Good Day for a Movie Podcast

Jacob, Tate, and Sage welcome on friend of the program and friend in real life, Lindsey to review the Taika Waititi movie, Next Goal Wins. We talk about the funniest moments, heartwarming moments, and more! This movie was directed by Taika Waititi. GD4AM: 77/100 IMDb: 6.5/10 Metacritic: 44/100 Letterboxd: 3.1/5 RT: 44% The story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a br...

Sage has finally picked a movie he has wanted to pick for months, 2007's Into the Wild starring Emile Hirsh, Vince Vaughn William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook. We talk about the story's validity, the archetypal characters Chris comes across, the tragic nature of Alexander Supertramp, and more! This movie was directed by Sean Penn. GD4AM: 84/100 IMDb: 8.1/10 Metacritic: 73/100 Le...

For Tate's first pick of the year, he selects 2018's American Animals starring Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan. We talk about the stupidity of teenagers/young adults, Jacob's publishing mistake, Sage getting very upset and saying lots of bad words, and much more! This movie was directed by Bart Layton. GD4AM: 77/100 IMDb: 7.0/10 Metacritic: 68/100 Letterboxd: 3.7/5 RT: 88% Four young men...

Jacob, Sage, and Tate are back in the new year, kicking things off with Jacob's pick - The Mummy (1999), starring Brandan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. A childhood favorite for a couple of the podcast hosts, we talk about if the movie holds up, the side characters, and much more! This movie was directed by Stephen Sommers. GD4AM: 80/100 IMDb: 7.1/10 Metacritic: 48/100 Letterboxd: 3.5/5 RT: 60% At a...

GD4AM heads back to the theater! But not for a 2023 Special...Tate picks Hayao Miyazaki's latest release, The Boy and the Heron. Tate, Jacob, and Sage all watched the dubbed version mainly due to the stacked voice cast, with names including Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson, and Florence Pugh. Topics discussed include the biz...

We go Way Back on this episode to review 2010's The Way Back, starring Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, and Mark Strong. This movie was directed by Peter Weir. GD4AM: 79/100 IMDb: 7.3/10 Metacritic: 66/100 Letterboxd: 3.4/5 RT: 74% Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India. This movie is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. NEXT MOVIE...

Today we review 2023's Napoleon starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby. We discuss the movie's strange tone changes, lots of clapping, forgettable performances, and discuss heights. This movie was directed by Ridley Scott. GD4AM: 57/100 IMDb: 6.6/10 Metacritic: 64/100 Letterboxd: 3.1/5 RT: 59% An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentl...

Jacob dips into the bag of pretentiousness once again with Kenneth Branagh's Henry V from 1989. Jacob, Tate, and Sage are in pretty close agreement that this is a technically well-made movie. Still, we all question whether we are smart enough to understand what the characters are talking about. This movie was directed by Kenneth Branagh. GD4AM: 70/100 IMDb: 7.5/10 Metacritic: 83/100 Letterboxd...

Tate does the rare thing and purposefully picks a movie that is streaming, Winter's Bone from 2010. We talk about two great performances and break down a lackluster story. This movie was directed by Debra Granik. GD4AM: 55/100 IMDb: 7.1/10 Metacritic: 90/100 Letterboxd: 3.5/10 RT: 94% An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing f...

In this episode of the Good Day for a Movie Podcast, we review 1973's Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston. This movie was directed by Richard Fleischer. GD4AM: 81/100 IMDb: 7.0/10 Metacritic: 66/100 Letterboxd: 3.5/10 RT: 70% A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth. This movie is currently streaming on Ma...

As October closes out, Jacob, Tate, and Sage review 1999's Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and a whole bunch of other faces you're sure to recognize, expect a lot of tangents along the way. This movie was directed by Tim Burton. GD4AM: 79/100 IMDb: 7.1/10 Metacritic: 65/100 RT: 70% Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is th...

Tate's next pick is The Way of the Gun starring Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, and James Caan. Before we get into the movie we talk about Jacob's newest foster dog, Tate and Sage playing golf, crime rates, and many more tangents. This movie was directed by Christopher McQuarrie. GD4AM: 85/100 IMDb: 6.6/10 Metacritic: 49/100 RT: 46% Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than th...

Sage throws a curveball compared to his typical picks and we review the RomCom classic, The Proposal from 2009, starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, and Craig T. Nelson. This is a movie all three hosts had seen before. We talk about what aspects of the movie work, all-time great RomComs, lots of cooking talk, and more! This movie was directed by Anne Fletcher. GD4...

Today the Good Day for a Movie Podcast reviews the 2000 Jim Carrey classic, Me, Myself & Irene. Like with most comedies, we run through the funniest jokes and talk about what worked and what didn't. This movie was directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrely. GD4AM: 66/100 IMDb: 6.6/10 Metacritic: 49/100 RT: 48% A nice-guy cop with Dissociative Identity Disorder must protect a woman on the...

In this episode, Tate chooses an 80s classic, Escape from New York which starred Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, and Harry Dean Stanton. Feelings were mixed in this episode, find out who hated it, who tolerated it, and who enjoyed it! This movie was directed by John Carpenter. GD4AM: 54/100 IMDb: 7.1/10 Metacritic: 76/100 RT: 88% In 1997, when the U.S....

Sage makes his triumphant return as we review 1999's Best Picture nominee, The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan. This movie was directed by Frank Darabont. GD4AM: 92/100 IMDb: 8.6/10 Metacritic: 61/100 RT: 79% A tale set on death row in a Southern jail, where gentle giant John possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul, recogn...

Just Jacob and Tate once again as Jacob picks 2006's Apocalypto. We are joined over the phone later in the episode by Sage to give a life update and discuss the future of the podcast. This movie was directed by Mel Gibson. GD4AM: 82/100 IMDb: 7.8/10 Metacritic: 68/100 RT: 65% As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppress...

Unfortunately, no movie review this week but next episode you will get the full revamped podcast details explained. NEXT EPISODE: Apocalypto (2006), which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

We travel to France and the land of pretentiousness for this review as it is once again just Jacob and Tate as Sage settles into New York. We review Le Mépris, or Contempt - a 1963 French Jean-Luc Godard movie. It stars Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michael Piccoli, Giorgia Moll, and Fritz Lang playing himself. This movie was directed by Jean-Luc Godard. GD4AM: 62/100 IMDb: 7.5/10 Metacritic: N/A...

A bit of a different episode this week as Jacob and Tate welcome on the entire Deucecast Movie Show (Michael Nipp, David Dollar, and Dr. Earl) as well as Garrison Ryfun and "Hurricane" Rhett, to discuss The State of Cinema. Topics discussed include the WGA & SAG strikes, the state of the box office, the Marvel and Star Wars bubbles bursting, and the best recent movies we've seen....

Tate has once again picked a movie that is a favorite of Garrison Ryfun's, so naturally, Jacob invites him back on the podcast. The movie in the spotlight in this episode is Memories of Murder from 2003, starring Song Kang-ho. We discuss the gripping story, a bit of the soundtrack, Garrison's background with this movie, and much more! This movie was directed by Bong Joon-ho. GD4AM: 94/100...

The boys get western with it again, this time as Sage picks 2007's 3:10 to Yuma starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Jacob gives his thoughts on the new version compared to the original, Tate is still traveling the American West, and much more! This movie was directed by James Mangold. GD4AM: 82/100 IMDb: 7.7/10 Metacritic: 76/100 RT: 89% A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured ou...

During a busy time in everybody's life - Sage preparing to move to New York, Tate galavanting across Montana, and Jacob running around Cheyenne Frontier Days - the boys take a break to review a Hollywood classic, Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy. Two-thirds of the podcast think it deserves that classic label, one cohost does not. This movie was directed by Stuart Rosenbe...

One of the movie theater's biggest weeks in quite some time was this past weekend with the premiers of both Barbie and Oppenheimer, penned Barbenheimer by the internet, which leads to this week's review of Oppenheimer. This movie was directed by Christopher Nolan. GD4AM: 90/100 IMDb: 8.8/10 Metacritic: 89/100 RT: 94% The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the...

Together again! Tate and Sage make the drive up to Cheyenne to watch and record a podcast. In this episode, we review 2015's Green Room. We talk about Sage's horror apprehension, the best kills in the movie, and much more! Apologies if the audio sounds a bit off and different, we were working with what we had in order to record together. This movie was directed by Jeremy Saulnier. GD4AM: 6...