Bad Critics Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:20:06 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627025 en-us © 2026 Bad Critics yes Support this Podcast 80636fdd-cd9c-5fc5-a589-18f92e7e2b3a Badcritix@gmail.com Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder episodic true Chuck and Blake don’t simply disagree about which films are good. They disagree about what films are FOR. Chuck believes movies are a craft to be assessed — their quality is a function of intentionality, architecture, and whether they earn the emotional or intellectual response they're reaching for. Blake believes movies are an experience to be felt — their quality is a function of whether something real moved through him when the lights went down. Both positions are philosophically defensible. Neither host can fully respect the other’s framework without abandoning his own. That irreducible tension is every episode.


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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Badcritix@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/0zxg0o5dldx87es9zrgapmx11pkg?.jpg Bad Critics https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627025 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (FEAT. THE WITCHES) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (FEAT. THE WITCHES) Support the show

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19812889 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 6674 full false THE COMEDY SUPERCUT THE COMEDY SUPERCUT TOP 20 COMEDIES

FIRST COMEDY EPISODE OF IDK HOW MANY

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FIRST COMEDY EPISODE OF IDK HOW MANY

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19807012 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0400 7364 full false BIG CAST, BIG SCREEN: IMAX70mm AND POSTERS WITH FLOATING HEADS BIG CAST, BIG SCREEN: IMAX70mm AND POSTERS WITH FLOATING HEADS OUR MAGNUM OPUS EPISODE:

WE TALK ABOUT OUR IMAX 70mm EXPERIENCE SEEING ‘THE ODYSSEY’,

TOP 10 ENSEMBLE CASTS,

PITCH MOVIES,

& TALK TRASH ABOUT ANY ACTOR NOT GRATEFUL TO BE IN A RIDLEY SCOTT MOVIE (GOOD OR BAD)

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WE TALK ABOUT OUR IMAX 70mm EXPERIENCE SEEING ‘THE ODYSSEY’,

TOP 10 ENSEMBLE CASTS,

PITCH MOVIES,

& TALK TRASH ABOUT ANY ACTOR NOT GRATEFUL TO BE IN A RIDLEY SCOTT MOVIE (GOOD OR BAD)

ENJOY NERDS!

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19800344 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0400 7142 full false WATCHLIST WEIGH-IN: Project Hail Mary, Obsession, Backrooms and The Housemaid WATCHLIST WEIGH-IN: Project Hail Mary, Obsession, Backrooms and The Housemaid The watchlist weigh-in is a special episode where the guys circle back around to movies they missed and reviews them. For the very first entry, they review PROJECT HAIL MARY, THE HOUSEMAID, BACKROOMS, and OBSESSION. 

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]]> The watchlist weigh-in is a special episode where the guys circle back around to movies they missed and reviews them. For the very first entry, they review PROJECT HAIL MARY, THE HOUSEMAID, BACKROOMS, and OBSESSION. 

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19618635 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0400 4646 full true A REBOOT OF A REMAKE THAT’S A PREQUEL TO A SEQUEL SPIN-OFF A REBOOT OF A REMAKE THAT’S A PREQUEL TO A SEQUEL SPIN-OFF In this episode the guys rate Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024), pitch their own reboots and remakes, and Blake defends The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. 

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]]> In this episode the guys rate Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024), pitch their own reboots and remakes, and Blake defends The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. 

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19618629 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 5195 full true DENIS MOVIES LOOK AND SOUND GOOD DENIS MOVIES LOOK AND SOUND GOOD In this episode the guys rate Dune: Part 2, rank Denis movies, and Chuck defends The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift.

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]]> In this episode the guys rate Dune: Part 2, rank Denis movies, and Chuck defends The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift.

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19618622 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0400 4802 full true SWORDS, SHIELDS, AND CASTLES WITH SHAG CARPET SWORDS, SHIELDS, AND CASTLES WITH SHAG CARPET In this episode the guys review and rate Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’, 
Reveal their Top 10 period piece ranking, and Blake defends the 1998 adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask.

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]]> In this episode the guys review and rate Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’, 
Reveal their Top 10 period piece ranking, and Blake defends the 1998 adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask.

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19618606 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0400 5045 full true SPIDER-MAN: Brand New Day (REVIEW & Ranking) SPIDER-MAN: Brand New Day (REVIEW & Ranking) On this episode the guys review Spiderman: Brand New Day on the spot after seeing it, rank all of the live action Spiderman movies, discuss new trailers and ask the biggest question on everyone’s mind: Is Spiderman: Brand New Day the best Spiderman movie ever made?!?!

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19594141 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0400 4392 full true CAPE SHIT CAPE SHIT In this episode the guys talk MCU to DC and reveal their top 10 comic book movie rankings. Blake promotes Captain America slander and Chuck defends Batman & Robin while scrutinizing the under sexualization of female super heroes.

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]]> In this episode the guys talk MCU to DC and reveal their top 10 comic book movie rankings. Blake promotes Captain America slander and Chuck defends Batman & Robin while scrutinizing the under sexualization of female super heroes.

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19445086 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0400 4726 full false PULP FRICTION PULP FRICTION In this episode the guys argue of the Pulp Fiction star gap and rank the entire Tarantino catalogue. After introducing a fun new segment called “recast roulette”, Blake defends Twilight. 

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]]> In this episode the guys argue of the Pulp Fiction star gap and rank the entire Tarantino catalogue. After introducing a fun new segment called “recast roulette”, Blake defends Twilight. 

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19445020 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0400 3922 1 3 full true THE NOLAN NEXUS THE NOLAN NEXUS In this episode the guys rank the Nolan catalogue, argue about Batman and Chuck annihilates pretentious movie fans.

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]]> In this episode the guys rank the Nolan catalogue, argue about Batman and Chuck annihilates pretentious movie fans.

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]]> Blake Melanson & Chuck Corder Buzzsprout-19444932 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:00:00 -0400 5073 1 2 full true YOU’RE A BAD CRITIC YOU’RE A BAD CRITIC In this very first episode the guys introduce the flow of the show, Rate the empire strikes back, run through their personal top 10 movie lists and Blake defends Hulk 2003.

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]]> In this very first episode the guys introduce the flow of the show, Rate the empire strikes back, run through their personal top 10 movie lists and Blake defends Hulk 2003.

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