The Goods: A Film Podcast

(Jim Henson‘s) Turkey Hollow (2015) - Little weird Bigfoot birds

To celebrate Thanksgiving, Dan and Brian watched a seasonal TV family-fantasy movie about a family visiting a strange great aunt in the Pacific Northwest. Join as Brian discusses his fondness of Jim Henson, while Dan gets a lot of fun out of the character names Squonk, Zorp, Burble, and Thring.
Does Turkey Hollow live up to Henson's venerable name? Is it a worthwhile addition to the limited Thanksgiving filmography? Is Mary Steenburgen here for anything other than a paycheck? Join The Goods this week and find out.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Clash of the Titans (1981) - More beautiful than Professor McGonagall

This week on the goods, Dan and Brian consider the work of stop motion wizard Ray Harryhausen by watching and discussing his last movie, The Clash of the Titans. Join as they walk through his corpus and inspirations, break down the movie's fetch-quest plot, ponder the legendary beauty of Maggie Smith's Thetis, and find much amusement in "R2D2 with wings."
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) ft. Gargus - It is clear I must find my other half

Brian and Dan welcome friend of the pod Gargus to discuss the gender-challenging musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Join as they discuss the John Cameron Mitchell's electric turn as Hedwig and work in the director's chair, the themes of gender and duality, and their takes on the reality-shattering ending.
Find Gargus:
On Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/gargusscp/
On Medium ("Registering the Registry") - https://gargus-scp.medium.com/
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Repo Man (1984) - Everybody‘s into weirdness right now

Dan and Brian are ordinary fucking people, but they still had a blast with this weird '80s cult hit. Join as they discuss the hilarious postmodern LA consumertopia setting, the memorable monologues, the balls-to-the-wall ending, the excellent cityscape cinematography, and every other weird angle on this instant favorite.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018) - Green hair and Z words

To round out Spooktober, Dan and Brian watch and discuss the Disney Channel Original Movie musical Z-O-M-B-I-E-S -- plus its monster sequel, because why not? Join as they ponder the logical limits of paranormal romance, the movie's aggressive color palette and choreography, its heavy-handed themes, and "hacking your Z-band." Meanwhile, they consider the sequel's knock-off Twilight vibes with cheesy werewolves and "Uncle Zom" politics.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spontaneous (2020) - You will believe people can pop

Spooktober continues with a quasi-horror-comedy from the pandemic era about teens popping like fleshy balloons. Dan and Brian discuss the bloodiest movies they've seen, the teen cast, the different ways of interpreting the bizarre premise, their personal histories with school shootings, and the effectiveness of the "carpe diem" conclusion. One thing they agree on, to quote Brian: "you will believe people can pop."
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Amazing World of Ghosts (1978) - As I was moving ahead occasionally I saw creatures from the realm of nightmares

For our next Spooktober pick, Brian brings out a deep cut: A bizarre, panoramic documentary of supposed supernatural evidence. Dan and Brian try to parse how sincere this is, compare-and-contrast to other documentaries, attempt to digest the bizarre footage and narration, and once again find themselves disagreeing on the film's value.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scream (1996) - Slashers 101

Dan and Brian, despite their love of movies, haven't seen too many slashers. So they reached out to Alternate Ending host Brennan Klein for some advice on where to start -- and he pointed them to Scream, the seminal '90s meta-slasher. Join as Dan and Brian parse through the beats and characters of Scream, as well as its three (soon to be four) sequels. Is David Arquette a positive to the series? Do any sequels improve upon the originals? Does the series do "meta" right? These questions, and more, debated during The Goods' discussion of Stab... er, Scream.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/