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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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01:16:16

GBW #30: Elevated Horror (The Lift / Devil /...

The Good, The Bad, and The What!? ·

2021/10/22

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! This week, Ryan and Chris continue their trek through the October season with an episode entitled "Elevated Horror." No, not about the reductive term that PR companies have come up with to disassociate "prestige" horror films from the rest, but about horror films

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01:11:02

GBW Minisode #6: No Time to Die / Lamb

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2021/10/15

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 return with another minisode to discuss two films that could not be more diametrically opposed with "No Time to Die" - the fifth and final Daniel Craig-starring James Bond film - and "Lamb," a horror/drama folklore with a bizarre

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01:34:27

GBW #29: Horrors D'ovoures (Creepshow / Verotika /...

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2021/10/08

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, Ryan and Chris welcome friend of the show Ryan Frakes - the owner and manager of The Cinemagic Theater in Portland, OR - on the show to discuss horror anthologies and get us into the mood for spooky season. First, we start with George A. Romero and

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00:48:36

GBW Minisode #5: Cry Macho / Prisoners of the Ghostland

The Good, The Bad, and The What!? ·

2021/10/01

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 discuss two new neo-westerns, though both vastly different in tone, structure, and style. We start with "Cry Macho," the latest film from Clint Eastwood, but spend the bulk of our time discussing "Prisoners of the Ghostland," Sion Sono's

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01:26:34

GBW #28: Ridiculous (Dirty Work / Lost & Found /...

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2021/09/24

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, Ryan and Chris return to a traditional three-film episode with a discussion about studio comedies with an unconventional comedian in the leading role. The basis for this episode stemmed from the unfortunate passing of Norm Macdonald, and we decided to

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01:18:36

GBW Minisode #4: Malignant / The Card Counter

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2021/09/16

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 are back for another Minisode, this time with two films that couldn't be further apart from one another outside of being carte blanche auteurist projects. We start with a brief discussion of "The Card Counter," the latest film from Paul

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00:53:43

GBW Minisode #3: Candyman (2021)

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2021/09/07

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 kick off the "new" format (i.e. switching between a full, three-film episode and a minisode of a new release) with a discussion about Nia DaCosta's legacyquel of "Candyman." We start with our non-spoiler thoughts, with a spoiler discussion

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01:53:18

GBW #27: Resistance is Futile (Slither / The Faculty...

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2021/08/27

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 alien assimilation films; most specifically of the "slug" variety, and even more specifically, all three films more or less have the same skeleton plot. We start with 2006's "Slither," James Gunn's goopy, gross-out horror-comedy

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02:31:14

GBW #26: Train in Vain (On Deadly Ground / Braddock:...

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2021/08/20

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 action movie vanity projects; films in which the star also directed (or had a very involved hand in the creative process). We start with 1994's "On Deadly Ground," the only film directed by Steven Seagal which is far more

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02:17:19

GBW #25: Hey Ted, Where the Hell's the Corkscrew!?...

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2021/08/13

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! It is Friday, August 13th, and for this week's episode, what better time than to look back on the entire history of the "Friday the 13th!" In an Uber(Jason)-sized episode, Chris and Ryan touch on all 12 films in the iconic horror series, their personal histories

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01:42:21

GBW #24: Just When You Thought It Was Safe......

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2021/08/06

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! On this week's episode, as there are a couple more weeks of summer left, Chris and Ryan look back on the knockoffs and imitators of the summer blockbuster that started it all: Steven Spielberg's "Jaws." We start with 1978's "Piranha," the Joe Dante-directed, John

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01:42:59

GBW #23: What a Twist! (Signs / Lady in the Water /...

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2021/07/30

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! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris are joined by Jenny Nulf (Austin Chronicle) to look back on the career of M. Night Shyamalan, to coincide with the release of his latest film "Old" (which was #1 at the box office last weekend and is the subject of many a

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01:36:56

GBW #22: Time is a Flat Circle (Donnie Darko / The...

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2021/07/23

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! On this week's episode, we are broadcasting the episode we recorded specially for the Fourth Annual North Bend Film Festival that took place from July 15-18. Ryan and Chris look back at vanguard sci-fi/horror dramas that bend time and space in some way with Richard

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01:34:00

GBW #21: Basketball Jones (He Got Game / Simon Sez /...

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2021/07/16

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! On this week's episode, to coincide with "Space Jam: A New Legacy" (it's here, whether we like it or not), Ryan and Chris dive into starring roles - or significant supporting roles - of NBA stars. We start with Spike Lee's "He Got Game," a unique film in the canon

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01:35:03

GBW #20: The Killer is Me (Magic / Monkey Shines /...

The Good, The Bad, and The What!? ·

2021/07/09

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! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan look at horror films in which our lead character channels a murderous personality through another vessel. We start with "Magic," the Richard Attenborough film from 1978, with a bravura lead performance from Sir Anthony Hopkins

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01:40:11

GBW #19: Dead, White & Blue (10 to Midnight / Sliver...

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2021/07/02

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! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris get as festive as they can for the Fourth of July with American Giallos; films that take inspiration from the pulp paperback novels that were the cornerstone of Italian horror/genre cinema. We start with 1983's "10 to

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01:28:40

GBW #18: Cage Match Vol. 1 - In the Nic of Time (The...

The Good, The Bad, and The What!? ·

2021/06/25

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! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan dive into the first of a new subseries entitled "Cage Match," in honor of the great Nicholas Cage. Given the wide gamut of films in Cage's filmography - across many genres and to varying degrees of quality - we figured

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01:51:42

GBW #17: Renny, I Have Your Number (The Long Kiss...

The Good, The Bad, and The What!? ·

2021/06/18

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! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris dive into the filmography of Finnish-born journeyman filmmaker Renny Harlin (whose latest film - "The Misfits" - just landed on VOD), specifically through the lens of three films he made with screenplays by very distinct

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01:45:25

GBW #16: The Wayback Machine (Blade Runner 2049 /...

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2021/06/10

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! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan discuss Sci-Fi Legacyquels - the term coined by Matt Singer of ScreenCrush to describe a years-later sequel that has one foot in the past with another trudging forward - specifically ones that are one-off's and not part of a

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01:54:42

GBW #15: 2021 Catch-Up

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2021/06/03

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! In lieu of a normal structure this week, as both Ryan and Chris are coming off of vacations, the two of them decide to reflect on the 2021 film year so far, and discuss the films they’ve seen this year (at least ones that haven’t already been discussed on a

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