Good Brews Bad Views

While rebuilding the backlog, Max, Ryan, and James take some time to reflect on the movie theater industry over the past few months, when they will be comfortable returning to the theater, under what circumstances, the growing Drive-In demand, and weird theater financial stuff.   Regular episodes resume next month! If you like these deep dive discussions, let us know and there might be more in the...

"I can't look at the cat right now." While Good Brews Bad Views is still on hiatus we've decided to release this Bonus Episode of podcast friends Steve Cuff, Claire Higginbottom, Dave Mariouw, and Max talk about CATS, which they had just all finished seeing at a local theater. Aside from the biggest cinematic blunder of last year other topics of discussion include: Exchanging Wardrobes, Cereal Mas...

Using their weather control powers (aka voting) the GBBV Patrons have manipulated the Frasercast to result in Max, James, and Ryan watching George of the Jungle. Rest assured there will be several concussions and many moments of the guys throwing their heads back in laughing. Swing to 1:30:10 for our post movie wrap up on beer, the lasting influence of this movie, whether George of the Jungle is t...

The Pandemic is disrupting many things, including the podcast, so we recorded this little update to let you know what's going on our end. Opening/Closing track Sro - I Miss Summer

Armed with a bandolier of beer from Left Field Brewery, Stephanie returns to the podcast to watch the Jean Claude Van Damme classic Bloodsport. Prepare yourself for flashbacks, montages, several splits, and muscle ogling in this 90 minute totally true story. Jump forward to 1:31:20 for our final thoughts on platonic male friendship, bailing on breakfast talk, the veracity of the events of the movi...

GBBV dives into the pulps with the latest Patron fueled episode, Dick Tracy! The most award winning movie featured on the podcast to date, join Max, Ryan, and James, as they find out if the bombastically stylized movie has held up after 30 years, and if the stout Max has been aging in his basement for a few years has done the same. Jump to 1:42:21 for final thoughts on the beer, the bullets, what...

James, Ryan, and Max try to pair beers along side the movies they watch (as who doesn't love a good/bad pun) in what is known as the Brew Bonus. Sometimes it doesn't really work and sometimes it works perfectly, like in the 2009 remake of the classic Canadian slasher film, My Bloody Valentine. Not in for the entire movie? Jump forward to 1:39:58 for our after movie wrap up on all things mining rel...

When a GBBV Guest wants to watch a Nicolas Cage movie, watching a Nicolas Cage movie is what happens. Kristi joins in with some patriotic themed beer to watch National Treasure: Book of Secrets where Benjamin Franklin Gates must prove that his Great Great Grandfather wasn't a treasonous Confederate that helped assassinate Abraham Lincoln. By finding a city made of gold? Yeah the plot doesn't make...

Beset upon by inclement weather, the plague, volunteering, and the holidays, but tasked by the Patreon backers, Good Brews Bad Views starts the decade off by heading into the jungle with Congo, the 1995 adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel about gorillas, diamonds, lasers, political unrest in Africa, and more ridiculous accents than you can wave a stick at. What will the GBBV Crew find on their...

For the final episode of 2019 the GBBV Patrons voted that Ryan, James, and Max dive into the Netflix Cinematic Christmas Universe with the newly released The Knight Before Christmas. Friend of the show Kyle returns to endure through this time traveling knight of a movie as festive beer is consumed. Jump to 1:32:00 for our final thoughts on this overly wholesome film, a rundown of various Christmas...

The GBBV Holiday tradition of SupleXmas lives on! For this year's wrestler Christmas movie we move on from the well known wrestlers of our youth to modern day stars in Santa's Little Helper starring The Miz and Paige. Jump to 1:31:00 for our thoughts on Stout Season, funk based Christmas movies, the comedy chops of wrestlers, and Canadian spelling variations. Like what we're doing? Why not check o...

Coming to you live from Drifter Coffee in Ferndale, Michigan, Max, Ryan, and James host the first ever Good Brews Bad Views live episode featuring the unreleased Roger Corman produced Fantastic Four movie! Listen along to hear tales about how this movie was never meant to see the light of day, what some of the audience's favorite bad movies are, and a live vote where the fate of the podcast is dec...

Things get a little chilly for James, Ryan and Max, as the GBBV Patrons voted for the guys to watch Frosbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo this month, which takes place in Max's beloved Upper Peninsula and features more than a few nods to the spectacular Evil Dead 2.  Jump to 1:20:29 for final thoughts on beer, this Troma movie, Chili, plus Ryan makes a Solemn Promise... Like what we're doing? Why not ch...

Every now and then Good Brews Bad Views foregoes the usual vetting process of movies for a Blind View, where Max, James, and Ryan watch and react to the movie in real time. This process has led to some episodes that are absolute gems (Santa's Slay, Guardians) but Doom: Annihilation... is at the complete opposite end of that spectrum. Jump to 1:36:25 for the GBBV Crew's sincere apologies about this...

2001: While Freddy vs. Jason is still being hashed out New Line wants to make use of the license and decides to shoot Jason Voorhees into space! 2019: The Good Brews Bad Views Patrons vote that James, Ryan, and Max have to watch Jason X with several tasty beers in hand. 2XX9: The GBBV hosts are shot into space? Jump to 1:34:00 for our final thoughts on how Jason Voorhees fairs in Space, a rundown...

In an effort to stay Relevant, Good Brews Bad Views starts off the horror movie season with 2007's Dead Silence, to see if there is anything to the recent claims that this Creepy Doll movie is actually good. Jump to 1:29:26 for our final thoughts on this claim, the beers that helped us through the movie, what we think of creepy doll movies in general, the other horror movies of James Wan and Leigh...

Max sits down with Ryan Balicki, Shaun Koltuniak, and Jeremy Lewis of Copper Hop Brewing Company to talk about their dreams of bringing a brewery to a small downtown area, how the brewing industry is unlike any other, Brewing Destination Cities, what to expect from Copper Hop when it opens later this year, and their ongoing Kickstarter. Back Copper Hop Brewing Company's Kickstarter! Like what we'r...

The GBBV Patrons have sentenced Max, James, and Ryan to watch Judge Dredd as the second movie of Slytember, and so they must comply. The hosts have a bunch of beer donated by friends of the podcast though, so it's not all bad, but as Rob Schneider is accompanying Stallone once again, it's just mostly bad. Jump to 1:33:24 for final thoughts on beer from the awesome fans, recasting this movie with v...

Good Brews Bad Views seems to be all about the monthly theme as of late, and for his birthday James requested the 1993 Stallone-'Em-Up Demolition Man. So September 2019 is now Slytember 2019. Listen in terror as GBBV witnesses a future where apparently only police officers are allowed to wear pants, toilet paper no longer exists, and everything worth living for (i.e. beer and spicy food) has been...

James is back in Kailua, Hawaii (again) so he dropped by Lanikai Brewing to talk with founder and head brewer Steve Haumschild about the intricacies of using truly wild yeast (like from space), bio-prospecting, and "Hawaiian Solutions to Hawaiian Problems." Like what we're doing? Why not check out our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviews Opening theme: Higgins Waterproof Black Magic...

Creature Feature Month concludes with Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, voted upon by our Patrons! GBBV brings in Graboid Expert Steph (Spice World, Street Fighter, Sudden Death) to consult on how the series has gone from comedy-horror to Direct to Home Video action-comedy and to join James, Max, and Ryan in an extensive beer blending experiment with beer from Batch Brewing. Jump to 1:44:00 for GBBV...

Returning from Hawaii with a bunch of beer and liquor in hand, Good Brews Bad Views dives into Creature Feature month, starting off with giant misplaced crocodile movie Lake Placid. Despite that, prepare for GBBV to refer to it as an alligator with increasing frequency as more beer is consumed. Jump to 1:20:25 for our after movie wrap up on how we want more ridiculous crocodile action, an in depth...

James, Ryan, and Max recount their yearly pilgrimage to Gen Con and the best things they played, ate, & experienced this year in Indianapolis. And Steph recounts her trip to Madison and the Cross Fit Games and the best cheese available. As a bonus we ran into some of our podcast friends from The Orpheus Protocol and The Green Box and asked them The Three Questions. Like what we're doing? Why not c...

James, Ryan, and Max take a break from endlessly wandering the Vendor Hall at Gen Con to sit down with Shane Ivey and Scott Glancy to talk about cinematic acts of terrorism, schlocky movies that made their way into Delta Green, the long process of getting Great Old Ones to punch each other, proletariat adventuring, and designing distinct looking fantasy with artist Kurt Komoda. Like what we're doi...

We've decided to let our Patrons vote on one episode that we will record each month, and of the 3 possible monkey based movies, Monkeybone was the clear winner. Calling in from the far off land of Canada, International Girl Gang member Erin joins GBBV to discuss this utterly bizarre Brendan Fraser film. Jump to 1:31:40 for our final thoughts on Monkeybone, the unfinished comic series it is based o...