The Goods: Film Reviews
The 2025 How to Train Your Dragon film is a so-called “live action remake” of a beloved animated film (a.k.a. “LARM” if you’re a goober), but it is not like Snow White or Pinocchio for a couple of reasons.
Read even a few articles about the movie business and you’ll inevitably encounter lamentations of the disappearing middle class of cinema.
The American International Pictures beach party movies of the mid-1960s almost always featured some wealthy, middle-aged businessman trying to scoop up beachfront property for self-enrichment, much to the annoyance of the surfing teenagers.
One reason the release of every Wes Anderson film is an exciting occurrence is because you can reliably count on him to push his aesthetics or storytelling in some bold new direction.
Tim Robinson is having a moment.
What is the line between body mutilation that entertains or provokes me vs. disgusts me?
There’s a fine line between “soul-crushing slop” and “modestly enjoyable slop.”
Today, I come to discuss a film that features two heartsick loners stuck on opposite ends of a chasm.
Well, what are we to do with this?
I use the term “Sundance-core” pretty frequently here on The Goods, and if you are approximately my demographic, you surely knew these movies well