Boulder Punch Watchparty

"I DON'T WANT TO GO." Happy Doctor Who month everyone! Hard to believe it's been ten years since the 50th anniversary in 2013, let alone this being the 60th. Just like last time, the big celebration is set to culminate with yet another regeneration, so the boys figured it was high time to revisit the old favorites. David Tennant's era of the show is often-regarded as the best, but did the ending d...

NO MARKIPLIER, 0/10! Happy Halloween everyone! Nearly ten years ago, the world was introduced to what would become the most popular and successful indie games of all time (if not THE most), Five Nights at Freddy's . YouTube videos, fan works, let's plays, all of these propelled the franchise high enough to strike a deal for a live-action film. Unfortunately -- or fortunately, depending who you are...

DO YA WANNA PAAARTAAAY? It wouldn't be a proper horror marathon this spooky season without a zombie movie, and Brian picked a properly insane one. A lot of the modern-day zombie tropes all originate from this classic '80's horror-comedy, so how does the source for all the cliches fare nowadays? Come watch with Brian and Alec to find out as they take a look at John Russo and Dan O'Bannon's The Retu...

IT SEEMS THERE IS AN IMPOSTOR AMONG US. After paying homage to it in the original Halloween , John Carpenter decided to make his mark once again by doing his own unique remake of The Thing from Another World , itself based on the John W. Campbell novel Who Goes There? What resulted was a dlightfully sickening and twisted display of horror, paranoia, and practical VFX which wouldn't fully be apprec...

AKA "BRO FELL ASLEEP FIRST AT THE SLEEPOVER." Now that we've fully moved into the spooky season, it's time to look at some scary movies OTHER than the ones we just saw (haha). So to kick off our randomized horror marathon leading up to Five Nights at Freddy 's, we figured we should start with the other notable horror icon of the same name. Wes Craven changed the landscape of fear through the intro...

OH GOD, IT'S NOT OVER YET. Our DCEUneral Screenings may have ended months ago, but there is one more chapter that we must trudge through. That being the film we were leading up to in the first place, Andy Muschietti's The Flash . Few words can truly describe how massive the failure of this project was, and unfortunately, it's time for us to bring out the multiversal AI generated CGI horse for yet...

CHRIS ROCK'S SAW FANFIC COME TO LIFE! While Lionsgate was planning an eventual sequel to Jigsaw , everything seemed to change when one of their top producers met the most surprising Saw fan at a wedding: one Chris Rock. He made a small pitch for a new movie, and the ball immediately got rolling, whether he intended for it or not. So, with a returning Darren Lynn Bousman, an opportunity at a fresh...

LASERS GO BRR. Despite it ending over half a decade ago, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures suddenly felt like it was time to revive the Saw franchise. How did they go about this? By stripping all the style and injecting some Wheden-type comedic one-liners. Oh boy. Come continue the MaraSAWn with Brian and Alec as they take a look at arguably the most forgettable chapter of the franchise, Jigsaw !

THE ONE WHERE EVERYONE REPLACED THEIR BLOOD WITH PEPTO. Despite having the perfect opportunity to end the franchise with Saw VI , Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures sought to squeeze out one more, with the extra gimmick that every sizable film from 2010 onward had to have: 3D. Yes, even the Saw franchise wasn't immune to Jim Cameron's unintended influence, and it's put to use here about as well as a m...

MORAL OF THE STORY: DON'T WORK IN HEALTH INSURANCE. After the terrible reception to Saw V , Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures finally started to realize that it was time to end the franchise. However, they wanted to squeeze in one more film before doing so, and looking back, it might've served as a better ending. With long-time series editor Kevin Greutert taking the directorial reigns, how exactly d...

LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH... While the Saw movies aren't considered high art, the first four at least had the added benefit of important things happening and being interconnected. This one... not so much. As the studio kept biding their time until they had to end the series already, a movie was mandated to be released in 2008, whether anything resembling a proper story was ready or not. It was inde...

"THE GAMES HAVE JUST BEGUN." Despite Jigsaw's unambiguous and final death in Saw III , Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures wouldn't end the franchise when there was still money to be made. This resulted in the Hoffman tetralogy, with a secret third apprentice carrying on Jigsaw's will while the mastermind himself would be relegated to endless flashbacks explaining every nook and cranny. With this film...

"LEGENDS NEVER DIE." After the monumental success of Saw II quickly making the new franchise a mainstay in horror, a third film was quickly greenlit and produced for the year after. Unlike its predecessors, however, this one seemed to run into several problems and fundamental changes during production, mainly concerning whether or not this would be the end of the franchise. Despite said troubles,...

"OH, YES... THERE WILL BE BLOOD." Following the first film's unfathomable success, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures very quickly fast-tracked a sequel to be released the very next year, with James Wan and Leigh Whannell still remaining onboard in writing and producing positions. With Darren Lynn Bousman taking the director's chair, this highly-anticipated sequel goes even bigger and bolder with the...

LET THE MARA SAW N BEGIN! Long before they started the show last fall, the boys had one series of films in particular at the top of their list to tackle: the Saw franchise. Coming from humble beginnings, this film was the brainchild of recently-graduated film students James Wan and Leigh Whannell, and after its release, it would propel the two into Hollywood filmmaking stardom, while the franchise...

ONCE MORE, WITH LOTS OF PAIN. After twelve years away from the scene, the Jackass guys finally reunite with some new members for one last hurrah! Now that boys are older, the pain is far harder to come back from, and of course, they've only made the stunts and skits even more dangerous and disgusting. So, come watch with Alec and Brian as they finally take a look at the last bow from the world's f...

WE ACTUALLY ALMOST VOMITED FROM THIS ONE, PLEASE GOD VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. The Jackass guys are back at it again in the year 2010, so you know what that means: mandatory 3D-conversion! Despite this tacked-on gimmick used by studios at the time, nothing deterred the gang from going even wilder, grosser. and far more dangerous than anything that had come before. So, how does this stack up to...

DON'T WORRY, IT GETS WORSE! After nearly gagging their lungs out from watching the first movie, the boys are back at it again with the sequel! How does it up the ante? What aspects don't age well? How does the climactic skit/prank crash and burn? Come watch with Alec and Brian to find out as they revisit Jackass Number Two !

CONTENT WARNING, VIEWER DISCRETION IS SEVERELY ADVISED WE MEAN IT THIS TIME. Among many of the shared childhood experiences the boys had growing up, one that stood out was watching the Jackass movies while having no idea they were continuations of a TV show (that doesn't exist btw don't try to trick us). So, upon revisiting these comedy classics, how much can they stomach to watch without cringing...

THOSE WHO CLING TO DEATH, LIVE. THOSE WHO CLING TO LIFE, DIE. After four years of waiting, the highly-anticipated next chapter of the John Wick saga finally released back in March, with shocking developments riddled throughout. Not only is it hailed as the best in the franchise, sporting some of the most thrilling and beautiful action sequences, cinematography, and character work, but it also serv...

"I CAN FIX THAT." After suffering through the DCEUneral Screenings for nearly three months, we can finally go back to watching good movies! And what better way to ring in this period of freedom than by going back to a beloved childhood classic? Every millennial or gen-z'er has had to grow up with the tale of Stanley Yelnats, Hector Zeroni, and the boys of Camp Green Lake rattling around somewhere...

WAIT, I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE. Despite the DCEUneral Screenings finally coming to an end, Brian has made Alec promise in a blood pact that this film must be the epilogue to it all. Alec knows plenty about DC and the colorful, diverse characters that inhabit it, but knows nothing about the lore and characters residing in Rooster Teeth's RWBY. God help him. So, come watch with the boys as they suffer...

THERE IS ONLY A SHAZ'M. After thirteen weeks of too few highs and too many lows, we have finally made it to the ending of Boulder Punch's DCEUneral Screenings. And what better way to end it than a movie that just might sum up all of the franchise's problems? Making a sequel to Shazam! , one of the DCEU's only widely-acclaimed bright spots, seems like it should be a slam dunk, between setting up Mr...

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DWAYNE DYNASTY Dwayne Johnson (when he still put "The Rock" in his stage name) was cast as Black Adam in 2007. It wouldn't be until fifteen years later -- in 2022 -- that he'd finally make his debut as the character. Everything was riding on this movie, after DC's past box office failures, as well as the changing-of-the-guard in the WB/Discovery merger that saw millions, e...

"IF THEY HAVE PURPOSE... SO DO WE ALL." Long before he became the thirty-seventh Kevin Feige of DC films, James Gunn flexed his "weirdo-z-list-characters-become-a-found-family" muscle by writing and directing The Suicide Squad , more of a soft-reboot than a direct sequel to its predecessor. While the film didn't do too well at the box office due to the ever-present pandemic and day-and-date stream...