Bad Movies & Beer

Cooper and Nolan are back from their mid-season break, and thanks to a very special audience request they're waxing on (and off) about THE KARATE KID PART II - aka The Karate Kid, but in Japan this time. Much like the movie's producers, the guys are running back enjoyable bits from earlier installments, such as: - Who's the real hero of this movie? - Everyone loves Elizabeth Shue - Is that guy act...

In this very special BONUS EPISODE, Cooper and Nolan try desperately to hang in there as they discuss LET MY PUPPETS COME, a movie that can best be summed up by the phrase "Puppets make a porno". This bizarre piece of 70s underground cinema (released on Blu Ray from the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome) was Nolan's birthday present back in their October gift exchange, and it's a ridiculous, absurd,...

Cooper and Nolan are taking a ride into the danger zone this week with Tom Cruise's 80s classic TOP GUN! It's another controversial choice for this podcast - one that began as a desire to find a BIG movie for the 50th episode, and one that ends with Cooper offering to let the estate of director Tony Scott kick him in the balls. Along the way the guys argue over topics like whether there's more to...

One year after tackling the original, a very drunk Cooper and Nolan are keeping their Christmas promise by covering SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2! Since the first movie did a perfect job of setting up a sequel, the guys went in with high expectations. And thanks to the 12 Beers of Christmas from Whitewater Brewing Company, they also went in with extremely high blood alcohol levels. The results...

Cooper and Nolan are doubling down on action this week, with the unforgettable DOUBLE IMPACT! In addition to pushing the limits of early 90s green screen technology, this movie also pushed the limits of Jean-Claude Van Damme's acting ability by having him play not one but TWO characters... who both speak with a Belgian-French accent and know karate. Is there a limit to how far this movie can stret...

Better polish your spurs, because this week Cooper and Nolan are putting the boots to RHINESTONE - the legendary country comedy flop starring Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton. It's a pairing that raises more questions than answers, and the guys have plenty of questions of their own. Is there such a thing as an Italian perv? Do all men automatically want to see strange genitalia? And is anyone i...

Cooper and Nolan were feeling froggy this week, so they decided to jump into legendary 80s B-movie HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN! With a plot straight out of a porno movie and professional wrestling legend Rowdy Roddy Piper battling giant mutant frogs in the lead role, this might be the least controversial movie choice in the history of this podcast. But even though it sounds (and looks, and feels) ridic...

This week Cooper and Nolan open the gateway to infinite space (and infinite terror) with EVENT HORIZON! Originally pitched as the Shining but in space, This movie went on to become a beloved cult favorite despite absolutely bombing at the box office. Did it deserve better?  That's what the guys try to figure out as they make their way through gore, jump scares, and an all-time creepy performance b...

It's a fight to the finish this week, as Cooper and Nolan attempt to survive the GAME OF DEATH! What do you get when you take 11 minutes of Bruce Lee footage and try to stretch it into a full-length movie?  A whole lot of smoke, mirrors, and laughable editing, not to mention the definitive example of Brucesploitation. At least the guys have a great beer connection from Rouge River Brewing Company,...

Things are getting emotional this week by special request, as Cooper and Nolan spend some time with SWEET NOVEMBER.   Hated by critics, loved by fans (at least according to Rotten Tomatoes), this movie is basically a metaphor for Keanu Reeves' entire career. But will his unique charisma and... let's say "interesting" choices be enough to win the guys over?   The answer may surprise you, especially...

Cooper and Nolan are turning on the bad signal this week for the movie that almost killed DC's greatest franchise once and for all - BATMAN & ROBIN! Glow in the dark Batmobiles, never-before-mentioned characters, anatomically correct Batsuits... with all of the bad decisions that went into this one it's no wonder the guys spend most of the episode playing games like: -F Marry Kill -Who Acted it Wo...

Cooper and Nolan are celebrating Halloween a few days early this year with FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III! It's the first appearance of Jason in his iconic hockey mask, and also the first appearance of the THIRD DIMENSION! That's right, thanks to the magic of 3D the terror is practically jumping off the screen, and the guys are making their own magic by taking a drink everytime there's a gratuitous 3D s...

Cooper and Nolan are beach bound this week for what might be their most uncomfortable episode ever. But don't blame them... BLAME IT ON RIO! It's a controversial comedy that left the guys with more questions than answers. How did this get made? Who thought it was a good idea? And most importantly, will this movie finally disprove Cooper's theory that there are no 80s pervs? There's only one way to...

Cooper and Nolan are celebrating another trip around the sun this week with HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!   What should be a fairly straightforward 80s slasher goes so far over the top with red herrings and surprise reveals that the guys are STILL arguing over who the real killer is, but there's lots to enjoy, from classic teenage shenanigans like bridge chicken and underwear theft to slightly stranger pu...

Cooper and Nolan might have survived Moonraker last season, but now they're going down together with DIE ANOTHER DAY!  As soon as they heard the theme song they knew they were in trouble, but it wasn't supposed to be this way! The 20th James Bond film (and Pierce Brosnan's farewell to the role) was meant to celebrate Bond's past and usher in a new era of action and equality. Turns out the only new...

This week the guys are saying hello again to terrible remakes with the 1980 version of THE JAZZ SINGER!   Cooper loves Neil Diamond, but will it be love on the rocks when he has to watch him act? Has Nolan finally met a montage he didn't like? And what on earth is Sir Laurence Olivier doing in this movie? (Answer: A HORRENDOUS accent) And don't forget about THAT SCENE, which is as ridiculous as it...

There's a bad moon rising on the podcast this week, and Cooper and Nolan know there's only one man who can stop it - FLASH GORDON!  It's the guys' first audience request of Season 2, and it's also a movie that (nearly) changed the course of cinematic history.  And as you'd expect from a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis, there's a boatload of absolutely insane characters, costumes, fight scenes...

It's a two-man war on movie crime this week as Cooper and Nolan tangle with THE EXTERMINATOR! If the guys want to survive a movie that Roger Ebert once called "a sadistic exercise in moronic violence," they'll have to deal with unnecessary padding scenes, extremely questionable performances ("Ya want the sheets???"), and a plot with more holes in it than the Exterminator's victims. Don't fear the...

Cooper and Nolan are back, and they're kicking off Season 2 with the episode that YOU voted for - BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II!  Many people (including Nolan) have fond memories of this movie, but will that change when the guys go back in time to re-experience it?  That's just one of the many questions being answered this week, along with whether the future we live in is a disappointment, what happe...

In just 5 days, Cooper and Nolan will be back with BRAND NEW EPISODES!  Before then, enjoy a taste of the mischievous humour, drunken shenanigans, and semi-legitimate film criticism that the guys are bringing back for another round.

When they covered the Colin Farrell remake of TOTAL RECALL a few months ago, Cooper couldn't believe that Nolan had never seen the (vastly superior) original.  And while that version might be too good to appear on a bad movie podcast, it's the perfect choice for a BONUS EPISODE!  Just like Doug Quaid, the guys are letting their minds wander on this one - original Nintendo, Boglins, Sally Jessy Rap...

It's the end of Season 1, and it's also time for Cooper and Nolan to get BACK IN THE CAGE, because this week they're burning through THE WICKER MAN!  Remakes of beloved movies are always dicey, but when that remake stars the incomparable (and incomprehensible) Nic Cage, there's no telling what might happen.  But just like Officer Edward Malus, the guys won't be deterred - armed with beer from Roya...

There's a storm warning in effect for the podcast this week, because Cooper and Nolan are getting all twisted up in THE HUMAN TORNADO!  If you like ridiculous outfits, amateur Kung Fu fighting, gratuitous nudity, instant replays, and watching rat soup-eatin' m*********ers get what they deserve, then you'll understand why this was the perfect choice for our first ever blaxploitation movie - one tha...

This week Cooper and Nolan are bracing the podcast for invasion (or worse) when MARS ATTACKS!  What was supposed to be a story about aliens marching on Earth turned out to be the story of peak Tim Burton flying too close to the sun. It's a rough trip, full of hacky comedy, cartoonish CGI, and an A-list cast that got completely squandered along the way.  Better assemble the welcome party; this epis...

This week Cooper and Nolan venture deep into the woods by special request in an attempt to explain NIGHT OF THE DEMON!  But considering that it's a movie about Bigfoot (not demons), that mmmight not be easy.  What WILL be easy is laughing at the terrible Sasquatch costume, 70s sex scene choreography, and increasingly ridiculous death scenes. That poor biker... This episode (featuring a beer from B...