It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Madame Web With James Cooray Smith

Madame Web (2024) - James Cooray Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Anya Corazón's origin story somehow becoming Britney Spears' origin story in It's Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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 heading into the Multiverse for a look at Madame Web, released in 2024, and joining Tim for a chat about Anya Corazón’s origin story somehow becoming Britney Spears’ origin story is writer James Cooray Smith. What will they find to say about why ALF should be running Sony’s publicity department, Bridget Jones: Brave New World and when Doctor Who was all army soldiers even though it wasn’t, and what does any of this have to do with one person laughing at Chris Morris and some goats? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can also find James on Morbius here and there’s more from the Spider-Verse in It’s Good, Except It Sucks with Garreth Hirons on Venom here and Venom: Let There Be Carnage here, David Smith on Venom: The Last Dance here, Mic Wright on Kraven The Hunter here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Spider-Man: Far From Home here and Spider-Man: No Way Home here, Sophie Davies on Spider-Man 2 here and Garry Abbott on Spider-Man 3 here.