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The Good, The Bad, and The What!?

A weekly film podcast hosted by Ryan Oliver and Chris Thomas, dedicated to discussing the "good," "bad," and "what!?" films of a given subgenre, theme, motif, or filmography.

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01:43:36

GBW #65: Summer 2022 Catch-Up

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2022/09/02

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, as the 2022 Summer Movie Season comes to a close and we have one more episode before we take most of September off for life and work obligations, Ryan and Chris look back on the summer season, talk a little bit about the state of the industry, and go

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01:15:46

GBW #64: Riding [Trench]Coattails (The One /...

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2022/08/26

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan put on a nu metal album and travel back to the early 2000s to discuss movies that were inspired by the runaway success of "The Matrix." First, we start with 2001's "The One," a high-concept martial arts extravaganza that's silly but highly

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01:45:30

GBW #63: California Screamin' (The Prey [1983] / The...

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2022/08/19

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive back into the world of regional horror films, specifically with three California-set, not-LA-based trashy slashers. We start with 1983's "The Prey," which finds our hosts overall divided on this regional oddity with a strange

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01:29:14

GBW #62: Ride Upon Your Mystery Ship (Fire in the Sky...

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2022/08/05

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to coincide with the recent release of Jordan Peele's "Nope" (now out in theaters), Chris and Ryan look at three tales of alien abduction, specifically ones that are based on what are claimed to be "real events." We start with 1993's "Fire in the Sky," a

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01:39:20

GBW #61: If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It (Predators /...

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2022/07/29

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of the upcoming "Prey" (out on Hulu on August 5, directed by "10 Cloverfield Lane" helmer Dan Trachtenberg), Ryan and Chris dive into the history of the "Predator" franchise, and as we do with these franchise episodes, we eschew our traditional

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01:34:05

GBW #60: To Sever and Protect (Maniac Cop / Shallow...

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2022/07/22

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! First, before we dive into this week's episode, much like on our recording itself, we want to offer a trigger warning to viewers, as Chris and Ryan dive into three horror/exploitation films that deal with crooked, corrupt, or downright murderous cops. We have not

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01:39:34

GBW #59: I Gave You All the Clues (Gone Girl / The Da...

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2022/07/15

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into adaptations of airport novels; page-turners that sit at an endcap at a Hudson News that get propelled into The New York Times' Bestseller list and inevitably get bought up by a studio. We start with David Fincher's 2014

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01:32:18

GBW #58: Land Shark (Tremors / Blood Beach / Blades)

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2022/07/01

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, to coincide with the 4th of July holiday in the States (despite our lack of Patriotism at the moment given the *gestures broadly at everything*), Chris and Ryan return to the world of "Jaws" knock-offs, only this time, ones in which the threat is not by

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01:41:59

GBW #57: Elvis Has Left the Building (True Romance /...

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2022/06/24

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of the release of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" biopic, Chris and Ryan dive into three films in which Elvis drives the narrative and/or enforces the decisions of the lead characters. We start with "True Romance," the Tony Scott-directed, Quentin

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01:22:24

GBW #56: Yee-Ha-Ha (Cat Ballou / Almost Heroes / A...

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2022/06/17

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the subgenre of western comedies; a formula that's difficult to pull off, but is immensely satisfying when it is. We start with 1965's "Cat Ballou," a fun, somewhat subversive take on the typical revenge western, and a fitting

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01:39:15

GBW #55: Piper's Pit (They Live / Sci-Fighters / Hell...

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2022/06/10

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the films of the late "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, arguably the first professional wrestler to successfully translate from the ring to the big screen. We start with 1988's "They Live" - John Carpenter's satirical horror-comedy that has

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01:23:50

GBW #54: May 2022 Catch-Up

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2022/06/03

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris return with another monthly catch-up (though this will not be a regular occurrence; we just didn't want to burden our vacations with additional movie-watching). May 2022 had a lot to offer, from megabudget tentpoles to smaller indie fare,

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01:32:58

GBW #53: Reunited (Days of Thunder / Skyscraper /...

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2022/05/20

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into director/actor reunions after their previous film was a big hit. We start with "Days of Thunder," a re-team of Tom Cruise and Tony Scott after the massive success of "Top Gun," and though it made less than half of what "Top Gun"

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01:20:11

GBW #52: Coming to You Live... For Now (Pontypool /...

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2022/05/06

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into the niche world of Broadcast Terrors; a sub-subgenre of horror in which horrific events are being broadcast in real-time over the airwaves, the Internet, or your television. We start with "Pontypool," a 2008 zombie movie gem in

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01:00:44

GBW #51: April 2022 Catch-Up

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2022/04/29

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, with a large crop of new releases in April that Ryan and Chris were excited to see, the two give their non-spoiler thoughts on four high-profile releases, including The Daniels' "Everything Everywhere All At Once," Michael Bay's "Ambulance," Nicolas Cage

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01:24:38

GBW #50: Down by the Bay (Pain & Gain / 6 Underground...

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2022/04/15

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, with the recent release of "Ambulance," Ryan and Chris look back on the career of Michael Bay, specifically through the vulgar auteurist's R-rated features (not only because of "Ambulance's" R-rating, but because nearly all of his PG-13 films - which

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01:35:25

GBW #49: WE MADE YOU! (The Mist / Maximum Overdrive /...

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2022/04/08

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris and Ryan dive into three films in the very specific horror subgenre of "supernatural siege." We start with 2007's "The Mist," Frank Darabont's tense, bleak, yet completely prescient adaptation of Stephen King's novella, then we swing into King

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01:45:34

GBW #48: My Posse's Gettin' Bigger (The Untouchables...

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2022/04/01

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris look at three pieces of historical pulp fiction with a cartoonish tone about rounding up a posse to take down the corrupt in power. We start with Brian De Palma's hugely entertaining 1987 crime flick "The Untouchables" (fresh off a new 4K

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01:39:56

GBW #47: Car Trouble (Breakdown / Rest Stop / The...

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2022/03/18

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, not unlike our Road Trip Comedies episode from two weeks ago, Chris and Ryan dive into road trip thrillers; films that start out with a destination and then go horribly south for our protagonists. We start with 1997's "Breakdown," a nerve-frying thriller

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02:13:33

GBW #46: C'mon... Let's Get Nuts (The Batman / Batman...

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2022/03/11

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into the cinematic history of one of their mutually favorite subjects: Batman. From the Adam West series all the way to Matt Reeves' "The Batman" (Currently out in theaters), the two of them talk about Batman through the years,

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