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Daniel Barnes

Co-host of the Dare Daniel and Canon Fodder podcasts and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 3.5

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 […]

“Lu Over the Wall” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

Lu Over the Wall (2018; Masaaki Yuasa) GRADE: C By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, May 11, at the Landmark Embarcadero in San Francisco and the Landmark California in Berkeley. This rare stinker from animation importer GKIDS offers echoes of Studio Ghibli classics like My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo, but contains little of […]

Dare Daniel – “Bright”

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 […]

“Let the Sunshine In” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

Let the Sunshine In (2018; Claire Denis) GRADE: B By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, May 4, at the Landmark Clay in San Francisco and the Landmark Shattuck in Berkeley. Claire Denis makes her first feature film since 2013’s Bastards with this beguiling romantic dramedy about a middle-aged artist who longs to […]

“Cold Water” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

Cold Water (1994; Olivier Assayas) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, May 4, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. Unreleased and unavailable for decades, writer-director Olivier Assayas‘ harsh coming-of-age story Cold Water gets the 4K treatment.  It arrives just in time to feed my growing obsession with the filmmaker. […]

Blake Rayne in The Identical

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 2.5

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 […]