Loose movie talk, clear opinions.
Permanent Goode is a loose, opinion-forward movie conversation led by Craig Wells and Alex Good. Episodes move from everyday irritations and personal check-ins into sharp reactions to action films, older movies, Oscar contenders, and the odd access or physical-media dilemma.
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Permanent Goode is a movie-review hangout with enough structure to keep the conversation pointed and enough looseness to let the best tangents breathe. Craig Wells and Alex Good open episodes like two regulars already mid-conversation. Then the movie arrives. Recent episodes move through Hard Boiled, Demolition Man, Enter the Dragon, Sorcerer, Lawrence of Arabia, On the Waterfront, Labyrinth, and a 2026 Oscars ballot discussion, giving the show a broad lane from action cinema to older films to awards-season judgment calls. The rhythm is fast and familiar. A Barnes & Noble physical-media shelf can lead into larger talk about ownership and access. A question from a theater customer can become a practical correction about how screenings actually work. A Microsoft rewards problem turns into a gripe about account-linking culture. A simple question about famous collaborators opens a bigger point about how audiences remember only the creative partnerships that broke through. The show’s film criticism is direct without feeling sealed off from normal life. It cares about scores, pacing, formats, first acts, old movies, new movies, and the difference between seeing something properly and merely crossing it off a list. It also likes a bit. Segments such as “calling shots” let one speaker bring small personal decisions to the other for a verdict, which keeps the show from becoming only recap and rating. Seasonal frames help, too. Action April gives the speakers a reason to line up stylized fights and genre landmarks, while decades month pushes them toward older films they may have been avoiding. The annual Oscars breakdown shows another mode: category-by-category talk that admits what they have not seen while still taking the choices seriously. Permanent Goode is not a pristine critical roundtable. That is part of the point. It is talky, funny, opinionated, and sometimes openly impatient with weak choices, but the irritation usually comes from investment rather than distance. The result is a film show for people who like hearing the argument form in real time.
Made for: For movie fans who like casual, spoiler-friendly conversations that mix criticism with personal stories, side jokes, and viewing-life logistics. It especially fits listeners who enjoy action films, older picks, awards chatter, and physical-media talk.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is the way it turns ordinary life into film criticism without losing the thread. Its reviews feel less like finished essays and more like two sharp friends arguing their way toward the take.
Craig and Alex are here to provide quality entertainment by being consistently funny. Consistently I say! They also review movies and generally speak from the heart.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Craig Wells and Alex Good make movie criticism cumulative, carrying old ratings, disagreements, and viewing history into each new conversation.
Craig Wells and Alex Good turn movie reviewing into an ongoing argument between two people willing to question their own reactions. They discuss performances, scores, direction, plot mechanics, and the expectations created by a film's era, shifting easily between blunt judgment…
Craig and Alex turn a Bernstein score into the argument you keep having after the credits.
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A Barnes & Noble letdown leads to a pointed Rooster Teeth argument about changing shows and entitled fandom.
Permanent Good starts with a trip to Charlottesville and a disappointing Barnes & Noble movie section, then opens into a broader argument about how fandoms treat long-running shows as they change.
Craig Wells and Alex Good turn Mario, Criterion collecting, and Hard Boiled into an easygoing movie-club conversation.
Permanent Good treats movie talk as a way into the rest of a movie fan's life. Craig Wells and Alex Good move from the absurdity of a theater-register question about Mario on opening day to the more practical reality of how rarely theaters get official pre-screening permission.
A loose Oscars ballot debate where Frankenstein's craft work and Ryan Coogler's directing anchor the conversation.
The Permanent Good Podcast's annual Oscars breakdown turns the 98th Academy Awards into a relaxed, category-by-category conversation shaped by the Letterboxd 2026 Oscars ballot.
A loose movie-club episode draws energy from a divided response to a 70-year-old film.
Permanent Good Podcast treats a 70-year-old film as a live argument about taste, with Craig Wells and Alex Good finding their sharpest divide around Leonard Bernstein's score.
A candid 2025 recap where Tar, Nashville, and Dead Poets Society test the limits of shared movie taste.
Permanent Good Podcast turns a 2025 movie-club recap into a plainspoken test of shared taste. Craig Wells and Alex Good revisit films that missed them, with Arrival landing as fine, The French Dispatch still failing to bite, and Tar holding its original verdict after another…
Craig and Alex question a late dream reveal and the clues meant to support it.
Craig and Alex are unconvinced by the film's late suggestion that it might all be a lucid dream. The earlier clues do not connect for them, and the repeated mentions of the board members nicknamed the "seven dwarves" leave them waiting for a threat that never seems to arrive.
Three friends recap Daredevil, Fallout, and new releases scene by scene, in Spanish.
Slasher talk with sharp teeth.
Hosts Craig and Alex review the 1986 fantasy film 'Labyrinth', discussing its creative puppetry, lack of narrative rules, and dated camera work.
Permanent Goode Episode 205, "Vanilla Sky & I Want To See It Coming," opens with Craig Wells and Alex Good talking about Facebook photos, old high-school friendships, and the way adult life changes who still stays close.
Permanent Goode's Ep 291, `Hard Boiled & Artistic Entitlement`, moves from a Charlottesville Barnes & Noble rant into John Woo's `Hard Boiled` and Glitch Productions' `The Amazing Digital Circus` release plan.
Craig Wells and Alex Good open Permanent Good Podcast with a Mario opening-day story, a TV-buying regret, and a rule about picking the pricier option you will still complain about later.
Craig and Alex discuss the phenomenon of world-class filmmakers and actors who grew up as friends and became successful together, using examples like Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon' and the partnership of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Craig and Alex discuss a frustrating tech issue with Microsoft rewards and then introduce their Decades series on the films Sorcerer and Legendary Punch Ups.
Craig and Alex discuss their experience watching the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia as part of their decades month series.
Craig Wells and Alex Good use Permanent Goode's annual Oscars Breakdown to walk the 98th Academy Awards ballot category by category, starting with the 2026 Letterboxd guide and skipping short films and documentaries.
Craig Wells and Alex Good open by debating how to combine birthdays when Craig says his family's dates and anniversary fall within about 9 or 10 weeks.
Craig and Alex discuss the impact of clutter on recording audio quality and share experiences with recording setups.
Craig discovers he is allergic to grass at a county fair, leading to a discussion about allergies and aging.
Craig and Alex discuss their movie club podcast and Craig's dilemma over old Facebook friend requests.
Craig and Alex discuss Netflix's Tudum event and their mixed feelings about it, then dive into reviews of Mission Impossible 3 and 4.
Craig and Alex discuss their Home Depot misadventures before ranking the Mission Impossible movies.