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Strange Brew (1983)

 Say what you will about Jeff Bezos - he has brought me "Strange Brew" (1983) to stream in the privacy of my own home. I own a copy on VHS that Adam Young gave me 1000 years ago when I still had a VCR connected. (For the younger audience, VHS are those rectangular blurays people used to watch ... You take a flashlight and magnet and shine it on the wall while you spin the tape with a pencil). The original song on that movie is fantastic. Max Von Sydow gained at least 10 lbs chewing scenery. Rick & Dave give their usual muted, naturalistic performances. There are a bunch of supporting characters who really make a great set of scenes. It is 90 minutes of fun you won't regret. I assume if you are Canadian, it was part of your school curriculum.

Goonies meet Thanos

 Whenever "The Goonies" comes on again I always wonder - what if Thanos had snapped his fingers in 1985 instead of in the 2010s. He was right there in Astoria. Tony Stark was still at MIT. Boy genius or not he was clearly not yet ready to put everything together to fight the Mad Titan. Thanos wasted his chance on the Fratellis.