Co-host of the Dare Daniel and Canon Fodder podcasts and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.
Love Actually (2003; Richard Curtis) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 54 “She wants the PM to slide into her DMs!” In this week’s episode, Daniel, Corky and a special guest kick off the Christmas season with some “solid gold shit.” These days, the war on Christmas is actually […]
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Battlefield Earth (2000; Roger Christian) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 53 “Holy amazing shit, John Travolta.” Travolt-ember just keeps on Travolt-embering on the Dare Daniel podcast. This week, man-animal rights activist Daniel Barnes and arrogant greener Corky Goodboy McDonnell finally get leverage over you with their review of […]
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The Fanatic (2019; Fred Durst) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 52 “He’s full of doo-doo!” It’s Travolt-ember this month on the Dare Daniel podcast, although we’re still writing Cork-tober on all our checks. This week, incompetent street performer Daniel Barnes and hardcore illusionist Corky McDonnell parse the poppycock […]
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Pain and Glory (2019; Pedro Almodóvar) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes Opens on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento. For his 21st feature film, the great Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar once again reaches into the inkwell of semi-autobiography. In the quietly enchanting Pain and Glory, […]
Downtown ’81 (2000; Edo Bertoglio) GRADE: B By Daniel Barnes Opens on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. You can’t slice this thing open without rattling off the rich backstory, so here we go. Swiss director Edo Bertoglio shot Downtown ’81 in the early […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987; Lee Harry) – Scare Daniel Podcast Episode 51 “Garbage day!” We’re breaking out the Christmas decorations early this year on the Dare Daniel podcast. For the fourth and final film of Scare Daniel 2019, eyebrow contortionist Corky McDonnell and pencil neck […]
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