Dare Daniel Podcast

Dare Daniel Podcast
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Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedian Corky McDonnell do your dirty work by reviewing the worst movies you can imagine. Send Daniel and Corky your most sadistic movie dares at daredaniel.com, and look for a new episode every other Tuesday.

  1. 5D AGO

    Canon Fodder Best of 2025

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_BEST-OF-2025.mp3 Canon Fodder Best of 2025 Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedy legend Corky McDonnell review their favorite films and moments from the last year of the Canon Fodder podcast. Your hosts also offer bonus mini-reviews and rulings on disputed films such as Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, Bound, Salvatore Giuliani and Pale Flower. CANON FODDER 2025 FACTS & FIGURES Episodes released in 2025: 23 First film reviewed: India Song Last film reviewed: Metropolis Most popular episode: Videodrome NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Pierrot le Fou (1965; Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard) IMDB synopsis: “Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.” Our review of Pierrot le Fou comes out Tuesday, Jan. 20. Join us next week when Daniel shares his Best and Worst Films of 2025! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Canon Fodder Best of 2025 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    47 min

  2. 12/16/2025

    Metropolis (1927) – Canon Fodder Episode 52

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CANON-FODDER_S01_E52.mp3 Metropolis (1927; Dir.: Fritz Lang) Canon Fodder Episode 52 Daniel and Corky crank up the city lights for the jaw-dropping dystopia of Fritz Lang’s fully restored Metropolis (1927). Directly or indirectly influencing a century of pop culture from Blade Runner to Diamond Dogs, Lang’s film continues to amaze and inspire. But did your hosts appreciate Lang’s outstanding vision, or are they on the Fritz? METROPOLIS (1927) FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #67 [tied] World premiere: Jan. 10, 1927 IMDB synopsis: “In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Official trailer for Metropolis (1927) The Moloch! Maria’s transformation Metropolis cityscape NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Pierrot le Fou (1965; Dir.: Jean-Luc Godard) IMDB synopsis: “Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.” Our review of Pierrot le Fou comes out Tuesday, Jan. 20! Join us in two weeks for our Best of Canon Fodder 2025 episode! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Metropolis (1927) – Canon Fodder Episode 52 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    56 min

  3. 12/02/2025

    Paisan (1946) – Canon Fodder Episode 51

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CANON-FODDER_S01_E51.mp3 Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini) Canon Fodder Episode 51 Daniel and Corky keep it Neo-Real with their review of Italian Neo-Realist icon Roberto Rossellini’s highly influential Paisan. Rather than simple tales of heroes at war, Rossellini offers bitterness-tinged stories of tenuous brotherhood along the Allied path to victory. But did this WWII anthology leave your hosts battling a bulge, or do they have their heads up their Anzio? PAISAN (1946) FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #196 [tied] World premiere: September 1946 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Martin Scorsese presents Paisan The opening scenes “You can’t cross the road now.” Just watch the whole movie NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Metropolis (1927; Dir.: Fritz Lang) IMDB synopsis: “In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.” Our review of Metropolis comes out Dec. 16! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Paisan (1946) – Canon Fodder Episode 51 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    47 min

  4. 11/18/2025

    Vagabond (1985) – Episode 50

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CANON-FODDER_S01_E50.mp3 Vagabond (1985; Dir.: Agnes Varda) Canon Fodder Episode 50 Daniel and Corky explore the dark side of the sunny South of France with Agnes Varda’s 1985 movie Vagabond. Sandrine Bonnaire plays the equally frustrating and fascinating title character, a young woman trudging across the French countryside without passion or purpose. Your hosts also share their thoughts on Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. VAGABOND FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #101 [tied] World premiere: September 1985 (Venice Film Festival) IMDB synopsis: “A young woman’s body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Theatrical trailer for Vagabond  Mona & the Statue “She’s a sound sleeper.” Tracking shots NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini) IMDB synopsis: “American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.” Our review of Paisan comes out Dec. 2! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Vagabond (1985) – Episode 50 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    46 min

  5. 11/06/2025

    Daniel Reviews “Die My Love” and “Predator: Badlands”

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CANON-FODDER_S01_BADLANDS-DIE-MY-LOVE.mp3 Die My Love (2025; Dir.: Lynne Ramsay) GRADE: C+ *Now playing in the San Francisco Bay Area and other select markets. IMDB Synopsis: “Grace, a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion, Jackson, increasingly worried and helpless.” Predator: Badlands (2025; Dir.: Dan Trachtenberg) GRADE: B- *Now playing everywhere. IMDB Synopsis: “A young Predator outcast from his clan finds an unlikely ally on his journey in search of the ultimate adversary.” In this questionably special mini-episode, film critic Daniel Barnes reviews two new releases – Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love and Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands. Die My Love is an emotionally scorching anti-love story with a powerfully fearless lead performance by Jennifer Lawrence. Predator: Badlands is Trachtenberg’s third entry into the Predator-verse, and his second this year alone after the animated movie Killer of Killers. Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about song surgery, doomed dogs and pandering predators. Read more of Daniel’s reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes, and listen to Daniel on the Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder podcasts. The post Daniel Reviews “Die My Love” and “Predator: Badlands” appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    15 min

  6. 10/28/2025

    Pather Panchali – Episode 49

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E49.mp3 Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray) Canon Fodder Episode 49 Daniel and Corky follow the song of the little road to 1910’s Bengal to review Pather Panchali, the first film in Satyajit Ray’s storied Apu Trilogy. Elsewhere, Daniel discusses the big winners and awards season favorites from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. PATHER PANCHALI FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #35 World premiere: May 3, 1955 [New York Museum of Modern Art] IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Original theatrical trailer The train scene Wake up, Apu! NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Vagabond (1985; Dir.: Agnes Varda) IMDB synopsis: “A young woman’s body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.” Our review of Vagabond comes out Nov. 18! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Pather Panchali – Episode 49 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    53 min

  7. 10/24/2025

    Daniel Reviews “Blue Moon” & “It Was Just an Accident”

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_BLUE-MOON-ACCIDENT.mp3 Blue Moon (2025; Dir.: Richard Linklater) GRADE: B- *Now playing at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento. IMDB Synopsis: “Tells the story of Lorenz Hart’s struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of Oklahoma!” It Was Just an Accident (2025; Dir.: Jafar Panahi) GRADE: B+ *Now playing at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento. IMDB Synopsis: “A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.” In this questionably special mini-episode, disgraced/graced film critic Daniel Barnes reviews two new releases opening today, Oct. 24. Blue Moon is a mostly one-set look at a particularly fraught night in the late life of songwriter Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke). Meanwhile, the Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident looks at the incompatibility of revenge and moral certainty in modern-day Iran. Listen along as Daniel talks to himself about singular sensations, Dorf-like trickery, and the scarcity of bears in the filmography of Jafar Panahi. Read more of Daniel’s reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes, and listen to Daniel on the Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder podcasts. The post Daniel Reviews “Blue Moon” & “It Was Just an Accident” appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    18 min

  8. 10/14/2025

    Yi Yi (2000) – Episode 48

    https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CANON-FODDER_S01_E48.mp3 Yi Yi (2000; Dir.: Edward Yang) Canon Fodder Episode 48 Daniel and Corky turn to turn-of-the-century Taiwan to review Edward Yang’s richly Renoir-ian tapestry of humanity. Yang offers a seemingly bottomless reservoir of empathy in Yi Yi, but did your hosts appreciate the plunge or did they sink like reservoir dogs? YI YI FACTS & FIGURES Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #90 [tied] World premiere: May 14, 2000 [Cannes Film Festival] IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.” CLIPS & CLIPPINGS Original theatrical trailer “I’ve never loved anyone else.” “How can it be so little?” Yang Yang’s eulogy NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray) IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.” Our review of Pather Panchali comes out on Oct. 28! Follow Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu. Read more of Daniel’s movie reviews at Dare Daniel and Rotten Tomatoes. The post Yi Yi (2000) – Episode 48 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.

    45 min
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Film critic Daniel Barnes and comedian Corky McDonnell do your dirty work by reviewing the worst movies you can imagine. Send Daniel and Corky your most sadistic movie dares at daredaniel.com, and look for a new episode every other Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Dare Daniel Podcast
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    249
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    Dare Daniel Podcast