Good Boys Gone Bland
by Good Boys Gone Bland
The Good Boys Gone Bland podcast is a thematic movie review where we choose 10 films on a single actor or thing and fully immerse ourselves in blanditude. Jump in with Denali, Jace, and Ryan (the GBGBs) as we riff our way through the movie mansion.
Episodes
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Litterboxd - Garfield (2004)
Out of respect for Garfield we are not releasing this episode on our usual Mondays, and it certainly has nothing to do with us being behind on our editing schedule. The GBGBs press further into the cat season with a review of Garfield (2004). This may be the most high profile cat we have…
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Litterboxd - Avatar (2009)
The GBGBs are deep into their cat season so they decided it was time they visit a planet full of cat people (?). This week they review AVATAR (2009)! If you've been living under a rock, Avatar is about a disabled ex-marine (Sam Worthington) who gets the chance to pilot a genetically engineered...
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Litterboxd - Catwoman (2004)
This week the GBGBs tackle a movie that is oft cited (perhaps wrongfully?) as one of the worst films ever made, Catwoman (2004)! We also rope in returning special guest Ali to watch and review this iconic movie for the cat season. Halle Berry stars as Patience Phillips, a shy, reserved employee…
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Litterboxd (Bonus) - Sleepwalkers (1992)
Jace and Denali embark on a bonus episode, reviewing the 1992 Stephen King film SLEEPWALKERS! This movie is King's first screenplay that was not adapted from one of his existing books. It stars Madchen Amick (of Twin Peaks fame) who faces a mother and son that are part of an immortal race of...
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Litterboxd - The Cassandra Cat (1963)
"No, let's not do Garfield" we said. "It would be too obvious" we said. "I know, let's do the 1963 avant-garde Czech New Wave film, The Cassandra Cat" said one of us. "But that one isn't even available on streaming, it's literally just on Youtube. I don't think anyone has seen this!" said…
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Bonus - Predator (1987)
It's Bonus time! Jace was out of town so Ryan and Denali embarked on a review of the possibly catlike (?) Predator (1987)! Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch, the leader of an elite mercenary squad sent to *REDACTED* to perform an extraction. However, a mysterious alien hunter lurks in the...
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Litterboxd - That Darn Cat (1965)
Oh those darn GBGBs are at it again! This week they review the 1965 original That Darn Cat, which stars a very real cat named DC. When a pair of bank robbers take a bank teller hostage, DC inadvertently reveals a series of clues that could lead FBI agent Zeke Kelso to solve the caper. This movie...
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Litterboxd - Cat People (1982)
Oh boy... The GBGBs are back with a new entry in the Cat Season, and possibly a new entry in the Big Cat sub-season? Warning to our listeners, Cat People (1982) is a bit of an experience and you should probably read the description before watching. It stars Nastassia Kinski as Irena, who…
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Litterboxd - Sabretooth (2002)
Jace and Denali embark on a bonus episode journey into BIG CAT country! What will they uncover? Could this mean a new horizon for the Litterboxd season? This week they review Sabretooth (2002), a Sci-Fi Channel original movie about a genetically engineered Sabretooth who terrorizes campers after...
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Bonus - Ricky Stanicky (2024)
Ryan's out of town, so Jace and Denali are here with a bonus this week, reviewing 2024's Ricky Stanicky! This movie stars Zach Efron, Jermaine Fowler, and Andrew Santino as 3 childhood friends who have created a non-existent friend to excuse themselves from all responsibilities. When their...
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Bonus - Pandorum (2009)
The GBGBs hop out of Litterboxd for a brief detour on a derelict spaceship... This time reviewing 2009's sci-fi horror, PANDORUM! Ben Foster plays an amnesiac worker who crawls out of cryo-sleep to find that his colony ship is not as he remembers. Teamed with his suspicious ship captain played by...
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Litterboxd - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
The GBGBs are BACK in the the Litterbox with a review of the great sequel of a spinoff of a sequel, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)! After using up 8 of his lives, Puss in Boots searches for a fallen wishing star to regain his missing lives while being pursued by the wolf-personification of...
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Litterboxd - The Cat From Outer Space (1978)
GREETINGS EARTHLINGS. The GBGBs have arrived to review the 1978 cinema masterpiece, The Cat From Outer Space! When a flying saucer containing an extraterrestrial cat crash lands in Los Angeles, the feline pilot enlists his new human friend Frank to help him finds his way home. Hijinks ensue, the...
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Litterboxd - The Cat Returns (2002)
The GBGBs are back with another installment of "Litterboxd", their purr-rific cat-movie marathon! This time they review their first Studio Ghibli movie seen on the show, The Cat Returns (2003). This movie stars GBGB alum Anne Hathaway as Haru, a high school student who is brought to the Cat…
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Litterboxd - Pet Sematary (1989)
Now I know what you're thinkin' now. Don't you even think about it. You wanna click this here GBGB episode and try to hear the review of Pet Sematary (1989). I know you wanna listen to more of the Cat Season but it aint right. The episode's gone sour you see? You'll think it's a GBGBs episode but...
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Bonus - Wild Wild West (1999)
Ryan is out of town this week so Jace and Denali take control of the train and drive it straight to WILD WILD WEST (1999)! Once touted as the most expensive film ever made, WWW stars Will Smith and Kevin Kline as special agents charged with thwarting a plot to assassinate the president in a...
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Litterboxd - Keanu (2016)
Me-WOW the GBGBs are back with episode 2 of the Cat Season with a review of KEANU (2016). Remember this movie? It's basically a 90 min Key and Peele sketch where two friends try to rescue their new beloved kitty from a ruthless kingpin. The kitten is voiced by GBGBs alum Keanu Reeves, but only…
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Litterboxd - Cat in the Hat (2003)
OH YEAH!! They finally did it folks, the GBGBs are doing a CAT SEASON!! The inaugural episode of "Litterboxd" is our review of the 2003 cinematic masterpiece, The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers as Cat. Sally and Conrad Walden are just your average kids in the BORING town of Anneville. But…
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Dark City (1998)
The GBGBs embark on a STRANGE and TWISTED journey into Dark City this week with their watch of.... well... Dark City (1998)! This movie stars Rufus Sewell as Murdoch, a guy with amnesia living in a bizarre dreamlike city ruled by a mysterious secret order called The Strangers. It is often said…
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Zootopia (2016)
Are you ready to get wild?? Because we're about to pay a visit to Zootopia! A bustling metropolis filled with businesses, public transit, and municipal bureaucracy! I guess that's not very wild.... But there are animals though! This animated film made a massive splash at the box office in 2016…
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
*Apologies for the sound quality this episode, we had lost the original file but used a lower quality backup* Despite mixed results with previous movies, the GBGBs embarked on their 3rd Terry Gilliam project with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)! This movie stars John Neville as our...
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Treasure Planet (2002)
YARR CLIMB ABOARD MATEYS!! IT'S TIME FOR THE GBGBS TO REVIEW TREASURE PLANET!! This 2002 animated cult classic is due for a rewatch. It stars Joseph Gordon Levitt as young Jim Hawkins, a teen troublemaker who is whisked away on an interstellar adventure in search of the loot of a thousand worlds!...
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The GBGBs return to review another Ryan favorite, Eyes Wide Shut (1999)! This movie stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a young married couple navigating their relationship while Tom stumbles into a strange seedy underbelly that he can't seem to stay away from..... EWS is also known as Stanley...
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The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)
This week the GBGBs review The Last Stop in Yuma County, a neat lil indie flick starring Jim Cummings. The movie is about a traveling knife salesman getting trapped at a diner with a pair of bank robbers and a handful of locals and hijinks ensue. If any folks want to actually see this movie, we'd...
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Dog Soldiers (2002)
AWOOOO it's a werewolf episode!!! Dog Soldiers is a Bri'ish film that stars a lot of proper blokes like Kevin Mckidd and Liam Cunningham. It's about a team of soldiers trying to survive an attack by a pack of werewolves while on a training exercise in the Scottish Highlands. Listen as the GBGBs...
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The Thing (1982)
After years of waiting, the GBGBs finally review Ryan's favorite movie, THE THING (1982)! Directed by John Carpenter, The Thing stars Kurt Russell as a stoic research scientist trapped in an Antarctic base with a shapeshifting alien that is violently assimilating his coworkers. Hijinks ensue, and...
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Dune (1984)
Note to our listeners: This episode was recorded back in December 2024, before David Lynch's passing in January. RIP David Lynch, maybe one day the GBGBs can honor your work by reviewing some of your other buck-wild amazing films. This week the GBGBs review DUNE (the version from 1984). The first...
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Trap (2024)
The GBGBs are BACK with a review of the LATEST M. Night Shyamalan flick, TRAP. Josh Hartnett stars as just your everyday dad who's secretly a serial killer. All he wants to do is take his daughter to a concert to see her favorite pop star, Lady Raven (played by Saleka Night). Hijinks ensue when…
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
This week we review cult horror-comedy classic, Jennifer's Body! Is 16 years long enough to be a cult classic? After missing this movie when it came out, we heard it went through a bit of a cultural renaissance the past few years so we thought we should give it a watch and see for ourselves.…
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Heat (1995)
This week we got a GREAT EPISODE, and you got your PODCAST FEED right up it! We're watching the 1995 Michael Mann-directed heist-movie classic, HEAT. Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino face off in a cat-and-mouse game as an unbeatable heister catches the attention of an obsessed detective. Bank heists,...
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Blade (1998)
The GBGB's are donning their black leather and katanas this week for a review of BLADE (1998). This pre-MCU Marvel adaptation stars Wesley Snipes as BLADE, a sword-wielding half-vampire on a mission to avenge the death of his mother and rid the world of vampires. But, *record scratch* it turns…
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Persona (1966)
Hej gott folk! Det var ett tag sedean men, de goa pojkarna blev intetsagande ha annu ett bra avsnitt till dig. The GBGBs are back with a very chill lowkey easy review of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's 1966 avant-garde magnus opus, "Persona". This movie has been referred to as the "Mount…
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Bonus - Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)
It's another Ryan and Denali bonus joint this week and we're watching Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives! After years of lobbying, Ryan finally got his wish to review one of the Jason movies on the podcast. Denali has never seen a Friday the 13th movie so this is going to go really well I'm…
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Bonus: Time Bandits (1981)
We're back with another Ryan/Denali Bonus review.... This time with Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS (1981)! Forget what we've said before, THIS movie is an absolute fever dream. Nothing makes sense, nothing seems to matter, and we're not entirely sure if this is even a movie. Also discussed: Time...
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Twister (1996)
Hop in the Twister-Wagon, we're going STORM CHASING! The GBGBs review the 90's disaster movie classic, Twister (1996) starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. You guys know that Glen Powell movie called Twisters? Well this is basically like a prequel where you find out why the Tornado is so mad. This...
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Bonus: Signs (2002)
WE'RE BACK. Sort of..... Jace was out of town so Ryan and Denali decided to "swing away" into a review of SIGNS (2002). We believe this decision will bring peace and unity to 2/3rds of the GBGBs brand as this movie brings aliens for Ryan and M Night Shyamalan for Denali. This was the movie that...
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Gosling's Garden - State of the Podcast 10
The GBGBs hath finished their contractually obligated 10th season and now convene to discuss the aftermath of Gosling's Garden. Also discussed: the ultimate Gosling movie pitch, Gosling Graph overview, and the future of the GBGBs brand. Thanks for stopping by!
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Gosling's Garden - Barbie (2023)
AT LONG LAST the GBGBs review the final movie in the Ryan Gosling season, Barbie (2023). The BTS for this review was a logistical nightmare but we were glad to wrap up the season on a high note with probably the most iconic movie of this decade. The Gos-man plays Ken, whose job is beach, and he...
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Gosling's Garden - La La Land (2016)
The GBGBs are BACK with an OSCAR WINNING BANGER. That's right folks, get on your dancing shoes because we're reviewing La La Land. It's a movie about singing, dancing, jazz being dead, and HOLLYWOOD. It's also the third (and best) iteration of the Ryan Gosling/Emma Stone onscreen couple. Also...
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Gosling's Garden - Ryan Gosling TV Special
The GBGB's are doing another TV Special, this time reviewing Ryan Gosling's earliest roles from two popular 90s TV shows. Gosling stars in a Goosebumps episode titled, "Say Cheese, and Die!" as well as an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark titled, "The Tale of Station 109.1". The GBGBs are…
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Gosling's Garden - The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Everyone was begging and pleading us to do it, and we finally decided to listen to the legions of fans and do it. We reviewed The Place Beyond the Pines, the 2012 crime epic told in 3 parts for two and a half hours. Everyone has undoubtedly seen this movie so no need for a synopsis, but just in...
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Gosling's Garden - Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
The GBGBs are back with PEAK GOSLING in Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011). Now some might argue that his character in this movie is not peak Gosling, but there is no doubt that this era marks the dawn of RG's great reign over our screens. Starting with Drive, our friend stars in 3 films in a single…
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Gosling's Garden: The Nice Guys (2016)
The GBGBs return with their latest episode of Gosling's Garden, this time roping in special guest Ali! This time around we review the 2016 Shane Black action-comedy, The Nice Guys! In true Gosling-movie fashion, the film takes place in LA and gives us a nostalgic trip through a bygone era. But…
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Gosling's Garden - Gangster Squad (2013)
The GBGBs are back with our review of GANGSTER SQUAD (2013). What, you don't remember this movie? C'mon it has Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Thanos, The Falcon, Crossbones, Ant-Man's funny friend Luis.... Really?? Well it's about a ragtag team of mavericks who are trying to take down a mob boss...
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Gosling's Garden - Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
The GBGBs are back in Gosling's Garden to watch the 2007 indie comedy, Lars and the Real Girl! This movie stars our friend the Gosman as Lars, a shy yet kindhearted fellow who lives with his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer). Things take a turn when Lars begins a…
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Gosling's Garden - Blade Runner 2049
The GBGBs are continuing their Ryan Gosling marathon with a review of 2017's Blade Runner 2049! This movie is a BLEAK, DYSTOPIAN, THRILL RIDE full of philosophy and sobering discussions about personhood. Ryan Gosling plays a Nexus 8 replicant tasked with "retiring" older replicant models....
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Gosling's Garden - The Notebook (2004)
The GBGBs are kicking off Season 10 (?!) with a 10-movie marathon of Ryan Gosling, starting with the ICONIC 2004 film, The Notebook. This steamy romance stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as Noah and Allie, two teenagers who fall in love in 1940s South Carolina. The two are separated when...
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The Garage - State of the Podcast
Well folks, we made it. After 10 episodes of our Car Season it is time to bid adieu to cars and say ahoy to.... something else? Join us as we embark on our 9th State of the Podcast and debrief on our Car Season. Didn't listen to all the episodes? Well this might be the catch-up you're looking…
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The Garage - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
At long last, we have arrived at the end of the Car Season, SHINY AND CHROME! This week we reviewed the iconic reboot of an iconic franchise, Mad Max: Fury Road. This time around Tom Hardy plays our eponymous hero as he aids Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron) as she launches a daring escape with...
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The Garage: Cars (2006)
Well well well they finally did it. The GBGBs watched the movie Cars for their Car Season. They fired up their car-microphones, sat in their car-chairs, and watched car-Owen Wilson figure out his car-problems for 2 car-hours. This movie is the culmination of a gradually increasing saturation of...
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The Good Boys Gone Bland podcast is a thematic movie review where we choose 10 films on a single actor or thing and fully immerse ourselves in blanditude. Jump in with Denali, Jace, and Ryan (the GBGBs) as we riff our way through the movie mansion.
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