Join Dan and Brian as they view the seminal ’70s satire Network for the first time, admire its almost Shakespearean devotion to monologues, praise its award-winning cast, bask in Faye Dunaway, and ponder just how much it predicted the 21st century media landscape. Dan narrates his own Howard Beale rant for 2020 while Brian notes…
Dan had high hopes when he saw Step Brothers in 2008, but found it underwhelming. Join revisiting and Brian watching for the first time, as they parse whether this very funny movie is also a very good movie. Dan gives a shout out to the joke most directly catered to him in cinema history, Brian…
Brian gives Dan a primer on zombie movies both bleak and boisterous as they discuss Return of the Living Dead and its seminal predecessor, Night of the Living Dead. They celebrate Return’s escalating comic chaos and Night’s ability to horrify elementary schoolers. Dan brainstorms a few bits of zombie action he’d like to see in…
Holiday specials bring out cherished memories in this week’s episode of The Goods. Join Brian and Dan as they unpack Linus’s undying devotion to The Great Pumpkin, praise the Guaraldi score, and debate whether Peanuts specials live up to their cachet. Dan spends a few minutes reflecting on his grandfather and the annual Pumpkin Hunt…
Alright, let me try this as a Daniel Stern voiceover: “It was the fall of 2011. I was a fresh-faced college graduate living in my parents’ basement. My girlfriend had moved back to college, and I was stuck listening to Adele and Katy Perry fifty times a day on the radio like every other kid…
Dan and Brian welcome Teddy and Matt from Buzzed on Movies to discuss the insane, magical House. Join all four as they admire the visual experimentation and childlike fancy of Nobuhiko Obayashi, deconstruct A-bomb parallels, and hold an impromptu “fantasy draft” of the film’s wildest moments. Brian and Dan both struggle to rate the movie,…
It’s mid-fall, which means it’s time for Brian’s annual viewing of the instant classic animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall, with Dan joining for the first time. Join as they ponder sibling relationships, admire old-timey aesthetic, and revel in Jason Funderburker’s frog voice. Ephemera: A look at vintage Halloween postcards which inspired the art in…
With the presidential election looming, Dan and Brian long for simpler political times and revisit the Aaron Sorkin-penned The American President. Join as they compare the film to The West Wing and wonder what it might’ve looked like if it had taken place in 2020. We are now on Spotify, Apple, and several other podcast…
In our first entry in a hopefully-recurring, compare-and-contrast feature called “Violent Ends,” Dan and Brian break down two films about secretly squatting in billionaire’s mansions. Human shish-kabobing in one film, Christmas carols in the other. Music credits: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Brian and Dan take a close look at Richard Linklater’s start-of-college party flick, Everybody Wants Some!! Join them as they ponder Linklater’s hang-out vibe, soak in the 80’s details, and admire Blake Jenner’s nipples. Music credits: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/