The Good, the Bad and the Weird

The Good, the Bad and the Weird

The Good, the Bad and the Weird is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by two friends, Nicho and Chris, who explore all aspects of film from forgotten classics, to gore-fests, to more contemporary films. Join us as we explore the good, the bad and the weird that cinema has to offer!

Episodes

August 26, 2025 70 mins

YOU OPENED THE PODCAST YET AGAIN!!! AND THIS TIME SUGI LOGIC CAME!? Join Nicho and Chris alongside guest host Sugi Logic as they once again open the gateway to hell in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth! A movie that is equally as fun as it is slow and difficult in its transition away from Kirsty's story! 

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YOU OPENED THE APP AND PRESSED PLAY DEAR LISTENERS. YOU ASKED FOR IT SO WE CAME WITH SUCH SIGHTS TO SHOW YOU AGAIN! Join Nicho and Chris as they open the lament configuration again to explore the sights of Hellbound: Hellraiser 2! A sequel that gets a lot right but also misses a bit as plans go awry! 

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August 12, 2025 27 mins
Dear Listener, twas brillig, and the slithy toves. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe! Join Nicho and Chris as they enter the jibberish world of Jabberwocky! A bit of a confusing flick that sits somewhere between social commentary and Monty Python silliness. 
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August 5, 2025 78 mins

The greatest history lesson you will ever need is here! History of World: Part 1, written by Mel Brooks, directed by Mel Brooks and staring Mel Brooks! Join Nicho and Chris as they learn as much of the truth as possible in this odd mix of stand-up comedy, sketch comedy and satire that may or may not hit the mark Brooks was intending. 

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July 29, 2025 37 mins

Beat the heat and dip your toes back into the murky and muddled fairy tale pool of M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water! Join Nicho and Chris as they discuss this odd entry in the Shyamalan library that is both compelling and confusing as a child-oriented semi-horror flick. It’s part fantasy, part horror, part meta-movie, and all Shyamalan.

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Listeners! Reach out and grab your fellow fish men or women! Embrace them as brothers or sisters or whatever they are and make love, not war with the godly wet amphibian race. As they are sure to make you wet as well in this latest deep dive of The Shape of Water! Join Nicho and Chris as they dip their toes into Guillermo del Toro's Oscar winning, twisted hybrid offspring of Creature from the Black ...

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July 15, 2025 31 mins

Look not to the skies dear listeners! But to the ground and bow before the new eldritch gods with weak immune systems! OR join Nicho and Chris as they dig deep enough into the 2005 remake of War of the Worlds! A film that takes the classic H. G. Wells' novel and gives it a post 9/11 paranoia twist. All while telling you how not to be a father! 

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It’s game over Listeners, game over as Nicho and Chris open up these slimy eggs and take a face hugger to the gullet as they return to LV-426 to explore what made Aliens one of the greatest sequels of all time! From its evolution of the xenomorph to Cameron's careful crafting of elements that transitioned the franchise from secluded horror to action, this episode is locked, loaded and ready to kill ...

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July 1, 2025 29 mins

Do you smell that smell? That smelly smell? It's Dead Sushi! Join Nicho and Chris as they wrap up their weird food journey with this freaky and fishy flick. A zombie flick so raw, and ridiculous that it makes you wonder if it even is a zombie movie. Tune in for flying nigiri, martial arts and somehow a reanimated egg omelet? 

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To appreciate a movie, one must first observe the whole podcast, the gestalt, bask in the vocal reverberations, the jewels of comedy glittering on the surface, concentrate on the facts and slurp up that rich broth that is 1985's Tampopo! Join Nicho and Chris as they dive into this love story of ramen and food culture that is sure to make you hungry while watching it!

 

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Gritty, a bit off with its history and full of magically induced diabeetus, its everyone's favorite sibling witch hunters in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunter! Join Nicho and Chris as they dive into the weird magical and not so magical world to see if this attempted start at a franchise still holds up or if it belongs lost in the woods of cinematic fairy tales! 

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A tale as old as time, two almost identical CGI models, born on different ends of the social spectrum, destined to trade places solely because one ruler cannot manage their money! Join Nicho and Chris as the take a trip to a far away unnamed kingdom to see if the first musical Barbie movie, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is worth its weight in gold or belongs in the discount bin. 

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June 3, 2025 27 mins

Just in in your time of need, he's rough, crass and full of laughs, it's 1989's cult classic Uncle Buck! Join Nicho and Chris as they take a look at this much beloved and slightly inappropriate family comedy that is full of heart and some awkward times! 

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May 27, 2025 80 mins

Two podcasters enter a closet in search of cinematic truth and will not leave until justice is served in this review of 12 Angry Men! Join Nicho and Chris as they tackle the case and the evidence as to why 12 Angry Men is considered not only one of the greatest films of all time but why it still endures to today! 

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May 20, 2025 23 mins

What happens when action stars turn sentimental father? Find out as Nicho and Chris explore 2015's Maggie staring a much older Arnold Schwarzenegger that has a lot of heart at its core amidst the hoard of zombie flicks out there. But does it do enough to stand out or is it just another kind of movie hiding in zombie skin? 

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Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the microphone, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, The Good, the Bad & the Weird Podcast was destined to wear the jeweled crown of best podcast ever upon a troubled brow. Join, Nicho and I Chris, as they tell thee of the saga of Conan, The Barbarian and explore the hidden history and influence of the iconic muscle-bound anti-...

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We're podcasters! And we're going to put a spell on you!! In the first MicroView from the winner of Season 6 Bingo with Scooby-Doo in the Witch's Ghost, Nicho and Chris dive into the goth icons that are the hex girls. While exploring why some consider this to be their favorite Scooby-Doo movie! 

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Welcome listeners to the 20th annual Transcontinental Race! Full of violence and nudity that is sure to stir any red blooded American into a frenzy of excitement! Join Nicho and Chris as they provide colored commentary on the history and legacy Death Race 2000! A cult classic with satire that is still relevant 50 years later even under its over-the-top style and barely working cars! 

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April 22, 2025 26 mins

Before Jaws, before Jurassic Park, Stephen Spielberg was pitting men against a different kind of monster, truck drivers.... Join Nicho and Chris as the hit the road once again with Spielberg's first major theatrical debut in with 1971's Duel! A film that sounds dumb at first but is expertly put together to create a white knuckle experience and showcase Spielberg's craft from before he was a household name. 

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Buckle up Listeners, get ready for a Podcast that is 100% death proof? Only to get the benefit of it, honey, you REALLY need to be sitting behind our mic! Hop into the latest episode as Nicho and Chris take an adrenaline fueled ride through the second half of Grindhouse in Death Proof! In this episode, they explore the love and homage to stunt performers and the carsploitation genre while complaining about the amount of feet on scr...

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