Black Widow With Miriam Kent

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Black Widow from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Yelena Belova not quite managing to break her 'eating stale biscuits' conditioning is academic Miriam Kent. What will they find to say about whether men are more upset by female-fronted action movies if they have Nirvana songs in them, Scarlett Johansson's butt being the butt of butt jokes about Scarlett Johansson's butt and the unmade epic Shang-Chi Kicks The Multiverse, and what does any of this have to do with The Apocalyptic Two Ronnies? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Miriam on Jessica Jones here, Runaways here, Eternals here, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law here and the 1989 big screen version of The Punisher here.

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043 - Black Widow With David Smith

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Black Widow from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Natasha and Yelena arguing over whether having pockets is 'sissy' is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about how to go undercover as the drummer from Pink Floyd, football chants about Moon Knight and Sonic The Hedgehog's victory over the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what does any of this have to do with Paul McCartney coming round to your house to press 'play' on Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find David on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, here and here, Moon Knight here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, X-Men: First Class here and Nick Fury - Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, and standing in as host to chat to Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. We promise not to spend it on one of those - ptchah - American coffees Yelena hates so much.

030 - Black Panther With Shanine Salmon

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Black Panther from 2018, and joining Tim for a chat about T'Challa repeatedly being pushed over in some water is theatre critic Shanine Salmon. What will they find to say about Ryan Coogler's secret James Bond showreel, how to make a hit film by putting a Tim From The Office in it but not having him be a Tim From The Office and whether Blue Afros are an internationally recognised signifier of technological prosperity, and what does any of this have to do with nineties chart sensation Haddaway? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/.

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019 - Captain America: Civil War With Mitch Benn

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Captain America: Civil War from 2016, and joining Tim for a chat about Earth's Mightiest Heroes having a bit of a shoving match in an airport car park is comedian and musician Mitch Benn. What will they find to say about Scarlet Witch throwing a building at Donald Trump, the parts of the original Civil War comic that they couldn't do in a blockbuster movie and Spider-Man finally gaining the spider-inability to shut up, and what does any of this have to do with 'Spider-Dad'? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks you can buy me a coffee here. If it's one that's been expanded with one of Ant-Man's giant-size disc things then all the better frankly.

017 - Ant-Man With Ben Baker

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Ant-Man from 2015, and joining Tim for a chat about Scott Lang falling down a procession of plugholes is quizmaster Ben Baker. What will they find to say about Avon Barksdale's post-The Wire career trajectory, George Clooney's Ant Leadership potential and the hot trending hashtag #Cornish4Duck, and what does any of this have to do with what ridiculous hour in the morning the Lost finale was actually on? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Ben on Cloak And Dagger here and Avengers: Endgame here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It'll be even better value if you throw one of Hank Pym's enlarger discs at it.

012 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier With Stephen O'Brien

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier from 2014, and joining Tim for a chat about Black Widow adopting the cunning disguise of 'a hoodie' to fight an old computer is writer Stephen O'Brien. What will they find to say about The Robert Redford Seal Of Approval, the warning signs of a potential kick-off in a lift and whether the late seventies Captain America films were preferable to a blank screen, and what does any of this have to do with realising Alan Dale's in a film before Alan Dale does? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Stephen on The Falcon And The Winter Soldier here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. You could even do Black Widow's 'vending machine' escape manoeuvre while you're at it.