BEST FILMS OF 2018 – MY SFFCC AWARDS BALLOT

By Daniel Barnes This is the ballot that I submitted for this year’s San Francisco Film Critics Circle awards.  It should be noted that Madeline’s Madeline was nominated for our Special Citation Award, so I left it out of consideration for other awards.  I also did not consider Mandy, which I […]

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 27.5

“It’s turkey time…gobble gobble.” In this week’s muscular mini-episode, Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell preview next week’s review of Renny Harlin’s Cutthroat Island, a pirate movie more rancid than an expired bucket of Long John Silver’s coleslaw. After briefly revisiting their review of the hate-filled action comedy Collision Course, the […]

Dare Daniel – “Collision Course”

Collision Course (1989; Lewis Teague) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 27 “I’m on your ass!” In this turbocharged episode of the Dare Daniel podcast, dream team hosts Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell review the crazy-racist buddy cop comedy Collision Course, featuring the nightmare team of Jay Leno and Pat […]

“Shoplifters” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

Shoplifters (2018; Hirokazu Koreeda) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes When the domestic drama Shoplifters won the Palme d’Or last Summer at Cannes, right on the heels of a string of solid but same-ish domestic dramas from Japanese filmmaker Koreeda (including Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister and After the Storm), it seemed possible […]

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 26.5

“The orchestra didn’t have a string section, it had a heartstring section.” Buddy cops Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell play by their own rules in this super-sized mini-episode, avenging each other’s deaths even after the angry Sargeant orders them off the cases. The mismatched podcast hosts first look ahead […]

Dare Daniel – “The Monuments Men”

The Monuments Men (2014; George Clooney) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 26 “This movie is proselytizing in the most shallow and empty way–it’s a movie of other movies.” Hosts Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell wade into the moral cesspool known as Hollywood for their review of George Clooney’s pious, […]