Bad Movies We Love

In this filmmaker in focus episode, I was joined by Eric Jacobus, the writer/director, actor, and stuntman extraordinaire, nehind films like Contour, Death Grip, and the Rope a Dope series, and sat down with me to talk about his experience as in indie filmmaker and how he distilled that into a practical blueprint for making movies in his newest book, Badass on a Budget: A Timeless Guide for Zero-B...

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, as Ike and Sandra from Two Beer Cinema Club returned to the show to talk about what it was like to witness the height of Will Smith's powers, both literally and figuratively, in Peter Berg's superhero counterpunch movie: Hancock (2008) Hancock is a superhero whose ill-considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when...

In the new Filmmaker in Focus episode, I sat down with Gui Agustini, who you may have seen on Elsbeth , or The Time Traveler's Wife , and he's the voice of Roberto da Costa on X-Men '97 , but what you may not know is that he's a very talented and accomplished filmmaker too! In this interview, we talked about his journey in filmmaking, some of his inspirations, his future in front of and behind the...

Welcome to a new month and new theme here at Bad Movies We Love, as we celebrate heroes outside the modern sphere. We are going to be taking a look at movies outside the MCU and DCEU, to see how good or bad we used to have it. Kicking things off, I was joined by composer and fellow bad movie lover Josh Cooley to talk about another serial-era hero who made it to the big screen. The Shadow (1994) In...

Hey Bad Movie Lovers! Check out this special sneak preview of the Resistance: Frontlines members-only series, Bad Movie Futures. Kate is 1/3 of the Pizza Bones True Crime podcast and the co-host of the Pop Culture Reflections podcast. And you can find her representing the shows on Instagram @katefromdownunder , @pizza_bones_true_crime , & @popculturereflections If you liked what you heard, cli...

It's a Bad Movies We Love Special! Michelle MacBride is back to discuss the life, career, and legacy of Marilyn Monroe on what would have been her 100th birthday, and to grapple with the very uncomfortable experience of watching Andrew Dominik's: Blonde (2022) Written & Directed by: Andrew Dominik Based on the book by: Joyce Carol Oates Starring: Ana De Armas, Julianne Nicholson, and Lily Fish...

Hey Bad Movie Lovers! Check out this special sneak preview of the new Members-Only series: Bad Movie Futures. Donald Langley of the You, Me, and a Movie podcast and the new Film Wars project joined me to chat about Leigh Whannell's WOLF MAN (2025). If you liked what you heard, click HERE to become a card-carrying member of the resistance! While you're here...Please take a moment to fill out the Li...

Hey Bad Movie Lovers! Check out this special sneak preview of the new Members-Only series: Bad Movie Futures. Ray Stakenas joined me from the Who Would Win Masters Podcast to talk about Mercedes Bryce Morgan's BONE LAKE (2025). You can find Ray podcasting on the Who Would Win Masters podcast, Knowing is Half the Podcast , and Vampire Detroit . Find him on Instagram at @almightyray316 and @whowould...

Hey Bad Movie Lovers! Check out this special sneak preview of the new Members-Only series: Bad Movie Futures. Paul from Faulty Signal joined the program to talk about the ins and outs of the Tron franchise and its latest entry, Joachim Rønning's TRON: ARES (2025). You can catch Paul online doing his thing at @faultysingal on Instagram, and you can check in on what he's watching on Letterboxd If yo...

Filmmaker Robin De Vernon Ryding from Fulfilment Pictures is back for a brief update on his short film, Fatherhood, and to talk about the past, present, and future of the Fulfillment Pictures Arts Short Film Festival in East Kilbride, as it prepares for its 2nd annual event. You can find Robin on Instagram , and make sure to check out FulfilmentPictures.com and their collection of short films and...

Cage Against the Machine sees its final Monday of the series as I was joined by Ben Vargas, formerly of the Cinema Shitshow, to pull off one last big job and retire in Hawaii, as we take a wild and nasty, but darkly funny look at Paul Schrader's Dog Eat Dog (2016) A crew of ex-cons are hired by a Cleveland mafioso to kidnap the baby of a rival mobster. Directed by : Paul Schrader Written by : Matt...

We are cranking up the crazy on Cage Against the Machine, as I was joined by Emilie Black, the Editing Manager of Cinema Crazed, to dive headlong into the post-apocalyptic, near-death, nuclear fever dream of Sion Sono's: Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared. Directed by : Sion Sono Write...

Cage Against the Machine month is back on track! Or, in this case, back on the highway as Topher Graham from Bad Cookie Pictures is back for another adventure. This time, we escape the cozy confines of the fiery afterlife and hit the road in search of zany 3D action and a missing granddaughter in: Drive Angry (2011) A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daught...

Welcome to the best of Bad Movies We Love 2025! This is not your typical "Best Of" show. No. We are going to take a look at all the "bad" movies I saw in 2025 that made the scoring cutoff for the regular show criteria, some of which I've already covered on Bad Movie Futures, and others that will be trickling out soon. Plus, I look back at the 2025 show year and do some Bad Movies We Love Hall of F...

Writer/Director Emmanuel Duga joined the show to talk about his inspirations and aspirations as a filmmaker, working with friends, filming locally, and his feature work, Nothing Ever Happens in Burbank, CA . Nothing Ever Happens in Burbank, CA is available now on Amazon, and check out the trailers for his other films, Jeff Gets A Job and The Stranger , on YouTube. You can find Emmanuel on Instagra...

It's April, and it's time for Cage Against the Machine! A second month of Nic Cage madness! Seth from Movie Friends is back and ready to rock and roll as we take a look at one of Cage's most iconically unhinged performances. He's completely off the leash in his brother's film: Deadfall (1993) A New Yorker heads to California to find the look-alike brother of his conman dad. Director : Christopher...

My wife and co-host of Hers, His & Hours , Christen, joins me to recount the joys of one of her childhood favorites and tolerate me as I go particularly reference-heavy in this episode. The First Wives Club (1996) Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women. Director : Hugh Wilson Writers : Olivia Goldsmith, Rober...

As we work to close out March, we've got the first leg of a two-day double-header here at the show, as I was joined by Miss Bethany Summersizzle from Aliens on Fire to take a look back at a movie that had a much more prescient message about capitalism and consumerism than I would have thought: Josie & The Pussycats (2001) A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver su...

For this Filmmaker in Focus episode, I was joined by Josie and Mitchell Robinson. I had the pleasure of talking to them about their cinematic inspirations, what it's like working with your spouse, the on-set experiences of making their debut feature, Somnia , and what's next for them after two sold-out screenings. Plus, there's some other fun stuff in there as well. Enjoy! You can find Josie Mitch...

Raf from The Canon is back! And this time, he brought some friends along, as we test out our dance moves and give the Thin Man the silent treatment while wearing our LL Cool J masks in the wild and crazy world of McG's: Charlie's Angels (2000) Three private investigators are assigned to track down a kidnapped software engineer, but the case isn't as straightforward as it seems. Director: Writers :...

If you are reading this and thinking, "hey, this isn't a bad movie," you're right! Welcome to a special Good Movies We Love! A new addition to the show for 2026. I was joined by Felicia Maroni from the Seeing Faces in Movies podcast and filmmaker Josie Robinson to talk about the magic and the mayhem of the high school experience in Andrew Fleming's: The Craft (1996) A young girl new to a Catholic...

Welcome to Bad Movie Futures! A Resistance: Frontlines show for members only, but this one was just too good to keep to ourselves during Women's Month. I was joined by a trio of filmmakers, Alyssa Brayboy, Joel H. Brewster, and Topher Graham, to go to bat for Maggie Gyllenhaal and her big, bold, ostentatious feminist fever dream: The Bride! (2026). Will you be on the right side of history? Find Al...

There was so much Spice, we did it twice! Bethany from Aliens on Fire joined me for a special Bonus Episode to share her love and lore of all things Spice Girls! If you want to spice up your life even more, check out her Spice World Video Essay . Click here to Support the Show : Join the Resistance: Frontlines for just $5 a month and get access to members' exclusive episodes, an invite to the Disc...

We are continuing our women's month celebration here in March as Tara Jabbari from the Who Was She? podcast joins the show to tell me what she wants, what she really, really wants. And that's an incredibly fun and strange movie that defined a short but prolific moment in pop culture. Spice World (1997) World-famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double-decker tour b...

Welcome to March here at Bad Movies We Love, where we will be celebrating women's team-ups all month long. To get the party started, I was joined by Ike & Sandra from Two Beer Cinema Club to dial the clock back to the early 2000s and go back to school with Angela Robinson's: D.E.B.S. (2004) Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the...