We Love Dad Movies

It's been All Quiet on the Western Front here at We Love Dad Movies as we adjust to those dark, stormy nights, but we've managed to sneak in a couple of episodes on a theme we've teased in the past before we step into Christmas - The BIG COAT Movie!Devoted to those cosy nineties offerings where the cast is draped top to bottom in coats that make you go "Oooo, that looks well nice!", we'll be looking at legal thrillers, espionage thrillers, and... well it's just two films, but they're great I promise!First up: Ewan and Dan cover a gem of a film we wanted to discuss for its 30th anniversary last year but didn't get the chance to - Sydney Pollack's stylish and suspenseful adaptation of John Grisham's novel, The Firm. Starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman, Pollack pulls all of those paranoid seventies-era impulses together for a gripping post-mortem on the excess and greed of the Reagan years. Cruise and Hackman are also joined by Ed Harris, Wilford Brimley, Holly Hunter, Gary Busey, Tobin Bell AND David Straithairn, and yes, that does mean it has the best cast ever.Full spoilers ahead for this one folks, so if you haven't seen The Firm yet, PLEASE DO. It's our platonic ideal of a nineties thriller, and a highlight from Cruise's filmography that doesn't get spoken about nearly as much as it should.

Just when you thought Spooky Season had left the building! Ewan and Zan re-team to bring an end to the Halloween festivities, discussing their time at this year's Halloween All-Nighter at the Tyneside Cinema! Covering Ghostwatch, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Scream 2, and The Exorcist III's Legion Cut, this isn't one you want to miss...

Happy Halloween everybody! We're capping off spooky season with a We Love Dad Movies first - a double-bill, starting with a look back at Tobe Hooper's brilliant Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist with Carmelita Valdez McKoy! Grab a bowl of your favourite Halloween treats, sit back, and come along as we dive into the ins and outs of Hooper's eighties classic.

The spooky vibes continue at We Love Dad Movies this week, as Ewan is joined by not one guest, but TWO to discuss Stephen Sommers' 2004 horror-action bomb, VAN HELSING. Along for this particular Transylvanian coach ride is fellow WhatCulture colleague, Josh Brown, as well as the Horror Legend that is Ash Millman! Come along as we explain why this was a film that demanded such a podcasting team-up, its formative influence in developing our own spooky vibes, and why the Brides of Dracula are totally innocent/the coolest characters of all time. (If you don't, well... "too bad... so sad!")Catch the WhatCulture Gaming podcast here!...and Ash's further misadventures on Twitch here!

WE'RE BACK.It's been a long time coming folks, but We Love Dad Movies is back in the saddle and ready to come out guns a blazing with a new spooky-themed episode all about Pale Rider! Stalwart guest Dan Grima returns for a lovely catch-up about what he's been up to (including an update on his Westerns journey) and to share his thoughts on this supernatural, slow-burn effort from Clint Eastwood...

I know what you're thinking... Looney Tunes: Back in Action? On We Love Dad Movies?? When it's not even a dad movie??? Well YEAH but also do you not want to listen to us talk about the Looney Tunes for about 50 minutes? Exactly! Ewan and Zan are back once again to delve into a big Canon Event film from their childhoods, and why it's still baffling that Joe Dante's superior Space Jam follow-up isn't as frequently discussed as it should be...