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Good Film Hunting (GFH) is a movie channel built around one simple question: is this movie worth watching? Gary and Andy don’t do lectures, scorecards, or film school breakdowns. We watch the movie, talk it out, follow the conversation where it naturally goes, and give you an honest take — the good, the bad, and the “what were they thinking?” From cult classics and retro rewinds to new releases, flops, and forgotten curiosities, GFH is about reactions, perspectives, and the kind of movie talk you’d have with friends after the credits roll. No yelling. No hot-take nonsense. Just real conversation, differing opinions, a few laughs, and a clear answer at the end: should you watch it, or skip it? If you like movies and like talking about movies, you’re in the right place.

  1. 10h ago

    Episode 185 - Once (2006) - More Than a Duet? - Good Film Hunting Review

    This week we’re traveling back to 2007, tuning up a battered guitar, wheeling a broken vacuum through Dublin, and discovering how much can change when two strangers find the right chord. Written and directed by John Carney, Once stars Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová as an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant whose chance meeting becomes an intensely personal songwriting partnership. Did this modest little melody still strike an emotional chord, or is it barely worth watching… Once? #GoodFilmHunting #Once #OnceMovie #JohnCarney #GlenHansard #MarketaIrglova #HughWalsh #FallingSlowly #TheSwellSeason #IrishCinema #MusicMovies #RomanceMovies #IndieFilm #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release DetailsTitle: OnceYear: 2006 production; released theatrically in 2007Director: John CarneyWriter: John CarneyTop-Billed Stars: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh WalshRunning Time: 86 minutesCountry of Origin: IrelandOfficial Release Dates: Premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2006; opened in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2007, and began its United States theatrical run on May 16, 2007. Other Notable ProjectsJohn CarneyThe Commitments: Carney played bass for The Frames, whose frontman Hansard had appeared in Alan Parker’s Dublin-set musical drama. That shared musical world helped lead to Once.Begin Again: Carney revisited the connection between songwriting and emotional recovery on a much larger American production starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo.Sing Street: Perhaps his clearest thematic companion to Once, following young musicians who use a band to imagine a more hopeful life.Flora and Son: Another Dublin story in which music becomes a means of connection, reconciliation and self-expression. Sundance characterized it as continuing Carney’s recurring interest in the refuge offered by songwriting. Glen HansardThe Commitments: Hansard played guitarist Outspan Foster, his most notable screen role before Once.The Frames: His long-running Irish rock band established the emotionally forceful performance style that Once translated to film.The Swell Season: His collaboration with Irglová extended beyond the movie into albums and international touring.Solo career: Albums including Rhythm and Repose, Didn’t He Ramble and This Wild Willing allowed him to continue exploring the emotionally direct songwriting that made Once resonate. Hansard died in July 2026 at age 56 following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. His work with The Frames, Irglová and Dublin’s annual charitable Christmas busk became central to the tributes that followed. Markéta IrglováThe Swell Season: The real musical partnership behind the film continued through recordings and touring.Anar: Her first solo album established a more atmospheric and introspective identity beyond the Once phenomenon.Muna and Lila: Later records further developed her work as a songwriter, composer and independent artist.The Once stage legacy: Although she did not play Girl in the Broadway production, the songs she co-created became the emotional and commercial foundation of the adaptation. Hugh WalshWalsh, who plays the drummer during the recording sessions, was part of the group of musicians whose relaxed performances help the studio sequence feel less like a collection of supporting actors and more like an actual band finding its sound. Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 185 - Once (2006) - More Than a Duet? - Good Film Hunting Review

  2. Aug 14

    Episode 184 - Carolina Caroline (2026) - Love on the Take? - Good Film Hunting Review

    This week we are rolling in like a stolen Chevy with a country song on the radio and bad decisions riding shotgun as we discuss Carolina Caroline, directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier and starring Samara Weaving, Kyle Gallner, and Kyra Sedgwick. The film follows a small-town woman who falls in with a charismatic con man, turning a restless escape fantasy into a romantic crime spree across the American South. Does this lovers-on-the-run story steal hearts, or does it forget the cash on the counter? #GoodFilmHunting #CarolinaCaroline #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion #AdamRehmeier #TomDean #SamaraWeaving #KyleGallner #KyraSedgwick #JonGries #CrimeThriller #RomanticThriller #IndieFilm #MagnoliaPictures #2026Movies Release DetailsTitle: Carolina Caroline Year: 2026 U.S. release / 2025 festival premiere Director: Adam Carter Rehmeier Writer: Tom Dean / William Thomas Dean IV Top Billed Stars: Samara Weaving, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Gries Running Time: 105 minutes Country of Origin: United States Official Release Date(s): World premiere at TIFF on September 5, 2025; U.S. limited theatrical release on June 5, 2026; streaming/VOD release listed for June 23, 2026. Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Genre: Crime, drama, mystery/thriller, romance Other Notable ProjectsAdam Carter Rehmeier — Rehmeier is especially relevant here because of Dinner in America, another misfit-romance story with Kyle Gallner, and Snack Shack, which helped establish him as a filmmaker interested in messy, funny, emotionally direct outsiders. Carolina Caroline feels less like a random assignment and more like him pushing his misfit-love instincts into pulp-crime territory. Tom Dean / William Thomas Dean IV — This is noted as an early feature screenplay credit for Dean, with reports also connecting him to Charlie Harper. The important context is that the movie seems to have evolved through collaboration with Rehmeier, especially as the tone shifted more toward romance. Samara Weaving — Weaving’s recent screen identity has been built around genre-forward roles with a sharp comic-danger edge: Ready or Not, Mayhem, The Babysitter, Guns Akimbo, and Scream VI are all useful comparisons. Here, the hook is whether she can take that chaotic charisma and turn it inward into longing, damage, and self-mythology. Kyle Gallner — Gallner brings indie-genre credibility from projects like Dinner in America, Smile, Smile 2, Jennifer’s Body, and Red State. His value here is that he can play danger without turning Oliver into a cartoon villain; the movie seems to rely on him being charming enough that Caroline’s bad choices feel emotionally legible. Kyra Sedgwick — Sedgwick is best known to many viewers for The Closer, but in this film she seems to function as a pressure-point performance: not a large role, but one that reframes Caroline’s emotional wound. Jon Gries — Gries brings a recognizable character-actor presence, with credits ranging from Napoleon Dynamite to Real Genius, TerrorVision, and The Monster Squad. In a movie built around Americana, oddballs, and roadside texture, that kind of lived-in supporting presence matters. Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 184 - Carolina Caroline (2026) - Love on the Take? - Good Film Hunting Review

  3. Aug 7

    Episode 183 - Disclosure Day (2026) - Ready to Believe? - Good Film Hunting Review

    This week, we open the files on Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s return to extraterrestrial territory, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, and Colin Firth. When a Kansas City meteorologist and a cybersecurity whistleblower become central to exposing proof of non-human life, they are forced into a frantic race against a private organization determined to keep humanity in the dark. Is Disclosure Day worth watching or is this a close encounter of the worst kind? #GoodFilmHunting #DisclosureDay #StevenSpielberg #DavidKoepp #EmilyBlunt #JoshOConnor #ColinFirth #ColmanDomingo #EveHewson #SciFiMovie #AlienMovies #ThrillerMovies #2026Movies #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release DetailsTitle: Disclosure Day Year: 2026 Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: David Koepp, from a story by Steven Spielberg Top-Billed Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo Running Time: 145 minutes Country of Origin: United States Official Release Dates: June 2, 2026 at Le Grand Rex in Paris; June 12, 2026 in the United States, including IMAX engagements. The film arrived for digital rental and purchase on July 21, with physical editions scheduled for August 25. Other Notable ProjectsSteven Spielberg — DirectorClose Encounters of the Third Kind is the unavoidable comparison. That film made extraterrestrial contact intensely personal and spiritual; Disclosure Day expands the same fascination into an institutional conspiracy. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial represents Spielberg’s most intimate version of alien contact, where secrecy protects the visitor. Disclosure Day reverses that moral equation by presenting secrecy as the danger. Minority Report matters because it previously combined Spielberg’s visual momentum with paranoid systems, fugitive action, and questions about how institutions control information. The Fabelmans was Spielberg’s previous feature and one of his most autobiographical works. Moving from that intimate family drama back to a large original summer spectacle makes Disclosure Day feel like a conscious return to blockbuster filmmaking. David Koepp — ScreenwriterJurassic Park established Koepp as a writer capable of translating enormous ideas into clean, character-driven suspense—and began his long collaboration with Spielberg. Mission: Impossible is especially relevant because Disclosure Day also follows people carrying dangerous information while being pursued by a powerful organization. War of the Worlds was Koepp and Spielberg’s previous major extraterrestrial collaboration, although that film emphasized invasion and survival rather than revelation and communication. Black Bag showed Koepp still working effectively in adult conspiracy thrillers immediately before this project. Disclosure Day enlarges that machinery into a summer-event scale. Emily Blunt — Margaret FairchildA Quiet Place made Blunt central to another story about humanity confronting creatures it cannot communicate with, although that film was built around silence and survival rather than language and connection. Edge of Tomorrow proved her ability to anchor cerebral science fiction while carrying physically demanding action. Oppenheimer placed her inside a historical story about world-changing knowledge controlled by powerful institutions, making Margaret an interesting thematic continuation. Josh O’Connor — Daniel KellnerChallengers demonstrated O’Connor’s ability to make intelligence, insecurity, and emotional unpredictability compelling. La Chimera highlighted his gift for playing restless, slightly displaced men, a quality that keeps Daniel from becoming a generic techno-thriller protagonist. The Crown introduced him to a wider audience through a highly controlled performance; Disclosure Day deliberately places that restraint inside fast, messy physical danger. Colin Firth — Noah ScanlonTinker Tailor Soldier Spy gave Firth experience within a world of institutional secrecy and polished betrayal. Kingsman: The Secret Service played his elegance as heroic competence. Disclosure Day weaponizes that same composure, turning refinement into menace. Colman Domingo — Hugo WakefieldRustin demonstrated Domingo’s ability to command a room through conviction and rhetorical force. Sing Sing showed his warmth and vulnerability, both of which help prevent Hugo from feeling like a simple exposition-delivery device. Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 183 - Disclosure Day (2026) - Ready to Believe? - Good Film Hunting Review

  4. Jul 31

    Episode 182 - The Bay (2026) – Paradise Has Teeth – Good Film Hunting Review

    This week, we RSVP to the world’s least relaxing destination wedding as we dive into The Bay, the new survival thriller written and directed by Phil Volken and starring Francesca Eastwood. When two longtime friends take a shark-feeding excursion during a wedding trip to Thailand, their tour boat is crippled inside a remote tiger shark sanctuary leaving them trapped between sinking wreckage, increasingly desperate people, and several locals with far too many teeth. Did The Bay give us a thriller worth sinking our teeth into or did we just swim to shore? I mean, it’s literally right there! #GoodFilmHunting #SharkWeek #TheBay #TheBayMovie #PhilVolken #FrancescaEastwood #DaniOliveros #AlexanderWraith #Taimua #CalanScherer #SharkMovie #TigerShark #SurvivalThriller #MovieReview #filmdiscussion Release Details Title: The Bay Year: 2026 Director: Phil Volken Writer: Phil Volken Top-Billed Stars: Francesca Eastwood, Dani Oliveros, Alexander Wraith, Ta’imua Running Time: 87 minutes Country of Origin: United States Official U.S. Release: July 17, 2026 — limited theatrical release and video on demand Distributor: Brainstorm Media Production Companies: WeBros Entertainment and Del Rey Films Other Notable Projects Phil Volken — Writer and Director Extortion (2017) Another vacation nightmare involving a family trapped in the Caribbean. It establishes Volken’s interest in tropical locations where isolation turns paradise into a pressure cooker. Dead Sea (2024) A maritime crime-horror thriller about women stranded aboard a boat. Viewed beside The Bay, it makes this film feel less like an isolated shark assignment and more like another variation on Volken’s recurring obsession with danger at sea. Garbage (2012) An earlier comedy about two sanitation workers attempting to recover a valuable movie award. It represents a substantially lighter and stranger side of Volken’s filmmaking than his later survival thrillers. Francesca Eastwood — Emma Old (2021) M. Night Shyamalan’s beach-set thriller placed Eastwood in another idyllic coastal location governed by a deadly natural threat. Juror #2 (2024) Directed by her father, Clint Eastwood, the courtroom thriller cast her as the murder victim at the center of the case. Queen of the Ring (2025) Eastwood portrayed wrestling pioneer Mae Young, giving her a historical character role far removed from The Bay’s physically vulnerable survival lead. Dani Oliveros — Lani Skill House A horror film built around social-media personalities competing inside a deadly content-creation environment. It connects Oliveros to another project about people behaving badly when fear, spectacle, and survival collide. Outbreak An independent action-horror project featuring Billy Burke, Taylor Handley, and Raoul Trujillo. A Place in Hell Oliveros appears alongside Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Chloe Domont’s follow-up to Fair Play, marking a potentially significant step into a higher-profile dramatic production. Alexander Wraith — Mandal Orange Is the New Black Wraith appeared as Vasily Reznikov, connecting him to one of Netflix’s defining early original series. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He played Agent Anderson in the Marvel television series. Taken 3 A supporting role in the Liam Neeson action franchise that fits Wraith’s established screen presence as physically imposing authority figures and antagonists. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 182 - The Bay (2026) – Paradise Has Teeth – Good Film Hunting Review

  5. Jul 28

    Episode 181 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark (2025) - BONUS EPISODE- Prescription For Chum?

    What do you get when you combine human infatuation with Shark Week with a classic gothic novel from Robert Louis Stevenson? Well, you could get an overly confusing excuse to record people who were likely cast from pulling randos from the street, handing them a script clearly penned in a fever dream, shoving them in front of the camera and then adding a grain filter to pretend it’s film. Turns out that is exactly what you get with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark, the 2025 horror with a budget so low that it looks like it was funded from a piggy bank. The plot? After losing his wife, Dr. Henry Jekyll spirals into grief, experiments with an untested drug called Sharcopine, and transforms into a bloodthirsty man-shark with romantic baggage and dental issues. Welcome to a Good Film Hunting - Flick Flops review - Lord help us with this one… #GoodFilmHunting #FlickFlops #DrJekyllAndMrShark #BretMcCormick #MaxRaven #BandoGlutz #RandyClower #DaniBliss #VictoriaChaney #EricaMuse #TomFegan #JoshMartin #SharkMovie #BMovieHorror #MovieReview Release DetailsTitle: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark Year: 2025 Director: Bret McCormick; some trailer/press listings credit Max Raven, which appears to be one of McCormick’s creative alter egos. Writer(s): Bando Glutz / Bret McCormick depending on source; Bando Glutz is another McCormick persona according to a prior interview. Top Billed Stars: Randy Clower, Dani Bliss, Victoria Chaney, Erica Muse, Tom Fegan, Josh Martin. Running Time: 73 minutes. Country of Origin: United States. Official Release Date(s): November 25, 2025 U.S. release/VOD/DVD rollout Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 181 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark (2025) - BONUS EPISODE- Prescription For Chum?

  6. Jul 24

    Episode 180 - Deep Water (2026) - Crash then chum? - Good Film Hunting Review

    It’s SHARK WEEK, and we’re fastening our seatbelts, ignoring the flotation-device demonstration, and discovering that the in-flight meal is apparently us. Deep Water, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Angus Sampson, follows the survivors of an LA-to-Shanghai flight forced down in the Pacific where escaping the wreckage only lands them on the menu for a school of unusually motivated sharks. Harlin already gave us genetically enhanced aquatic chaos with Deep Blue Sea, but does this return trip have enough bite to justify another plunge, or is Deep Water a little shallow for these fellas? #GoodFilmHunting #SharkWeek #DeepWaterMovie #DeepWater2026 #RennyHarlin #AaronEckhart #BenKingsley #AngusSampson #MollyBelleWright #PeteBridges #ShayneArmstrong #SharkMovie #SurvivalThriller #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release Details Title: Deep Water Year: 2026 Director: Renny Harlin Screenplay: Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S. P. Krause, Damien Power Story: Shayne Armstrong and S. P. Krause Top-Billed Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Angus Sampson, Molly Belle Wright Running Time: Approximately 107 minutes Country of Origin: Australia / United States Official Release Dates: Sarasota Film Festival opening night on April 10, 2026; U.S. theatrical release on May 1, 2026. Other Notable Projects Renny Harlin — Director Die Hard 2 established Harlin as a director capable of staging large-scale action within a confined transportation setting—an obvious ancestor to Deep Water. Cliffhanger demonstrated his talent for combining spectacular geography with physical survival and interpersonal betrayal. The Long Kiss Goodnight remains one of his most enthusiastically reappraised action films and shows how effective his heightened style can be when paired with a sharp screenplay. Deep Blue Sea is the unavoidable comparison: another ensemble trapped in a failing structure while sharks exploit every mechanical weakness. Deep Water plays almost like Harlin returning to the same elemental nightmare from a different altitude. The Strangers: Chapter 1–3 represents his recent push toward rapidly produced genre filmmaking and franchise-scale horror. Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S. P. Krause and Damien Power — Writers The screenplay’s four credited writers reflect the project’s unusually long development history. Damien Power, director of Killing Ground and No Exit, is particularly associated with pressure-cooker thrillers in which stranded people make increasingly dangerous decisions. Armstrong and Krause were connected to the earlier incarnation of the project, preserving the DNA of the abandoned Bait 3D follow-up. Aaron Eckhart — Ben Thank You for Smoking proved Eckhart could anchor a film through charisma and verbal precision. The Dark Knight made him part of one of the defining modern superhero ensembles. Sully gives his casting here an amusing aviation connection: after playing real-life pilot Jeff Skiles, he now graduates to a considerably less fortunate flight. Olympus Has Fallen and its sequels helped establish his current screen identity as a dependable, weathered action lead. Ben Kingsley — Rich Gandhi remains his career-defining performance, but Kingsley has repeatedly alternated prestige drama with eccentric genre work. Sexy Beast revealed a frightening volatility far removed from his dignified public image. Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings demonstrated his willingness to play with audience expectations and self-parody. In Deep Water, his presence gives a pulp survival movie an extra layer of authority—and makes the increasingly absurd situation feel even stranger. Angus Sampson — Dan The Insidious films made Sampson recognizable to horror audiences. Mad Max: Fury Road placed him inside another ensemble survival spectacle. His role here continues his knack for playing personalities who can be funny, irritating, useful, or dangerous—sometimes within the same scene. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 180 - Deep Water (2026) - Crash then chum? - Good Film Hunting Review

  7. Jul 17

    Episode 179 - Tuner (2026) - Perfect Pitch Crime - Good Film Hunting Review

    Tuning a piano is already a delicate art, but tuning your ear to a life of crime? That’s where things get a little sharp. This week we unlock Tuner, directed by Daniel Roher and starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, and Havana Rose Liu. Woodall plays Niki White, a gifted piano tuner whose heightened hearing makes him unusually good at his job — until criminals realize the same skill might also make him dangerously good at cracking safes. Does Tuner hit the perfect note, or does this thriller fall a little flat? #GoodFilmHunting #TunerMovie #Tuner2026 #DanielRoher #RobertRamsey #LeoWoodall #DustinHoffman #HavanaRoseLiu #LiorRaz #JeanReno #TovahFeldshuh #CrimeThriller #HeistMovie #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release DetailsTitle: Tuner Year: 2026 for U.S. theatrical release; the film premiered in 2025. Director: Daniel Roher Writer(s): Daniel Roher and Robert Ramsey Top Billed Stars: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno Running Time: 107 minutes / 1 hour 47 minutes Country of Origin: United States / Canada Official Release Date(s): World premiere at Telluride on August 30, 2025; U.S. theatrical release on May 22, 2026; UK cinemas May 29, 2026. Other Notable ProjectsDaniel Roher — Best known for Navalny, the Oscar-winning documentary about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Tuner is interesting because it is a pivot from real-world political danger to constructed genre suspense, but both depend on paranoia, pressure, and people trapped inside systems bigger than themselves. Robert Ramsey — Co-writer here with Roher. His role matters because Tuner is a very premise-driven script: a clean “one weird skill” thriller that needs emotional logic underneath the safecracking mechanics. Leo Woodall — Coming off major visibility from The White Lotus and One Day, Woodall gets a part that asks him to be romantic lead, anxious technician, damaged artist, and reluctant criminal all at once. This feels like the “can he carry a movie?” test, and the reviews have largely framed it as a breakout vehicle. Dustin Hoffman — Hoffman plays Harry Horowitz, Niki’s older mentor. His casting gives the film a direct line to an older mode of character-driven American drama, which helps balance the more modern “high-concept thriller” element. Havana Rose Liu — After No Exit and Bottoms, Liu’s Ruthie gives the movie its musical and romantic counterweight. Her role matters because she is not just “the girlfriend”; she represents the artistic life Niki has lost, resents, and still wants to be near. Lior Raz — Best known internationally for Fauda, Raz plays Uri, the criminal figure who recognizes Niki’s usefulness. That casting gives the danger side of the movie a sharper edge because Raz brings built-in credibility as someone who can play charm and threat in the same breath. Jean Reno — Reno’s presence brings old-school international thriller flavor. For a movie already playing with noir, crime, and European sophistication, he’s a useful texture even if the film belongs primarily to Woodall. Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 179 - Tuner (2026) - Perfect Pitch Crime - Good Film Hunting Review

  8. Jul 14

    Episode 178 - Pootie Tang (2001) -BONUS EPISODE- Sa Da Flop? - Good Film Hunting Flick Flops Review

    This week we sine our pitty and belt-whip our way into Pootie Tang, the 2001 comedy written and directed by Louis C.K., starring Lance Crouther, Chris Rock, and Wanda Sykes. Born from a sketch on The Chris Rock Show, the film follows Pootie Tang, a smooth-walking, nonsense-speaking folk hero who takes on an evil corporation trying to push cigarettes, booze, fast food, and general dirty-dog behavior onto kids. It flopped hard in theaters, baffled critics, and somehow kept whispering “wa-da-tah” into pop culture’s ear for decades. Does Pootie Tang get too cool for its own words, or is this runny kine actually worth the running time? Sa da tay or sa da stay? #GoodFilmHunting #FlickFlops #PootieTang #LouisCK #ChrisRock #LanceCrouther #WandaSykes #JenniferCoolidge #JBsmoove #RobertVaughn #RegECathey #ComedyReview #CultComedy #MovieReview #filmdiscussion Release Details Title: Pootie Tang Year: 2001 Director: Louis C.K. Writer: Louis C.K. Top Billed Stars: Lance Crouther, Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Coolidge, Robert Vaughn, Reg E. Cathey, J.B. Smoove Running Time: 81 minutes Country of Origin: United States Official Release Date: June 29, 2001, United States Distributor: Paramount Pictures Budget / Box Office: Reported budget around $7 million; worldwide/domestic gross roughly $3.3 million, making it a clear theatrical flop. Other Notable Projects Louis C.K. — Writer/Director Before Pootie Tang, Louis C.K. wrote for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Dana Carvey Show, and The Chris Rock Show. After this, he became far more associated with stand-up and television, especially Louie. Pootie Tang stands out as a bizarre early directing credit that feels both wildly personal and visibly compromised. Chris Rock — Producer / Multiple Roles Chris Rock had already broken through with stand-up, Saturday Night Live, CB4, and The Chris Rock Show. Here, he serves as producer and appears in multiple roles, including Pootie’s father and JB. Relative to Rock’s career, this film feels like a strange side mission: a sketch-world expansion that was probably too strange for mainstream theatrical comedy in 2001. Lance Crouther — Pootie Tang Crouther’s performance is the whole movie’s gravitational center. He barely speaks intelligible English, but his physical confidence sells the joke. That is the tightrope: if Pootie is too silly, the movie collapses; if he is too serious, the joke dies. Crouther somehow plays him like a legendary figure whose language barrier is everyone else’s problem. Wanda Sykes — Biggie Shorty Sykes brings the film some of its sharpest readable comic energy. Around this era, she was emerging as a major comedic voice through stand-up, television writing, and screen appearances. In Pootie Tang, she works like a translator for the madness without ever fully explaining it. Jennifer Coolidge — Ireenie Coolidge was coming off major comedy visibility from American Pie and Best in Show. Her role here fits her early-2000s specialty: characters who seem to exist in their own private weather system. Reg E. Cathey — Dirty Dee Cathey later became widely known for The Wire, House of Cards, and Fantastic Four. As Dirty Dee, “he’s still dirty,” which is maybe the most Pootie Tang character logic imaginable. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 178 - Pootie Tang (2001) -BONUS EPISODE- Sa Da Flop? - Good Film Hunting Flick Flops Review
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Good Film Hunting (GFH) is a movie channel built around one simple question: is this movie worth watching? Gary and Andy don’t do lectures, scorecards, or film school breakdowns. We watch the movie, talk it out, follow the conversation where it naturally goes, and give you an honest take — the good, the bad, and the “what were they thinking?” From cult classics and retro rewinds to new releases, flops, and forgotten curiosities, GFH is about reactions, perspectives, and the kind of movie talk you’d have with friends after the credits roll. No yelling. No hot-take nonsense. Just real conversation, differing opinions, a few laughs, and a clear answer at the end: should you watch it, or skip it? If you like movies and like talking about movies, you’re in the right place.

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