Almost Good
Almost Good
DJK & JDO & TMC
Talking mostly about movies that almost make the cut.
56 - Pom Poko (+ Oscar Picks!)
The Oscars are Tomorrow and They're Watching Cartoons: The Land of Milk and Honey"Mid" JourneysKING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD ReviewIn Praise of Gibberish LyricsTony Released Three Novels At Once OnceCosplayin' vs. Genre-Hoppin'The Reinvention TrapRiders On The NormPOM POKO ReviewThat's NutsU.S. = Butts/Japan = Balls They Live! from the Alien POVAbandoning Expectations LoopholeCulture Clash = The Clash?East Meets West = Feast Meets GuestNew Old Music RecsOSCAR PICKS!DiCaprio Acts Super DumbWonderballs LiteJodie Foster Talks Like Joe Pesci NowDark Triad Test ResultsAnatomy of a Best PictureDave Meant To Say Hollywood ShufflePast LivezzzzzBradley Cooper Should Only Play PricksOde To Movie Cheeseburgers
Mar 9, 2024
1 hr 14 min
55 - Leave the World Behind (+ True Detective: Night Country) w/Matthew M. Bartlett
Topical Solutions: I'm Not Talking Over People, I SwearIntroducing Matthew M. Bartlett's Town of LeedsGateways to Abomination (and Self-Sufficiency)The Pros And Cons (and Cons) Of PositivityReview Down and Punch Up?LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND ReviewMore Netflix Totally Not Made Up StatsLack of Info = Suspense?Monsters Are Due On Maple Street > Trigger Effect > This ShitA.I. Screenplay?The New Symmetry Red FlagTRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY (Episode 1) ReviewWho Framed Roger Reindeer?INSOMNIA Original/Remake Comparison30 Days Of Day, I MeanSide-Stepping PlagiarismThe True Detective Season Two That Wasn'tDark Star's Ending Swiped Bradbury's "Kaleidoscope"Fake Yellow King Quote = Literal Repairer Of Reputations?TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID ReviewTHE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR = It's Always Sunny In PhiladelphiaDefinitive True Detective Seasons RankingRevisiting The Matrix EffectDave's Theory Of Glorifying Incompetent TV DetectivesNight Country = THE LAST WINTERIn Praise of Kari ReisPreemptive HauntednessDubious Depictions of DVD CollectionsWHITE NOISE (Book & Movie) ReviewTHE HOLDOVERS ReviewCherries Jubilee = Five Easy Pieces of ChickenBartlett Hates CollegeThe Holdovers Trailer > The HoldoversLET'S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS' versus THE GIRL NEXT DOORDueling Author MotivationsTruth Is Stranger Than Fiction But Not As Scary?Speaking of Scary! Check out Matt's Weird World HERE
Feb 10, 2024
1 hr 16 min
54 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (+ Pentalogy) w/ Nathan Lamoreau
We Belong In A Museum! Our Exhibits: Nathan Lamoreau: Doomsday DJExpired Red Bull MemoriesRoulette Reverse NightingaleOWNING MAHONEY ReviewJoyless GamblingOLD DADS vs. NO HARD FEELINGSGodzilla Moving Too MuchWHEN EVIL LURKS (What Are the Rules?)Copycat AttackJames "Mid" Mangold Deep Dive:HEAVY ReviewIDENTITY ReviewLOGAN vs. THE WOLVERINE ReviewTony's 5-Star Autopsy Pod Shout-OutNathan's Auteur Troupe TheoryThe Guy With The EyeCOP LAND (COPE LAND?) Review3:10 TO YUMA ReviewMistreating Horses = My Full Attention!Plugging Dave's Western PIG IRONThe Definitive Indiana Jones Movies RankingIn Defense of KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL?Hey, Movies, Go Outside!In Defense of Willie Scott??Harrison Ford Problematic On-Screen Relationships RankedRogue Academic BattleLindsay Ellis and Her Case for Nazi BuffooneryIn Defense of Fleabag/WombatDr. Jones ≠ MulderHe learns to Believe... AgainIn Defense of Nuking the Fridge???The Dial of Destiny = Last Crusade ReduxDe-aging Shrunk His HeadSuperpowers Include: Luck, Punching, WhipIndiana Jones & Fincher's KILLER: Bad At What They Do?Greed Is Good?The Bodies ExhibitDial of Destiny = Time Bandits MapHow Many Racoon Penis Bones Is Too Many?
Jan 1, 2024
2 hr 3 min
53 - Beau Is Afraid (+ The Fall of the House of Usher) w/ Erin Keaton
It's A Family Affaaaaaair:Library Tables Inside BaseballBUCKCHERRY ReviewsA Child Called "Shit"THE MIDNIGHT CLUB Episode 1 ReviewTHE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER ReviewWEEDS AnalogyThe Elephantiasis In The Room"What's A Zoomer?"(Doors, Floors, And Walls) It's All KnockingThe Devil Went Down To BlackmailPoe Is In The MCUBEAU IS AFRAID ReviewThe Lighthouse Meets The WaterboyThe Strange Thing About The Johnsons Meets Little MurdersP.T. Anderson Meets David O. Russell Meets Darren Aronofsky Meets...On Trial For His GUILT Get It?No Control (aka Who's Driving That Boat)The Dangers Of Getting Everything You Want (Versus Everything You Need)The Importance Of Being Real (Not Meaning Something)The Tenderloin = Montreal?Joaquin Classic vs. Joaquin MumblefuckDe-Aged Actors Aren't RealAri Aster Gets A Little TreatHe Was CHASTE* Get It? (*chased)Director RecsDefending Defending Your LifeThe Telephone Is RingingCheck out Erin's art here.
Nov 29, 2023
1 hr 20 min
52 - Halloween Extravaganza (+ The Killer)
Halloween means candy, projectile vomiting, and watching 31 movies you've never seen before. It also means reviewing every single one of them. Also, David Fincher has a new movie! And it's the sort of thing he can do in his sleep. Is this good or bad? Find out.  Highlights Include: Bonehead LyricsTrick or Treat ShenanigansGold-Plated McDonald's Coffee StirCliff Confessional Booth"The Monsters of Heaven" ReviewTony's Big New Book Deal!Dave's Big New Book Deal!EXCLUSIVE: Tony Renamed Dave's Book (for real)Baby Juggling InterludeThe Literary Echosystem ®Dead Media CareersHot New Releases DemystifiedPrince's White AlbumTHE KILLER ReviewEfficiency PornPayback CallbackThe Assassin GrindTilda Tipping PointHooptober Failures31 MOVIE REVIEWS!?! (at least)Anybody Can Break Anybody's NeckDecompression Shower: The MovieBad Faith GeniesThe Ultimate Hallmark Film?Usher TooAll Green Cops Are Bastards"Friction Ridge"Getting Smooth-BrainedMario Bava RecsAliens = PossessionThe Golden Age of ShitMovie as Movie Nut"Barbaridook"Where Are These Movie Masks Coming From?Talking BoxesHeir Not a ParentWhy Tony Got Kicked Out of Karate Theme song: Dr. Octogon's "Wild and Crazy"
Nov 18, 2023
2 hr 2 min
51 - Christine
A King-sized episode where, simply by never letting him get off the phone, Dave tries to convince Tony that Christine is the best Stephen King adaptation ever made. Just look at all this free content. The Winter of Our Dis-Contents: Attempts at StructureHashtag Girl DadsE-Bike Perpetrator Round IIHorror HypetoberWOUNDS ReviewThe Alien Unease Hat Trick (Fire in the Sky/Communion/The Fourth Kind)CronenburgersPOSSESSOR ReviewBook WrecksONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (book) ReviewTermites and Whales Need BathsVERSION CONTROL ReviewGRAFFITI IN THE RUBBER ROOM PreviewSWAMPLANDIA Sorta Review24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE ReviewTWISTED METAL (half of episode 1) ReviewProto-Jackass Crank CallingMassive CHRISTINE Review!!!"You Have A Baby... In A Bar"Five Star AutopsyIs Christine Top Tier King?Dave's High School "Presentation"Best Worst Bullies EverStephen King Hates GreasersScript DoctorsTrucks vs. Maximum OverdriveBook vs. MovieStinky Pinky vs. KilldozerDeleted Scenes (There's Gold In Them There Hills)Can You Shit Angry?Alternate Universe ArniesKing's Top Five Books & StoriesIn Defense Of Dreamcatcher?Dad To The Bone
Sep 30, 2023
1 hr 49 min
50 - The Flash (+ Evil Dead Rise & Asteroid City) w/ Tony McMillen
You Can Expect: T-Mac: Glass Half ItalianShark Tooth NecklacesF/X ReviewRussell Mulcahy LovefestBreaking Down "Can't Talk About It Yet"Tony McMillen OeuvreNew Music Corner (Still Listening To Asia In 2023)Berries & BramblesTHE FLASH ReviewDo Kids Really Say "Beave"?EVIL DEAD RISE ReviewCurse Of The Double RebootAre We Not Men, Trees?AlleHORRORical Horror © Me 2017The Script Doctor Rises (Dead By... Dawn?)ASTEROID CITY ReviewArtifice Vs. ArtiFISH (What?) Wes Hates Wes To support the hosts: Click HERE to buy Tony's comics before he gets famous Click HERE to buy Dave's new novel Head Cleaner
Aug 22, 2023
1 hr 24 min
49 - Oppenheimer (+ Barbie) w/ Scott Adlerberg
Back after, what, two years?! Dave will continue to talk about movies with people in lieu of an actual social life. Tableau Of Contents: Scott's new novel The Screaming ChildBARBIE ReviewBiting The Hand That Needs YouFirst Zodiac ReferenceThe Dirtiest HarryTOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE ReviewNorman Mailer Hat TrickJack Henry Abbott's In the Belly of the Beast/My Return ReviewsOPPENHEIMER ReviewJohn Landis CastingOppenheimer = AmadeusCreativity = DestructionOppenheimer = Marquis de Sade?QUILLS ReviewCharacterization ClimaxThe Script Doctor Tackles Nolan's Triple EndingsFAT MAN & LITTLE BOY ReviewThe Demon CoreSexualizing Quantum PhysicsA BEAUTIFUL MIND RebukeThe Most Terrifying Line(s) In The MovieNolan Wants You To Pee Right After The Bomb SceneIn Soviet Russia The Room Imagines *You* NakedAdventures In College And KarateMushroom Cloud Muffins
Aug 5, 2023
1 hr 21 min
48 - Empty Men (+ Endless Oscar Reviews and Predictions)
Musings Include: Mic DropName That TuneKnife Corner (Knife Drop)Physical Media LoveOnline Power FantasiesTHE EMPTY MAN ReviewThree Alien SwipesFuck ASMRUrban Legends ExperiencesPROMISING YOUNG WOMAN ReviewRevenge > ShamingTHE SOUND OF METAL ReviewScript Doctor!Musician Doomsday Clock at One Minute Till MidnightMANK ReviewGhost ClangThey Split the Oscar Vote!NOMADLAND/LEAVE NO TRACE ReviewsTHE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 ReviewTuesday's FrogsONE NIGHT IN MIAMI ReviewSam Cooke Vs. Malcolm XResponsibility of the (Protest) ArtistBest Opening Sequences  King Kong Loves Nü-MetalEVERYTHING ELSE Review?
Apr 24, 2021
2 hr 17 min
47 - Never Back Down
Aaaaaaand we're back, talking about the 2008 (?) hit (?) slash lunkhead Mixed Martian Arts wish-fulfillment fest. We also missed each other. Reunion Tour Set List: New Mic AdventuresTracksuit Corner (a.k.a. Slutty With Your Time)Xbox CornerHot Wheels VoodooNEVER BACK DOWN Review'80s Bullies vs. Millennial BulliesRise Of Teen Fight Clubs, MMA, and Viral VideosDipshit Rosetta Stone"Fuck That Little Dude!"Plague CornerMask/Prepper ParadoxKnife CornerThe Australian "No"
Mar 18, 2021
1 hr 34 min
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