Tag: film critic

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 30.5

“It’s incomprehensible how incomprehensible this movie is.” Inspired by Mike Tyson and Steven Seagal’s phantom dustup in China Salesman, film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy beam-of-pure-energy Corky McDonnell are in a fighting mood on this week’s Dare Daniel mini-episode. After rehashing the double-fisted, single-celled lunacy of China Salesman, Daniel and Corky […]

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 29.5

“If you are a connoisseur of the bad movie, just swirl this one around in your glass for a few minutes before quaffing.” Just as predicted in Blade Runner, hosts Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell start the first new Dare Daniel episode of 2019 by previewing Tan BIng’s China Salesman, an international […]

Dare Daniel – “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie trilogy

Fifty Shades of Grey film trilogy – Dare Daniel Podcast Rerun 1 Two men, three movies, four beers, one hundred fifty shades. It’s a New Year, but an old episode.  Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell are still recovering from the holidays, so please enjoy this repeat of our […]

Dare Daniel – “A Christmas Story 2”

A Christmas Story 2 (2012; Brian Levant) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 29 “Not again!” Hosts Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell head to the front lines of the War on Christmas to review Brian Levant’s straight-to-VOD atrocity A Christmas Story 2, a holiday-themed pit of despair that serves as […]

Film Podcast – Dare Daniel Mini-Episode 28.5

“Nobody likes you, sugarplums!” On this holly jolly mini-episode, your secret Santas Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell preview their Christmas Day review of A Christmas Story 2, the 2012 straight-to-VOD sequel that literally no one wanted.  This cinematic clinker is available to rent on all the usual VOD services.  […]

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 […]