Episodes

Dec. 29, 2020

Midweek Mention.... Grosse Pointe Blank

Time to squeeze in one final episode for 2020. This midweek mention is all about Sidey waxing lyrical about one of his favourite movies, Grosse Pointe Blank. This movie was released just after Sidey finished school. He often ...

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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. 22, 2020

Midweek Mention.... Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Well we loved the first Gremlins movie, so we thought why not?! Three quarters of us revisited this one just recently. Dan couldn't be bothered, instead he was moonlighting on another podcast! We took him on a trip down memor...

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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. 15, 2020

Midweek Mention... Scrooged

Nobody loves a Christmas movie more than the Bad Dads. In fact we've gone Christmas crazy this week. First up for your listening pleasure we have our belated review of the Bill Murray Xmas classic, Scrooged. Roger Ebert said ...

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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. 9, 2020

Midweek Mention...The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Time to go over an 80's classic, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! We loved this years ago, but have the years been kind to it? Is the humour dated or does it still make us laugh? …

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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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Dec. 1, 2020

Midweek Mention... His House

The Bad Dads are not universally sold on the horror genre. That is to say 75% of us won't watch them! This week Reegs makes the case for the highly rated His House. What are the chances of him actually …

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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. 24, 2020

Midweek Mention... Total Recall Vs Total Recall

Have you ever wondered which is the superior version of the movie Total Recall? Perhaps you find Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance in the 1990 version too understated. Maybe you felt that taking all the mutants and Mars set...

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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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Nov. 17, 2020

Midweek Mention... Baywatch

Never let it be said that we exist solely to review high brow cinematic offerings! This midweek mention is all about 2017's Baywatch. Now there's a masterpiece if ever we've seen one. Turns out Dan hasn't seen this one. Reegs...

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Nov. 12, 2020

Me and Earl and The Dying Girl & Clarence

It was a tumultuous week in politics; forget Joe Biden's dramatic victory over some guy whose name I can't recall and cast your vote for the Bad Dads Top 5 Memorable Movie Politicians. There's nothing rigged about this electi...

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Nov. 10, 2020

Midweek Mention...Wages of Fear

We don't just watch the big blockbuster fare round at the Man Cave. Sometimes we like to delve into the cinematic history books and revisit the films of bygone days... We took an explosive trip back to 1953 to discuss …

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Nov. 5, 2020

1917 & The Hollow

As an audience we are predisposed to expect our lead character will survive in the end, no matter how trying their circumstances may be so it's shocking when we witness the death of the main character in a movie. Our …

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Nov. 3, 2020

Goldfinger

Following the sad news of the passing of Sir Sean Connery we thought it would be apt to revisit an old classic. We got together to discuss the 1964 classic, and possibly never bettered, Goldfinger. Not all the Dads are …

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Oct. 30, 2020

Nightcrawler & Twirlywoos

A convincing accent can be a powerful tool in an actors arsenal; on the other hand a terrible one can make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Join us this week as we discuss the Top 5 Memorable Movie Accents …

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Oct. 28, 2020

Midweek Masterpiece... Bloodshot

We had so much fun recording last week's extra episode, we went and did it again. We watched, well some of us anyway, Bloodshot. The results were surprising! Did anyone like it? Who could not enjoy the acting prowess of …

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Oct. 23, 2020

The Gentlemen & Fast and the Furious - Spy Racers

It takes time, money and meticulous planning to make a film but you wouldn't know it from some of the ridiculous goofs we discuss in our Top 5 Movie Continuity Errors. Some gaffs are more trivial than others but it …

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Oct. 21, 2020

Forgotten Gem...The Thomas Crown Affair

No one asked us for additional material, but we did it anyway! We've started looking back at some films that have fallen though the cracks. Maybe you missed them the first time round. Perhaps they have improved with age. Or …

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Oct. 16, 2020

Enola Holmes & Baki

Grab your bunsen burner, put on your lab coat and protective goggles and get ready to experiment as we kick off the show with our Top 5 movie scientists. There's real chemistry between the dads as we sort the prized …

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Oct. 9, 2020

The Lobster & Emily's Wonder Lab

Here it is, the highlight of the week! Yes that's just one of the awful, loosely hair-based puns you will have to endure in this episode as we kick off the show with a Top 5 Movie Wigs conversation. There …

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Oct. 2, 2020

Terminator: Dark Fate & Free Rein

Huge budgets and A-list actors are just two of the things you'd be unlikely to find in Direct to Video (DTV) movies, and that's exactly the case in this weeks top 5 about movies released straight to video or streaming …

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