The Good, The Bad, and The What!?

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, to coincide with " Space Jam: A New Legacy " (it's here, whether we like it or not), Ryan and Chris dive into starring roles - or signifi...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan look at horror films in which our lead character channels a murderous personality through another vessel. We start with "M...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris get as festive as they can for the Fourth of July with American Giallos; films that take inspiration from the pulp paperba...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan dive into the first of a new subseries entitled "Cage Match," in honor of the great Nicholas Cage . Given the wide gamut o...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris dive into the filmography of Finnish-born journeyman filmmaker Renny Harlin (whose latest film - "The Misfits" - just land...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan discuss Sci-Fi Legacyquels - the term coined by Matt Singer of ScreenCrush to describe a years-later sequel that has one f...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! In lieu of a normal structure this week, as both Ryan and Chris are coming off of vacations, the two of them decide to reflect on the 2021 film year so far, and...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris discuss star vehicles/vanity projects for musicians that were meant to launch their respective film careers, but... didn't...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Chris and Ryan discuss International Games of Death; films that are not in the English language that involves a very dangerous game as th...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris discuss anachronistic genre-benders; films that are set in one time period, but draw inspiration from another, be it the p...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, we tackle supercharged slashers; films that follow (to a certain extent) the slasher formula with a character who has supercharged powers...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, we tackle psychosexual dramas, specifically ones that cross that taboo line between sexuality and violence. We start with David Cronenber...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! As promised from our last episode, we dedicate the entirety of our second Minisode to discussing the new “ Mortal Kombat ” film (currently in theaters and HBO Ma...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! Start the techno music and get ready to "Test Your Might!" On this week’s episode - to coincide with the release of the new "Mortal Kombat" film - Chris chose Fi...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week’s episode, Ryan drags Chris through the muck of the direct-to-video wasteland with three films that star the sibling of a much more famous person. W...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week’s episode, Chris chose siege horror films, specifically ones in which our characters are completely side-swiped by the turn of events. We start the...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On our very first, long-teased Minisode, Ryan and Chris spend the entirety of the episode dedicated to one film: " Godzilla vs. Kong ." The Adam Wingard-directed...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, we continue with the second part of our “ Godzilla vs. Kong ” primer with a discussion about the history of King Kong , the Eighth Wonder of the World...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this episode, we begin our two-part series leading up to the release of “ Godzilla vs. Kong ” (in theaters and on HBO Max on March 31) by diving into the 67-y...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this episode, Ryan went with sequels that shifted drastically in tone from their predecessor, or predecessors (and may or may not have had too much to drink i...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this episode, Chris picked slasher films, specifically the “whodunnit?” subsection of the slasher genre, and even more specifically, ones with deconstructioni...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this episode, Ryan chose adaptations of popular television shows, starting with Brian De Palma's twisty, tightly-constructed 1996 adaptation of "Mission: Impo...

On our inaugural episode of The Good, The Bad, and the What!?, Chris appropriately went with superhero origin stories, specifically of the horror/sci-fi variety. We discuss the nearly identical story structure between 1990's " Darkman " - Sam Raimi 's first foray into studio filmmaking - and 1997's " Spawn ," the oft-maligned adaptation of Todd McFarlane 's popular comic book series. For the "What...