- Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
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 a look at Spider-Man: Brand New Day from 2026, and joining Tim for a chat about Yelena Belova demonstrating why she should never be counted on to keep an eye on a grocery store is writer Gabby Hutchinson Crouch. What will they find to say about Peter Numeration issues, Pietro Maximoff's foolproof escape plan and who would make the best sidekick out of Spider-Cat and MASSIVE PEGGY, and what does any of this have to do with Alison Bechdel singing Let's Call The Whole Thing Off? 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 Gabby on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Spider-Man: Far From Home here, Loki here and here, Spider-Man: No Way Home here, Deadpool And Wolverine here, The Fantastic Four: First Steps here and X-Men: X2 here.
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32m - Aug 25, 2026 - Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge With Mark Thompson
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 Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge from 1981, and joining Tim for a chat about Peter Parker discreetly declining to be one of the everybody who was Kung Fu fighting is political commentator Mark Thompson. What will they find to say about Peter Parker enrolling at Greendale Community College, why every advert on ITV was for throat lozenges and the forgotten martial art of 'being interested in helicopters', and what does any of this have to do with The Simon And Simon Annual 1983? 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 Mark on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Iron Man 2 here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. No, they did not fork out for the rights to use that café where Peter used to take Mary Jane and/or Gwen. Or Mary Jane. Or Gwen.
33m - Aug 19, 2026 - 075 - Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Garreth Hirons
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 a look at Spider-Man: Brand New Day from 2026, and joining Tim for a chat about Frank Castle challenging Peter and MJ to the world's worst reboot of Now Get Out Of That! is musician Garreth Hirons. What will they find to say about Mike Mills' crime spree, Marisa Tomei's mastery of Someone Who's Not The Back Of Natalie Portman's Head acting and whether Dave Rowntree would make a good Blade, and what does any of this have to do with Bob Holness playing the saxophone on the soundtrack of X-Men: Dark Phoenix? 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 Garreth talking about Venom here, Venom: Let There Be Carnage here, Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends here, Avengers: Age Of Ultron here, Thor: Ragnarok here and The Fantastic Four: First Steps here, and standing in as host for a chat with Tim about The Defenders here and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. You can always use the coffee cup to help you remember to, erm, buy the coffee in the first place.
28m - Aug 6, 2026 - The Defenders With Andy Miller
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 Punisher: One Last Kill from 2017, and joining Tim for a chat about The Punisher resolutely failing to turn up whenever anyone could actually have done with his help is writer Andy Miller. What will they find to say about Frank Castle putting his address down as 'some rooftops', how useful Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young would be against The Hand and the optimal defensive pose to assume when confronted by both militant Iron Fist deniers and hardliners, and what does any of this have to do with Sacha Dhawan auditioning for The Monkees? 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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52m - Aug 2, 2026 - 074 - The Punisher: One Last Kill With Mic Wright
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 Punisher: One Last Kill from 2026, and joining Tim for a chat about Frank Castle going for a stroll around the block only with more hooting is writer Mic Wright. What will they find to say about Chekhov's Dead Dog, Marvel Special Presentation: Bloke In Striped Jerkin and Stoppit And Tidyup: War Journal, and what does any of this have to do with the importance of Hoot Noise Graphing? 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 Mic on The Punisher here, Thor: Ragnarok here, Ironheart here, Logan here, The New Mutants here, X-Men '97 here, the X-Men animated series Christmas Special Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas here, Fant4stic here and Kraven The Hunter here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Not so many that you hallucinate and then entirely forget about some bloke who may or may not be Luke Cage in an adjoining cell, please.
20m - Jun 9, 2026 - 073 - Daredevil: Born Again With Garry Abbott
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 series two of Daredevil: Born Again from 2026, and joining Tim for a chat about Wilson Fisk asserting that he's better than Chuck Swirsky - frickin' liberal - is musician Garry Abbott. What will they find to say about The Ben Affleck Attempt, The Punisher: He's Going To Be In This Film and who would 'win' out of Jack Duquesne and A Building, and what does any of this have to do with the abandoned first series of Daredevil: Born Again being snapped by the paparazzi on the zebra crossing outside Abbey Road? 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 Garry on X-Men here, Spider-Man 3 here, Fantastic Four here and Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Apparently there was an actual official Daredevil: Born Again coffee box. More commonly known as 'some coffee'
31m - Jun 1, 2026 - Eyes Of Wakanda With Al Kennedy
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 Eyes Of Wakanda from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about the Hatut Zeraze very gradually recovering a very small quantity of Vibranium is podcaster Al Kennedy. What will they find to say about Sharon Carter: The Non-Animated Animated Adventures, how useful Prince Edward would prove in Wakanda and how many Iron Fists would be officially permitted to appear in Eyes Of K'un-Lun, and what does any of this have to do with the narrative feasibility of a 13th Century BC Baseball Star? 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 Al on season two of What If...? here, season three of What If...? here and the Silver Surfer animated series here.
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23m - May 16, 2026 - 072 - Wonder Man With Tim Worthington
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 Wonder Man from 2026, and David Smith is standing in as host for a chat with Tim about Simon Williams possibly taking the idea of 'playing' Wonder Man on the playground a little too far. What will they find to say about whether the MCU needs more condiment-based powers, how to play the world's worst game of Snap using Josh Gad and whether The Avengers will ever have any need to call on Alanis Morissette for help, and what does any of this have to do with Bart Simpson's desperation to find a darkforce-derived catchphrase? 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 It’s Good, Except It Sucks with a three-part look at Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, here and here, as well as Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever here, Thunderbolts* here, X-Men: First Class here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here, Venom: The Last Dance here and Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Do not send Trevor Slattery to Roy's Rolls.
54m - Feb 25, 2026 - Spider-Man: No Way Home 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 Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about a Blue VHS Duane Dibley, the acceptability of 'Len' as a supervillain's real name and how to harness the power of slightly getting between people's toes for evil, and what does any of this have to do with which is more likely to get you cancelled out of fantasising about a Spider-Cavill and a Dunstverine? 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 Deadpool here, Deadpool 2 here, Deadpool And Wolverine here, Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame 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. Just don't mention our comments about the doughnut shop to any passing libel lawyers.
54m - Dec 23, 2025 - 071 - Ironheart With Mic Wright
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 Ironheart from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about Riri Williams finding herself having to choose between The Hood and The Hood is writer Mic Wright. What will they find to say about the feasibility of a Thousand Dollar Bills Down Back Of Sofa Detecting Machine, the 'Dark Universe' Dean Pelton and Mephisto's professional opinion on The Art Of The Deal, and what does any of this have to do with accidentally cancelling that long-awaited Tigra series? 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 Mic on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about The Punisher here, Thor: Ragnarok here, The Punisher: One Last Kill here, Logan here, The New Mutants here, X-Men '97 here, the X-Men animated series Christmas Special Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas here, Fant4stic here and Kraven The Hunter here. There's also more on Riri Williams with David Smith on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Do not sit in the same booth as Sacha Baron Cohen.
25m - Nov 4, 2025 - Deadpool And Wolverine 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 Deadpool And Wolverine from 2024, and joining Tim for a chat about Wade Wilson managing to avoid teaming up with the Nick Knowlesrine by mistake is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about using the Multiverse to hide from Richard Curtis films, Elektra's Bumble profile and whether or not you can be 'cancelled' for closely studying Henry Cavill's shoulders, and what does any of this have to do with a Two Ronnies sketch gone feral? 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 Deadpool here, Deadpool 2 here, Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame here, Spider-Man: No Way Home 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. There probably is a Baristapool amongst all of that lot, but even so it might well be advisable to avoid him.
44m - Oct 10, 2025 - Deadpool 2 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 Deadpool 2 from 2018, and joining Tim for a chat about Zeitgeist feeling a little too 'chipper' for his own good is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about whether changing the past can ever help you escape a '15' certificate, Squirrel Girl: Too 'Woke' For TV and whether 'fridging' can be cancelled out by having correctly labelled items in a communal fridge, and what does any of this have to do with Mutant Center Parcs? 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 Deadpool here, Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame here, Spider-Man: No Way Home 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. You might as well get one for Brad Pitt too while you're at it.
26m - Aug 26, 2025 - 070 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
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 a look at The Fantastic Four: First Steps from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about Johnny Storm fundamentally misunderstanding just about every Beach Boys lyric ever is writer Gabby Hutchinson Crouch. What will they find to say about the logistics of giving birth in zero gravity, The Finchy Pink Panther and why anyone would complain that Silver Boobs are 'woke', and what does any of this have to do with the Multiversal Mr. Troop from Trumpton? 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 Gabby on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about X-Men: X2 here, Spider-Man: Far From Home here, Spider-Man: No Way Home here, Loki here and here and Deadpool And Wolverine here
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, why not buy us a coffee here? Just don't get Johnny started on whether the coffee is part of the mug.
36m - Aug 3, 2025 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps With Garreth Hirons
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 a look at The Fantastic Four: First Steps from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about Reed Richards evaluating the consequences of moving the Earth in both senses of the word is musician Garreth Hirons. What will they find to say about Supermarket Own Brand Marmite hair care tips, what percentage of Matt Smith is rubber and how 'Weetabixy' Ben Grimm should be, and what does any of this have to do with Doomlord's frustrated dreams of rock stardom? 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 Garreth talking about Venom here, Venom: Let There Be Carnage here, Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends here, Avengers: Age Of Ultron here, Thor: Ragnarok here and Spider-Man: Brand New Day here,, and standing in as host for a chat with Tim about The Defenders here and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Just don't expect The Thing to say 'IT'S COFFEEIN' TIME!'. That's only in the cartoon.
40m - Aug 3, 2025 - Kraven The Hunter with Mic Wright
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 Kraven The Hunter, released in 2024, and joining Tim for a chat about Sergei Kravinoff just sort of sitting and waiting until his adversaries' CGI deteriorates is journalist Mic Wright. What will they find to say about Niles Crane's potential as member of the Sinister Six, Bluebottle's Last Hunt and how to 'win' against Aslan in the wild, and what does any of this have to do with... well, will they even find anything else to say about it? 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 Mic on Logan here, The New Mutants here, X-Men '97 here, the X-Men animated series Christmas Special Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas here, Thor: Ragnarok here, The Punisher here, Ironheart here, The Punisher: One Last Kill here and Fant4stic here.
If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Without the plot-resistant crooners in the background if possible.
18m - Jul 27, 2025 - Deadpool 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 Deadpool from 2016, and joining Tim for a chat about Negasonic Teenage Warhead trying to find the correct emoji to express Wade Wilson's lameness is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about the appropriate level of inappropriateness for late-night Channel 4, Ryan Reynolds: Too Red For TV and how to do the world's worst best worst impression of Basil Fawlty, and what does any of this have to do with Quentin Tarantino saying 'heh heh I find this funny'? 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 Deadpool 2 here, Deadpool And Wolverine here, Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame here, Spider-Man: No Way Home 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. Do let poor old Dopinder go ahead of you in the queue though.
25m - Jun 29, 2025 - 069 - Thunderbolts* 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 we're taking a look at Thunderbolts from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about Ava Starr suddenly remembering why she never lets anyone set her up on a blind date is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about the Bob Mortimer Super Soldier, The Void's prospects in Glasgow and whether the In The Air Tonight intro was drummed with the power of a million exploding suns, and what does any of this have to do with Captain America: Civil Law? 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 It’s Good, Except It Sucks taking a look at Black Widow here as well as a three-part look at Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, here and here, Moon Knight here, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever here, X-Men: First Class here, Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here and Venom: The Last Dance here, and standing in as host for a chat with 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. It does not necessarily need to be the strength of a million exploding suns.
52m - Jun 12, 2025 - 068 - Daredevil: Born Again 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 Daredevil: Born Again from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about Frank Castle discovering just how many types of 'behind bars' it's possible to be is academic Miriam Kent. What will they find to say about Stilt-Man's absence from the Defenders saga, whether or not She-Hulk actually 'got' any and the importance of Dominic Fortune's snake-wrestling skills in getting the overarching narrative back on track, and what does any of this have to do with picking up the 'wrong' Daredevil: Born Again in your local Waterstones? 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, Black Widow here, Eternals here, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law here and the 1989 big screen version of The Punisher here.
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35m - Jun 2, 2025 - X-Men With Garry Abbott
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 X-Men, released in 2000, and joining Tim for a chat about Rogue's White Streak's origin story is musician Garry Abbott. What will they find to say about Gandalf's metal-bending capabilities, the box office appeal of stray members of Suede and the directorial veracity of Toad's funny little dance, and what does any of this have to do with the comics accuracy of Trevor And Simon's 'Video Garden'? Get listening and find out!
You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at timworthington.org. You can also find Garry on Fantastic Four here, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer here and Spider-Man 3 here.
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36m - May 22, 2025 - 067 - Captain America: Brave New World With Gary Bainbridge
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: Brave New World from 2025, and joining Tim for a chat about Sam Wilson finding that some politicians are literally hiding their true colours is writer Gary Bainbridge. What will they find to say about 'Wibbly Wobbly Multiversey Wimey', a gamma-infused Carol Leader and whether a film can be improved by the addition of a character called 'Man In Clothes', and what does any of this have to do with Kang The Conqueror being replaced by Norman Price? 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 Gary on The Incredible Hulk here and Daredevil here as well as the seventies television iterations of The Incredible Hulk here, Captain America here, The Amazing Spider-Man here and Dr. Strange here.
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33m - May 12, 2025
