Episodes

RUSH HOUR is the 1998 buddy action comedy film brought to us by the visionary auteur Brett Ratner. We can be as horrible as we like about him, because he's a gigantic turd. However, this film marked the first non-dubbed Jackie Chan action film, his Hollywood breakthrough if you like. Let's see if it stands up after 20 plus years!

If you've listened to the show for any length of time you'll know exactly what we think about Michael Bay movies. Peter Andre very kindly nominated on the Mr Bay's masterpieces, 1996's THE ROCK. Can this one shine through in spite of the contribution of our favourite auteur? Listen in to find out!

Boogie Nights is a movie we've mentioned a lot on the show. It was released in 1997, and I don't think I've seen it since then! Time to revisit it and see if this holds up after all these years!

Number 5 is alive. But sadly so is casual racism and lazy story telling. We watched Short Circuit. A film we all enjoyed as kids and probably should have left it that way!

Kevin Smith takes occasional time out from swooning over us on Twitter to make movies. One of those films forms the subject of this week's Midweek Mention. We watched Clerks and if you listen closely to this podcast, you can overhear four men discuss that very movie.

Peter Andre loves The Burbs. He has threatened violence against his fellow hosts if they don't like this movie. This could get ugly!

Our podcast is alive...With the SOUND OF MUSIC! Peter Andre and Sidey have already outed themselves a big Sound of Music fans. What about the others? If you've been on twitter this week you'll know Reegs thoughts. One thing to point out, this movie has a run time of 2 hours 55 minutes, which is quite a long time if you don't like this sort of thing. In any case, tune in just to see how many times we burst into song!

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's 2011 THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is a postmodern comedy which takes the familiar tropes and conventions of horror movies to unexpected places. Witty, fun and so incredibly meta that it works both as a film in its own right as well as successfully constructing an elaborate metaphor for the relationship between those that produce and those that consume the horror genre, the movie features a pre-Thor fame Chris Hemsworth as one of the doomed teenagers journeying to the tit...

This is a trip down memory lane. It's a movie that Sidey studied at school and that Dan went to see at the pictures on it's opening night. We watched The Third Man, the classic film noir, Harry Lime bootlegging story. There's loads of positive vibes about this online, but how will it fare under the critical eye of the Bad Dads?

Risky territory here, as we take our first look at the work of the Coen Brothers. Risky in that I'm going to be very disappointed if any of the guys didn't enjoy this movie! Blood Simple is the 1984 debut movie of the Coen Brothers. The movie features excellent turns by John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh. All the trademark Coen touches are present, so surely we can mark this one down as a hit!?

Stuntman and fight choreographer turned writer and director Jesse V. Johnson's third collaboration with English martial artist Scott Adkins was 2018's THE DEBT COLLECTOR, a superior DTV action crime-thriller. Adkins plays French, an ex-paratrooper and martial arts instructor who becomes drawn into the criminal underground as a debt collector when his dojo is affected by financial troubles. Johnson's energetic script fizzes and crackles as the action escalates but it's the chemistry between Adkin...

Peter Andre had fond memories of the 1992 Brian De Palma movie RAISING CAIN and with none of the other dads having seen it, the midweek mention was the perfect place to settle down and discuss this feverishly ludicrous psychological thriller. John Lithgow is Dr Carter Nix, acclaimed child psychologist and sufferer of multiple personality disorder whose discovery of his wife's infidelity may be enough to cause him a total breakdown. The bonkers script and incredible mega-acting of Lithgow lift wh...

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. ...

Do you have anything you need to get off your chest. So do we. It's movies that make us angry! And there's quite a few... Once we'd calmed down from all that rage, things took on a much more positive vibe as we watched the 2014 brit-com Pride. Featuring a who's who of British acting talent (and some overseas ones too) this had the look of a potential hit with the dads. Could Howie get over his innate hatred of the Welsh long enough to enjoy this one? To round things off we had a lengthy discus...

Everyone needs to eat and the Bad Dads are no exception, so join us in this mostly food themed episode. Howie returns this week and serves up an amuse bouche as he regales us with tales of his anniversary night. But what does a stand up paddle board and a dutch rudder have to do with it? For hor d'oeuvres we have a smorgasbord of delicious treats in our food themed top 5. There's something for everyone's palate in this delicious entree, featuring the odd surprise or two. Our main course is a ...

Peter Andre dropped by for a chat this week. Which was nice. We made a list of our favourite time travel movies. We kinda cheated this week too, you'll have to tune in to find out how. Reegs nominated another horror film for us to watch. Peter and Dan were thrilled by the prospect of watching a movie from behind the sofa! Was it scary though? Was it even a horror? The real horror this week was the kids TV nomination - Winx Club. This was truly something to behold. Do you think we'd recommend ...

We're all about the super sleuth this week... We were very fortunate to be asked to review this week's kids entertainment by TriCoast Entertainment. So we're pros at this game now! We watched Next Door Spy. All you have to do to find out if its any good, is listen to this episode. Easy. To continue our detective theme we took a journey aboard the Orient Express. Not all us Dads are megafans of remakes. Lets see if this one can convince us... We also had two attempts at recording our Top 5 lis...

Sometimes whilst making a podcast the stars align and everything comes together perfectly. This was so very nearly the case for us this week! We had missed making lists, so first up me discussed the best femme fatales. Have a listen and help us complete it. Our main feature this week was the 2013 Scarlett Johansson movie, Under the Skin. Not only was this a cracking movie, but we were extremely fortunate to be joined for a chat, by one of the stars of the film Mr Adam Pearson. We are very grat...

Have you ever wondered if Frank Sinatra was allergic to silk? Do you lie awake at night pondering whether Charlton Heston tried to talk down David Koresh by playing the voice of God? We wonder no more, all these questions and more are answered in this week's show! For our main feature this week it's off to downtown LA for a skateboarding fix. Howie nominated Mid90s, Jonah Hill's 2018 directorial debut. Lets see if Howie can finally pick a decent film! The kids selection this week features none...