Giveaway: BB-8 Talking Figure

Enter to win this awesome BB-8 Talking Figure that is exclusive to The Disney Store! Bring home my favorite new character from the upcoming The Force Awakens!

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Full Poster and Trailer!

Take a look at the official full poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens! And below is the full trailer for the movie! I cannot wait to watch this! I made my own lightsaber at Disneyland! I bought tickets to the marathon event at The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood! December 18th will be a day long remembered! Who has their tickets? Anyone seeing a marathon?  Leave your comments in the comment section below! May The Force Be With You!

Bridge of Spies Movie Review

The Fall brings my favorite time of movie watching, the award contenders. Enter Bridge of Spies directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks and a script written by the Coen Brothers. How is this Cold War thriller? Well let's take a look.

The story opens in 1957, when the FBI arrest Rudolph Abel (Mark Rylance) for spying on the United States.

Enter Jim Donovan (Tom Hanks), a successful insurance lawyer, who was given the task of defending Abel. While everyone is ready to throw Abel under the bus and make an example out of him, Donovan believes that everyone is entitled to a fair and just trial.

In another part of the country, the CIA has brought in several young Air Force pilots to be part of a new program to fly a state of the art spy plane.

The Abel trial has ended and to no surprise, Abel is found guilty. Donovan kept Abel away from the death penalty.

It was a lucky turn of events that Donovan was able to keep Abel away from the death penalty as Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell) is shot down out of the sky above Russia and is facing a stiff prison sentence of his own.

Donovan finds himself as the man who is going to be sent to try to negotiate the release of Powers for Abel. While Donovan is sent overseas, he also discovers another young American, Fredric Pryor (Will Rogers), who was detained after finding himself on the wrong side of the newly built Berlin Wall.

A powerful film that captures the hysteria and paranoia of the Cold War. The two most powerful moments are when Powers U2 spy plane is shot down and when we see the building of the Berlin Wall. It's the first time I can remember seeing the wall being built in a movie.

I highly recommend Bridge of Spies. Watch an every man do the right thing even when doing the right thing is not the popular choice. Watch his struggle with the country, the world and worst of all his own family. Let the movie award season begin here.

Portola Coffee Labs - Theorem Celebrates OctoberFest with Beer Styled Coffee Drinks!

Theorem, the walk-up bar that is part of Portola Coffee Lab, continues to push the envelope of what coffee is and what coffee can be. The menu offering for October 2015 is no exception as the baristas have chosen to create beer styled coffee drinks! The drinks are non-alcoholic but take on the flavors of the beers they are named after!

A flight is $15 and you get to try all four drinks. Take a look at the colors on the flight! It looks like actual beer! But how would it taste?

First up is the Pilsner. The biscuit malt notes gave it a floury taste but it was still nice and refreshing.

The IPA had really nice citrus notes! Easily a favorite of mine!

Next up was the Stout, which I thought was going to be my favorite but it proved to be a little too gritty for me.

My favorite was the Sour. This completely surprised me since I am not a sour beer fan at all. The blueberry and lime combined perfectly and is based off an actual beer in the area.

The entire experience was quite enjoyable and I cannot wait to try some of these coffee drinks again before the month is over!

Portola Coffee Lab

The OC Mart Mix
3313 Hyland Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

(949) 284-0596