GoodTrash GenreCast

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...

Hello friends! Pull up a seat—you don't need a reservation! This week, we're talking about 2021's Pig starring Nicolas Cage. This John Wick-marketed story of a man and his pig presents something much different than expected. We break down the story beats of the movie and discuss how it subverts expectations, critiques the revenge thriller, and even offers a meta-commentary on Nic Cage's career. If...

Welcome back everyone to the GenreCast! We've got a special one today as our dear friend and Patreon Keithan S. has lined up the programming. His choice is the 1997 Psychological Horror/Thriller from Japan, Cure. This mystery from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a spiral into madness, and we try to keep up with what is going on. On this week's episode, we're talking style, hypnosis, and ultimately tr...

Hello friends, we got another hit coming through the chute to your ears! This week, Dalton, and a special guest, sit down to discuss their thoughts on the critically-acclaimed, leading Oscar nominee The Power of the Dog from director Jane Campion. Dalton and his guest share their thoughts on the western starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and more. Is it worth the acclaim?...

SPOILER DISCUSSION begins at 8:30 in the run time.  Hi all! Welcome back to the Garbage Chute where one or more of our hosts sit down to talk about a brand new release they just caught up with. This week, Arthur is taking a look at Matt Reeve's The Batman. The highly anticipated new feature about Gotham's Dark Knight stars Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Collin Farrell, and a host of others. But, i...

Hello friends and family, we're finally at the end of our sci-fi discourse as we wind down in 2002 and discuss Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. But, we couldn't do this one alone. We've called in our old friend Caleb Masters to talk about one of this all-time favorite films, Minority Report. This wrong man/man on the run sci-fi thriller is based on a story from Philip K. Dick and stars the lege...

Friends and family, we return after a long hiatus to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we take on the most divisive film to land from the juggernaut of a franchise—Chloe Zhao's Eternals. Coming off a history-making Academy Award win, Chloe Zhao presents an all new experience in the Marvel world. With rumors of increased directoral freedom and a massive budget, Zhao looked to accomplish what other M...

Get the family together, we're going back to a superstar's roots as we take aim at the 2000s surprise hit, Pitch Black. It's Vin Diesel and Radha Mitchell taking on a slew of hammerhead aliens. We look back fondly at what was a surprising hit—one that launched a small transmedia franchise. And that's the first point we get to as we move to analysis. We also discuss the presence and will of God thr...

We're back faithful friends! And we return with a true throwback, as we take a look at Kerry Conran's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. This technologically innovative flop pulls straight from the pulp fiction and serialized stories of the 30s. It's one part Lois Lane and one part Indiana Jones as Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law attempt to save the world. This week, we talk about style, the Dies...

Hello dear listeners! This week, we've come in peace to bring you a look at the most goodest of trashes, Mars Attacks. This throwback, love letter to the classic camp of Hollywood is from Tim Burton—only his second appearance on the show following Batman several years ago. This week, we discuss adapting niche intellectual properties, American foreign policy, Tim Burton and race, and much, much mor...

After a delay in our return to earth, we finally bring you the conclusion of our AntiTrash Sci-Fi Marathon with a look at the lauded apocalyptic drama, Melancholia. That's right, Lars von Trier finally rears his head on the podcast. We take this tale to the analysis table in order to see what's firing under the hood. This week, we're discussing depression and mental health, the theory of hyperobje...

Hello space travelers! We are not replicants or manifestations, we're the real deal. And we're continuing our Sci-Fi AntiTrash run with the 1972 space mystery, Solaris from Andrei Tarkovsky. One of only seven feature films, Solaris is a heady trip dealing with major ideals. We bring it to the analysis table in an effort to figure out what's going on. We talk style, intertextual relationships, plot...

AntiTrash 2022 continues this week with our next sci-fi pick, and Stanley Kubrick finally makes an appearance on the GenreCast. That's right, we're talking about another of the most influential films of all time with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cold, calculating, hopeful? We try to decipher this monolith of a film as we talk about what it could mean. We also discuss Kubrick's style, self indulgence, li...

It's time for our annual Antitrash Celebration! With prestige season in full effect, we look at the movies that probably will be discussed in a film studies course—and this month, we're going sci-fi with our picks. And we're kicking it off with one of the most influential films of all time, Fritz Lang's Metropolis from 1927. This bold work has inspired generations of artists, but how has it held u...

Happy New Year, dear friends! We're ringing out 2021 as we always do—The Shelvies! If this is your first time listening to The Shelvies, it's a look back at the year in GoodTrash as we reflect on all the movies we watched specifically for this show. It's not a "Best Movies of 2021". It's just a way for us to get an episode out without watching a movie. This is one we always recommed as a diving in...