Good Boys Gone Bland

Jace and Denali embark on a bonus episode, reviewing the 1992 Stephen King film SLEEPWALKERS! This movie is King's first screenplay that was not adapted from one of his existing books. It stars Madchen Amick (of Twin Peaks fame) who faces a mother and son that are part of an immortal race of cat-human hybrids which travel from town to town feasting on the souls of virgins. This may be the one of t...

"No, let's not do Garfield" we said. "It would be too obvious" we said. "I know, let's do the 1963 avant-garde Czech New Wave film, The Cassandra Cat" said one of us.  "But that one isn't even available on streaming, it's literally just on Youtube. I don't think anyone has seen this!" said another.  Despite this, the GBGBs have decided that the best course of action is to review this obscure Czech...

It's Bonus time! Jace was out of town so Ryan and Denali embarked on a review of the possibly catlike (?) Predator (1987)! Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch, the leader of an elite mercenary squad sent to *REDACTED* to perform an extraction. However, a mysterious alien hunter lurks in the shadows to hunt Earth's most deadliest game.....    Predator fans should also check out our Bonus on Prey 2...

Oh those darn GBGBs are at it again! This week they review the 1965 original That Darn Cat, which stars a very real cat named DC. When a pair of bank robbers take a bank teller hostage, DC inadvertently reveals a series of clues that could lead FBI agent Zeke Kelso to solve the caper. This movie involves a lot of chasing a cat around and watching a guy get splashed with milkshakes over and over. I...

Oh boy... The GBGBs are back with a new entry in the Cat Season, and possibly a new entry in the Big Cat sub-season? Warning to our listeners, Cat People (1982) is a bit of an experience and you should probably read the description before watching. It stars Nastassia Kinski as Irena, who discovers that she is part of an ancient line of cat people who transform into leopards when they um..... Anywa...

Jace and Denali embark on a bonus episode journey into BIG CAT country! What will they uncover? Could this mean a new horizon for the Litterboxd season?  This week they review Sabretooth (2002), a Sci-Fi Channel original movie about a genetically engineered Sabretooth who terrorizes campers after escaping into the California wilderness. This movie stars a very real Sabretooth tiger, along with Joh...

Ryan's out of town, so Jace and Denali are here with a bonus this week, reviewing 2024's Ricky Stanicky! This movie stars Zach Efron, Jermaine Fowler, and Andrew Santino as 3 childhood friends who have created a non-existent friend to excuse themselves from all responsibilities. When their suspicious partners finally demand to meet this friend, the trio hires a Vegas performer played by John Cena...

The GBGBs hop out of Litterboxd for a brief detour on a derelict spaceship... This time reviewing 2009's sci-fi horror, PANDORUM! Ben Foster plays an amnesiac worker who crawls out of cryo-sleep to find that his colony ship is not as he remembers. Teamed with his suspicious ship captain played by Dennis Quaid, he must navigate the failing ship while avoiding the hordes of mutated aliens (?) to fin...

The GBGBs are BACK in the the Litterbox with a review of the great sequel of a spinoff of a sequel, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)! After using up 8 of his lives, Puss in Boots searches for a fallen wishing star to regain his missing lives while being pursued by the wolf-personification of death. This movie might be one of the greatest Shrek installments ever made.    Also discussed: Fanfic r...

GREETINGS EARTHLINGS. The GBGBs have arrived to review the 1978 cinema masterpiece, The Cat From Outer Space! When a flying saucer containing an extraterrestrial cat crash lands in Los Angeles, the feline pilot enlists his new human friend Frank to help him finds his way home. Hijinks ensue, the military gets involved, the cat is a psychic telekinetic, sports games are rigged, a 35 min airplane ch...

The GBGBs are back with another installment of "Litterboxd", their purr-rific cat-movie marathon! This time they review their first Studio Ghibli movie seen on the show, The Cat Returns (2003). This movie stars GBGB alum Anne Hathaway as Haru, a high school student who is brought to the Cat Kingdom after saving the life of a cat prince. Haru then enlists the help of the dashing debonair cat, The B...

Now I know what you're thinkin' now. Don't you even think about it. You wanna click this here GBGB episode and try to hear the review of Pet Sematary (1989). I know you wanna listen to more of the Cat Season but it aint right. The episode's gone sour you see? You'll think it's a GBGBs episode but it won't be right. One of the cohosts will have listened to the episode in a different language he doe...

Ryan is out of town this week so Jace and Denali take control of the train and drive it straight to WILD WILD WEST (1999)! Once touted as the most expensive film ever made, WWW stars Will Smith and Kevin Kline as special agents charged with thwarting a plot to assassinate the president in a post-civil war steam-punk America. This movie also happens to be one of the biggest box office flops of all...

Me-WOW the GBGBs are back with episode 2 of the Cat Season with a review of KEANU (2016). Remember this movie? It's basically a 90 min Key and Peele sketch where two friends try to rescue their new beloved kitty from a ruthless kingpin. The kitten is voiced by GBGBs alum Keanu Reeves, but only for like 3 seconds unlike what the internet told us. The GBGBs also bring back their very ill-advised aud...

OH YEAH!! They finally did it folks, the GBGBs are doing a CAT SEASON!! The inaugural episode of "Litterboxd" is our review of the 2003 cinematic masterpiece, The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers as Cat.  Sally and Conrad Walden are just your average kids in the BORING town of Anneville. But when their Mother goes out of the house for the day, they encounter the mysterious semi-omnipotent eldri...

The GBGBs embark on a STRANGE and TWISTED journey into Dark City this week with their watch of.... well... Dark City (1998)! This movie stars Rufus Sewell as Murdoch, a guy with amnesia living in a bizarre dreamlike city ruled by a mysterious secret order called The Strangers. It is often said that this movie set the aesthetic blueprint for movies like The Matrix and Inception, but what do we know...

Are you ready to get wild?? Because we're about to pay a visit to Zootopia!  A bustling metropolis filled with businesses, public transit, and municipal bureaucracy! I guess that's not very wild.... But there are animals though! This animated film made a massive splash at the box office in 2016 and we thought it would be a great time to pay it a revisit in light of the recent sequel announcement....

*Apologies for the sound quality this episode, we had lost the original file but used a lower quality backup* Despite mixed results with previous movies, the GBGBs embarked on their 3rd Terry Gilliam project with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)! This movie stars John Neville as our titular Baron who spins a wild tale of his exploits to a beleaguered theater crowd while the Ottoman empire...

YARR CLIMB ABOARD MATEYS!! IT'S TIME FOR THE GBGBS TO REVIEW TREASURE PLANET!! This 2002 animated cult classic is due for a rewatch. It stars Joseph Gordon Levitt as young Jim Hawkins, a teen troublemaker who is whisked away on an interstellar adventure in search of the loot of a thousand worlds!   Also discussed: pirate economics, cat-human hybrids, and wearing tuxedos at a Benihana.   Thanks for...

The GBGBs return to review another Ryan favorite, Eyes Wide Shut (1999)! This movie stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a young married couple navigating their relationship while Tom stumbles into a strange seedy underbelly that he can't seem to stay away from..... EWS is also known as Stanley Kubrick's last film and is HOTLY debated amongst critics. Will the GBGBs like this movie even though it...

This week the GBGBs review The Last Stop in Yuma County, a neat lil indie flick starring Jim Cummings. The movie is about a traveling knife salesman getting trapped at a diner with a pair of bank robbers and a handful of locals and hijinks ensue. If any folks want to actually see this movie, we'd recommend NOT watching the trailer and going in cold.    Also discussed: heists, exploding dye-packs i...

AWOOOO it's a werewolf episode!!! Dog Soldiers is a Bri'ish film that stars a lot of proper blokes like Kevin Mckidd and Liam Cunningham. It's about a team of soldiers trying to survive an attack by a pack of werewolves while on a training exercise in the Scottish Highlands. Listen as the GBGBs discuss werewolf mechanics, whether they'd choose to be a werewolf if given the chance, and novel uses o...

After years of waiting, the GBGBs finally review Ryan's favorite movie, THE THING (1982)! Directed by John Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell as a stoic research scientist trapped in an Antarctic base with a shapeshifting alien that is violently assimilating his coworkers. Hijinks ensue, and somehow multiple WWII flamethrowers get involved.  We've also heard rumors that one of us is an assimi...

Note to our listeners: This episode was recorded back in December 2024, before David Lynch's passing in January. RIP David Lynch, maybe one day the GBGBs can honor your work by reviewing some of your other buck-wild amazing films.    This week the GBGBs review DUNE (the version from 1984). The first DUNE, before the pretty solid 2000 made-for-TV DUNE, before the excellent Denis Villeneuve DUNES, a...

The GBGBs are BACK with a review of the LATEST M. Night Shyamalan flick, TRAP. Josh Hartnett stars as just your everyday dad who's secretly a serial killer. All he wants to do is take his daughter to a concert to see her favorite pop star, Lady Raven (played by Saleka Night). Hijinks ensue when it turns out the concert is doubling as a giant sting operation to catch Josh Hartnett. This movie is a...