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The Good, The Bad, and The What!?

A weekly film podcast hosted by Ryan Oliver and Chris Thomas, dedicated to discussing the "good," "bad," and "what!?" films of a given subgenre, theme, motif, or filmography.

Podcast · By Ryan Oliver · English · Official site

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 25, 2026

    GBW #252: Resident Evil, Too (Resident Evil: Afterlife / Resident Evil: Retribution / Resident Evil: The Final Chapter / Resident Evil [2026]) (opens the original)

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    Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in Part 2 of our entire " Resident Evil " series retrospective, we finish out the Paul W.S. Anderson saga with 2010's " Resident Evil: Afterlife ," 2012's " Resident Evil: Retribution ," and 2017's " Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ," and conclude w

  2. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    GBW #251: Resident Evil (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City / Resident Evil [2002] / Resident Evil: Apocalypse / Resident Evil: Extinction) (opens the original)

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    Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, in honor of Zach Cregger 's new adaptation of " Resident Evil ," we begin Part 1 of our entire series retrospective, beginning a bit backwards with 2021's " Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City " (due to being a direct adaptation of the first two g

  3. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    GBW #250: Geo-Noir (The Friends of Eddie Coyle / McQ / To Live and Die in L.A.) (opens the original)

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    Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, on our 250th episode(!), Jordan, Ryan, and Chris dive into three neo-noir films each set in their home cities with the Boston-set 1973 masterpiece " The Friends of Eddie Coyle ," the rare non-romance Seattle-set film in 1974's " McQ ", and the errati

  4. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    GBW #249: Summer 2026 Catch-Up (opens the original)

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    Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan, Chris, and Jordan discuss the Summer 2026 moviegoing season as a whole, with 31 different films between the three of them, including longer discussions on " Hokum ," " Obsession ," " Backrooms ," " I Love Boosters ," " Disclosure Day ," " The O

  5. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    GBW #248: 2 Angry Men (The People vs. Larry Flynt / The Insider / The Hurricane) (opens the original)

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    Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Jordan is out of the office, but Ryan and Chris hold down the fort and dive into three films based on true stories that dive into various aspects of the U.S. judicial system and feel just as relevant today as they did when they were released. Those f

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