Season 15

April 17, 2024

Midweek Mention... The Birds

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're taking a flight into the menacing skies of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic, "The Birds." This film is not only a cornerstone of horror cinema but also a masterclass in s...

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April 10, 2024

Midweek Mention... Death Wish

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're taking aim at a controversial classic that arguably defined an entire genre: Death Wish (1974) . Directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson as the archetypa...

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April 3, 2024

Midweek Mention... Hush

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're plunging into the silent yet deafeningly intense world of HUSH. Directed by Mike Flanagan, this home invasion thriller presents a unique twist on the genre by centering ...

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March 27, 2024

Midweek Mention... Predator

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're locking and loading for a deep dive into the quintessential 80s action-horror classic, Predator (1987). Directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger at his m...

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March 20, 2024

Midweek Mention... The Wicker Man

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're diving into the eerie, enigmatic, and utterly unforgettable world of The Wicker Man (1973). Directed by Robin Hardy, this British folk horror film has become a cult classic, ...

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March 13, 2024

Midweek Mention... The Hidden

Welcome back to the Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're diving into the cult classic depths of The Hidden (1987), a film that blends the thrills of sci-fi, the pace of action, and the intrigue of crime drama into …

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March 6, 2024

Midweek Mention... Armageddon

Never has the divide between us been so sharply illustrated than when reviewing 1998's ARMAGEDDON. For Dan, this is a beloved, often quoted action classic watched fondly with generations of family alike, Sidey likens it to th...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Midweek Mention... A Man of Action

Welcome back to the Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're diving into the thrilling world of A Man of Action, a movie that explores the gritty underbelly of criminal enterprise, morality, and the price of a life lived on …

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Feb. 21, 2024

Midweek Mention... Escape to Victory

Welcome back to another episode of Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're tackling an iconic blend of sports drama and wartime heroics with the 1981 classic, Escape to Victory. Escape to Victory, directed by John Huston, is a fil...

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Feb. 14, 2024

Midweek Mention... Gattaca

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're delving into the DNA of a sci-fi masterpiece, Gattaca. This 1997 film, directed by Andrew Niccol, serves up a thought-provoking look at a future dictated by genetic engi...

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Feb. 7, 2024

Midweek Mention... The Bulldog Breed

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're setting our sights on a classic piece of British cinema, The Bulldog Breed. Released in 1960, this film is a delightful mix of comedy, romance, and a dash of patriotism,...

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Jan. 31, 2024

Midweek Mention... A Prayer Before Dawn

Welcome back to another gripping episode of Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're stepping into the gritty, raw, and intense world of A Prayer Before Dawn. A Prayer Before Dawn is a harrowing tale of survival set in the notoriou...

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March 17, 2023

Creed & Rocky and Bullwinkle

We're getting violent this week as we take a look at the Top 5 Punches. Fans of punch bowls, punch cards, punch clocks and pneumatic punch presses should probably steer well clear as we almost exclusively discuss the fisting ...

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March 10, 2023

Licorice Pizza & Twelve Forever

Inspired by the splendid new surroundings for the podcast we decided to crack open a bottle of lighter fluid and compile a list of the Top 5 TV and Movie Nightclubs, Bars, Pubs and Members Clubs. Don't miss Bad Dad …

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March 3, 2023

Mad Max: Fury Road & Max & Ruby

Watch out maxochists, Sidey and Reegs once again push things to the maximum with this week’s maxnificent themed show, starting out with a look at the Top 5 Maxes in movie and tv. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was George Miller's …

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Feb. 24, 2023

The Greatest Showman & Captain Planet and the Planeteers

This week’s show sees the Dads in the swanky new surroundings of Project 52, with dreamboat/heart-throb Cris replacing that other fella who used to join us sometimes. The old guy, can't remember his name. Whilst he may lack h...

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Feb. 17, 2023

Invincible

A slightly shorter Bad Dads this week as we ditch the kids section due to the crushing obligations of real life but we more than make up for it with Sidey and Reegs sharing a little Valentine's Day get together …

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Feb. 10, 2023

Ex Machina & Project MC²

Dear Bad Dads listeners, We have some exciting news for this week's episode of Bad Dads Film Review. This week's notes were written by none other than the artificial intelligence language model, ChatGPT. That's right, we have...

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Feb. 3, 2023

Life Of Pi & Rosie and Jim

Sidey's nautically themed show begins with a look at the Top 5 Boats and there's so many to choose from we don't even mention Terry Nutkins on steroids lookalike Hulk Hogan's 'sub' standard tv show THUNDER IN PARADISE (see wh...

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Jan. 27, 2023

I Used to be Famous & Gudetama

Dan set us up with a kinda music theme this week, with the excellent Good Vibrations for the midweeker and Netflix's I USED TO BE FAMOUS for this week's main event. I Used to be Famous is the story of …

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Jan. 20, 2023

The Great Wall & Meekah

A real mongrel of a show this week starting out with the third thing you think about whenever the island of Jersey is mentioned after millionaire tax dodgers and Henry Cavill which is of course cows. Let’s hope you know …

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Jan. 13, 2023

The Banshees of Inisherin

We'll get back on to our usual programming soon, but for this week we're taking a look at The Banshees of Inisherin. Serendipitous timing as this nabbed some big awards at the Golden Globes this week. I assure you that …

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Jan. 6, 2023

Man of Steel

Man from Jersey plays the Man of Steel! Our fellow islander make it big with his star turn as Superman in Zac Snyder's take on Kal-Els origin story. In no was biased we get wax lyrical about Mr Cavill and …

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Dec. 30, 2022

Home Alone

1990 saw the release of the bewilderingly popular HOME ALONE. This movie was so successful that it holds the Guinness World Record for box office takings for a comedy. Sidey especially finds that statistic hard to stomach giv...

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