Ryan Oliver

The Good, The Bad, and The What!?

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A weekly film podcast hosted by Ryan Oliver and Chris Thomas, dedicated to discussing the "good," "bad," and "what!?" films of a given subgenre, theme, motif, or filmography.

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GBW #166: Top 10 Films of 2024 17.01.2025 2:39:04

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, before we kick the episode off proper, all of us from the GBW Podcast would like to point listeners to a couple of p...

GBW #165: Quiver on the Set (Wes Craven's New Nightmare / Shadow of the Vampire / Lux Æterna) 09.01.2025 2:04:45

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, Ryan, Jordan, and Chris discuss three horror films about making a horror film where real terrors start happening behind-the-scenes with the " Scream "...

GBW #164: New Year, New Me (Big / 13 Going on 30 / 17 Again) 03.01.2025 2:21:56

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, to ring in the new year, Chris, Jordan, and Ryan discuss three films about life-changing, body-altering wishes with 1988's " Big ," 2004's " 13 Going...

GBW #163: Bah Humbug (Scrooged / Mixed Nuts / Bad Santa) 19.12.2024 1:59:29

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, Jordan, Chris, and Ryan discuss three misanthropic, dark Christmas comedies with " Scrooged " (1988), " Mixed Nuts " (1994), and " Bad Santa ." You ca...

GBW #162: Happy Haggerty's (The Chilling / Danger U.S.A. aka Mind Trap / Repo Jake) 13.12.2024 2:48:02

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, Ryan, Chris, and Jordan are kicking off what they hope to be a yearly tradition with the first annual "Happy Haggerty's," which is exactly how it soun...

GBW #161: November 2024 Catch-Up 06.12.2024 1:45:33

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, Ryan, Chris, and Jordan catch-up on the films they saw in November, largely centering the conversation around " Anora ," the latest film from Sean Bak...

GBW #160: Deadly Dinner Parties (Clue / The Invitation [2015] / Ready or Not) 28.11.2024 2:43:16

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, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., Chris, Jordan, and Ryan dive into three films about deadly dinner parties with " Clue " (1985), " Th...

GBW #159: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (If…. / The Spook Who Sat By the Door / Snowpiercer) 22.11.2024 3:06:50

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, Jordan, Ryan, and Chris dive into three films about brutal revolution with “If….” (1969), “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” (1973), and “Snowpiercer” (2...

GBW #158: NovemBurt (Gator / Stick / Hard Time) 15.11.2024 3:11:42

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, Ryan, Chris, and Jordan detour from our current hellscape into something called "NovemBurt," in which we talk about three Burt Reynolds films, and in...

GBW #157: Viewer Discretion is Advised (Warriors of the Year 2072 / The Running Man / Death Race) 07.11.2024 2:34:03

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, Chris, Jordan, and Ryan discuss three entertaining (yet regrettably timely) films about televised games of death with Lucio Fulci 's 1984 " Warriors o...

GBW #156: October 2024 Catch-Up 30.10.2024 2:30:51

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, spooky season comes to a close as Ryan, Chris, and Jordan dive into the major horror releases of October 2024 with " Salem's Lot " (2024), " V/H/S/Bey...

GBW #155: Swallow Your Seoul (Thirst / The Wailing / The Divine Fury) 25.10.2024 2:41:06

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, spooky season continues at the GBW as Jordan and Chris (Ryan is off this week due to a conflict) dive into three supernatural South Korean horror film...

GBW #154: If Looks Could Kill (Delirium [1987] / Too Beautiful to Die / The Neon Demon) 21.10.2024 3:32:01

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, Ryan, Chris, and Jordan keep the spooky season train a-rolling with three giallos (or generally Italian-inspired horror) centered around the modeling...

GBW #153: September 2024 Catch-Up 12.10.2024 1:47:53

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, with Chris out on vacation, Ryan and Jordan catch up on a few films that they saw in September, specifically the remake of " Speak No Evil ," Coralie...

GBW #152: Broadcast Bloodsuckers (Salem's Lot [1979] / A Return to Salem's Lot / The Night Flier) 06.10.2024 3:02:16

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, Chris, Jordan, and Ryan kick off spooky season with three made-for-TV (or direct-to-video) Stephen King vampire stories in " Salem's Lot " (1979), a "...

GBW #151: Murder-Death-Kill (Dark Angel / Fortress [1992] / Demolition Man) 27.09.2024 3:32:01

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, Jordan, Chris, and Ryan grab their Taco Bell and prepare to fight in the Franchise Wars with three early-'90s sc...

GBW #150: Growing Pains (The Big Chill / St. Elmo's Fire / Singles) 19.09.2024 2:51:27

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, Ryan, Chris, and Jordan dive into three films about interpersonal relationships and growing pains with 1983's &q...

GBW #149: Summer Camp Slashers (The Burning / Madman / Twisted Nightmare) 13.09.2024 2:41:24

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, in honor of Friday the 13th, Chris, Jordan, and Ryan dive into three summer camp slashers spawned from the success o...

GBW #148: Sentimental Swashbuckling (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves / Hook / Muppet Treasure Island) 06.09.2024 2:56:29

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, in a joint pick, the hosts of the GBW each chose a film that fit under the swashbuckling adventure genre that they e...

GBW #147: Indigenous Curses (Edge of the Knife / Last Gasp / Lady Terminator) 30.08.2024 2:39:58

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, Jordan, Ryan, and Chris discuss three horror or horror-adjacent films revolving around indigenous curses with 2018&#...

GBW #146: The Perfect Organism (Alien 3 / Alien Resurrection / Alien: Covenant) 23.08.2024 4:04:53

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, to tie in with the recent release of " Alien: Romulus ," Ryan, Jordan, and Chris dive into the three polar...

GBW #145: Summer Movie Catch-Up 2024 Part Two: Summer Horror 15.08.2024 1:40:08

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, on the second part of our summer movie catch-up, we dedicated the time to the horror films of summer 2024. The bulk...

GBW #144: Summer Movie Catch-Up 2024 Part One: Summer Blockbusters 09.08.2024 2:43:28

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, in the first of a two-part summer movie catch-up, Ryan, Jordan, and Chris discuss the summer blockbusters of summer...

GBW #143: Brutal Birthdays (Happy Death Day / Happy Birthday to Me / Bloody Birthday) 02.08.2024 3:07:43

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, in honor of Ryan's Birthday, Chris, Ryan, and Jordan dive into three birthday-themed slasher films with 2017&#39...

GBW #142: Nu Grit (Unleashed / Running Scared [2006] / Death Sentence) 26.07.2024 2:35:25

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, Jordan, Chris, and Ryan dive into three neo-exploitation films and discuss in chronological order (and rank them afterwards) with 2005’s UNLEASHED, 20...