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Director: Shane Black
Genre: Action, thriller, heists
Premiere: October 1, 2025 (Prime Video)
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"Strange Brew" (1983) – A Delightfully Weird Slice of Canadian Goofiness

Look, if you’re expecting a tightly plotted, Oscar-worthy drama… buddy, you clicked on the wrong movie. *Strange Brew* is pure, unfiltered, maple-syrup-dripping Canadian absurdity—and I mean that in the best possible way.

Starring the legendary SCTV duo Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie—two beer-loving, donut-munching, toque-wearing hosers from the Great White North—this flick is basically what happens when you take a couple of lovable slackers, drop them into a *Hamlet*-inspired revenge plot (yes, really), and let chaos unfold with a six-pack in hand.

The story? Kinda there. Bob and Doug stumble onto a sinister scheme at the Elsinore Brewery, run by the delightfully unhinged Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow, clearly having the time of his life playing against type). There’s mind control, hockey, moose, and a whole lot of “eh?” But honestly, the plot’s just the excuse to string together a series of gloriously dumb, surprisingly clever sketches that feel like they rolled straight out of your weirdest late-night hangout with your funniest friends.

What makes Strange Brew work isn’t the logic—it’s the heart. Bob and Doug aren’t just clowns; they’re weirdly noble in their own dumb way. They stand up for the little guy, they love their mom, and they’ll fight evil… as long as there’s a cold one waiting after. Moranis and Thomas bring such genuine chemistry and affection to these characters that you can’t help but root for them, even as they’re doing things like sneaking into a castle via beer keg or debating the nutritional value of back bacon.

Is it polished? Nope. Is it ridiculous? Absolutely. But there’s a warmth and a homegrown charm here that’s impossible to fake. It’s the kind of movie that feels like it was made by people who were laughing the whole time—and that joy is contagious.

Final verdict?
If you’ve got a soft spot for offbeat comedies, Canadiana, or just want to watch Max von Sydow get outwitted by two guys in flannel who think “brain damage” is a minor inconvenience… pour yourself a beer and hit play.

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5 stars)
Not perfect, but perfectly weird—and weirdly perfect for what it is.

Some absolutely hilarious lines. If this came out now it might be memed to death. Gotta love a young Sam Neill looking like a young PTA. Some really beautiful cinematography in this but, overall, woof.

I didn't need to see my sad film school days again

This was a panic attack in a movie, I love it!

Favourite from VIFF!!

Maybe If i was Canadian, Id like it more

So powerful and moving!

To put it simply: A “creeper hunter” is someone who takes it upon themselves, rather than going to or involving the police, to seek justice against someone they believe to be, speaking generally, a pedophile, and engaging in pedophilic acts. These creeper hunters are a subsection of streamers, for all intents and purposes. If they didn’t have the camera, they wouldn’t be putting themselves out there to catch these alleged criminals. Zero evidence exists to support the idea that these people are doing it for something other than personal gain. These types could have easily become Mr. Beast or Jake Paul. But they stumbled upon this, got clicks, and decided to put on the cape, you might say. Well, they might say it.

Jason Nassr, a middle aged man from Windsor, Ontario (for any non-Canadian readers, Windsor is just across the Gordie Howe International Bridge from Detroit) who operates a Youtube channel entitled CREEPERHUNTER.TV, is not just a prime example of these types, he is them and then some. This documentary, Shamed, put together by Matt Gallagher and Cornelia Principe of Border City Pictures, sheds light on every part of him, and the real and online environments that produce such people.

Surprise, surprise. Eventually, the law turns around and comes for Nassr himself. Why? A number of reasons, chief among them alleged possession of child abuse images, and extortion attempts against folks who he alleged were acting inappropriately with children and in fact weren’t — at least often not provably so. The target here is a valid one, and the film is more interesting than the average true crime documentary because of its moral complexity, but instead of spending time in the grey, it’s a lot of time spent in the black and then the white. Separately.

For Nassr to come off completely clean, he needs to be right every time. He isn’t. Some of the accused (and innocent) took their own lives, or irreparably damaged them.

If Shamed only covered the event(s) using caches of video clips and talking head interviews with subjects related in some way to the videos or to Nassr, the doc would still be interesting, but it doesn’t stop there. They have Nassr himself, and that provides not only a hook but a beautiful amount of immoral self-incrimination. Nassr finds nor seems to seek any real, true human redemption; remorse is undetectable.

Gallagher and co. handle the abundance of footage and interview material and emotional baggage deftly and economically, and in doing so create a powerful documentation of an infamous, briefly powerful online vigilante. To see him affect a little girl or boy’s voice, his mouth close to the camera, his hot breath against the phone — it’s a nasty look, and one that epitomizes the overall feeling one experiences after viewing CREEPERHUNTER.TV content threaded throughout the film.

There exists every kind of monster. Shamed gets one to speak for themselves, and it doesn’t sound good.

Starring a French Kelso from That 70s Show and the kid from The Shining wearing a kid from The Shining costume.

Lotta long shots. Lotta long shots on spots.

Truly some great cinematography and a great soundtrack though.

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Me coming back to this 20 minutes later: Ohhhhhh it's a pornnnn.

This was such an entertaining movie!

Best since the og