Bad Movies & Beer

Episode 25 - Over The Top (1987)

It's time to go to work this week, and in the spirit of Lincoln Hawk(s?), Cooper and Nolan weren't going to let anything stop them from making their 25th episode... not even increased Covid restrictions or the challenges of distance recording.  The result was a lot like OVER THE TOP itself - it may not be pretty, but it's a good time.  Creepy family vibes, scenery-chewing performances, nonsensical tournament formats... there's a lot to wrestle with in this movie, and the guys are taking it on with some help from Big Rig Brewery.  With the magic combination of Cannon Films and 80s Stallone, you're going to want to meet this episode more than halfway!

Episode 24 - Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)

This week Cooper and Nolan get cozy with a long-lost horror film of the 70s... DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS.  A truly bizarre combination of arthouse film and the LOWEST budget horror, this movie will leave you with more questions than answers (questions like: WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP GETTING IN THE BED???).  But it'll also make you laugh, which the guys did a LOT while enjoying a beer from All Or Nothing Brewhouse.  Trust us, you don't want to sleep on this episode!

Episode 23 - Total Recall (2012)

It's mind over movie this week as Cooper and Nolan strap themselves in for 2012's TOTAL RECALL, a terrible remake of a beloved 90s classic.  Colin Farrell instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger?  A dull, bleak dystopian Earth instead of a bright, colourful Mars colony?  Endless CGI instead of tangible sets & effects?  Yep, it's as awful as you remember.  The good news is, this episode (featuring a beer from Rorschach Brewing Co.) will erase that bad memory once and for all.

Episode 22 - Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

This week Cooper and Nolan take a bite out of JAWS: THE REVENGE, a movie that asks the question: What if sharks had superpowers?  In all seriousness, it would take something more than human to make sense of this plot, and the guys are going to have to sink or swim as they try to figure out who thought this movie was a good idea and why.  This audience-requested episode is a final look at the Jaws franchise and a first look at Something in the Water Brewing, so come on in - the water's fine.

Episode 21 - FDR: American Badass! (2012)

This week Cooper and Nolan are rolling out an example of what happens when shock comedy goes wrong with the ridiculous FDR: AMERICAN BADASS!  If you're looking for an accurate, well-told recounting of the life and times of America's 32nd president, then boy have you come to the wrong place.  Instead, the guys get increasingly drunk and attempt to make sense of a movie with Nazi werewolves, fireside freestyles, rocket-launcher equipped wheelchairs, and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln.  This episode (featuring a beer from the Steel Wheel Brewery) is American history like you've never heard it before! 

Episode 20 - Catwoman (2004)

This week Cooper and Nolan have their claws out for CATWOMAN, which might just be the worst superhero movie from an era of exceptionally bad superhero movies.  Blame it on missed opportunity; what could have been a credible, action-packed story of female empowerment instead became a CGI-filled laughingstock.  No wonder it brought home four Razzie Awards (including Worst Picture)!  It's a truly terrible movie, so sit back and enjoy as the guys rip it to shreds - all while enjoying a beer from Bellwoods Brewery.

Episode 19 - Night of the Creeps (1986)

This week Cooper and Nolan swing by sorority row for some good old fashioned 80s horror with NIGHT OF THE CREEPS!

What's the only thing worse than zombies invading a college town? Zombies caused by alien slugs, which is just one of many strange choices in a movie that includes cryogenically frozen corpses, vanity license plates, and police issue flamethrowers.

The guys try to make sense of it all while enjoying a beer from Grain & Grit Beer Co., but sometimes you just have to sit back and say "thrill me".

Episode 18 - Bloodsport (1988)

Cooper and Nolan are back from their mid-season break and getting right back into the action with the Jean Claude Van Damme martial arts classic BLOODSPORT!  Hear the guys break down Frank Dux's journey from humble beginnings as a terrible child actor to the absolute peak of the underground fighting world, complete with all of the montages, synth music, and action movie clichés you would expect from this 80s masterpiece.  Step into the ring; this episode (featuring a beer from Blood Brothers Brewing) is the perfect way to kick off the second half of this season!

BONUS Episode - Motorpsycho Maniacs (2019)

Cooper and Nolan weren't planning on recording during their break, but when the producers of MOTORPSYCHO MANIACS reached out and asked them to give it a look, they decided it was the perfect excuse for a BONUS EPISODE!  It's pretty clear the guys had no idea what they were getting themselves into with this bizarre, low-budget homage to '70s exploitation films, but thanks to some liquid courage from Radical Road Brewing, they were able to handle all of the twists, turns, turtles, and sex terrorists (on wheels!) that this movie threw at them.  Well, ALMOST all of it - by the end Nolan was ready to live in the forest and Cooper was begging for hot... um... chicken.  If you think this sounds crazy, you have no idea... this episode is a wild one, so don't miss it!

Episode 17 - Point Break (1991)

This week the guys dive into a movie that might be their most controversial choice yet - the 1991 surfing crime masterpiece POINT BREAK!  And before Cooper and Nolan head into THEIR mid-season break, they're going to try to figure out whether or not Keanu Reeves has any real-life football skills, which Swayze is the sexiest Swayze, and as usual - who the REAL hero of this movie is.  They'll also be laughing their way through all of the memorable lines (and line deliveries) before paddling off in search of future episodes.  Just like a 50-year storm, this episode (featuring a beer from the Kona Brewing Co.) is one you won't want to miss.