A24 Episodes

In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, Dan and Chris review Marty Supreme (2025), Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein’s A24 table-tennis hustle drama starring Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser and Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone. The dads discuss Marty’s obsessive drive to become the best ping-pong player in the world, his selfish treatment of friends and lovers, the London tournament, Endo’s superior Japanese paddle technique, the journey to Japan, the exhibition match, the pig-kissing humiliation and the film’s similarities to Uncut Gems, The Karate Kid and White Men Can’t Jump. Chris gives the film a strong recommend, while Dan lands closer to mid-to-strong because Marty is such an intensely unlikeable character.

This week, the dads head down under for Chopper — the semi-biographical crime film that introduced the world to Eric Bana’s raw, terrifying range. Directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), it tells the story of Mark “Chopper” Read, Australia’s most notorious criminal, self-mythologising psychopath and folk hero rolled into one. Part prison horror, part dark comedy, Chopper opens with its antihero stabbing a rival inmate 15 times for crossing a li...

This week’s episode is positively huge (and Hugh-filled). 👼 Heretic We dive into Heretic (2024), the claustrophobic new thriller from A24 in which two young missionaries find themselves trapped in the home of Hugh Grant — who’s swapped his floppy-haired rom-com persona for a sinister host obsessed with theology, control, and blueberry pie. It’s equal parts scripture, serial killer, and Monopoly rules lawyer. We get into: Hugh Grant’s unnervingly charming turn as a religious sadist. ...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week’s episode packs a punch as we dive into Top 5 Juniors in Movies and TV, followed by a deep dive into the intense war thriller Warfare (2025). No kids’ TV show this week — we’re keeping it strictly grown-up. 🎯 Top 5 Juniors in Movies and TV Indiana Jones Jr. (Young Indiana Jones / Indiana Jones Series) Before he became the famed archaeologist, we met young Indy — curious, brave, and always in the thick of danger. Junior (Junior, 1994) Arnold ...