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The Villain Was Right
Comedians Craig Fay and Rebecca Reeds view Movies and TV from the villain's perspective and dare to ask if they were really all that bad. Podcast Produced by Andrew Ivimey for The From Superheroes Network.
Episodes
The Villain Was Right244: Crazy Rich Asians (with Leonard Chan)
Rebecca and Craig are joined by very special guest Leonard Chan (@TheLeonardChan) to defend Eleanor Young - a mother who wants what's best for her family. Plus…
The Villain Was Right243: Waiting
Craig and Rebecca discuss this crude workplace comedy and its numerous villains who take the form of managers, customers, and fellow employees. Plus lots of…
The Villain Was Right242: Gone Girl (with Rachel Manson)
In this audience choice episode Rebecca and Craig are joined by very special guest Rachel Manson (@rmansella) to discuss GONE GIRL - a movie where everyone is…
The Villain Was Right241: Role Models
Craig and Rebecca argue that the protagonists from this 2008 comedy are awful people who should not be mentoring troubled youth and that everyone in the film…
The Villain Was Right240: Batman Forever
Rebecca and Craig once again remind you that Bruce Wayne is an immoral billionaire. In this episode they defend The Riddler - who invents social media and…
The Villain Was Right239: 13 Going On 30
Rebecca and Craig discuss this time travel/body-swap comedy and defend the 'villain', Lucy. A woman who was mean once when she was 13 and must now deal with…
The Villain Was Right238: WarGames
In this audience choice episode Craig and Rebecca attempt to defend Global Thermonuclear War and computers taking our jobs. Honestly, as an 80s Matthew…
The Villain Was Right237: Happy Gilmore
Rebecca and Craig defend Shooter McGavin - a man harassed at his job by the violent and vulgar Happy Gilmore and forced to defend himself when their employer…
The Villain Was Right236: Kung Fu Panda
Craig and Rebecca discuss the villainy of Tai Lung - an extraordinary martial artist who was trained his entire life by a loveless father, and then thrown in…
The Villain Was Right235: The Last Of Us (with Andrew Ivimey)
Rebecca and Craig are joined by stand up comedian and our producer, Andrew Ivimey (@Ivimey) to discuss the first season of the highly acclaimed serious. We…
The Villain Was Right234: We're The Millers
Rebecca and Craig discuss the evils of orca ownership, and the importance of maintaining professional relationships when you're smuggling drugs across the…
The Villain Was Right233: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (with Sam Norton)
Craig and Rebecca are joined by special guest Sam Norton (@isamcomedy) to discuss this classic road trip comedy and debate who is most villainous: Steve…
The Villain Was Right232: The Menu
Rebecca and Craig discuss the service industry, art, criticism and debate if the targets of Chef Slowik’s menu are themselves villains. Looking for a tee with…
The Villain Was Right231: Princess Mononoke
Craig and Rebecca discuss the Studio Ghibli classic and the complex villainy of Lady Eboshi – feminist icon and defiler of the nature world. Looking for a tee…
The Villain Was Right230: John Tucker Must Die
Rebecca and Craig are joined by Mike Carrozza (@MikeCarrozza) and Chris Mejia (@TopherMejia) from the We Didn’t Get A Rose podcast (@WeDidntGetaRose) to…
The Villain Was Right229: Sixteen Candles
Rebecca and Craig discuss this problematic 80s movie classic, who the teens think the villains are, and who the actual villains are. Produced by Andrew Ivimey…
The Villain Was Right228: The Kissing Booth
Craig and Rebecca side with a kid who doesn’t want his best friend dating his violent and abusive brother. Produced by Andrew Ivimey as part of The From…
The Villain Was Right227: Lake Placid
Rebecca and Craig defend man-eating crocodiles and the elderly women who feed them in our episode covering this surprisingly fun film. Produced by Andrew…
The Villain Was Right226: The Lego Movie
Craig and Rebecca defend Lord Business and his real world inspiration "The Man Upstairs" - A man who has a super cool and expensive Lego set that we wouldn't…
The Villain Was Right225: Runaway Bride
For our January Audience Choice episode we discuss the Julia Roberts/Richard Gere rom-com. A movie where both main characters are the villain and both are…
The Villain Was Right224: Hellboy 2 The Golden Army
Craig and Rebecca crawl deep inside Guillermo del Toro’s wheelhouse, past the creepy creatures and amazing performances to defend Prince Nuada – a ‘villain’…
The Villain Was Right223: The Cable Guy
It’s that weird time between Christmas and New Years where you end up watching whatever bad movie happens to be on TV and to celebrate that we’re covering THE…
The Villain Was Right222: Elf
We wrap up Holiday Movie Month with this Will Ferrell Christmas classic where we defend Walter – a father who is grumpy about losing his job at Christmas while…
The Villain Was Right221: The Santa Clause 3
In our Audience Choice episode for “Holiday Movie Month” we discuss the villainy of Jack Frost attempting to upstage Santa Claus and defend the in-laws who…
The Villain Was Right220: Love, Actually (with Kyah Green)
Rebecca and Craig are joined by special guest Kyah Green (@TheKyahGreen) from The Fandom Show Podcast to discuss how not a single thing in this classic rom-com…
The Villain Was Right219: The Night Before
Holiday Movie Month kicks off with “The Night Before” where Craig and Rebecca defend drunken Santas, a woman who calls herself “Grinch” and an incredibly…
The Villain Was Right218: Enchanted
Queen Narissa is a competent ruler and knows that Edward, her idiot step-son, would bring ruin upon the kingdom if he ever married and ascended to the throne…
The Villain Was Right217: Practical Magic
When investigator Gary Hallet arrives in a small Massachusetts town he finds a community where, for generations, men have been mysteriously dying. The only…
The Villain Was Right216: Top Gun Maverick
Admiral Beau ‘Cyclone’ Simpson has been tasked with assembling the Navy’s best pilots for an impossible mission but the enemy isn’t the only threat to the…
The Villain Was Right215: Thor Love and Thunder
Following the tragic death of his daughter Gorr dedicates himself to overthrowing the selfish and decadent ruling class that has a choke hold on the universe…
The Villain Was Right214: The Ring (with Sequoia Simone)
Samara has always been the oddball of her small island community but knows she has something very special to share with the world, even if her horse-obsessed…
The Villain Was Right213: Midsommar
When Pelle returns to his small, Swedish hometown for their summer festival it’s a chance to reconnect with everything that made his childhood special. But…
The Villain Was Right212: Addams Family Values
Debbie Jellinsky must infiltrate the mysterious and reclusive Addams family to uncover the violent and abusive behaviour they have used to build their immense…
The Villain Was Right211: Anaconda
Under threat from a boat full of colonialists, an uncontacted Amazon tribe, call upon their powerful snake deity for protection. With very special guest Isabel…
The Villain Was Right210: Crazy, Stupid, Love
After years stuck in a marriage with a man who would rather jump out of a moving car than have a conversation, Emily begins a torrid affair with the David…
The Villain Was Right209: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Agatha Harkness leans back in her chair, lights a cigarette and after a long deliberate drag speaks calmly but firmly “I told you. Don’t say I didn’t tell you…
The Villain Was Right208: Pacific Rim
A wide-eyed young Kaiju arrives in the thriving metropolis of Hong Kong ready to make a name for themselves. But to make it big the Kaiju must first deal with…
The Villain Was Right207: The Terminal
Frank Dixon must deal with an idiot living in and vandalizing his airport when the “stateless” Viktor Navorski fails to take repeated hints that he can leave…
The Villain Was Right206: Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
When an abnormally large canine is caught on video terrorizing New York City, Zac Tieran sets out to capture the creature, knowing that somewhere in the…
The Villain Was Right205: Raising Arizona
When young Nathan Arizona Jr. is snatched from his crib in the middle of the night his parents turn to the rough and tumble bounty hunter Leonard Smalls – the…
The Villain Was Right204: Rush Hour (with Peter Saran)
When the daughter of a Chinese diplomat is kidnapped in Los Angles the FBI must not only deal with an international incident but two incompetent cops…
The Villain Was Right203: Overboard (1987)
Following a horrible accident a young woman is forced into servitude by a manipulative backwoods hermit and his four sons. Looking for a tee with the best…
The Villain Was Right202: Predator
A deeply empathetic young alien embarks on a solo hunting trip to win the respect of his father. But the study of the creatures he pursues proves to be an…
The Villain Was Right201: Angels In The Outfield
Ranch Wilder is the announcer for the last place California Angels – a team haunted by their violent and unpredictable manager George Knox…and something far…
The Villain Was Right200: Twilight
Jacob has only seen Bella three times since she moved to the sleepy town of Forks, Washington, but is still confused by her decision to go to prom with Edward…
The Villain Was Right199: Spider-man No Way Home
A group of five men are ripped from their homes and locked in a basement against their will. The only thing they have in common is a mysterious connection to…
The Villain Was Right198: Tom & Jerry
As the events manager for a fancy New York hotel, Terrence has a fine eye for detail. Which is why he is able to immediately identify their newest employee…
The Villain Was Right197: Reality Bites (with Kate Davis)
Michael Grates thinks he’s the luckiest man alive when a car crash introduces him to Laney Pierce- a talented young documentarian. But after doing everything…
The Villain Was Right196: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (with Meg MacKay)
After being shot and left for dead by his partner, secret agent Brixton is recruited by Eteon, an organization committed to stopping humanity from destroying…
The Villain Was Right195: Showgirls
Cristal Conners is the star of a hit Vegas show and uses her influence to help her fellow performers. So when she spots Nomi Malone, a talented young dancer…
The Villain Was Right194: What Women Want
When Darcy Maguire takes a leadership role at a new ad agency, she knows she’s got what it takes to succeed. But when she starts hearing her own ideas in other…
The Villain Was Right193: The Dark Knight Rises
A young man battling chronic pain moves to the big city to fulfill the dreams of his late mentor. Once there he begins educating his fellow citizens about the…
The Villain Was Right192: Avatar: The Legend Of Korra
Every year millions of regular citizens suffer under the oppressive rule of the Benders – powerful magic users able to manipulate the elements of Earth, Air…
The Villain Was Right191: A Goofy Movie
When Pete’s son PJ is caught pulling a dangerous prank at school he knows who the mastermind is behind it: Max, the undisciplined kid next door. When Pete…
The Villain Was Right190: Night At The Museum
After being forced into retirement and made to recruit their own replacement a group of veteran museum security guards must scramble to access the life…
The Villain Was Right189: The Notebook
When Allie becomes romantically entangled with the dangerous, manipulative and verbally abusive Noah, her parents go to great lengths to save her form the…
The Villain Was Right188: Spider-man 3
One is a sentient pile of sand; one is an out of work photographer and the other is an alien parasite who’s just trying to get by. The unlikely trio don’t have…
The Villain Was Right187: Monsters Inc
About to make a breakthrough that would provide limitless, renewable energy Randall suddenly finds himself in conflict with two of his disgruntled co-workers…
The Villain Was Right186: Cruel Intentions (with Karis Anderson)
High schooler Kathryn Merteuil hatches a plan to bring down her sex-predator stepbrother Sebastian. Can she navigate the minefield of romantic entanglements…
The Villain Was Right185: Splash
After claiming he encountered a mermaid on one of his underwater expeditions, Walter Kornbluth is made the laughingstock of the scientific community. When he…