Ryan Gosling Episodes

The Bad Dads return from a slightly chaotic break for Project Hail Mary, the Ryan Gosling-led adaptation of Andy Weir’s sci-fi novel. Before getting to the film, there is catch-up chat about Sidey and Reegs seeing The Streets at Alexandra Palace, Sidey’s Malta holiday being far too hot to properly enjoy, and some family hotel movie nights that included a MonsterVerse binge and the alarming discovery that Raiders of the Lost Ark can apparently be dismissed as boring after half an hour. The conversation moves into Ryan Gosling, partly because Comic-Con has thrown up fresh talk of him circling Ghost Rider and a new Star Wars project. Sidey and Cris make the case for Gosling as an unusually reliable modern movie star: someone who can handle glossy blockbuster material like The Gray Man, stranger mood pieces like Only God Forgives, and more vulnerable work like Lars and the Real Girl. That makes him a good fit for this kind of accessible, problem-solving sci-fi. The dads frame Projec…

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, we double up on trouble (and laughs) with our Top 5 Twins before diving headfirst into Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar juggernaut Barbie. 👯 Double Vision From Arnold and Danny in Twins to the terrifying Grady girls from The Shining, via Tintin’s bumbling detectives and even a detour into real-life Hollywood doppelgängers, we explore the weird, wonderful, and occasionally creepy world of twins on screen. Expect heated debate, dodgy impressions, and at least one...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where this week we’re taking a neon-lit, blood-soaked trip through the moody underworld of Bangkok with Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives (2013). If you thought Drive was a stylish slow burn, this one cranks up the stillness, strips back the dialogue, and drops you into a hallucinatory revenge opera that’s equal parts mesmerizing and maddening. Ryan Gosling stars as Julian, a quiet, emotionally blank drug smuggler running a Muay Thai gym as a front...

Welcome back to another episode of Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're embarking on a journey that spans the monumental to the microscopic, starting with our top 5 iconic statues in film, blasting off with First Man, and then warping to the comedic cosmos of Lower Decks. Top 5 Iconic Statues in Film (which may or may not make our list....): The Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes (1968) - The unforgettable reveal of the half-buried statue is a powerful symbol of a fallen civilization and ...

The Dads are on holiday but will be back as usual from 20th April. In the meantime enjoy this special rereleased episode where we discuss LARS AND THE REAL GIRL... Original show notes below. ______________ “The lack of women directors in the industry is no joke. The top 100 films of 2019 were helmed by a total of 113 directors, 89.4 percent of whom were male and 10.6 percent of whom were female.” So said Women and Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein after the 2020 Golden Globes once again feature...