The Goods: A Film Podcast
Brian and Dan revisit films both famous and forgotten, then ask the all-important question: Is It Good?
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Episodes
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Snooooooow! Join Dan and Brian as they visit one of Dan's nostalgia touchstones, the 2000 Nickelodeon production about a coveted day off from school. Dan shares his personal connection to the film and insights from the director's commentary, while Brian finds connections to multiple past Goods picks. Is this a piece of of our youth that holds up? Or is the fart foley a bit too much?
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Dan and Brian revisit the almost-Best Picture musical capturing the travails of struggling Hollwood entertainers. Brian shares why he considers it a great New Years movie, while Dan reflects on his Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling first impressions. Join as they discuss Seb's quest for save jazz, Dan's intense reaction to an unexpected cameo, the divisive ending, Party Down comparisons, and the variety of the musical numbers.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
A new year is upon us, time to look back and forward. For the 66th episode of The Goods, Dan shares movie #66 from a Top 100 Movies list he made in 2009, the trippy, emo Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Join as Dan walks through the history of his movie fandom that led him to this moment at the start of 2022. Brian ponders whether he'd get a Lacuna treatment while Dan savors the film's wintry atmosphere and praises Kate Winslet. Is this movie as great as Dan recalls, or is his memory in need of treatment like Joel and Clementine?
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
After being subjected to Turkey Hollow for Thanksgiving, Brian decided to share with Dan a proper Jim Henson special, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. Join as they discuss Henson's too-short career, his long tail of holiday specials, the weirdness of Muppet legs, Paul Williams' memorable songwriting, and the Emmet Otter's earnest tone. (Also the fat grandma song.)
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Dan has a fondness for movies in the "mumblecore" style. What better way to introduce Brian than a holiday-themed outing?
Join as Dan and Brian discuss the style and its influences, the movie's depiction of drugs and booze, and Brian's big-tent approach to Christmas movies. They also engage in a spirited debate about how unlikable Anna Kendrick's character is and how much that impacts the movie.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
For the second year in a row, Dan and Brian sat down to review four adaptations of A Christmas Carol, with the 1951 Scrooge the selected feature. This year, they caught up with three fairly faithful adaptations and one... well, something different. They also both visited Dicken's source novella, Dan for the first time.
Join as the pair dig deep into the text and its different cinematic spins, and the peculiarities of the story, the ups and downs of each adaptation. Dan and Brian each share five assorted thoughts about the story with some personal anecdotes and brainstorming sessions.
Come in and know us better for what has become The Goods' annual Christmas tradition.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
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/
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
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/