions does start changing. Whose? You'll have to listen to find out! From...

    Dec 14, 2021

    44m
13. 14

    Single All The Way

    You all spoke and we listened! Deirdre and Brendan watch and discuss Netflix's new popular hit, Single all the way. While we're stoked that there is a Netflix Christmas movie that supports the LGBTQ+ community, there still is plenty of tropes to unpack. LIke rental cars that appear out of thin…

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    Dec 13, 2021

    23m
14. 13

    Love Hard

    A very much requested movie is finally touched upon! It's hard to really say anything bad as both Brendan and Deirdre thoroughly enjoyed it. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have the same generic tropes that all these other movies do, Love Hard does some of it better. Still, there's plenty to...

    Dec 12, 2021

    27m
15. 12

    Hometown Holiday

    Today's episode, Brendan and Deirdre unpack the Christmas movie, Hometown Holiday. Once again, we find ourselves on vanilla street in the town of generic. 2 Different "love" stories painted with the broadest of broad strokes. How plain is it? Well, we tried to figure out what the plot of the…

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    Dec 11, 2021

    33m
16. 11

    Christmas Catch

    We never realized we would be watching more than 1 Christmas theme Crime movie (let alone one at all), yet here we are! One of the things Deirdre and Brendan have learned is that these movies have a strong sense of predictability. But is it always a bad thing? Sometimes things are predicted…

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    Dec 10, 2021

    28m
17. 10

    Snowbound for Christmas

    If you want the most basic, safe, vanilla Christmas movie you can find... well, we found it for you. Snowbound for Christmas creates a line that is so thick, it's nearly impossible to walk over it. It tells its story simply and with no flair. If there was anything easier to unpack... it wouldn't…

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    Dec 9, 2021

    31m
18. 9

    Father Christmas is Back

    CASTLES! CASTLES EVERYWHERE! Deirdre and Brendan sit and watch this surprisingly star-studded movie filled with to the brim with tropes that will all know and love... but adds a PG-13 spice to it, of the likes we were NOT ready for! Bad Christmas signing, 4 fuses for a 12 bedroom castle and a...

    Dec 8, 2021

    36m
19. 8

    Christmas Wedding Planner

    If there was any movie we've seen so far that looked like it was going to be good and then totally fell off the rails... Christmas Wedding Planner is it. It has everything you may want in a Christmas movie... if that includes crime drama and CSI-esque endings. Also, if you've met someone and…

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    Dec 7, 2021

    30m
20. 7

    A Castle For Christmas

    One of the biggest tropes we've come across is castles... and if you couldn't tell by the title of this movie... there is a castle. And Brooke Shields. And Cary Elwes. And..... Drew Barrymore? From IMDB- To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with…

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    Dec 6, 2021

    38m
21. 6

    California Christmas

    We are coming to the realization that there are scripts out there that have nothing to do with Christmas, that fall on the desk of a Netflix exec, who will read it and whose one note is "add christmas" and so the writer makes it as broad as possible and just throws Christmas in the title and BAM,...

    Dec 5, 2021

    35m
22. 5

    The Knight Before Christmas

    One of the first things we've learned watching these movies is that it doesn't take much to be labeled as a Christmas Exclusive for Netflix. The second thing we've learned is castles. A lot of them. Everywhere. Thankfully, this film includes time travel with an amulet! Vanessa Hudgens from HIgh...

    Dec 4, 2021

    27m
23. 4

    El Camino Christmas

    With some trickery and tomfoolery, you too can digitally add snow (in the CA desert) and slap Christmas on the title and it gets put into the Netflix category of Christmas movies. You can also bring in a pretty interesting cast... and no one hears about it. El Camino Christmas is a very... unique...

    Dec 3, 2021

    35m
24. 3

    Holidate

    You would think that a movie that has a Christmas themed movie poster would be focused on Christmas. As we learn, that is NOT the case with Holidate (a theme that becomes way too familiar). Regardless, we dive into this film to make sense of dating someone ONLY during holidays (which include…

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    Dec 2, 2021

    28m
25. 2

    Christmas Inheritance

    In our first episode, Deirdre and Brendan discuss Christmas Inheritance, a Netflix Christmas movie featuring the acting talents of Andie MacDowell amongst others. Here is the preview from IMDB: To be the CEO, an heiress is challenged by her dad to deliver a Christmas letter in person to his...

    Dec 1, 2021

    24m
26. 1

    Episode 0

    Welcome to Cheese, Wine and Christmas- The magical podcast that will help you navigate the crowded world of sentimental holiday specials. How you ask? By watching them all for you! Hosts Brendan Bowes and Deirdre McCarthy are spending their holiday season immersing themselves in a sea of rom com,...

    Nov 30, 2021

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