Good Day for a Movie Podcast

On this guest special, we are joined by a friend in real life and now a friend of the podcast, Ellsbeth. We are also now officially recording remotely as the three of us live in different states, Wyoming, Colorado, and Texas. Ellsbeth picks the second Jimmy Stewart film, 1954's Rear Window. This is a long episode. Surprisingly, the majority is spent actually talking about the movie. Ellsbeth was s...

In the highest GD4AM rated movie so far, Tate picks 1997's L.A. Confidential. This episode gets a bit contentious between our anonymous third co-host and surprisingly, not Jacob, but Tate instead. Once that all calms down we dive into how good the writing is, get a firm grasp on everything that went down, and much more. This movie was directed by Curtis Hanson. GD4AM: 93/100 IMDb: 8.2/10 Metacriti...

We're sticking with the classics for our anonymous third co-host's next pick. One thing Mr. Anonymous loves to read about is water. That is a very prevalent theme in 1974's Chinatown. To start the review off we all agree - Roman Polanski gets a big F U. But we continue on and discuss the book and real-life characters this movie was based on and touch on who we think the best private investigators...

Jacob takes his pick and uses it to introduce Tate and our anonymous third co-host to the first movie in one of his favorite film franchises. No, we're not watching A New Hope and no, we're not watching The Phantom Menace, we're watching ROCKY. Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers star in this 1976 boxing classic. You already know Jacob loved this movie but what did the other two think? Listen in...

We are joined on this episode by Bryan Thomsen, somebody who has been referenced multiple times in past episodes. Some people may say that Tate and the anonymous third co-host rely on his recommendations for their picks but Jacob would never say such a slanderous thing. We review the 1985 movie, Silverado starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, and Brian Dennehy. Along the...

Join us for a fantastic journey breaking down a very INTERESTING movie in 2016's Captain Fantastic starring the fantastic Viggo Mortenson. What Silicon Valley cameo were we hoping for? Listen to find out why we had this question in our heads and for our thought on the movie! This movie was directed by Matt Ross. GD4AM: 72/100 IMDb: 7.9/10 Metacritic: 72/100 RT: 82% In the forests of the Pacific No...

Our anonymous co-host picks this Japanese anime about dreams and it did a number on Jacob's brain. Our anonymous co-host picked this film because there was a rumor that it is what inspired Christopher Nolan in making Inception. We find that rumor to be a bit of a stretch. Additionally, the boys try to dissect the poems in the film and the meaning of the main characters dreams (with an emphasis on...

Way too many silent movie jokes were made in the making of this episode. That's right, Jacob has picked a silent movie. At the time of the recording of this episode, Jacob had just started his watch through of AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list and he saved this Charlie Chaplin movie just for Tate and our anonymous third co-host. The pick is 1931's City Lights. This movie was directed by Charlie Chap...

The GD4AM Boys are joined today by Ashley from The Dime Bag Wine Podcast. Before we sat down to watch Legally Blonde though, we drank multiple bottles of wine on Ashley's podcast so be sure to check that episode out which should be dropping soon! Ashley picks a long-time favorite of her's, 2001's Legally Blonde, of course starring the iconic Reese Witherspoon. It's a fun episode with maybe a word...

This episode features our first international film, but more importantly, a foreign language film we review. Tate picks this 2020 Italian film that is based on true events. That line is key. Later in the episode the anonymous third co-host and Jacob get into somewhat of a heated debate on whether or not deviating from the truth and actual events should impact your opinion of the movie. Tate and Ja...

For some reason, Jacob is very angry in the review of this episode. An investigation is currently ongoing and Jacob is not taking any questions at this time. The movie the anonymous third co-host picked is one of the most absurdly named movies in the history of cinema: The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society from 2018. Your favorite cohosts discuss everything from what they would change with...

In this jam-packed episode, Tate and Jacob invite The Deucecast Movie Show's Michael Nipp on to talk about the 2021 Oscars. We go through each category and say which movie we think SHOULD win and which movie we think WILL win. Now people are probably wondering where our anonymous third co-host is, well he has hated The Academy ever since Inception lost to King's Speech. Along with his boycott of t...

Randomly selected from listener submissions, we review 2007's There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano. Two-thirds of the podcast but didn't quite know how we felt about it on the first watch. Our anonymous third co-host was a There Will Be Blood virgin. We discuss the anxiety-inducing score, the performances, and get confused as to who Sinclair is and isn't.  This movie w...

BACK TO THE THEATER!!! Well at least for two-thirds of the podcast hosts. Tate and Jacob head to the theater while our anonymous third co-host gets stuck at work and has to watch it at home. In what was pretty much two monsters fighting in a WWE match, everybody had a lot of fun watching and reviewing this movie. If you're a trailer skipper - don't go too far ahead because you don't want to miss t...

Tate has picked what is without a doubt, the worst movie we have reviewed yet. In no way do we recommend watching this movie. We do recommend listening to us completely trash this movie. This movie was directed by David Ayer. GD4AM: 18/100 IMDb: 4.8/10 Metacritic: 22/100 RT: 20% David Cuevas is a tax collector who works for one of the biggest gang leaders in Los Angeles, and he finds his family's...

We start the episode off with the claim that the only good movies are available for rent. This claim is obviously made by our anonymous third co-host and he picks 2016's Midnight Special. He thinks this pick puts Jacob in a Catch-22. Did it? Did everybody like it? Why was Tate not able to follow the plot whatsoever? Do we want to be blinded by the light? Find out the answer to these questions and...

Jacob once again goes back to the classics. This time it's 1941's, Citizen Kane. Boy oh, boy did we have thoughts. We talk about how stupid pretentious movie critics are and why people think this movie is the greatest of all time. Do we agree? Listen to find out. Oh also, what was up with the cockatoo? This movie was directed by Orson Welles. GD4AM: 63/100 IMDb: 8.0/10 Metacritic: 100/100 RT: 99%...

Today, GD4AM is joined by long-time friend, Jack Carroll. We review our first foreign movie, 2021's The White Tiger starring Priyanka Chopra. Jacob thinks he understands karma for about two seconds and then realizes his brain might not work. We also get into the different types of storytelling in India compared to America and how refreshing it is to watch an original story. This movie was directed...

In what is without a doubt, the most pretentious movie picked so far, Tate picks Daniel Day Lewis' My Left Foot from 1989.  Is our anonymous third co-host finally going to be able to say the word auto-biographical? How many of the hosts suffer from podophobia? Apparently, Al Michaels is a big fan of this movie. The only way to find out the answers to these questions, and how we know about Al'...

On recommendation from a friend, our anonymous third co-host, picks a classic. We're going western once again with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katherine Ross. Is this the best movie about a male friendship? Quite possibly. Is Jacob upset this isn't taking place in Wyoming? Most definitely.  This movie was directed by George Roy Hill. GD4AM: 85...

In our first movie review of a 2021 release, our anonymous co-host smokes some meats and we watch the highly anticipated film, Judas and the Black Messiah. Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya star in this story based on true events around the Chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, and the FBI informant, Bill O'Neal. This movie was directed by Shaka King GD4AM: 7...

It's Jacob's pick once again and he's going back to the classics. This time it's the first installment in the Rambo franchise, First Blood (1982). Everybody went in expecting a great 80s action movie. We were surprised that this movie was so much more than that. In what was one of the first pieces of entertainment, Sylvester Stallone tackles the impact PTSD has on military veterans. This movie was...

We're back at it again with another Kubrick film, my little droogies. Due to Jacob being on vacation, heli-skiing in Switzerland, Tate does his best to fill in as host. Zach, Tate's step-brother and honored guest, throws a deep, dark, and quirky film from 1971 that's based off the book with the same title, A Clockwork Orange. During the episode, Tate, Zach and our anonymous third co-host have deep...

In what is probably our...goofiest?...episode, we review our first documentary, My Octopus Teacher. There are some alleged facts that blow minds, a ridiculous hypothetical, and Jacob's brain is pretty much blown and broken throughout the episode. It is a fun ride. This movie was directed by James Reed and Pippa Erlich. GD4AM: 80/100 IMDb: 8.3/10 Metacritic: 87/100 RT: 100% A filmmaker forges an un...

In this episode, we dive headfirst into 1987's Full Metal Jacket. We talk about the dichotomy between the humorous and serious moments throughout the movie and why this decision was made. Not only is the movie a mix of these two but so is our commentary. Fair warning, we do put in a clip from the movie of R. Lee Ermey's character using incendiary language and racial slurs. This movie nor episode i...