Good Brews Bad Views

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...

The GBBV Patreon Poll has Max, James, and Ryan sitting the Van Dammeless Hard Target 2, starring Scott Adkins as Wes Baylor who is being hunted by a villain who shares more than a few similarities with Lance Henriksen. The podcast calls upon Steve Cuff of Optimism Vaccine to help figure out if the jungles of Myanmar are suitable replacement for the streets of New Orleans from the original film. Sp...

It's the Summer time which means it's Big Shark Season, and with the upcoming sequel, Max, James, and Ryan settle in for The Meg, starring GBBV All Star Jason Statham. Descend deep down into the episode at 1:45:25 for our post movie wrap up on The Meg, The Beers, and The Jason Statham and the cyclical nature of the popularity of underwater films. Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episod...

The GBBV Patrons have decided for this installment of Stallone Season to subject Max, Ryan, and James to the superstar studded movie Rhinestone starring the one and only Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone in his first comedy role. The podcast calls upon Parton expert and Stallone appreciator Anna Von Schaap to discuss how the themes of this movie parallel the real life of experience of women in t...

Everyone loves a good heist movie and what better venue for a heist than a casino in the sky packed with dangerous criminals in the aptly titled Money Plane. Max Ryan and James fasten their seat belts as they indulge on beers from their recent international travels on this 2020 piece of... cinema. Place a bet on the time of 1:22:31 for the post episode wrap up Money Plane, beers from interesting l...

There are certain directors that when you see their name on a production you can expect great things, but as Piranha 2: The Spawning shows this wasn't always the case for James Cameron. Join James, Ryan, and Max as they head to the Caribbean for deep sea shenanigans and people getting what they deserve. Set Sail for 1:35:10 for the post episode wrap up where the GBBV Gang lets loose their final th...

Max, Ryan, and James settle in for Grandma's Boy, a 2006 Adam Sandler adjacent film about the wild life of 35 year old video game developers who end up having to live with their Grandmother. Warp to 1:31:45 for our post movie wrap up on Grandma's Boy, the accompanying beer, and determining if Stoner Comedies still have a place in the modern day. Like what we're doing? Want to choose future episode...

Actor, Comedian, Blues Musician, Vodka Distiller, Conspiracy Theorist: Dan Aykroyd is a man of many hats. Almost as many hats as impressions that he does acting opposite Gene Hackman in Loose Cannons. The latest winner of the Good Brews Bad Views Monthly Patreon Poll has a MacGuffin that has to be seen to be believed. Have your listening device do a bad impression of 1:33:10 for our wrap up though...