It's Not That Bad

Take the directors of 2 of the highest grossing films of all time, add in the star of the highest grossing video game movie of all time and the star of one of the most watched Netflix series of all time and put them into one of the most expensive movies ever made. What do you get? A critic bashdown and a chance for us to see if The Electric State is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's hard to deny that some people are supremely multi-talented. It's also hard to deny that some should maybe stick to what they're good at. This week, we take a look at films starring actors not primarily known for acting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What could be worse than a human made up to look like a cat in a film with no plot, a few songs to sing and so much senseless insanity that you find yourself screaming at the TV to stop being a bad movie? Not much…but at least it's not Cats, the musical. No, this week we travel to the land of Seuss to see if The Cat In The Hat is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every watch a movie, then something happens and you're all "I never saw THAT coming"? Well, we have...and this week, we take a look at films that, for better or worse, take all that you thought you knew and turned it upside down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Movies…the final frontier. This is the first voyage of the crew of the Next Generation cast. Their mission, to boldly go where the other cast went before and attempt to make odd numbers not suck. Did they succeed? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that Star Trek: Generations is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting into prison, getting out of prison or just simply stuck in a cell, this week's episode takes a look at movies set in or around the iron bar hotel. Which movies made our list and which ones deserve a life sentence? Tune in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember the days when you knew you were going to have a good school day because the movie player got wheeled in? Well if you are of a certain age, the movie player may mean 2 hours of a deranged, violent, potentially-not appropriate adaptation of a literary classic that your teacher had zero desire to re-read. Remember to stick your gum under the table before your jaw hits the ground as we attempt to prove to you that The Lord Of The Rings from 1978 is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saddle up to the bar and order a stiff drink. We're about to dive into the dive bars, booze joints and dens of distilled dynasties. Which bar movies made our Keep, Watch and Pass picks? Let's pour a cold one and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 80's were absolutely the peak era when it came to Saturday morning having the cartoons for the toys that we all wanted to have and play with. Then, the 2000's decided they wanted to cash in on all that nostalgia, and threw up a ton of CGI messes on to the silver screen. We ate it up, but did it give us indigestion? Find out as we look to see if G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra is not that b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are movies about real bands, movies with real bands appearing in them...and then there are movies with bands we wish were real. This week, we delve into the movies with make-believe masters of music. Which films made our lists? Tune in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood has long been known for taking books full of rich characters, deep complex storylines and loyal fan bases and turning them into cheap celluloid imitations. Even the people behind Coles Notes do better jobs of retelling the plot lines. But, it can be hard to translate a good book to the screen. So how would a bad book translate? Find out as we wrap up Razzies Month with a trip to the dark side to see if Fifty Shades Of Grey is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finish our month-long journey through decades with movies released in 2015. The year saw the return of a beloved franchise, some great indie flicks and so much more. What movies made our Keep, Watch and Pass picks? Listen in and find out. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For 11 years, Marvel was EVERYTHING in the theatres. The MCU redefined the superhero movie and franchise. Often imitated, never duplicated, it was the juggernaut that could not be stopped. So what happened? Find out as we step into the Quantum Realm to see if Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Halfway into the first decade of the 21st century, the theatres were serving up movie gold...and some silver...and some mud. Listen in as we drop our picks from the movies released in 2005. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December 31st…it's a time of hope, wonder, change and enlightenment. It's when bad times can come to an end and make way for new beginnings. It can also lead to hangovers, gut rot and the impending doom of not actually knowing how you got to where you woke up the next day. So, will this movie give us a sugar-sweet high or a massive feeling of regret? Find out as Razzie Month continues in our quest to see if New Year's Eve is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thirty years ago...even though it feels like yesterday. We continue our decade dance through the years by journeying back to the middle of the 90's to find our keep, watch and pass picks. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lately, it seems that crapping on superhero movies is in fashion. While one can argue whether the genre has seen its day, one has to also remember how far along these movies have come. So, let's go back in time when one movie took all that we held near and dear to our hearts and crapped out a neon nightmare. Holy challenge, Batman…let's see if Batman and Robin is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to feel old? This week, we jump into the time machine and travel back 40 years for a look at films released in 1985. Which movies made our keep, watch and pass picks? Try to not to feel you age as you listen to which films we pick. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year, award season hits and the competition for the coveted hardware is fierce. This years collection of less than super, less than coherent and visionary-impaired movies nominated for worst of the year showcase all that was and all that we wish we could never see again. The 45th Razzies are around the corner, so prep your slop buckets and put on your bestest bib…it's time to dine on this filth fiesta as we kick off the fun on Grading On A Curve! www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever watched an old movie and realized that the future they talk about or the year that it's set in has already passed you by? We have, and this week we're talking about movies that tried to envision what a future society and world may look like. Were they right? Were we in making our picks? Tune in and find out. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In all the years of doing this show, seldom have we had the chance to get classy and Shakespearean. So, grab a flagon of your best mead, bust out the lute and dance a merry jig….it's time to see, before a live studio audience, if Ophelia is not that bad. Recorded at 5 Paddles Brewery in Whitby, Ontario. Be sure to check them out at 5paddlesbrewing.ca. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When your filmography is this good, they tend to call you Sir. This week, we run through the cinematic works of Sir Anthony Hopkins and figure out which films were worthy of knighthood, which films shone brightly...and which films were less royalty and more common. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's February and that can only mean one thing…theatres filled with couples watching movies they're totally not paying attention to, all the while seeing if they'll touch hands while going for the popcorn. However, this is probably not the movie any couple is looking for. But, maybe it's the movie they need…because Date Movie is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm just going to apologize now for all the bad jokes and dad jokes you are about to hear in this episode. They're corny, I'm even cornier and you will groan with just how bad they will be. We also pick vampire movies this week, so there's that. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take one of the most iconic anime characters of all-time, with a long back story, millions of fans around the world and multiple animated shows and movies. Now, take that property to the live-action world and cast your teenage main lead of a Japanese manga with an almost 30-year old Canadian. We're off to a rough start already as we try to prove to you that Dragonball Evolution is not that bad. Special guest - Adam Corky from "Do You Watch Anime" www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doctor Who is one of the longest-running TV shows in all of television history, and has featured performances from some incredible actors. Those actors have also been in a number of great movies...and not so great movies. This week, we look at actors who have played the Time Lord and pick three movies from all of those vast filmographies. Which flicks made the list, and which Doctors did we choose? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say you can't tell a book from its cover. To paraphrase, you also can't always tell a movie by its title. Take Epic Movie, for example. They didn't lie about one of those words…it is a movie. Whether it's epic or not remains to be seen. The even bigger question though is if Epic Movie is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doing one movie is hard. Pulling off the sequel is challenging. Nailing a third entry can be impossible. This week, we look at franchises that have pulled the trifecta and make our picks on which third films in a series worked and which ones didn't. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's an old saying…you can't win the lotto if you don't buy a ticket. Well, we didn't buy a ticket, but we sure as heck won a jackpot, and we're here to tell you that this Prime flick is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com All Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the more fascinating things in doing this show is stumbling upon a film that marks the beginning of a filmography. Those first impressions are always fun to look back at, and do that we do. This week, we're looking at movies that were the first of many for a number of actors. Which flicks made the list? www.notthatbadcast.com All Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The nice thing about adapting a video game to the big screen is that the story is already there, there's a template for the characters and you have a ready-to-watch audience. So with all of that, how is it that some of these flicks make us want to rage quit? Strap in, grab a controller and pray for a “skip cutscene” button as we try to prove to you that Alone In The Dark is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether they are spooky, scary or just downright bloody, horror movies have a little something for everyone...if they like the genre. For us, not so much. But, we still have movies that fit into our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop me if you've heard this one before…Black Adam, Daphne and Stifler walk into a dystopian nightmare version of LA while that guy from N'Sync is lip syncing a Killers song and no one knows exactly what the heck is going on. The punchline…is that we get to go through this film and find out if Southland Tales is not that bad. Special guest: Sean Faust. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's Canada's national treasure...he's the Merc With The Mouth...and he's just Guy. This week, we delve into the filmography of one Mr. Ryan Reynolds and make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the only way to celebrate a year that gave us a multitude of mulch-worthy films? Take 5 of the lowest rated, worst performing and cinematically stinky films and put them into the Grading On A Curve blender. Lyle Robichaud and Joseph Whalen join the panel as we rank the rank of the year. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to pull out our magic 8 ball...or at this time of year, it's a magic snow globe...and look into the future at the slate of films coming out in 2025. Which films are we looking forward to? Which ones are giving us pause to press play? www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every Christmas season, people make fun of the absurd level of schmaltz dumped onto television by the good people at Hallmark. But, anyone who complains needs to be brought back in time to 1978, when Santa crapped out the biggest coal ever to fill a stocking. If you already have a bad feeling about this, so do we, because we're about to try to prove to you that The Star Wars Holiday Special is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that special time of year when we look back at all the movies we watched in the past year and make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. Which ones surprised us? Which films added butter to our popcorn...and which ones made us regret our life choices. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are three words, when put together, combine to form the scariest phrase in the world of modern day movies. No, it's not “time travel film”. And no, it isn't “retro slasher flick”. In fact, the scariest thing anyone could ever whisper into the ear of a cinephile is “straight to streaming”. That said, we're here to whisper to you that Time Cut is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From western Americana sagas to true story reenactments to rom coms to sports movies, Kevin Costner has brought a number of stories to life on the big screen. Now, Carson Elcome returns to drop his Keep Watch and Pass picks of this vast filmography. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the year, anime films and series have brought to the screen some unbelievable, fantastical imagery. Translating that to the live-action world has had its challenges with faithfully adapting that imagery. How did Netflix fare with Death Note? Adam Corky from Do You Watch Anime joins the show to deep dive the film. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She redefined the sci-fi action hero, she showed her comedic chops...she's an all-world actress, and this week, we're making our way through the filmography of Sigourney Weaver. Which films made our Keep, Watch and Pass lists? www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who says you can't go home? When your home is the Big Apple, it's kind of hard to say no. But, when your home is a New York City that's still overrun with a ghost problem…maybe it's time for a move? Can one more trip around Broadway mean good tidings for movie-goers? Find out as we dare to see if Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's never any doubt that the book is always better than the film. That said, some movies have definitely done justice the written words they have originated from. This week, we deep dive into our libraries, both written and visual, and make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever seen a trailer that was so cool, so interesting, that you immediately made up your mind on the spot to watch that film? And then, have you ever left the theatre or stopped the DVD and questioned if the movie advertised was the same one you just watched? We're in the same boat as you, but we're still going to see if Freaked is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music can be as much of a memorable moment from a film as anything else. This week, we narrow our search to films with a song nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars and see which movies make our list. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi there. I was wondering if you had some time to talk about our lord and savior, Orgazmo. You see, just 90 minutes of time basking in his words and deeds will have you feeling joy and happiness. He'll always be there for you, never let you down, and never lose faith in you, even when the critics have lost faith in him. That's because Orgazmo is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a long, successful history of introducing the world to the best in up-and-coming comedic talent, the stars of Saturday Night Live have long made Hollywood funnier. Now, we take a look at films starring actors who were at one point SNL cast members and see which films make our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's never a bad thing to check in on your friends. However, when someone keeps asking “how you doing”, you stop thinking everything's okay and start questioning if you've stumbled into an intervention. The only answer may be a deep dive into the abyss and a pulse check to see if Norbit is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's almost a Hollywood inevitability...if something is made and it does well enough, someone will eventually run out of ideas and just remake what worked before. Whether that was a good thing or not is entirely up for debate, and debate we will as we drop our Keep, Watch and pass picks from the pantheon of remakes. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Wikipedia, there is a list of films considered to be the worst. We have talked about a few of those films on this show before, and more often than not, we've positive aspects to praise. This time, we may have met our match. Strap in, dear listeners, as we drink a whole jug of nightmare fuel and try to prove that The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is not that bad. www.notthatbadcast.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/notthatbadcast Social Media - @notthatbadcast (X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices