Almost Good
68 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTalking mostly about movies that almost make the cut.
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Episodes
14 - The Friendless
September 07, 2018 13:44 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBWe're all we've got in this world, but we can't hug it out over Skype. Instead, we talk about The Endless, which is 100% a really really really okay (some might say "almost good") kinda movie.
13 - Beyond the Black Rainbow
August 20, 2018 02:05 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBOn this one, we dive deep into the plasma pool with Beyond the Black Rainbow, unpacking the plot, symbolism, use of tropes in non-aesthetic ways (tools as tools!), and then we talk about brain-melting psychedelics and, ultimately, how Kill Bill 2 might just hold the key to the type of storytelling we want in our movies.
12 - STBY
August 01, 2018 17:23 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBI was really frustrated on this one. Me and Dave talk about SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, which is one of the best movies I've ever seen
12 - Sorry to Bother You
August 01, 2018 17:23 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBJDO was really frustrated on this one. But despite it all, we talk rationally about Sorry to Bother You, one of the best movies JDO has ever seen. Dave's not so sure, but he's happy when JDO's happy.
11 - Millenials Stabbin' Horses (and Sharp Objects #1)
July 10, 2018 01:48 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBon this episode dave and i talk thoroughbreds (american psycho meets heathers, according to the very smart packaging in which the dvd is packaged), equus (lots of penis in that one), heavenly creatures, a good old fashioned rag on true detective 2, samurai swords, and the new hbo series sharp objects
11 - Millennials Stabbin’ Horses (and Sharp Objects #1)
July 10, 2018 01:48 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBOn this episode, we talk Thoroughbreds (a.k.a. "American Psycho meets Heathers, according to the very smart packaging), Equus (lots of peners in that one), Heavenly Creatures, a good old-fashioned shredding of True Detective: Season Two, samurai swords, and a first look at Gillian Flynn's hot new HBO prestige series Sharp Objects.
10 - Jurassic House / Hereditary
July 02, 2018 20:23 - 1 hour - 70 MBWe have a question: What if the Predators in the latest unessential Predator movie 69'd? Don't worry, we also talk about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, how all opinions are invalid, and then stand back, because here comes a big-time lovefest for Hereditary.
10 - Jurassic House / Evil Wes Anderson
July 02, 2018 20:23 - 1 hour - 70 MBwhat if the predators in the new predator movie 69ed? all opinions are invalid big time love fest for hereditary
9 - Dipshit Heat!
June 27, 2018 22:53 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBTonight we go all-in on the worst movie of the summer, Den of Thieves, for our most "tacticool" episode yet. Which movies (besides Heat) does this thing rip off? Are movies getting darker or are they just getting darker? Does the profile fit the profile? What's the perfect Bad Cop Breakfast? And why why why does Stallone cut his pizza slice with scissors in Cobra? Answers inside.
9 - Dipshit Heat
June 27, 2018 22:53 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBin this one me and dave go in on the worst movie of the summer, 'den of thieves' definitely our most 'tacticool' ep also: why does stallone cut a pizza with scissors in cobra? answers inside
8 - The Outsider / Logan Lucky
May 21, 2018 06:05 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week, there's another SCRIPT DOCTOR in the house, as well as some discussions about overseas markets, heists, redneck portrayals and other assorted hilarity, and (most importantly) we come back together for forgiveness and put the surprise betrayal of the previous episode behind us as only we know how... by talking about Jared Leto's appropriation gangster. Noogies for everybody.
7 - A Quiet Place
May 07, 2018 13:30 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBTopics: Kanye West is never far from JDO's thoughts, dropping people from Facebook for not liking baby pictures, superhero movies vs. westerns, South Korean film, The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus, other word viruses, rule-based movies, the massive SCRIPT DOCTORING of A Quiet Place that nobody asked for, the intelligence of monsters, and a cliffhanger ending that could spell doom for the Almost Good podcast.
6 - Ready Player One
April 09, 2018 03:10 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBAfter a much-needed week off, Almost Good returns in force to discuss directors saying really stupid shit, disavowing movies based on their creators, the #MeToo music loophole, our respective Netflix queues, Ready Player One... and oh no here comes a whole new breed of theater gremlin.
5 - Wheelman / Small Crimes / The Ritual
March 19, 2018 05:42 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBTopics: Slipknot rules, Wheelman might not rule, bad dialogue, when process shots go wrong, grabbing sandwiches, conspicuous naming, toothpicks in Asian gangster flicks, no kids in movies, good tough guys, Fred Durst’s voice, meta tough guys, okay, fine, Dave kinda liked Wheelman, bad accents, Small Crimes, a good Leonardo DiCaprio joke, two Daves do some accents of their own, The Ritual, people losing their shit when they get lost in the woods, that time JDO got lost in the woods, the prope...
4 - Annihilation (on mushrooms)
March 14, 2018 05:31 - 1 hour - 62 MBGet Ready For... Mushrooms vs. movies, nice ice cubes, empathy builders, bad teaching scenes, sad music, pacing issues with the hazmat man, Dave’s bad jokes, "good" green, Toronto tax shelters, bears that scream like women, weird denial in movies, was there or wasn’t there weird chanting in the cutting-open-the-stomach scene, how you can lose it around others, does the rainbow work, how to totally ruin (and maybe solve) this movie, having something to lose, why JDO doesn’t do Valentine’s Da...
3 - Black Panther / The Florida Project
March 05, 2018 05:37 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBOn this episode of the Almost Good podcast, we talk about stuff like that one racist guy who likes Black Panther, CGI rhinos, fighting twice, Blade II as a harbinger for rubbery Gumby fights, "What are the fucking powers???", how Dave really liked the white dude with one arm, of course Killmonger was right, James Spader is ass-eating royalty, doubling down on late capitalism, Marvel already ruined movies, Dave’s stepbrother is The Movie Oracle, purple vs. orange, message from the king, is Bl...
2 - Brawl in Cell Block 99
February 21, 2018 07:12 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBThis time we talk about the unlikely awesomeness of Kanye West, Dave transcribes JDO’s drunk phone call regarding Black Panther, how the best movies never run down the middle, Dunkirk, Bane masks at the gym, nü-metal (of course), Oscar picks and snubs, A Ghost Story, fake vomit, Ladybird, annoying theater talkers, some unique Alamo Drafthouse challenges, seat kickers, art vs. pulp, the genius of S. Craig Zahler, an alternate list of Best Pictures, Gabino Iglesias' love of milk, Bad Day for t...
1 - The Shape of Water
February 21, 2018 07:09 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBFor our very first episode, Dave talks about almost getting into a fight on the way to a movie about fish fucking, what it was like to go to movie theaters in the '80s, The Shape of Water gets reviewed for real, then we ramble about the importance of character evolution. Also, we ask each other questions like, "What even is an Oscar movie?" talk a little about Instagram Cinema, the feel-bad/white-trash epic I, Tonya, and finally bust out THE SCRIPT DOCTOR, who totally fixes The Shape of Wate...