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You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're exploring the serene and beautifully poignant world of The Red Turtle (2016). This animated fantasy drama, a co-production between Studio Ghibli and Dutch-British animator Michaël Dudok de Wit, stands out as a unique cinematic experience that eschews dialogue to tell a de...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're delving into the noirish depths of Stanley Kubrick’s early masterpiece, The Killing (1956). This film, often hailed as a seminal work in the heist genre, showcases Kubrick's burgeoning directorial prowess and his knack for intricate storytelling. The Killing is set aro...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we’re revisiting a quintessential 90s action thriller, The Jackal (1997). This film, starring Bruce Willis as the elusive assassin known only as the Jackal, and Richard Gere as Declan Mulqueen, an IRA sniper who teams up with the FBI to catch him, is a cat-and-mouse game filled...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to a special rerelease episode of Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're revisiting our lively discussion on a cult classic that splits opinions and genres with equal audacity: "From Dusk Till Dawn." With three of the dads already big fans, the pressure was on Sidey to join the fold. Did he succumb? Tune in to fi...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we’re pulling on our moon boots and diving into the quirky, offbeat world of Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Directed by Jared Hess and starring Jon Heder in a role that became instantly iconic, this indie comedy is a beloved exploration of rural teenage life, full of oddball humour ...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're taking a look at the 1989 action-adventure film Blind Fury. Directed by Phillip Noyce, this film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind swordsman whose skills and senses are as sharp as his blade. Blind Fury mixes elements of comedy and drama into its action-packed na...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to the Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we’re creeping into the world of ghosts and awful sequels as we discuss Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. The Spengler family returns to the famous firehouse headquarters, where the original Ghostbusters have been busy creating a high-tech ghost-hunting lab. However, their peac...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're swinging into the classic realm of science fiction with a deep dive into the 1968 groundbreaking film, "Planet of the Apes." Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, this film not only redefined a genre but also left an indelible mar...

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out! Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! Today, we're delving into the gritty, revenge-soaked world of "Rolling Thunder" (1977). This cult classic, directed by John Flynn and co-written by Paul Schrader, who penned "Taxi Driver," delves deep into themes of vengeance and redemption through the lens of a Vietnam War veteran. ...

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're diving deep into the gritty and provocative world of Trainspotting (1996). Directed by Danny Boyle and based on the novel by Irvine Welsh, this film has left an indelible mark on the landscape of British cinema, offering a raw and unflinching look at the lives of a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh. Trainspotting doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of addiction. Set against the backdrop of Edinburgh's les...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're diving into the high-octane world of espionage with the 2010 action thriller, SALT. Directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Angelina Jolie in a role that cements her status as a modern action icon, Salt is a film that combines intense action sequences with a plot full of twists and turns. Salt follows Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie), a CIA officer who finds herself on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. With her loya...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where today we're diving into the quirky and thought-provoking world of "The Gods Must Be Crazy" (1980). This unique comedy film, written and directed by Jamie Uys, has captured audiences with its sharp social commentary wrapped in a series of absurd and humorous events. Set in Botswana, "The Gods Must Be Crazy", tells the story of Xi, a San Bushman who lives a peaceful, traditional life in the Kalahari Desert. His life takes a turn when a Coca-Cola bottl...

The undead enjoy nothing more than eating brains so if there had been an outbreak in the man cave this week they'd be going hungry as we sit down to talk about the Top 5 Zombies. Cris isn't a fan, Reegs doesn't let his enthusiasm prevent him from flailing around on one of his favourite subjects and Sidey and Dan were also there. George A. Romero practically invented the modern concept of the cinematic zombie in 1968's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and whether they've been used as a commentary on gre...

Welcome back to another riveting episode where your favourite group of Dads delve into the intriguing dimensions of film and television. This week, we're packing our virtual spaceship and setting coordinates for an intergalactic voyage that explores the realms of both cinematic universes and the cosmos! We blast off with our 'Top 5 Space Journeys'. We'll navigate the cosmos, exploring everything from heart-stopping battles among the stars to serene celestial voyages, these movies have taken aud...

Welcome to another thrilling episode, where we, a merry band of Dads, deep dive into the entrancing world of film and TV, sharing our musings, reviews, and occasional dad jokes. This week, we've put together a divine roster of segments that will take you on a heavenly cinematic journey. First off, we'll be exploring the 'Top 5 Gods in Movies'. From Greek to Norse, from benevolent to vengeful, we'll delve into the grandeur and mystique of these omnipotent beings as they've been portrayed in film...

Strap on your surgical mask and/or your combat gear as we kick off Operation week with a discussion of the Top 5 Operations. You’ll no doubt remember that our operation theme was inspired by us picking two movies with the word ‘operation’ in the title in a row so we thought we’d double down on all that operation action. From various kinds and sizes of operations, to operations in different places and countries, right through to examples of operations within operations, and operations within oper...

Argentina week kicks off with us getting raw as we discuss the Top 5 Movie steaks. Whether they're used as symbols of the choice to willingly subjugate yourself to an artificial reality like they are in THE MATRIX, the manifestation of your burgeoning animal instincts as in MADAGASCAR or even doing something really odd with them like eating them as they do in GOODFELLAS, the well-seasoned Dads have probably got you covered. OPERATION FINALE is the incredible story of the capture and extraction ...

Sometimes the Top 5 section of the show supports the theme of a particular week, sometimes it’s used to explore a specific aspect of or contribution to cinema and other times it is the consequence of the returning Dan's failure to understand a joke at his expense. We open this week with a chat about the Top 5 Eagles. Who knows exactly how Sidey will cobble together something out of our ramblings about OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE, a title so forgettable it immediately induces retrograde am...

We have an amazing special guest this week as we’re joined by Meeg who helped kickstart Bad Dads Film review over three years ago and he picks up exactly where he left off, by not watching this weeks movie. My first car was a burgundy Fiesta with about 800,000 miles on the clock and a sticker of a dog on the rear right hand side window which was impossible to remove no matter how hard I tried which was not very. I don't remember what its number plate was; Peter might suggest a bar code would ha...

It's not hyperbole to say that this week’s kid tv section and outro is the best content from Bad Dads Film Review yet, the laughs, the thrills, the spectacular revelations! And what about that phone call from Harrison Ford? Incredible! Sadly, it's drinking week and appropriately scatter brained, we messed things up by failing to record our DEXTERS LABORATORY segment and the outro. Maybe we'll give the sociopathic scientist another go some day because Sidey and I enjoyed this and not only because...

This week’s show starts with a look at the Top 5 Journeys because that word sounds a bit like genie. Yeah, that's the level we're at this week. We're big fans of George Miller around these parts so we thought we'd take a look at the Australian auteurs most recent effort, THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (2022). 'Narratologist' Alithea (Tilda Swinton) discovers a trinket whilst on a speaking engagement in Istanbul which contains the Djinn (Idris Elba), who proceeds to tell her the story of his in...

As you get older it's a fact that your memory declines. Hormones and proteins that protect and repair brain cells and stimulate neural growth slow down their production as you age, and decreased blood flow to the brain leads to changes in cognitive function. Sometimes I find myself entering a room and wondering what I'm doing there, other times I'll start a sentence on one subject before changing my trousers for a new pair next Saturday. An inevitable consequence of all this mental incapacity is...

Renny Harlin's DEEP BLUE SEA (1999) is a classic sci-fi horror mixing B movie conventions with a genre savvy script and a love of JURASSIC PARK to create the best not JAWS related shark horror movie of all time. Tune in to hear Reeg's and Cris discuss this masterpiece! We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or o...