Episode 39: Killer Mermaid

Two young women go on an exotic Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned military fortress.

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Killer Mermaid is a typical monster movie that successfully includes more horror tropes than you can count on your fingers. It makes for an awful movie. A group of pretty people go to a beautiful location for a vacation. They decide to go to Spooky Island despite being told not to by Creepy Old Guy #2. The monster and it's Nazi pet slowly kill everyone off except for the one girl that is somehow miraculously able to kill the monster. After the review, we talk about The Lobster; A documentary about how modern English people find love, and the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album. Keeping up the horror movie trudge, next week, we're watching Dark Skies.

Gordon:	★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Geoff:	★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

This episode may contain spoilers for the following:

• Killer Mermaid
• The Lobster
• The Getaway

Episode 38: Frost Fight!

In this Christmas-themed special, Captain America and the Avengers battle Loki and Ymir, who plot to steal Santa Claus' powers and conquer the world.

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Boys and girls, it's time for another children's movie. Our favorite Marvel characters and Thor team up to stop Loki and Ymir from stealing Jolnir's powers. Unfortunately, Loki is a little rusty on his Norse mythology. His supposed teammate, Ymir, was killed by his father Odin who fashioned the Earth from his body so whoever this ice guy is is some sort of imposter. A forgiveable mistake but then Loki seems to have forgotten that Jolnir is actually the Old Norse name of Odin so this whole plot to steal his dad's Santa powers is of course going to fall flat on its face with or without the avengers! Also, we talk about Warcraft, the new video game turned movie about how a bunch of bad-ass orcs almost kill thousands of weakly casted humans. Next week, we'll be watching Killer Mermaid, a Serbian movie that appears to have an alternate title, Nymph, so I'm sure it's going to be really good.

Gordon:	★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Geoff:	★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

This episode may contain spoilers for the following:

• Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!
• Warcraft

Episode 37: You Don't Know Bo: The Legend of Bo Jackson

Two-sport athlete Bo Jackson will forever be known as a cultural icon - and one of the most famous professional sportsmen of all time.

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After hitting rock bottom last week, it's nice to watch a movie that is done well and these 30 for 30 documentaries are some of the best movies available on Netflix. This is our second ESPN documentary that we have watched for the podcast and it is once again, a home run. Bo Jackson is a legendary athlete that played professional baseball and then played professional football as a hobby in the off season. He was one of the best players in both leagues but a career-ending injury stopped him short of entering the halls of fame for each sport. Retired Bo bow hunts big game so he is arguably more manly now then he was when he was performing feats on the field. This movie is fantastic and it'll make you happy knowing that Jackson will always be remembered thanks to being part of an awesome series. After the movie discussion, we bring back one of our favorite segments: Random Ramblings. Next week, we're trudging back up the bowels to watch Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!

Gordon:	★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Geoff:	★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

This episode may contain spoilers for the following:

• 30 for 30: You Don't Know Bow: The Legend of Bo Jackson

Episode 36: Life of Riley

Romantic chaos abounds in this satire of love and manners inspired by a character named George Riley, who's constantly spoken of but never seen.

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Once again, Netflix removed a title we were supposed to watch before we recorded so instead of watching Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, we watched the worst film we have suffered through to date. Life of Riley is based on a play of the same title but is itself a play. France pulled 6 residents out of their local retirement home and made them read some lines and recorded it. The play is about 3 couples who are going to perform in a play but suddenly their friend George gets cancer and has 6 months to live. They keep his spirits up by putting him in the play because Great Britain (It's a French play that takes place in Yorkingtonshireitton, GB) doesn't have hospitals. Also the three men are cuckolds and decide they have no choice but to let their wives fuck George. The big twist at the end, and I'm revealing it here because you should never watch this movie, is that George also fucks one of cuck's sixteen year old daughter and then dies scuba diving. This play gave us cancer and we can't wait to die scuba diving as well. Also, Gordon walks us through the new X-Men movie which turns out to be awful. Next week, we'll be watching 30 for 30: You Don't Know Bo: The Legend of Bo Jackson.

Gordon:	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Geoff:	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

This episode may contain spoilers for the following:

• Life of Riley
• X-Men: Apocalypse

Episode 35: Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

This documentary spotlights James Broughton, the filmmaker and poet whose passion for life galvanized pre-Beat era San Francisco.

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James Broughton is a bisexual man who expresses himself with bad poetry. But then he discovers the joys of recording soft cocks on video cameras and becomes a pornographer. That description is really overselling this documentary so instead of watching it and possibly netting whoever made this thing money, just donate a dollar to Random Reviews and Other Ramblings on our Patreon. Also we talk about The Nice Guys! Next week, we'll be watching Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh.

Gordon:	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Geoff:	★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

This episode may contain spoilers for the following:

• Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
• The Nice Guys