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the Good the Pod the Ugly

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It's Squib SZN! 20 films. 5 decades. So many squibs. With criticism, comedy, and silly-stupid hot takes, GPU pairs movies to get a better understanding of directors, actors, and trends across cinema history. https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1241991

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 2d

Altman and Verhoeven let’s goooo

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 5d

Where’s the girl, Jerry, where’s the girl???

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 5d

Charles Laughton always makes an excellent villain :)

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 5d

The Big Clock is soooo amaze

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 9d

Neal Jordan's Mona Lisa yielded a fascinating conversation about expectations and inversion in film noir. But @mrkoral.bsky.social is getting into musique concrète so the highlights reel is a little scattered. #filmsky #filmnoir #bobhoskins #musiqueconcrete

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 10d

For #squib szn, we watched #McQ 's directorial debut. Is it a pomo masterwork, or the final nail in post-Tarantino indie sleeze? Either way, it starts with 10 minutes of gay panic jokes, reenacted here in a Lebowski-style 'edited for tv' format. www.buzzsprout.com/1055659/epis...

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks! I thought you hosted! Appreciate the lead. I’m west coast but will catch up tonight!

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 12d

How are you all watching this tonight?

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 14d

Actual lol at this quote from Riyadh Comedy Festival participant Whitney Cummings
(source: archive.is/202311151840...)

Whitney Cummings likes to think of herself as a comedy “martyr,” one of many modern comedians who are willing to “sacrifice themselves just to make sure the First Amendment is still intact.”

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 16d

I read President’s Men, and the even more dense The Final Days, their follow up book. If I remember, that one covered more of the sordid details, with more coming out as Nixon was leaving.

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 16d

There was a ton more discovered, but not used in the movie. He was having all sorts of journalists followed, wanted to bomb liberal think tanks, and then all the alleged stuff he had the CIA doing…spreading heroin in the black and hippies communities. An ugly time.

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 16d

This one seemed too cute by half when it first aired, but quickly became prescient with his first election.

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 18d

Wow never seen that poster,,,incredible

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 20d

Miller's Crossing! Is it good? Most would say so, but one of us says 'no'! Can he survive the ensuing melee? Can you even bring weapons to a podcast?!?! Tune in gentle listener... #squib szn. #coenbrothers #millerscrossing #filmsky

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, absolutely wild that Rango is kind of a Chinatown spoof/remake.

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · 26d

I love Widmark! Panic in the Streets is my fave,,,that I’ve seen. What are you all watching tonight?

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 19

It’s very dense, and really only works if you know this period of Burroughs life. Didn’t stop me from watching 1/2 dozen times trying to figure it out, before know Burroughs at all!

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 19

Listen in here:

SQUIB GAMES #14: FX - The Good, The Pod and The Ugly

SPECIAL NOTE: SEASON 15 OF THE GOOD, THE POD AND THE UGLY CELEBRATES THE USE OF THE PRACTICAL AND DIGITAL EFFECT KNOWN AS THE SQUIB. IRL GUN VIOLENCE IS INTOLERABLE AND RENOUNCED BUT... CINEMATIC VIOL...

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 19

This week on The Good, The Pod, and The Ugly, we take our SQUIB SZN meta, with 1986's corny blast F/X. A big home video hit, it turned Aussie Bryan Brown into a sex symbol for a minute, as he uses tricks of the F/X trade to get back at the FBI.
But how are the squibs???
#squibs #1980s #fx #b-movie

F/X (1986) | The FBI Recruits A Special Effects Artist | MGM

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios

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the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 19

I knew I was going to see this before I knew what it was promoting (Bram Stoker's Dracula).

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks for posting the list! Night and the City and Panic in the Streets are 2 all time faves. Excited to dig in!

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 17

He’s got like 80 some credits. Wild! Some of my fave movies on here…

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 12

Best movie about America? Or is that Fargo...

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ahahaha he's right! A very happy ending indeed.

the Good the Pod the Ugly @goodpodugly.bsky.social · Sep 12

This week! Alan Clarke's Elephant--inspiration for Van Sant's very different story with the same name. An incisive political commentary on The Troubles?? Or a stylish, nihilistic commentary on violence in cinema? #alanclarke #ira #gusvansant #squibs