Single Take, Canon Fodder & Dare Daniel

On this thumbnail mini-episode, Daniel and Corky prepare for next week’s review of the 1985 box office bomb  Revolution   by getting into the character of an anachronistic 18th-century Scottish-American fur trapper. The hosts also revisit their previous review of  Renaissance Man   by contemplating “Life in the Streets” from the p.o.v. of a sheltered, out-of-touch celebrity. Afte...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DareDanielE014S01.mp3 Renaissance Man  (1994; Penny Marshall) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 14 “I’ve never taught before…and you’ve never thought before!” Despite “struggling in the brain department,” Double D’s Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell scale Chekhov’s Victory Tower to review Penny Mars...

In this Lilliputian mini-episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, children of the 1980s Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell preview next week’s review of Penny Marshall’s 1994 dud  Renaissance Man , starring the hilarious comedy duo of Danny DeVito and Gregory Hines. After piling more scorn on the putrid Collateral Beauty , and recalling their previous criticisms of  Bright   and  Hancock , D...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DareDanielE013S01.mp3 Collateral Beauty  (2016; David Frankel) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 13 “Shed your skin.” Abstract concepts Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell struggle to find any beauty, collateral or otherwise, in David Frankel’s 2016 “catastro-fuck of the shittiest order .”   Despite a cast that includes six...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DareDanielE012_halfS01.mp3 Although still unable to stop the music that is slowly driving them insane, Corky and Daniel revisit their review of Nancy Walker’s outrageously energetic Village People musical  Can’t Stop the Music . The hosts also look ahead to next week’s review of the “batshit crazy”  Collateral Beauty ,...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DareDanielE012S01.mp3 Can’t Stop the Music  (1980; Nancy Walker) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 12 “Oh boy!  One hot night coming up!” On this crotch-bulging episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, Saddle Tramps go-go boys Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell review Nancy Walker’s coked-up 1980 Village People origin story  Can&#8217...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DareDanielE011_halfS01.mp3 In this pint-sized mini-episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, Daniel and Corky get into character to review Nancy Walker’s 1980 musical epic  Can’t Stop the Music , a Village People origin story co-starring Steve Guttenberg and Valerie Perrine . The film that coke-snortingly assumed the already-deceased disco cr...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DareDanielE011S01.mp3 The Dark Tower  (2017; Nikolaj Arcel) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 11 “Have a great apocalypse.” In this  Grudge Match   episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, Daniel and Corky go toe-to-toe over Nikolaj’s Arcel’s  The Dark Tower , starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Just as  The Dark Tower  book...

On this finger-food mini-episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, we preview our upcoming review of Nikolaj Arcel’s  The Dark Tower , starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba. Still not sleeping nights following their traumatic experience with  Theodore Rex , Daniel and Corky embrace the darkness by choosing their favorite (and least favorite) Stephen King movie adaptations. Meanwhile, Corky w...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DareDanielE010S01.mp3 Theodore Rex  (1995; Jonathan R. Betuel) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 10 “This is where the nightmare reaches its horrifying crescendo.” On this shellshocked episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, esteemed dinosaurologist Daniel Barnes and “bodacious cretaceous” Corky McDonnell review Jonathan R. Beteul&#...

On this lightning round mini-episode recorded live at Sac City Brews Neighborhood Tap House , Daniel and Corky preview  Theodore Rex , a film that they both agree is the worst thing they will ever review on this show.  It is available to view in a beat-up print on YouTube, but they highly recommend that you never watch it. The hosts also look back at their previous review of  The Circle , dreaming...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DareDanielE009S01.mp3 The Circle  (2017; James Ponsoldt) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 9 On this week’s episode of the Dare Daniel podcast , social media warrior Corky McDonnell and “woke bro” Daniel Barnes get to the bottom of this so-called Internet with their review of James Ponsoldt’s  The Circle . Starring Emma Watson,...

Still full from a delicious brunch at Sac City Brews Neighborhood Tap House  in Tahoe Park, Daniel and Corky try to get into the proper mindset of irrational paranoia for next week’s review of  The Circle . The hosts also warm up some leftover strudel by taking a look back at their recent review of  Shining Through , once again marveling at Melanie Griffith’s inability to mimic any acc...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DareDanielE008S01.mp3 Shining Through  (1992; David Seltzer) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 8 “I want you to taste my strudel!” Open wide, film fans. Joely Richardson Fan Club President Corky McDonnell and raw dove aficionado Daniel Barnes break out their absolute worst Melanie Griffith impressions to review her Razzie-winning performanc...

On this fun-sized Thursday mini-episode, Daniel and Corky prepare to go to war with Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas in next week’s review of  Shining Through , while also flashing back to favorite moments from their epic review of the entire  Fifty Shades  trilogy . Your submissive hosts also discuss re-casting Paul Lynde as Christian Grey, riff about titles for unmade  Major League  se...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DareDanielE007S01.mp3 The  Fifty Shades Film Trilogy – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 7 2 men, 3 movies, 4 beers, 150 shades. Tuck the kids in bed, get out your sex jeans and strap yourself in for this decidedly NSFW episode of Dare Daniel, as Daniel and Corky submit to the ultimate punishment: watching and reviewing all three entries in the  Fifty Sh...

w Daniel and Corky recorded this week’s mini-episode at Sac City Brews Neighborhood Tap House in Tahoe Park.  The boys chase down their brunch and beer by praising Jude Law’s royal slouch from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword . Elsewhere, the hosts bite their lips in anticipation of next week’s epic review of the entire Fifty Shades   trilogy, which they guarantee to discuss in &...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DareDanielE006S01.mp3 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword  (2017; Guy Ritchie) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 6 Failed film franchise experts Daniel and Corky saddle their magic battle elephants to fight the empty CGI spectacle of Guy Ritchie’s 2017 bomb  King Arthur: Legend of the Sword . Starring the never dynamic Charlie Hunnam,  Legend of the...

In this lightning round mini-episode, Daniel and Corky unsheath their swords in anticipation of next week’s review of Guy Ritchie’s  King Arthur: Legend of the Sword , available now on HBO on demand services. They also look back in confusion at their coffee bean bet from last week’s review of  The Snowman , talk about memorizing the movie Overboard , offer their picks for the wor...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DareDanielE005S01.mp3 The Snowman (2017; Tomas Alfredson) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 5 Hello Mister Filmmaker.  You only shot 85 percent of the clues.  You are very bad at your job. Winter Sports World Cup enthusiasts Daniel and Corky take their detective boxes to the snowy streets of Oslo for this week’s review of Tomas Alfredson’s ...

Daniel and Corky kick off this fast-paced, action-packed mini-episode by previewing next week’s review of the nonsensical non-thriller  The Snowman , which is available to rent on all the usual VOD services. They also provide some final thoughts on last week’s review of  Aloha , contemplating whether or not Bill Murray’s character really wanted to kill everyone on the planet. Fin...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DareDanielE004S01.mp3 . Aloha (2015; Cameron Crowe) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 4 On this week’s episode, film critic Daniel Barnes and comedian Corky McDonnell lei into Cameron Crowe’s  Aloha , starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Bill Murray. The hosts discuss the unexpected poetry of e-mail hacks, Manic Pixie Dream Racism , the...

Daniel and Corky preview next week’s review of Cameron Crowe’s  Aloha , offer some closing thoughts on last week’s review of  Bright and revisit their Bay vs. Carnahan debate . Corky extols the comedy stylings of Marlon Wayans , confuses Darren Aronofsky with Whit Stillman and confers American legend status upon Tony Shalhoub, while Daniel begins the search for a new co-host. Dar...

https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DareDanielE003S01.mp3 Bright  (2017; David Ayer) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 3 On this week’s episode, Daniel and Corky get the Bright idea to review David Ayer’s made-for-Netflix blockbuster starring Will Smith as an alternate universe LAPD officer and Joel Edgerton as his orc partner.  Your unblooded hosts talk about Elvish imperson...

On this action-packed Dare Daniel mini-episode, Daniel and Corky preview next week’s review of Bright , and they offer some closing thoughts on their previous reviews of Grudge Match and The Identical . The hosts also discuss the acting career of Mark S. Allen , probe Corky’s sordid history with Joe Carnahan and try to figure out whether Rawhead Rex is a horror film or a sex move. Dare...