Good Brews Bad Views

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 ph...

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:...

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 1:3...

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...

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 thi...

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 cl...

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 t...

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 ou...

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 th...

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 aff...

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...

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...

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 f...

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...

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, Fes...

Director Tobe Hooper is responsible for some hallmarks in genre cinema whose titles still invoke awe from viewers... and then in the mid 80s he had a three picture deal with Cannon Films and made a grab bag of bizarre movies. The GBBV Patreon Patrons voted that Max, Ryan, and James watch the first of the three, Lifeforce, friend of the show and returning guest Caleb Stokes joins in to ponder why t...

Good Brews Bad Views looks back on a year of movies, beer, and developments within the beer and film industries for the 7th time, which still seems unreal. Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episodes? Gain access to bonus episodes? Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodbrewsbadviews Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops Interlude: Maikah Beats -...

The winner of our Inanimate Terrors Patreon Poll was none other than Death Spa. Good Brews Bad Views calls on 80s horror expert Russ Johnson to help spot sets, drink beer, and talk about how hard this 1988 horror installment goes. Max out at 1:27:06  for post movie wrap up on this wild movie, some wild beers, and what movies we think you should be watching this Halloween. Check out Russ' Letterbox...

Good Brews Bad Views starts the legally mandated spooky season with the 1980s Zombie Buddy Cop flick Dead Heat, featuring the late Treat Williams and the very New Jersey Joe Piscopo. Nothing like dying to make someone really feel alive.  Set your decompression chamber timer to 1:23:30 for our post movie wrap up thoughts on Dead Heat, some local ciders, Max's acceptable ways to Go Out, and what eve...

Not every movie needs a mouthful of a title to inform the audience what is it's going to be about, sometimes a single word will do, such as the winner of the latest GBBV Patreon Poll: Mosquito. If you can't surmise the premise of the movie from that title, then we're not sure how you got here, or what we can do to help you. Buzz on over to 1:30:30 for our post movie episode discussion on Mosquito,...

Good Brews Bad Views says goodbye to modern day amenities and heads to an age of darkness, aka 2009, for the Will Ferrel helmed  Land of the Lost adaptation. Friend of the show DuJuan returns to the podcast as Max, Ryan, and James try to determine if they have to revoke the Guest's Privilege for the first time.  Free yourself from the temporal crystal prison and reach 1:37:00 as the podcast wraps...

The Good Brews Bad Views Patrons voted for Ninja III: The Domination from the Ninja Themed Poll so Max, Ryan, and James sit down for the timeless story of how a telephone line-worker/aerobics instructor gets possessed by the spirit of an evil ninja in Phoenix, which everyone knows to be the the wellspring of Ninja Activity in the 1980s. Smoke-bomb yourself to 1:33:00 for our post movie wrap up on...

Continuing upon a theme started all the way back in the early days of the podcast, a Spooky Boat, Good Brews Bad Views calls upon Jamie Howard of The Bloody Broads Podcast to watch Virus, the Jamie Lee Curtis helmed sci-fi horror flick about an alien Erector Set that takes over a derelict Russian Science Vessel. Navigate through a 500 gallon bucket of water being dumped on you to 1:40:23 for our p...

Summer rolls on and what better place to spend it than the beach? The GBBV Patrons have voted for Surf II for the latest episode poll, so James, Ryan, and Max head down to the water for one of the wildest movies the podcast has ever tackled that truly that needs to be seen to be believed. Hang 10 at 1:39:22 for the post movie wrap up were we talk all things Surf II, thematically appropriate beers,...

Max, Ryan, and James take a trip to the islands for Hard Ticket to Hawaii, a seminal work from director Andy Sidaris from the great decade of the 1980s. The podcast calls upon friend/director/actor Brian Papandrea assist in this adventure filled with killer snakes, deadly frisbees, skateboard goons, and perpetually flexing bodyguards. Frisbee Toss your way to 1:40:00 for our final thoughts on a cl...