Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into adaptations of airport novels; page-turners that sit at an endcap at a Hudson News that get propelled into The New York Times' Bestseller list and inevitably get bought up by a studio. We start with David Fincher's 2014 adaptation of Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl," where the screenplay was adapted by Flynn herself. By actually adapting the book for the filmic medium, Fincher's film maintains the intrigue of the central mystery while becoming a media circus satire that stands on its own. Then, we move into the faithful-but-uneventful 2006 adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code." Ron Howard directing Dan Brown's immensely popular book certainly got the box office numbers, but not the critical acclaim, and we have to agree with them on that. Finally, we discuss the everything-that-could-go-wrong-did misshapen mess that is 2017's "The Snowman." Tomas Alfredson ("Let the Right One In," "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") adapts Jo Nesbø's grimdark novel... except they didn't shoot nearly 15% of it, and you can tell.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to coincide with the 4th of July holiday in the States (despite our lack of Patriotism at the moment given the *gestures broadly at everything*), Chris and Ryan return to the world of "Jaws" knock-offs, only this time, ones in which the threat is not by sea, but by land. We start with 1990's comedic creature-feature "Tremors," a perfect horror-comedy that effortlessly blends its genres and is a high watermark in practical effects. Then, we move into a film that's not a high watermark in anything with 1980's "Blood Beach," a dull, industrial film-looking slog that sees the late, great John Saxon monologuing (and likely improvising) to fill the runtime, and as much as he's giving it, even he can't move mountains. Finally, we move into a discussion about 1989's "Blades," a top-tier Troma effort that perfectly executes the "Jaws" plot beats with a complete straight face... only with the silly premise of it being a killer lawnmower on a golf course instead of a shark.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of the release of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" biopic, Chris and Ryan dive into three films in which Elvis drives the narrative and/or enforces the decisions of the lead characters. We start with "True Romance," the Tony Scott-directed, Quentin Tarantino-penned (his first screenplay) lovers-on-the-run flick in which Christian Slater's Tarantino surrogate Clarence Worley takes his cues from an apparition of Elvis (Val Kilmer). While the film has its moments of cringe in the year 2022, it's still a buoyant, joyous, stylish ride that is - to paraphrase Alabama Worley (Patricia Arquette) in the film - so cool. And effortlessly so. What's not cool and is incredibly try-hard is 2001's post-Tarantino garbage "3000 Miles to Graceland," in which a group of try-hard, tough-guy criminals (led by Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner) stage a heist during an Elvis convention in Vegas. Various other moronic subplots occur, but needless to say, this early 2000s trash (complete with horrific speed-ramping and nu-metal on the soundtrack) is the nadir of both Russell and Costner's filmographies. Finally, we come back to the positive with 2002's "Bubba Ho-Tep," Don Coscarelli's ("Phantasm") bizarre, tonally hard-to-place film in which a man in a retirement center claiming to be the real Elvis (a career-best turn from Bruce Campbell) comes face-to-face with a living mummy.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the subgenre of western comedies; a formula that's difficult to pull off, but is immensely satisfying when it is. We start with 1965's "Cat Ballou," a fun, somewhat subversive take on the typical revenge western, and a fitting arc regarding Lee Marvin's aging gunslinger (who won an Oscar for the role) was prophetic in regards to what the western genre was to become at the end of the decade. Then, we move into 1998's "Almost Heroes," the type of unequivocal disaster that can only arise from seeing talented, very funny people (in this case both director Christopher Guest and co-lead Chris Farley) thrust into a situation where they just can't make the comedy work. Finally, we discuss 2014's not-great-and-interminably-long-but-funnier-than-you-may-remember "A Million Ways to Die in the West," a film that sports a terrific ensemble who is largely doing very solid work... except for writer/director/producer Seth MacFarlane, who to the detriment of what works well in the film unwisely cast himself in the lead. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the films of the late "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, arguably the first professional wrestler to successfully translate from the ring to the big screen. We start with 1988's "They Live" - John Carpenter's satirical horror-comedy that has cemented itself into the pop culture lexicon and is as sadly relevant today as it was in 1988 - that was #1 at the box office when it first came out and proved Piper to be a formidable leading man. Then, we move into the dour 1996 "Blade Runner"-lite DTV flick "Sci-Fighters," a film that cannot be recommended under any circumstance, but we praise Piper's performance as a Deckard-esque haunted detective, as he's playing against type and doing it well against a script that lets him down. Finally, we go back to 1988 for a slice of weirdness that plays up to Piper's persona from his days in the WWF, the inexplicably horny "Hell Comes to Frogtown." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris return with another monthly catch-up (though this will not be a regular occurrence; we just didn't want to burden our vacations with additional movie-watching). May 2022 had a lot to offer, from megabudget tentpoles to smaller indie fare, and we run the entire gamut on this episode. The two of them discuss in-full "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness," Alex Garland's "Men," "Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers," and "Top Gun: Maverick," while Ryan gives a quick rundown on the remake of "Firestarter," "Pleasure," and a double-dose from Gaspar Noé with "Vortex" and "Lux Æterna." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into director/actor reunions after their previous film was a big hit. We start with "Days of Thunder," a re-team of Tom Cruise and Tony Scott after the massive success of "Top Gun," and though it made less than half of what "Top Gun" made, we argue it's the stronger film. Then, we discuss "Skyscraper," a "Die Hard" clone that sees comedy director Rawson Marshall Thurber reteam with Dwayne Johnson after their successful buddy comedy "Central Intelligence." While we don't think it's too bad, we dive into the ways they could have improved the film. Finally, we move onto the infamous "Waterworld," that sees Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds coming back after the success of "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," and the rest, well, you probably know the story. But we dive into the film's troubled legacy and ask the question: "Is it really as bad as its reputation suggests?" You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the niche world of Broadcast Terrors; a sub-subgenre of horror in which horrific events are being broadcast in real-time over the airwaves, the Internet, or your television. We start with "Pontypool," a 2008 zombie movie gem in which a small Canadian AM radio station slowly discovers the terror happening outside their studio. While we both agree that the final leg of the film is a bit rough, the first 2/3rds brim with tension, suspense, and solid filmmaking. Then, we move onto 2020's "Spree," a film that has an interesting hook (think "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" but wanting to become a viral sensation) but suffers from an imbalance of tone, despite strong commitment from the cast. Finally, we move onto the delightful and delightfully niche "WNUF Halloween Special" from 2013, though if you didn't know that's when the film was made, you might suspect it was made in 1987 when the film is set, it's that committed to its bit as a small cable affiliate airing a Halloween special with spot-on faux commercials in between segments.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, with a large crop of new releases in April that Ryan and Chris were excited to see, the two give their non-spoiler thoughts on four high-profile releases, including The Daniels' "Everything Everywhere All At Once," Michael Bay's "Ambulance," Nicolas Cage meta-comedy "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," and finally, Robert Eggers' brutal revenge flick, "The Northman." Lots of great stuff happening at your local theater, and we recommend that you go check these films out! You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, with the recent release of "Ambulance," Ryan and Chris look back on the career of Michael Bay, specifically through the vulgar auteurist's R-rated features (not only because of "Ambulance's" R-rating, but because nearly all of his PG-13 films - which includes five "Transformers" flicks - are rank). We start with 2013's "Pain & Gain," which is essentially Bay's version of "Fargo" meets "Goodfellas" but also a dead-bang critique on American greed and idiocy. Then, we move into 2019's "6 Underground," a franchise non-starter with a couple good action scenes but an irritating structure and nonsensical storyline. Lastly, we discuss a film that is as masterful as it is vile (though some may argue those descriptors are simpatico): 2003's "Bad Boys II." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three films in the very specific horror subgenre of "supernatural siege." We start with 2007's "The Mist," Frank Darabont's tense, bleak, yet completely prescient adaptation of Stephen King's novella, then we swing into King himself with his sole directorial effort, 1986's "Maximum Overdrive," before finishing with one of the strangest, yet completely compelling video store oddities: 1990's "Demon Wind." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris look at three pieces of historical pulp fiction with a cartoonish tone about rounding up a posse to take down the corrupt in power. We start with Brian De Palma's hugely entertaining 1987 crime flick "The Untouchables" (fresh off a new 4K UHD transfer), then come down hard on 2013's "Gangster Squad" (virtually the same plot as "The Untouchables" just that the names, places, and locations have changed and the fun vacuumed out of it) before finishing with 1988's Brat-Pack Western oddity (though popular at the time), "Young Guns." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, not unlike our Road Trip Comedies episode from two weeks ago, Chris and Ryan dive into road trip thrillers; films that start out with a destination and then go horribly south for our protagonists. We start with 1997's "Breakdown," a nerve-frying thriller with a top-tier Kurt Russell performance, then talk about 2006's misbegotten DTV horror flick "Rest Stop," before finishing out with 1986's nightmarish, propulsive cult classic: "The Hitcher." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the cinematic history of one of their mutually favorite subjects: Batman. From the Adam West series all the way to Matt Reeves' "The Batman" (Currently out in theaters), the two of them talk about Batman through the years, movie-by-movie, until finishing with a non-spoiler/spoiler discussion on The Caped Crusader's latest.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into road trip comedies without a destination. Our "good" and our "bad" pick speak to one-another, as both center around protagonists who attempt to lead the "Easy Rider" lifestyle and come up short. In this case, those films are Albert Brooks' biting "Lost in America" and the inexplicably popular-at-the-time ($170m domestic) 2007 wet fart of a comedy, "Wild Hogs." Then, we shift gears from getting lost in America to getting lost in Canada with one of the what-iest what's we've done on the show: 2000's "Ryan's Babe." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into their second "Cage Match," this time about Nicolas Cage dramas. We start with director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman's brilliant "Adaptation" (with a top-tier, dual-role performance from Cage), Paul Schrader's taken-away-in-post-production "Dying of the Light" with a committed Cage but sloppily put together, before rounding out with Gore Verbinski's strange, idiosyncratic (and a strange favorite of Ryan's) "The Weather Man." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the small pocket in the '90s where the niche rubber suit/animatronic and martial arts kid flick subgenre ran rampant, launched by one specific pop culture behemoth and our "Good" pick this week: 1990's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Then, we swing into the notorious 1995 straight-to-video stinker "Theodore Rex," before finishing off with the goofy, occasionally transcendent in its strangeness (but also quite grating at times) 1992 oddity, "Kung Fu Rascals." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into another round of legacyquels, this time of the action variety. We start with George Miller's high-octane 2015 masterwork "Mad Max: Fury Road," then come down hard on the misguided, poorly-made, and pathetic franchise finale "Rambo: Last Blood," and finally end with a plea that Steven Spielberg's oft-maligned "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" - while far from perfect - is not the disaster many make it out to be.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris take a break from a normal three-film episode to discuss the latest "Scream," the fifth entry in the long-standing horror series, and the first to not be directed by the late Wes Craven (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet of "Ready or Not" fame take the reigns here). We discuss it within the context of the series (specifically 2-4, as we talked about the first "Scream" way back in Episode #3) and how the film successfully takes down the concept of the "Legacyquel." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the wonderfully weird world of regional horror films with 1982's southern-fried "Death Screams," 1993's Wisconsin-set snoozer "The Chill Factor," and 1992's everything-but-the-kitchen-sink-yet-still-somehow-only-77-minutes-long Massachusetts-set oddity, "Winterbeast." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, what better way for Chris and Ryan to ring in a new year of uncertainty, gloom and all-around worry by talking about *checks notes* films about impending nuclear destruction. We start with 1988's breakneck "all in one night" cult favorite "Miracle Mile," then swing into how "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" ups the ultimate stakes yet feels weightless, before ending on possibly the bleakest and most-accurate depiction of today's topic, 1984's "Threads." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris finally put 2021 to bed by counting down their Top 10 Films of the Year! It was a great year for cinema, between the quality films that came out, the re-opening of movie theaters, and many other factors, and we find plenty to discuss (and even overlap) in some of 2021's strongest offerings.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, on our final episode for 2021, Ryan and Chris look at three films in a mutually favorite category that they both admit is largely bad: Holiday Horror Films. We start with 1980's perverse, character-driven killer Santa film "Christmas Evil," follow up with 2005's Full Moon Features clunker (though inexplicably spawned a franchise) "The Gingerdead Man," before wrapping up with one of the weirdest films to come from middle-of-nowhere Wisconsin with the all-too-common "family member gets possessed by the spirit of an ancient Samurai at Christmastime" trope, 1983's "Blood Beat." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan kick off their holiday cheer with three films that follow the "A Christmas Carol" template of someone who needs to learn the true meaning of the holidays. We start with the ubiquitous, yet disarmingly-charming "new" Christmas classic "Elf," swing into the utter scam that is "A Karate Christmas Miracle," and end with the juvenile, yet strange-enough-to-be-interesting misbegotten Adam Sandler animated vehicle, "Eight Crazy Nights." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the world of "satanic panic" films, beginning with 2015's festival darling "The Blackcoat's Daughter" (directed by Oz Perkins, son of Anthony Perkins), then shift into 1999's misbegotten Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle "End of Days," before finishing with perhaps Lars von Trier's most polarizing film - in no shortage of them in the enfant terrible's career - 2009's "Antichrist." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three films that fit under the "canuxploitation" subgenre; genre films that were made in Canada. We start with 1983's shockingly still-relevant "Siege," then move into our frustrations about 1987's dull "Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare," and conclude with a discussion about 1991's "Wicked World," a treaty on the wickedness in society from one of our favorite "What!?" filmmakers: "Things'" Barry J. Gillis. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three films that deal with a body swap or transformation in some way. We start with 2020's "Soul," a high-water mark for both Pixar and co-directed Peter Docter ("Monsters, Inc.", "Up," and "Inside Out"), move into complete bafflement with 2011's shot-on-MiniDV "Prince and the Frog"-inspired "Love on a Leash," before ending with a discussion of one of our mutually favorite films, John Woo's 1997 insane studio masterwork, "Face/Off." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! As October and the beginning of November were packed with new releases, there were many films that Chris and Ryan wanted to discuss, but couldn't find the time to fit into a normal minisode. So this week, the two of them catch up with discussing movies they both saw, which include "Dune," "The French Dispatch," and "Last Night in Soho," while Ryan does a couple quick hits at the end on "Venom: Let There Be Carnage," "The Last Duel," "Spencer," and "Eternals." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into a trio of buddy cop/buddy action films of the "East Meets West" motif. We start with 1997's "Drive," an energetic, no-frills "Terminator" meets "Midnight Run" blast that has slowly developed a cult following over the years (and hopefully more people come away from this episode as converts), then move into 1998's "Rush Hour," a film that needs no introduction but perhaps some may need to throw away those rose-tinted glasses (spoiler: aside from Jackie Chan's action scenes, it sucks), before ending with a very special piece of VHS dirtbaggery that is just itching to be discovered by the world: 1988's "Silent Assassins," starring Sam Jones, Linda Blair, and a whole lotta dismembered body parts.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris put a cap on October by returning to Haddonfield, Illinois for a discussion on "Halloween Kills," the second in the new trilogy of films from director David Gordon Green (currently in theaters and on Peacock Premium). As we do with new releases, we divide this into a non-spoiler section and spoiler section (which we give plenty of warning before switching gears), but throughout the discussion - given the referential (overly so, one might say) nature of this latest installment - we pepper in our thoughts, feelings, and relationships to the other 11 films in the series (as opposed going film-by-film like our "Friday the 13th" episode which, while a lot of fun, ran way too long).  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris continue their trek through the October season with an episode entitled "Elevated Horror." No, not about the reductive term that PR companies have come up with to disassociate "prestige" horror films from the rest, but about horror films all centered around an elevator. We start with Dick Maas' 1983 cult classic "The Lift," move into 2010's "Devil" - with a story by and produced by M. Night Shyamalan - and finally struggle with every fiber of our being to comprehend 2010's "Malevolent Ascent," directed by esteemed "Suburban Sasquatch" auteur, Dave Wascavage. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris return with another minisode to discuss two films that could not be more diametrically opposed with "No Time to Die" - the fifth and final Daniel Craig-starring James Bond film - and "Lamb," a horror/drama folklore with a bizarre premise.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris welcome friend of the show Ryan Frakes - the owner and manager of The Cinemagic Theater in Portland, OR - on the show to discuss horror anthologies and get us into the mood for spooky season. First, we start with George A. Romero and Stephen King's beloved 1982 macabre anthology "Creepshow," followed by a takedown of Glenn Danzig's 2019 garbage fire "Verotika," and sign off to discuss 1988 oddity "Waxwork," and decide whether or not it fits the bill as an anthology. Finally, The Good, The Bad, and the What!? will be hosting a showing of Juan Piquer Simon's 1982 trashterpiece "Pieces" on Saturday, October 16, at The Cinemagic Theater in Portland, and you can buy your tickets here! (Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within 48 hours are required for entry). Ryan will be introducing the film, and it's a blast to see with a crowd, so head out if you can!  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris discuss two new neo-westerns, though both vastly different in tone, structure, and style. We start with "Cry Macho," the latest film from Clint Eastwood, but spend the bulk of our time discussing "Prisoners of the Ghostland," Sion Sono's English-language debut starring GBW favorite, Nicolas Cage.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: "Sion Sono: Exploitation & Empowerment" (Jenny Nulf, Certified Forgotten)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris return to a traditional three-film episode with a discussion about studio comedies with an unconventional comedian in the leading role. The basis for this episode stemmed from the unfortunate passing of Norm Macdonald, and we decided to pay our respects to Norm by discussing his 1998 starring vehicle "Dirty Work," a very lewd, offbeat, and funny comedy that aims to skew the archetypal Robert Simmonds production (who produced every Adam Sandler film from "Billy Madison" to "Little Nicky"). We then move to 1999's "Lost & Found," starring another SNL alumni, David Spade, in his first (of three) solo starring vehicles. It's right there in the title, that it should be lost and never found. Finally, we finish with a discussion, though it's more of an existential crisis in real-time, of Tom Green's absolute money burn middle finger to studio comedies, 2001's "Freddy Got Fingered." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris are back for another Minisode, this time with two films that couldn't be further apart from one another outside of being carte blanche auteurist projects. We start with a brief discussion of "The Card Counter," the latest film from Paul Schrader, before spending the meat of the episode on "Malignant" the latest film from James Wan. We dive into non-spoiler thoughts on "Malignant" first before getting into full-on spoilers, as it's a difficult film to discuss without them. We give you plenty of warning before we swing into them. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: "Neo-Giallo: A Beginner's Guide" (Isaac Feldberg, Paste Magazine)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris kick off the "new" format (i.e. switching between a full, three-film episode and a minisode of a new release) with a discussion about Nia DaCosta's legacyquel of "Candyman." We start with our non-spoiler thoughts, with a spoiler discussion around the 13-minute mark (which we give plenty of warning about in the episode), and do our best to unpack DaCosta's ambitious take on the horror icon.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: "The New 'Candyman' Was Modernized for the Wrong Audience" (Robert Daniels, Polygon) "'Candyman' is a Soulless, Didactic Reimagining" (Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into alien assimilation films; most specifically of the "slug" variety, and even more specifically, all three films more or less have the same skeleton plot. We start with 2006's "Slither," James Gunn's goopy, gross-out horror-comedy that cemented early on that he has a skill for treating something like a complete lark and then disarming you with the human element. Then, Chris and Ryan have a slight disagreement about the placement of the next two films. Listen to the episode to find out, but the next films in question are cult favorites "The Faculty" - the Robert Rodriguez/Kevin WIlliamson joint from 1998 that homages '50s B-Movies while having that "hip" postmodern feel - and "Night of the Creeps," Fred Dekker's beloved 1986 oddity that too homages '50s B-Movies, albeit much more directly.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into action movie vanity projects; films in which the star also directed (or had a very involved hand in the creative process). We start with 1994's "On Deadly Ground," the only film directed by Steven Seagal which is far more fascinating than it has any right to be (given that the notoriously egotistical and difficult Seagal made a film that's less about how he's the biggest, baddest [insert role here], but about environmentalism and the folly of big business). Then, we swing into 1988's "Braddock: Missing in Action III," Chuck Norris' problematic attempt to rewrite the efforts of the Vietnam War (directed by Chuck's brother Aaron Norris). Finally, we "Shimmy Slide" into one of the wildest vanity projects to every be made (and spend nearly half this overlong - one might call "vain" - episode on it): 1993's "Champagne & Bullets," aka "GetEven," a baffling symphony of bizarre decisions written, co-directed, produced, starring, and music written by one-and-done'r John De Hart.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! It is Friday, August 13th, and for this week's episode, what better time than to look back on the entire history of the "Friday the 13th!" In an Uber(Jason)-sized episode, Chris and Ryan touch on all 12 films in the iconic horror series, their personal histories with the films, and the series' place in the annals of horror history. As per usual, we look narrow in on three films specifically, and for this, we dive deep on 1981's "Friday the 13th: Part II," 1985's "Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning," and 1989's infamous "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, as there are a couple more weeks of summer left, Chris and Ryan look back on the knockoffs and imitators of the summer blockbuster that started it all: Steven Spielberg's "Jaws." We start with 1978's "Piranha," the Joe Dante-directed, John Sayles-penned, and Roger Corman-produced monster flick that has enough wit and point-of-view of its own to stand out amongst the pack. Then, we move into 1977's "Orca: The Killer Whale," in what we could only really describe as an industrial film that accidentally made it to theaters, before finally wrapping up with schlockmaster Bruno Mattei's infamous king-of-all-knockoffs shark epic: 1995's "Cruel Jaws." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris are joined by Jenny Nulf (Austin Chronicle) to look back on the career of M. Night Shyamalan, to coincide with the release of his latest film "Old" (which was #1 at the box office last weekend and is the subject of many a great memes in the Twittersphere). Whether he hits the mark or not, Shyamalan remains one of our boldest auteur horror filmmakers, and we discuss his themes, motifs, and technique specifically through 2002's "Signs," 2006's "Lady in the Water," and 2008's "The Happening." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, we are broadcasting the episode we recorded specially for the Fourth Annual North Bend Film Festival that took place from July 15-18. Ryan and Chris look back at vanguard sci-fi/horror dramas that bend time and space in some way with Richard Kelley's 2001 cult classic "Donnie Darko" (celebrating its 20th Anniversary), 2004's misbegotten "The Butterfly Effect," and David Lynch's most polarizing film, 1997's "Lost Highway." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, to coincide with "Space Jam: A New Legacy" (it's here, whether we like it or not), Ryan and Chris dive into starring roles - or significant supporting roles - of NBA stars. We start with Spike Lee's "He Got Game," a unique film in the canon of sports films being both a love-letter to basketball but also extremely critical of the business politics of the sport. More importantly, matching Denzel Washington is Ray Allen, who sets the high bar for an athlete-turned-actor. On the other end of the spectrum is 1999's "Simon Sez," a vanity project for Dennis Rodman who, while one of the best rebounders to ever play the sport, couldn't save this dud. Finally, we move into 1984's "Conan the Destroyer," the oft-maligned sequel that sees Arnold Schwarzenegger square off against Wilt Chamberlain to fun, if not particularly good, results.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: North Bend Film Festival Tickets My World of Flops #134 Simon Sez

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan look at horror films in which our lead character channels a murderous personality through another vessel. We start with "Magic," the Richard Attenborough film from 1978, with a bravura lead performance from Sir Anthony Hopkins as a magician who rekindles a relationship with an old high school flame (Ann-Margret) but can't get past the disagreeable part of his persona which he channels through a foul-mouthed dummy. Then, we move into the great George Romero's biggest misfire, 1988's "Monkey Shines," before finishing it out with one of the weirdest films you will ever see: 1981's "The Pit." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: North Bend Film Festival Tickets

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris get as festive as they can for the Fourth of July with American Giallos; films that take inspiration from the pulp paperback novels that were the cornerstone of Italian horror/genre cinema. We start with 1983's "10 to Midnight," featuring one of the better late-period Charles Bronson performances and a bleak morality play coated in Cannon Films sleaze. Then, we move into 1993's "Sliver," the reunion of star Sharon Stone and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas after "Basic Instinct," and it's nowhere near as captivating as the aforementioned Paul Verhoeven film. Finally, we move into 1991's DTV oddity "All-American Murder," which features Christopher Walken as a detective who loves basketball and directed by Potsie Weber from "Happy Days." You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: North Bend Film Festival Tickets

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan dive into the first of a new subseries entitled "Cage Match," in honor of the great Nicholas Cage. Given the wide gamut of films in Cage's filmography - across many genres and to varying degrees of quality - we figured discussing his career occasionally through various genres made sense, and for this episode, Chris chose Nic Cage action films, specifically those with a "ticking clock" element (and all from the Jerry Bruckheimer factory). We start with 1996's "The Rock," Michael Bay's action masterpiece and the origin story for "Nic Cage: Action Hero," following up with 2000's forgettable "Gone in 60 Seconds," before concluding with the "trashterpiece" that brought Chris and Ryan to blows: 1997's "Con Air" (one of them really does not like the film while the other stands by its schlocky charms).  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris dive into the filmography of Finnish-born journeyman filmmaker Renny Harlin (whose latest film - "The Misfits" - just landed on VOD), specifically through the lens of three films he made with screenplays by very distinct authors. We start with 1996's "The Long Kiss Goodnight," his rebound film of sorts after legendary flop "Cutthroat Island." The script was written by Shane Black, to which Ryan refers to in the episode as "The best Shane Black-written film that he didn't direct himself outside of "Lethal Weapon"" and discuss how Harlin's sleek style elevates the material. Then, we move into 2001's "Driven," a Sylvester Stallone passion/vanity project that Stallone himself wrote. We talk about how the film's foundations aren't bad, but that nearly ever conceivable creative choice works against it. Finally, we go back to 1990 for another Harlin-helmed vanity project, "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane." The film was co-written by Daniel Waters ("Heathers," "Batman Returns") and was a star vehicle for comedian Andrew Dice Clay, who we argue that the film works (at least as a "What?") both because of and in utter spite of.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Shownotes: Adjust Your Tracking #101: Civil Rights Violation (Ford Fairlane HOLD UP Episode) No Such Thing As a Bad Movie #74: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane