The Good The Bad and the Odd

The Iron Giant and Top 5 Favourite cartoons – 105

Posted on August 11, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

The Iron Giant

Mark and Sam talk at length about their true feelings about Twilight, their favourite cartoon shows and the possibly perfect Iron Giant

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James Bond 5 – Odd One Out 037

Posted on August 4, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Never Say Never Again

The next 3 James Bond movies:

For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
Never Say Never Again

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Bubba Ho-Tep and Top 5 Favourite Actor-Character Combinations – 104

Posted on August 4, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Bubba Ho Tep

Mark and Sam have a short Comfy Chair section this week, but get into who are their favourite characters with a definitive actor associated with them, and Bubba Ho-Tep

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Electra Glide In Blue 60/100 Blake is good, but some scenes are bloated and silly. Looks great though.

Posted on August 4, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Electra Glide in Blue

A movie that seems to be considered as part of the whole “great movies of the 70s” block, but it seems overrated. Robert Blake is absolutely solid and rather great in the central performance, and there is some great cinematography, but some of the scenes are bloated, pretentious and silly. The worst is a scene where Blake’s new boss takes him to meet his woman, who by coincidence Blake is seeing…and what ensues is a scene that feels like a poorly written attempt at Tennessee Williams’ dialogue done in an overheated way.

Bits of this movie were tiresome, but some of it was interesting, and it feels somewhat like a version of Easy Rider done from a cop’s perspective. Those bits I liked.

Probably one to see, but not one to revere.

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Pet Sematary 1 and 2 – Odd One Out 036

Posted on July 31, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Pet Sematary

Mark talks about the glorious (but for different reasons) pair of Pet Sematary movies

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The World’s End and Top 5 Movie Groupings – 103

Posted on July 28, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

The World's End

Mark and Sam talk about their favourite groups of people in movies, and The World’s End

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James Bond 4 – Odd One Out 035

Posted on July 24, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

The Spy Who Loved Me

The next 3 James Bond movies:

The Man With the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker

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Pacific Rim and Top 5 Robots – 102

Posted on July 21, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Pacific Rim

Sam and Mark talk about Pacific Rim and Top 5 Robots in fictional media (covering books, TV, comic books, movies and games). (But no Dark Souls this time.)

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The Perfect Host – cat-and-mouse thriller 6.5/10 recommended

Posted on July 17, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

The Perfect Host

David Hyde Pierce (Niles from Frasier) is a guy who is about to give a dinner party, who gets duped by an armed robber/thief on the run to let him in, get fooled by him whilst he cases the joint, then he takes over before the guests arrive.

However all is not what it seems. It turns out the host is a complete lunatic, and the apparent alpha-male in this setup become the underdog.

This is a terrific little movie. DHP is fantastic as essentially a psychotic Niles, tending to guests that aren’t there but who he can see plainly, whilst the thief (Clayne Crawford, who definitely has a young Ray Liotta vibe) is confused, then scared, then angry.

It’s a black comedy. I laughed out loud several times; when the thief reveals his bleeding foot and DHP says ‘I can clean that up’ and gets a cloth, and when the foot is lifted to him, DHP starts cleaning the floor; when the thief gets shown the host’s insane home movies; when the thief is left heavily drugged, but floating in the pool buoyed up by floats. It’s all so bizarre and nutty.

I also liked how, several times it looked like it was about to go down a very dark road (think ‘Misery’) but in fact it doesn’t do that, and is better for it.

The third act doesn’t quite work for me as you find out the whole movie is based on a somewhat ridiculous circumstance, but overall I enjoyed it a lot. I particularly liked the final scene, which was something of a homage to the end of Silence of the Lambs, I think.

Spiritually, the film it most reminded me of was the 1972 version of Sleuth, with a touch of Misery, Norman Bates, Sunset Boulevard and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane thrown in.

Overall recommended, for adults.

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Black Caesar and Hell Up In Harlem – Odd One Out 033

Posted on July 17, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Black Caesar

Covering Black Caesar (aka The Godfather of Harlem) and its action-packed sequel, Hell Up in Harlem

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This Is The End and Top 5 Apocalyptic Settings – 101

Posted on July 13, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

This Is The End

Mark and Sam talk about This is the End and Top 5 apocalyptic settings in fictional media (covering books, TV, comic books, movies and games). And Dark Souls. Again.

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The movies of Ben Wheatley: Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England – Odd One Out 033

Posted on July 10, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

A Field in England

Ben Wheatley’s movies:

Down Terrace
Kill List
Sightseers
A Field in England

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The Longest Yard and Top 5 Movie Remakes – 100

Posted on July 8, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Longest Yard

Mark and Sam talk about The Longest Yard (1974), The Longest Yard (2005), and top 5 movie remakes. And Dark Souls. And Deadpool.

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James Bond 3 – Odd One Out 032

Posted on July 3, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Live And Let Die

The next 3 James Bond movies:

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Diamonds are Forever
Live and Let Die

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The Immortals and Top 5 Movie Weapons – 099

Posted on June 30, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

The Immortals

Sam and Mark talk about The Immortals and Top 5 movie weapons.

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Rambo – Odd One Out 031

Posted on June 26, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Rambo

All the Rambo movies, including:

First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Rambo 3
Rambo 2008

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Man of Steel and Top 5 Movie Father Figures – 098

Posted on June 24, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Man of Steel

After their recent spate of Ray Harryhausen episodes, Mark and Sam return to their standard format after a month or so of not doing it, resulting in a fairly length comfy chair session, a discussion on the top fathers or father figures in the movies, and enbding on Man of Steel (with spoilers).

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Star Trek 7 to 10 (Next Generation Movies) – Odd One Out 030

Posted on June 19, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

The Next Generation Star Trek Movies

Generations
First Contact
Insurrection
Nemesis

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Tribute To Ray Harryhausen Part 3 – Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans – 097

Posted on June 16, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Ray Harryhausen - Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans

Mark and Sam conclude their tribute episodes for Ray Harryhausen, looking at his Greek mythology movies

Jason and the Argonauts
Clash of the Titans

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Blacula and Scream Blacula Scream – Odd One Out 029

Posted on June 12, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Blacula

Mark takes a look at these pair of Blaxploitation-Horror goodies

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Tribute To Ray Harryhausen Part 2 – Dinosaurs and Aliens – 096

Posted on June 10, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

First Men in the Moon

Mark and Sam continue their tribute month for Ray Harryhausen, looking at some of his movies with dinosaurs and aliens

The Beast from 20,000 fathoms
The Valley of Gwangi
20 million miles from Earth
First Men in the Moon

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James Bond 2 – Odd One Out 028

Posted on June 4, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

James Bond movies 4, 5 6

Thunderball
Casino Royale
You Only Live Twice

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Tribute To Ray Harryhausen Part 1 – Sinbad – 095

Posted on June 1, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Harryhausen and Sinbad

Mark and Sam start their tribute month to the genius of Ray Harryhausen, with part one of the tribute covering the 3 Sinbad movies of Ray Harryhausen

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

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Ginger Snaps Trilogy – Odd One Out 027

Posted on May 30, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Ginger Snaps

Mark covers the 3 Ginger Snaps movies, for those that love their werewolf films. That is:

Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps Unleashed
Ginger Snaps Back

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Halloween and Top 5 Movie Instrumentals – 094

Posted on May 27, 2013 by GoodBadAndOdd

Halloween

We discuss Halloween (1978) by John Carpenter, and our top 5 favourite pieces of instrumental music from the movies. We also discuss the trailer for the game ‘Batman Arkham Origins’