Film Podcast UK Episodes

In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, Sidey, Dan and Reegs review Army of Darkness, Sam Raimi’s 1992 third entry in the Evil Dead franchise. The dads discuss how the series evolves from the bleak horror of The Evil Dead, through the horror-comedy balance of Evil Dead II, into the broad medieval slapstick and cult fantasy chaos of Army of Darkness. The episode also uses Army of Darkness as the jumping-off point for a Top 5 on third films in a franchise, covering titles including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Toy Story 3, The Matrix Revolutions, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Bourne Ultimatum, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Back to the Future Part III, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, and more. The main review covers Ash being transported to 1300 AD, the chainsaw hand, the boomstick speech, the Necronomicon quest, the famous “Klaatu barada nikto” failure, bad Ash, skeleton armies, Ray Ha…

This week Sidey, Dan, and Cris fly solo — Simon's been called to Southampton on urgent business (he was spotted in a pub surrounded by tea cups, so make of that what you will). The dads are reviewing Ballad of a Small Player (2024), the new Netflix film from Edward Berger — the director behind All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave — starring a very much on-form Colin Farrell. The Film: Colin Farrell plays Lord Doyle, a dissolute British gambler drowning in debt in the ...