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We updated the streaming availability for Reeya's list of Top Ten Best Holiday TV Episodes to get you in the mood - whether it's Thanksgiving, Diwali or Christmas! Enjoy this awesome list.

The Top Ten Best Holiday Television Episodes Ever *Streaming availability is updated as of December 8, 2023.

THE COLLETTE STUFF IS BACK, BABIES!!!!

In our latest exclusive members episode, Bernadette Gorman-White and Mike Burdge return to the magical world of Toni Collette's filmography, catching up on her work from the past couple years. Films and projects discussed include Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, Netflix’s Pieces of Her and HBO’s The Staircase.

Listen to a preview at the link below, and become a Patreon member today to check out the whole thing, as well as gain access to more than 60 exclusive episodes.

(MEMBERS) Ep 62: The Collette Stuff - Nightmare Alley We're back, baby!

“Got invited to the Christmas party by mistake. Who knew?”

Come on out Monday Dec 18th to Draught Industries and join us for our next Movie Bingo Night, where we've put together some awesome gameplay to play along while you watch the inarguably seasonal appropriate, DIE HARD, to win cool prizes and drink that great beer. Watch cutie pie daddy-o, John McClane annihilate terrorists, climb through vents, and carry a big bear on both screens in the bar, with Bingo cards featuring numbers and specific happenings from the film, available for $5 each, or 3 for $10. Buy as many as ya want! Multiple winners throughout the night playing for different levels of prizes, from drink tickets to Blu-Rays to even cooler stuff.

Don't want to play? That's also cool, just swing by and hang during the movie while you enjoy some tasty beers and delicious Mexican food!

Yippee Ki-Yay, movie babies 🎄💥

That's right, ya beauties!! Those awesome folks over at NEWBURGH BREWING COMPANY are letting us host a radically fun night of record-spinning, chin-scratching and general fun-having, with a brand spanking new spot to host our movie trivia! Prizes! Su-prizes!! Other people who really like movies (aka nerdz)!! Ridiculously good beer and scrumptious snacks from the bar! Even a GIGANTIC screen! Hosted by Bernadette Gorman-White and Mike Burdge!

Show up early to make sure you can get a table, and don’t forget those thinkin' caps. Free to play, 6 players max per team.

We're releasing the first installment of this fun series, which up til now has only been available to our Patreon members (we love you!) Check it out, and if you wanna get this sweet extra content as it becomes available, head on over to our Patreon (linked in comments) and give us some money cause you love us, too!

Mike Burdge and Tim Irwin start off a new Overdrinkers mini-series covering the comic book adaptations of the 90s that were directly inspired by the tone and success of Batman (1989). First up, it’s Sam Rami’s notoriously awesome, Darkman (1990), Warren Beatty’s batsh*t bananas Dick Tracy (1990) and Joe Johnston’s inarguably fun, The Rocketeer (1991). Along the way, they discuss the changes in comic book and superhero adaptation fare, as well as the successes and failures of the genre over the past 30+ years.

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(MEMBERS) Ep 53: Overdrinkers - Darkman, Dick Tracy & The Rocketeer It's time to get bananas, folks.

Join us tonight to watch Jim Jarmush’s classic film MYSTERY TRAIN at Beacon Music Factory! Concessions provided by Story Screen. Tickets available at the door or on our website. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Screening starts at 7:00 PM. See you there!

https://www.storyscreenpresents.com/product-page/repo-man-bmf-sat-10-21-7pm

makes the case for remaking the classic 60s film "Breakfast At Tiffany's" in his latest article. READ ON...

Goodbye, Mr. Yunioshi The Case for Remaking Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Join us at Pillow & Oats Brewery on Thurs Dec 7th for another installment of this video and audio oriented movie trivia night, where your eyes, ears, brain and more are used throughout 3 rounds of chin scratching cinephile know-how, hosted by Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge. Compete against other teams to win free rounds of tasty brews on tap, Story Screen Merch and free tickets, as well as a few bonus surprises that you'll just need to be there to experience.

Show up early to make sure you can get a table! Free to play, 6 players max per team.

Venue Info: Event at 7:00pm / Doors as early as you wish to grab a seat!

GET READY FOR PASTA NIGHT!!! Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 29th at the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory. Doors open at 6:00 PM. We have awesome fun vendors selling amazing goods - Robert’s Aisle of Misfit Toys, Epic Robo-Spider and Hudson Valley Stained Glass! Chef Mike will be serving up pasta (GF, Veg and Vegan options will be available!) And there will be AMAZING vegan foccaccia and cookies provided by Little Loaf Bakeshop!!!

This all leads up to clips, trailers and a screening of the film, BIG NIGHT, in honor of Stanley Tucci’s birthday!!!!

Tickets are on sale now on purchase website (Link@in bio) or available for purchase at the door.

SEE YOU TOMORROW!!! 🍝🍝🍝

Mike Burdge and Tim Irwin cover another trio of 90s comic adaptations, this time taking a peek at Judge Dredd, The Phantom and Spawn. Topics of conversation include recording at Tim's new house, the destruction of Billy Zane's career, the heights we allowed John Leguizamo to go to, and of course Tim's Gun Corner™.

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PODCAST: Overdrinkers - Judge Dredd, The Phantom & Spawn I knew you'd say that.

TUCCI! That’s right, we are celebrating the man, the myth, the legend on Wednesday, November 29th at our next PASTA NIGHT 🍝! We’ll be celebrating Stanley’s birth month while eating delicious plates of pasta, and amazing focaccia bread and cookies made by !

Doors open at 6 PM! Come early to get some holiday shopping done with our amazing vendors: and welcoming ! You won’t want to leave empty handed!

We’ll be screening a medley of clips and trailers before we watch the 1996 classic film BIG NIGHT. It’s one of the funniest movies about food and the restaurant business there is! Come eat and laugh with us! Tickets on sale now on our website. (Link in bio). 🍝

Happy Turkey Day, ya lovely pieces of pie! Eat some good food, watch a movie and don’t drink too much (unless you feel like it!) What’re yall watching for today?

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Pspspsps, here’s a teensy weensy, itty bitty clue for tonight’s trivia at Draught Industries! You deserve a ridiculously tasty beer and a damn fine couple of tacos, so bring your friends and we’ll catch ya there!!

Free to play, 6 players max per team 😘

Covering the latest season of And Just Like That, Bernadette is joined by Reeya Banerjee to discuss how season 2 improved upon season 1, while knowing that the show still has a long way to go to getting a consistently good story. They chat about their favorite storylines (Miranda and Steve coming to an understanding, Charlotte and Harry being ridiculous) and their least favorite (Aidan's total copout of an exit, terrible children) all the while begging for more depth from side quest characters (Seema, LTW, and Nya).

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PODCAST: Cathode Ray Cast - And Just Like That S2 The newest season offers ups and downs for longtime fans.

Drumroll, please!!

Join us at Hudson Valley Brewery on Thursday Nov 30th at 7pm to kick off the holiday season in excellent fashion with arguably the funniest Christmas movie out there: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION.

Free screening happening in the brewery’s brand spanking new event space, we’ll be flinging that popcorn and candy, and those beautiful bartenders will be pouring those delicious drinks. We’ll see ya there, ya rascals!

Jeremy Kolodziejski writes about TAMMY AND THE T-REX 🦖 (starring young Denise Richards and Paul Walker) and his love of strange genre cinema. Check it out over on our website! (Link in bio).
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Happy Friday Y'all! We've got a little treat for you:

Jeremy Kolodziejski shares his love of genre films with you as he talks about TAMMY AND THE T-REX in his new series: I ❤️ Genre. Enjoy, friends. ENJOY.

https://www.storyscreenpresents.com/post/i-genre-tammy-and-the-t-rex

Here’s a lil clue (and all around amazing picture) for tonight’s trivia at Obercreek Brewing Company at 6pm! 6 players max per team, free to play, with tasty pizza and brews being sling left and right! We’ll see ya there, birds!

Get more info at the link in our bio.

THAT’S RIGHT Y’ALL - Wednesday is Movie Bingo night at Happy Valley Arcade Bar! Don’t worry, this one will be inside — screening TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze!!! Movie & Bingo starts at 7 PM. $5 per Card or 3 for $10! Get there early for 🍕 pizza, 🍺 beers, and best seating! COWABUNGA!!! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐀🍕🥷🐺🐢🥷🍕

Only the strong will survive the next Trivia night at Draught!

Tuesday, November 21st at 7pm, our good pals over at Draught Industries are letting us take over the bar for yet another awesome night of record-spinning, chin-scratching and general fun-having movie trivia! Prizes! Su-prizes!! Other people who really like movies!! Ridiculously good beer and even more ridiculously good Mexican food! Hosted by the charming and humble Bernadette Gorman-White and the mean-spirited and confused Mike Burdge!

Show up early to make sure you can get a table, and don’t forget those thinkin' caps. Free to play, 6 players max per team.

Venue Info: Event at 7:00pm / Doors as early as you wish to get some tasty food!

It's November, so we're sharing this delightful episode of Mike Burdge and Robby Anderson discussing the ultimate Thanksgiving film: Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Enjoy with your ears!

PODCAST: Cool Takes - Planes, Trains and Automobiles Those AREN'T pillows.

Reeya Banerjee revisits BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: 5 YEARS ON and the Academy Award-winning performance by its lead actor Rami Malek. Read on...

Bohemian Rhapsody: 5 Years On A Celebration of a Force of Nature.

It’s noggin’ time once again!

Story Screen Trivia on Thursday, November 16th at 6pm! Our good pals over at Obercreek Brewing Company in Wappingers Falls, NY are hosting yet another night of record-spinning and chin-scratching! Prizes! Su-prizes!! Other people who really like movies!! Ridiculously good beer and even more ridiculously good pizza getting slung out by Bubsy's Wood Fired Pizza! Hosted by Bernadette Gorman-White and Mike Burdge.

Show up early to make sure you can get a table, and don’t forget those thinkin' caps. Free to play, 6 players max per team.

Venue Info: Event at 6:00pm / Doors as early as you wish to get some tasty food! Get more info at the link in our bio!

If you’re like Ivan Korshunov up there, then all of your demands can be met tonight at Newburgh Brewing Company at 7pm, where we’re showing the 1997 action classic, AIR FORCE ONE, in celebration of Election Day. Make sure you get out there and vote, and then come join us for some tasty snacks and absolutely delicious beer while we watch Harrison Ford veto the hell out of some terrorists.

The screening is free, just like our goddamn country. 🇺🇸🛩️🫡

COWABUNGA!!! 🍕 Join us at Happy Valley Arcade Bar for our next Movie Bingo night watching TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE. 🍕

Wednesday, 11/15 at 7:00 PM!
Play along with the movie by buying bingo cards for $5 each or 3 for $10! Multiple winners are announced throughout the film by combining movie quotes and happenings with random numbers pulled. Win free drinks or one of many awesome prizes! Come early for pizza and drink specials (Ooze-tastic!), or to play some arcade games pre-movie!

We will be moving the fun inside for this event as the nights are getting colder. We can’t wait to see you there! 🐢🍕🥷🐀🍕🐢

This month marks the 15th anniversary of TWILIGHT's release, kicking off the saga that changed everything and everyone, even you.

In honor of this momentous occasion, we're sharing our previously exclusive episode of our Robert Pattinson retrospective series that covered each and every installment of THE TWILIGHT SAGA.

Check it out at the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts, under Story Screen Presents!

This month marks the 15th anniversary of TWILIGHT's release, kicking off the saga that changed everything and everyone, even you.

In honor of this momentous occasion, we're sharing our previously exclusive episode of our Robert Pattinson retrospective series that covered each and every installment of THE TWILIGHT SAGA.

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PODCAST: The Pattinson Stuff - The Twilight Saga Your two favorite locas have finally done it.

We’re proud to be a part of the BEACON BONFIRE this year, helping out with a bunch of different screenings over the weekend, with shorts, music videos and features! Hit the link in your bio to learn more and get your tix now! Can’t wait to see you out there!
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During what would normally be the start of - James Keepnews examines two of the most MEME-ified films in recent history. Read on...

https://www.storyscreenpresents.com/post/good-luck-in-reality

Good Luck in Reality The Barbenheimer experience during troubled times.

Here’s a pretty big clue for tonight’s VIDEO SHOWDOWN Trivia Night at Pillow & Oats Brewing at 7pm!

Video, audio and more from movies and records are used as clues throughout 3 rounds of chinning scratching cinephile know-how, hosted by Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge. From movie clips, sound bytes, pixelated mysteries and more, compete against other teams to win free rounds of tasty brews on tap, Story Screen Merch and free tickets, as well as a few bonus surprises that you'll just need to be there to experience. Our first one was an absolute blast, and we’ve got a stupidly fun lineup for y’all for this one. Come check it out!

Show up early to make sure you can get a table! Free to play, 6 players max per team. Wear a movie themed shirt to recieve a free prize and two high fives!

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Get off my plane … AND INTO A BREWERY!!

Come celebrate Election Day next Tuesday, November 7, with a free screening of everyone’s favorite President Harrison Ford vs Terrorist Gary Oldman film, AIR FORCE ONE, at Newburgh Brewing Company! We’ll be projecting it on their enormous screen, and slinging candy and popcorn to go along with all those tasty brews.

Get more info at our site, and can’t wait to see you there! 🇺🇸🫡🛩️

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Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama.

On this episode, Mike Burdge joins Robby to chat about more updates on the Writers and Actors Strikes, a Halloween cinematic universe on the horizon, Ridley Scott NOT being a grump for once, and A24 isn't gonna be just for honk-shoo nerdz anymore! You can find those stories, and the sourced articles, linked below. Eat the rich, and Happy Halloween, spooky fam!

PODCAST: Story Screen Reports - Strike News and Miramax Wins Big Michael Myers Goes to Hawaii is just around the corner, folks!

Check out Brian Bernard Murnane's DEEP-DIVE into Fandom and the HALLOWEEN film franchise, in particular, the most recent trilogy by David Gordon Green and Danny McBride. Read on...

Pumpkins All the Way Down: the Halloween franchise. An Unfocused Rant About Wookies, Boogeymen, & Fandom ... oh yeah, and the latest "Halloween" films in the franchise. Enjoy.

Join us at Pillow & Oats Brewing Thursday Nov 2nd at 7pm for our second installment of our new trivia night, VIDEO SHOWDOWN, where video, audio and more from movies and records are used as clues throughout 3 rounds of chinning scratching cinephile know-how, hosted by Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge. From movie clips, sound bytes, pixelated mysteries and more, compete against other teams to win free rounds of tasty brews on tap, Story Screen Merch and free tickets, as well as a few bonus surprises that you'll just need to be there to experience. Our first one was an absolute blast, and we’ve got a stupidly fun lineup for y’all for this one. Come check it out!

Show up early to make sure you can get a table! Free to play, 6 players max per team. Wear a movie themed shirt to recieve a free prize and two high fives!

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TONIGHT! Our Beacon HorrorShow Part IX Pasta Night™ flick is everybody’s favorite worm-horror-adventure: TREMORS! Starring teen heartthrob Kevin Bacon, and everybody’s stepdad, Fred Ward, this is going to be an amazing night!

Pasta Night™ is Story Screen's monthly celebration of VHS-era cinema, and it's now found it's new home at the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory! Each event will showcase multiple vendors within the VHS and film community offering awesome items for sale. Our kitchen will also be whipping out $7 plates of pasta. We'll also have concessions, drinks, and Little Loaf Bakery will be slinging delicious vegan Italian sweets and bread! This leads up to a film screening on glorious VHS! Come on out and support those lovable, little, plastic boxes with other nerdz who share that same nostalgic love. And see a cool movie in the way it was truly never meant to be seen this large.

Vegan and gluten free options available as always! 🤜🤛

Get your tix at our site and we’ll catch ya there!! 👻🪱

Diana and Mike are joined by Tim Irwin to chat about the latest (and last) Flanagan joint to hit Netflix, The Fall of the House of Usher. Topics include rounding up their fav episodes, fav kills, chatting about how Henry Thomas is the actor of his generation, the desired amount of cheese in shows like this, and finding just the right spot in your own home to hide a body behind a bunch of bricks.

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PODCAST: Freakin' Out with Flanagan - The Fall of the House of Usher The final installment in the "FlanaVerse" has arrived.

Our guy, has created an awesome mocktail for this Tuesday - POGO STICK PUNCH - for our VHS PASTA NIGHT screening of TREMORS (starring ❤️). COME EARLY: Doors open at 6 PM - will be there selling awesome vintage toys and movie memorabilia. will be there slinging plates of pasta and will be selling amazing vegan baked goods! Tickets are on sale on our website (LINK IN BIO).
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Stay spooky, friends! 🎃👻🧟‍♀️The Beacon HorrorShow Part IX continues and we want to thank this year’s spooky sponsors: Beans Cat Cafe 🐾and Darkside Records! 🎵

We have some fun film screenings in store coming up for the rest of October. For more information or to buy tickets, visit the EVENTS page on our website! (Link in bio).
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