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The Holdovers Has A Hold Over Our Hearts

Ep. 96

Welcome to Bad Dad Rad Dad, where Kylie and Elliott talk about the movies they watch each week while searching for better cinematic dads. Along the way, they choose subbies over dubbies, rejoin their favourite bevy of Christmas babes, channel their jealousy over Poor Things early release cities, feel cozy at the cinema, and find the antidote for Killers of the Flower Moon.


This week’s movies are: The Boy and the Heron (2023), Happiest Season (2020), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Holdovers (2023), and The Unknown Country (2022).


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