GoodTrash GenreCast

Hello Dear Listener! Shocktober: The Ocho rolls on with a very special guest. Alexandra Bohannon is here and she brought with her the best blind spot of all: Psycho. That's right, we're moving things along with one of the heaviest of hitters as we talk all things Hitchcock, including voyeurism, auteurism, production, feminism, spoilers and much, much more. So, whether you've seen Psycho or not, go...

Arthur is up with his horror blindspot as Shocktober 8 continues. He dives deep into the annals of Hollywood and comes back with the 1935 classic and OG sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein from James Whale and starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester. Picking up immediately after the events of the first film, The Bride of Frankenstein sees Victor tempted back into his dark practices and coerced in...

Shocktober 8 is here! That's right, we've done this so many times, there's now an eighth iteration. This year, we're doing something special as each host picks a movie for everyone, bu there's a catch. Each host is picking a major horror blindspot. These are iconic horror movies that we've missed somehow. Dustin leads the way with his blind spot, George A. Romero's 1978 sequel to Night of the Livi...

As we near the final days of September, we look to the stars and think of the greater mysteries of the galaxy. We return to The Wachowskis for the fourth time to discuss the critically maligned space opera Jupiter Ascending. This fairy tale in space stars Mila Kunis as Jupiter Jones and Channing Tatum as a dog soldier, a lot of stuff happens and Eddie Redmayne is on another planet. We break this o...

Nothing is over for the GenreCast as we're still talking movies and analysis. This week, in honor of the newly released Last Blood, we go back to 1982 and discuss Sly's initial run as John J. Rambo, First Blood. Cementing himself as an action icon, Stallone tied a homemade bandana around his head and went to war with a small town sheriff in an adaptation of the novel of the same name. John Rambo i...

This week on the GenreCast we're talking all things legal as we discuss the thriller Law Abiding Citizen, directed by F. Gary Gray and featuring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. This thriller features a vigilante at war with a justice system he feels is broken. Your hosts feel like they're at war with a mess of a movie. We discuss script shortcomings, plea deals, the broken justice system and much mo...

It's down periscope this week as we inspect the 2002 historical thriller K-19: The Widowmaker, from Kathryn Bigelow. Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson star opposite one another as Russian captains trying to implement command aboard Russia's first ballistic nuclear submarine. We discuss western portrayals of Russia, the ideology of the film, Bigelow's political interests and much more as we talk K-19:...

On the newest episode of the GenreCast, we're discussing Matthew Vaughn's take on Neil Gaiman's Stardust. When a star-crossed lover promises to seek a fallen star for the girl of his dreams, he encounters a land of magic and mayhem. This once upon a time tale echoes The Princess Bride with jokes and wackiness to spare. The gang discuss ideas of fantasy, dives into the Captain Shakespeare character...

Howdy listeners! Welcome back to your favorite movie podcast, the GenreCast. This week, we're headin' down river for episode #331 to talk Deliverance. The Burt Reynolds and Jon Voigt thriller has earned a reputation over the past 40+ years. As four men head down river in the south, they encounter a group of mountain men and must try to survive more than a few rapids. You know the lines, you know t...

Welcome back, dear listener, and join us on an adventure through the galaxy. We're geared up to go into orbit with Claire Denis' High Life. This 2019 film is not the typical genre fare we tackle on the show, but Dustin argues it probably won't make it into a film studies course anyway. As Robert Pattinson attempts to rear a child in outer space, we attempt to break open everything happening in thi...

Ep. 329 is brought to you by our Patreon-sponsor Brigham C. Brigham is one of our oldest fans and we're always happy when he brings something out for us. This week, we tackle the 90s' comedy classic Tommy Boy. That's right! It's Chris Farley and David Spade selling car parts in the mid-west—with hilarious results. Or, at least Arthur thinks so, as he comes down on the right side of history. The ga...

This week, Arthur is vindicated as the gang finally gets to talk Small Soldiers. Joe Dante's 1998 action-comedy about toys come to life is equal parts Toy Story and Gremlins. Featuring an all-star 90s cast, Small Soldiers sees two teens take on a fleet of G.I. Joe-adjacent toys known as the Commando Elite. We talk all about pastiche and post-modernism, military complex, masculinity and ideology an...

This week, we must wake from our I Dream of Geena marathon. We bring things to an end with the Renny Harlin-directed, Shane-Black-scripted The Long Kiss Goodnight, co-starring Samuel L. Jackson. When an amnesiac mother's memories start to come back, she realizes she's a CIA-trained assassin who's long been thought dead. When her past comes back to haunt her, she teams up with a private eye to take...

Week 3 of I Dream of Geena arrives in a hurry as we tear through the midwest to discuss Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise. It's Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon on the run in a high octane buddy crime drama. After things escalate in a country bar parking lot, Thelma and Louise decide to go on the lam and leave their old lives behind. We talk about the prescience of Thelma & Louise in a post-Me Too soci...

I Dream of Geena continues into week two with the sports-comedy classic A League of Their Own. When baseball's best and brightest get shipped off to war, an all woman's league is put together to keep America entertained. But can a drunk has been get his team on the same page, or will they rip each other apart? This Geena Davis classic features a fun ensemble and cements itself as one of the most m...

Happy July! We're excited to be spending the summer with the wonderful Geena Davis! We kick things off with Episode 324, The Fly. The 1986 David Cronenberg-directed horror film is a pinnacle of body horror, but does it have much else to offer? We discuss the debate between practical and CGI, abortion, body horror, tech and evil and much, much more! OH! And we're joined by The Frightful Femme, Kirs...

We're back! And this week, we're wrapping up our discussion of M. Night Shyamalan's ambitious trilogy of Unbreakable, Split and Glass, otherwise known as the Eastrail 177 Trilogy. Episode 323 is devoted solely to expanding your syllabus and going in deep on these three movies. We examine Shyamalan's take on comic book structure and tropes, sexual trauma, the superhero cycle and much, much more. If...

*Producer's note, in the synopsis, Arthur references The Sixth Sense as Shyamalan's sophomore feature, it was actually his third feature film.  Episode 322 of the GenreCast is the first part of a mega dive into M. Night Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 Trilogy, which features Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016) and Glass (2019). In this episode, we take time to offer our in-depth reviews on each entry in thi...

Episode 321 of the GenreCast sees the return of Alexandra Bohannon! She stumbled through the multiverse to come talk Tank Girl (1995) with us. Set in a dystopian future, Tank Girl features evil men who control resources, rebel groups, a chaotic protagonist and mutant kangaroos. Arthur, Dalton, Alex and Dustin work through the idea of feminism portrayed in the film, as well as the idea of competing...

A Man Called Keanu comes to an end on episode 319 of the GenreCast. This week, we end things in the post-John Wick portion of Keanu's career as we talk Destination Wedding. This small scale romantic comedy sees two very unlikable people navigate a very prickly relationship over the course of a weekend. Keanu is joined by his longtime friend and former co-star Winona Ryder. In many ways, it feels v...

Episode 318 of the GenreCast continues with the penultimate discussion of our A Man Called Keanu series. This week, we take things international with Man of Tai Chi, which also doubles as Keanu's directorial debut. Man of Tai Chi is a story of temptation, pride and tradition. Tiger Chen's journeys down a dark path, but can Donaka fully bring him over? You'll have to watch and find out. Once you do...

A Man Called Keanu continues on GenreCast Episode 317 as we move into the Post-Matrix Years of Reeves' career. This week, we're tackling the Richard Linklater adaptation of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. With a star studded cast—including Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey, Jr and Woody Harrelson—and a unique animated style, A Scanner Darkly is a funny-yet-tragic look at drug usage. On this e...

Episode 316 of the GenreCast continues the marathon of The Man Called Keanu. Last week, we discussed River's Edge, this week, we're talking all about the 1994 action hit, Speed. Keanu is joined once again by Dennis Hopper, but Sandra Bullock and Jeff Daniels both appear as well. The high-stakes hit has a simple premise, which is executed well. After our quick reviews and syllabus expansion, we tal...

Episode 315 is the kick off to A Man Called Keanu. We're going to be taking a look at the starring work of Keanu Reeves. Each week, we'll look at a different film from a different period of Keanu's career. This week, we start with the early days as we take on the Independent Spirit Award-winning River's Edge. This angst-ridden teenage thriller sees Keanu trying to come to grips with what is right...

It's a post-snapture episode of the GenreCast. We hope you enjoyed last week's journey into the multiverse, but this week we're back on Earth Prime as Dalton, Arthur and Dustin take up the ladies' challenge of Super Mario Bros. The 1993 film is often discussed as one of the worst movies of all time, and a terrible starting point for video game adaptations. The boys have a much more positive reacti...