Well Good Movies

In this New Year's bonus episode, Craig and Dave break down all the films logged and collected in the movie vault after over 50 episodes. But there's one catch... With a need for a refresh and clean up, the pair decide it's time to make their final list of entrees after some time for reflection on certain titles. 

We also use this chance to catch up on the evolution of the podcast over the last two and a half years, along with our favourite movies of 2021, and give a glimpse of what listeners can expect in 2022!

#CatchUp #NewYear #FilmFans #MoviePodcast

This year we decided to put up our feet, enjoy some leftover turkey, along with the usual fun, games, and guests that the festive period brings by talking about Boxing Day Movies- the perfect films to watch after Christmas!

Joined by Dai Hill and Liv Mackender we must choose one film to go in the Movie Vault out of Mary Poppins (1964), Bridge on the River Kwai (1964), Zulu (1964), and Chicken Run (2000)! 

We also play this week's Endgame where Craig brings up a very different type of Boxing Day movie... 

#BoxingDay #BoxingDayFilm #ChristmasMovie #FestiveFilm #FamilyFilm #ClassicCinema

This week we bring about our planned James Bond celebration! After over a year of delays and uncertainty fans finally got to see No Time to Die from September 2021, so we decided to gather together some of the biggest Bond fans we know to discuss the franchise, and what makes it so special.

Aled Griffiths, Niall Glynn, and Stephen Jones all talk about their experiences with James Bond, as well as help Craig and Dave break down three eras of Bond with Dr. No, Goldeneye, and Casino Royale! We also challenge our guests to this week's Endgame to guess the Bond theme, the catch? Craig is done a bit of meddling with the music...

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#JamesBond #007 #NoTimeToDie #DrNo #Goldeneye #CasinoRoyale #DanielCraig #SeanConnery #PierceBrosnan  

It's here. After three endgame specials that saw various teams of former guests battle it out in film-related challenges, we finally crown an overall winning team! 

Featuring Dai Hill and Stefanos Florakis, Ed Mason and Alexandra McCreadie, and Lucy Fur and Paul Hunt, all in uniquely named teams, they go through several trials and tribulations set by the master of the Endgame- Craig McDonald! 

Facing the horrors of Scooby-Doo movies, double feature conundrums, and of course, our spin on Mastermind- Mojo Mind, only one team can be the champions and win the ultimate prize! 

Who will it be? 

#moviechallenge #filmquiz #filmfans #challenge #podcast #movietrivia

We're back for a later than planned Halloween special! This year we thought rather than talking about several monster movies, we'd talk about one that includes them all! So cue 2004 gothic adventure- Van Helsing, from Mummy director Stephen Sommers! 

Joined by WGM regulars Kyle Shaun Thomas, and Christopher Maxwell, we weigh up whether this and other film's like it, are a good sub-genre of horror and adventures... 

#Halloween2021 #VanHelsing #HughJackman #Dracula #Frankenstein 

In our 50th official episode, we decide to invite some of our favourite ever guests to join us in talking about a film long built up over our episodes - Pudsey the Dog: the Movie. Why you may ask? You'll have to listen to find out!

Featuring loads of questions, trivia, secrets, and hilarity, we break down this terrible film, as well as decide if it deserves a place in our Movie Vault!

So what are you waiting for?! Check out Dave, Craig, Lucy Fur, Christopher Maxwell, Ed Mason, and Paul Cornish to revel in the fun and games of Well Good Movies! 

We're back! After an extended summer break, Dave and Craig are back to look back at the mad world of movies with our good friends Dai Hill and Mat Troy. This week, to coincide with the release of The Green Knight, we delve into films based on Arthurian legends! As always with fantasy movies of this type there's a lot of good, and a whole lot of bad, so join us as we deep dive into the history of Arthur, The Green Knight, as well as 1981's Excalibur, and 2004's King Arthur! 

#Arthur #KingArthur #TheGreenKnight #Excalibur 

This week Dave, Craig, Stef, and Laura get together to talk all about Marvel's highs and lows when it comes to female characters. Why has it taken so long to make a Black Widow film? Is Captain Marvel a good start? And are Nebula and Scarlett Witch good role models?

We discuss these great characters and review Captain Marvel to decide if it deserves a spot in our Movie Vault, along with playing our ever fun "endgame" challenge all based on the famous lines of Black Widow!

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#BlackWidow #CaptainMarvel #MCU #ScarlettJohanson #BrieLarson #Disney #Marvel 

In this week's episode, Dave and Craig are joined by Kyle Shaun Thomas and Liv MacKender to talk all about the classic Roald Dahl adaptation Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory which is celebrating its 50th anniversary! 

We talk all about our memories of Roald Dahl, Gene Wilder, along with the history, nostalgia, and notable differences with the 1971 film. We also visit the Movie Vault to decide if Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory deserves to go in, as well as playing another crazy and ludicrous end-game challenge! 

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#WillyWonka #CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory #WillyWonka50 #RoaldDahl #GeneWilder

In our latest episode, we talk about the feel-good indie classic- Little Miss Sunshine from 2006. Celebrating 15 years since its release this year, as well as being challenged to watch it by WGM team member Shelley, we go through the legacy, importance, and personal connections we have to this film that started the careers of many of its cast and crew.

We of course make a visit to the Movie Vault, to ask if Little Miss Sunshine should be entered, and also challenge Kelly and Shelley to one of our most bizarre Endgames yet; Little Miss Endgame! 

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#LMS #LittleMissSunshine #ToniCollette #SteveCarrell #LMS15 #Littlemisssunshine15 

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The latest episode of Well Good Movies goes back through the X-citing and turbulent movies that belonged to the "X-Men Beginnings Trilogy" that covers X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse.

We are once again joined by comic lover and host of the Capes, Cowls, and Masks Podcast- Jake Hart who helps us to break down and give our overall thoughts to each of these superhero blockbusters!  

Will any make it in the Movie Vault? Which film was our personal favourite? And why does Michael Fassbender turn Irish in First Class? 

Join us for all those questions and more in this week's episode!

#XMEN #x-men #FirstClass #XMenBeginnings #JamesMcAvoy #MichaelFassbender  

In this week’s episode we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the animated classic Shrek, so who better to join us than the world-leading “Shrekspert” and associate lecturer in Animation at Middlesex Uni Doctor Sam Summers!

Sam joins Dave, Craig, and Kelly to talk about the impact of Shrek on animation, along with our memories, and favourite moments from the first two films.

From the weirdness of the Bee movie to questions about Shirley Bassey’s bush, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!

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#Shrek #Shrek20thAnniversary #SamSummers #Shrek2 #Dreamworks #Animation

This week Dave and Craig are joined by our award season expert Stefanos to chat all about our most remembered Oscar moments and snubs. We recap the 2021 ceremony, as well as talking about why classic slip-ups like Adele Dazeem, and the La La Land/ Moonlight controversy stand out so much.

On top of that Stef recommends one Oscar Best Picture Winner to go in The Movie Vault, as well as Dave and Stef fighting it out in this week's endgame- The Winner Takes it All! 

Don't forget to subscribe, like, and share wherever you can to keep getting the biggest discussions, and crazy challenges in the world of film! 

#Oscars #Oscars2021 #AcademyAwards #lalaland #moonlight #indinamenzel #johntravolta 

Get over here! This week Dave and Craig are joined by writer Rhys Humphreys and gamer Kieran Williams to discuss the Mortal Kombat film series! We delve into our thoughts on the potential for the franchise ahead of the 2021 movie, as well as discussing and reviewing the good and bad (a lot of bad) of Mortal Kombat (1995) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997).

Will either one make it into the movie vault, and how do they hold up today? We discuss all that along with this week's endgame "Meme-ory Lane"! 

#mortalkombat

In this week's episode, Dave and Craig are joined once again by our friend Stephen Jones to chat about our favourite easter eggs in movies (not the chocolate kind) as well as watching and discussing films we placed in the movie vault, we may have never seen before! 

With classics such as Groundhog Day, The Man Who Laughs, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, we ask whether these films meet our expectations, and deserve their place in our vault of important movies!

#Movies #Film #FamousFilms #SilentCinema #Musicals #GroundhogDay #BillMurray #TheManWhoLaughs

A brand new and additional episode to celebrate the release of Godzilla Vs. Kong! This week Dave and Craig are joined by Niall and Dai to discuss versus movies! We'll be discussing the appeal of films that showcase a big fight right in their title. Do they work? Are they fun? And are they all just about big silly monsters?

To find out we pick a versus movie each from a hat to discuss on the episode, leading to some great results. But which one will go into the movie vault? Only one way to choose... Let them fight! 

#Godzilla #GodzillaKong #Kaiju #TheRing #TheGrudge #MegaShark #Gamera

Here we go again! Three teams of former guests return after facing the madness of the endgame in their respective episodes, now having to face it for an entire episode all orchestrated by our very own Craig McDonald! 

To celebrate his birthday, Craig has lined up a series of birthday-themed games and challenges for our guests to endure, to see who comes out on top, and go forth to the champions of champions final, someday in the future!

If you love film quizzes, random trivia, and weird challenges this is the episode for you!

Join Craig, Dave, Dan Mitchell, Paul Hunt, Alexandra McCreadie, Ed Mason, Jake Hart, and Tom Gapper, for this unique birthday celebration! 

#Endgame #Podcast #MovieChallenge #BirthdayFilms #PokemonMovies #NicholasCage #MovieTrivia #FilmChallenge #Quiz

This week we are joined by filmmaker, photographer, and overall creative Aled Llŷr Griffiths to discuss the films that influenced us. Inspired by the social media trend of highlighting film's we feel were made directly for us, we talk all about the importance of a creative and personal voice, along with talking about our personal favourites. 

We have discussions on V for Vendetta, Pixar, and Stanely Kubrick, along with the usual madness of our challenges including the Movie Vault, and this week's endgame "Inspiration Corner".

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#Influential #InfluentialFilm #Pixar #Kubrick #TheShining #VforVendetta #AlanMoore

We're back with another crazy challenge! After previous experience pitching movies based on working titles, this time we wanted to pitch theme park rides for the world-famous Disney Land and Disney World! 

As we're unable to travel to such fun places at the moment, and with theme park tie-ins becoming ever more apparent to film, we wanted to encapsulate that fun ourselves along with our guests Kelly Bishop and Stephen Jones, pitching what Disney Classics we'd like to see get the theme park treatment!

How will it work? Will it be fast? Lots of drops? Souveniers? Entertainment in the queue? These are questions we tackle in convincing each other or rides are feasible! 

Not only do we have to convince ourselves, however, but also the great Dr Sam Summers, from the Disnivirsity Podcast, who gives his thoughts on all our ideas. Whether a Disney fan or not, this is a fun ride you don't want to miss! 

#Disney #DisneyWorld #DisneyLand #ThemePark #Rollercoaster #MeetTheRobinsons #ChickenLittle #EmperorsNewGroove

The biggest question of 2021 will surely be why we endured The Fifty Shades franchise? Well, after being challenged to dedicate an entire episode to Fifty Shades and specifically Fifty Shades Freed, by Endgame winner Lucy Fur, we thought what better time than to hate on these films, at what is meant to be the most romantic time of the year?

Joined by Lucy, along with friend of the show, and film fan Alexandra McCreadie we talk all about the huge problems of the story, it's lacklustre appeal, and it's frankly disturbing morals. We ask whether their terrible quality warrant a place in The Movie Vault, as well as playing this week's Endgame- "Fact or Fan-fiction".

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This week Craig and David are joined by comic book expert, and MCU fan Tom Gapper to discuss the cinematic journey of the famous Marvel characters leading to their own Disney Plus series. We chat about Age of Ultron and how it introduced the characters, and whether it is an underrated MCU entry, as well as the characters' appearances throughout the MCU.

We also visit the movie vault to see what MCU entries we might add, as well as this week's endgame- Wanda-ring the Channels. 

#MCU #Wanda #Vision #WandaVision #AvengersAgeOfUltron #Avengers

In the first episode of 2021 Craig and David are joined by good friends and hosts of The Dan and Joe Film Show- Daniel Cullinane, and Joe Richards. In this deep dive into the year past and the year ahead, we talk all about what we miss about cinemas, how the film going experience could change, and what we're looking forward to in 2021.

We also take our first visit to the Movie Vault, to submit our films that symbolise 2020, as well as once again challenging Dan and Joe to an endgame where they must guess the potential worst movies of 2021!

#TwentyTwenty #TwentyTwentyOne #Cinema #SaveCinema #Movies #BoxOffice #WonderWoman1984 #BlackWidow #NoTimeToDie #TrollsWorldTour

This year Edward Scissorhands celebrates its 30th anniversary so what better time to celebrate winter movies that give a dark take on the festive time of year? To discuss the gothic fairytale we bring on our good friend and Burton fan Laura Leyshon, who helps in revisiting Scissorhands along with Gremlins, a well known Christmas horror! 

Are darker Christmas stories more fun? How was it revisiting these cult classics? We talk about these ideas along with playing our endgame- Bonham or Burton in this week's episode! 

#TimBurton #EdwardScissorhands #Gremlins #DarkChristmas #ChristmasMovies

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One year after the release of Rian Johnson's Knives Out we celebrate one of 2019's biggest hits, along with other murder mysteries and "whodunnits?"  We talk about what makes a good detective, the satirical element of the genre, and choose from Gosford Park, Clue, and 2017's Murder on the Orient Express as to what goes in our Movie Vault!

With previous guest and murder mystery lover Chiara, along with newcomer to the show, actor and entertainer Paul Cornish, we review, and discuss our watchlist of films, along with the usual chaos of our ever fun endgame! 

#KnivesOut #MurderMystery #AgathaChristie #Clue

This week we face the bad luck of Friday the 13th along with 2020 imparticular being a massive disaster. Therefore we discuss the genre of disaster movies, and two films indicative of that genre- 1997's Volcano, and Roland Emmerich's 2012! 

Joined by actor Christopher Maxwell, and fellow podcaster Kieran Williams, we deep dive, and riff on these crazy spectacles, as well as challenge our guests to this week's endgame- Critical Moments. 

#DisasterMovies #2012 #Volcano #Friday13th #RolandEmmerich

In our second annual Halloween special, Dave and Craig are joined once again by Shelley Taylor and Lucy Fur to go through two of their favourite Halloween movies- Trick 'R Treat and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. We also check out the latest Adam Sandler comedy- Hubie Halloween, as well as get involved in many fun and games for this creepy time of year, including Craig's latest rendition of The Monster Mash! 

This week we are joined once again by our good friend and film historian/ animator Nia Alavezos to talk about one of her favourite genres- noir! What better time to talk about this unique genre than when Sunset Boulevard is celebrating its 70th Anniversary as one of the most infamous noirs, and movies about Hollywood!  We talk all about the famous film as well as other notable film noirs, including some of Nia's favourites. We also play this week's Endgame- Noir-exception in we must guess the movies from the noir style monologue! Play along at home and remember to rate, review, and follow us on wherever you listen to your podcasts! 

#filmnoir #sunsetboulevard #noir  

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Dave and Craig set each other a film each, that they have long suggested to one another, but the other has never got around to seeing. With the 10 year anniversary of Tron: Legacy, and 15 years since Rent, it only seems right we finally review these movies!