It's not Circus Month or Train Month but that doesn't stop Dan and Brian from revisiting the 1952 Cecil B. DeMille Best Picture Winner about the traveling Ringling/Barnum/Bailey circus. Join as they parse out the romantic melodrama quadrangle, celebrate sad-clown Jimmy Stewart, and bask in a phenomenal train crash. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 146
To celebrate his birthday ("choose life"), Dan brings his strong feelings for Trainspotting to the pod and talks through it with Brian. What exactly makes the film elicit such strong reactions? How do we feel about upsetting and bleak cinema? What's Tarantino's role in late-90s indie cinema? Join as Dan and Brian try to answer these questions and more. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 145
Join as Dan and Brian gather to discuss one of Brian's all-time favorite films, The Court Jester, a witty medieval comedy musical. Join as they parse out the layers of deception and dramatic irony, celebrate Fisher Price's Great Adventures line of toys, and marvel at the "pestle with the poison" sequence. Get it? Got it. Good. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 144
Dan and Brian cap off their discussion of Recess by breaking down their Top 5 favorite TV theme songs. Join as they break down theme song "genres," the dominance of cartoons for catchy ditties, the relationship between great TV shows and great theme songs. And then (at 45:30), Dan shares a surprise with Brian and the audience about the show going forward. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast....
Jun 08, 2023•51 min•Ep. 143
Summer's here and the time is right for celebrating Dan's birthday. Dan and Brian kick off the summer with part 1 of Dan's extended birthday celebration and a review of the classic Disney Channel cartoon Recess plus its series finale, Recess: School's Out. Join as they discuss their reversed entry points on the delightful series, the show and movie's blend of genre fun and childhood insight, and a primer on a few of the series' highlights. Check in soon for part 2 of this episode, a countdown of...
Jun 07, 2023•56 min•Ep. 142
Brian might be isolated for a case of COVID following his own epic quest, but that didn't stop him from discussing the two-part TV mini-series adapting Homer's classic epic, The Odyssey. Join as Dan and Brian try to make sense of the quirks of Homer's long-winded story, debate the quality of the special effects, and wonder why Odysseus sleeps with so many goddesses. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsf...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 141
Dan and Brian finally sit down to catch up with a film Dan has been itching to talk about since the pod started almost three years ago -- the raunchy '90s teen comedy and box office flop Trojan War starring Will Friedle and Jennifer Love-Hewitt as best friends-to-lovers. As a bonus, we got the film's star Will Friedle to record some thoughts on the film and send them our way. Join as Dan and Brian discuss missing high-budget comedy, great bus movies, the nature of a "Dan movie," the many John Hu...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 140
Brian's brother Andrew joins The Goods to discuss the unhinged, weirdly horny Chuck E. Cheese VHS space-racing film from 1999. Join as they celebrate the the film's memorable antagonist and theorize on his motivations, parse out the plot's convoluted tractor-repair logic, rate the hit-and-miss musicals and culture references, and explore some of the broader Chuck E. Cheese media empire. Then, Dan and Brian celebrate a mini-Spectacular! in honor of the podcast's 125th episode. Check out Dan's mov...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 139
Brian, Dan, and Dan's brother Will continue their discussion of four anime films from the 2000s and 2010s, this time taking a look at the Oscar-winning short The House of Small Cubes and the hyperkinetic racing story Redline. Join as they ponder flood as a literary symbol, comparisons between House of Small Cubes and Up, Redline's massive cel count, and the merits of Funky Boy. Then, they give an Is It Good? rating to all four films discussed across both parts. Check out Dan's movie reviews: htt...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 138
Dan's brother Will returns to The Goods, this time to bring a collection of anime films for discussion. In part one of this conversation, they discuss the kinky wrestling short Kick-heart and the teen drama A Silent Voice. Join as they discuss Starburst personalities, impressionable young adult years, sports hecklers, first name-last name mixups, and the merit of high school reunions. Part 2, including Is It Good ratings, coming soon! Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Su...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 137
Violent Ends returns to The Goods -- two movies with similar premises but very different tones and outcomes. This time, Dan and Brian watch the MGM Technicolor classic, Singin' in the Rain, and the Damien Chazelle critical and financial flop from last year, Babylon. Join as they ponder the movies' twin theses about sound and silent cinema, mourn the tragedy of Lina Lamont, decode the films' historical allusions, parse through Babylon's nihilism and gross-out factor, and wonder if Gene Kelly's Do...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 136
Spring is a busy time for traumatic American events, so Dan and Brian parse through a few memorable ones, including the death of Abraham Lincoln. Then they talk through the Steven Spielberg-helmed biopic-slash-political drama about the passing of the 13th Amendment. Join as they talk through the contributions of some of Spielberg's late-era collaborators, the wonky horse-trading politics of the Civil War, and personal connections with famous and screen-inhabiting professors. Check out Dan's movi...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 135
The Goods' annual April Fools episode, in which we review "not-quite-a-film"s, is running slightly late this year, but here we are. Brian brings a silly YouTube series of Japanese men driving around Los Angeles eating too many hamburgers and butchering English as they make their orders. Meanwhile, Dan brings the defunct social media platform Vine and some of its most iconic six-second micro-films via a compilation entitled "Vines that cure my anxiety." These April treats are fun trifles. But Are...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 134
Andrew Milne from the excellent Two Friends Watch podcast joins The Goods to try and clear up one of Dan and Brian's blind spots: martial arts films. They talk through the curious saga of a forgotten prison drama revived into a series of high-powered, direct-to-video fighting movies anchored by Scott Adkins' memorable Boyka fighter. Join as they talk through the series' ups and downs, the unexpected thematic threads, the goofy exploitation campiness, and elegance of a great fight scene. You can ...
Mar 29, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 133
Join Dan and Brian as they celebrate St. Patrick's Day by reviewing the Disney Channel Original Movie "Luck of the Irish." Join as they discuss their St. Patrick’s Day traditions, celebrate frequent DCOM director Paul Hoen, parse out some of the bizarre plot points of the movie, celebrate the quirky cast and where else we've seen them, and consider the film's diversity message. Then, they decide if The Luck of the Irish is a pot of gold or just a bunch of peat smoke. Check out Dan's movie review...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 132
It's the caboose episode of Train Month on The Goods. Dan decides to conclude the month with Trains Magazine's #1 train movie simply titled The Train. Join as Dan and Brian talk through just what makes this film so trainy, sing praises to the complex, deep focus shots by director John Frankenheimer, and list some other train movies they're interested in watching and discussing some day. Then it's end of the line and on to something else! Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 131
Train Month rolls on, with a stop at our strangest station of the month: the theatrical Thomas the Tank Engine movie starring Alec Baldwin, Mara Wilson, and Peter Fonda. Join as Dan and Brian try to make sense of the convoluted plot, discuss "railheads" and the history of Thomas the Tank Engine, and ponder the ontology of "Conductors." Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/ Music credits: ...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 130
Train Month continues on The Goods with a look at early train-related cinema. They first discuss The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) and The Great Train Robbery (1903) before diving into the main attraction: Buster Keaton's action-comedy train chase caper, The General. Join as Brian and Dan discuss the prominence of trains in early movies, the comic appeal of hand carts, Keaton's wild stunts, and the sentimental depiction of the Confederates in the Civil War. Check out Dan's movie reviews...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 129
Dan and Brian take a brief pause from Train Month to discuss the 3D re-release of one of their favorite movies, Titanic, previously discussed in depth in the Titanic-themed "A Night to Remember" episode. They also briefly reflect on the passing of Jansen Panettiere and celebrate the inescapable Nicole Kidman AMC ad. Enjoy this mini-episode of The Goods! Train Month continues soon with The General. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us...
Feb 28, 2023•19 min•Ep. 128
Train month rattles on! This week, Brian brings to the pod the Korean zombie film Train to Busan. Join as Dan and Brian ponder slow vs. fast zombies, hard-boiled eggs, baseball's spread in Asia, and other "zombies on a ____" films and shows. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/ Music credits: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 127
Gavin joins The Goods to discuss an Israeli film that depicts his academic area of focus, Hebrew studies. Join as Dan, Gavin, and Brian convene to discuss Gavin's experience with the cinema of Israel, basic background on concepts like "the Talmud" and "philology," the Snick line of TV shows, and the fine art of making reading and writing seem cinematic. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.co...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 126
Chugga-chugga choo-choo! It's train month! Dan and Brian kick the month off discussing Dan's pick for the ultimate train movie, the classic romantic drama by David Lean. Join as they discuss postwar ennui, eye injuries, connections to other Goods-discussed films, and the ideal number of "chugga"s before a "choo-choo." Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/ Music credits: RetroFuture Clean ...
Feb 08, 2023•54 min•Ep. 125
Jason Kulas, the star of After Last Season, gives his first ever interview about his experience making the film and its subsequent reputation as one of the worst movies ever made. Join as Dan from The Goods chats with Jason about After Last Season, its bizarre filming conditions, stalled attempts to turn it into a cult circuit sensation, its enigmatic director, and its outrageous reported budget. Then they discuss Jason's career since, current projects, favorite kinds of movies, and what's next....
Feb 03, 2023•54 min•Ep. 124
We're having a birthday party, today is a special one, and having a birthday party is a lot of fun. Join The Goods as it celebrates Brian's birthday by watching two movies he associates with moody winter celebration: First, a zero-budget sci-fi shot-on-video film called Feeders. Then, the first "season" of a YouTube series about a depressing man cooking poorly. So Brian, from your co-host and listeners: Light up the candles, one for every year that's gone. Have a happy birthday, yeah yeah yeah. ...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 123
Gargus has vowed to break the pod with their latest appearance, and has accomplished their mission with two pieces of low-budget barely-cinema from 2009: After Last Season and Final Flesh. Join as Dan, Brian, and Gargus talk through the bizarre saga of After Last Season and its director, Mark Region, including the world's most baffling CGI sequence. Then, they discuss the subversive filmmaking experiment Final Flesh that goes to some strange places. Even stranger than normal for The Goods. We ha...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 122
Dan and Brian follow up their conversation about Used Cars with a breakdown of their top 5 Robert Zemeckis films, including some honorable mentions. Join as they talk through the classics of one of the great populist filmmakers of the past half century. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: http://thegoodsfilmpodcast.com/...
Jan 11, 2023•41 min•Ep. 121
Dan and Brian consider the filmography of Robert Zemeckis by first taking a close look at his second film, the cult hit comedy Used Cars from 1980. Join as Dan and Brian consider their relationship with Zemeckis's movies, the unscrupulous heroes of Used Cars, and the baffling early hints of spectacle and showmanship on display. Tune in soon to hear the complementary episode, a ranking of Robert Zemeckis's top 5 films! Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the...
Jan 05, 2023•59 min•Ep. 120
Ring in the new year with The Goods! Join Dan and Brian as they take a look at four different New Year's media: a Sesame Street special, a comedy sketch popular in Germany, an episode of The OC, and a diaristic podcast episode. Then they ask: Is 2022 good? A countdown to 2023 hits zero at 1:49:34. Click play at 10:10:26 PM on 12/31 to start your year on a Good note! Happy New Year from Brian and Dan! Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 119
When it gets cold outside, we revisit the things that bring us comfort. For Dan, that is a John Green Christmas novella. Join as he and Brian discuss comfort media and review the ensemble teen romance adaptation of Let it Snow, a Netflix original. Topics include a discussion of what makes the "Dan-iest Dan movie," a roast of the stupidity of Love Actually, and a new year on the horizon. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterb...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 118
Dan and Brian consider Sesame Street, including their own history with the beloved children's show, before discussing two holiday specials: the warm-hearted Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, and the unhinged Elmo Saves Christmas. Join as they parse through their many thoughts on Elmo's bizarre, hellish predicaments, the weird Snuffy-Big Bird vibes, and the many bops in both specials. Check out Dan's movie reviews: http://thegoodsreviews.com/ Subscribe, join the Discord, and find us on Letterboxd: ...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 117
