Max Koch Uncorked

Happy Friday! My dear ol’ pal GiGi AKA Green Girl came over yesterday and brought along some awesome organic wines for us to enjoy. Now while I use those fancypants canvas bags when I go to the market or whatever, I have to admit, I’m not NEARLY as versed on the whole “organic lifestyle” thing […]

Here’s a way to spice up your over-two-decades-long relationship: At-Home Film Festivals with Wine Pairings! We’ve enjoyed 2 now over here so far. The first one I curated, back in January. I called it “Venge-Fest”! Here, I even made a flier: All you need to do is choose a theme that speaks to or means something […]

I’m going out with a friend tonight and I think I’m ready. I’ve been kinda reclusive these days and that’s not entirely been a bad thing. As it is, I have a fairly steady at-home gig that keeps my acting and improvisational chops greased…but for the most part, outside of errands and a meal or two with […]

Stunningly enough, I had never read Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of “Sideways” until the beginning of this year. I think I avoided it for so long because I was so hopelessly smitten by the film adaptation, I didn’t feel I wanted to cheat on it by reading the book (the movie’s in my Top 5 of […]

So ya know when a bunch of bored moms and housewives get together on a Monday night twice a month to talk about the latest book they were all suppose to have read at the same time? Like, a BOOK club, right? Well, that’s sorta what I got goin’ on with The Cutting Room Movie Podcast. Only we’re […]

I don’t have kids. I most likely won’t EVER have ’em, either. That was a choice I made when I married my wife. Kids or no kids, honey? Answer: no kids. I still married her. Well, it wasn’t her fault she never really cared for children. I mean, I was cool with them growing up and […]

Look, I’m not gonna tell ya anything revelatory here: Being sick SUCKS. Yeah, man, I had a terrible cold all through the Christmas holidays. And then I was awesome for the new year, ready to take on the world, when all of a sudden, outta no where, WHAMMO!…relapse. No idea how it happened. Two visits […]

I have to say, the recent and terrible events in France punched me hard, right in the gut. Mainly because 5 of the 12 victims in the vicious attack against Charlie Hedbo were CARTOONISTS. Soak it in: Cartoonists are getting killed in the first month of 2015. And why? Because of the offense taken by their satirical […]

Hope you all had a beautiful Christmas/Hanukkah/Whatever. For me, nothing says “home for the holidays” quite like a confirmed diagnosis of bronchitis and gnarly ear infection. Wahoo! Thank Cripes my new doctor’s cute. Which only compliments the fact that I’ve had some considerable cabin fever-y time to lounge about in my skull jammies going insane. Which brings us […]

Nothing says “home for the holidays” like a debilitating cold (and I don’t get sick, I am PISSED). And so I’ve had some considerable time to sit around on my stupid ass. Which brings us to: SAG SCREENER MOVIE WRAP-UP #1: (Click pics for trailers) “St. Vincent” – I should NOT have enjoyed this film […]