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Happy Mocktober! In this episode, we kick off a month-long celebration of mockbusters, so get ready for some B-movie madness! In 2007, Michael Bay took 147 Million dollars and brought to the big screen a franchise that was more than meets the eye. Also in 2007, The Asylum took 0.2% of that budget and tried to do the same thing. To quote Sesame Street…one of these things is not like the other. Strap in as we kick off Mocktober and try to see if Transmorphers 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

Whoa...we're actually doing this episode. From the Great White North comes a man who has tackled every genre thrown at him with grace, charisma and love of filmmaking. Now, we go through the filmography of Keanu Reeves and pick our Keep, Watch and Pass flicks. 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

Hollywood has never been one to shy away from going back to the well to rehash what worked before. But, can a prequel of a remake with the same name still bring Antarctic chills? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that 2011’s The Thing 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

They say that the book is always better than the movie. However, what happens when a famed author, a famed director and a decent cast take a book, lauded by medieval scholars, and try to recreate the magic of the written word? Well, it’s on this show, so what do you think? But seriously, we’re here to tell you that Timeline is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to feel old? We're taking a trip back in time 30 years to find out which movies fit our Keep Watch Pass criteria. So sit back, grab a Hawaiian Punch and rock your comfiest plaid...we're going back in time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are things that we expect to see make the leap from Earth to space…rockets, shuttles, Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster. However, if someone said they expect to see the goalie from Crystal Lake’s pick-up hockey team reach celestial ascension, you might wonder what they were smoking. You may also wonder what we’re smoking when we tell you that Jason X is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first 99 episodes of this podcast, we have done our very best to find the good things to say about films that were unfairly maligned. But now…we may have finally met our match. It may not be easy…we may strain our brains with the mental gymnastics required to find the silver linings…but we’ll try our best to shed some light on The Room in this, the 100th episode of It’s Not That Bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They are the dynamic duos, the gruesome twosomes, the one-two punch, the ying to each others' yang. You can't have one without the other, and the movies wouldn't be the same if they weren't together. This week, we look at the best, the meh and the dregs of buddy movies. Which ones did we pick? Which ones would you choose? Tune in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2004, Bad Religion released the song Los Angeles Is Burning. The song has references to Orwell’s 1984…but let’s be honest. We all know that deep down, what they were really singing about was the 1997 movie Volcano…and sing about it, they should because that film is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're making our picks of movies starring recording artists. That means a singer or musician playing a fictional character. Movies about fictional bands or singers don't qualify. So, did our picks go platinum? Are we relegated to the discount bin? Listen in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most people go to the theaters to watch stories of adventure, drama and excitement. They go to experience marvels that can't be experienced in real life. They go to be amazed. Others, like us, occasionally go to count how many swear words you can get into 90 minutes. There may be something wrong with us...but there's nothing wrong with this movie as we seek to prove to you that Strays is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We get it, they're cute, cuddly and most likely animatronic. They can make or break a film. Find out with chatty creatures made our Keep Watch and Pass list. Warning...one of these films can be very anger-inducing...if you like GOOD filmmaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You hear it all the time from sci-fi movie fans around the world…stop putting out the same old IP’s and start crafting new stories. Occasionally, Hollywood actually listened…only to be slapped down by critics who just didn’t get or appreciate stories they weren’t already familiar with. That’s a shame, because when it comes to movies like 2009’s Surrogates, we’re here to tell you that it’s not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aliens have always been a staple of movies, whether as the antagonist, protagonist or just as a simple plot device. Now, Carson Elcome joins the show to drop his picks for movies about aliens. Which movies made the list? 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

Over the years, Disney has put out animated movies that have sparked our imaginations and stood the test of time. Every now and then though, the critics find one and take the House Of Mouse down a notch or two. Were they justified this time? Find out as we prove to you that Atlantis: The Lost Empire is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your acceptance letter to Hogwarts has arrived. It's time to dive deep into the Wizarding World and make our Keep Watch Pass picks of movies with the boy who lived? Which movie gets 10 points? Which one shall not be named? No golden snitches here...just some KWP magic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hanna Barbera is known for creating some of the most iconic characters that graced our TVs on Saturday mornings. The movies made from those characters...well, that's a different story. But fret not, cartoon lovers, because we're here to tell you that Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She is one of the biggest, most bankable stars in Hollywood today and her filmography runs of the gamut of every genre. We take a look at her movies and pick our Keep, Watch and Pass picks. See if our choices line up with your favs and not-so-fav movies of the one and only ScarJo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s fair to say that Netflix has made some decisions in the past that could be considered as questionable. The Sandler deal? Password sharing crackdown? Cancelling Cowboy Bebop? However, it’s our opinion that there is always a diamond in every rough. Is a full on, balls out comedy that diamond? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that Game Over, Man is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The man who defined cool in the 80's, who taught us that all we needed was a microphone and some iconic eyebrows...Christian Slater is the subject of our Keep Watch Pass this week. Did we pick your favs? Listen in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Movies like Logan proved that the antihero movie can work. Movies like Punisher proved that it's not always that easy. The DCEU proved that no matter what you do, haters are gonna hate. However, when a film comes in threatening to upset the balance of power....it's a tall order so it's time to revisit Black Adam and see that in the end, it's not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's one of the most prolific directors of his time. His movies are a genre unto themselves. He is often imitated, never duplicated. On this episode, we go through the filmography of Quentin Tarantino and pick our Keep, Watch and Pass movies. Did we pick yours? Listen in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In any major city, a museum is a wonderful place, a pantheon of learning and discovery. In any major motion picture, a museum is a cesspool of violence and horrors come to life, a mecca of death and dismemberment. Maybe think twice when that field trip permission slip comes home. Luckily, you don’t have to think twice about The Relic, because it’s not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first-ever episode of Keep Watch Pass, a show where we go through the films of a specific topic and pick one movie we would keep, one we would watch, and one that is a pass. This week, we're looking at movies starring Tom Hanks. With a filmography that includes award-winning films and box office bombs, this one was tough but fun. Did we pick your favourite? Let us know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a time when airplane movies were all the rage, the threat of nuclear missiles was everywhere and action films were the dominant force at the box office. That time was called the 80’s. 1996…not so much. Still, that doesn’t mean it was going to scale down on the explosions. Time to put $20 down and see if Broken Arrow is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Video games have evolved over the years, going from side-scrolling button mashers to complex adventures with engaging characters and deep-plotted storylines. I’d like to say the same thing about video games movies…but if they had, then we definitely wouldn’t be here today. Strap in as we take on some of the best-worst video game movie adaptations and do our best not to rage quit in this edition of Grading On A Curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s our two year anniversary and we’re going to celebrate it the only way we know how…by watching a film about violence, unwanted displacement and bestiality. There may be something not right with us…but not in our movie selection, because we’re about tell the world that Howard The Duck is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edgy script with lots of action, check. Cast chock-a-block full of established and up-and-coming actors…check. Reasonable budget, check. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing as we’re about to show you as we prove that Smokin’ Aces is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if someone were to make a movie that was so unfunny, so universally panned that the star wouldn’t be in another film for 9 years. Crazy, right? So crazy that it might just work. That’s why we’re here to prove to you that The Master Of Disguise is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In science, when trying to replicate the effects of an experiment, one must have all the same elements of the original project. In Hollywood, when trying to replicate the effects of a breakout hit, all you need is money, a script and actors willing to jump in even if they weren’t in the original. The episode’s film may not be a lightning rod of awesome, but we’re going to do our best to prove to you that Son Of The Mask is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The month of February usually brings movies about love, romance and the pursuit of all things Valentines. In 2005, we got a story about demons, Satan and the eternal battle between heaven and hell. Maybe not first date fare, but no need to fear because we’re hell to tell you that Constantine is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Movies based on popular characters can go one of two ways. The first is that the property is treated like crap, the end result is horrible and critics crap all over it. The other way is that a great movie is made, satisfying fans all over the world and raking in lots of money…and the critics crap all over it. This is definitely a category 2 situation, but it’s okay because The Super Mario Brothers Movie is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes critics are hard on a film, and rightly so. Sometimes though, they’re so wrong that all one can do is to turn up their microphones and scream into the ether about just how wrong the critics are. It’s time for a little bangarang and to tell those paramecium brained know-it-alls that 1991’s Hook is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take a solid cast, an intriguing plot and a lot of crime scene blood, release it right in the midst of every network having crime scene based shows and you have yourself a winner right? You probably should, but that’s not always the case. But we’re here to prove to you that 2007’s Cleaner is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deadpool proved to us that putting Ryan Reynolds into a comic book movie is surefire gold. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Blade: Trinity and Green Lantern proved that it wasn’t always that way. But rest assured, geekdom…we’re here to prove to you that R.I.P.D. is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every actor has that role that catapults them into the pop culture conscience, a film or show where can definitively plant a flag and call it their star-making role. Now, Lyle Robichaud from AM640 Toronto returns to look at films done before that star flag was planted. Which early roles made out Keep, Watch and Pass lists? 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

When it comes to the horror anthology genre, the bar was set high by the first two Creepshow films. However, if we’ve learned anything from Hollywood, no good idea has ever gone unflogged to death. But despite a severe lack of masterminds at the helm, the truth about Creepshow 3 is that it’s not that bad. Featuring Philip from the Adapted To Screen podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say that even bad press is good press. But, what if the press doesn’t focus on the movie but on everything behind the camera, and some of the actors don’t even do the press tours, causing even more bad press. Still good? Maybe not, but we’re here to prove to you that Don’t Worry Darling is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in the 90’s, there were soundtracks that were in everyone’s collection. They were albums that defined what pop culture was, filled with songs that would be played over and over on TV and radio. They became the soundtracks not just of the movie, but of our lives at the time. The movie itself…not so much. But with that said, we’re here to prove to you that Empire Records is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Smith rose to prominence by telling the story of two clerks dealing with an insane day at their New Jersey convenience store. Now, he looks to introduce the next generation to a pair of courageous convenience clerks…but this time, they’re Canadian. Strap in as we look to tell you all aboot how Yoga Hosers is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Normally, when someone is put in to a white room with nothing else in it, it’s not a good thing. Similarly, when two people enter a challenge on a Netflix production with millions of dollars up for grabs, it’s also not a good thing. We’re about to muddy the cinescape as we try to prove to you that The Immaculate Room is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say that the longer the wait, the more satisfying the experience. If that’s true, then fans waiting 17 years for a sequel to a classic 80’s film should have had a wonderful time bolstered by the end of their anticipation…or did they? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that Road House 2 is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People love superhero movies…they’re loud, bombastic, completely over-the-top and can be unpredictable in how unhinged things can get. People also love Nic Cage. He’s loud, bombastic, completely over-the-top and is unpredictable in how unhinged he can act. Seems like a match made in heaven, right? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that Ghost Rider is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wazzup…..What’s up is that we’re here to tell you that That’s My Boy is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 80’s there were a lot of sci-fi and fantasy movies soaring to the big screen. Worlds of wonder and fantastical things were aplenty at the theatre. But what would happen when one movie decided it wanted to be both a fantasy film and a sci-fi film? Throw in the coolest fidget spinner ever and you have a hit, right? Maybe not, but we’re here to prove to you that Krull is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1982, the world was introduced to the Commodore 64. With a whopping 64 kilobytes of RAW, it was state of the art. We were also introduced to Tron, a world that took more than in 64kb to make. In 2010, we were introduced to the iPad with 256 megabytes of RAM. We also got Tron: Legacy. History shows us that with game changing technology comes great Tron movies…because Tron: Legacy is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For those about to listen to us talk about The Rocker, we salute you…because when it comes to rock and roll, age ain’t nothing but a number. Ratings, however…those are numbers. And, despite how low things can go, we raise our horns and say to heck with that, cause this move is not that bad. Special guest: Greg from Movie Date Night. 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 movies like Sonic The Hedgehog and shows like The Last Of Us and Halo, it’s easy to forget that there once was a time when big screen video game adaptations weren’t worth waiting for. One 1995 film took the button mashing, techno-rocking, plotless attitude all the way to the bank, proving one thing…we clearly had much lower expectations in the 90’s. Will time look fondly upon this tournament of chumpions? Find out as we attempt to prove to you that Mortal Kombat is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all taken part in scavenger hunts. They’re fun, you get your step count in and when we were young, it was the best way for our parents to get us out of the house so they could cry freedom and enjoy the silence caused by our absence. Now picture that in 1980 without a smartphone. Not so fun now, is it? You know what is fun? This movie. So sit back as we prove to you that Midnight Madness is not that bad. Special guest: Brian Colburn from My Weekly Mixtape and Playlist Wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in the 90’s, once an actor made the jump from TV to movies, it wasn’t a good idea to go back to TV. But what if you had a couple of TV actors in a movie where there get sucked back into a TV and had to appear in a bunch of TV shows? You can’t change the channel on this one, so stay tuned as we attempt to prove to you that Stay Tuned is not that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices