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 May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Netflix dominated the Oscars this year, so Dan and Brian sat down to review one of the streamer's winners: My Octopus Teacher, the winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Join as they celebrate the glorious footage and break down Craig Foster's mid-life crisis. Brian gives his definition of "dad music," and Dan shares a relevant Werner Herzog insight.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Oscar season came late in 2021, but Dan and Brian are using the occasion to revisit a classic Best Picture winner. Join as they consider the bus-bound romantic comedy that swept the Academy Awards 87 years ago. Brian hypothesizes a Bugs Bunny origin story, Dan suggests some heavy duty script revisions, and they both brainstorm better titles considering the movie takes place over many nights.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Elaborate illusions! Fake identities! Bad CGI! It's what magic is all about. Join as Dan and Brian review the 2013 magician heist thriller and its more comedic 2016 sequel, which has 100% more Lizzy Caplan quips (always a good thing in Dan's eyes). Brian shares his 8-year brewing curiosity with these movies as he and Dan try to pull a rabbit out of an ever-growing pile of twists and misdirection. Join as they admire the remarkably deep cast, list similarities to The Prestige, and pigeonhole Dave Franco in their favorite roles.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Dan and Brian dive deep into nostalgia for one of their first pop culture loves: Power Rangers. Join as they fondly remember must-see daycare TV, profess formative young love for the Pink Ranger, and realize that Tommy is kind of a jerk. Then, they review the franchise's 1995 feature film and enjoy the campy Ivan Ooze fun but reckon with some dire CGI. Will rose-colored nostalgia win out, or should this film stay buried for 6000 years?
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Join Dan and Brian as they review the classic Titanic adaptation... and revisit James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster just for the hell of it. Dan complains about the Britishness of A Night to Remember and does a truly horrid Celine Dion impression, while Brian admires the production values of both films. And when it comes time to answer Is It Good, one of the hosts surprises the other.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
With a new monster movie out on streaming, Dan and Brian decide to go back to the roots of Japanese kaiju, aided by a fascinating book Brian got Dan for Christmas. Join as the pair relive the atomic, unstoppable horror of Godzilla. Dan shares some anecdotes about the movie's filming and praises the film's tone and aesthetic, while Brian tries to parse out the science behind the "oxygen destroyer."
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
It's April Fools Day, and Dan and Brian have decided to rework their podcast into a YouTube review show for one episode. Join as each brings a personal favorite clip you can find on YouTube. Brian shares the bizarre hourlong monologue about Garfield's "Pipe Strip" in 07/27/1978 from the Lasagna Cat channel.
Meanwhile, Dan shares the cult classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot, a videotaped documentary about metalheads pregaming for a Judas Priest concert, as well as the other entries in the Parking Lot Extended Universe.
Dan and Brian find they have more than they expected to discuss about these oddities, and find some surprising answers when they ask Is It Good?
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
It's nearly April Fools Day, so Dan and Brian decided to visit Orson Welles' prankster quasi-documentary about art forgery. Join as they take a quick stroll through the famed filmmaker's life and drunken outtakes. Dan praises the film's elliptical continuity, and Brian commits fakery of his own by narrating some of the movie's best quotes in a half-decent Welles impression.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/