It's Not That Bad

To quote the late, great Orson Welles…Muaahhh, the French…but in all seriousness, they have provided some avant garde films that cannot be ignored. So, asseyez-toi et écoutez-moi as we delve into the noir and see if Renaissance is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between Alex, William, Daniel and Stephen, the Baldwin family has been gracing the silver screen for a long time. This week kicks off our Hollywood Dynasties celebration as we look at movies starring a Baldwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Movie math can be a little wonky. For example, take a film based on a novel, starring 4 actors with a combined 3 Oscars and 6 nominations and a $100 Million budget and what do you get? One of the lowest rated films on Netflix. Let's put that math to the test and see if The Last Thing He Wanted is not that Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She is arguably one of the best actresses in the game today, known for a wide range of genres and performances. This week, we deep dive the filmography of Anne Hathaway, and with a list of standout films, this one will be tough to pick from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Any bride will be the first to tell you that planning a wedding is not easy. There are hundreds of little things that can go wrong and make a mess of things. Having a secret agent as your maid of honour is probably one of them. Let's race to the altar and see if Bride Hard is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! This week, we're combing through the Star Wars universe in search of the filmographies of those actors who did NOT play Force users in the movies or TV shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know, it's sad how some people just focus on skin colour. It doesn't matter how good someone is or how much they bring to the table, some people just can't see past the surface level appearance. It's truly unfair. I mean, it's even canon in the comic books. There is a Red Hulk. Suit up, it's time to see if Captain America: Brave New World is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She is the Queen B...beautiful, badass and The Bride. This week, we look at the filmography of Uma Thurman in search of our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2017 was an interesting year in geek filmdom. Superhero movie fans were getting fed well, while Star Wars fans were sending their meals back. But, enter a film that looked to be on everyone's menu, but ended up like a Frankenburger. Time to buckle up for a fun ride to see if Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy 4/20 Day everybody. To celebrate, we're going through our lists of "stoner films" to see which film achieves that "high", and which ones are like smoking the roach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There may be no better thing to do on a sunny day in the woods than to take a walk, breathe in some fresh air and take a break from the world. Or, you could grab some actors and a film crew and try to make fun of one the biggest YA adaptations of all time. Well, we like a challenge…time to see if the Starving Games is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Occasionally, a TV series gets so big that all the talk surrounding it becomes "when do we get a movie". This week, we go other way and look at movies that spawned a TV series...for better or for worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Netflix got to play in the Marvel playground, they did pretty good with the Man Without Fear. Disney Plus has carried that success over to their platform. Hell's Kitchen is serving up some good eats, but it wasn't always that way. Let's go back to 2003 and see if Daredevil is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all done it...replied to an email, text or DM with a movie meme. Why? Because sometimes, the very response we want to deliver comes to us from a movie that we love (or hate, we don't judge movie choices here). Movie memes are a shared language, and this week, we're diving into out meme lexicon for the movies that replace our vocabularies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's something about today but I can't remember what it is.Birthday? Nope…not that. Appointment? Well, it is an episode drop today, so there's that. What's so special about April 1st? Oh…wait…that's it. It's laundry day. Happens every year. Oh, and it's also April Fool's Day. Time to flip the script and see if Oppenheimer…is not that good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's hard to explain the meteoric rise of Matt Damon's career, but one look at his deep filmography shows an actor with a wide range of genres and an ability to handle anything thrown his way. This week, we go through that filmography in search of our KWP picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With only 3 movies and one animated season in 23 years, you can't really say that the Tron franchise has been flooding the market. But, will the Users rally behind their beloved series when it's Morbin' Time? Grab your identity discs and mount your light cycles, we're racing to see if Tron: Ares is now that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It happens all the time...you see a movie poster, read the title of the film and instantly have a song with the same name stuck in your head. Now, we make our picks of those movies that instantly trigger earworms aplenty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the 2025 Razzie Awards Ariana DeBose was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress for her role in Kraven The Hunter. This year, she's moved up in the world…by being nominated for Worst Actress. Can't say she isn't persistent. Let's see if the Razzies are right or if Love Hurts is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're celebrating March Break this week, then this might not be the episode for you. However, if you're a parent wishing the week would end so your kid can go back to school, here's some movies to subtly get that point across to your offspring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop me if you've heard this one…a witch and a hunter walk into an apocalyptic wasteland. The witch says, “Where are we going”? The hunter says “Into the lands”. The witch says, “It's all land”. The hunter says, “Yeah…we're lost”. That joke is really bad, but let's dive in to see if In The Lost Lands is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck could play the shark in Jaws. Well, he hasn't done that yet but he has been in a number of films, both good and bad. This week, we look at the filmography of the 2014 Razzie Redeemer winner and make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a year dominated by streaming, steaming piles of stink, suck-quels and the super-milking of franchise cows…it's nice to take a moment, smell the roses and look at what's “good” about it all. And by good, I mean that it's good that none of us died watching the movies nominated for Worst Film Of The Year. We put our lives on the line, now put our show in your ears. The 46th Razzies are here and we are ready to sift through the slop in this edition of Grading On A Curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The shows were good, the music was good...pop culture in the 90's was at an all-time high. But, did the stars of the 90's small screen translate to the theatres? Tune in as we make our picks of movies that brought to the big screen the denizens of "must see TV". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered why people have seemingly stopped going to the theatres? Is it because things are too expensive? Is it because of the quality of TVs people have at home nowadays? Or is it because you occasionally run the risk of people jumping out of their seats and losing their ish because some zombie decides to go chicken-back riding? I've never been more in favour of seatbelts and muzzles. Grab a pickaxe as we try to craft reasons why A Minecraft Movie is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One last trip on the nostalgia train as we take a look at films celebrating a 10-year anniversary in 2026. It may feel like yesterday for some of the flicks, but there's a lot of nostalgia all in one place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Say all you want about super hero movie fatigue, but kids today don't know how bad it can get. How bad, you ask? How about Marvel's first attempt at an R-rated movie based on one of their characters, played by a guy who's acting ability in the 80's was best summed up by Sylvester Stallone when he said “you gave that guy lines?” Hold on to your handlebars, it's going to be a bumpy ride as we look to see if 1989's The Punisher is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If these movies were people, they'd be old enough to drink anywhere in Canada...but still using their fake ID's in the States. Which films made our list, and which ones are being shown the door while getting bounced? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Valentine's tradition…dinner and a movie. What better way to spend 2 hours together than to watch two people find love, happiness and multiple new uses for everything at the hardware store…especially the mop, for afterwards. Strap in as we strap on another dose of hanky spanky as we try to prove to you that Fifty Shades Darker is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you say something is thirty years old, it feels like a lifetime...and yet, these films still feel as fresh today as they did when they were released back in 1996. Well, some do. Which films make the list? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say to never judge a book by its cover, or a movie by its title. With that in mind, we're here to rewatch this poor attempt at a Vegas tourism video and prove to you that Very Bad Things is not what the title says, but is in fact not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, we're looking at the past decades of film to see which films are celebrating major milestones, and which of those films make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are many things in this life that are unjust, unfair and simply, completely wrong. But not since someone thought that pineapple on pizza might be something worth trying has something been so utterly incorrect. We stand before you today to right that wrong, to call out the BS and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Spaceballs is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, we put the kids of Stranger Things front and centre for our keep, watch and pass picks. This week, it's the adults' turn. Which elder of the town of Hawkins will find their filmography plucked from for our lists? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1996, a movie hit theatres that posed the question, “what if an alien species invaded Earth with the sole purpose of total annihilation”. It delved into everything from alien autopsies, cities being leveled and average citizens rising up and overcoming the odds to find an Earth-borne solution to stopping the attack. There was also Independence Day. But this week, we go to that very same well to see if Mars Attacks is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We absolutely promise no spoilers in this episode. What we do promise is to take the filmographies of the kids of Stranger Things in search of our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Are we picking the obvious choices, are are we turning this upside down? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is a work of cinematic genius. A superhero film that both defines and defies the genre. Its very presence changes everything you ever thought you knew about live action Marvel films and puts every other title to shame. And, if you believe that, I have some swamp land in Australia to sell you. I'm also here to see if Man-Thing is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have said on the show multiple times that we stan Star Wars in this podcast house. Now, we take a look at the filmographies of those who have played wielders of the Force in search of our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. These are the films we're looking for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever lent someone something and when they return it, it's not in the condition you lent it to them? Feels a little like the Spider-verse, and Sony didn't play nicely with Marvel's toys. Well, drink some lion blood for the last kicking of the Spidey-can as we look to see if Kraven The Hunter is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2026 is upon us, and with 365 days of a world of cinema about to populate movie theatres and streaming services, we have a lot to choose from. This week, we make our picks of movies coming out in 2026 and see what has us excited, trepidations and downright scared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking back at 2025, one tends to reflect on all the things the year has given us. An awful lot of offerings including rising inflation, rising worldwide temperatures, the song Golden playing literally everywhere, global conflict, Coldplay concert cameras and another Los Angeles Dodgers World Series. Well, at least we didn't get another Madame Web, but we did get some films that make the bargain bin look like a death trap. Grab your bestest bottle of booze…you're going to need it as we tackle 5 of the lowest rated films of 2025 on this edition of Grading On A Curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we start to bid adieu to the year that was 2025, we take a moment to take a look back at the movies we saw that were released this past year. What film topped the multiplex? What film made us want to skip more than the intro? Tune in as we celebrate 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a long, strange trip it's been. Seven movies in the franchise, all 7 qualified, and now all 7 have been covered. Let's pop open a bottle of vodka and pour one out for the popo, it's time to wrap up our Police Academy extravaganza with a mission to Moscow. Let's see if the 7th Police Academy film is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year, Hallmark drops between 30 and 40 Christmas films per year, with each featuring actors having some fun with some light, family-friendly festive fair. To celebrate the holiday season, we're going to look at the filmographies of those actresses to find our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vacation's over, time to get back to work. The Police Academy franchise leaves the sunny climes of Miami Beach to return to clean up the mean streets. But, can getting back to basics get viewers back to the screens? Is it more a city under siege, or just our ability to find funny in the follies? Time to settle in for a 6-spot and see if Police Academy 6: City Under Siege is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the saying "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" is true, then why are there so many movies set in Vegas? Seriously, they have to work on keeping things on the down low. But, we're going to let everyone know our picks of movies set in the desert oasis that is Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nothing like taking a vacation in a warm and sunny location. It's refreshing, rejuvenating and a great way to shake off the cobwebs of the day to day. Can the same be said for a franchise that was one bad joke away from feeling like it was put under house arrest? Find out if some surf, sand and sun is the perfect combo and if Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's one thing to say that the Police Academy movies were products of their time in the 80's. But if you ask me, the idea of a municipally funded public service being outsourced to unqualified, unprepared and non-unionized workers while the rank and file kick back and collect a paycheck is some serious forward thinking. Nevertheless, let's see if these walk-on flatfoots can walk the walk and prove that Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol is not that bad, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone loves a little friendly competition, and a healthy rivalry can bring out the best in everyone. It can also bring about the flogging of a dead horse, as this franchise looks to head back to the halls of academia. Have they learned their lesson, or are they doomed to miss the mark? Time to see if Police Academy 3: Back In Training is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few actors defined Canadian comedy in the 80's as well as John Candy. From SCTV to a roll call of the funniest, most memorable films of the 80's, every moment of Candy on film was pure gold. Now, we go through his filmography to find our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The transition from post-secondary education to life in the real world can be an interesting time. You go from learning to working, from studying to earning a living…and if you happen to graduate from a certain Academy, you go from terrorizing lieutenants to terrorizing watch commanders. Grab your backpacks and kevlar, it's time for our first assignment to see if Police Academy 2 is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices