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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 Right65: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
All Todd and Margo want for Christmas is a quiet holiday together filled with wine and each other’s company. Little do they realize their maniac neighbor has…
The Villain Was Right64: Labyrinth
Jareth has spent his life giving a home to orphaned and unwanted children and filling their lives with singing, dancing, and joy. So when a teenage girl has…
The Villain Was Right63: Gremlins
The victim of the illegal trade in exotic pets, Gizmo the Mogwai has suffered years of abuse at the hands of his owner who confines him to a small, dark box…
The Villain Was Right62: Batman and Robin (with Diana McCallum)
Dr. Victor Fries and Dr. Pamela Isley are brilliant researchers who have dedicated their lives to curing disease, protecting the environment and reversing…
The Villain Was Right61: Mean Girls
Regina George is a high school girl struggling to do the right thing despite a total lack of positive role models. When she upsets Cady, the new girl in…
The Villain Was Right60: Rat Race (with Mike Carrozza)
Casino owner Donald P. Sinclair is delighted to host a competition where a lucky contestant will win a life changing $2 million. But the contest, which should…
The Villain Was Right59: Terminator
After arriving alone in a strange city, without even the clothes on his back, T-800 must learn to make it on his own in 1980s LA. As he tries to blend in by…
The Villain Was Right58: Beetlejuice
When the Deetzes move to a new house in the country they suddenly find themselves harassed by the Maitlands, the former owners, who object to the way they…
The Villain Was Right57: The Hangover
The locals of a Nevada community must deal with a bizarre string of crimes involving drugs, violence and kidnapping. As the details of the incidents slowly…
The Villain Was Right56: Watchmen (with Ashley Cooper)
The world’s smartest man, Ozzy Osmosis Jones, is the only one with a plan to save Earth from nuclear war. But when a murderous war criminal threatens to ruin…
The Villain Was Right55: Carrie (1976)
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl rebels against her abusive religious mother by attending her high school prom. When she’s unexpectedly voted prom…
The Villain Was Right54: The Cabin In The Woods
It should have been just another day at the office for Sitterson and Hadley but when their colleagues screw up the big project it suddenly falls to them to…
The Villain Was Right53: Drop Dead Fred
Polly is a doting and loving mother but begins to grow concerned when her daughter Lizzie begins to act increasingly erratic. To Polly’s horror Lizzie begins…
The Villain Was Right52: Peter Pan (with Tamara Shevon)
Trapped on the island of Never-Never Land, Captain Hook finds himself in perpetual battle with the evil spirit and serial child abductor that brought him…
The Villain Was Right51: Blade Runner
Diagnosed with an incurable condition and given only weeks to live Roy Batty realizes there is a lot of living still left to do. With nothing to lose he…
The Villain Was Right50: The Jungle Book (2016)
As the one animal they fear, it falls to Shere Khan to keep humans and their dangerous ‘red flower’ out of the jungle. So when a renegade pack of wolves adopts…
The Villain Was Right49: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
When a terrible curse befalls the entire ship, Captain Barbosa of the Black Pearl, will stop at nothing to reclaim the missing pieces of Aztec gold required to…
The Villain Was Right48: The Proposal
Mr. Gilbertson is an immigration officer who works to help people move to New York City. So when the rude and entitled Margaret Tate barges into his office…
The Villain Was Right47: Police Academy
After the Metropolitan Police Academy opens its applications to anyone, regardless of skills or qualifications, Lt. Harris is tasked with training the new…
The Villain Was Right46: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (with Luba Magnus)
Romana Flowers is on the rebound after breaking up with the emotionally abusive Gideon. When she begins dating the basement dwelling, slacker Scott Pilgrim…
The Villain Was Right45: The Karate Kid
Johnny is committed to making his last year of high school count. But when Daniel, a disturbed and violent new student from New Jersey, attacks Johnny on the…
The Villain Was Right44: Something Borrowed
Darcy is a generous and outgoing person whose life is thrown into chaos after her fiancée Dex begins an affair with her lifelong best friend Rachel. The affair…
The Villain Was Right43: The Lion King (with Andrew Barr)
The tyrant Mufasa grooms his young son and heir to maintain the “circle of life”- a brutal system of government where the ruling class hunts and eats the…
The Villain Was Right42: Twister
Dr. Jonas Miller is a dedicated researcher putting his life on the line to study tornados up close. Even after securing corporate funding for his work, he…
The Villain Was Right41: Spider-Man Homecoming
After unceremoniously losing his salvage contract to billionaire Tony Stark because of government interference, Adrian Toomes faced bankruptcy and ruin…
The Villain Was Right40: Short Circuit (With Marc Hallworth)
When an experimental military robot malfunctions and goes missing, Skroeder, head of security at Nova Robotics, is tasked to recover it. The job quickly turns…
The Villain Was Right39: Amelie
Residents of a Paris apartment complex are plagued by a sudden rash of strange and disturbing events: Mysterious phone calls, items missing from their homes…
The Villain Was Right38: Election (with Alex J Squire)
Tracy Flick is a hard-working, high achieving high schooler with her sights set on becoming student council president. Being highly qualified, motivated and…
The Villain Was Right37: X-Men
Erik Lehnsherr, a holocaust survivor born with incredible talents, is faced with cruel new laws that seek to persecute those like him and he vows to stop the…
The Villain Was Right36: Ocean's Eleven
Terry Benedict is a successful businessman and consummate professional who runs three of Las Vegas’s biggest, most profitable casinos. But rather than run his…
The Villain Was Right35: Aladdin
For years Jafar, the Grand Vizier of Agrabah, has used his power and influence to save the kingdom from ruin at the hands of the infantile Sultan- a ruler so…
The Villain Was Right34: Empire Records
Mitchell Beck, the owner of Empire Records, has big plans to sell his store to Music World in hopes that the national chain will bring stability and…
The Villain Was Right33: The Mighty Ducks (with Brian Ward)
Coach Reilly has been leading his Pee-Wee hockey team The Hawks to success for over 20 years, but faces his greatest challenge when his former player, Gordon…
The Villain Was Right32: The Last Witch Hunter (with Meg MacKay)
When The Witch Queen, otherwise known as Mother Nature, is attacked during a brutal home invasion she is forced to transfer her immortal lifeforce into the…
The Villain Was Right31: The Thor Trilogy Loki Spectacular (with Diana McCallum)
In honor of Avengers: Endgame we look at the original Avenger foe, the God of Mischief himself, Loki Odinson and his journey through the entire Thor trilogy +…
The Villain Was Right30: The Emperor's New Groove
Yzma, advisor to Emperor Kuzco, has spent decades skillfully balancing the tyrannical demands of the negligent Emperor with the decisions needed to save the…
The Villain Was Right29: The Rock (with Jennifer McAuliffe)
After a long successful career in the US military General Francis Hummel decides he must make a stand and draw attention to the mistreatment of veterans and…
The Villain Was Right28: The Incredibles
After being abused and dismissed by elitist superheroes, Buddy Pine sets out to prove that everyone is capable of doing super things even if they don’t have…
The Villain Was Right27: Dodgeball
Entrepreneur White Goodman has overcome an eating disorder and self-confidence issues to establish Globo Gym, a highly successful fitness chain. But when he…
The Villain Was Right26: Jurassic Park
Dennis Nedry, an overworked, overstressed and underpaid employee of a newly built theme park is forced into selling company secrets in order to make ends meet…
The Villain Was Right25: High School Musical
Sharpay and Ryan Evans are a brother and sister team that have built their high school drama club up from nothing. Preparing to take the lead role of their…
The Villain Was Right24: Black Panther (with Hisham Kelati)
Following his father’s assassination by a corrupt African dictator, Erik “Killmonger” Stevens is left to fend for himself on the crime ridden streets of…
The Villain Was Right23: High Fidelity
Laura a fun loving and intelligent lawyer dumps her cheating, emotionally abusive boyfriend Rob, who spends his days criticizing other people’s taste in music…
The Villain Was Right22: The Matrix
After the world has been destroyed by humans and rebuilt by robots an uprising threatens the new symbiotic relationship. Several rogue humans turn virus once…
The Villain Was Right21: Frozen (with Leonard Chan)
Snow Queen Elsa throws a tantrum causing a brutal winter to hit the kingdom, endangering its crops and citizens. Her sister, Anna recklessly abandons the…
The Villain Was Right20: Liar Liar
90's haircut Max uses his birthday wish to curse his father, Fletcher into a twenty-four-hour truth-telling spree. Max's mother Audrey uses this time to base a…
The Villain Was Right19: The Devil Wears Prada
Miranda Priestly, the smart and successful editor-in-chief of Runway magazine, finds herself having to contend with her unqualified, inept and apathetic…
The Villain Was Right18: School Of Rock
An unemployed and disheveled musician, Dewey Finn, impersonates a teacher in order to gain access to children he can exploit for his own selfish gain. After…
The Villain Was Right17: Top Gun (with Andrew Ivimey)
A group of dedicated and disciplined Naval Aviators led by Lt. Tom “Iceman” Kazansky attempt to reign in the dangerous and insubordinate actions of Lt. Pete…
The Villain Was Right16: Kingsman: The Golden Secret Circle Service
Billionaire philanthropist Richmond Valentine sets out to save the world from global warming, wrestling with his own morals in order to serve the greater good…
The Villain Was Right15: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
A madman lures children into a dangerous factory, run by slave labour, with the promise of free chocolate. One by one the children fall victim to horrible…
The Villain Was Right14: The Lord Of The Rings
The oppressed people of Middle Earth rise up in rebellion against the corrupt and ineffective rulers who have forced them to live and starve in a desolate…
The Villain Was Right13: The Santa Clause
After killing a stranger and stealing his clothes, deranged psychopath Scott Calvin slowly assumes the man's identity in order to get closer to his estranged…
The Villain Was Right12: Rent
Benjamin Coffin seeks to revitalize a struggling community by building affordable housing and studios for the neighbourhood's thriving arts scene. The only…
The Villain Was Right11: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (with Kat Angus)
A dangerous alien creature is on the loose in a suburban California town. With its ability to bond to a human host and manipulate their emotions while it…
The Villain Was Right10: The Office
A documentary film crew follows the lives of employees at Dunder Mifflin, including the manipulative, cruel and emotionally unstable Pam Beesly; the HR…
The Villain Was Right9: The Little Mermaid
Ursula, a resourceful and independent Sea Witch, is in the business of making dreams come true. But when she agrees to give Ariel, a naïve and entitled…
The Villain Was Right8: Revenge Of The Nerds
The Alpha Beta fraternity (the Jocks) pull some harmless college pranks on the newly formed Triple Lambda fraternity (the Nerds). As revenge, the “Nerds”…
The Villain Was Right7: Mrs. Doubtfire
A homeless, out of work actor disguises himself as an old woman in order to stalk his ex-wife and children. Through lies and manipulation he attempts to…
The Villain Was Right6: Ghostbusters (with Ian MacIntyre)
A team of disgraced, mad scientists threaten the citizens of New York City with nuclear powered backpack lasers. It’s up to one man, overworked government…