Good Brews Bad Views

If you, like the hosts of Good Brews Bad Views, grew up in the 90s you are probably well aware of Jurassic Park or maybe you didn't but are still very familiar with Jurassic Park as everything old is new and everything new is old at this point. Either way GBBV settles in to watch Jurassic Park 3, the forgotten stepchild of the original dinosaur trilogy and tries to find out if the years have been...

How does one describe Southland Tales? A fever dream of a film filled with every actor you can think of? A movie that we couldn't succinctly describe if we asked you to? A vision of the future through the eyes of director Richard Kelly circa 2005? Well all of this is true, and friend of the pod Noah Carden joins Max, James, and Ryan sit down for a movie much longer than the recent fare.  Jump forw...

Every now and then Good Brews Bad Views got bombarded with a movie suggestion by one of our friends and then a different friend overhears and says they will be a guest on the episode, so basically that means we have to do the movie. Sometimes we regret the suggestions and sometimes we get to watch Superfights with fellow podcaster and game designer Caleb Stokes. Jump forward to 1:35:45 for our pos...

As he is in the news, Good Brews Bad Views decided to have the latest Patreon Poll focused around Johnny Depp, everyone's Mom's favorite weird guy. The Patrons chose Mortdecai, a movie we had no idea actually existed until we proposed to poll, in which Johnny Depp stars as a ridiculous and slightly unscrupulous mustachioed art dealer Charlie Mortdecai, with Paul Bettany in tow as his loyal and pip...

No one would ever knock GBBV for not trying to be relevant with the times, so the gang decided to check out Sam Raimi's follow up film to Evil Dead, Crimewave. Never heard of it? It's no surprise, given how according to Bruce Campbell "Crimewave wasn't released, it escaped." Prepare for slapstick galore, vocal dubbing, and egregious sound effects. Raimi Smash Zoom-Cut to 1:27:17 for our post movie...

There comes a time in every horror movie franchise where the series has to be sent to space, for reasons no one can really explain. Such was the theme of the most recent Patreon Poll with the GBBV Patrons sending Max, James, and Ryan through time (and space) for Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, the last of the movies based off Clive Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart to feature his direct involvement....

The year is 2021, a global pandemic rages uncontrolled affecting every walk of life indiscriminately infecting the rich and poor, wealth and technology explicitly divide the have and have nots, medical care is unaffordable, and gig economy workers struggle to survive as their jobs literally put their lives on the line. No this wasn't our 2021, this is the 2021 of Johnny Mnemonic, a movie that Good...

Recently Good Brews Bad Views had a Patreon Poll titled "Freduary," in which the Patrons voted upon a selected of Fred Focused Films, with the winner ultimately being Freddy got Fingered. Written, directed, and starring infamous Canadian comic Tom Green, the follow-up movie to his hit TV series tests the GBBV Guys on several levels. Jump to 1:27:11 for the post movie wrap up thoughts on this "movi...

In the 1990s some of the biggest names in Hong Kong cinema made their way to Hollywood to build upon their already illustrious careers, and some of the movies that came out of this venture were great.  However some of them like today's movie were not, luckily Steve Cuff of Optimism Vaccine returns to endure Tsui Hark's Double Team starring GBBV Allstar Jean-Claude Van Damme and NBA icon Dennis Rod...

The GBBV Patrons have definitely chosen one of the wildest movies we've watched on the podcast in a good while as Good Brews Bad Views heads to the distant future of 1994 to see how the cut throat music industry is apparently run by the Devil in the sci-fi fantasy musical film: The Apple. As a Cannon Films production the guys thought they knew what was in store but somehow this movie still surpris...

In this episode Good Brews Bad Views heads back to the Old West, the Wild Wild West in particular, as friend of the show Baz swings by to witness Will Smith looking spectacular in every scene, endure the ridiculous antics of Kevin Kline, and figure out if there anything Kenneth Branagh can't adorn with spiders. Jump forward to 1:48:24 for our post movie wrap up on Wild Wild West and our accompanyi...

Henceforth did the Good Brews Bad Views Patrons send Max, James, Ryan, and special guest Randy unto an age undreamed of. A cinematic land of distinct hats, big sets, 80s mullets, Orb Pondering, and a legally distinct Conan in the 1985 Sword and Sandals movie, Red Sonja. Jump forward to 1:29:00 for the post movie wrap up thoughts, Randy's Movie Recommendations, and a discussion on how Red Sonja com...

Good Brews Bad Views starts the year off with in an unconventional way along with an unconventional movie with a Blind View of Nick Cage's newest film: Prisoners of the Ghostland. Several people have recommended this movie for the podcast and in Cage's own words this is the most insane movie he's ever been involved with, which is no small claim, so naturally Max, James, and Ryan have to investigat...

Who would have thought that after 5 years of doing this podcast the pickings for Holiday Wrestling Movies has become rather slim? Well no matter as Good Brews Bad Views still has a helping heaping of non-Holiday Wrestling movies to dig in to for Suplexmas this year, with the Patreon Poll winner being Ready to Rumble, in which two wrestling super fans take the show and spectacle a little too seriou...

In a prime example of how comedy ages like milk, Good Brews Bad Views and returning guest DuJuan dive into a movie everyone knows from their childhood, The Pest, John Leguizamo's slapstick filled The Deadliest Game ...homage? Jump to 1:23:29 for our wrap up thoughts on the beers, The Pest, the wild career of John Leguizamo, and other comedy movies from this same era. Check Out DuJuan on YouTube on...

Multiverse this, alternate timeline that... for this episode Good brews Bad Views turns back the clock to when the phrase "cinematic universe" was not part of the lexicon with DC's favorite scarred old timey bounty hunter in Jonah Hex. It's a quick and brisk 80 minutes with a cast of unforgettable actors in an otherwise forgettable movie where apparently Eli Whitney made a Doomsday weapon and dyna...

Sometimes there is a movie with a premise so ridiculous and made with so little money that is only a matter of time until it ends up on Good Brews Bad Views. That time is now, and that movie is Death Bed: The Bed That Eats. Jump to 1:20:16 for our post episode wrap up on this episodes beer, this surreal low budget film, the appropriate character names (or lack thereof) and a special report from Cl...

It's time to cross off a spooky movie that has long been on the list of potential episodes as Good Brews Bad Views and special guest Bhavna Sharma from The Bloody Broads Podcast tackle Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Time zones, how do they work? Stonehenge, how do you steal it? All these questions and more will not be answered in this Michael Myers-less installment of the horror franchise. Ju...

After a weird whirlwind of a year of recording online and in person, James, Ryan, and Max look back at the last 24 episodes of Good Brews Bad Views to recap their favorite (and least favorite) movies and beers featured on the podcast. Also rounding out this anniversary episode is the continued discussion about our movie watching habits, an update on what Gen Con and Origins were like in 2021, and...

With the release of the Denis Villeneuve helmed Dune on the horizon Good Brews Bad Views and special guest Birk settle in to watch the David Lynch 1984 adaptation of the monumental Sci-Fi novel with the aid of some suitably spiced seasonal beers alongside of it. Fold space to 2:23:36  for the gang's final thoughts on the movie the beers, how some of the message in Dune is lost when translated to t...

For the aptly named Seusstember, Good Brews Bad Views thought to check out the movies of adaptations of Dr. Seuss, but ultimately left the final decision of what movie the podcast would feature to the GBBV Patreon Patrons: They chose the 2003 live action adaptation of The Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers. Fast forward to 1:19:15 for the gang's final thoughts on this bizarre totally not child fri...

To celebrate Ryan's birthday, Good Brews Bad Views pitched the Ryanpalooza Poll to the Patrons, where up they decided which Ryan Reynolds movie the podcast would check out. Loving individuals that they are, the Patrons subjected the guys to The Amityville Horror, the 2005 installment of the famous possession story.   Jump forward to 1:25:15 for the guys' final thoughts on the several beers drank o...

Ryan decided that Good Brews Bad Views and returning guest and subject of bad beers Claire should watch the Mila Jovovich helmed Ultraviolet, a sci-fi vampire romp that somehow manages to warp space in time, feeling much longer than 88 minutes. Luckily the gang has several different beer and mead to help get through the movie. Jump to 1:29:25 for our post movie wrap up thoughts on Ultraviolet, the...

The GBBV Patrons have left James, Ryan, and Max stranded in shark infested waters to watch Deep Blue Sea 3, a series you probably didn't know had not one but two sequels. Also we give a brewery a chance to redeem themselves after the transgressions of the previous episode. Jump to 1:37:20 for our unexpected final thoughts on DBS3, the story behind "Bisque Dribbles," our Patreon Poll movie roundup,...

It's Summer so that means Good Brews Bad Views is diving into movies where it is best that you stay out of the water as opposed to cooling off in it. First up is Piranha 3D a remake of the 1970s horror flick that is likely the Gooiest Movie we've watched on the podcast so far. Jump to 1:26:00 for post movie wrap ups on this fish filled flick and the beer that we accompanied the movie with, a bunch...