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Podcast Episode: Mary Poppins (1964) / Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) – Talkin’ Poppins

Dan and Brian continue their Musical Decades theme month with a look at two Disney live action-animation hybrid films

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The Princess Bride (1987)

Rob Reiner and William Goldman baked a little magic trick into The Princess Bride that I don’t think I fully appreciated as a kid

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Podcast Episode: 42nd Street (1933) / An American in Paris (1951) (ft. Hunter Allen) – Beyond the proscenium

Dan and Brian invite film critic and musical cinema lover Hunter Allen from Kinemalogue to join as they kick off a new theme month

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Persuasion (2007)

Since I responded very powerfully to Emma (2020) a few years ago, I’ve gradually become a Jane Austen appreciator.

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Blue Moon (2025)

The most crucial moment in Blue Moon arrives in the very first scene, when the protagonist, Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke), dies.

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Site Update

Goals for 2026

I write this in the middle of a motivational and creative drought.

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Site Update

Looking Back: Goals for 2025

We’ve entered the navel-gazing portion of the calendar.

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Podcast Episode: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) (ft. Andrew) – Facilitate the Nooch

To celebrate Brian’s birthday, he and Dan invite Brian’s brother Andrew to join the podcast and discuss the 2001 animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

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Podcast Episode: Top 10 Movie Endings

Dan and Brian count down their top 10 movie endings, with the proviso that 5 of them must be movies they’ve discussed on The Goods and 5 of them must be movies they have not discussed previously.

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Podcast Episode: The Usual Suspects (1995) – Brains on the wall

Dan and Brian discuss The Usual Suspects, that famous purveyor of narrative misdirection.