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It was a tumultuous week in politics; forget Joe Biden's dramatic victory over some guy whose name I can't recall and cast your vote for the Bad Dads Top 5 Memorable Movie Politicians. There's nothing rigged about this election as we veer from fascinating portrayals of real life political figures to ridiculous comic caricatures - see if you can spot which is which. This weeks movie review was the 2015 Sundance Film Festival darling Me & Earl & The Dying Girl. Jesse Andrews adapts his novel of t...

We don't just watch the big blockbuster fare round at the Man Cave. Sometimes we like to delve into the cinematic history books and revisit the films of bygone days... We took an explosive trip back to 1953 to discuss the merits of The Wages of Fear. Should we file this one as one to forget, or is the an underappreciated classic. Only Dan and Reegs have the answer! Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

As an audience we are predisposed to expect our lead character will survive in the end, no matter how trying their circumstances may be so it's shocking when we witness the death of the main character in a movie. Our Top 5 discusses those films which surprised us by killing off their protagonists - needless to say spoilers follow! This weeks film review is Sam Mendes's 2019 multiple award winner 1917. Partially inspired by stories told to the director by his grandfather, the film follows two yo...

Following the sad news of the passing of Sir Sean Connery we thought it would be apt to revisit an old classic. We got together to discuss the 1964 classic, and possibly never bettered, Goldfinger. Not all the Dads are entirely convinced, but Sidey does his level best to convince of of the movie's classic status. **Apologies to any sound quality aficionados, something went awry in the second half of this episode, but you can still her us in all our glory! We will return on Friday with our ne...

A convincing accent can be a powerful tool in an actors arsenal; on the other hand a terrible one can make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Join us this week as we discuss the Top 5 Memorable Movie Accents - maybe they are awful, maybe they are amazing or perhaps they are just so distinctive it's hard to imagine a role without them. You'll also get the benefit of some truly awful impressions as we do our best to imitate our choices. This weeks main feature is Dan Gillroy's 2014 thriller, Ni...

We had so much fun recording last week's extra episode, we went and did it again. We watched, well some of us anyway, Bloodshot. The results were surprising! Did anyone like it? Who could not enjoy the acting prowess of Vin Diesel? Couple that with some incredible state of the art CGI and you've got yourself a winning formula. Tune in and let us know of any midweek masterpiece contenders. Until then, we remain Bad Dads

It takes time, money and meticulous planning to make a film but you wouldn't know it from some of the ridiculous goofs we discuss in our Top 5 Movie Continuity Errors. Some gaffs are more trivial than others but it seems like no film is safe from the perils of human error, from Hollywood blockbuster to indie darling and everything in between. Our main feature is Guy Ritchie's 2019 Amazon Prime release The Gentlemen. Featuring a return to the criminal underworld that brought Ritchie so much succ...

No one asked us for additional material, but we did it anyway! We've started looking back at some films that have fallen though the cracks. Maybe you missed them the first time round. Perhaps they have improved with age. Or perhaps you simply forgot all about them. We're calling these our Forgotten Gems... First up for a critical reappraisal is the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. Sidey is convinced this is an under appreciated classic. Is he correct? Yes. Tune in and let us know of ...

Grab your bunsen burner, put on your lab coat and protective goggles and get ready to experiment as we kick off the show with our Top 5 movie scientists. There's real chemistry between the dads as we sort the prized physicists from the bonkers biologists. You lucky people! This weeks movie review is the new Netflix release Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Jersey's finest, Henry Cavill. It's the youngest Holmes's turn in the spotlight as she hunts for her mother who has mysteriously...

Here it is, the highlight of the week! Yes that's just one of the awful, loosely hair-based puns you will have to endure in this episode as we kick off the show with a Top 5 Movie Wigs conversation. There are plenty of cutting remarks as Dan's promise not to tell quite so many of his hair-larious Dad jokes turns out to be a bald faced lie. I guess he just does it for the shear hell of it all. Can our friendship be salvaged or have we reached a split end? The main feature this week is the 2015 ...

Huge budgets and A-list actors are just two of the things you'd be unlikely to find in Direct to Video (DTV) movies, and that's exactly the case in this weeks top 5 about movies released straight to video or streaming services. Perhaps you'll find out about some unknown classic in a subject close to Reegs's heart, or maybe more likely you'll find yourself hearing about the 3rd, 4th, 5th or later sequels to movies that no one cared that much about to begin with. But with talented directors like J...

The stench of fear is palpable since it's Howie's turn to nominate. It's fair to say his track record is patchy at best so will this week be more Mid-90's than Brighton Rock? For the sake of all our sanity let's hope so. He starts us off with a Top 5 about comedic sidekicks and it soon becomes clear that not all of the dads understand that there is a difference between a sidekick and a supporting actor. Fortunately we're a tolerant bunch and let this minor faux-pas pass with barely a sarcastic ...

We were very lucky to be able to sit down with Cornish writer-director-editor Mark Jenkin, multiple BAFTA award winner and receiver of the Philip French Breakthrough Filmmaker award from the London Critics’ Circle Film to discuss his 2019 film BAIT. Mark was so generous with his time and gave us an amazing insight into the films themes and form, the labour of love that is working with physical film and the exceptional cast and community that helped create this incredible work. We also discuss ...

This weeks episode begins with what we universally agreed was our worst ever Top 5 - the best jokes told in movies. Seems like it would be easy wouldn't it? Well if you like to hear poorly told puns and ghastly gags then this is definitely the pod for you. Our main feature was Mark Jenkin's 2019 movie Bait. Filmed entirely in monochrome using a clockwork camera, this drama about a fisherman struggling to make a living amidst the destruction of the local culture by gentrification is unlike anyth...

Controversy reigns at the end of this episode as one of the Dads confesses a shocking musical secret! But first we welcome Bad Dad Peter Andre as he joins us to discuss The Peanut Butter Falcon, a heartwarming buddy pic starring Zack Gottsagen and Shia LaBeouf. This movie carries extra weight for Peter as he discusses what life is like parenting a child with Down Syndrome. It's well worth tuning in to hear the Dads discuss some weighty topics this week. Before all that we begin with a Top 5 of...

The glorious retreat of the man cave is once again the resting place for the Bad Dads for another round of movie and kids tv show reviews. This week has you barking up the right tree with the paw-fect top 5 movie dogs. The Dads unleash their pedigree with a selection of the most memorable canines ever to grace the silver screen. Will your favorite make the cut? And if not, will you fur-give us? This weeks movie review is Steven Soderbergh's 2013 HBO biopic of Liberace, Behind The Candalabra. Di...

Hi everyone and thanks for tuning in. We start this weeks episode with quotes from Federico Fellini as we seek out and consider the truth of the artistic experience. It's not long before Reegs is gaslighting Howie though so don't worry that we have gone all highbrow and intellectual on you. I'm sure you were very worried about that. Our top 5 this week is about movie cameos and after 45 minutes of talking around the subject we still couldn't agree what a cameo actually was. Does the actor need...

This week the Dad's take on a challenge from legendary producer and Bad Dads Film Review music creator, Kraymon (@Kraymon) to name their top 5 movie samples used in songs. Combining two of our passions, music and film, this proved to be a real treat for us. Not as much of a treat as Howie's pronunciation of a certain english Big Beat band formed in the 90's however. Our main feature is the 2013 British–American drama Locke. Written and directed by Steven Knight and starring Tom Hardy, this sing...

The sweltering heat of the man cave has the Bad Dads sweating in places we'd rather not mention as we start this weeks session with a Top 5 about Smashed Windows. Was this everything it's cracked up to be? Was it a pane for us to compile? Will my Dad jokes get any worse? So many questions, and like glass coffins, remains to be seen. Our main feature this week is the 2017 Australian post apocalyptic horror/drama Cargo, directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke. Available on Netflix now, this mov...

In perhaps our most intellectual episode yet, the Bad Dads discuss such topics as class, Korean cinema, and consumerism. And what better place to start this cultural odyssey than the bathroom as we begin this weeks podcast with a toilet-scene themed Top 5. Urine for a treat as Peter reveals shocking secrets, Dan discusses proper bidet etiquette and Reegs confronts the other dads over a blatant lack of personal hygiene. Oh and there's some movie chat too. This weeks main feature was the 2019 Sou...

Special guests are becoming a regular thing for the Bad Dads and this week is no exception as we are joined by Adam from top NFL fantasy football podcast and the first to center around charity, Sleeperwire (sleeperwire.com). We start things off with a motor vehicle top 5 which of course doesn't take too long to be derailed and go off track completely. Coming up with decent car based puns is exhausting so we stop to refuel on the 2017 SyFy movie classic Sharknado 5: Global Swarming. Can there r...

We have a very special guest this week: Peter Andre! Okay it's not the muscle-bound late 90's antipodean crooner but it is our very own Peter Andre who joins us to help compile this weeks Top 5, about elevators. Will it be an uplifting experience or will it be like having sex with a donkey in a lift - wrong on so many levels. Next we check out a Spike Lee joint; the incredible true story of Ron Stallworth, a black man who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. We discuss the movie, how it made us feel ...

Brace yourself some for some very weird content in this week's top 5. We're talking about movie moral dilemmas and some of the Dads' moral compass is a bit off! For our main feature we watched The Disaster Artist. The film about the making of one of the worst movies of all time, The Room, by Tommy Wiseau. It's fair to say that Mr Wiseau has become a bit of a role model for the Bad Dads! Style, talent, dubious backstory, he has it all! Our kids entertainment took us on a trip around the world. ...