The Goods: A Film Podcast

Premature (2014) - Dick time machine

Time Loop Month reaches its "climax" as Dan and Brian "beat" into Premature, the raunchy teen comedy where orgasms cause the time loop to repeat. Join as they "come" to the conclusion that Craig Roberts is a breakout star, look "hard" at comparisons to previous Goods subject Some Kind of Wonderful, and "finish off" with a theory about brunettes in time loops. We hope you'll listen to this episode "to completion" as our month-long review of Groundhog Day tributes "beats off"... uh, beats on.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy Death Day 1 & 2U (2017/2019) - Dead birthday vibe

Time Loop Month continues on The Goods as Dan and Brian watch the slasher/looper Happy Death Day and its sequel Happy Death Day 2U. Join as they consider whether these movies really fit into the "horror" genre, praise the protagonist Tree (minus her dumb name), and try to parse out the series' alternate dimension and looping rules. Brian derides the big baby mascot, while Dan brainstorms ideas for the third movie.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Palm Springs (2020) / Groundhog Day (1993) - Everybody get in the time loop

Wake up! In their first episode of Time Loop Month, Dan and Brian honor the origin of the film trope by considering Groundhog Day before visiting the early pandemic hit Palm Springs. Join as they dissect the ups-and-downs of reliving the same day, try to make sense of Palm Springs' ending, and question the moral implications of romance in a time loop. Brian ties it all to a Japanese dating sim, while Dan wonders what would happen if everyone in the world joined the loop.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A Bucket of Blood (1959) - The mad sculptor

Brian shares with Dan a poorly-titled, personally-resonant Roger Corman deep cut telling a story of death turned to art. Join as Brian shares his connections to the story and Dan recites some updated Beatnik literature. Dan and Brian ponder the film's dark meditations on art and creativity, Leonard's amusing complicity, and parallels of 2010's hipsters in this forgotten classic.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Rock-afire Explosion (2008) feat. Andrew - Sad birthday vibe

In our first ever birthday episode, Brian's brother Andrew joins to discuss the documentary of the proto-Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band The Rock-afire Explosion, the band's creator, and its hardcore devotees. Join as they probe Andrew's intense dedication to the band, ponder the pathetic-sweet dichotomy of pursuing childhood fancies, and consider the ramifications of a Mountain Dew-only liquid diet for no pacific reason. And have a happy birthday, birthday, birthday, Brian and Andrew, yeah yeah yeah.
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Apartment (1960) feat. Nate - The way it crumbles, cookie-wise

Nate, a friend of the pod, brings satirical romcom and Best Picture winner The Apartment to The Goods for consideration. Dan, Brian, and Nate cringe at Jack Lemmon's snotty cold in the age of COVID, admire Shirley MacLaine's modern sensibility, and debate the storytelling merits of the film's dark turning point. Dan gushes over "Auld Lang Syne," Nate wishes for more black-and-white movies, and Brian praises Fred MacMurray's mensch-slimeball duality.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

D.O.A. (1949) - Hardboiled film noir

Dan and Brian explore the seedy side of cinema with a look at the styles of film noir and hardboiled detective stories. Join as they attempt to parse the twisty plot of noir gem D.O.A., in which a man tries to solve his own murder. Dan dissects some of the weird gender roles depicted and pitches a new ending for the film, while Brian ponders how magical pirates could have fit in.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scrooge (1970) & 3 others - A Christmas Carol musical extravaganza

Dan and Brian watched four different musical adaptations of Dickens' A Christmas Carol and are ready to dive in deep. In addition to the Albert Finney-starring Scrooge, they break down Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and the one with Frasier from 2004. Join for their fantasy draft of the best songs, reviews of the highs and lows of each iteration, Dan's dream casting of an imaginary 2021 musical adaptation, and tributes to Scrooge's humanist, anti-capitalist spirit.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/