The Good, The Bad, and The What!?

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 episode, we begin our two-part series leading up to the release of “Godzilla vs. Kong” (in theaters and on HBO Max on March 31) by diving into the 67-year history of the “Godzilla” series. We discuss how the series has endured as long as it has, and do our

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 episode, Ryan went with sequels that shifted drastically in tone from their predecessor, or predecessors (and may or may not have had too much to drink in the process, hence why this episode runs longer than usual). We start with 1986’s “The Texas Chainsaw

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 episode, Chris picked slasher films, specifically the “whodunnit?” subsection of the slasher genre, and even more specifically, ones with deconstructionist and/or postmodernist elements. We start with what is likely the first film that comes to mind based

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 episode, Ryan chose adaptations of popular television shows, starting with Brian De Palma's twisty, tightly-constructed 1996 adaptation of "Mission: Impossible," arguably the most successful television adaptation, given that it has spawned five sequels

On our inaugural episode of The Good, The Bad, and the What!?, Chris appropriately went with superhero origin stories, specifically of the horror/sci-fi variety. We discuss the nearly identical story structure between 1990's "Darkman" - Sam Raimi's first foray into studio filmmaking - and 1997's "Spawn," the oft-maligned adaptation of Todd McFarlane's popular comic book series. For the "What?," we squeeze in talk about 1984's "The Toxic Avenger," the savior and overall rosetta stone of Lloyd Kaufman