A sobriety-optional descent into the wonderful world of cinema.
Happy Holidays and Happy Hanukkah to our fine kosher brethren! To celebrate our most favorite time of the year, we gathered the Jewish Council together to bring you a review of a film that single-handedly may kill your liver this holiday season! Grab your Manischewitz and join us as we review The Hebrew Hammer! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy Turkey Day, everybody! In honor of everlasting traditions, we proudly bring to you a film review for the whole family...or at least the ones who live forever! That's right, this week, the Brew Dudes sent down to wax poetic and drink heartily while talking about the comic book turned film, The Old Guard! Also, from our family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving and enjoy listening to this absolutely drunken episode of Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy Halloween, our fellow Brew Dudes! In honor of spooky season coming to a close and the holiday rush coming upon us, we decided to end this year's Octoberfest on the night many have been waiting all year for. So, how do we end this year's ode to the horror genre off? I'm glad you asked; we are covering a film so darkly comedic that even we had to sober up to discuss it! I hope you're ready for a fun one as we settle in to celebrate Halloween and discuss Tragedy Girls! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Well hello there, intrepid listener! For Week 3 of Octoberfest, we've decided to give you something so off the walls that even we didn't know what to expect. Hold on to you guitar picks because this week, the Brew Dudes are covering 2022's Studio 666! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
For Week 2 of Octoberfest, we decided to kick it old school with a hint of new school by covering the reboot/remake/sequel-re-sequel (it's a thing; the movie says so) that brought back our original crew and, again, asked the question, "Do you like scary movies?" This week, the Brew Dudes cover Scream 2022! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It's the high holy holiday month for us here at the Brews and Reviews podcast: it's Oktoberfest! Part ode to the horror genre, part legitimate excuse to get absolutely blitzed; it truly is the most wonderful time of the year! To start off Week 1 of Oktoberfest, we have decided to do what every group of 30 somethings is doing this week: we are watching the newly released Hocus Pocus 2! So, grab your favorite witch's brew and get ready to go down memory lane with us as we review a film thirty years in the making! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Holy snap, Deadpool! We're back! After some technical difficulties, moves across the country, and trips through space and time, the Brew Dudes have returned just in time to drop a review about light sabers, the forces of good and evil, and the power of playing catch with your Dad! So, to welcome us back, grab your favorite brew, and sit down to listen to us review The Adam Project! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The story of black women's contribution to the sciences often go unheralded but not today! Not on the Brews and Reviews podcast! Please join us as we sit down to discuss a movie that not only puts a light on the mother's of the space race but also conveys an important message about never looking down on someone just because they are different. We hope you'll enjoy our coverage of Hidden Figures! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sorry for the interruption folks, we were having some minor difficulties considering Ant-Man stole our equipment! Now that we've managed to get it back, we are happy to bring you the third and final week of this years Marvel Madness as we review 2015's Ant-Man! *We apologize for the lateness of the episode. Personal issues, work, and life in general got in the way. However, we are back now! For this month only, the podcast will update on the 2nd and 4th week. We will return back to our normal posting schedule in May!* --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It's Week 2 of Marvel Madness and the Brew Dudes are joined by friend of the podcast and fellow podcaster, Bliss, from the Bliss Fully Aware podcast, to discuss a film that spent ten plus years in creative hell only to arrive on the scene and ignite the direct to stream war that we are all currently living in: Black Widow! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Oh, snap! It's Marvel Madness, baby! Back for the second year, the Brew Dudes are putting the marvel cinematic universe films up against one another in a knockdown, drag-out, tournament of film making power. This year, in the first seed, we have the film that made people remember that Thor could be fun - Thor: Ragnarok! So, if you have a mead you've been saving (like Chris) and want to drink it while you listen to your favorite drunken armchair film critics wax poetics about comic accuracy and whether or not mythology has been adhered to, this is the episode for you! This episode contains profanity and references to alcohol. Listener discretion is advised. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Seeing as this is the month of love, we thought we'd bring you a film that you'd absolutely love...to hate! Combining all the best and worst elements of Broadway, samurai films, spaghetti westerns, and nonsensical anime; Bunraku is a one of a kind experience. So, go ahead and grab you a beer...or several to enjoy this week's episode! You'll need 'em! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Pardon the noise and our panting, we are only attempting to survive the zombie apocalypse. While Brad has let us know we have to stop for beer, we decided this would be the perfect time to review the zombie film that established South Korean cinema's dominance over the zombie film genre: Train to Busan. So, if you can stomach it, grab a weapon, grab a beer, don't forget to always double tap, and join us for this week's episode of Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Greetings, intrepid adventurers and film buffs! We have traveled around the world and gone on many an adventure to bring you this week's review of a film that has action, adventure, laughs, tears, and...love between Ryan Reynolds and the Rock? Don't believe us? See for yourself on this week's episode as the Brew Dude's review the sleeper Netflix hit: Red Notice! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy 2022, our fellow Brew Dudes! Also, welcome to Season 2! We have a lot in store for you this season so you know we had to kick off the season by making good on our promise of reviewing the infamous, notorious, often spoken about in hushed tones, most dreadful movie we've ever encountered. Yes, this week, the Brew Dudes rip the bandage off and take a big swig of whiskey as they finally review the film they've been building up since Season Zero- Orcs! Oh man, I don't think we have enough beer for this one. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
With 2021 coming to a close and 2022 on the horizon, the Brew Dudes decided to send you out with a blast from the past as this week they cover the film that arguably launched the mainstream film careers of Jamie Lee Curtis and Eddie Murphy: Trading Places! Grab some concentrated OJ, fry up some pork bellies, and grab some confetti poppers and ring in the new years with the season finale of Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy Holidays, everyone! It's the holiday season and what better way to kick off the most wonderful time of year than with an unexpectedly heartwarming look into the mind and heart of the man and classic that has defined the majority of our childhoods. Please, grab an eggnog, a piece of your Christmas feast of choice, and join us as we review The Man Who Invented Christmas! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We only thought it fitting to end this year's Octoberfest with a bang by covering one of the films that truly put Steven Spielberg on the map and plotted the course for the horror genre: Poltergeist! As always, grab a brew and join us for this week's episode of Brews and Reviews! We also apologize about the delay this week; stomach viruses are a nasty bugger of a set-back! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
On this week's episode, it is Week 3 of the ode to the horror genre, Octoberfest, and the Brew Dudes have decided to match wits and wax poetic about the 2019 feature film that reminded everyone why escape rooms are a thing to be afraid of: Escape Room! Go ahead and grab your favorite brew- we've already had two- and sit down to enjoy this week's episode of Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
For the second week of this year's Octoberfest, we thought that we'd take you guys on an adventure in the Mystery Machine to Nowhere, USA as we visit a podcast favorite character in one of the most unlikely of team-ups as we review 2021's Straight Outta Nowhere! As always, grab your favorite brew and join us as we try to unravel the hot mess that is this film! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Long thought dead and impossibly late due to technical issues, the horror movie event of the year has risen again...WELCOME TO OCTOBERFEST! Although we are a month late, the Brew Dudes are still here to serve up to you your yearly ode to the horror genre and, for week one, we are presenting the film that not only revitalized the slasher genre but rocketed the horror genre as a whole past its niche origins into the popular zeitgeist. Join us this week as we cover Wes Craven's 1996 classic, Scream! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
As we attempt to figure out ways to survive Codename: Plant's roaring rampage of revenge, we are coming at you guys with the second part of Quentin Tarantino's own ode to revenge cinema. Be warned, copious amounts of beer and some Hattori Hanzo steel may be needed as you join us to complete our review of Kill Bill Vol. 2! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
After months away on a drunken journey, the Brew Dudes are back to bring you not one, not two, but THREE episodes this week starting with the first part in Quentin Tarantino's ode to cheesy kung-fu movies and grindhouse cinema: Kill Bill Vol. 1! So, please, join us as we step back into the saddle and review the film that arguably catapulted Quentin Tarantino's profile into the stratosphere. However, pardon us if we are a little loud, we are only fighting for our lives with....*cough* Agent Plant. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Well, hello there! Please, sit, and get ready to enjoy a premium listening experience by a premium group of podcasting drunkards as they cover a a film that reminds us all that the horrors of war go much farther than the physical effects. Crack open your favorite beverage and join as in reviewing Everything is Illuminated! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sorry for the delay guys, Cinco De Mayo happens to be Chris' birthday so we may be slightly (read: incredibly) hung-over. However, never fear, in spite of our inebriation, the Brew Dudes have a podcast almost twenty years in the making coming at you as this week we cover the latest film in a long line of hyper-violent media that was the impetus for the video game rating system! Join us as we cover 2021's Mortal Kombat! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Gather around weary listener, grab a pint, and sit down and hear a wondrous tale about the movie that sparked the creative imaginations of an entire generation of film-makers. Joined by their special guest, Ivie, this week the Brew Dudes tackle one of the most influential movies of all time, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring! (*We apologize for the background noise. One of our microphones was messing up and we didn't notice it until it was too late to fix it.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, kaiju fans of all generations; this is the film we have been waiting for! I don't want to bury the lead so, to keep it short and sweet, this week the Brew Dudes tackle one of the most anticipated films of the last decade when they review the newly released Godzilla v. Kong! Go ahead and grab your favorite brew and sit back and listen to us regale you about the match of the century between the two behemoths of the kaiju film genre. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Well, thanks to Chris' incessant need to torture us all, for the third and final week of this year's Marvel Madness, the Brew Dudes are diving into the Fox side of Marvel and touching on one of the few misses by the publishing powerhouse as we cover 2019's X-Men: Dark Phoenix. This film, like our mutant heroes, is oh so so special so you will definitely not want to miss this review! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Marvel Madness is off to a strong start and, up next, we bring to you the review of the film that took a sledgehammer to global box-office records and single-handed rewrote the handbook on what a "superhero" film could be: 2012's Avengers. Go ahead grab your beer, gather your weapons, but most importantly, ASSEMBLE for this week's episode of Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The month of March is normally reserved for basketball and bracketology but we, here at the Brews and Reviews podcast, have decided to spice it up as this episode begins the first ever dive into our own tournament in the month of March; welcome to Marvel Madness. Throughout the month of March we will pit the many Marvel films against one another and, for week one, we start it with the OG of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film on which the foundation was built: Blade! So, grab some garlic extract, a silver mug, and a brew of your choice and come with us on a journey into the wild vampire slaying film that made Wesley Snipes the action icon of a generation of comic nerds! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Excuse us for the late episode; we've been busy thawing out after mother nature decided to flash freeze the state of Texas! Now that we can feel our fingers again (and our power has been restored), the Brew Dudes are coming at you with a review of the film that introduced western audiences to the Wuxia genre and became a international box office smash. Join the Brew Dudes with your favorite frosty beverage and settle in as we review 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Did someone say DnD? Always up for a good romp through the Forgotten Realms, the Brew Dudes are joined this week by fellow tabletop rpg enthusiast and guitarist extraordinaire, Cross Carrasco, as they sit down with a mighty pint, an axe at their side, and a lovely bar maid or two and watch the most unexpectedly fun film of 2014, Knights of Badassdom! Staring Peter Dinklage, of Game of Thrones fame, this film was a wild ride that led to a even wilder podcast that you sure do not want to miss! If you enjoyed listening to Cross on our podcast as well as our new intro, check out Cross on his solo Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPdF7T5NPJm3qA0U050L6Mg As well as the youtube of his band, Reija and the Ironheads! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-yCFFJxIbfvMl0tFmeafxA You can also find Cross on the social medias where he is sure to educate you on the world of metal and entertain you with his guitar hi-jinks. Dear patrons of the Tavern, please go show our dude some love. Cross is one mega-talented guy whose name you will want to know! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We apologize for the lateness of this posting; 2021 hasn't been the boon it was supposed to be and we've been drowning our sorrows at the bottom of a bottle of MD 20/20. However, now that we've sobered up a little bit, we decided to sit down and watch the creme de le creme of HBO Max's new venture into stream releases, Wonder Woman '84. The original Wonder Woman film took the film industry by storm and was for women what Black Panther was for the black community. However, sequels hardly ever measure up to the equal and, boy, do we have feelings about this sequel! So, grab your favorite brew and come on down to the Brews and Dudes film tavern- hitch a ride on a lightning bolt if you must- and join us to review this "special" film. Shoulder pads are optional. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy New Year, our fellow Brew Dudes! Thank you for joining the Brew Dudes as they embark on a new season of the podcast with a film that reignited and revitalized the once dead heist genre: 2001's Ocean Eleven! So, whether you're a new listener or a returning listener, grab your favorite beverage, limber up, and prepare to enjoy the podcast heist of the year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Seasons Greetings, ya' filthy animals! As we begin to close out the holiday season and with Christmas one week away, we at the Brews and Reviews podcast wanted to send you out right by covering a Christmas classic: 1990s Home Alone! So, grab a pizza, get your favorite b.b. gun, avoid the old man with the shovel outside, and sit down to enjoy this week's episode of Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Grab yourself a latke and a glass of manischewitz and sit down to join the Brew Dudes as they kick off the 2020 holiday season with a film dedicated to the wonderful holiday of Hanukkah. Made by the (un)official ambassador of Hannukah himself, Adam Sandler, this week the Brew Dudes cover 2002's Eight Crazy Nights alongside of special guest host, host of the Bliss Fully Aware podcast, Bliss! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Gobble, Gobble, mother******s! As our way of giving thanks to the wonderful cinema that gives us content for our weekly show, this week the Brew Dudes wanted to bless your Turkey Day celebrations with a special Thanksgiving edition of the podcast. In what may be our most drunken and off the rails episode yet, the Brew Dudes cover 2009's epic dumpster fire of a horror movie satire, Thankskilling. Grab every beer you can find for this one folks as it is a dousey and join us in attempting to find even the smallest reasons to enjoy this very "special" film. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
If there is anything that the Brew Dudes love more than a good movie and a even better beer is the wonderful and lovely sport of professional wrestling. That is why, this week, as our world is embroiled in the most unusual royal rumble of all time, the Brew Dudes proudly embrace the insanity that is the sport of pro wrestling as they cover 2008's Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning film, The Wrestler! Grab your favorite brew and flying elbow drop that play button to join us in covering the film that led to Mickey Rourke's career renaissance. *Warning: This episode contains talk about mental health issues as well as depression and could potentially trigger those who are in a vulnerable place. Please drink responsibly while listening to this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Halloween is a wonderful time filled with slashers, monsters, and brews all around. So, as our treat to you, please enjoy as special second episode of Brews this week and our second episode of Sober Thoughts, Drunken Words! Please feel free to enjoy it as you're out with the kiddos trick or treating (or if you're out trick or treating yourself; we don't judge) and have a Happy Halloween! Don't forget to wear your masks, stays socially distant, and get absolutely blitzed on your way to that pre-Thanksgiving diet! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Well, boils and ghouls, we have reached week 4 of the Brew Dudes' ode to the horror genre known as Oktoberfest. Our livers are screaming for a break after this month long bender but we have just enough left for a dive into the deep, dark, and delightfully morbid world of 2019's satanic panic film seen through the eyes of Milton Bradley, Ready or Not. Join us on this wonderful thrill ride as we discuss the things we loved, the things we hated, and exactly how much we love Samara Weaving! Per usual, bring the drink that you choose, we've already had two; it's time for Brews and Reviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Excuse us if we sound a little hungover as we stumble into week three of our ode to the horror genre known as Oktoberfest. By this point, our livers are a little worse for wear but still strong enough to handle Joss Whedon's tongue in cheek, camp, and downright brutal horror homage film Cabin in the Woods. So, per usual, grab your favorite drink, place your bets (don't be like Brad and always choose the Unicorn), and join us for this week's episode of Brews and Reviews. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Week 2 of Oktober Fest takes a slight detour from our ode to the horror genre and straight into the origins of the name of the event. With much alcohol still left to consume and the spooky times still rolling along strong, join us as the Brew Dudes sit down to beat and batter their livers senseless as we watch 2005's Beerfest. Will our livers survive to make it to Week 3 or will Das Boot have the last word? Find out on this week's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
As the blood moon of October rises and the ghosts and goblins begin to shamble from their keeps, the Brew Dudes crack open their favorite beers and settle in for Week 1 of the first annual ode to beer and the horror genre— Welcome to Oktoberfest! Up first out of our four (yes, you heard me right) episodes for the month of October is a film that took the question of "If Sasquatch were real?" and cranked it to eleven. Join the Brew Dudes as they get drunk and try to survive the terror of 2006's Sasquatch themed horror film: Abominable! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
As the month of September ends and the spooky times rear their fiendish head, the Brew Dudes gather together to shoot the breeze, get drunk, and generally hang-out in this first ever edition of our Deep Cuts series: Sober Thoughts, Drunken Words. Be warned: general stupidity ahead! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
On what, perhaps, may be the most unlikely home-run suggestion by one of the Brew Dudes Crew, this week we dive deep into the wild, wacky, and wonderfully whimsical world of 2019's coke fueled commentary on violence and internet culture, Guns Akimbo. Go ahead and grab your favorite beverage and your trusty sidearm and join us on our descent into cinematic insanity! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
It is somber week as the Brew Dudes decide to honor the memory of the King of Wakanda himself, Chadwick Boseman, by reviewing his 2018 cultural phenomenon and box office record breaking film, 2018's Black Panther. Go ahead grab yourself a beer, don your best vibranium laced clothes, and sit down and join us as we memorialize a man who was much more than any character he ever played. He was, beyond a shadow of a doubt: a king. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Join the Brew Dudes as they embark on their maiden voyage into the world of drunken cinema review with a film that lit the world on fire and taught us that we all could be a hero. This week, Brews and Reviews covers the 2018 mega-hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Excuse our rambling, we've already had a couple. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app