Samurai Movie Jam

Sweet dreams are made of these… well, if my dreams were like this, I’d cry! Gamer is a wild one about one man's quest to destroy the internet, or something like that. Dave and Brian hate waffles now, but will give you their thoughts on the movie and have a bunch of fun in the meantime. Enjoy!  Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie...

Listen… Steven Spielberg has a secret and wants to tell everyone! It’s aliens. So now that you know should you still see the movie? Dave and Brian managed to stay awake for the whole thing and they have thoughts on it and all kinds of other stuff. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at Br...

Why don’t you take a big step back and literally LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!  This week it’s Tropic Thunder. Does it hold up, or did it just go full… well, you know. Dave and Brian will give you their thoughts on it and all kinds of other crap! Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDraw...

I have the power? MOTU is out and Dave and Brian saw it (Dave saw it twice!). Does it have the power or is it a bodacious barrel of buffoonery as Skeletor would say? The guys will let you know, and as always, talk a bunch of random nonsense along the way. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch (https://www.teepubli...

You better wake up! The world you live in has vampires and Dave and Brian and the Daywalker will help you through. Was this pre-MCU Marvel movie the start of something or just another vampire movie? Brian and Dave will try to ice skate uphill to let you know and have some fun along the way. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai M...

Be careful what you wish for!!! Brian and Dave review Obsession this time. Is it the greatest love story ever told or just another love-gone-bad fairy tale? The guys will let you know what they thought and bring a bunch of shenanigans as well. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianD...

Pitcher’s got a big butt!  Get a mouthful of sunflower seeds and join Dave and Brian at the ballpark.  Does this 90’s baseball comedy still hold up or is it 1, 2, 3 strikes and it’s outta here! Play Ball! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDrawsMovies.com: SAMURAI Thanks! You’re nice.

Test your might!  MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! Dave and Brian are going to tell you whether this was a flawless victory or if it should be given a fatality.  There will also be plenty of silliness and slide whistlin’ along the way. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDrawsMovies.com: SAMURAI...

Nut up or Shut up! Dave and Brian talk zombies a lot on this show… let’s see what they thought of this zombie adventure with Lex Luther in it! Enjoy the shenanigans and your Twinkie. Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDrawsMovies.com: SAMURAI Thanks! You’re nice.

5 out of 5 dentists agree this movie is gross! Did Lee Cronin keep it silly and fun, or is this just a bad horror movie? Brian and Dave will tell you what they thought and some other things you didn’t even know you wanted to know! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDrawsMovies.com: SAMU...

Get your a$$ to Mars! Arnie is going, and so is SMJ for this mini jam.  Sweet dreams are made of Arnie, and Mars, and women with 3…. Um…. Ideas. Enjoy Dave and Brian talking about this nostalgia bomb, and all the other shananiganary along the way.  Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDra...

Check the mirror! Brian and Dave are checking into Devil Worship Hotel to see how things are going. Turns out things are pretty violent in here! Is it dumb fun or just dumb? You will hear what these dudes think and have a bunch of fun along the way. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at B...

It’s got chart-toppers from demon-stoppers! We are diving into one of Dave’s top 5 movies of 2025 - K-Pop Demon Hunters. We talk about the most badass scenes, the best and worst songs… and Dave breaks down what would happen if Elsa from Frozen were to battle Rumi. It’s everything you never knew you wouldn’t care about when it comes to two 40-something-year-old guys talking about this movie! Hosts:...

Amaze. Amaze. Amaze. It sounds like the perfect movie recipe - the guys who wrote The Martian, directed by Lord & Miller, and starring Ryan Gosling!? Can it be as good as it sounds? Question. Dave and Brian toss this one on the Samurai Scale and talk about a ton of other random nonsense on the way… like Teen Titans Go to the Movies, Alf, the documentary series The Neighbors on HBO, and how Dave li...

Would you like a keg of beer???  This doggone movie is the old chestnut of a werewolf on a basketball team. Dave and Brian watched this a bunch as kids, do the adult versions of Dave and Brian still love it or did it make them want to wolf out?  Urban surfing level shenanigans were had, that’s for sure!  Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out...

Here comes the bride! Jake Gyllenhaal directed an action movie about Frankenstein and his wife fighting their way through 1930’s America… wait, no, it was Maggie Gyllenhaal, and it was WAY different.  Sorry….  Is it good? I don’t know! Is it bad? I don’t know!  Do Dave and Brian even know what they watched? I don’t know! They sure had fun talking about it, though!  Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad an...

What the f#%k have you done lately? If you were plucked from your awful cubicle job to become an assassin, then you are one lucky so-and-so! Is this movie a bullet-curving good time, or should it be blown up by a rat? Dave and Brian will tell you their thoughts and make you giggle along the way hopefully. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out...

If you’ve ever looked at a sci-fi movie and thought, “Heck yeah, but also… what the heck did I just watch?” — buddy, this episode is for you. This week, we’re reviewing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. Join two certified Midwestern dorks as we break down the plot (or at least try to), debate the science (we both got B’s in high school physics, so you’re in safe hands), and gush about the surprising...

Go boil an egg… it’s time for Payback! Mel Gibson wants his money and doesn’t care who he has to smoke a cigarette around to get it. Revenge stories are a dime a dozen. Does this one stand out? Brian and Dave have thoughts, and other things to say that aren’t movie-related at all… Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Me...

Help!  This week, we are headed to the islands to see what happens when you get stranded with your crappy boss! Is Send Help a lovely bunch of coconuts, or a pile of monkey poopy?  We will tell you what we thought, and have some fun along the way as always. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25%...

In the immortal words of Johnny Cash, “I fell into a burning Reign of Fire,” wait, that’s not it… anyway! Dave and Brian watched this dragon movie and have thoughts. Alright, alright, alright. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam Merch Coupon Code for 25% off at BrianDrawsMovies.com: SAMURAI Thanks! You’re nice.

Samurai Love Jam!  This time, our wives are here to help us review The Housemaid - is it just pretty people in a thriller again, or is there more to unpack? David and Brian and Shannon and Ashley will let you know what they thought.  Let’s see how Garfield (Sydney Sweeney... doesn't she remind you of Garfield!?) gets out of this pickle! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Special Guests: Sha...

It’s Groundhog Day! Brian and Dave review this classic and let you know if it still holds up. Bing!  It’s Groundhog Day! Brian and Dave review this classic and let you know if it still holds up. Bing!  It’s Groundhog Day! Brian and Dave review this classic and let you know if it still holds up. Bing! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai...

Monkey see, monkey don’t!  Jason Vorhees, eat your heart out, there’s a rabid monkey on the loose!  Is this movie as fun as a barrel of monkeys, or does it slip on a banana peel?  Brian and Dave will tell you what they thought, and as always, there will be plenty of monkey business. Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka  Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com Check out our Samurai Movie Jam...

My Anaconda DO want some! We got Jordan in the studio this time, all of us are Buffalo sober and ready to tell you about this movie about making a movie.  Is it great? Is it even good? We will tell you and screw around a bunch on the way there.  Enjoy! Hosts: David Hillestad and Brian Bzdawka Special Guest: Jordan Gwiazdowski from Squeakquels: A Sequel Podcast Email us: SamuraiMovieJam@gmail.com C...