Well Good Movies

The latest episode of Well Good Movies goes back through the X-citing and turbulent movies that belonged to the "X-Men Beginnings Trilogy" that covers X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse. We are once again joined by comic lover and host of the Capes, Cowls, and Masks Podcast- Jake Hart who helps us to break down and give our overall thoughts to each of these super...

In this week’s episode we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the animated classic Shrek, so who better to join us than the world-leading “Shrekspert” and associate lecturer in Animation at Middlesex Uni Doctor Sam Summers! Sam joins Dave, Craig, and Kelly to talk about the impact of Shrek on animation, along with our memories, and favourite moments from the first two films. From the weirdness of th...

This week Dave and Craig are joined by our award season expert Stefanos to chat all about our most remembered Oscar moments and snubs. We recap the 2021 ceremony, as well as talking about why classic slip-ups like Adele Dazeem, and the La La Land/ Moonlight controversy stand out so much. On top of that Stef recommends one Oscar Best Picture Winner to go in The Movie Vault, as well as Dave and Stef...

Get over here! This week Dave and Craig are joined by writer Rhys Humphreys and gamer Kieran Williams to discuss the Mortal Kombat film series! We delve into our thoughts on the potential for the franchise ahead of the 2021 movie, as well as discussing and reviewing the good and bad (a lot of bad) of Mortal Kombat (1995) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). Will either one make it into the movi...

In this week's episode, Dave and Craig are joined once again by our friend Stephen Jones to chat about our favourite easter eggs in movies (not the chocolate kind) as well as watching and discussing films we placed in the movie vault, we may have never seen before!  With classics such as Groundhog Day, The Man Who Laughs, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, we ask whether thes...

A brand new and additional episode to celebrate the release of Godzilla Vs. Kong! This week Dave and Craig are joined by Niall and Dai to discuss versus movies! We'll be discussing the appeal of films that showcase a big fight right in their title. Do they work? Are they fun? And are they all just about big silly monsters? To find out we pick a versus movie each from a hat to discuss on the episod...

Here we go again! Three teams of former guests return after facing the madness of the endgame in their respective episodes, now having to face it for an entire episode all orchestrated by our very own Craig McDonald!  To celebrate his birthday, Craig has lined up a series of birthday-themed games and challenges for our guests to endure, to see who comes out on top, and go forth to the champio...

This week we are joined by filmmaker, photographer, and overall creative Aled Llŷr Griffiths to discuss the films that influenced us. Inspired by the social media trend of highlighting film's we feel were made directly for us, we talk all about the importance of a creative and personal voice, along with talking about our personal favourites.  We have discussions on V for Vendetta, Pixar, and...

We're back with another crazy challenge! After previous experience pitching movies based on working titles, this time we wanted to pitch theme park rides for the world-famous Disney Land and Disney World!  As we're unable to travel to such fun places at the moment, and with theme park tie-ins becoming ever more apparent to film, we wanted to encapsulate that fun ourselves along with our guest...

The biggest question of 2021 will surely be why we endured The Fifty Shades franchise? Well, after being challenged to dedicate an entire episode to Fifty Shades and specifically Fifty Shades Freed, by Endgame winner Lucy Fur, we thought what better time than to hate on these films, at what is meant to be the most romantic time of the year? Joined by Lucy, along with friend of the show, and film f...

This week Craig and David are joined by comic book expert, and MCU fan Tom Gapper to discuss the cinematic journey of the famous Marvel characters leading to their own Disney Plus series. We chat about Age of Ultron and how it introduced the characters, and whether it is an underrated MCU entry, as well as the characters' appearances throughout the MCU. We also visit the movie vault to see what MC...

In the first episode of 2021 Craig and David are joined by good friends and hosts of The Dan and Joe Film Show- Daniel Cullinane, and Joe Richards. In this deep dive into the year past and the year ahead, we talk all about what we miss about cinemas, how the film going experience could change, and what we're looking forward to in 2021. We also take our first visit to the Movie Vault, to submit our...

Our infamous end of show endgames which see our guests take part in crazy and bizarre challenges levels up once more to take over an entire episode! This time it's a holly jolly festive special with an exclusive appearance from Father Christmas himself! With three teams of previous guests including Shelley Taylor, Stephen Jones, Kieran Williams, Kelly Bishop, Christopher Maxwell, and the one and o...

This year Edward Scissorhands celebrates its 30th anniversary so what better time to celebrate winter movies that give a dark take on the festive time of year? To discuss the gothic fairytale we bring on our good friend and Burton fan Laura Leyshon, who helps in revisiting Scissorhands along with Gremlins, a well known Christmas horror!  Are darker Christmas stories more fun? How was it revis...

One year after the release of Rian Johnson's Knives Out we celebrate one of 2019's biggest hits, along with other murder mysteries and "whodunnits?"  We talk about what makes a good detective, the satirical element of the genre, and choose from Gosford Park, Clue, and 2017's Murder on the Orient Express as to what goes in our Movie Vault! With previous guest and murder mystery lover Chiara, a...

This week we face the bad luck of Friday the 13th along with 2020 imparticular being a massive disaster. Therefore we discuss the genre of disaster movies, and two films indicative of that genre- 1997's Volcano, and Roland Emmerich's 2012!  Joined by actor Christopher Maxwell, and fellow podcaster Kieran Williams, we deep dive, and riff on these crazy spectacles, as well as challenge our gues...

In our second annual Halloween special, Dave and Craig are joined once again by Shelley Taylor and Lucy Fur to go through two of their favourite Halloween movies- Trick 'R Treat and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. We also check out the latest Adam Sandler comedy- Hubie Halloween, as well as get involved in many fun and games for this creepy time of year, including Craig's latest rendition of T...

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This week the guys are back to their usual set up talking about great movies and fun topics alongside Stefanos Florakis and Dai Hill. This episode we talk all about comedy legends and political satires thanks to the return of Jim Carrey on SNL, and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator celebrating its 80th anniversary! Why is satire so effective, and what makes us love these comedians, especially w...

A special full length "End-Game" in which we challenge our guests to a massive game of movie-based trivia, named after the famous Avengers sequel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dave and Craig are challenged by guest and writer Stephen Jones to explore the crazy genre of Disney Channel original movies! But not only DCOMs, but sports DCOMs! Why are Disney sports movies such a big genre, and what the good, and bad elements about them? We cover it all, as well as discussing whether any of them deserve to go in the Movie Vault, and our always fun and this week's spo...

In this weeks episode, we celebrate the 1998 Disney animation that led to the upcoming and the much talked about remake. Joined by our guests Kelly Bishop, Ed Mason, and a special appearance from Xie Davenport, we discuss what made the original 1998 animation so successful, and what our expectations are for the live-action version due to be released on Disney Plus, September 4th! We also talk abou...

This week we are joined once again by our good friend and film historian/ animator Nia Alavezos to talk about one of her favourite genres- noir! What better time to talk about this unique genre than when Sunset Boulevard is celebrating its 70th Anniversary as one of the most infamous noirs, and movies about Hollywood!  We talk all about the famous film as well as other notable film noirs, inc...

In this week's episode, Dave and Craig are joined by welsh film director and digital marketing expert Elliot Slade, who talks about his experience, and opinion on the streaming giant- Netflix. We talk all about its impact on the industry, viewing habits, and the creativity of new/ old content.  We also have our usual visit to the movie vault to see what Elliot recommends, as well as our endgame- S...

This week David, Craig, and previous guest and comic expert Jake Hart unite to talk about the original three X-Men movies! With the original film celebrating 20 years since its release in 2000, we look back at that first film, along with the much-celebrated X2, and controversial X-Men: the Last Stand. From first thoughts, legacy, and success, we break down these iconic three movies. We also decide...