Bad Dads Film Review

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week’s episode is all about singularity, identity, and what it means to be “the one.” We kick things off with our Top 5 'Ones' in film and TV, followed by a look at the emotionally complex Murderbot Diaries adaptation, and we round things out with the plucky preschool heroine Ridley Jones . 🎯 Top 5 'Ones' in Movies and TV Neo – The Ma...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week, we're jumping into the gritty, morally murky corner of the galaxy far, far away with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first of Disney’s standalone Star Wars films and one that dares to tell a story where the Force doesn’t offer easy answers—and not everyone gets out alive. Directed by Gareth Edwards , Rogue One is set just before the ev...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week, we’re sinking into the beautifully awkward and emotionally layered world of The Graduate (1967), a landmark in American cinema that captured the confusion and alienation of a generation—and still resonates today. Directed by Mike Nichols and based on Charles Webb’s novel, The Graduate stars a breakout Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock , a recent c...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week, we're diving headfirst into the chaotic, outrageous, and undeniably quotable world of Wedding Crashers (2005), a film that helped define mid-2000s comedy with its mix of raunch, romance, and relentless party energy. Directed by David Dobkin , the film stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as John and Jeremy—divorce mediators by day and professiona...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review ! This week we’re dusting off our ruffled shirts and setting our time machines to the 1980s as we revisit The Wedding Singer (1998), a rom-com that’s equal parts sweet, silly, and synth-soaked. Directed by Frank Coraci and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore , this nostalgic crowd-pleaser finds Sandler in perhaps his most charming role as Robbie Hart, a do...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we’re going full rom-com with a film that brings swagger, charm, and a surprisingly heartfelt message to the genre: Hitch (2005). Directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith in peak smooth-talking form, Hitch follows Alex “Hitch” Hitchens, a professional dating consultant known as the “Date Doctor.” His job? Helping awkward men win over t...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where things get a little surreal this week as we juggle fire-eaters, human oddities, and digital freakshows in our Top 5 Circuses in Film and TV . We also run away to the big top with Guillermo del Toro’s noir thriller Nightmare Alley , and finish with the technicolour brain-melt that is The Amazing Digital Circus . 🎪 Top 5 Circuses in Film and TV: 1. The C...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review ! This week, we travel back to the shadowy underworld of post-revolutionary France with The Emperor of Paris (2018), a gritty historical crime drama that combines lavish period detail with pulpy intrigue and one of France’s most infamous figures—Eugène-François Vidocq. Directed by Jean-François Richet ( Mesrine ), The Emperor of Paris stars Vincent Cassel as Vi...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we slither into our Top 5 Snakes in movies and TV, and shed our skins with two slinky features: the gritty 2023 Hong Kong action flick The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon , and a far more family-friendly offering in Patchwork Pals . Top 5 Snakes in Film & TV Kaa – The Jungle Book (1967/2016) Hypnotic eyes, silky voice, and a penchant for wra...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we tackle one of the more provocative and unexpected Southern dramas of the 2000s: Black Snake Moan . Directed by Craig Brewer (coming off the back of Hustle & Flow ), this 2006 film is a steamy, blues-soaked morality tale that’s equal parts sweaty melodrama, redemption story, and twisted fairy tale. Set in the heat-hazed Deep South, the f...

🎬 Miracle Mile (1988) Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review ! This week we’re taking a trip back to the late ’80s for a cult favourite that defies expectations and genre conventions: Miracle Mile . Written and directed by Steve De Jarnatt, this 1988 thriller starts like a quirky romantic comedy before turning into a full-blown apocalyptic nightmare. It’s a film that asks a terrifying question: wha...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we’re dusting off the golf clubs and heading to the green for one of Adam Sandler’s most beloved and chaotic comedies: Happy Gilmore . Directed by Dennis Dugan and released in 1996, this sports-comedy cult classic swings hard with juvenile gags, unexpected heart, and more fistfights than you’d ever expect in a golf movie. Happy Gilmore (Sandle...

🎬 Missouri Breaks: The Ballad of Missouri Bill (2024) Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review ! This week we’re heading west— way west—with a striking little indie feature that punches well above its weight: Missouri Breaks: The Ballad of Missouri Bill . Directed by Jarrod Christman and Weston Grillo, this 2024 low-budget Western was filmed entirely in the Idaho wilderness and tells a stripped-back,...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we take the red pill and tumble down the rabbit hole into the genre-defining cyberpunk classic that is The Matrix (1999). Prepare for slow-mo shootouts, existential dread, and the most influential sunglasses in cinema history. Written and directed by the Wachowskis, The Matrix dropped like a black-leather-clad bomb on the sci-fi landscape in 1...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we lock, stock, and double-tap our way into the gloriously over-the-top world of Hot Fuzz (2007), the second film in Edgar Wright’s beloved Cornetto Trilogy . With an outrageous body count and a razor-sharp script, it’s a love letter to action movies — by way of twee English village life. Directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simo...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we take a look at the explosive and controversial biopic Machine Gun Preacher (2011), directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler. It’s the story of one man’s radical transformation from violent criminal to war-zone humanitarian — and yes, it’s exactly as subtle as it sounds. 🎬 Main Feature: Machine Gun Preacher (2011) Gerard Butler s...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review , where this week we’re taking a neon-lit, blood-soaked trip through the moody underworld of Bangkok with Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives (2013). If you thought Drive was a stylish slow burn, this one cranks up the stillness, strips back the dialogue, and drops you into a hallucinatory revenge opera that’s equal parts mesmerizing and maddening. Ryan Go...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review ! This week, we're diving whiskers-first into the utterly bonkers, wildly inventive indie oddity that is Hundreds of Beavers — a film that may be about trapping furry woodland critters but ends up capturing something much rarer: pure, anarchic cinematic joy. Directed by Mike Cheslik and starring frequent collaborator Ryland Brickson Cole Tews , Hundreds of...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This episode swings open some metaphorical and literal portals as we explore our Top 5 Gates in film and TV, take aim with the tense WWII drama Enemy at the Gates , and finish off with an animated sci-fi detour through Stargate Infinity . 🎯 Top 5 Gates The Gate (1987) – A cult horror favourite where kids accidentally open a portal to a hellish dimension in th...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week, we’re paging through the murky corridors of mystery, rare books, and Satanic secrets with Roman Polanski’s atmospheric thriller The Ninth Gate (1999). Adapted from Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel The Club Dumas , the film stars Johnny Depp as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer whose latest assignment drags him deep into a web of occult intrigue. Setting th...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! In this episode, we’re diving into a trio of "the"-titled features, starting with our Top 5 Definite Articles in film and TV, followed by a look at Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans , and rounding off with the delightful antics of The Smurfs . Top 5 Definite Articles in Film and TV: The Godfather (1972) - A cinematic master...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This episode, we’re stepping into the eerie and unsettling world of The Mist (2007), a harrowing adaptation of Stephen King’s novella directed by Frank Darabont. Known for adapting King’s works with finesse ( The Shawshank Redemption , The Green Mile ), Darabont delivers a tense, claustrophobic horror film that dives deep into human nature when fear and desper...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This episode, we’re diving into the Top 5 Tarantino Moments , revisiting the high-stakes drama of ER , and wrapping up with some animated sci-fi fun with Duck Dodgers . Top 5 Tarantino Moments Quentin Tarantino has given us some of the most unforgettable moments in modern cinema. His signature mix of sharp dialogue, brutal violence, and unexpected humor makes...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This episode, we’re diving into one of Quentin Tarantino’s most underrated films— Jackie Brown (1997) . Adapted from Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch , this crime thriller showcases Tarantino’s signature style but with a more mature and restrained approach compared to Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs . Setting the Scene: A Game of Survival Pam Grier stars as Jac...

Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This episode is all about impact—whether it’s an explosive moment, a game-changing victory, or the sitcom that kept audiences laughing for over a decade. We kick things off with our Top 5 Bangs , followed by a review of Champions (2023) , and wrap up with a nostalgic dive into The Big Bang Theory . Top 5 Bangs This week, we count down the most memorable bangs...