Movie Good Or Movie Bad?
James Willey hosts a 30-minute podcast where they discuss two movies that share a common genre or theme. This is a podcast for any movie lover, whether they are casual viewers or cinephiles, and James wants the podcast to be accessible for those who love the movies being spoken about or those who have never heard of them!
For business inquiries, email: moviegoodormoviebad@gmail.com
Episodes
30 episodes
Ep. 30 Where Has The Podcast Been?/Twilight Month: Kristen Stewart (Certain Women/Love Lies Bleeding)
The podcast is back after a delay and I explained what happened! Plus, we also talk about Kristen Stewart!If you want to submit a movie recommendation for the podcast, please fill out this G...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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28:52
Ep. 29 Twilight Month: Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse/The Batman)
After a brief delay due to a technical issue, the podcast is back! We're starting Twilight Month talking about Robert Pattinson, my appreciation for him as an actor, my breakdown and analysis of The Lighthouse and how others have received it, a...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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35:57
Ep. 28 Adaptation Good or Adaptation Bad? (Love, Simon/Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda)
We're back with another episode of Adaptation Good or Adaptation Bad?! Hayley had suggested two different books to cover for Pride and we decided to cover both! In this episode, we also discuss out thoughts on Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom, Hay...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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39:37
Ep. 27 Barbenheimer Month: Barbenheimer One Year Later (Barbie/Oppenheimer)
Welcome to the main event of Barbenheimer Month of the podcast! This was a fun episode where Hayley joined and we talked about our theatrical experience with Barbenheimer, its impact, what we think of Barbie as a feminist film, and the shock of...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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36:05
Ep. 26 Barbenheimer Month: Christopher Nolan (The Prestige/Tenet)
This week, we are continuing Barbenheimer Month and speaking about two films from Christopher Nolan, The Prestige and Tenet! Also in this episode, I briefly share my non-spoiler thoughts about Longlegs, speak about seeing The Big Chill, talk ab...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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33:29
Ep. 25 Barbenheimer Month: Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird/Little Women)
Welcome to Barbenheimer Month everyone! We are celebrating the massive, global phenomenon that rocked the box office, but before we get to the main event, we are examining films from each director and starting with Greta Gerwig! If...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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35:43
Ep. 24 Pride 2024: Adaptation Good or Adaptation Bad? (Red, White and Royal Blue)
Join Hayley and I for the first episode of Adaptation Good or Adaptation Bad?, where Hayley and I look at a book and one of its film adaptations, in order to assess and compare the two and wonder if the film succeeds as an adaptation. Today, we...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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37:44
Ep. 23 Pride 2024: Queer Horror (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge/Jennifer's Body)
Back with another episode of the podcast for Pride! This week, I wanted to look at my favorite genre, horror, and examine how its existed through queering, with one example being explicitly queer and the other an example of queer-coding. Both m...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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34:52
Ep. 22 The Works of Rachel Sennott and Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby/Bottoms)
Time for the second episode of Pride! Although both of these films are new, Rachel Sennott have made such an impression on me with two wildly different films, that they felt perfect to have featured on this newest episode of the podcast with Sh...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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31:36
Ep.21 Pride 2024: Gregg Araki/Todd Haynes (Mysterious Skin/May December)
Welcome everyone to the first episode of Pride for 2024! While only one of these films is queer, both were made by queer directors, both are favorites of mine, and obviously, while this is a heavier episode than typical for the podcast, I do th...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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35:47
Ep. 20 The 25th Maryland Film Festival (Secret Mall Apartment and More!)
At the beginning of May, I got the opportunity to attend the 25th Maryland Film Festival after the festival being gone last year and I got to see some really amazing films that previously played at Sundance, SXSW, and Fantastic Fest, and some o...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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35:52
Ep. 19 Elvis Vs. Elvis (Elvis/Priscilla)
Back after a brief hiatus with a long promised episode that I have avoided making, but in the recording process and the edit, but for those who have asked, we are talking about Elvis! And spoilers, I still think Elvis is fine!If you wan...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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29:39
Ep. 18 The All-Americana Road Trip (The Muppets Movie/Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me)
Welcome everyone to easily my favorite episode of the podcast so far, as I talk about one of the most formative films of my younger years and a film that profoundly changed my life by helping me dive into the work of one of my favorite director...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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41:59
Ep. 17 The Life and Death of Lydia Tár (Monster Hunter/Tár)
Hello everyone, thank you for joining me for a more somber episode as we examine the life and death of Lydia Tár and one of her proudest contributions to the world of film, creating the score for the Monster Hunter movie, and talk about her med...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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19:03
Ep. 16 Listener's Pick #2 (The Witches of Eastwick/Safe)
We are back with the second Listener's Pick episode of the podcast! Thankfully, I had seen both of these films and was able to revisit them both in time for the podcast, and if you have ever wanted to hear me openly wonder if a film was extreme...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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32:34
Ep. 15 2024 Oscars Recap
By far the quickest an episode has gone from recording to being uploaded, this is the Oscars recap episode. I speak in this episode about how I made some of my predictions, the predictable nature of the Oscars, if that will continue, the musica...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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26:47
Ep. 14 Hayley (My Spouse) and I's Three Favorite Romantic Films (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/Your Name)
What better time to listen to a Valentine's Day episode of the podcast then *checks notes* two weeks late and in March! But seriously, thank you all of course for the flexibility in this episode, this was the second go-around recording due to t...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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42:52
Ep. 13 Young Queer Love (Blue (2002)/Show Me Love)
Two of my favorites and also for a long time, two films only available through 360p copies on Youtube. I also give some extended thoughts on my time at the Virtual Sundance Festival, some of my favorite films, technical issues that plagued my e...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:34
Ep. 12 A Tribute to Zac Efron (High School Musical/The Iron Claw)
This episode started largely as a meme, but I had lots of fun with it! It's cool to pay tribute to an actor who has deserved a lot more credit in his career through two films that sit in similar themes and are both sports films. I had many more...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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32:43
Ep. 11 A24 2023 Recap (Past Lives/Close/Earth Mama/All 2023 A24 Films!)
Welcome everyone to the first episode of the podcast for the year and for this episode, I wanted to talk about the great work of one of the companies that has supported me the most in the previous year, A24! Overall, I recommend many of these f...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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25:40
Ep. 10 A Queer Christmas Special (Spencer/Tangerine)
Deeply apologize for the delay everyone, I have a cat who just recently had surgery and is now recovering. Even if you don't celebrate Christmas and even though it is after the fact, Spencer and Tangerine are lovely films for any time of the ye...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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27:31
Ep. 9 The Perspective of Children (The Florida Project/Aftersun)
Welcome back everyone! I accidentally picked two A24 films this week that are some of the most emotionally devastating films I could have covered for the podcast today, whoops! Both of these films are some of my favorites of all time and they a...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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26:13
Ep. 8 Conflicted Interests (Anatomy of a Fall/Decision to Leave)
Welcome back everyone, this is easily my favorite episode that I have ever done for the podcast! To talk about two more recent films, one an upcoming awards season contender, another a film that deserved so much more credit during the last awar...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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28:00
Ep. 7 Terror of the Kaiju (Shin Godzilla/The Host)
Welcome to the second of our two horror-themed episodes for Halloween (it's November now, but shhhhhh)! It's weird to have found two kaiju films both centered around the existence of a poor and disorganized government, but I am glad Shin ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:05
Ep. 6 Body Horror Extravaganza (Tetsuo: The Iron Man/Titane)
Welcome to the first of our two horror-themed episodes for Halloween! Body horror is my favorite subgenre of horror, my favorite genre of film, and I weirdly picked two body horror films where our protagonists bond with machines, and that was a...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:27