The Goods: A Film Podcast

Postal (2007) ft. Gargus - The Boll and the beautiful

Dan and Brian welcome back Gargus to discuss a video game adaptation that goes out of its way to channel the spirit of its impish source material, for better and for worse. Join as they discuss Uwe Boll, Gamergate, tax evasion, 9/11 jokes, the fine line between crass and provocative, and a finale for the ages. 
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Peggle (2007) / Staplerfahrer Klaus (2000) - Sexy action cool

Dan and Brian celebrate their cherished annual April Fools Day episode by each selecting a not-quite-a-film, and each has brought a source of their own joy. Dan has forced Brian to play the 2007 Popcap game Peggle, which has sparked in Brian some compulsions and mixed emotions. Brian, meanwhile, shares with Dan a training video parody he saw in German class in high school. Join as they discuss their varying thoughts on video games, bliss, beskewerment, and life's different shades of happiness.
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The Terminal (2004) - Trapped in the melting pot

Dan preps for air travel by bringing Steven Spielberg's strange post-9/11 comedy The Terminal to discuss with Brian. Join as they discuss Tom Hanks' silly voice and tremendous performance, influences of Capra and Tati and Kafka, the messier narrative elements of the story, the provocative and allegorical reflections on immigrant experience, the Spielberg touch, and our unsorted feelings on where the story ends up.
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The Lobster (2015) - Feral singles

In honor of the director's Best Picture nomination and Brian's curiosity about the filmmaker, Dan and Brian consider the surreal and dark comedy-drama The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos. Join as they discuss St. Patrick's Day, the Oscars, menacing names, vibes-based filmmaking, expectations about on-screen transformation effects, the pros and cons of big storytelling swings, and tantalizing ambiguity. They end with an uncommonly big gap in their Is It Good? evaluation.
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The Little Mermaid (1989) / Tarzan (1999) - Bangers for years

Dan and Brian wrap Musical Decades Month with a look at a movie from the '80s and the '90s -- the start and the end of the Disney Renaissance. Join as they discuss the history and significance of Disney's rebound in the late '80s, the surprising role of Steven Spielberg, CAPS, the tight script of The Little Mermaid, the different coming-of-age readings of the 1989 film, the different approach to music in Tarzan, Deep Canvas, the adult themes of the 1999 film, and what comes next for the podcast.
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Phantom of the Opera (2004) / Cats (2019) - The Webbisode

Dan and Brian continue Musical Decades Month with a look at two musicals written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Join as they discuss the influential and divisive career of Webber, his style and cinematic approach to stage production, and his legacy. Then, they discuss their own relationships with Phantom of the Opera, its contradictory view of romance, its high and low points as a story, and whether we'd want to live in a subterranean cave. Lastly, they give themselves a headache trying to make head or tail of the upsetting nonsense of the much-maligned Cats from 2019; Dan explains his philosophy on pets while Brian reveals a formative Cats-related moment in his life. Jellicle podcast episode for Jellicle movies.
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Cabin in the Sky (1943) / The Color Purple (2023) - Everybody loves raiment

Dan and Brian continue Musical Decades Month and also honor Black History Month by looking at two films depicting the Black experience with Black casts: the groundbreaking Faustian musical Cabin in the Sky from 1943 and the bold musical take on The Color Purple from 2023. Join as Dan and Brian discuss the ways they consider representation when watching movies, the charming casts and productions of each film, Louis Armstrong, hair horns, the complicated history of The Color Purple, what kind of stories should be made into musicals, and the self-cannibalizing IP-to-musical pipleine.
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Mary Poppins (1964) / Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Talkin' Poppins

Dan and Brian continue their Musical Decades theme month with a look at two Disney live action-animation hybrid films, the beloved Julie Andrews-starring Oscar winner and its less heralded (but adored-by-Brian) follow up.
Join as they discuss Walt Disney's later career and his obsession with Disney Land, the film's multifaceted look at living your life with a "spoonful of sugar," Dick Van Dyke and his cockney accent, Mary Poppins' unexpected protagonist and peculiar structure, the curious choice of setting a whimsical family musical during World War 2, the traits of a '60s and '70s musicals depicted in the pair, and, of course, the battle of Nazis vs. animated suits of armor.
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