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The Good Bad Movie Show @goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 13h

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Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) and Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) hop in the virtual elevator for the other reality bending sci-fi movie from 1999, #thethirteenthfloor!

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Vincent D'Onofrio in The Thirteenth Floor.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 1d

I was going to add that Manhattan and/or remake need to be at the bottom, but clearly we differ there.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, that’s a good list! I feel like everyone has their pet New Line to put in the top three. My editor was really pushing for Freddy v Jason at number three.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 1d

I did catch Part III in 3D this past weekend, which is a much better experience, but it wasn't enough for me to bump it up to the second half of the list.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 1d

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I ranked the #fridaythe13th movies from worst to best: www.denofgeek.com/movies/frida...

Friday the 13th Movies Ranked

We look at all of Jason Voorhees' slash-happy adventures, from worst to best!

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 7d

It's true! I got to tag along with Sarah to talk about log jams, spaghetti slips, and spiritual existentialism with the Fear of God fellas. Check it out!

Sarah Welch-Larson @dodgyboffin.com · 8d

The fine folks over at the Fear of God pod had me and @joewriteswords.bsky.social on to talk about Final Destination 2. I say this about every Final Destination movie, but: Tony Todd MVP

Final Destination 2 — The Fear of God Podcast

Reed and Nathan hop in the car with friends of the FoG old and new, Sarah Welch-Larson and Joe George, respectively. They totally neglect to see the log truck driving alongside them, the conversation ...

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 12d

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I went long on the ending of #onebattleafteranother and its depiction of the human love that charges the ongoing fight against White Supremacy: www.denofgeek.com/movies/one-b...

One Battle After Another Ending Explained

Paul Thomas Anderson implants deep meaning into the final scenes of One Battle After Another, contrasting love against hate...

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 12d

Coming home from One Battle After Another to watch the latest Peacemaker really underscored that pop culture is recognizing that White Supremacy is inextricable from American power and is enforced by the police (or police stand-ins in Peacemaker).

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 12d

Wolf Man remains one of my favorite movies of the year, so I was glad to get the chance to talk about it on the show.

The Good Bad Movie Show @goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 13d

NEW EPISODE!

Joe (@joewriteswords.bksy.social) and Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) look at a new good bad movie! It's time to talk Wolf Man on the Good Bad Movie Show!

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Christopher Abbott gnawing on his arm in the movie Wolf Man (2025)

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 20d

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I talked with Michael Chiklis about his new movie The Senior and a bit about a #fantasticfour return:

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Michael Chiklis on The Senior, Tough Characters, and Fantastic Four's The Thing

Exclusive: Actor Michael Chiklis talks about returning to football in his new movie The Senior and his time as Marvel's Ben Grimm.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 21d

Look, I'm loving the nastiness of Absolute Batman and I enjoy The Dark Knight and The Batman. But these things work because they build off the inherent silliness of the character, and we need more stories that just a silly, simple character be silly and simple.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 21d

We shouldn't be surprised that kids are less interested in Batman because very few good Batman stories have been made for kids in the past decade. Which is a problem, because Batman (like all superheroes) is fundamentally for kids (for @denofgeek.bsky.social): www.denofgeek.com/movies/forgo...

Have We Forgotten Batman Is for Kids?

New research data on Gen Alpha shows Batman barely registers with young audiences when compared to Spider-Man, Avengers, Minecraft, or Wednesday Addams. Is that a long-term problem for the Dark Knight...

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 22d

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I wrote a little bit about my favorite Robert Redford performance, in Sneakers: www.denofgeek.com/movies/sneak...

Sneakers Remains Robert Redford's Most Underrated Performance

Robert Redford leaves behind a host of excellent performances, including one in an under-appreciated '90s thriller.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 23d

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I ranked the #startrek crews from worst to best which, like most franchise-wide articles I write, is kind of a rough draft for an article I'm going to eventually write about how Carol Freeman is the best Starfleet captain: www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek...

Star Trek Crews Ranked from Worst to the Real Number Ones

The voyages of the starship Enterprise and its sisters have involved some fantastic crews.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 27d

Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey get all the attention in that last scene of #seven, but Morgan Freeman is doing incredible acting there, and throughout the movie. I wrote about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/seven...

Seven Remains Morgan Freeman’s Best Performance

Morgan Freeman's stunning, subtle acting makes Seven an even more upsetting movie than we thought.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 27d

Nothing makes Google's AI look dumber than searching up random deep-cut alien races from DC Comics.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

Yep, same. I enjoy the eps, but Whedon just saying he’s divorcing the symbol from nasty Western tropes doesn’t make it so. Especially when butted against the Federation (which obviously has its problems, but not the same ones).

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

He’s trying to do that, but he’s still invoking Lost Cause narratives because he’s working in Western tropes that communicated that narrative. Same with the Reavers. You can say that they aren’t Indigenous peoples, but the signifier of Indigenous is bigger than your story’s lore.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

yeeeep

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

oooh. you may not like the (fair, i think) real-world comparison to the browncoats i make in this article.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

Why follow one unpleasant experience with another?

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I look back at #serenity and how its assassin antagonist sure sounds like a Federation true believer from #startrek: www.denofgeek.com/movies/seren...

Serenity Villain Personifies the Sinister Side of Star Trek's Politics

The Firefly movie Serenity makes a villain out of the Federation, and that's a good thing.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · 28d

I feel like I understand less about this movie the more Kirstie and I talked about it. So listen to me get even more confused!

The Good Bad Movie Show @goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 28d

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Kirstie (@emotionalpedant) and Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) explore the ethereal, timeless music that is early 2000s nü-metal with Queen of the Damned!

#annerice #queenofthedamned

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · Sep 8

I have been listening to the #rocketeer score non-stop since writing this list of non-Batman comic book movies for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/weird...

The Weird Comic Book Movies of the 1990s (That Aren't Batman & Robin)

Let's look back at a time when Hollywood was more interested in indie comics and B-listers than superheroes like Hulk and Wonder Woman.

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Joe George @joewriteswords.bsky.social · Sep 8

The new #conjuring movie stinks, and without James Wan crafting excellent scare sequences, the franchise's retrograde worldview is impossible to ignore. My latest for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-c...

The Conjuring: Last Rites Turns the Horror Franchise into a Schmaltzy Soap Opera

The Conjuring: Last Rites isn't just a bad movie. It's a bad movie that retroactively makes previous entries harder to watch.

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