27: Edge of Tomorrow (feat. Decibel Malbec)

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Bottle

Part 4.1 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE)

Which part of Scott’s verbose pitch for this movie - “a big budget, alien invasion, time loop, Looney Tunes war movie” - is a touchstone for Jamie? What’s the deal with this movie’s incredibly bland title? What happens to a flop after theaters? Can Scott’s impassioned defense of Tom Cruise’s performance convince the haters to give this movie a chance? Answers to those questions and more, plus the Bad Reviews game. Kill some time with us before the apocalypse by pressing ‘Play’ right now.

• EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014) is directed by Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleason, Noah Taylor, and the late, great Bill Paxton. It is available to rent wherever you get your VOD movies.
• The 2017 Decibel, Gimblett Gravels Malbec from Hawkes Bay, NZ is available from Wine.com for $25 USD.

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Music is selected from Camille Saint-Saëns’ ‘The Carnival of the Animals - XII. Fossils’ as performed by the Seattle Youth Symphony, licensed under Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)