Co-host of the Dare Daniel and Canon Fodder podcasts and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.
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 […]
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American Animals (2018; Bart Layton) GRADE: C By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, June 8, at the AMC Kabuki 8 and the Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinemas in San Francisco. Writer-director Bart Layton follows up his 2012 debut The Imposter, a documentary with dramatic tendencies about an older man pretending to […]
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 […]
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Mountain (2018; Jennifer Peedom) GRADE: C By Daniel Barnes *Opens June 1, 2018, at the Landmark Opera Plaza in San Francisco and the Landmark Shattuck in Berkeley. “Florid and Cranky” “Our need for mountains runs deep and wide,” breathes Willem Dafoe in his unmistakable sultry growl. “Mountains are wild […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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