The Goods: A Film Podcast

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) - Christmas slay

Brian uses the holiday season as an excuse to get Dan to finally dip his toe into Jim Varney and John Cherry's Ernest universe. Join as they discuss the history and curious character of the pitchman, the lost art of the live-action cartoon, the strange physics of stories about becoming Santa, and a few of Dan's glaring movie-watching holes.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - The boys are Black in town

Dan and Brian continue their holiday coverage with a discussion of Shane Black's directorial debut. Join as they reflect on the once-wunderkind's rise and plateau, praise the film's the pleasing genre blend, appreciate the endless quipping, and discuss whether the discussion around Die Hard's status as a holiday movie is overdone.
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Conversation with Ben Stanley, the man who has seen 130+ Christmas Carols

In honor of their 150th episode and 4th Christmas Carol binge, Dan and Brian bring in Ben Stanley to discuss his epic marathon of Christmas Carol adaptations. They go through some of Ben's favorites, some oddball adaptations, memorable Scrooges, disastrous retellings, and his very complicated Muppets feelings.
Check out Ben's work:
Artwork - http://cinematicscribbles.com/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howveyouben
Other links - https://linktr.ee/HowveYouBen
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Modern-Day Scrooges - 4 Christm4s C4rol, Part 4

Dan and Brian celebrate their 150th episode with their annual tradition of discussing four different Christmas Carol adaptations. This year the theme is modern-set adaptations: Spirited from 2022, Scrooged from 1988, It's Christmas, Carol from 2012, and Carol for Another Christmas from 1964.
Join as they discuss the delights and challenges of a postmodern Dickens adaptation, the "cool but cruel" late-80s mindset, the joys and quirks of Hallmark's prodigious holiday output, and Rod Serling's thoughtful but didactic, UN-sponsored approach to the material.
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Parenthood (1989) - Thanks, Dad

Dan opens the episode recounting his most difficult memory of 2023 and the long shadow it's cast over his life since.
Then, Brian and Dan talk through the Ron Howard slice-of-life dramedy Parenthood. Join as they talk through its stacked cast, the multifaceted portrait of families, the elegant blending of tones, and the goofy wonder of childhood Joaquin Leaf Phoenix.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) ft. Gargus - The play’s the thing

Old pal Gargus returns to the pod to discuss Shakespeare's great drama Hamlet and its metatextual spinoff, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Join as they talk through the highs (and lows) of that something rotten in the state of Denmark, Brian's pointed Shakespeare opinions, and the play's perplexing title character. Then, they talk through the hilarious and thought-provoking pastiche of Hamlet's unceremoniously discarded side characters. Gargus shares their connection to the film as Dan and Brian try to make heads or tails (heads!) of the story.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Bone daddy

Dan and Brian discuss late-autumn, inter-holiday melancholy and the cinematic encapsulation of that feeling, The Nightmare Before Christmas, which turns 30 this year. Join as they dive deep on the film's genesis, immersive spooky flavor, Hot Topic revival, confusingly-structured thematic backbone, and inconsistent worldbuilding. They also discuss the broader creepy-stop-motion universe and brainstorm rapper names.
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Trick ’r Treat (2007) - Halloween OSHA

Dan and Brian recount their Halloweens and discuss a horror film new to both of them but perfect for the transition between October and November: the 2007 Trick 'r Treat. Join as they discuss memorably mini-goblin Sam, suburban autumn touchstones, campfire story aesthetics, and contorted structure of the Trick 'r Treat anthology.
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