Friday, August 30, 2013

Pairing Food with Film... Dinner and a Movie!


There are many movies that have a food or beverage tie in.  With a little creativity you can pair your movie with a fun food theme.  Here are some suggestions:

The Obvious Choice
Some movies are obvious and even have food in the title like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs.

The Foodie Movie
The food is lavish and its all about the presentation.  Julie and Julia, Babette's Feast or my favorite... Big Night

The Creative Choice
Other movies you can be creative with.  In the photo above there are 5 movies of various rating's and genres represented.  Can you guess what they are?





It's a Pinot noir...
Hey, you want a s'more?
Some more of what?
No, do you want a s'more?
I haven't had anything yet... so how can I have some more of nothing?
You're killing me, Smalls! These are s'mores stuff.
"Po-ta-toes! boil em', mash em', stick em' in a stew!"
( the actual LOTR movie should have been "The Two Towers"
but I ate said taters before I could retake the photo)

Tallahassee played by Woody Harrelson "There is a box of Twinkies in there. And not just any Twinkies, but the last box of Twinkies in the whole universe. And believe it or not, Twinkies have an expiration date, and pretty soon, life's little Twinkie gauge is going to go...empty"
The package says it all... Classic Bacon... Kevin Bacon in Footloose.
Everything is better with Bacon!

What movie would you associate with Reese's Piece's?

Eat up!
Paul the Outdoor Movie Guy

Monday, August 12, 2013

Is this movie appropriate? There's an App for that!

I have often been asked if a film is appropriate for the target audience of an outdoor movie event.   I always pass on the great website www.commonsensemedia.org. They highlight the good stuff like educational value, message and role models as well as indicating what to look out for such as violence, sexy stuff, language, consumerism and drugs.  An age rating is suggested for each film.  This site is also great for TV, video games, music, websites, books and even Apps.


Common Sense Media also offers an app called KidsMedia which has many of the great reviews and recommendations stored on a local database on your device. So when little Johnny is begging to purchase a new movie or video game at the local big box store, you have access to all the great Common Sense Media information.

In addition, you can enter the ages of your children and the KidsMedia app will provide recommendations for each child, plus which films are appropriate for all ages entered... cool.

Setting up Child in KidsMedia
Easy to see what is appropriate for the whole family


You can also scan or say a movie name and the app will search for the movie, the majority of new popular movies are in the database.


You can create favorites lists for the next time you are looking for a movie.

Create Favorites 

KidsMedia is available for iPhone at the App Store,  Android at Google Play and Kindle at Amazon Apps


Appy Downloading
Paul the Outdoor Movie Guy