Good Brews Bad Views

To celebrate James' birthday a Patreon Poll comprised of Island movies was assembled, and the GBBV Patrons did not disappoint with their selection of The Island of Doctor Moreau. A star studded fraught production that has long been on the list of movies to watch, James, Max, and Ryan settle in to see if it is as horrendous as it's reputation would have you believe.Splice your way to 1:33:52 for our post movie wrap up on all things The Island of Doctor Moreau, beer from the far off land of Pittsburgh, and why body horror/sci-fi medical films are so captivating to audiences.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to help us fund medical experiments that are an affront to God and Man? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Harbinger of the Cinematic Apocalypse, DuJuan, returns to Good Brews Bad Views to inflict pain upon Max, James, and Ryan with The Love Guru, a movie that is single-handedly responsible for derailing Mike Myers career. Luckily the star studded supporting cast didn't suffer the same fate.Head into overtime at 1:23:58 for our final thoughts on The Love Guru, our wild accompanying beer, other hockey media you should check out, and how other famous comedians have avoided or fallen into the same predicament that Myers did.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to help us become the next Deepak Chopra? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

The GBBV Patreons have decided the guys should learn about the dangers of marijuana through the Emmy award winning made-for-Showtime adaptation of the Reefer Madness musical, Reefer Madness. Will the message expressed through music stick, or will Max, Ryan, and James fall prey to the most dangerous substance known to man? Listen to fall out.Light up at 1:41:35 for the post movie wrap up on all things Reefer Madness, accompanying beers, other parody plays, and a continued discussion about drug culture in media in the current day.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to fund our next visit to the Five and Dime? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Welcome to Musical Month here at Good Brews Bad Views, where we will be diving into two of the weirdest musicals we can find. First up we have the sequel to everyone's mom's favorite musical, Grease, the aptly titled Grease 2. Max, James, and Ryan enlist Grease 2 Aficionado Katie Olds to see how this biker focused follow up flick compares to the iconic original.Find a Cool Cool Rider at 1:56:28 for our post movie wrap up discussion on all things Grease 2, Taxman Beer, and an in depth discussion on musicals covering our favorites (on film and stage), musicals based on non musical IP, and stuff we think you should watch.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to educate us so we know where the pollen goes? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Good Brews Bad Views rounds out Pulp Month with The Phantom, winner of the Patreon Movie Poll, and "starring" Billy Zane in the tightest of Purple Bodysuits. Get your pulp bingo cards ready as the Phantom has it all: Evil Industrialists, Sky Pirates, Regular Pirates, Mystical Artifacts, Colonialism, and women bemoaned for wearing pants.Gather the magic skulls to pinpoint the timestamp for our post-episode discussion (1:36:10 for those of you without magic skulls) for all things The Phantom including doomed sequels, reboots, pulpiness of it all, the strength of leads, and it's place among other 1996 movies.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't succumb to vengeful bouts of rage that results in conjuring? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

After 190 episodes Max, Ryan, and James can no longer avoid the shadow of one of the "worst" movies of all time and one of Alan Moore's many adaptation disappointments, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Is the assembling of Victorian era fictional characters as bad as it was 20 years ago, or does this movie belong in the dustbin of film history? Tune in to find out.Set your plot revealing phonograph disc to 1:45:25 for our post movie wrap up on all things LXG, the sizeable beers that were consumed for this episode of the podcast, the difficulty of balancing characters with wildly different powers, a 1980s LXG Team, and some of the interesting parallels and differences between Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's original work.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't succumb to vengeful bouts of rage that results in conjuring? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

The winner of the 6,6,6 themed Patreon Poll, Tremors A Cold Day in Hell has conspiratorial scamp Burt Gummer headed to the Great White North to deal with a Graboid infestation, but will a wild call back to a seemingly unrelated event from three  movies ago be his actual downfall? Max James and Ryan are well equipped with giant beers to find out.Distract the subterranean terrors by tuning to 1:36:05 for the post movie wrap up on all things Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, very large beers, and the importance of a strong central character in long running series. Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't succumb to vengeful bouts of rage that results in conjuring? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops 

Good Brews Bad Views makes a hefty wager and go all in on watching Wise Guys for this episode of the podcast. This lesser Brian De Palma film stars Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo and a cast of some of the most Italian looking and sounding men ever to come out of Newark. But is the movie enjoyable? That's what Max, Ryan, James, and special guest Russ are going to find out. Cash out your wager at 1:35:19 for the post movie wrap up on all things Wise Guys, beers, where this movie falls within the filmography of Brian De Palma, gambling stories, and movie recommendations for Russ. If you're in the Metro Detroit area come see us at Batch Brewery on Wednesday June 26th at 8:30pm for a live show where we'll be watching Miami Connection with special guest host Katie Olds.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't succumb to vengeful bouts of rage that results in conjuring? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition

As everyone knows April Showers bring May Flowers, so we aptly decided for the Patreon Poll Episode for May to focus around plant based films, and what better movie than a movie Max, James, and Ryan, have vivid memories of as children despite never actually seeing it, than Pumpkinhead?Conjure up the podcast to 1:26:32 for our post movie wrap up on all things Pumpkinhead, accompanying beers, Lance Henrikson Vampire Westerns, and '80s Movie Morality tales.Tickets to our screening of Surf II on May 31st at Planet Ant in Hamtramck, MI available hereLike what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't succumb to vengeful bouts of rage that results in conjuring? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Good Brews Bad Views determines if there really is no fate but what they make by tuning into Terminator Salvation, is it as bad as they remember? Are the designs cool? Can they escape the movie, or are James, Ryan, Max and special guest Ross Payton doomed to fend off killer cyborg movies for all time?Tune your newly repaired audio listening device to 1:53:15  for the post movie wrap up on all things Terminator Salvation, Beer from a distant land, and a lengthy discussion on the diminishing returns of iconic 80s sci-fi franchises.  Check out Ross' Linktree for all of his excellent projects.Tickets to our screening of Surf II on May 31st at Planet Ant in Hamtramck, MI available hereLike what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't become thralls to undead aristocrats? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

You know what they say, April showers bring May flowers, and the Good Brews Bad Views Patrons voted for 1998's Hard Rain, a flood-thriller that is likely the wettest movie we've done on the podcast so far. After heading for higher ground jump to 1:35:20 for our post movie wrap up on all things Heavy Rain, the many accompanying beers we had for this episode, how audience feedback can change the climax of movies, and how movie story beats would possibly change if remade today. We're doing a 40th Anniversary screening of Surf II on Friday May 31st in Hamtramck, Michigan! Get your tickets here!Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes?Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

At long last Good Brews Bad Views dives into one of the true hallmarks of big budget utterly bizarre Hollywood movies with 1991's Nothing But Trouble, in which Chevy Chase and Demi Moore are beset upon by Dan Aykroyd and his deranged family in the industrial hellscape of backwoods New Jersey. Plus The Digital Underground is here? It's a Blind View for James and Ryan as Max exposes them to one of the wildest movies watched on the podcast.Appear before the honorary reeve for sentencing at 1:31:45 for our post movie wrap up on all things Nothing But Trouble, our accompanying  beer, the strange place in time the movie exists, the wild story of how this movie came to be, the movie's unlikely connection to Clive Barker's Hellraiser, and a Very Special Announcement at the end of the episode.

Keeping on brand with our Godzilla episode, the GBBV Patrons voted for Pacific Rim: Uprising for this months Patreon Poll Episode. The sequel to Guillermo Del Toro's 2013 Big Robot punches Big Monster movie, the 2018 installment has a very clear demographic it is marketed towards and has been punched up more times that Jaegers punch Kaiju over the 2 hr run time. Enjoy.Drift Dive to 1:44:55 for our post movie wrap up on all things Pacific Rim (Uprising and Otherwise), Beers, the other movies from the poll, other recent Kaiju movies and TV series to check out.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes?Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

With the upcoming release of Godzilla x Kong: This Time They're Frenemies, Good Brews Bad Views decides to return to 1998 to check out the first American installment of Godzilla, which features numerous Simpsons connections oddly enough.Track the big lizards movement to 2:15:20 for our post episode wrap up for our final Beer and Godzilla thoughts, what makes a kaiju film work, openly crying at the movies, and our favorite Godzilla installments.

The Good Brews Bad Views Patrons have decided that the most appropriate way to celebrate of our Lord and Master Nick Cage, is for Max, James, and Ryan to watch the Renfield, where Cage puts on the cape of Dracula himself while demeaning his loyal servant Renfield. The podcast is joined by Nick Cage/Dracula expert Maddy Gibbons as you need to be well prepared for this kind of thing.Follow your affirmations and tune to 1:29:45 for the post episode wrap up where the fangless foursome discuss all things Renfield, non-blood based beverages, the fickle nature of marketing and expectations, and Dracula interpretations. Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't become thralls to undead aristocrats? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

To celebrate the 60th birthday of the one and only Nicolas Cage, Good Brews Bad Views brings you an entire month of Cage Content kicking things off with the 2021 film Willy's Wonderland. Make sure you take breaks and re-hydrate as you fight off the killer animatronics.  Sorry about the poor audio quality, an ice storm has Max, James, and Ryan hunkered down in their homes, and Discord punished Max for not changing his username by switching his default audio input. Set your watch alarm to 1:26:13 for the post movie wrap up on Willy Wonderland, the accompanying beverages, and the guys' favorite coin operated attractions from years past.If you're in the Metro Detroit area be sure to check out Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum! Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't make deals with forces beyond our understanding? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

In the Good Brews Bad Views Patreon Poll, the gauntlet was thrown down for the podcast to watch "the embarrassingly long directors cut" of The Lawnmower Man, and Max Ryan and James picked up that gauntlet. Dry January may not have been the time to watch this 90s VR filled nonsense movie.Slot your data disc to 2:19:25 for our post movie wrap up on all things Lawnmower Man, N/A Beer, the evolution of VR, and pondering on the availability of movie props.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't make deals with forces beyond our understanding? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

In the distant past of the mid 90s, computers and technology were all the craze in movies, so all this month Good Brews Bad Views is bringing you movies focused around the marvels and dangers of the technology of the time. First up we put out an SOS call on the web to our good friend Claire of Relatable Rolls to hack the Gibson and watch the 1995 film Hackers.Dodge your tail and tune to 1:44:15 for our post movie wrap up on Hackers, our accompanying beer, who this movie will or will not resonate with, and what our handles would be we're we console cowboys of the digital age.  Check out Claire and Max's RPG Actual Play and Review Podcast Relatable Rolls for more of their award winning chemistry*.*award self appointedLike what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't make deals with forces beyond our understanding? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Good Brews Bad Views wraps up 2023 with Suburban Commando, the winning film of the Suplexmas '23 Patreon Poll. The podcast is joined by friend of the podcast, wrestling expert, and vessel for the soul of Macho Man Randy Savage, Noah Carden, to experience the peak of 90s wrestler helmed family focused entertainment as Hulk Hogan crash lands on Earth and adapts to modern day living with Christopher Lloyd and Shelly Duvall.Set your Power Source Tracer to  1:28:24 for our post movie wrap up on the beers, Suburban Commando, and the evolution of family films over the last 30+ years. Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime and check out his mini painting and gaming Twitch Channel. We're also all on Bluesky.Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Want to ensure we don't make deals with forces beyond our understanding? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviewsOpening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Kicking off the holiday season, Max, Ryan, and James settle in for a Blind View of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a Finnish Christmas horror story about an evil Santa Claus. In the spirit of the season the guys decide to go in completely blind like they did for Santa's Slay all those years ago.Open the Advent Calendar Door marker 1:19:08 for the post movie wrap up discussion on Rare Exports, Festive Beers, how each compare to strong competition, and GBBV Math.Opening: Live Action Fezz - Carol of the Bells