Season 6

March 9, 2022

Midweek Mention.... Lawrence of Arabia

Can you really call yourself a fan of cinema if you haven't seen the 1962 David Lean classic LAWRENCE OF ARABIA? Yes of course you can, but at least one of the dads hadn't seen it before, so the question …

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March 2, 2022

Midweek Mention... Pollock

Ed Harris's passion project POLLOCK (2000) chronicles the life of the abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock. Underneath the fascinating character study of an alcoholic, bi-polar artistic genius, this is a love story ...

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Feb. 23, 2022

Midweek Mention... Blue Velvet

On it's release Blue Velvet (1986) caused a bit of a stir. Initially shown at the Montréal World Film Festival in August 1986, and at the Toronto Festival of Festivals , the film received both a chorus of boos and …

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Feb. 16, 2022

Midweek Mention... Ghost

GHOST was a smash-hit 1990 supernatural romantic thriller that created an iconic and often parodied pottery scene which holds up surprisingly well. The story sees Patrick Swayze's Sam Wheat, an investment banker, struggling t...

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Feb. 9, 2022

Midweek Mention... Alive

Director Frank Marshall (ARACHNAPHOBIA) brings us the true story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. The Fairchild FH-227D was carrying a rugby team and various related friends and family when it crashed into the Andes mountai...

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Feb. 2, 2022

BDFR - Midweek Mention... The Straight Story

1999 saw the release of this absolute gem, starring Richard Farnsworth and directed by David Lynch. The Straight Story is the biographical tale of Alvin Straight and his journey to meet and reconcile with his older brother wh...

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Jan. 26, 2022

BDFR - Midweek Mention... Brewster's Millions

We could do with a laugh, so we raided Howie's DVD collection and got down with BREWSTER'S MILLIONS. Turns out that this was originally a book, and this is only one adaptation of the text amongst thousands of others. The …

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Jan. 19, 2022

Midweek Mention... Executive Decision

Fasten your seatbelts and watch the in flight safety demonstration as we take to the air for mid-90s action dross Executive Decision. We're mentioned Kurt Russell a few times on recent episodes, so it was jolly decent of Reeg...

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Jan. 12, 2022

Midweek Mention...This Is Spinal Tap

Join us for this weeks Midweek Mention as we follow legendary rock band Spinal Tap, on the cusp of releasing their 15th album in 17 years and about to start their comeback tour. Director Marty DiBergi provides a peak behind …

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Jan. 5, 2022

Midweek Mention... CB4

CB4 is a fictional gangster rap group and the subject of this 1993 mocumentary. This movie was uncharted territory for Reegs and Sidey. For Pete this was one of those tricky films. You remember it being brilliant, but you're ...

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Dec. 29, 2021

Midweek Mention... Fight Club

We're breaking the first two rules of Fight Club this week as we talk about the very thing you're not supposed to talk about. Fight Club was released in 1999, directed by David Fincher and polarised critics and audiences alik...

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Dec. 22, 2021

Midweek Mention... Stand By Me

I believe that Stand By Me is Stephen King's favourite adaptation of his own writing. High praise indeed, but just what did the Dads think of the supposed "classic".

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Feb. 5, 2021

Tenet & Raising Dion

Just as the vastness of space has inspired creators for as long as our species has been able to cast it's gaze upwards so have the depths of the world's oceans similarly stimulated tales of aquatic mystery. Whether seeking to...

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Jan. 29, 2021

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs & Dr Who

My father ran a successful construction company for many years and he was able to apply his fondness for maths, keen eye for engineering and practical skills on a daily basis to build anything from an individuals kitchen exte...

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Jan. 22, 2021

American Mary & Blue Peter

For my wife's birthday I bought her a beautiful fridge freezer. I know it isn't much, but you should have seen her face light up when she opened it.* In the real world, the humble fridge is a purely functional …

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Jan. 15, 2021

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri & We Can Be Heroes

From the stunningly detailed rendering of Avatar's Pandora through to the digital erasure of Arnie Hammer's testicles in Call Me By Your Name, the special and visual effects people have been bringing movie magic into the film...

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Jan. 8, 2021

The Personal History of David Copperfield & Tumble Leaf

Now that you've willingly subjugated yourself to a tyrannical dictatorship which has you imprisoned in your own home for the rest of your life, you've finally got the chance to watch all those really long movies you never qui...

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Dec. 31, 2020

Knives Out & Spirit Ride Along Adventure

We love money at Bad Dads, almost as much as we love a good old-fashioned armed robbery so we were very excited to discuss this weeks Top 5 Memorable Movie Bank Jobs. With elaborate heists and capers firmly off the …

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Dec. 23, 2020

A Christmas Story & Teen Titans Go!

Have you guys heard about this thing called the internet? Well now we have too and having decided to take up residence there , you can experience more of our mediocre content at www.baddadsfilm.com - check it out! Whether it’...

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Dec. 17, 2020

Gremlins & The Snowman

Across the world, families have traditional rituals to celebrate the relentless and depressing march towards the dead of winter and this year, with the added bonus of a global pandemic thrown into the equation and the near co...

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Dec. 10, 2020

Boy & The Inbestigators

As I get older I tend to re-watch movies less than I used to; perhaps it's because as I have matured I understand the art form better and have more life experience to draw on to deconstruct cinema. Or maybe …

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Dec. 3, 2020

Moonrise Kingdom & Hilda

What are some good movies not set on planet Earth? That was the starting point for this weeks Top 5 as we discuss those films that didn't take place on the third planet from the sun. Predictably science fiction and …

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Nov. 26, 2020

Lars and the Real Girl & The Epic Adventures of Morph

“The lack of women directors in the industry is no joke. The top 100 films of 2019 were helmed by a total of 113 directors, 89.4 percent of whom were male and 10.6 percent of whom were female.” So said …

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Nov. 19, 2020

Can You Ever Forgive Me? & Bear Gryyls: You vs Wild

Despite the near-constant stream of adaptations of books made into movies, “the book was better” seems to be a popular conclusion. But is that always the case? Some of the most successful and beloved films of all times are ba...

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