Good Day for a Movie Podcast
It's a good day for a movie. Every Monday our hosts, Jacob, Tate, and Sage, introduce a movie, watch it, and immediately review it.
Episodes
One of the most anticipated episodes in Good Day for a Movie Podcast history. We’re joined by returning guest and Oscar Challenge winner Garrison Ryfun to review Jackie Chan’s Police Story. Garrison shares background on the film’s production and legacy, while we discuss what makes this action classic so memorable, from its groundbreaking stunts to its lasting influence on the genre.
This movie was directed by Jackie Chan.
GD4AM: 86/1...
After a month-long hiatus — and just before we take another — Jacob, Sage, and Tate are back at it with a review of the 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon, starring Al Pacino and John Cazale. This gripping, unconventional heist film sparks a wide-ranging conversation about the real-life events that inspired it, including the Attica Prison Riots and the Life magazine article that formed the basis for the script. We dive into Pacino’s po...
In this timely episode, Jacob, Tate, and Sage dive into 2011's In Time, a sci-fi thriller where time is literally money. While the concept intrigued them, the execution left much to be desired. With a premise full of potential, the trio discusses how the movie’s ideas are overshadowed by its flawed storytelling and missed opportunities. Jacob feels the film had a solid foundation but couldn’t quite get it right, Tate thinks it ...
Jacob, Tate, and Sage are back to review 2014's Edge of Tomorrow, which starred Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, and Brendan Gleeson.
This movie was directed by Doug Liman.
GD4AM: 84/100
IMDb: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 71/100
Letterboxd: 3.8/5
RT: 91%
A man fighting in a war against aliens must relive the same day every time he dies until he can find a way to stop their power source with the help of an elite soldier.
This movie is curre...
It's time for GD4AM's Oscar Prediction show! Jacob is joined for the fifth year in a row by Michael Nipp from The Deucecast Movie Show, for the third year in a row, by Garrison Ryfun, and in his Oscar Prediction debut, Dr. Earl! Tate was unable to make it and Sage once again is boycotting due to Oscar hate.
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To round out our Oscar movie reviews, Tate's pick, The Substance, sets the podcast mini-ablaze with hot to lukewarm takes. Tate, Sage, and Jacob discuss the horror elements, Oscar nominations, acting, direction, and more!
This movie was directed by Coralie Fargeat.
GD4AM: 37/100
IMDb: 7.3/10
Metacritic: 78/100
Letterboxd: 3.8/5
RT: 89%
A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates ...
Our second Oscar movie of the season, we review Sean Baker's Anora starring Mikey Madison and Yuriy Borisov. Opinions are mixed, as with our previous review of Sean Baker's Red Rocket. Lots of accent talk and some amazement from the nominations this movie got.
This movie was directed by Sean Baker.
GD4AM: 76/100
IMDb: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 91/100
Letterboxd: 4.0/5
RT: 94%
A young escort from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the...
It's Oscar Season! The first movie on the list is The Brutalist, starring Adrian Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Joe Alwyn. Jacob, Tate, and Sage discuss the gloriousness of the intermission, good performances, and a lackluster story.
This movie was directed by Brady Corbet.
GD4AM: 74/100
IMDb: 8.0/10
Metacritic: 90/100
Leterboxd: 4.1/5
RT: 93%
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild thei...
Before we get into our Oscar coverage next week, we review the late great David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, and Justin Theroux. Jacob, Tate, and Sage start by breaking down and making sense of the story, then get into David Lynch's filmmaking, the performances, and more!
This movie was directed by David Lynch.
GD4AM: 89/100
IMDb: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 87/100
Letterboxd: 4.3/5
RT: 84%
After a ...
Hello, 2025! The podcast is back as Jacob, Tate, and Sage reunite to review 2009's Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. They talk about Shakespeare's importance to literature and society, what worked and didn't work in this production, and more!
This movie was directed by Gregory Doran.
GD4AM: 64/100
IMDb: 8.1/10
Letterboxd: 3.7/5
RT: 100%
The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this film...
All three hosts are back as Sage's nomination, 2006's Elf, starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Zooey Deschanel, is picked by the wheel. One cohost is not a fan, while the other two (Jacob and Tate) enjoy their (probably) 1,000th rewatch of the movie.
This movie was directed by Jon Favreau
GD4AM: 80/100
IMDb: 7.1/10
Metacritic: 66/100
Letterboxd: 3.5/5
RT: 86%
Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New Y...
After a month-long hiatus, we are back! Jacob and Tate sit down to review 1991's Father of the Bride starring Steve Jobs, or, wait, was it Martin, well one of them, as well as Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Kieran Culkin.
This movie was directed by Charles Shyer.
GD4AM: 69/100
IMDb: 6.6/10
Metacritic: 51/100
Letterboxd: 3.3/5
RT: 70%
With his oldest daughter's wedding approaching, a father finds himself...
Tate brings us to the pretentious corner of cinema this week, with his pick of The Sacrifice from 1986.
This movie was directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
GD4AM: 46/100
IMDb: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Letterboxd: 4.3/5
RT: 88%
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
This movie is currently available for rent on most VOD platforms.
NEXT MOVIE REVIEW: ...
From the clouds, Sage picks 1973's French-language film Fantastic Planet for our next movie to review. All three hosts' viewing experiences differed: one fell asleep, one watched it high, and one stayed awake and sober.
This movie was directed by René Laloux.
GD4AM: 77/100
IMDb: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 73/100
Letterboxd: 4.0/5
RT: 91%
On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leader...
We get spooky this week with 1982's The Thing, starring Kurt Russell and Keith David! Happy Halloween!
This movie was directed by John Carpenter.
GD4AM: 86/100
IMDb: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 57/100
Letterboxd: 4./5
RT: 85%
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
This movie is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
NEXT MOVIE REVIEW: Fantastic Planet (1973), which is curr...
Jacob, Tate, and Sage are joined by friend of the show, Kaden for Jacob's most recent pick, High Noon from 1952, starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly.
This movie was directed by Fred Zinnemann.
GD4AM: 71/100
IMDb: 7.9/10
Metacritic: 89/100
Letterboxd: 4.0/5
RT: 95%
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang lea...
Back in the swing of this, Tate picks IMDb's number one rated movie, 1994's The Shawshank Redemption starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
This movie was directed by Frank Darabont.
GD4AM: 94/100
IMDb: 9.3/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Letterboxd: 4.6/5
RT: 89%
A banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple com...
Connections is dead. We are now back to your regularly scheduled programming as Sage picks 2018's Green Book starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. Tate is also back from Oktoberfest.
This movie was directed by Peter Farrelly.
GD4AM: 94/100
IMDb: 8.2/10
Metacritic: 69/100
Letterboxd: 3.7/5
RT: 77%
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through ...
It's still the Jacob and Sage show because Tate is off in Germany celebrating Oktoberfest. In our final game of Connections, Jacob picks the 1985 Brat Pack movie, St. Elmo's Fire, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Andie MacDowell.
This movie was directed by Joel Schumacher.
GD4AM: 39/100
IMDb: 6.4/10
Metacritic: 35/100
Letterboxd: 3.0/5
RT: 42%
A group of friends, just out...
Tate is out, Sage is in, and he makes his first pick for our game of Connections, picking Forsaken from 2015, starring Keifer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Brian Cox, and Demi Moore.
This movie was directed by Jon Cassar.
GD4AM: 54/100
IMDb: 6.4/10
Metacritic: 55/100
Letterboxd: 3.0/5
RT: 40%
In 1872, an embittered gunslinger named John Henry Clayton attempts to make amends with his estranged father Reverend Samuel Clayton while t...
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