Joe George
@joewriteswords.bsky.social
He/Him Assistant Teaching Professor, NC A&T State 🍅-approved critic based in Greensboro, NC Bylines: Den of Geek, The Progressive. Reactor Mag, etc. Book: The Superpowers and the Glory Co-Host: The Good Bad Movie Show Website: joewriteswords.com
NEW EPISODE PATREON UNLOCK: Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) introduces their religious, takes-things-way-too-seriously friend Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) to the #ghost movie Rite Here, Rite Now. Good times ensue? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Papa IV (Cardinal Copia) Ghost Band Live
ALT: Papa IV (Cardinal Copia) Ghost Band Live
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NEW EPISODE! Kirstie I@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) asks Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) the question that has befuddled sages for ages: Is #asabovesobelow good, actually?" Do we find an answer? Listen to find out! (no. we don't.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
NEW EPISODE! Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) inaugurates the show's sleazy Tom Berringer era by introducing Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) to the wonderfully absurd thriller #shattered! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The recent Punisher special has not changed my mind that this is the best Frank Castle movie.
The Good Bad Movie Show@goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW EPISODE! Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) introduces Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) to the superior* #punisher movie, Punisher War Zone: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... *in his unpopular opinion
NEW EPISODE! Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) introduces Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) to the superior* #punisher movie, Punisher War Zone: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... *in his unpopular opinion
Listen to us talk about a good little monster movie.
The Good Bad Movie Show@goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW EPISODE! Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) and Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) keep it cool with the low budget creature feature #hypothermia. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
NEW EPISODE: Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.socia) takes Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) to the far future for the stylish sci-fi flick #cherry2000: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Have you ever claimed to love a movie, and then rewatch it... for a podcast... all about loving movies that other people hate... Anyway, I went on a journey for this one.
The Good Bad Movie Show@goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW EPISODE! Joe's (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) opinions on #awrinkleintime tesser all the way to Kirsten's (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) opinion in a ranty episode of the Good Bad Movie Show: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Come for the Mick Jagger acting talk, stay to hear me insult Kyle Rayner!
The Good Bad Movie Show@goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 7mo agoNEW EPISODE: King of Podcasts Al Kennedy (@alkennedy.bsky.social) returns to the show with #freejack, inspiring Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) to quote A Night at the Roxbury and forcing Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) to defend Green Lantern. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I’m sorry to everyone who watches this movie because of the show.
The Good Bad Movie Show@goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 7mo agoNEW EPISODE Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) and Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) flush the holiday season down the toilet with the most unpleasant Christmas movie ever, #elves: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I thought I knew what this movie was and I was so wrong.
The Good Bad Movie Show@goodbadmovieshow.bsky.social · 8mo agoNEW EPISODE Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) drags Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) back to the mid-2000s for the blue-filtered, black leather glory that is #underworld on the latest episode of the Good Bad Movie Show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I reviewed #knivesout #wakeupdeadman, I movie that left me with mixed feelings. As a Christian leftist, a lot of its themes resonated with me. But I'm just not sure that a Knives Out movie was the best place to present them: www.denofgeek.com/movies/wake-...
Wake Up Dead Man Review: Rian Johnson Mystery Loses Knives Out Edge with Serious Turn
Rian Johnson prioritizes religious introspection over Daniel Craig's Southern-fried Benoit Blanc. It's bold but disappointing.
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Among the many things that irritate me about Netflix hating theaters is its CEO's weird take that going to the theater is elitist. As someone who has never set foot in NYC and lived his entire life in fly-over country, I grouched about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/netfl...
Netflix CEO's Theater Take Isn't Democratic, It's Out of Touch
Following its acquisition of Warner Bros., Netflix should understand that theater-goers exist everywhere.
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#fivenightsatfreddys2 has flat characters, a sloppy plot, and too many jump scares. The same is true of any Friday the 13th movie! It's fine as a gateway movie for kids getting into trashy horror. My (relatively) positive review for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/five-...
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Review: Gateway Horror That's Unapologetically for Kids
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will please the fans while not entirely alienating grown-ups this time around.
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NEW EPISODE: Against their better judgment, Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) and Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) go international to discuss the Filipino killer doll movie Maria Leonora Teresa on the Good Bad Movie Show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I really, really hated #wickedforgood, particularly because of its open love of authoritarianism, which I wrote about for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-w...
The Wicked Ending’s Fundamental Flaw
Wicked: For Good ends for the worse with a finale that condescends to its viewers.
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Wicked: For Good: I don't remember the last time I saw a non-superhero, big Hollywood blockbuster that hates the people and loves authoritarianism this much. And at least superhero movies pretend to question their strong men, instead of giving fascist collaborators sympathetic musical numbers.
I liked Edgar Wright’s #therunningman but apparently I have a TOTALLY different read on the ending than everyone else. My review for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-r...
The Running Man Review: Edgar Wright Reinvents Stephen King for the Post-Truth Age
Edgar Wright tries to balance spectacular thrills of Arnold Schwarzenegger blockbusters with Stephen King at his most cynical. The result is nothing short of entertainment.
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NEW EPISODE! Spooky season may be over, but Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) and Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) are always up for getting scared, this time with the Umberto Lenzi #polgergeist riff and maybe #evildead sequel, #ghosthouse! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I reviewed #frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro's (mostly pretty good!) retelling of the classic horror tale: www.denofgeek.com/movies/frank...
Frankenstein Review: Guillermo del Toro Reconstructs a Classic Monster in His Own Image
Netflix's imminent Frankenstein is a movie monster that only Guillermo del Toro could make with such love.
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At this point, offing a kid in a movie isn't the big shock filmmakers seem to think it is, as I get cranky about for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/it-we...
Horror's Greatest Taboo Isn't Taboo If Everyone's Doing It
Killing a child on screen used to be shocking. Now it's just dull.
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As a Spooky Season treat, we're sharing our Patreon episode on #halloweenends, a movie that both @kirstenhoward.bsky.social and @joewriteswords.bsky.social love! Join in their celebration of the latest last battle between Laurie and Michael! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
a man with glasses says we 're gonna have a good time tonight in front of a group of people
ALT: a man with glasses says we 're gonna have a good time tonight in front of a group of people
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I really liked #theblackphone2, and not just because it has a 77s song over the credits (but also because it has a 77s song over the credits). My review for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/black...
Black Phone 2 Review: A Slasher Sequel with Icy Kills and a Fiery Ethan Hawke
Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawke serve up chilly scares and moral outrage in a worthy Black Phone 2.
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I was not expecting to hear THE SEVENTY SEVENS (!!!) over the credits of a horror movie in the year 2025! (the rest of #theblackphone2 is pretty darn good too. full review coming this week at den of geek)
Keaton's passing gave me reason to revisit her infamous episode of #twinpeaks. The story still really stinks, but a) none of that was her fault and b) she really directs it well. So I wrote about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/tv/diane-kea...
Diane Keaton Directed the Most Lynchian Episode of Twin Peaks
Diane Keaton's infamous Twin Peaks episode was something no one else could make, not even David Lynch.
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Still want more after the #peacemaker finale? Check out this list of comics about the man who loves peace so much, he'll kill for it (for Men's Health Magazine): www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
These 10 Comics Will Explain 'Peacemaker' Season 2 — and Maybe the DCU's Future
There's a lot more to know about Christopher Smith.
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I really liked the end of #peacemaker and I wrote about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/tv/peacemake...
Peacemaker Season 2 Finale Wasn’t Homework…And That’s a Good Thing
Peacemaker Season 2 ended not with a multiversal bang, but with a quiet, cathartic whimper, and the world is better for it.
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NEW EPISODE! Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) and Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) hop in the virtual elevator for the other reality bending sci-fi movie from 1999, #thethirteenthfloor! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
