Episodes

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, the lads record outside in the Jersey heat, chat Lego and TV catch-ups, run a Top 5 Travellers/Gypsies segment, then head into Netflix survival thriller Apex (2026).The review follows Charlize Theron’s lead character through an outback nightmare that starts as…

This week the dads dive into SPL: Kill Zone (aka Sha Po Lang), Wilson Yip’s 2005 Hong Kong crime-action bruiser starring Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung and Simon Yam. It starts as a murky cops-vs-triads thriller and gradually mutates into one of the most punishingly physical final acts of 2000s action cine…

This week the Bad Dads take on Song Sung Blue, a true-story music biopic starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a couple whose Neil Diamond tribute act brings fame, chaos, near-tragedy, and heartbreak.

This week the Bad Dads lace up for The Bleeder (2016), the chaotic true-life story of Chuck Wepner — the New Jersey heavyweight who went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali, inspired Rocky, and then nearly imploded under fame, booze, coke, and bad choices.

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, we are completely out of our depth ranking the "Top 5 Evils" in cinema, leading into our review of the painfully tense thriller, Speak No Evil.Expect more mustache twirling than a Victorian villain convention. We break down James McAvoy's terrifyingly charisma…

In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, the crew is completely out of their depth covering the "Top 5 Floods" in cinema history, before diving into the 2025 Latvian animated masterpiece, Flow.After navigating the high waters of cinematic floods (including a nod to the flipped cruise ship of Th…

In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, the crew (minus Dan) takes on Christian Gudegast's 2018 heist thriller *Den of Thieves*. Reegs and Cris break down the high-testosterone showdown between an elite crew of ex-military bank robbers and a morally bankrupt Sheriff's unit led by a swaggering Gera…

In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, the hosts venture into the Australian Outback to review the 1971 classic Walkabout. Directed by visionary filmmaker Nicolas Roeg in his solo debut, the film stars Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, and David Gulpilil in a haunting story about two civilized schoolchild…

The Sovereign Citizen movement is a real, growing phenomenon in which adherents believe they are exempt from government authority and can invoke pseudo-legal arguments to avoid any legal obligation. The movement has a documented history of tipping into violence when confronted by law enforcement. T…

This week the dads work late for Steven Shainberg's Secretary (2002) — one of the more unusual love stories in American independent cinema, and almost certainly the most interesting thing James Spader has ever worn a tie for. But first: a very thorough Top Five Secretaries list. Dolly Parton, Mad M…

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 …

This week the Bad Dads go full corporate: Top 5 Corporate & Tech Jargon — the phrases designed to sound like progress while delivering absolutely nothing. Circle back. Take it offline. Pivot. Blue-sky thinking. Tachyon pulse. If you've ever sat in a meeting thinking "what the actual f does that mea…