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.

If you enjoy Its Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Let's hope Natasha stashed her tin of General Foods International somewhere slightly more hospitable.

Avengers: Endgame With Joanne Sheppard

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 Avengers: Endgame from 2019, and joining Tim for a chat about Ant-Man's determination to restore Universal balance and bring back correctly-sized sandwiches is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about Chekhov's Blow-Wave, the practicality of banishing right-wing 'opinion-makers' to Corby and what exactly Valkyrie is doing on the set of Hamish Macbeth, and what does any of this have to do with Rocket Racoon's career prospects as a football mascot? 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 Joanne on Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Blade II here and Blade: Trinity here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Get The Hulk to deliver it so that somehow when it gets handed to you it physics-defyingly mysteriously becomes much bigger

Avengers: Infinity War With Joanne Sheppard

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 Avengers: Infinity War from 2018, and joining Tim for a chat about Thanos' slightly over-cautious plan for avoiding paying half of the restaurant bill is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about Superhero Erectile Dysfunction, whether Ronnie O'Sullivan got snapped and the Eighties Action Movie Niles And Frasier, and what does any of this have to do with The Infinity Meltis Newberry Fruits? 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 Joanne on Avengers Assemble here, Blade II here and Blade: Trinity here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Wong might even have enough change for one by now. Possibly even in the correct currency too.

Avengers Assemble With Joanne Sheppard

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 we're taking another look at Avengers Assemble from 2012, and joining Tim for a chat about Loki's complete failure to understand what Doc Brown was actually up to at the Clock Tower is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about The Hipsters' Avenger, how to fight off an alien army with a red petticoat and why cinema needs more pirates with mechanical hands, and what does any of this have to do with an organised tour of the S.H.I.E.L.D. canteen? 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 help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Let's see if Tony Stark unconvincingly pretends he's never tried coffee too.

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.

034 - Avengers: Infinity War (Part Two)

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 the second part of our look at Avengers: Infinity War from 2018, and joining Tim for a chat about Thanos giving The Avengers the ultimate half price concession is writer Martin Ruddock. What will they find to say about whether it’s appropriate to describe Eitri The Dwarf as a ‘broken man’, Doctor Strange re-enacting the Ebeneezer Goode video and the answer to that all-important question ‘Whither Dominic Fortune?’, and what does any of this have to do with the Argos Catalogue? 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 Part One of Martin's look at Avengers: Infinity War here and his thoughts on What If...? here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Preferably one that you'd need a mug forged at Nidavellir for.

031 - Avengers: Infinity War (Part One) With Martin Ruddock

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 Avengers: Infinity War from 2018, and joining Tim for a chat about Iron Man, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange re-enacting Three Men In A Boat in space is writer Martin Ruddock. What will they find to say about how many decimal points Loki is evil to, how much longer Iron Fist can make a film and whether Vision is afraid of telephone directories, and what does any of this have to do with Space Norman Tebbit? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can find the second part of Martin's look at Avengers: Infinity War here and he also joined It's Good, Except It Sucks for a chat about What If...? here

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. Make sure it's sufficiently strong that Vision urges Wanda to 'save' herself.

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.