Topher Graham is back, and this time he brought the other half of Bad Cookie Pictures with him as Ariel Hansen joins the show to help close out NicVember! Check out their latest short film, Don't Tell Your Mom, and the rest of their collection of short films on YouTube. If you're sad that the Nicolas Cage celebration is ending, fear not, this is just part one. Part two will be back in 2026, but until then, we say goodbye and have some laughs with Brian Taylor's:

Mom and Dad (2017)

Written & Directed by: Brian Taylor

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur

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Hello Bad Movie Lovers! This is the first 15-ish minutes of the new members-only show: Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con with my co-host Stephanie Kennerly. We put on our detective hats and investigate life from outer space in Rob Bowman's The X-Files Movie (1998).

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It's hard to believe, but we are 3/4 of the way through the first part of our NicVember celebration here at Bad Movies We Love. The response was so good that I got multiple volunteers, so I was joined by Becky (@that.girl.loves.horror) from The Girl and The Gay Movie Podcast and Scott (@scottymayknow) from Shoot the Flick to chug energy drinks, kill robots, and get the silent treatment from Nicolas Cage in:

Willy's Wonderland (2021)

Director: Kevin Lewis

Writer: G.O. Parsons

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant

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NicVember continues as I was joined by the wonderful Bethany Summersizzle from Aliens on Fire to solve the mystery and join the search for Rowan Woodward. We put on our festival garb, had maybe had one too many pints of honey mead, and started punching randos, as we went back to look at one of Cage's most notorious performances in Neil LaBute's

The Wicker Man (2006)

Director: Neil LaBute

Writer: Neil LaBute, Anthony Shaffer

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan

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October was the best month ever here at the show, thanks to all you listeners out there who raised the bar! It's a brand new month and a brand new theme as I was joined by the master of the Cage match. Newman from Movies 4 Dayz is back to light the torch on the Nicolas Cage celebration and kick off the Bad Movies We Love NicVember series with Mark Steven Johnson's:

Ghost Rider (2007)

Written & Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley

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Hey Bad Movie Lovers! Check out this special sneak preview of the Members-Only series: Bad Movie Futures. I was joined by Cam Sully from The Jacked Up Review Show Podcast to talk about the return of Daniel Day-Lewis in his son Ronan's debut film: Anemone (2025).

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Vancouver-based filmmaker, writer, production designer, producer, actor, and podcaster Topher Graham joined the show to talk about his beginnings with Luchagore Productions, the formation of Bad Cookie Pictures, the value of the short film format, and much more ahead of the live premiere of his new horror-comedy short film Don't Tell Your Mom, debuting on YouTube on Halloween at 10am Pacfic/1pm Eastern. And, you can check out their collection of short films on YouTube.

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I was joined by writer/director Elliot Hasler for a one-on-one discussion on his filmmaking journey, his inspirations, the future of the industry, and his newest film, VINDICATION SWIM.

Elliot will be touring with the film in North America in association with Freestlye Digital Media, starting Oct. 17th at the Quad in New York. More dates include:

• Los Angeles                 Laemmle Royal                        Opens 10/24
• San Diego                   AMC Mission Valley                  Opens 10/25
• Santa Barbara           Metropolitan Paseo Nuevo     Opens 11/5 
• Toronto                        Imagine Cinemas Carlton     Opens 11/14           
• London, ON                 Hyland Cinema                         Opens 11/15

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Hello Bad Movie Lovers! This is the first 15-ish minutes of the members-only show, Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, discussing David Twohy's The Arrival (1996) with my co-host Stephanie Kennerly.

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Hey Bad Movie Lovers! Check out this special sneak preview of the new Members-Only series: Bad Movie Futures. Felicia Maroni from Seeing Faces in Movies joined the show to weigh in on the merits of Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS (2024).

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