The Good Pals Podcast

We’re BACK! Season 2 of the Good Pals Podcast is underway as we welcome a very special guest, musician, activist, and all around swell guy Martin Lesch! This week the boys make some streaming recommendations, discuss this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, deep dive the Netflix doc “The Greatest Night in Pop,” and discuss our favorite New York Movies! Thanks for listening Pals!

Episode 12 of “The Good Pals Podcast” is LIVE on Apple and Spotify! Today. after a little trailer talk and some “Succession” takes, Matty and Zach take a look at the strange vampire codependency/gaslighting horror-comedy action thriller (huh?) “Renfield” starring Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult! Then, we talk about some of our favorite film and TV vampires and celebrate the 35th anniversary of one...

On Episode # 11 the Pals catch up after a little break with a Mega News Update featuring Star Wars, Timothee Chalamet, the Harley Quinn controversy, and more. Then Matty highly recommends Netflix’s “Beef,” we discuss MAJOR developments (with spoilers) on “Succession,” Zach shows love for “Air,” and we review global phenomenon “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and look at what it means for video game r...

On our TENTH episode, superhero movies just keep on taking hits, we take a look at stan culture through the lens of Donald Glover’s “Swarm,” Zach previews a fresh batch of trailers, we welcome back our favorite show, HBO’s “Succession,” with a new viewer primer and a quick look at the excellent season four premiere, Matty has a lump on his head, we review the new action blockbuster “John Wick Chap...

We’re back and cooking in our new Lab, with all kinds of topics for our Pals! First, a discussion of Amazon’s “Daisy Jones and the Six” leads to a trip down Memory Lane about the pitfalls of getting in brawls with cover bands, and Matty DEMANDS that you watch the outstanding documentary “The Wrecking Crew.” Then, we wrap up our season one review of “The Last of Us,” followed by a quick Oscars wrap...

On this week’s episode Matty sees a major Oscar sweep coming down the line, we offer some TV rewatch streaming options, get a little down from this week’s episode of “The Last of Us,” and then come right back up as we discuss our afternoon viewing of surprise hit “Cocaine Bear,” and take a look at drugs in cinema. Thanks for listening Pals!

This week, Matty discusses his live theatre debut, and the Pals discuss the beauty of their Sunday schedule before delving into last night’s Episode of “The Last of Us”. Then, it’s a rough night for Marvel as we question our faith in the MCU after a torturous screening of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” and express our doubts about the remainder of Phase 5, while hoping for just a brief glimm...

We’re BACK! This week kicks off with a musical tribute from Matty to the dearly departed Burt Bacharach, we take a hard look at the state of American Cinema through the lens of two VERY different new trailers, and drop in on our poor tortured Pals on “The Last Of Us.” THEN, it’s a deep dive on DC’s big gamble with new film and TV honcho James Gunn, a breakdown of this year’s Academy Awards nominat...

Episode 5 of the Good Pals Podcast is live! This week we discuss Zach’s five-star French Onion soup, check in with “The Last of Us,” and discuss Football in Film with some interesting tangential sidebars thrown in. It’s what we do! Thanks for listening Pals!

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine! This week we discuss the post-apocalyptic genre and ZOMBIES. But first Matty gives a capsule review of surprise box office sensation “M3GAN,” and Zach highly recommends “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Then, it’s a deep dive on HBO’s highly anticipated “The Last of Us,” and our favorite post-apocalypse films. Thanks for listening!

We welcome Special Guest Pal to discuss the deliciously wicked “The Menu,” now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. We also take a look at “Menu” star Ralph Fiennes’ best roles, and dig into Great Food Moments in Film. Thanks for listening!

After a brief discussion on the perils of content photoshoots and a "Babylon" mini-review from Matty, the Pals delve into "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," director Rian Johnson's followup to 2019's massively successful ensemble comedy "Knives Out." We then discuss our favorite ensemble films as well as several requested by our loyal listeners!

We travel back to Pandora and break down “Avatar: The Way of Water,” discuss the work of James Cameron, visual effects, fathers and sons, foxy aliens, and our favorite sequels. Keep an eye out, and thanks for listening!