Co-host of the Dare Daniel and Canon Fodder podcasts and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.
The New Mutants – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 87 “Within all of us, there are at least two bores. One of those bores is this movie.” Daniel and Corky put away their old mutants in anticipation of reviewing Josh Boone’s franchise non-starter, The New Mutants. A movie that […]
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A Tale of Springtime (1990; Eric Rohmer) GRADE: B+ A Summer’s Tale (1996; Eric Rohmer) GRADE: A- By Daniel Barnes *Now playing in the Roxie Virtual Cinema and BAMPFA. A Tale of Springtime is the first film in French auteur Eric Rohmer‘s Tales of the Four Seasons series, currently […]
Better Days (2019; Derek Tsang) GRADE: C+ By Daniel Barnes *Now playing in select theaters and virtual cinemas and on Hulu and VOD services. This Academy Award nominee received Hong Kong’s first Best International Feature Film nod in nearly three decades, which is insane. Unfortunately and all too […]
Hercules in New York – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 86 “Hercules schmercules!” Daniel and Corky descend from Olympus to review the fish-out-of-water monkeyshines of Arthur Allan Seidelman’s Hercules in New York. A movie seemingly devoid of second takes, this debut film for 22-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger (née Strong) is a […]
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Runaway (1984) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 85 “Now kiss your ass goodbye!” Daniel and Corky don their electro-magnetic scatter-suits to review Tom Selleck as a robot-hating cop in Michael Crichton’s Runaway. A cliched cop movie with the tiniest sliver of a sci-fi twist, Runaway barrages you with wooden […]
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Foodfight! – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 84 “My friends come out to creep.” Marketropolis stock boys Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell use their dog-tective skills to investigate the rancid animated feature Foodfight!. With its horrifying, half-finished visuals and an ensemble cast of sex predator corporate mascots, Foodfight! provides […]
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