We made it to our quarter-centennial, almost half a year, listeners! Join Brian and Dan in looking back at their roots in analyzing culture, loving movies, and podcasting. They also look ahead at some possible tweaks in format. In the second half of the Spectacular, Dan and Brian delve into The Goods By The Numbers,…
In the fourth (and final?) outing of Time Loop Month, Dan and Brian review the 2007 Nickelodeon TV movie The Last Day of Summer, in which Jansen Panettiere and his stupid face relive the titular day over and over. Join as Dan and Brian pay tribute to local festivals and awkward middle school years. Brian…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…