GoodTrash GenreCast

Welcome to the Grid dear listeners! This week, we've tapped into one of the original Legacy-sequels (we know that because Legacy is in the name), Tron: Legacy. The odd sci-fi project from Disney's 80s run makes a comeback in the era of the MCU and throws down the Daft Punk funk to make things interesting. But how has it aged? We talk about that, plus the users vs the programs, de-aging technology,...

Ahoy listeners! We're kicked back on the beach this week with the Daniels feature debut Swiss Army Man. This quirky indie dramedy stars Paul Dano as Hank and Daniel Radcliffe as a corpse named Manny. The Daniels have had a stellar 2022 thanks to their massive hit Everything Everywhere All at Once. This week, we dissect the smaller, yet just as intimate and referential, Swiss Army Man. We talk body...

Hi all! We've got another one coming hot and fresh down the chute. This week, all three of the GoodTrash Bois are gathered around the table to talk about the newest entry in the Predator franchise, Prey. This action, sci-fi horror entry dropped on Hulu to massive success. But a hot take in our group chat brought us all together to break down what we liked and disliked about it. Check it out!  We d...

Hello dear friends! Summer is in full effect and one of our Patreon partners has taken hostage at the lake. The Crystal Lake that is. That's right, as a Patreon Reward, our dear friend Kirsten has chosen a movie for us to watch. So this week, we grab our hockey masks and head to camp one last time (lol) as we watch The Final Friday: Jason Goes to Hell. This 1993 entry in the franchise was supposed...

Hello friends! We made it! We're in our top 20 movies of all time! This month, we're going to be counting down our individual Top 100 Movies of All Time! Over the next five weeks, we're going to be looking at and reflecting on the movies that shapes, inspired, entertained, and impacted us so much so that we've deemed them our Top 100 Movies!  We've been working on this over the past few months, na...

Hello friends! That's right, you read the episode title correctly. This month, we're going to be counting down our individual Top 100 Movies of All Time! Over the next five weeks, we're going to be looking at and reflecting on the movies that shapes, inspired, entertained, and impacted us so much so that we've deemed them our Top 100 Movies!  We've been working on this over the past few months, na...

Welcome back to another drop down the garbage chute. This week, Arthur is taking a look at the recent adaptation of one of the best selling novels of all time, Where the Crawdads Sing. Does this coming of age romance translate well from the page to the screen? Arthur takes a look in this episode of the Garbage Chute. 

Hello friends! That's right, you read the episode title correctly. This month, we're going to be counting down our individual Top 100 Movies of All Time! Over the next five weeks, we're going to be looking at and reflecting on the movies that shapes, inspired, entertained, and impacted us so much so that we've deemed them our Top 100 Movies!  We've been working on this over the past few months, na...

SPOILER WARNING @ 20:00 Open your chutes, its time for some garbage to drop! That's right, it's another edition of the GoodTrash Garbage Chute—quick reviews on new releases. Arthur is here this time to talk to you about the newest entry in the MCU, Thor: Love and Thunder. Taika Waititi returns to the helm to further the Thor story along with his motley crew as they face a new threat, Gorr the God...

Hello friends! That's right, you read the episode title correctly. This month, we're going to be counting down our individual Top 100 Movies of All Time! Over the next five weeks, we're going to be looking at and reflecting on the movies that shapes, inspired, entertained, and impacted us so much so that we've deemed them our Top 100 Movies!  We've been working on this over the past few months, na...

Hello friends! That's right, you read the episode title correctly. This month, we're going to be counting down our individual Top 100 Movies of All Time! Over the next five weeks, we're going to be looking at and reflecting on the movies that shapes, inspired, entertained, and impacted us so much so that we've deemed them our Top 100 Movies!  We've been working on this over the past few months, na...

Producer's Note: There is some sort of audio issue with this episode, hopefully it's not intolerable to listen to.  We finally wrap up our 1997 retrospective, dear listeners. This week, we travel down the Amazon in search of bad accents as we discuss Anaconda. The late 90s creature feature is stocked with a top notch ensemble of newcomers and a high profile veteran. But, does it keep us in its gri...

Welcome back friends, we're still existing in 1997. This week, we take a look at the globetrotting Mimi Leder joint The Peacemaker. Unfortunately, John Cena is nowhere to be found—or maybe we just can't see him. This week, Dalton gives us a very brief rundown on the Yugoslav wars, we examine the narrative idea of creating sympathetic villains, the professional dynamics based around gender that ari...

We're getting prehistoric this week dear listeners as we revisit the dino-tacular dinosaur franchise, Jurassic Park. Having covered Parts One and Three, it is finally time to cover the second entry in that original trilogy: The Lost World. Goldblum is back, and so are the dinos. This week, we talk about meta commentaries, sequels, the dangers of corporate greed, adaptation, and Spielberg's run in...

Whoa, like, totally welcome to the GenreCast! We're back this week with a cult classic AND Patreon-awarded pick from a dear friend of the show. This week, we're taking a look at the comedy classic Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion from 1997. This week, we're talking about the fallibility of memory, going back home, selling out, capitalism, adhering to the status quo and much more as we bring...

Hello friends! Leave your blindfolds on, unless you're driving, and open your ears. This week, we bring our Summer of Sandy marathon to a close with a look at the 2018 streaming hit Bird Box. The Netflix original became a viral sensation and established the platform as a must-watch outlet. This week, we talk Suture Theory, adaptation, processing trauma, parental instincts, and much more as we come...

Hello all! Part III of "Summer of Sandy" arrives, and this week we're looking at the Sandra Bullock bomb Murder by Numbers. This cat and mouse suspense story features two young high school students attempting the perfect murder, but Bullock's detective is hot on their trail. We're talking Leopold and Loeb, Hollywood moments in story, Sandra Bullock's career, and much, much more as we try to stay b...

Grab your gowns and grab your sashes, our "Summer of Sandy" Sandra Bullock marathon continues with Miss Congeniality. This cop undercover/fish out of water comedy was one of the biggest hits of the 2000s, but does it hold up? We discuss femininity, beauty pageants, women in the workforce, and much, much more as we take centerstage alongside Miss Congeniality. Tune in now! TIMESTAMPS 00:30 - Introd...

Hello Users_9573! We're kicking off a brand new marathon as we look back at the career of Sandra Bullock in the "Summer of Sandy"! And we start things off in 1995 with the hit thriller The Net. We dive into this thriller to talk technology, Sandra Bullock, movies in 1995, Dennis Miller, and much, much more! So, log on now to catch up with our newest episode and prepare for more Sandra Bullock Shen...

Hello everybody! We're back this week with a dark and dingy look at the interior lives of a hapless English teacher and a troubled detective in Jane Campion's erotic crime thriller In the Cut. One of only 21 movies to receive an F CinemaScore, we thought we'd take a look in light of Campion's recent Oscar win. This week, we're talking about Campion's use of intertextuality and mise-en-scene, the i...

Welcome back friends! Have you ever ran into your double? What would you do? That's the question at the center of Enemy, maybe... It's a question that's intrigued fiction writers for decades, if not longer. And has even been the subject of media and journalism with stories such as the Triplets (documented best in Three Identical Strangers). Here, we get Denis Villeneuve approaching the topic with...

Arthur is back with a new drop down the garbage chute as he takes a look at Robert Eggers' anticipated follow up to The Lighthouse, The Northman. This Viking revenge flick is Eggers biggest work yet, but does it hold up to the expectations? Arthur gives a quick spoiler-free review discussing whether its worth your time or not. Check it out now!

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. We suss it out in this week's Patreon-awarded episode as we tackle The Ninth Configuration from writer/director William Peter Blatty! And it is all thanks to Brigham C. Brigham has chosen this cult classic as a way of completing Blatty's "faith trilogy". In this episode, we talk faith, referentiality, post-Vietnam films, and much, much more! TIMESTAMPS...

Happy spring, dear listeners! We're kicking off April with a trip to the dugout as we take a look at the 2011 baseball hit, Moneyball. This Brad Pitt-starring, Aaron Sorkin-penned, and Bennett Miller-directed story focuses on the Oakland Athletics attempting to shakeup professional baseball. We discuss historicity in film, historicity as it relates to suspense, the intangibles of a baseball team,...

Hello friends! It's the big 4-5-0! And we're celebrating by talking about one of those "how have we never covered this" movies that are still floating around out there. This week, we cover a marvel in puppetry in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—the indie film that took the world by storm. On this week's show, we explore the absentee father and the dissolve of the nuclear family, the histo...