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Coyote vs. Dog Stars. No Contest. (Episode 681)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:06:00 +0000

August concludes with a slew of reviews from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. Once again they urge you all to go see the movie that Warner Bros. tried to destroy forever (Coyote vs. Acme) and remind you about a couple they saw from Sundance this year (Idiots, Buddy). They also have the tale of a boy trying to find out what those bruises are on his mom (If I Tell You). Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut whose behind-the-scenes may be more interesting (The Deb). Three doctors stationed in Gaza want to get the truth out about the conflict with Israel (American Doctor). The Train to Busan director gives us more goopy fast zombies (Colony). Robert DeNiro tries to find his kidnapped grandson (The Whisper Man) and a group of college graduates find themselves in an existential crisis on a very long road (It Ends). The latest from Joe Swanberg has Dakota Fanning choosing between two men and herself and a young guy tries to find the woman who got away (Finding Emily). Finally, Ridley Scott takes us into the apocalypse for some reason (The Dog Stars).

3:44 - Coyote vs. Acme

22:58 - Idiots

30:44 – Buddy

35:35 - Ad Break

37:35 - If I Tell You

44:21 - The Deb

53:16 - American Doctor

1:07:51 – Ad Break

1:09:51 - Colony

1:21:55 - The Whisper Man

1:34:54 - It Ends

1:45:00 – Ad Break

1:47:00 - The Sun Never Sets

2:00:21 - Finding Emily

2:19:12 - The Dog Stars

2:38:50 – Preview of Next Week

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Are You There God? It’s Us The Body Snatchers (Movie Madness Episode 680)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:28:00 +0000

There is so much physical media this week that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski moved some of it to next week’s show. (You can still get them now.) Regardless there is still plenty to talk about this week including a French adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel and the debut feature from James Gray. Another of the Broadway Melody films has been released along with more film noir from Kino and the bizarre films of Duke Mitchell. One of the great Peter O’Toole performances gets an upgrade as does Abel Ferrara’s underappreciated take on the Body Snatcher invasion. Erik & Peter mince no words on their feelings of one of the dumbest screenplays ever but turn it all around with one of the best coming-of-age films of recent years and, frankly, maybe ever.

2:30 - Criterion (Coup de Torchon (4K), Little Odessa (4K))

12:29 - Warner Archive (Broadway Melody of 1938)

18:14 - Kino (Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVII)

28:01 - Grindhouse Releasing (The Duke Mitchell Collection)

39:02 - Shout Factory (The Stunt Man (4K))

52:52 - Alliance (Fresh Horses (Retro VHS Packaging))

58:58 - Vinegar Syndrome (Body Snatchers (4K))

1:11:30 - Arrow (Identity (4K))

1:23:29 - Lionsgate (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (4K))

1:36:54 - New TV on Blu-ray (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Complete Original Series, Speed Racer (The Complete Series), Perfect Strangers (The Complete Series), Reacher (Season Three))

1:38:19 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (4K), Disclosure Day (4K), The Sheep Detectives, Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story (4K), The Voice of Hind Rajab, Mirrors No 3, Carolina Caroline, She Rides Shotgun (4K), Power Ballad, The Breadwinner, Whistle)

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Coyote vs. Acme: Better Late Than Never (Episode 679)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven new reviews for this week, including an early one that is a call to arms. Steve goes solo this week on a documentary about tornado chasers (Never Stop Chasing), a bizarre sci-fi film featuring Noomi Rapace (Hot Spot) and the sixth film in a still very profitable horror franchise (Insidious: Out of the Further). The duo also look at Willem Dafoe as a former poet whose work is rediscovered (Late Fame). Enid Plyton’s WWII-era children’s book gets a modern telling (The Magic Faraway Tree). Jason Statham is back to avenge his boss and bust up some human traffickers (Mutiny). Finally, they are getting the word out on next week’s release of the rescued film that Warner Bros. and David Zaslav had no intention of releasing and why you should see it (Coyote vs. Acme).

3:27 - Review Catch Up

7:07 - Never Stop Chasing

20:12 - Late Fame

30:13 - Ad Break (00:28:43.70)

32:13 - Hot Spot

41:49 - The Magic Faraway Tree

57:50 - Insidious: Out of the Further

1:08:03 - Ad Break (01:04:33.02)

1:10:03 - Mutiny

1:22:54 - Coyote vs. Acme

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Eat The Spinach, Don’t Drink That And Wag The Dog (Movie Madness Episode 678)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:46:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have the latest and greatest in physical media this week which includes a few personal favorites as well as not one, but two of the films they lobbied for on their “Why Is This Not On Blu-Ray?” shows. (TWIST: There are actually three – even without the songs.) The show includes a cameo from Odysseus from over a decade ago, one of John Ford’s lesser efforts and a wartime film with Gregory Peck. Peter was happy to see a strange Bogart film get the upgrade as was Erik with one of the best political satires ever and James L. Brooks’ infamous non-musical. All that plus a look at the insanity of a Michael Caine pirate film, Robert Zemeckis’ terrific return to live-action filmmaking and the glory of a movie (with songs) that was not nearly the bomb its reputation has suggested.

2:57 - Arrow (Troy (4K))

14:14 - Warner Archive (All Through the Night, Sergeant Rutledge, Wag the Dog)

47:15 - Ad Break

49:15 - Paramount (Popeye (4K))

1:16:11 - Sony (I'll Do Anything)

1:33:36 - Ad Break

1:35:36 - Kino (MacArthur (4K), The Island (4K), Daylight (4K), Repo Men (4K), Flight (4K))

2:25:14 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Tell Me About The Birds And The Bees And The Dinosaurs (Episode 677)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:19:00 +0000

It is a busy, wild week at the movies as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review 11 of the best and worst of them in quite the divide in the lineup. They replay their thoughts on a recovery drama from Sundance (Union County). A kidnapped woman is told she is infected with something deadly (Hellcat). Kids took a road trip believing their band is going to open for Green Day (Nimrods) while Kristen Stewart & Alia Shawkat are in a stoner comedy (The Wrong Girls). Willem Dafoe is a Greek billionaire with family issues (The Birthday Party) plus Jeff Daniels & Jared Harris have their own issues as Reagan and Gorbachev (The Brink of War). Sunny Sandler handles the pressure of a school musical and an ill mother (Don’t Say Good Luck) while Jane Schoenbrun humorously connects sex and violence through reality and fantasy (Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma). Matt Johnson directs a coming-of-age version of Anthony Bourdain (Tony) and Matthew McConaughey is a beekeeper reconnecting with his foster child in the unique new film from the director of The Vast of Night (The Rivals of Amziah King). Finally, Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor’s neighborhood is connected to prehistoric times in the Amblin-coded tribute from the director of It Follows (The End of Oak Street).

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3:17 - Review Catch Up

15:49 - Union County

24:21 - Hellcat

33:03 – Ad Break (00:31:33.22)

35:03 - Nimrods

49:38 - The Birthday Party

55:30 - The Wrong Girls

1:08:32 - Ad Break (01:05:02.55)

1:10:32 - Don't Say Good Luck

1:28:04 - Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma

1:40:38 - The Brink of War

1:56:17 - Ad Break (01:50:47.77)

1:58:17 - Tony

2:11:17 - The Rivals of Amziah King

2:30:52 - The End of Oak Street

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Love Is A Friendship Set To Music (Episode 676)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:05:00 +0000

Physical media certainly has a theme this week with a number of interesting couplings and the music they make between them. Speaking of interesting couplings, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are your guide through it all. They include a little Martin & Lewis, Rock Hudson & Claudia Cardinale and even Lana Turner & Ricardo Montalban. ¿Quién Es Más Macho? There is J-horror and modern horror, a less-anointed Scorsese film plus Catherine Deneuve & Alain Delon. Peter makes the case for a Tim Burton film celebrating its 30th Anniversary as one of his best and Erik recounts the personal connection to a still underseen film from the director of Once.

2:47 - Kino (Money From Home 3-D, Manon 70, Le Choc)

19:36 - Universal (Portrait in Black, Madame X, Blindfold)

36:45 – Ad Break

38:45 - MVD (New York, New York )

56:14 - Lionsgate (Sing Street 4K)

1:10:19 - Ad Break

1:12:19 - Arrow (Ju-on: The Grudge (4K))

1:18:37 Disney (Barbarian (4K))

1:25:21 - Warner Bros. (Mars Attacks! (4K))

1:46:18 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Project Hail Mary (4K), Hokum (4K), Tuner, One Spoon of Chocolate, EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert (4K))

1:50:21 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Ice Cream, Cookies and a Rom-Com To Purge (Episode 675)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 7 Aug 2026 20:59:00 +0000

After a week off the Friday reviews are back in what looks to be a jam-packed August. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do a little catch-up to get Steve’s thoughts on the new Spider-Man and Erik’s on the dumped M3GAN universe film (Soulm8te). They have a pair of documentaries to talk about including the latest from the great Penny Lane about an owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo (Wild Inside) and the Girl Scouts annual sale through the eyes of the labor force (Cookie Queens). There is a comedy about a Jewish summer camp (The Floaters). Mysteries are abound when a lord takes a stand against a warlord in 16th century Japan (The Samurai and the Prisoner) and a strange storm keeps a family from leaving their house (The Last House). Eli Roth is back with some sinister child mayhem (Ice Cream Man) as are the Broken Lizard gang with the characters that put them on the map (Super Troopers 3). Finally, can you make a rom-com set on the evening when pre-marital sex is legal (One Night Only)? The duo have questions.

6:30 - Review Catch-Up

12:29 - Soulm8te

20:30 - Wild Inside

27:30 - Cookie Queens

38:09 - Ad Break

40:09 - The Samurai and the Prisoner

51:44 - The Floaters

1:01:50 - The Last House

1:17:50 - Ad Break

1:19:50 - Ice Cream Man

1:31:06 - Super Troopers 3

1:40:51 - One Night Only

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If You’re Not First, You’re Sick. Yeah I Said It! (Episode 674)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 3 Aug 2026 13:54:00 +0000

The beginning of each month always seems to be slow for physical media but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have some choice titles for you, especially if you ever wanted to see James Cagney and Mickey Rooney do Shakespeare. A couple hit comedies from Universal get a 4K upgrade as does one of Christopher Nolan’s favorite movies. You can also see the Todd Haynes film that helped put Julianne Moore on the map and one of the great films about defending the First Amendment, as timely today as it was 30 years ago about a time a couple decades before then.

4:20 - Criterion (Safe 4K)

13:17 - Warner Archive (A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Presenting Lily Mars, Macao)

32:59 - Universal (American Pie 2 (4K), Little Fockers (4K))

47:06 - Sony (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (4K))

56:58 - Arrow (The People vs. Larry Flynt (4K))

1:15:29 - New Theatrical Title on Blu-ray (Exit 8)

1:16:37 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Goes For The Record (Box Office Report – Aug. 2, 2026)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 2 Aug 2026 17:31:00 +0000

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Episode 673)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:37:00 +0000

Time for another special episode as Erik Childress is joined by comic book expert, Erik Laws, to break down the latest entry in the Tom Holland Spider-Man Universe. After perhaps reaching a peak with No Way Home, the series has a new director and an opportunity to rebuild in more ways than one. The dynamic Erik duo discuss what works and what doesn’t work about the film. What is The Punisher’s role in all this and does he even belong? Literally, what is Sadie Sink’s role and does her mystery reveal add or detract from the future of the MCU? There is a lot to cover from the action to Holland & Zendaya’s chemistry in another super-sized look at the latest from Marvel.

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I Want Your Sects (Episode 672)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:40:26 +0000

A bit of a super-sized week of physical media (box sets will do that to you) but one worthy of appreciation and curiosity. Thankfully there are a number of very economical (in length) classics from the film noir era to appreciate. If you don’t already know one of the big plot twists of the ’70s sci-fi era you get your chance. You get one of the best films from the respective careers of Mario Bava and Elvis Presley. There is some early Wes Craven and late Tobe Hooper. Rock Hudson and Doris Day’s classic rom-com gets an upgrade. A brat packer become a serial killer (no, not Andrew McCarthy). WE GOT ONE of our Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray titles, a classic farce from the 1980s. Plus, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill is edited into one singular complete vision.

Arrow (Soylent Green (4K), The Outfit (1973))

Warner Archive (The Keyhole, Bonnie Scotland, Crime Wave)

Kino (Brit Noir Collection III, King Creole (4K), The Cop in Blue Jeans, Deadly Blessing (4K))

Vinegar Syndrome (The Mangler 4K)

Severin (A Bay of Blood (4K), Disco Italiano, Music Machine)

Universal (Pillow Talk (4K))

Alliance (Micki & Maude, Relentless )

Lionsgate (Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (4K))

TV (Stranger Things (The Complete Series) (4K), The Paper: Season 1)

NEW (The Devil Wears Prada 2, Pressure (4K), HappyEnd, In the Grey, Is God Is, Mortal Kombat II (4K), A Poet, Suspended Time)

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Payback, Protest, Pretension and Pickleball (Episode 671)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:59:03 +0000

In a week where Hollywood studios have cleared the deck in the wake of The Odyssey, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have a bunch of reviews for you. They revisit one of the year’s best protest documentaries from Sundance (Everybody to Kenmure Street). Steve talks about seeing the musical on stage that was filmed for cinema (Hadestown: The Musical). Yorgos Lanthimos’ co-writer crafts another quirky, unpleasant family (Rosebush Pruning) and Nicolas Winding Refn delivers a tale of fathers, daughters and a serial killer (Her Private Hell). Kevin Hart joins a Gen-Z bachelor party weekend (72 Hours) while Jake Johnson plays pickleball to save his family club (The Dink). Reacher’s Alan Ritchson seeks revenge of both the deadly and silent type (Motor City). Finally, Sundance isn’t the only revisitation this week. As part of “Review Catch-Up” Erik took a second look at Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Did another viewing change his opinion at all?

1:14 - Review Catch-Up

17:31 - Everybody to Kenmure Street

26:49 - Hadestown: The Musical

34:32 - Rosebush Pruning

46:45 - Her Private Hell

57:53 - 72 Hours

1:12:22 - The Dink

1:25:02 - Motor City

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Oh, So I’m The Bad Guy? (Episode 670)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:25:16 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through another week of physical media. Criterion has you covered from Mike Mills to Nagisa Ôshima. Butch and Sundance make na early appearance alongside Barbara Stanwyck. Giancarlo Giannini tries to solve some giallo murders, Ray Harryhausen takes you to an island of monsters or you can travel to one with Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney. Ray Liotta is a bad cop after Kurt Russell’s wife and Michael Douglas is an ordinary guy looking to bring some sense to society. Or is he? We certainly know where he would end up in Gary Ross’ wondrous debut fantasy. It’s all part of a show with films that may be even more relevant today than when they premiered.

1:47 - Criterion (Cruel Story of Youth (4K), I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills (4K))

16:31 - Kino (The Maverick Queen)

22:12 - Celluloid Dreams (The Black Belly of the Tarantula)

27:52 - Sony (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (4K), Anyone But You (4K))

45:35 - Shout (Unlawful Entry (4K), Pleasantville (4K))

1:09:01 - Arrow (Falling Down (4K))

1:25:04 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Remaking The Odyssey & Sherman’s March (Episode 669)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:16:34 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy only have three movie reviews for you this week. But in their own rights they are all massive accomplishments. They begin with a new 4K Restoration of Ross McElwee’s landmark “Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love In the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation” (Sherman’s March). Fast-forward 40 years and they also discuss McElwee’s new documentary exploring the loss of his son (Remake). Finally, Christopher Nolan’s returns after winning his Oscar by adapting the basis for modern storytelling and maybe even a bit of his own (The Odyssey). You may be surprised by how the discussion plays out.

0:58 - Review Catch-Up

5:28 - Sherman’s March (4K Restoration)

20:03 - Remake

38:13 - The Odyssey

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No More Mr. Nice Duck (Episode 668)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:39:01 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through another week of physical media that includes three bangers from Criterion including Paul Newman at his baddest, early Scorsese and the Neil Jordan twist that rocked the world. There are gunslingers and hit men, William Wyler and Marlene Dietrich and one of the great modern sitcoms in a new set. Plus it is the 40th anniversary of one of the most infamous flops of the 1980s. Time for a reappraisal or is it still as baffling as ever?

2:43 - Criterion (Hud 4K, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (4K), The Crying Game (4K))

42:27 - Kino (The Love Trap, La Scoumoune (aka Hit Man) (1972))

53:23 - Arrow (Red Sun (4K))

1:05:43 - Shout (Full Contact 4K)

1:12:47 - Universal (The Song of Songs, Howard the Duck (4K Steelbook))

1:52:11 - New TV on Blu-ray (The Office (Superfan Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes))

1:59:50 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Obsession (2026) (4K), Michael (2026) (4K), Normal (4K), Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (4K), Deep Water (2026), The Christophers, Pillion, Animal Farm (2025))

2:11:03 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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No One Knows How Far Disney Will Go (Episode 667)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:39:06 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have six movie reviews for you this week. They include documentaries about a Pulitizer-winning poet (Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World) an an eager filmmaker hired to create shlock (Mockbuster). There’s a family on the run from an alien presence (The Outer Threat) while a teenage girl goes searching for info about her parents (Romeria). A retirement community deals with scam calls and an odd patient (Night Nurse). Zoey Deutsch looks to get even with her cheating fiancé (Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass). The Deadites are back and nastier than ever (Evil Dead Burn). Finally, another live-action Disney remake arrives just ten years after the original. Did we need it? (Moana).

0:52 - Review Catch-Up

3:25 - Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

9:45 - Mockbuster

17:23 - The Outer Threat

24:07 - Romeria

30:47 - Night Nurse

40:08 - Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

55:00 - Moana

1:08:48 - Evil Dead Burn

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Surprise! No Sony Discs This Week (Episode 666)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 6 Jul 2026 18:00:44 +0000

Despite the news that Sony is no longer producing physical discs for its Playstation consoles, Blu-rays are not going anywhere. That despite this being one of the smallest tallies of titles that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have ever covered. (Cause we don’t like to repeat ourselves.) That being said you have David Lynch’s Oscar-nominated biopic and Tim Burton adapting a wacky soap opera. Besides the Criterion sale is on at Barnes & Noble so it’s a good week for your budget.

2:44 - Criterion (The Elephant Man (4K))

22:37 - Shout (Dark Shadows (4K Steelbook))

35:02 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Drama (4K), All You Need Is Kill, Dead Man’s Wire, Fuze, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror)

45:29 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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RSVP For One Wilde Dinner Party (Episode 665)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 4 Jul 2026 01:15:25 +0000

Eight movies are on tap for the weekend that America celebrates its 250th birthday. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy check out Angel Studios’ attempt at part of that history (Young Washington). There are also documentaries about a legendary music producer (Peter Asher: Everywhere Man) and a public access legend in her own right (Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story). Carla Gugino tries to protect a family member from a demon (Lockbox) and Millie Bobbie Brown is back solving a mystery in Malta (Enola Holmes 3). John Early attempts to satirize message movies in earnest by playing a woman (Maddie’s Secret). Those gibberish-speaking assistants to evildoers take a trip through Hollywood history (Minions & Monsters). Finally, Olivia Wilde directs and stars with Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penelope Cruz in a comedy worth your RSVP (The Invite).

1:01 - Young Washington

19:20 - Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

30:25 - Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story

41:45 - Lockbox

54:15 - Enola Holmes 3

1:04:11 - Maddie’s Secret

1:16:14 - Minions & Monsters

1:29:33 - The Invite

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Then You Punch ‘Em In The Head Emotionally (Episode 664)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Given the big collection announced this week for October, Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski got you covered with a bunch of collections this week as well on physical media. They include the Hammer works of Jimmy Sangster and French filmmaker Lucie Hadzihaliovic. Last year’s Jafar Panahi gets the Criterion treatment. A pre-code Joan Crawford film held up by the courts is finally available in a new restoration. The teens are not alright in films by Frank Perry and Roger Vadim, nor are the kids of Robin Hardy. You can lighten things up by watching Tom Hanks’ house demolish around him. Then you can go back for Arrow’s releases of the original Mortal Kombat films and six of Jackie Chan’s joyful action films.

3:00 - Criterion (It Was Just an Accident (4K))

9:48 - Warner Archive (Letty Lynton, Last Summer (1969), Start the Revolution Without Me, Pretty Maids All in a Row)

45:30 - Severin (Sangster Directs Hammer (4K), Children of the Wicker Man, World of Lucie Hadzihaliovic)

1:13:49 – Shout Factory (The Money Pit (4K))

1:23:44 - Alliance (You Light Up My Life, Fast Forward, White Palace)

1:51:32 - Arrow (Mortal Kombat Kollection (4K), Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits! (4K))

2:19:51 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Primal: The Complete Third Season, Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines, The Idiot Box, Crime 101 (4K), They Will Kill You, The Mastermind, Kiss of the Spider Woman)

2:22:24 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Up, Up And Go Away (Episode 663)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:04:59 +0000

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy have nine movies to review, though Steve ups that in this week’s review round-up with a look at a music legend (Gregg Allman: The Music Of My Soul). From there Erik looks at a faux true crime documentary about murders on a movie set (Chapter 51) and a new WWII film from Rod Lurie (Lucky Strike). Steve checks out Angelina Jolie as a filmmaker during fashion week in Paris (Couture). There is also an Elmore Leonard-ish crime tale with Russell Crowe (The Get Out) and a historical tale of writers and mobsters from Julian Schnabel (In the Hand of Dante). Smalltown fishermen find themselves on a time traveling boat (Rose of Nevada).John Cena goes through a What About Bob scenario with Eric Andre (Little Brother). The crazy stunts and pranks of Johnny Knoxville and crew take one last bow (Jackass: Best and Last). Finally, the DC Universe presents their sophomore effort (Supergirl) and is it better or worse than Superman? Depends on who you ask.

0:48 - No Influencers For The Odyssey

10:51 - Review Round-Up – Gregg Allman: The Music Of My Soul

17:20 - Chapter 51

25:05 - Couture

35:21 - Lucky Strike

43:06 - The Get Out

54:08 - Little Brother

1:06:39 - In the Hand of Dante

1:23:43 - Jackass: Best and Last

1:31:54 - Rose of Nevada

1:46:27 - Supergirl

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Heaven, Hell and John Waters (Episode 662)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:19:04 +0000

This week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at John Waters getting the Criterion treatment. There are a pair of middle-of-the-road (at best) upgrades for Adam Sandler as well as a film with his Bulletproof co-star. James Garner and Bruce Willis in a Hollywood western murder mystery misfire but thankfully Clint Eastwood is also here to save the day. There is the Takashi Miike film that makes good use of the term “not for the squeamish.” And while the subject matter of one death after another did not bode well for a Robin Williams film about heaven and hell, the duo make the case that it was worth a revisit.

1:33 - Criterion (Desperate Living (4K), Hairspray (1987) (4K))

31:57 - Alliance (Sunset)

41:09 - Kino (Hang ‘Em High (4K), Major Payne)

1:00:15 - Sony (50 First Dates (4K), Click (4K))

1:17:40 - Shout (What Dreams May Come (4K))

1:37:51 - Arrow (Audition (4K))

1:54:38 – New TV on Blu-ray (Masters of the Universe: Revelation/Revolution (Steelbook), I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Complete Series)

1:56:23 - New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Alpha (2025), Magellan, Mr. K, Pools, The Last Showgirl)

2:01:10 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Legends & Memories To Infinity and Beyond (Episode 661)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:12:36 +0000

There is no shortage of movies to talk about this week so Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy take on 12 of them for you. They include a pair of documentaries ranging from missing Disney memorabilia (Stolen Kingdom) to an Icelandic memory piece connected to the melting of the glaciers (Time and Water). Grief and travel intersect between a mother and a daughter (Honeyjoon) as well as in the new Edward Burns golf film (Finnegan’s Foursome). A mom’s mysterious illness doesn’t bode well for another family (The Voices of Our Mother) and the loss of her sister through cancer finds Zoey Deutsch romance (Voicemails for Isabelle)? Hayley Kiyoko turns her song into a book and now into a movie (Girls Like Girls) but young gay men must confront their own demon in more brutal ways (Leviticus). A murder in Saudi Arabia prompts a true crime enthusiast into action (Unidentified). Hugh Jackman and the director of Pig shows us the end of a legend (The Death of Robin Hood). Last, but certainly not least, the original Pixar gang is back for another timely comic adventure (Toy Story 5) and we hope it is not the last.

1:10 - Review Catch-Up

5:23 - Finnegan’s Foursome

15:09 - The Voices of Our Mother

22:41 - Honeyjoon

28:18 - Stolen Kingdom

38:25 - Voicemails for Isabelle

46:55 - Time and Water

55:25 - Unidentified

1:01:47 - Girls Like Girls

1:08:42 - Leviticus

1:18:50 - The Death of Robin Hood

1:30:48 - Toy Story 5

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You Ever Feel Like A Can Full Of Smashed A******s? (Episode 660)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:06:43 +0000

Another full week in physical media captured by Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. Within they discuss the debut of director Lisa Cholodenko and the history of one of Erich von Stroheim’s final works as a filmmaker. Sidney Poitier plays a militant revolutionary and Lin Manuel Miranda’s historical musical are here. In the wake of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day might we recommend Charlie Sheen solving an alien conspiracy. They talk about the film which may have been part of the last hurrah of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s run as a box office megastar. Finally one of the great atomic age monster movies and the third in George Romero’s zombie films round out the week.

3:15 - Criterion (High Art)

11:12 - Milestone (Queen Kelly)

21:08 - Lionsgate (The Arrival 4K)

30:44 - Kino (Unearthly Stranger, A Man Could Get Killed, The Lost Man)

47:55 - Disney (Hamilton (4K))

54:01 - Warner (Eraser (4K))

1:06:42 - Shout (Them! (4K), Day of the Dead (1985) (Collector’s Edition) (4K))

TV (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Complete First Season, Dark Winds (Season 4), Difficult People: The Complete Series)

New (Scream 7 (4K Steelbook), The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (4K), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (4K), You, Me & Tuscany)

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The New Spielberg Is Out There (Episode 659)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:59:34 +0000

It may be a light week in quantity for Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy but it’s a heavy one in quality. Maybe not so much with the tale of young women encountering bad dudes on vacation (Find Your Friends). But there is also a documentary on a very notable band from the ‘80s (Boy George & Culture Club). If you want to get your action on, someone on the show believes it may be one of the best martial arts films you will ever see (The Furious). Finally, Steven Spielberg returns for his latest masterwork about otherworldly visitors and whether or not we’re ready (Disclosure Day).

0:55 - Review Catch-Up

12:27 - Boy George & Culture Club

28:24 - Find Your Friends

44:55 - The Furious

57:29 - Disclosure Day

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Chubby Rain II: Neighbors & Aliens (Episode 658)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 19:33:02 +0000

Physical media has some upgraded gems this week so Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski get into some appreciative conversation. They include a James Garner detective tale that may have been the precursor to The Rockford Files. The final film of Wes Craven’s career gets relitigated over its decade-long reevaluation. Christopher Walken delivers maybe the nuttiest performance of his career. Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant close out ‘90s rom-coms in style. Joe Dante and Tom Hanks take a skewer to suburban placation that may be even more relevant today. Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy are one of the great comic pairings ever in an all-timer Hollywood satire. Finally, on the eve of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg gets an 8-film box set. What would be in yours?

Arrow (Marlowe (1969) (4K))

Lionsgate (Scream 4 4K)

Shout (Communion, The Burbs (4K), Bowfinger (4K))

Universal (Notting Hill (4K), Steven Spielberg: The Spotlight Collection (4K))

NEW (A Magnificent Life, Lorne)

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Good Journeys And Bad Ones To Remember In September (Episode 657)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:08:40 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy dive into seven movies this week. They begin with the latest music documentary from Questlove (Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s The Weight of the World). Creatures attack from the water this water including sharks (Chum) and hippos (Hungry). Jennifer Lopez stars with Brett Goldstein in a Netflix rom-com that may not be what you are expecting (Office Romance). Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner are lovers and con artists on the road (Carolina Caroline). The Wayans return to their most successful franchise (Scary Movie). Finally, another Mattel toy line gets the modern big screen treatment and fans are in for a treat (Masters of the Universe)

1:00 - Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s The Weight of the World)

15:05 - Hungry

23:11 - Chum

34:57 - Office Romance

46:00 - Carolina Caroline

56:36 - Scary Movie

1:13:01 - Masters of the Universe

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Who Goes There? (Episode 656)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Jun 2026 19:10:03 +0000

The beginning of any month now seems like a light week for physical media, so Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski only have a few titles to talk about. They include the magnificent starpower of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in a comically Hitchcockian caper. Jack Nicholson does much more than order in a diner. There’s an early LBGTQ film from William Friedkin and the financially successful but creatively bankrupt attempt at a live-action cartoon. Plus a new extensive documentary on John Carpenter’s 1982 horror masterpiece tells you everything you wanted to know and then some.

1:47 - Criterion (Charade (4K), Five Easy Pieces (4K))

24:00 -- Cinematographe (The Boys in the Band 4K)

33:16 - CreatorVC (The Thing Expanded)

48:51 - Shout (The Flintstones (4K))

1:04:55 - New TV on Blu-ray (Covert Affairs: The Complete Series, Doctor Who (2025): Season Two, The Creep Tapes (Season Two))

1:09:14 - New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Hoppers (4K), Protector)

1:10:28 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Do You Hear What I Hear? (Episode 655)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 30 May 2026 00:30:38 +0000

Ending May on a high note (at least in number of reviews) Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy cover 11 films for you this week. Steve looks at a documentary about an autistic dancer exploring her new diagnosis through her art (Room to Move), as well as a mother haunted by postpartum depression (Nesting). Erik took a little time to see John Travolta’s directing debut adapting his children’s book about airplanes (Propeller One-Way Night Coach). There is also the latest collaboration between Mads Mikkelsen & Anders Thomas Jensen (The Last Viking) and a WWII film about the weather forecast for D-Day (Pressure). Katie Aselton explores grieving a traumatic loss (Magic Hour) while a mother discovers her son sent his assistant to do the same after losing her husband (Miss You, Love You). A gifted pianist-turned-piano-repairman uses his unique talent for crime (Tuner) while Paul Rudd’s songwriter has one stolen by Nick Jonas in the latest from John Carney (Power Ballad). “Clean comic” Nate Bargatze makes his big-screen debut in a Mr. Mom riff (The Breadwinner) and 20 year-old Kane Parsons may have made the next horror film everyone will be talking about (Backrooms).

1:20 - Room to Move

9:29 - Propeller One-Way Night Coach

16:12 - Nesting

23:37 - Miss You, Love You

34:18 - The Last Viking

43:30 - Magic Hour

53:43 - Pressure

1:01:07 - Tuner

1:11:59 - Power Ballad

1:25:02 - The Breadwinner

1:40:37 - Backrooms

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Nice Goin’, Kid! (Episode 654)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 25 May 2026 22:18:41 +0000

Physical media fans from the 1980s will have a lot to rejoice upon this week (if you still carry a fondness for certain films of your youth) but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have plenty from various decades to add to your library this week. They include Bob Fosse’s take on a free speech icon and the recent Academy Award winner for Best International Feature. Robert Wise’s legendary haunted house film and a collection of classic cartoons. There is early work from Brian DePalma plus Art Carney as a private eye and Tony Randall in six roles. Plus, Peter finally caught up with Harry Hole. But for the nostalgia fans there is also the complete set of Sylvester Stallone’s troubled war hero and Kevin Costner as the famed robber of the rich. John Lithgow adopts Bigfoot, Dan Aykroyd invades John Candy’s vacation and Ron Howard delivers one of the quintessential comedies about family and parenting. Horror fans can take another New Years train ride with Jamie Lee Curtis or finally watch the “real” scenes of death your parents or video store may not have let you or lent you. Finally, a look at Joe Dante’s Gremlins follow-up that 40+ years later still delights and still seeks a bigger audience.

1:10 - Criterion (Lenny (4K), Sentimental Value (4K))

13:19 - ClassicFlix (Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits, Volume 1)

15:20 - Shout Factory (The Haunting (1963) (4K))

23:07 - Warner Archive (The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Late Show)

38:39 - Radiance (Hi, Mom! (4K))

47:40 - Universal (Parenthood (4K))

56:46 - Arrow (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (4K))

1:07:32 - Lionsgate (Rambo (Complete Collection) 4K)

1:18:35 - Kino (Brit Noir: Collection I, Terror Train (4K), The Great Outdoors (4K), Harry and the Hendersons (4K), The Snowman (4K))

2:16:38 - Vinegar Syndrome (Faces of Death 4K, Explorers 4K)

2:42:25 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Heel, Anything That Moves)

2:44:54 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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This Is Not The Way (Episode 653)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 23 May 2026 00:45:08 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven movie reviews for you this week. They include a scientist’s connection to a tree (Silent Friend) and a woman discovering the horrifying truth of a new diet pill (Saccharine). Sacha Baron Cohen wakes up in a world run by women (Ladies First) and Boots Riley puts shoplifters against the fashion industry (I Love Boosters). André Øvredal gives us the horror film version of Lost In America when “van life” meets a demonic entity (Passenger). John Krasinski’s Tom Clancy series returns with a stand-alone film (Jack Ryan: Ghost War) as does the world of Star Wars with its two breakout characters from the small screen (The Mandalorian and Grogu).

1:40 - Silent Friend

9:35 - Ladies First

22:38 - I Love Boosters

30:08 - Saccharine

38:39 - Jack Ryan: Ghost War

53:19 - Passenger

1:09:01 - The Mandalorian and Grogu

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Life Is On The Wire. Everything Else Is Just Waiting. (Episode 652)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:54:58 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through another week of physical media starting with Lawrence Kasdan’s sexy directorial debut getting an upgrade. Peter discovers a 1932 crime drama worthy of a blind buy. Hollywood is front and center in films from Peter Bogdanovich and Martin Ritt. Two of the best teenage films of the 21st century are here ranging from cheerleading to lycanthropy. Provocateurs get in front of a microphone in films from Oliver Stone and Adam Rifkin. They also take a look back at two box office misfires from major filmmakers including Robert Zemeckis’ breathtaking version on Man On Wire and the Wachowski’s Matrix follow-up that has developed quite the following over the years.

1:10 - Criterion (Body Heat (4K))

16:39 - Sony (Nickelodeon, The Front (4K), The Dark Backward, The Walk (4K))

1:00:52 - Kino (Night World, Swashbuckler, Talk Radio)

1:29:42 - Lionsgate (Ginger Snaps 4K)

1:42:13 - Universal (Bring It On (7-Movie Collection))

1:49:13 - Warner (The Conjuring Universe, Speed Racer (4K))

2:04:12 – New TV on Blu-ray (Fallout (Season 2) (4K), Looney Tunes Cartoons (The Complete Series), Snowpiercer (The Complete Series))

2:05:28 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Avatar: Fire & Ash (4K), Arco (4K), Scarlet (4K), The Bride! (2026) (4K), Sirat, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, The Napa Boys, Reminders of Him)

2:07:56 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Wish In One Hand And OH S**T In The Other (Episode 651)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 16 May 2026 01:34:26 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return from the Chicago Critics Film Festival with nine new reviews this week including a string of documentaries. Steve looks at a partnership designed to bring some care back to healthcare (The Chaplain & The Doctor) and actor Ben Mackenzie laying waste to the scam of crypto (Everyone Is Lying To You for Money). Erik looks at a tragic 2022 accident that may not have been an accident (The Crash) and Steve joins in on the life and career of a comedy legend (Marty, Life Is Short). The guy behind the guy that is Vladimir Putin is examined in a new film by Oliver Assayas (The Wizard of the Kremlin) and a middle-aged mouse believes the corporate-driven world he lives in is not what it seems (Decorado). Two sisters go on a revenge trip against the father who scarred them (Is God Is) and a pair of mercenaries plot to extract a power broker in the latest film from Guy Richie (In the Grey). Finally, a guy tries to get his best friend to love him and it may not go as you might expect (Obsession).

3:24 - The Chaplain & the Doctor

10:04 - The Crash

16:47 - Everyone Is Lying To You for Money

29:04 - Marty, Life Is Short

42:44 - The Wizard of the Kremlin

53:30 - Decorado

1:00:25 - Is God Is

1:07:15 - In the Grey

1:20:33 - Obsession

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Yes Virginia, You Can Loop A Chopper (Episode 650)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:47:24 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski were off last week at the Chicago Critics Film Festival but return to catch you up on the world of physical media. There are serial killers played by Matt Dillon and another stopped by Charles Bronson. Criterion puts out more Kurosawa and there’s a documentary on George Stevens as well. A Disney animated film from the ‘50s gets the upgrade as does a sci-fi film from the era. A comedy classic and one of the great baseball films celebrate their 15th anniversaries. The pair look back at the lasting power of David Fincher’s adaptation of male insecurity and culminate with one of the great action films of the 1980s and the TV series it spawned in its wake.

1:36 - Criterion (Stray Dog (4K))

5:04 - Warner Archive (George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey)

7:41 - Universal (It Came from Outer Space (4K), Bridesmaids (4K))

19:04 - Cult Epics (Girls 4K)

22:51 - Disney (Alice In Wonderland (1951) (4K), Fight Club (4K Steelbook))

37:44 - Sony (Moneyball (4K))

46:48 - Kino (Bend of the River, 10 to Midnight (4K), A Kiss Before Dying (1991), Charli XCX: Alone Together)

1:12:03 - Arrow (Blue Thunder (4K))

1:26:35 - New TV on Blu-Ray) (Blue Thunder (The Complete Series), IT: Welcome to Derry (The Complete First Season), Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series)

1:28:04 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Wuthering Heights (2026) 4K, GOAT (4K), Dracula, Obex, Solo Mio, Mistress Dispeller, I Can Only Imagine 2, Youngblood (2025), Twinless)

1:29:49 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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You’re Not Writing That, Are You? (Episode 649)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 1 May 2026 21:09:06 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy will be at the Music Box Theatre handling the Chicago Critics Film Festival this week, but they managed to squeeze in seven reviews for movies you can see (after you attend the fest.) They include the latest from RZA behind the camera (One Spoon of Chocolate). Erik looks at a family on a road trip after behind evicted (Omaha) and another family with a troubled son seen through the eyes of their daughter (Blue Heron). Steve sees Adam Scott haunted by old secrets and possibly a witch (Hokum). Andy Serkis does a new animated adaptation of George Orwell’s other classic (Animal Farm). Renny Harlin returns to planes and sharks (Deep Water) and the whole team returns to the journalistic side of fashion (The Devil Wears Prada 2).

4:19 - One Spoon of Chocolate

11:58 - Omaha

19:05 - Hokum

27:35 - Blue Heron

33:15 - Animal Farm

46:09 - Deep Water

58:53 - The Devil Wears Prada 2

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You See Outlaw Josey Wales? What a Flick! (Episode 648)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:16:12 +0000

A lot of collections this week in physical media which Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski guide you through again. They include a trio of films from John Singleton as well as the works of Jess Franco and the weird legacy of one Andy Milligan. There are also films from Lucio Fulci and Olivier Assayas. Nancy Meyers figures in twice in the conversation including a title from our most recent Why Is This Not On Blu-ray show (WE GOT ONE!). We’ve also got Abbott, Costello and DeVito and how a Paul W.S. Anderson figures into the early part of Erik’s career. But if you haven’t seen this week’s Joe Dante title or shown it to the loved ones in your life, do yourself a favor.

5:16 - Criterion (John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy (4K))

20:32 - Kino (Hold That Ghost (4K), Throw Momma From the Train (4K))

35:18 - Warner Archive (Private Benjamin)

44:52 - Sony (Something’s Gotta Give)

56:51 - Severin (Gutter Auteur: The Lost Legacy of Andy Milligan, Jess Franco: From Bangkok to Bullets, Voices from Beyond 4K, Suzzanna: Empress of Darkness)

1:24:06 - Vinegar Syndrome (Office Killer 4K)

1:30:18 - IFC (Boarding Gate, The Novice)

1:40:51 - Arrow (Soldier (4K), Innerspace (4K))

2:11:43 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Dust Bunny (4K), Highest 2 Lowest 4K, Grafted, Cold Storage (4K), American Sweatshop, Dracula)

2:15:56 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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If You Believe, Clap Your Hands! (Episode 647)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:57:15 +0000

There’s no slowing down this week on the show as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine reviews for you. They include a documentary on a female punk band (Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks) and the Tourettes film that the BAFTAs just loved (I Swear). A woman on holiday decides if she wants to hook up with Charli XCX again (Erupcja), Anthony Mackie fights for the women of Arabia (Desert Warrior) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson must deal with a WWII bomb found in London (Fuze). Charlize Theron is hunted through the wilderness by Taron Egerton (Apex) while Jason Segel & Samara Weaving’s plans to kill each other get interrupted (Over Your Dead Body). Anne Hathaway’s singer needs a dress in the new film from David Lowery (Mother Mary) and the King of Pop gets part of a biopic from Antoine Fuqua and the Jackson estate (Michael).

4:38 - Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks

11:56 - I Swear

20:04 - Erupcja

33:15 - Desert Warrior

42:59 - Fuze

54:02 - Apex

1:06:46 - Over Your Dead Body

1:18:11 - Mother Mary

1:35:23 - Michael

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Makin’ Stone Cold Whoopee For $93,000 (Episode 646)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:38:12 +0000

It’s another week of physical media and Erik Childress is joined again by Peter Sobczynski to take you through a selection of Universal classics featuring W.C. Fields. There is also an all-star cast crime-and-court film, Johnny Depp as a book detective and even some original J-horror. There is also Lee Marvin defining the role of Donald Westlake’s anti-hero Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, the Bridges brothers and a couple pianos and, of all things, the signature Brian Bosworth action film.

5:02 - Criterion (Point Blank (4K))

20:48 - Universal (Million Dollar Legs, International House, Mississippi)

Imprint (The Fabulous Baker Boys)

Kino (The House of Seven Corpses (4K), Stone Cold (4K))

Warner Bros. (Sleepers (4K))

Lions Gate (The Ninth Gate 4K)

Arrow (The Eye (4K))

NEW (Send Help (4K), 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (4K), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (4K), Die My Love (4K), Primate, Shelter 4K, The Strangers: Chapter 3, Christy)

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Well It’s No Ally Sheedy’s Frankenstein (Episode 645)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:41:32 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy fly solo on most of the movies this week, but they still have nine titles to talk about. Lena Headey discovers she may have created the bullet that killed her son (Ballistic). A strange friendship develops between two disparate young men when one tries to maybe stop the other from committing a school shooting (Our Hero, Balthazar). Barbie Ferreira plays a music critic who gets involved with the band she is covering (Mile End Kicks). The latest comedy from Peter Farrelly has Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser as the creators of a very unusual condom (Balls Up). Keanu Reeves is a Hollywood star trying to prevent an embarrassing video from getting out (Outcome). There’s a documentary about the creator of Saturday Night Live (Lorne). Bob Odenkirk is in action mode again taking on a whole town in the latest from Ben Wheatley (Normal). Steven Soderbergh’s latest has Ian McKellen as an artist who hires a forger to finish his paintings (The Christophers). Finally, the director of Evil Dead Rise gets his name above the familiar title of his even more familiar horror film. (Lee Cronin’s The Mummy).

1:20 - Ballistic

10:12 - Balls Up

20:46 - Outcome

32:17 - Mile End Kicks

43:25 - Our Hero, Balthazar

53:34 - Lorne

1:03:16 - Normal

1:16:33 - The Christophers

1:24:40 - Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

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Blessed Are The Cheesemakers, We Used To Make Failed IP (Episode 644)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:08:36 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have a lot to say about this week’s batch of physical media. Maybe not as much as the most successful franchise entry amongst them, but certainly about Ernst Lubitsch’s romantic comedy about thieves in love. Most definitely about Monty Python’s religious-skewering masterpiece. But there is also the troubled transports carrying George Kennedy and the out-of-control one that ranks as one of the great action films of the 1980s. An obscure, hard-to-find comedy about UFO seekers is the first of two Fred Ward headliners this week which leads into two films the guys have some fondness for including Orion’s attempt at an American James Bond and one of the very first masked do-gooders.

4:29 - Criterion (Trouble in Paradise (1932) (4K), Monty Python’s Life of Brian (4K))

22:57 - Universal (Meet the Fockers (4K))

29:46 - Kino (Death Ship (4K), Runaway Train (4K), UFOria 4K, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (4K), The Phantom (4K))

1:41:12 - More New Titles (Becoming Led Zeppelin, Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday, Midwinter Break)

1:42:31 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Tell Me About The Birds And The Cats (Episode 643)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 6 Apr 2026 17:48:58 +0000

It’s a light week for physical media but that doesn’t mean that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski don’t have you covered. There is one of the great film noirs, particularly for fans of The Shawshank Redemption. A magnificent wonder in fantasy filmmaking from over a century ago that looks better than many films today. Meiko Kaji’s martial arts double feature gets the Arrow treatment. Finally, exploitation fans will have a field day this week with the essential Russ Meyer film as well as the film personally endorsed by none other than Bill Murray.

1:34 - Criterion: (Gilda (4K))

Kino (The Thief of Bagdad (1924))

RM Films (Faster Pussycat Kill Kill)

Synapse (Frankenhooker 4K)

Arrow (Wandering Ginza Butterfly Collection)

NEW (V/H/S Halloween, Mercy, Peacock, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo)

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Episode 642: Do You Want Pizza Or Drama?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 19:15:21 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review six movies this week. Erik looks at a Netflix true crime documentary about the murder of a rising cyclist (The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson) as well as a couple trying to re-ignite a passion they moved on from (A Love Like This). There is a comedy about the friendship that develops between an aging actress and the unemployed neurotic who becomes her nanny (Fantasy Life). Two roommates sample a synthetic drug and only food can save them from the wacky side effects (Pizza Movie). The billion dollar Nintendo franchise returns with a sequel (The Super Mario Galaxy Movie). Finally Zendaya’s secret may be enough to ruin her engagement to Robert Pattinson (The Drama).

1:14 - The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson

6:40 - Pizza Movie

17:32 - A Love Like This

22:48 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

37:10 - Fantasy Life

45:05 - The Drama

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Episode 641: Your Body is A WonderWeapon

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:52:35 +0000

Leading a very classic and cult-like week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have got you covered. Unlike Madonna. It’s a week filled Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Bob Hope (including one of our Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray titles). There is also James Caan at his best, Jamie Foxx winning an Oscar and some cool martial arts titles. Dustin Hoffman trying to stop a virus, Ernest Borgnine trying to summon Satan and Adam Sandler as the son of said Satan. You also have an upgrade for Tobe Hooper’s Stephen King adaptation. And getting back to Madonna, the guys can’t help talk about the crazy, ridiculous erotic thriller now available in all its unrated 4K glory.

1:16 - Criterion (A Man and a Woman, The Blade (4K))

9:51 - Warner Archive (The Gay Divorcee, The Man Who Came to Dinner)

22:52 - Universal (The Big Broadcast of 1938, Give Me a Sailor, Variety Girl)

36:32 - Cinematographe (The Gambler 4K)

45:10 - MGM (The Great Smokey Roadblock)

49:35 - Kino (Ray 4K)

56:06 - Shout (Outbreak (4K), Little Nicky (4K Steelbook))

1:11:45 - Severin (The Devil’s Rain 4K, Vampyros Lesbos (4K), She Killed in Ecstasy 4K)

1:27:34 - Vinegar Syndrome (Body of Evidence 4K)

1:40:51 - Arrow (Eiichi Kudo’s Samurai Revolution Trilogy, Salem’s Lot (4K))

1:56:16 - New TV and Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Greenland 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, Marty Supreme (4K))

1:57:38 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 640: DANCE You Rich Disease-Ridden A.I. Narcissist Satan Worshippers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:50:16 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have a busy, if not a great week, with 11 movie reviews for you. If documentaries are what you crave Steve has a trio for you with a potentially soon-to-be-outdated tale of how we’re all going to die (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptomist), one about a legendary rocker of the ‘80s (Billy Idol Should Be Dead) and another about a famed fashion designer by a Coppola or (Marc by Sofia). He also looks at the latest animated work from the creator of The Triplets of Belleville (A Magnificent Life). Marisa Tomei tries to prevent her daughter from making a big mistake (You’re Dating a Narcissist!) while Julia Ducournau’s latest has another mother trying to keep her daughter safe from a mysterious infection (Alpha). Steve Zahn chaperones his daughter to a dance competition (She Dances) while a group of young ballerinas try to fight their way out of a dirty European hotel (Pretty Lethal) and Zazie Beetz tries to do the same against immortal satan worshippers (They Will Kill You). Not to be outdone, a mean girl clique dabbles in witchcraft but eventually end up in Final Destination (Forbidden Fruits). Finally, Vince Vaughn tries to undo a fatal mistake in an action-comedy with a twist. (Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice)

1:44 - The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptomist

10:59 - You’re Dating a Narcissist!

19:05 - Billy Idol Should Be Dead

30:04 - Pretty Lethal

40:32 - She Dances

50:09 - Alpha

1:03:24 - A Magnificent Life

1:10:19 - Forbidden Fruits

1:21:16 - Marc by Sofia

1:27:44 - They Will Kill You

1:37:37 - Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

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Episode 639: Red Sonja and the Talisman Of Lunacy

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:19:44 +0000

After a week off, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski return to catch you all up on the world of physical media. This week there are war films and after-war films, both with Gene Hackman. There are movies with dogs and giant insects, Looney Tunes, Loony Porno and the lunacy of Antonio Margheriti. They discuss another underrated Coen Bros. film as well as a film that is not far removed from another of their loony classics. Criterion adds the latest Scorsese to their collection and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie fans should check out Matt Johnson’s previous film. Finally, one of the goofiest of 1980s sword-and-sorcery films gets the glorious Arrow treatment and God bless them.

1:19 - Criterion (Classe Tous Risques (The Big Risk) (4K), Killers of the Flower Moon (4K))

16:52 - Warner Archive (Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault (Volume 2))

20:52 - Magnolia (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porno)

25:57 - Severin (Antonio Margheriti and the Jungles of Doom 4K)

32:43 - Kino (Jack Benny Comedy Classics, A Bridge Too Far (4K), Uncommon Valor (4K), House Calls, K2 (4K), Beethoven, Mimic 4K)

1:26:33 - Radiance (Cutter’s Way)

1:35:32 - Shout (Hail, Caesar! (4K))

1:46:59 - IFC (Blackberry)

1:54:08 - Arrow (The Birthday (4K), Red Sonja (4K))

2:20:36 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Anaconda (2025) (4K), The Housemaid (4K), Good Boy, Return to Silent Hill (4K), David, We Bury the Dead, Rebuilding, The Accidental Getaway Driver, Zodiac Killer Project, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Cleaned)

2:23:18 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 638: Pathetic Earthlings Hurling Your Bodies Out Into The Void

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:18:14 +0000

Fresh from returning from this year’s SXSW Film Festival, Erik Childress returns to review six movies with Steve Prokopy. They range from Mena Suvari as Elizabeth Bathory (Vampires of the Velvet Lounge) to a documentary on feminine representation in genre films (1000 Women In Horror). Rose Byrne is a homeless woman who loses her car (Tow) while Samara Weaving plays another deadly game of hide and seek (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come) and podcasters get some horrific audio problems (Undertone). Finally, Ryan Gosling goes into space to save the planet, but it is about the friend he makes along the way (Project Hail Mary).

1:22 - Vampires of the Velvet Lounge

11:21 - 1000 Women In Horror

20:17 - Tow

26:40 - Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

36:11 - Undertone

45:23 - Project Hail Mary

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Episode 637: Sometimes Dead IS Better

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 9 Mar 2026 15:04:50 +0000

This week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through a week that includes a pair of lesser Peter Sellers efforts as well as a Southern melodrama known more for the way Marlon Brando is beaten up. There is also some Billy Dee Williams and River Phoenix and a little Bunuel. Cult audiences have a lot to cheer this week from the horror of the late 70s to romance of the early 80s. Keanu Reeves squares off against Al Pacino’s devil and there is a lot of love for Kenneth Branagh’s Hitchcockian mystery that may still remain his best and most entertaining film.

1:24 - Criterion (Viridiana (4K))

6:18 - Alliance (The Chase)

13:38 - Synapse (Blue Sunshine (4K))

19:30 - Shout (Devil’s Advocate (4K))

29:39 - Kino (Scott Joplin, The Return of the Pink Panther (4K), The Prisoner of Zenda, Somewhere in Time (4K), A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, Dead Again (4K))

1:20:46 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Resident Alien (The Complete Series), Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, Little Trouble Girls)

1:21:42 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 636: Everybody’s Taken By The Brain Attack

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 6 Mar 2026 21:31:02 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven movie reviews for you this week including a remake of a 40-year old hockey film (Youngblood). A reckless young man is held captive like a dog (Heel) and a woman is held captive like a child (Dolly) while Milla Jovovich goes on the offensive to rescue her daughter from sex traffickers (Protector). Alan Ritchson faces off against an alien presence (War Machine). Pixar’s latest has a girl who becomes a beaver (Hoppers) and Maggie Gyllenhaal offers her brand new take on an even older classic (The Bride!)

Hoppers

Youngblood

War Machine

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Episode 635: Blast Off With Christopher Lee & Asia Argento

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:33:29 +0000

This week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski they look at one of the rarely talked about Coen Bros. films, John Ford basically doing Red Dust again and Herschell Gordon Lewis’ film about a Chicago garage band. There’s also the Karate Kid series continuation, a Sundance short that became a Sundance film plus a whole bunch of Christopher Lee and Asia Argento.

1:52 - Criterion (The Man Who Wasn’t There)

13:15 - Warner Archive (Mogambo)

20:58 - AGFA (Blast-Off Girls)

29:40 - Sony (D.E.B.S.)

37:07 - Severin (The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection 3 (1960-2024))

45:06 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Phantom of the Opera (1998) (4K))

52:36 - Cinematographe (New Rose Hotel)

58:33 - IFC (The Last Mistress)

1:02:15 – New Television on Blu-ray (Cobra Kai (The Complete Series), Strange New Worlds Season 3)

1:08:09 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Zootopia 2 (4K), The Running Man (2025) (4K), Hamnet (4K), Lurker, Merrily We Roll Along, Ella McCay)

1:14:50 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 634: What’s Your Favorite…Oh Never Mind

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:21:09 +0000

It is a pretty substandard week for movies. Even moreso than usual. But Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy power through and may find at least one worth your time. Could it be the story of a serial killer and possession (The Mannequin)? Or how about the one with Ving Rhames training a wannabe female boxer to become…a manager (Uppercut)? There’s a documentary about Paul McCartney after leaving The Beatles (Man on the Run) and Jessica Chastain in a toxic relationship with an immigrant (Dreams). Priyana Chopra has to fight off pirate Karl Urban (The Bluff) and the director of WALL-E explores death and aging over tens of thousands of years (In the Blink of an Eye). Finally, Ghostface AND Neve Campbell return in the horror franchise celebrating its 30th Anniversary (Scream 7).

1:04 - The Mannequin

6:28 - Man on the Run

14:40 - Uppercut

22:20 - Dreams

31:30 - The Bluff

40:52 - In the Blink of an Eye

53:54 - Scream 7

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Episode 633: I’m Mad As Hell And I’m Going To T.A.G. You

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:17:07 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through another week in physical media and it’s a pretty great week. You can get one of Scorsese’s first, Richard Pryor’s last concert film and even some early Matt LeBlanc. Peter shows some fondness for Lori Petty’s bizarre comic book adaptation and even a little Troma. One of Erik’s “Why is this not on blu-ray” choices gets its debut courtesy of Synapse. 20 years before Jurassic Park there was the original Michael Crichton amusement park. The pair debate the legacy of a “prescient” media satire with the late, great Robert Duvall. Finally, not only can you get perhaps the best Tarzan film ever made but John Boorman’s incredible telling of the King Arthur legend gets what will be amongst the great upgrades of the year.

3:35 - Criterion (Network (4K))

21:26 - Warner Archive (Tarzan and His Mate)

33:03 - Severin (The Ghost (4K), Retribution, Lookin Italian)

49:15 - Cinematographe (Boxcar Bertha 4K)

59:43 - Synapse (T.A.G. The Assassination Game)

1:09:50 - Sony (Richard Pryor: Here and Now (4K))

1:15:19 - Vinegar Syndrome (Tank Girl (4K), Terror Firmer (4K))

1:36:11 - Arrow (Westworld (4K), Excalibur (4K))

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Episode 629: Sunday Is For Lovers…And Yakuza?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:21:20 +0000

A lot of rescheduling leaves not a lot to talk about this week in physical media but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski still power through. They include one of the most inventive (and expensive) comedies of all-time, a Johnnie To action film, Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles. Finally, you have the cable staple that was the first pairing of Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner that in more ways than one led to the title of this week’s episode.

3:10 - Criterion (Playtime (4K))

17:06 - Alliance (Hanky Panky)

30:10 - Shout (The Big Heat (1988) (4K))

34:17 - Arrow (American Yakuza)

44:27 – New Theatrical Title On Blu-ray (Nuremberg)

45:59 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 628: The Sundance Film Festival 2026 (aka Adios Park City)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:07:27 +0000

Sundance is leaving Park City and after attending since 2003, Erik Childress looks ahead to the festival’s move to Boulder in 2027. But before then its; one last dance in Utah as Steve Prokopy and him countdown over 30 films they saw at the festival. New films from Olivia Wilde, Gregg Araki and Macon Blair. Ethan Hawke continues his roll with one of the best and biggest films while John Turturro gets one of the great roles of his career. Some of the best documentaries about Salman Rushdie, Marianne Faithfull, rescues, justice and girl scout cookies plus the first from John Wilson. All this and more in their wrap-up of this year’s festival.

4:10 – When a Witness Recants

9:32 – The Weight

16:41 – The Only Living Pickpocket In New York

23:54 – The Invite

28:32 – I Want Your Sex

35:21 – Broken English

40:21 – Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

45:32 – Everybody to Kenmure Street

51:21 – The Shitheads

56:41 – Josephine

1:05:52 – The History of Concrete

1:11:34 – Cookie Queens

1:14:32 – Union County

1:19:33 – Bedford Park

1:22:44 – Wicker

1:27:49 – The Incomer

1:32:55 – Big Girls Don’t Cry

1:37:09 - Hanging By A Wire

1:41:03 - More Titles From Steve & Erik (Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, Buddy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Antiheroine, Frank & Louis, How To Divorce During the War, Jane Elliott Against the World, The Musical, Run Amok, Once Upon a Time In Harlem, Time and Water, If I Go Will You Miss Me, The Gallerist, Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty, The Moment, Queen of Chess)

1:52:09 – Thoughts on 2027

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Episode 627: Before They Were Remakes (And After)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 Feb 2026 19:53:21 +0000

After a brief hiatus for Sundance we are back to get you caught up on this week’s physical media. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at a pair of enjoyable larks in the careers of John Woo and Jonathan Demme. There is the fun hangout movie that was just celebrated at the film festival where it had its premiere as well as one of the early Rolling Stones concert films. SXSW premiered one of the great twisted films about capitalistic depravity and Arrow does it justice here. There is also some twisted Dario Argento and a kid trying to hook up with Nicole Kidman. But this week is full of original films that were eventually remade including a western written by Elmore Leonard, the film which won William Hurt his Oscar, a Clark Gable film that he made twice, a dynamite thriller on a train, Charles Bronson as a cultured killer. Not but last least a classic rom-com that was remade that the guys have some very different opinions about.

2:16 - Criterion (3:10 to Yuma (1957) (4K), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) (4K), House Party (4K), Birth (4K))

31:44 - Warner Archive (Red Dust, The Narrow Margin)

41:10 - Shout (Once a Thief (4K))

51:14 - Vinegar Syndrome (Married to the Mob 4K, The Stendhal Syndrome 4K)

1:09:33 - Arrow (Cheap Thrills)

1:17:37 - Universal (Fifty Shades Trilogy 4K, Marry Me (4K))

1:29:52 - Kino (Hold That Blonde, The Mechanic 4K, Sabrina (1995), The Hi-Lo Country, Let’s Spend the Night Together 4K)

2:09:35 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Hung Up On a Dream: The Zombies, Blue Moon, The Thing with Feathers)

2:11:41 – New Blu-ray Announcements!

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Episode 626: The Fabulous Stains Falls Mainly On The Snakes In A Plane

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:56:40 +0000

Another week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski and it is a loaded one. Criterion offers up some classic Errol Flynn and the final film of legend John Huston. You can also check out the first directorial effort of John Milius and one of the many men-in-a-car films of David Ayer. Speaking of vehicles, you can hear about one of the great chase sequences of the 1980s or the one that has some MF snakes in it. There’s a history lesson in Ma and Pa Kettle plus the great Woody Woodpecker, a trio of Agatha Christie mysteries and a punk rock gem still worthy of discovery.

2:09 - Criterion (Captain Blood (4K), The Dead (4K))

19:52 - MGM (A Matter of Time, Dillinger)

32:44 - Universal (Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (1941-1972), Ma and Pa Kettle: Complete Comedy Collection)

47:10 - Fun City (Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (4K))

1:02:24 - Arrow (Snakes on a Plane (4K))

1:13:37 - Shout (End of Watch (4K))

1:19:30 - Kino (Man in a Cocked Hat, The Flesh and Blood Show, Diva (4K), Death on the Nile (1978) (4K), The Mirror Crack’d (4K), Evil Under the Sun (4K))

1:56:47 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Doctor Who: Tom Baker (Season 2), Lucifer: The Complete Series, One Battle After Another (4K), Wicked: For Good (4K), Roofman (4K), Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Fackham Hall, Hunting Season, Keeper (4K))

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Episode 624: You Shot Up My Battleship

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:58:34 +0000

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It’s the first new physical media roundup of 2026 with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. They include Jim Jarmusch’s love-it-or-hate-it western and Val Kilmer’s Native American murder mystery. They debate the volcano movies of 1997 and remind everyone of Kevin Spacey’s alien movie. One of the great, seemingly forgotten, Stephen King adaptations gets an upgrade as does perhaps the best Steven Seagal film and another of John Woo’s classics. A lot of great action and horror to start the new year.

1:45 - Criterion (Dead Man (4K))

13:19 - Sony (Thunderheart (4K))

20:02 - Kino (Dante’s Peak 4K, K-PAX)

36:07 - Lionsgate (1408 (4K))

44:03 - Arrow (Evil Dead Rise (4K), Under Siege (4K))

1:10:38 - Shout (Bullet in the Head (4K))

1:17:23 – New TV on Blu-ray (Shameless (The Complete Series), Falling Skies (The Complete Series))

1:20:12 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Tron: Ares (4K), Shelby Oaks, The Smashing Machine (4K), It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, Naked Ambition, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk)

1:22:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 623: Scorched Earth, Crushed Souls & Ripped Faces

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 9 Jan 2026 23:11:56 +0000

The movie year of 2026 begins in earnest this week on the podcast with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at ten films, some of which are expansions of 2025 releases. There’s a Harry/Sally-like rom-com (People We Meet on Vacation). Steve checks out a documentary of a famed writer and Holocaust survivor (Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire), plus a pair of true stories with Lucy Liu caring for her schizophrenic son (Rosemead) and the tale of an emergency call from a six-year-old trapped in a car in Gaza (The Voice of Hind Rajab). The true stories continue with Kristen Stewart’s harrowing directorial debut of a woman plagued with memories of sexual abuse (The Chronology of Water), Gus Van Sant’s latest about a 1977 hostage situation (Dead Man’s Wire) and Ralph Fiennes tries to get people to sing during WWI (The Choral). Two varying apocalypses occur with Daisy Ridley discovering that the victims of a catastrophic explosion are only mostly dead while Gerard Butler and his family have to leave their bunker (Greenland 2: Migration). With all that horror this week, the show wraps up with some chimpanzee terror (Primate).

2:29 - Elie Wiesel: Soul On Fire

8:46 - People We Meet on Vacation

22:39 - Rosemead

28:52 - The Chronology of Water

41:02 - The Voice of Hind Rajab

47:52 - Dead Man’s Wire

59:59 - The Choral

1:09:46 - We Bury the Dead

1:18:39 - Greenland 2: Migration

1:25:41 - Primate

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Episode 622: Why Is This Not On Blu-ray? 2026

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 6 Jan 2026 19:29:51 +0000

A yearly tradition continues with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski carried over from our time with the late, great Sergio Mims as they ask the question that is the very title of these episodes. Both Erik and Peter have selected 10 titles each of films that are still languishing only on DVD and not in a higher-grade format (at least not in North America.) They include classic modern comedies of the ‘80s and ‘90s, a heist film, and one of the earliest appearances of a beloved comedian and the song that became their staple, not to mention a film based on an album. How about movies from some of the great independent voices of cinema, a coming-of-age film, an animated film nearly canceled by the Russians, and a thriller about a simple plan that turns into a conspiracy all leading up to one of the timeliest calls for a film you can imagine. Are you listening Criterion, studios and all the rights holders? Let’s give these films the releases they deserve and continue to preserve physical media.

2:59 – Peter’s 1st Choice

10:38 – Erik’s 1st Choice

14:42 – Peter’s 2nd Choice

22:39 – Erik’s 2nd Choice

28:02 – Peter’s 3rd Choice

36:40 - Erik’s 3rd Choice

42:33 - Peter’s 4th Choice

54:00 - Erik’s 4th Choice

1:00:24 - Peter’s 5th Choice

1:12:00 - Erik’s 5th Choice

1:19:13 - Peter’s 6th Choice

1:30:17 - Erik’s 6th Choice

1:33:33 - Peter’s 7th Choice

1:43:50 - Erik’s 7th Choice

1:52:48 - Peter’s 8th Choice

2:01:17 - Erik’s 8th Choice

2:06:31 - Peter’s 9th Choice

2:22:23 - Erik’s 9th Choice

2:29:38 - Peter’s 10th Choice

2:39:08 - Erik’s 10th Choice

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Episode 621: The Best Films of 2025

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 2 Jan 2026 21:39:58 +0000

As we always do to kick off the new year we take one more look at last year. Focused primarily on the positive (with maybe a couple parting shots), Steve Prokopy once again joins Erik Childress to countdown their top ten films along with their runners-up. They are once again overjoyed to continue their yearly tradition and welcome Collin Souter of the Christmas Movies Actually podcast to join them with his list. A lot of great films for everyone to catch up with plus shout-outs of more movies with a number of specialized categories where we honor everything from laughs to music, our best surprises and a few disappointments. May 2026 be even better.

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Episode 620: James Cameron Blue Himself Again

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:57:27 +0000

On the final Movie Madness episode for 2025, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review nine movies for the holidays. They include a documentary about Seymour Hersh breaking the stories on human rights atrocities (Cover-Up) while Wagner Moura is up against political turmoil in Brazil (The Secret Agent). Even water polo has bullies as it turns out (The Plague) and the job market becomes actual murder in the latest from Chan Wook-Park (No Other Choice). Will Arnett separates from Laura Dern and tries stand-up comedy (Is This Thing On?) while Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson get together to perform Neil Diamond tunes (Song Sung Blue). Sydney Sweeney goes to work for Amanda Seyfried’s off-kilter family (The Housemaid) and Timothee Chalamat hustles his way to ping pong glory (Marty Supreme). Finally, James Cameron is back with the third of his Pandora films. Please let there not be a fourth (Avatar: Fire and Ash). We will return Jan. 2 with our choices for the best of the year with Collin Souter.

3:42 - Cover-Up

12:00 - The Plague

20:01 - The Secret Agent

31:07 - Is This Thing On?

45:47 - Song Sung Blue

1:00:00 - No Other Choice

1:09:17 - The Housemaid

1:24:03 - Marty Supreme

1:39:30 - Avatar: Fire and Ash

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Episode 619: That’ll Do For The Year In Blu

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:13:07 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski close out the year in physical media with a lot of suggestions for your Christmas baskets. For the more adventurous who don’t mind a little darkness with their holidays you have Paul Thomas Anderson’s adult film industry epic and the booze-filled trip through sin city that won Nicolas Cage his Oscar. There is sci-fi anime, David Cronenberg’s tale of infection and the Wachowskis’ epic journey of conspiracy and souls. Joe Dante’s sprawling dare of a film experience finally comes home…if you can get it. For those who need to laugh, four of the classic Pink Panther films have been upgraded. And for the kid in all of us that we could all get in touch with these holidays, the original Turtles in a Half-Shell get a box set, Tim Burton’s timeless debut with Pee-Wee Herman and everyone’s favorite talking pig are all here for you. All this plus our thoughts on the tragic murder of Rob Reiner.

1:40 - A Tribute to Rob Reiner

5:44 - Criterion (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (4K), David Byrne’s American Utopia (4K))

17:44 - Warner Archive (On Borrowed Time)

23:14 – Warner Bros. (Boogie Nights (4K))

34:00 - Shout Factory (Rabid (1977) (4K), Leaving Las Vegas (4K), Perfect Blue (4K), Cloud Atlas (4K))

1:07:51 - Kino (Scars of Dracula (4K), Walking Tall (2004) (4K), The Pink Panther (1963) (4K), A Shot in the Dark (4K), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (4K), Revenge of the Pink Panther (4K), Babe (4K), Babe: Pig in the City (4K))

2:15:52 - Arrow (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy (4K))

2:36:02 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Movie Orgy)

2:48:38 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Wally Gator: The Complete Series, Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series, Monk: The Complete Series, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Black Phone 2 (4K), Bugonia (4K), Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Good Night, and Good Luck: Live from Broadway, Hot Spring Shark Attack, Thank You Very Much)

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Episode 616: Christmas Means Trees, Existential Crises & Pizza Robots

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 5 Dec 2025 23:13:49 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy kick off December with 11 reviews for you. On the photography and journalism side Steve has a pair of documentaries to talk about (Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere, The New Yorker At 100) while Erik looks at the story of Christmas Tree sellers (The Merchants of Joy). There is a horror film about the trail of an infamous piece of footage (Man Finds Tape) as well as survivalist Mel Gibson protecting a woman from the cartel after her (Hunting Season). Michelle Pfeiffer goes for mom of the year during Christmas (Oh. What. Fun.) while Dangerous Liaisons meets a fairy tale setting (100 Nights of Hero). An infamous stage musical gets a filmed revival on film (Merrily We Roll Along) and Quentin Tarantino’s multi-volume martial arts epic gets pieced together as one (Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair). Finally the animatronic pizza place characters from the video game are back (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2) and George Clooney is a moviestar going through a three-quarter life crisis (Jay Kelly).

4:00 - Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere

10:23 - The New Yorker At 100

17:53 - The Merchants of Joy

25:16 - Man Finds Tape

34:29 - Hunting Season

40:17 - Oh. What. Fun.

49:22 - 100 Nights of Hero

1:01:09 - Merrily We Roll Along

1:08:09 - Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

1:19:38 - Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

1:29:26 - Jay Kelly

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Episode 615: Lucinda Dickey: His Girl Friday Or Killer?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Dec 2025 16:22:04 +0000

Black Friday may be behind us but December has so much to gift your loved ones. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have some great new suggestions this week on physical media. Parents have a chance to introduce their kids to the entire collection of Tom & Jerry while dad can revisit their ‘80s memories of Heather Thomas and Kim Cattrall. Speaking of which, Lucinda Dickey’s legendary mix of Flashdance and ninjas gets the 4K upgrade as does one of John Woo’s masterpieces and one of the greatest comedies of all-time.

4:19 - Criterion (His Girl Friday (4K))

15:45 - Warner Archive (Tom And Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958))

22:35 - Arrow (The House with Laughing Windows (4K), Wild Style (4K))

32:47 - Sandpiper (Zapped, Mannequin)

47:24 - Kino (Ninja Trilogy 4K)

1:01:24 - Shout Factory (The Killer (4K))

1:15:37 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Chain Reactions, Code 3, Diciannove)

1:16:57 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 614: To Be…Or Not…Wake Up!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:12:37 +0000

It’s Thanksgiving week and there are movies to see. Some great ones too and seven of them are covered this week by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. Shih-Ching Tsou, a producer of Sean Baker’s films, returns behind the camera with a unique family drama on Netflix (Left-Handed Girl) where you can also see a fascinating journalistic mystery about the Vietnam War (The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo). Brendan Fraser takes on a unique acting challenge in Japan (Rental Family) while Miles Teller & Elizabeth Olsen die and must figure out if they want to spend the afterlife with each other (Eternity). Chloe Zhao delivers the emotional wringer of the year (Hamnet) while Rian Johnson gives us the third chapter of his fantastic Knives Out series (Wake Up Dead Man). Finally it’s been nine years by Disney takes us back to the animal world for another timely mystery (Zootopia 2).

3:46 - Left-Handed Girl

10:32 - Rental Family

22:23 - The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo

31:42 - Eternity

45:43 - Hamnet

58:50 - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

1:13:02 - Zootopia 2

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Episode 612: It’s Time To Start Running…Away From The Wicked

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:33:09 +0000

Eight movies are reviewed this week with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy including a little catch-up from our previous week off. Steve checks out a Minka Kelly rom-com (Champagne Problems) and a film that owes a lot to the world of Euro-spy films (Reflection in a Dead Diamond). Speaking of which Mark Wahlberg’s Morgan family is back for their own European intrigue (The Family Plan 2) while a documentary charts the business angle that is thriving from school children being in actual danger (Thoughts & Prayers) and Josh O’Connor tries to pick up the pieces after a wildfire (Rebuilding). There is the invincible hero who fought Nazis now on the run from the Soviets (Sisu: Road to Revenge) while Glen Powell has to survive 30 days to win a billion dollars in the re-adaptation of Stephen King’s novel (The Running Man). Finally, the witches of Oz return to complete their story with a giant thud. (Wicked: For Good)

6:40 - Champagne Problems

13:45 - Thoughts & Prayers

21:06 - Reflection in a Dead Diamond

27:11 - The Family Plan 2

38:50 - Rebuilding

48:19 - Sisu: Road to Revenge

57:11 - The Running Man

1:11:09 - Wicked: For Good

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Episode 611: De Plane! De Plane!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:45:18 +0000

It’s a week in physical media that would make current Secretary of Transportation, Sean “I can’t guarantee safety” Duffy, blush. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through a week that includes the film that sent The Color Purple home empty, one of the Mars movies of 2000-01 and a decade-old adaptation of a Broadway smash. There’s also another prestige Oscar winner from Merchant Ivory, the Marx Brothers go to the circus and Simon Pegg & Nick Frost pay tribute to science fiction. One of John Woo’s most memorable films gets an upgrade in a new set and if you want to see one of the films they were making during Scorsese’s The Aviator, Criterion has you covered.

3:50 - Criterion (Hell’s Angels (4K), El (4K))

18:30 - Warner Archive (At the Circus, The Bride Came C.O.D.)

32:07 - Kino (The Gracie Allen Murder Case, Howards End (4K), Paul (4K))

54:00 - Universal (Out of Africa (4K))

1:02:43 - Arrow (Red Planet (4K))

1:11:54 - Sony (Rent (4K))

1:17:31 - Shout (A Better Tomorrow Trilogy (4K))

1:30:18 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Splitsville, Universal Language, I’m ‘George Lucas’: A Connor Ratliff Story, Secret Mall Apartment, Riefenstahl)

1:35:06 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 610: We All Go A Little Cuckoo Sometimes

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:33:12 +0000

It’s a packed week on physical media this week, thanks at least to one filmmaker. But Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have plenty of good stuff for your libraries this week. They include one of the great filmmaking documentaries with Werner Herzog. There are a pair of Oscar-winning Best Pictures making their 4K debuts as well as a pair of Jim Carrey upgrades. Alex Winter’s ‘90s cult film gets an incredible new package and one of Peter’s favorite directors gets a package worth celebrating. If you’re a fan.

6:05 - Criterion (Burden of Dreams (4K))

13:02 - Lionsgate (The Descent 4K)

18:10 - Kino (Frightmare)

22:41 - Warner Bros. (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (4K))

33:45 - Shout Factory (Spotlight (4K), Snowden (4K))

46:24 - Drafthouse Films (Freaked (4K))

54:35 - Arrow (The Mask (4K))

1:05:16 - Universal (How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (4K), U-571 (4K))

1:21:49 - Sony (The Luc Besson 9-Movie Collection (1983-2005) (4K))

1:49:31 - New TV Titles On Blu-ray (Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way (4K), Creepshow: Complete Series (2019-2022), Two and a Half Men: The Complete Series, The Morning Show (Seasons 1 & 2))

1:50:41 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Naked Gun (2025) (4K), Caught Stealing (4K), Together (4K), Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (4K), Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (4K), Freakier Friday, The Count of Monte Cristo, Him (4K), Eden, Red Sonja (2025))

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Episode 609: If It Bleeds, We Can Milk It

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 7 Nov 2025 22:48:31 +0000

Eight reviews are on the docket this week with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They include a film about a recording of a photographer telling us about their day (Peter Hujar’s Day). Steve covers many of the elements with a documentary about one of the biggest franchises ever (Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films) and the hunts for millions in the tundra (Ice Fall). Sydney Sweeney becomes one of the most successful female boxers ever (Christy) and Russell Crowe is on trial for being Hitler’s second-in-command (Nuremberg). A non-binary teenager is kicked out of their home (I Wish You All The Best). Jennifer Lawrence goes through hell after having a baby with Robert Pattinson (Die, My Love) and the antagonist becomes the protagonist in the continuing adventures of a 40+-year franchise – or two (Predator: Badlands).

4:46 - Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

13:45 - Peter Hujar’s Day

23:08 - Ice Fall

30:21 - Christy

41:37 - I Wish You All the Best

51:10 - Nuremberg

1:06:52 - Die, My Love

1:21:02 - Predator: Badlands

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Episode 608: Baby, This Ain’t No Flare Gun

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 3 Nov 2025 17:28:21 +0000

Its physical media time again on the show with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski talking about the film that got Dillinger killed a pre-Lady Eve comic mystery with Barbary Stanwyck & Henry Fonda. Apple goes back to physical media to add an Oscar winner to your shelf. There’s an all-star cast in a late ‘70s Godfather wannabe plus Peter Hyams’ western in space. Tim Burton gets an upgrade for one of his very best films as does the great John Woo with an action film (and baby) for the ages. Plus Criterion upgrades their entry from the John Hughes era which the duo have a lot of thoughts on.

3:50 - Criterion (The Breakfast Club (4K))

19:34 - Apple (CODA 4K)

30:17 - Warner Archive (Manhattan Melodrama, The Mad Miss Manton)

43:11 - Cinematographe (King of the Gypsies 4K)

52:13 - Disney (Edward Scissorhands (4K))

1:04:35 - Arrow (Outland (4K))

1:15:45 - Shout (Hard Boiled (4K))

1:23:21 – New TV On Blu-ray (Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Legacy Collection, Happy’s Place: Season One)

1:26:26 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 607: I’ve Glimpsed Our Future…Go Back

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:42:29 +0000

It’s Halloween weekend and there isn’t a lot of horror but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have eight films to talk about. They include a documentary about an archbishop who wrote the gay disco anthem of the ‘70s (I Was Born This Way) and another true story about drugs, family and revenge in the Ozarks (Violent Ends). There are some holiday-themed titles including a daughter realizing her mom may have fallen into a cult (Self-Help) and an animated Frankenstein-esque tale for kids (Stitch Head). The director of Conclave has Colin Farrell gambling away in Macau (Ballad of a Small Player) and Nia DaCosta swaps race and gender in an updating of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play (Hedda). Diane Lane watches her family come apart in a new America (Anniversary) and the pair share their memories on the 40th anniversary of a masterpiece (Back to the Future).

3:32 - I Was Born This Way

13:44 - Self-Help

21:53 - Stitch Head

30:43 - Violent Ends

42:14 - Ballad of a Small Player

51:14 - Anniversary

1:09:10 - Hedda

1:20:33 - Back to the Future (40th Anniversary re-release)

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Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.

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Episode 606: Have You Read Sutter Cane?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:50:08 +0000

It’s another week of horror, weirdness and cult titles on physical media but also another addition from our annual “Why Is This Not On Blu-ray?” shows. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through this week on physical media including the works of Dan Curtis, Richard Stanley and Guillermo Del Toro. Abel Ferrara’s infamous revenge picture gets the upgrade as does one of the great Godzilla films. John Carpenter’s best film of the ‘90s gets its due praise while there is a deep dive into one of the infamous slasher spoofs of the ’80s. Finally, Mike Nichols’ adaptation of an anti-war classic is reappraised with a deserving new transfer.

4:00 - Criterion (Deep Crimson (4K), Nightmare Alley (2021) (4K))

15:25 - Kino (The Cat and the Canary (1927) (4K), Dan Curtis’ Classic Monsters (1968-1974), Dead of Night, Dust Devil (4K))

38:02 - Arrow (In the Mouth of Madness (4K), Ms. 45 (4K))

55:20 - TerrorVision (Student Bodies 4K)

1:16:14 - Shout (Shin Godzilla (4K), Catch-22 (4K))

1:37:33 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (St. Denis Medical: Season One, The Day of the Jackal: Season One, The Toxic Avenger (2023), Americana, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Smurfs, Jimmy and Stiggs, Familiar Touch)

1:42:18 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.

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Episode 605: Seeking A Song For The End Of The World

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:02:05 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have another 11 reviews for you this week. It starts all the way back at last year’s Toronto Film Festival with Crispin Glover finding no way out of a mysterious hotel (Mr. K). Justin Lin adapts the true story of a young missionary and a lost tribe (Last Days). A ‘90s thriller gets updated (The Hand That Rocks The Cradle), an imaginary demon terrorizes people (Shelby Oaks) and zombies go after drag queens (Queens of the Dead). Kelly Reichardt tells the story of the man behind a ‘70s art heist (The Mastermind) and Richard Linklater returns with Ethan Hawke on a notable night for a songwriting legend (Blue Moon). Jesse Plemons kidnaps Emma Stone in the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos and Kathryn Bigelow returns after eight years to put us on the brink of WWIII (A House of Dynamite). The author of It Ends With Us gets her latest melodramatic adaptation (Regretting You) while The Boss finally gets a crucial part of his journey told (Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere)

3:56 - Mr. K

11:34 - Last Days

17:48 - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

27:32 - Shelby Oaks

33:28 - Queens of the Dead

45:42 - The Mastermind

55:03 - Blue Moon

1:08:16 - Bugonia

1:20:32 - Regretting You

1:34:14 - A House of Dynamite

1:48:00 - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

2:01:13 – Next Week

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Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 604: Please William, Don’t Hurt ‘Em

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:49:14 +0000

This week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski there is a whole lot of murder. Viggo Mortensen kills a bunch, Mia Goth gets in on the action, Yancy Butler does some drownings, Klaus Kinski does some biting, Brian Benben tries to solve some and Michael Biehn attempts to defend them. It’s also still the month of horror and even though a double bill of Cronenberg doesn’t exactly fit entirely, there is still plenty to be found for your October fill.

3:40 - Criterion (Altered States (4K), A History of Violence (4K), The Shrouds)

32:17 - Shout (Nosferatu the Vampyre (4K), The Place Beyond the Pines (4K), Savages (4K))

54:20 - Kino (Rampage (1987) (4K), Radioland Murders, The Ex)

1:15:51 - A24 (The X Trilogy 4K)

1:30:53 - Arrow (Three / Three...Extremes)

1:41:24 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Eddington (4K), Relay, Souleymane’s Story, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore)

1:43:21 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 603: Stop Grabbing People!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:31:49 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven reviews for you this week. They include a pair of the best films from Sundance this year – the harrowing documentary of the worst woman next door (The Perfect Neighbor) and the equally harrowing tale of motherhood anxiety with the great Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You). One of the greatest to ever do it gets a five-part documentary on Apple TV (Mr. Scorsese). Guillermo Del Toro finally makes the film his entire career has been building towards (Frankenstein). Aziz Ansari swaps lives with Seth Rogen thanks to angel Keanu Reeves (Good Fortune). Julia Roberts gets caught in the middle of collegiate accusations (After The Hunt) and Ethan Hawke returns in your dreams as The Grabber (Black Phone 2).

3:58 – The Perfect Neighbor

16:16 - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

27:21 - Mr. Scorsese

35:18 - Frankenstein

53:31 - Good Fortune

1:05:06 - After the Hunt

1:29:42 - Black Phone 2

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.

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Episode 602: I’m Afraid You’re Just Too Scary. Not You, Rob.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:41:36 +0000

It’s another packed week in October for physical media, especially on the horror side. But Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski also serve up some Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon and Larry David for you. But yes, horror, of course. This week you have Hammer horror from Frankenstein to anthologies, Adrian Lyne’s hell on Earth with Tim Robbins and Georges Franju’s classic tale of facial reconstruction. Also if you must there is a double feature presented by Joe Bob Briggs as well as films by Rob Zombie and Eli Roth. It’s all leading up to a trilogy for everyone as Erik talks about his favorite movie of all-time and why it remains so to this day.

4:17 - Criterion (Eyes Without a Face (4K))

10:22 - Severin (Asylum (4K))

16:51 - Lions Gate: Jacob’s Ladder 4K, The Devil’s Rejects 4K, Knock Knock 4K)

33:01 - Shudder (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs (Suitable Flesh/Mayhem))

39:09 - Warner Archive (Hollywood Legends of Horror, The Curse of Frankenstein (4K), Rafferty And The Gold Dust Twins)

1:01:27 - Kino (Boomerang (1976), Cop or Hood, Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (4K), The Bone Collector (4K)

1:21:55 - Universal (Back to the Future: 40th Anniversary Trilogy (4K))

1:46:48 – New TV on Blu-ray (Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Series (2000-2024))

1:48:15 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Fantastic Four: First Steps (4K), Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (4K), Weapons (4K))

1:54:10 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.

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Episode 601: End Of Line. For So Much.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:12:15 +0000

Another October week and another ten movie reviews for you from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They look a new rom-com with the star of the recent Strangers films (Maintenance Required) and a new Dakota Fanning horror film from the director of the original Strangers (Vicious). They go back a couple Sundances for a father/daughter story amidst the AIDS crisis (Fairyland), the same era that gave us the inspiration for a new ‘80s remake (Deathstalker). On the documentary front after Raoul Peck scares you into where our country is today (Orwell: 2+2=5) you can curl up with a film about a comic legend (John Candy: I Like Me). Jennifer Lopez takes center stage in a musical version of an Oscar winner (Kiss of the Spider Woman) while Keira Knightley tries to solve a mystery on a yacht (The Woman In Cabin 10). Finally, Channing Tatum is a criminal on the lam in a Toys ‘R’ Us (Roofman) and we go back to the world of the grid, this time with Jared Leto (Tron: Ares)

3:53 - Maintenance Required

13:23 - Vicious

23:37 - Fairyland

30:53 - Deathstalker

41:21 - Orwell: 2+2=5

50:24 - John Candy: I Like Me

59:32 - Kiss of the Spider Woman

1:08:43 - The Woman In Cabin 10

1:19:17 - Roofman

1:30:15 - Tron: Ares

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Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 600: Welcome To Silverado. Not You, Bob.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 6 Oct 2025 17:06:38 +0000

This week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski features films for its rabid fanbases as well as a string of live-action big screen failures and Schwarzenegger battling for the devil. Jennifer Lopez tries to get an Oscar and the world is introduced to Mario Bava. Westerns got a bit of a revival 40 years ago and this week features an upgrade to the best of them as well as Sam Raimi’s attempt ten years later to try to have his own fun with the genre. There is an incredible Peanuts set for all ages and a bookend that includes David Lynch’s derided and reappraised big-screen prequel to his legendary TV show and the film that has been bringing together audiences for 50 years.

5:04 - Criterion (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (4K))

18:14 - Sony (Silverado (4K Steelbook), The Quick and the Dead (1995) (4K Steelbook))

35:09 - Lionsgate (Hustlers (4K))

41:14 - Arrow (Spawn (4K))

46:49 - Paramount (Aeon Flux (4K))

54:02 - Shout (Black Sunday (4K), End of Days (4K), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (4K))

1:14:11 - Disney (The Rocky Horror Picture Show (4K))

1:32:30 - New TV on Blu-ray (Peanuts: Ultimate TV Specials Collection, The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season Two)

1:34:19 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (F1: The Movie (4K), Nobody 2 (4K), The Bad Guys 2 (4K), I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) (4K), Dangerous Animals (4K), The Last Rodeo, When Fall is Coming, Honey Don’t!)

1:39:51 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 599: Bizarro Speed And The Not-So-Raging-Bull

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:23:19 +0000

It is a packed week of reviews on the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy, an even dozen in fact. They include one of the best documentaries of the year (Predators) and a film as bad as The Substance is good (Shell). Steve looks at Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to the big screen (Anemone) while Erik looks at a charming family film about competitive pumpkin gardening (Grow). It’s also October so that must mean horror. So there’s another terror-filled tale about double-booking (Bone Lake) as well as the family that must barricade at home for the terror outside (Coyotes). There’s a scary film from the POV of a canine (Good Boy) and another in the long-running anthology series (V/H/S Halloween). Cillian Murphy works at a home for trouble youth (Steve) and Matthew McConaughey tries to save children from one of the worst wildfires in history (The Lost Bus). Mark Wahlberg takes on a character played by the likes of Lee Marvin, Mel Gibson and Jason Statham in the latest from Shane Black (Play Dirty) and Wahlberg’s Pain and Gain co-star, Dwayne Johnson, plays one of the early stars of MMA fighting (The Smashing Machine).

(NOTE: Apologies for some of the audio quality this week. Not sure what occurred and tried to clean up the best I could.)

3:33 - Predators

15:19 - Shell

21:09 - Anemone

29:23 - Grow

36:07 - Bone Lake

43:54 - Coyotes

54:49 - Good Boy

1:02:42 - V/H/S Halloween

1:11:53 - Steve

1:20:56 - Play Dirty

1:34:32 - The Lost Bus

1:45:22 - The Smashing Machine

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Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.

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Episode 598: The Good, The Bad, And The Box Sets

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:05:25 +0000

Collections are the thing in this week’s look at physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. Criterion has nearly the entire oeuvre of Wes Anderson. Vinegar Syndrome has a pair of Larry Fessenden works while Universal has packaged up a bunch of Draculas in 4K. Kino has a bunch of Dan Curtis and the Airport films while Warner Bros. has Freddy Krueger in a new 4K set. There is also the shorts of Creepshow, the beginning of American Pie and Yorgo Lanthimos plus one of the great action films of the new millennium that you may have missed.

3:40 - Criterion (Isle of Dogs (4K), The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (4K) , The Wes Anderson Archive In 4K (Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years))

15:02 - Warner Archive (Black Samson)

20:29 - Arrow (The Good, the Bad, the Weird (4K), Creepshow 2 (4K))

34:08 - Universal (American Pie (4K), Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection (4K))

53:36 - WB (A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection (4K))

1:10:01 - Shout Factory (Mama (4K))

Kino (Dogtooth (4K), Dan Curtis’ Late-Night Mysteries, Airport (4K), Airport 1975 (4K), Airport ‘77 (4K), Airport ‘79: The Concorde (4K))

Vinegar Syndrome (Of Monsters and Madness: The Films of Larry Fessenden Vol. 2)

TV (Touche Turtle and Dum Dum (The Complete Series))

NEW (The Life of Chuck (4K), Becoming Led Zeppelin (4K), Just the Two of Us)

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.

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Episode 597: Big, Bold Love, Lies & Death

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:50:38 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy play a little catch-up this week but also replay their early review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, opening this week in case any of you missed it. Before that though they talk about a tribute to an iconic cult film celebrating its 50th anniversary (Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror). Gabriel Byrne reexamines his troubled life (Death of a Ladies Man) while Renny Harlin delivers the sequel to his horror reboot (The Strangers: Chapter Two) and Jordan Peele produces a very confused horror film about football (Him). If Emma Thompson with a Fargo accent trying to thwart a kidnapping on a frozen lake is more your speed they have you covered (Dead of Winter). Or maybe its about June Squibb lying about being a Holocaust survivor in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut (Eleanor the Great). Finally there are also a pair of romantic fantasies involving tests that lead you to your soulmate (All of You) and the latest from filmmaker Kogonada with Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in a title that speaks for itself (A Big Bold Beautiful Journey).

4:26 - Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

11:07 - The Strangers: Chapter Two

17:40 - Death of a Ladies Man

23:48 - All of You

33:58 - Dead of Winter

43:23 - Eleanor the Great

56:08 - Him

1:07:13 - A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

1:20:18 - One Battle After Another

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Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 596: Zombies, Nazis & Disney

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:04:26 +0000

This week in physical media definitely has a type and Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to let you know what to buy (or choose not to buy) this week. They include a trio of titles from Criterion including a recent Oscar winner. There is everything from Tsui Hark to Dolly Parton plus a dive into the creation of a sequel to one of the best and most successful comedies ever. Variations of zombies are created by Tom Savini, Danny Boyle and Tim Burton. Plus it is a helluva week for a capitulating studio to release a film about escaping the persecution from fascists.

3:55 - Criterion (Read My Lips (4K), The Beat That My Heart Skipped (4K), Flow (4K))

15:15 - WB (Corpse Bride (4K))

24:08 - Sony (Night of the Living Dead (1990) (4K Steelbook))

34:01 - Shout (Peking Opera Blues (4K))

39:12 - Disney (The Sound of Music (60th Anniversary Edition) (4K))

50:45 - Kino (The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Airplane II: The Sequel (4K))

1:21:45 – New TV on Blu-ray (The Last of Us: The Complete Second Season, Chucky: The Complete Series, Law and Order SVU Season 26)

1:23:34 - New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Superman (2025) (4K), 28 Years Later (4K Steelbook), M3GAN 2.0 (4K), 40 Acres, The Home

1:27:04 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes

Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL

Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming

Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.

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Episode 595: Viva la Revolución

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:47:37 +0000

No one is being silenced on this podcast and we are keeping free speech going by reviewing 11 films this week. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy go back to last year’s Fantastic Fest to revisit Alexandre O. Phillippe’s latest essay on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Chain Reactions). Mike Figgis goes behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project (Megadoc) and there’s another documentary on a filmmaker who would probably be making ones for the Trump Administration today (Riefenstahl). In lighter fare, a virginal Lily Singh becomes a sex-ed professor (Doin’ It) and Josh Duhamel trains a LARPer to become a hitman (London Calling). Someone is killing babysitters again (Night of the Reaper) and Neil Marshall makes his funniest film (it’s not a comedy) (Compulsion). Billy Zane morphs into an iconic actor living in Tahiti (Waltzing with Brando), Lily James plays one of the founders of Tinder (Swiped) and Michael Chiklis plays a 59 year-old college football player (The Senior). Finally, we have an early review of the latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson which is the timeliest film to ever deserve that term (One Battle After Another).

4:10 - Chain Reactions

14:12 - Riefenstahl

19:47 - Megadoc

31:18 - The Senior

38:47 - Night of the Reaper

44:13 - Doin' It

50:37 - Swiped

57:22 - Compulsion

1:05:58 - Waltzing with Brando

1:14:43 - London Calling

1:21:32 - One Battle After Another

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Episode 594: Smell The Glaive

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:30:52 +0000

This week in physical media certainly plays to the cult audiences that embraced them. That may not include an inspirational Ron Howard sports movie or the unnecessary remakes on the pile but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski talk you through an early Lizzie Borden film and one of the craziest near-lost crime films of the ‘70s. There is fun stuff too from the film that launched the film careers of Bill Murray and Ivan Reitman to one of the greatest comedies and mockumentaries of all-time. Even Peter is down with this week’s geek offerings from Disney’s revolutionary move to computer animated effects in 1982 to the goofy sci-fi/fantasy from the director of Breaking Away.

5:00 - Criterion (Born In Flames, This is Spinal Tap (4K))

27:36 - Lions Gate (Meatballs 4K)

42:17 - Universal (Cinderella Man 4K, Speak No Evil 4K)

1:00:11 - Kino (Maedchen in Uniform, The Wrong Arm of the Law, Night of the Juggler (4K))

1:21:29 - Disney (Tron 4K, Tron Legacy 4K)

1:40:41 - Sony (Krull (4K Steelbook))

1:56:39 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Vulcanizadora, My Dead Friend Zoe)

1:57:21 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 593: A Fine Line Between Stupid & Clever

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:00:49 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back on the review beat with seven new films this week. Steve looks at a documentary about model and photographer Bunny Yeager (Naked Ambition) as well as the conclusion of everyone’s beloved big house (Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale). Corey Hawkins deals with a mysterious offer from Willem Dafoe (The Man In My Basement) and Dev Patel gets put through the folk horror wringer (Rabbit Trap). The film which opened this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival is one of the best you will see this year (The Baltimorons). Stephen King’s Vietnam-era novel finally gets its adaptation from the director of The Hunger Games sequels (The Long Walk). Finally, 41 years in the making itself, everyone’s favorite dysfunctional rock trio returns (Spinal Tap II: The End Continues)

3:36 - Naked Ambition

9:37 - The Man in My Basement

20:32 - Rabbit Trap

30:03 - The Baltimorons

40:48 - Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

49:29 - The Long Walk

1:02:49 - Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

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Episode 592: Highs, Lows and Dicks (Private & Public)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Sep 2025 15:17:37 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look ahead in the world of physical media and reveal what you can add to your library this week and next. For those who have seen Spike Lee’s remake, Highest 2 Lowest, Crtierion offers up the Kurosawa original in OK. You may have been issued it when you first bought your DVD player but now you can get the TV sci-fi adaptation with a unique stake in box office history. Universal has upgraded a pair of Best Actress-winning biopics and Warner upgrades a horror original in time for its final sequel. Oliver Stone has James Woods in one of his very best performances. Dwayne Johnson gets 4K’d in one of his few good movies. There are a pair of detective stories including the unfairly maligned sequel to Chinatown. Plus Walter Hill’s prison boxing film is also worth another look

4:20 - Criterion (High and Low (4K), Compensation)

17:13 - Arrow (Lost in Space (1998) (4K))

28:21 - Universal (Coal Miner's Daughter (4K), Erin Brockovich (4K))

45:09 - Shout Factory (Salvador (4K))

55:14 - Warner (The Conjuring (4K))

1:01:50 - Kino (Huckleberry Finn (1931), Father Brown Detective, The Two Jakes (4K), The Lords of Discipline (4K), Smoke/Blue in the Face, The Rundown (4K), Undisputed (4K))

1:56:21 - New Theatrical & TV Titles On Blu-ray (Ballerina: From the World of John Wick (4K), Jurassic World: Rebirth (4K), Elio (4K), Materialists, Ice Road: Vengeance, The Surfer, Clown in a Cornfield (4K), The Ritual, Bride Hard, Little House on the Prairie: The Complete Series (1974-1983))

2:02:51 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 591: We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Podcast

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:28:18 +0000

It is Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer, and just before festival and awards season begins, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy serve up 12 films to review and talk about. The wayback machine gets set to 2023 when they first reviewed the absolutely lovely new film with David Strathairn and Jane Levy from Sundance now in theaters (A Little Prayer). The machine goes back even further to reminisce upon Prince’s concert film (Sign O’ The Times) and the 50th anniversary Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece (Jaws) both back in theaters. Can a cycle of revenge be explained to a newborn (The Workout) and can there be another family version of an old tale (Robin and the Hoods)? What happens when a toxic workplace is all about the toxic internet (American Sweatshop) and what happens when a toxic fan worms his way into a singer’s entourage (Lurker)? A gaggle of British retirees team up to solve a crime and save their home (The Thursday Murder Club) and Peter Dinklage takes on Troma’s iconic hero in a new update (The Toxic Avenger). Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman suffer the consequences of marriage in another 1980s remake (The Roses) while the makers of The Climb take on open relationships with Dakota Johnson (Splitsville). Finally, Darren Aronofsky puts Austin Butler through the ringer in a new action comedy (Caught Stealing).

3:53 - A Little Prayer

18:30 - Jaws (50th Anniversary)

29:13 - Prince - Sign O' The Times

36:35 - The Workout

43:53 - Robin and the Hoods

50:41 - American Sweatshop

1:00:53 - The Thursday Murder Club

1:11:33 - The Toxic Avenger

1:21:31 - Lurker

1:31:37 - The Roses

1:46:50 - Splitsville

1:54:15 - Caught Stealing

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Episode 590: Buy These Blu-rays Or We Will Taunt You A Second Time

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:33:58 +0000

Physical media is serving up a smorgasbord of films with reevaluations and those that have found their audiences over the year. They include a pair of LBGTQ films hovering around their 20th anniversaries. Horror remakes, prequels and sequel adjacent films as well a package of hard-to-find Larry Cohen projects. Martin Scorsese went to bat for a 1952 paranoia that was spoofed on MST3K while Quentin Tarantino found inspiration in the first of Shout Factory’s remastered Asian action releases. Michael Caine is a badass in a classic British crime film and one of the funniest films of all-time celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a new edition.

3:51 - Criterion (Saving Face)

7:51 - Lionsgate (But I’m a Cheerleader)

16:05 - Arrow (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) (4K), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 4K)

25:26 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Rage: Carrie 2 (4K), The Card Player (4K), Mac and Me (4K))

48:29 - Film Masters (Invasion, U.S.A. (1952))

54:03 - Shout (City On Fire (4K), Larry Cohen: Mystery and Misdirection)

1:13:51 - Warner Archive (Get Carter (1971) (4K))

1:19:25 - Kino (Scoop)

1:24:46 - Sony (Monty Python and the Holy Grail (4K Steelbook))

1:36:59 - New Theatrical & TV Titles On Blu-ray (Lilo & Stitch (2025) (4K), Karate Kid: Legends (4K), Ghostlight, The King of Kings, Huckleberry Hound Show (Complete Series), Emergency!: The Complete Series (1972-1979))

1:40:51 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 589: Ethan, Don’t. Just…Don’t!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:53:06 +0000

The summer continues to wind down but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have eight reviews for you this week. Steve takes a look at one of the most successful films of all-time, outside of the United States (Ne Zha 2) as well as a Sophie Turner thriller the studio apparently wanted nobody to see or even hear about (Trust) while Erik looks at the new romance from Lasse Hallstrom (The Map That Leads To You). Then its time for Samara Weaving as a getaway driver (Eenie Meanie) and Riz Ahmed providing cover for whistleblowers (Relay). A group of college kids try to avoid growing up (Pools) and a bunch of adults escape wartime society in the new film from Ron Howard (Eden). Finally, Ethan Coen gives it another shot without brother Joel (Honey, Don’t).

3:10 - Ne Zha 2

11:13 - The Map That Leads To You

19:46 - Trust

29:14 - Eenie Meanie

40:22 - Pools

54:26 - Relay

1:07:55 - Eden

1:18:07 - Honey, Don't

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Episode 588: 15,000 Cars, Suddenly, By Magic

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:52:38 +0000

This week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski they look at everything from Italian neo-realism to blaxploitation. There is also James Stewart and his invisible rabbit, Jane Austen and her lovelorn sisters plus a little Jess Franco. One of Leslie Nielsen’s lesser known parodies is discussed along with the Coneheads feature and one of Adam Sandler’s most beloved characters. Erik goes to bat for what he feels is an underappreciated Ron Howard film and Peter goes into the bizarro world of Xanadu.

3:41 - Criterion (Shoeshine (4K))

7:43 - Universal (Harvey 4K)

17:25 - Sony (Sense and Sensibility 4K)

24:57 - Shout (Blaxploitation Classics Vol. 2 (4K))

41:07 - Arrow (Perpetrator)

44:33 - Kino (The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse, Gung Ho, Repossessed, Coneheads (4K), Happy Gilmore (4K), Xanadu (4K))

1:42:36 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 587: Call Me Sometime When You Have No Class

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:05:43 +0000

It is another epic review week on the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy tackling 11 films. They range from a documentary about comedians navigating their worst condition (Anxiety Club) to an animated film about horny dogs (Fixed). A black family deals with the aftermath of an intruder in their home (The Knife) while a toxic dead mother intrudes on the bodies of her wife and son (Went Up The Hill) not to mention the widowed rancher trying to keep her family and business together (East of Wall). Two friends fight against being abducted by aliens in an apartment (Jimmy & Stiggs) while two infamous cable staples from 1985 get reimagined without imagination (Witchboard, Red Sonja). Bob Odenkirk returns as a man of action (Nobody 2). Vanessa Kirby spends all night trying to gather money to save her home (Night Always Comes) and Spike Lee reteams with Denzel Washington in the best remake of the week; let alone one from Akira Kurosawa (Highest 2 Lowest).

3:06 - Anxiety Club

10:22 - Fixed

17:13 - The Knife

24:55 - Went Up the Hill

32:34 - East of Wall

40:17 - Witchboard

51:28 - Red Sonja

1:02:38 - Jimmy and Stiggs

1:12:47 - Night Always Comes

1:25:47 - Nobody 2

1:37:42 - Highest 2 Lowest

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Episode 586: Let’s Get Some F#!$in’ FRENCH Toast!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:40:55 +0000

This week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski they look at a staple of Egyptian film noir as well as a noir box that features an early version of Gatsby. There’s a double feature with Sylvia Sidney and a double dip of Sleepaway Camp. Hear about the horror film that Peter despises as well as the better one also getting the 4K upgrade. The Poseidon Adventure gets a modern remake and Oliver Stone does his 9/11 film. Erik also proves to be a bit fonder of the trio of anniversaries being released, particularly the one he considers to be one of the absolute best of modern comedies and kicked off an era that many wish would return to the big screen.

3:16 - Criterion (Cairo Station)

6:55 - Kino (Confessions of a Co-Ed/Ladies of the Big House, The Farmer's Daughter, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI)

22:58 – Shout Factory (World Trade Center (4K), Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (4K), Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (4K))

35:08 – Lions Gate (High Tension 4K, It Follows 4K)

50:21 - Arrow (Poseidon (4K))

54:59 - Universal (Meet the Parents (2000) (4K), Casper (4K), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (4K))

1:22:35 - New Theatrical Titles & TV on Blu-ray (The Accountant 2 (4K), How to Train Your Dragon (2025) (4K), 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story: Season Two, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Season One)

1:24:39 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 585: Choose Your Weapon And Draw

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 9 Aug 2025 00:29:47 +0000

Lots of movies this week on the show. 11 of them to be precise with full reviews from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. Steve flies solo with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan back in the wrong bodies (Freakier Friday) plus a new serial killer thriller (Strange Harvest) and a documentary focusing on the fandom of Eminem (Stans). Erik looks at a story of young sisters trying to avoid being separated after their mom dies (What We Hide). There’s an actual music documentary about an artist taken too soon (It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley) and another pending paternal anxiety with a sci-fi twist (Descendent). An all-star cast forms Kristen Scott-Thomas’ personal directorial debut (My Mother’s Wedding) and Eddie Murphy teams up with Pete Davidson for some armored truck action (The Pickup). A young girl’s drawings come to life causing havoc around town (Sketch). The pair catch up on the new reboot of a comedy classic (The Naked Gun) and finish off with the mysterious disappearance of children from the director of Barbarian (Weapons).

3:25 - Freakier Friday

12:13 - What We Hide

18:29 - Strange Harvest

23:20 - Stans

29:20 - Descendent

39:09 - It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

47:23 - My Mother's Wedding

57:52 – The Pickup

1:07:50 - Sketch

1:19:09 - The Naked Gun

1:33:58 - Weapons

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Episode 584: Are You Ready For Your Close-Up?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 4 Aug 2025 17:29:13 +0000

It is a light week for physical media but that does not mean there aren’t some heavy hitters. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to catch you up including a pair of grim anti-war films from Kon Ichikawa. There is a whole new batch of martial arts films from the Shaw Brothers. Peter Weir’s dad-movie maritime epic gets an upgrade as does a great starring vehicle for David Dastmalchian. They talk about Sam Peckinpah’s song-inspired Hal Needham film and the 40th anniversary of a John Cusack teen classic. Though few films will compare to the majesty of a masterpiece among masterpieces from Billy Wilder that belongs on every movie lover’s shelf.

3:45 - Criterion (Fires on the Plain 4K, The Burmese Harp 4K)

10:23 – Shout Factory (Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Seven)

13:32 - Disney (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (4K Steelbook))

23:55 - Paramount (Sunset Boulevard (4K), Better Off Dead (4K))

51:06 - IFC (Late Night with the Devil (4K Steelbook))

1:13:57 - Kino (Convoy (4K))

1:13:57 – New Theatrical Title On Blu-ray (Friendship)

1:15:09 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 583: Breakthrough Comedies and MST4K

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:14:07 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through a wacky week of physical media. It includes the breakthrough comedies from Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler. Eddie Murphy makes his first foray into fantasy and Norm MacDonald gets three versions of his first starring role. A cinephile incel turns to murder. Meanwhile, Pulp Fiction gets a spinoff and Diabolik gets three. There is blaxploitation, Elaine May, Jon Cryer going back to school and Fu Manchu. Find out who Cliff Twemlow is and what William Conrad directed. Another William (Friedkin) directs his reported favorite movie that got the How Did This Get Made treatment while a pair of titles also got the MST3K stamp. We also got one from our Why Is This Not On Blu-Rays shows making the leap from DVD to 4K

3:12 - Shout! Factory (Fade to Black, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (4K Steelbook))

21:55 - Kino (Billy Madison (4K), Hiding Out (4K), Curdled (4K), The Diabolik Trilogy)

45:21 - Severin (Bloody Legend: The Complete Cliff Twemlow Collection)

54:49 - Warner Archive (Brainstorm (1965), Melinda)

1:03:52 - Blue Underground (The Blood of Fu Manchu (4K), The Castle of Fu Manchu (4K))

1:09:00 - Vinegar Syndrome (Fire Maidens from Outer Space 4K, A New Leaf (4K), Let’s Scare Jessica to Death 4K, The Golden Child 4K, Dirty Work (4K), Jade (4K), We're No Angels (1989))

2:14:19 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Phoenician Scheme, Rust, Thunderbolts* (4K))

2:16:16 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 582: First Steps and Big Swings

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:57:47 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review seven movies for you this week. They include a documentary about one of the most famous journalists of her time (Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything). Erik check out Hell in the Pacific meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon (Monster Island) while Steve looks at a new romantic thriller from Michael Winterbottom (Shoshana). They catch up on a quirky relationship comedy they saw at Sundance (Oh, Hi!). Pete Davidson goes the horror route with a mysterious elderly facility (The Home) while another SNL veteran returns to maybe his most popular character after 30 years (Happy Gilmore 2). Finally, Steve gets to check in on his thoughts on the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (The Fantastic Four: First Steps).

3:08 - Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything

17:29 - Monster Island

23:16 - Shoshana

29:19 - Oh, Hi!

41:14 - The Home

52:14 - Happy Gilmore 2

1:07:38 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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Episode 581: The Fantastic Four: First Steps

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:33:54 +0000

Just a few weeks after their incredible disappointment with James Gunn’s Superman (which they briefly revisit), Erik Childress and comic book expert Erik Laws dive back into comic book cinema with Marvel’s latest attempt to do justice to the Fantastic Four. After two films by Tim Story and the infamous disasters of 2015 and the shelved Roger Corman version of the ‘90s, the foursome has never endeared itself to Childress but the results may surprise you. They delve into the creation and treatment of Galactus and the Silver Surfer, how the new cast adheres to the intentions of the comic book family and why that is important to its ultimate success. The film is not without its flaws but does manage to further highlight some of the flaws they found in Superman. Could Marvel be inching their way back to creative consistency? The title may just have a dual meaning in that manner.

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Episode 580: Your French Fries Are Drowning And Stuff

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski) — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:34:50 +0000

Physical media offers a lot of pleasures this week. Do Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski feel guilty about any of them? Certainly not of Jack Nicholson’s collaboration with Mike Nichols or one of their “Why Is This Not On Blu-ray” titles getting the 4K treatment. There’s a little history of the nudie plus Bertolucci does a family film. An MST3K selection may not be worth all the skewering though neither was Joe Dante’s snakebit summer effort from 1998. All that plus Larry Cohen’s grossly satirical take on consumerism and what Beverly Hills Cop might have been like if it starred Sylvester Stallone.

3:22 - Criterion (Carnal Knowledge (4K), You Can Count On Me (4K), All We Imagine as Light)

21:44 - Shout! Factory (Strangers with Candy (Collector's Edition))

27:16 - Kino (Mr. Peters' Pets / Everybody Loves It / 50,000 B.C. Before Clothing (1962-1964), Danger: Diabolik (4K), Silent Scream (4K), Little Buddha (4K))

57:08 - Paramount (Small Soldiers (4K Steelbook))

1:12:30 - Arrow (The Nightwatch Collection,The Stuff (4K), Cobra (4K))

1:51:12 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Bewitched: The Complete Series (60th Anniversary Special Edition), Knight Rider: The Complete Series (4K), Ash, Fight or Flight, Final Destination: Bloodlines (4K))

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Episode 579: I Know What You Did Last Pandemic

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:19:32 +0000

Seven new movies are available in theaters and on streaming this week. At least the seven reviewed by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include the latest thriller from Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cloud) and the latest wannabe thriller starring Bella Thorne (Saint Clare). TV pioneer Shari Lewis finally gets her own documentary (Shari & Lamb Chop) while a cinema-loving young woman gets a chance to mingle with the people she thought she dreamt about (Finally Dawn). Embeth Davidtz makes his directorial debut adapting a South African childhood memoir (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight) while five dum-dums wish they did not have to revisit another season of death (I Know What You Did Last Summer). Finally, Ari Aster adds to his repertoire of anxiety-laden horror by exploring America in the early days of the pandemic (Eddington).

4:45 - Cloud

11:05 - Saint Clare

18:35 - Shari & Lamb Chop

30:02 - Finally Dawn

40:01 - Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight

48:53 - I Know What You Did Last Summer

1:07:48 - Eddington

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Episode 578: Battle Beyond The Frailty

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:44:27 +0000

Physical media serves up some classics as well as some that deserve more modern classic status. Peter Sobczynski may disagree with some of them but he joins Erik Childress again this week to bring you the latest and greatest. They include a restored series from Francois Truffaut as well as some oddities involving Fred MacMurray and the “involvement” of The Three Stooges. There are sequels for Robocop and the Ghoulies as well as some more WWII hijinks for Brad Pitt. One of the great westerns of all-time is up for debate. Though there is nothing but love for one of the better low-budget sci-fi films of its day and Bill Paxton making one of the best directorial debuts ever.

3:22 - Criterion (The Adventures of Antoine Doinel (4K))

12:30 - Kino (Exclusive, Shane 4K)

27:39 - Arrow Films (Crumb Catcher)

34:19 - Sony (Stop! Look! and Laugh!, Fury 4K)

45:19 - Shout! Factory (Battle Beyond the Stars 4K, Robocop 2 4K Steelbook)

1:05:41 - Lions Gate (Ghoulies Go to College , Frailty 4K)

1:23:44 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Manifest: The Complete Series, The Surfer)

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Episode 577: Say It Ain’t Swanson (or Everyone Please Touch Grass)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:11:47 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review nine movies for you this week with four of them coming in a unique bundle. Those include a group of friends sheltering in place when they believe a nuclear missile is coming for them (Nuked), a pregnant woman confined to a house when a mysterious man threatens her safety (Push), an introvert and an extrovert confined to an apartment trying to avoid becoming one with the world (Else) and another couple on the outs stuck in an apartment complex seemingly with no way out (Brick). Beyond that there is the implication that Van Helsing was not the man he said he was (Abraham’s Boys) nor do the lucid dreams of a grieving man reflect the reality of his relationship (Daniela Forever). Steven Spielberg’s immortal masterpiece celebrates a birthday with a new documentary (Jaws@50: The Definitive Inside Story). Jacob Tremblay comes to realize his anti-government father may not be the best role model (Sovereign). Finally, Steve gets to throw in his two cents on this week’s big comic book reboot (Superman).

1:02 - Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story

11:44 - Nuked

18:40 - Push

22:46 - Else

27:10 - Brick

38:09 - Daniela Forever

45:46 - Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

1:01:41 - Sovereign

1:18:55 - Superman

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Episode 576: James Gunn’s Superman

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 9 Jul 2025 15:01:59 +0000

For years on the Movie Madness Podcast, comic book expert Erik Laws has joined Erik Childress to discuss in-depth the various superhero and graphic novel adaptation to the big screen from Marvel to DC and the heights to the very lows. In this episode they discuss how James Gunn’s long-awaited takeover and reboot of the DC Universe is not just a massive disappointment but may represent a new low. They break it all down from David Corenswet’s portrayal of Superman and Clark, the lack of genuine stakes, the reliance on an overly jokey tone and the way Krypto is utilized throughout. No stone is left unturned from Superman tropes to a screamy Lex Luthor, idiotic plot turns and right back to Gunn’s own statements about the movie that does not exist on the screen. This is not hyperbole. This is not for clicks or yuks. This is how it is from two honest takes.

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Episode 575: Epics, Killers And Clueless Politics

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 7 Jul 2025 19:41:47 +0000

There’s a lot to talk about this week in the world of physical media. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about a Stanley Kubrick epic finally getting the release it deserves. Oliver Stone revisits a final cut for his own epic and there is also some epic destruction from the ‘70s. Denzel Washington looks for a serial killer, though not the one traipsing through the woods like he was Terrence Malick. They’ve got film noir with Glenn Ford, horror meeting blaxploitation and Peter offering his thoughts on Ryan Coogler’s huge 2025 success. Finally the pair discuss Mike Nichols’ now quaint adaptation of politics leading up to the Clinton years and Amy Heckerling’s teen film from the ‘90s still entertaining generations decades later.

2:30 - Criterion (The Big Heat (4K), Barry Lyndon (4K))

21:23 – Shout Factory (Primary Colors (4K), Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (4K), Abigail (4K))

50:08 - Kino (Sugar Hill)

55:37 - RJLE (In a Violent Nature (4K))

1:04:59 - WB (The Little Things (4K))

1:12:44 - Universal (Earthquake (4K))

1:31:32 - Paramount (Clueless (4K))

1:44:51 - New Theatrical & TV Titles On Blu-ray (Warfare (4K), Death of a Unicorn, The Amateur (4K), The Legend of Ochi, , Shadow Force, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Hell of a Summer, Until Dawn (4K), Sinners (4K), Fallout: Season One (4K), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997), See (The Complete Series))

1:53:30 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 574: Afterbirth and Video Stores

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 3 Jul 2025 12:40:36 +0000

As we head into our mid-summer holiday, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven movies for you to consider. They revisit their praise of Eva Victor’s Sundance wonder (Sorry, Baby) chosen for their Chicago Critics Film Festival along with Danielle Deadwyler trying to protect her family and farm during another cinematic apocalypse (40 Acres). Alicia Silverstone chooses the wrong sugar daddy (Pretty Thing) while Alex Ross Perry takes us through decades of video stores in movies in a three-hour cinematic essay (Videoheaven). John Cena and Idris Elba are their country’s leaders caught in an assassination plot (Heads of State) and Charlize Theron is back with her band of immortals only without her powers (The Old Guard 2). Finally, Gareth Edwards tries to do what he was called to do for Godzilla and Star Wars for the seventh film in the franchise (Jurassic World: Rebirth).

2:16 - Sorry, Baby

14:09 - 40 Acres

22:02 - Pretty Thing

27:58 - Heads of State

38:45 - Videoheaven

55:22 - The Old Guard 2

1:07:15 - Jurassic World: Rebirth

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Episode 573: FU to F1

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:21:56 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy wade through nine reviews this week to get you to the few standouts. A couple is presented with the possibility their daughter was switched at birth (A Stranger in My Home) while a team of nitwits try to steal a 35mm print from Quentin Tarantino (Stealing Pulp Fiction). Emma Mackey tries to use Vicky Krieps as a distraction from her invalid mother (Hot Milk) while a drug deal goes south for a sex worker (Ponyboi) and Bryan Cranston tries to keep his family and regional theater afloat (Everything Going To Be Great). Mariska Hargitay remembers her mother Jayne Mansfield (My Mom Jayne) while a woman tries not to forget the life she lived as she slides into dementia (Familiar Touch). Finally the killer A.I. robot goes T2 on us (M3GAN 2.0) and Brad Pitt goes fast in a car with other cars (F1: The Movie).

1:41 - The Stranger In My Home

11:00 - Stealing Pulp Fiction

18:53 - My Mom Jayne

25:55 - Hot Milk

33:34 - Ponyboi

41:20 - Everything’s Going To Be Great

51:26 - Familiar Touch

58:55 - M3GAN 2.0

1:11:37 - F1: The Movie

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Movie Madness Episode 572: Tuning Up For Sorcerer

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:30:05 +0000

Physical Media weeks don’t get much more packed this week and there is a lot to get to with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. Titles include a trio of youth tales involving the film that took back cheerleading, a slasher film getting a new updating soon and the infamous creation of the Brat Pack. There’s a Hammer mystery, sci-fi and Peter Cushing as Doctor Who. Peter talks about a somewhat forgotten film noir with Robert Mitchum as well as a musical version of The Philadelphia Story. They look back with a bit of fondness for an innocuous spoof of singing cowboy movies plus the inaugural releases of Dreamworks. All of this is wrapped in a pair of upgrades for two films that played their Chicago Critics Film Festival including the Alex Proyas sci-fi film Roger Ebert called the best film of 1998 and the William Friedkin masterpiece lost for many years but is now immortalized in the Criterion Collection.

3:45 - Criterion (Sorcerer (4K), Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (4K))

25:39 - Warner Archive (His Kind of Woman, High Society (4K))

40:23 - WB (Lethal Weapon (4K Steelbook))

46:59 - Kino (Rustlers' Rhapsody, The Peacemaker (4K), Mousehunt (4K), Road Trip (4K))

1:20:02 - Sony (St. Elmo's Fire (4K), I Know What You Did Last Summer (4K Steelbook))

1:40:18 - Shout Factory (Bring It On (4K))

1:48:11 - Severin (Jack the Ripper 4K, Unknown World (4K), Total Extermination: The Peter Cushing Doctor Who Collection)

2:03:19 - Arrow (Dark City (4K))

2:14:17 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Monkey (4K), Novocaine (4K), A Minecraft Movie, Snow White (4K), Eephus)

2:20:51 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Movie Madness Episode 569: Materialists Is Anything But Toothless

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:03:26 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight movie reviews for you this week. They include a pair of documentaries on a Scottish rock band who were more than their soundtrack contribution (Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible) and about New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister). A woman finds some disturbing secrets about her grandparents and society (Best Wishes To All) while Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson look for some hidden gold (The Unholy Trinity). A trio of improv performers go undercover for the cops (Deep Cover) while Julianne Moore covers up for daughter Sydney Sweeney (Echo Valley). Finally, Dakota Johnson has to choose between rich Pedro Pascal and poor Chris Evans (Materialists) while the latest in tracer cinema redoes a modern animated classic (How To Train Your Dragon).

0:00 – Intro & Upcoming Events

3:17 - Deep Cover

11:40 - Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

20:53 - Prime Minister

32:50 - Best Wishes To All

41:48 - The Unholy Trinity

50:22 - Echo Valley

1:01:03 - Materialists

1:17:59 - How To Train Your Dragon

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Movie Madness Podcast Episode 568: All Time To Talk Bond

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski) — Mon, 9 Jun 2025 17:38:53 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski go over the history of Sidney Lumet’s version of The Wiz. They look over the failed attempt to tell the story of Air America and the ridiculous entry into the cyber-thriller canon known for anything but the hacking. Then they go through a new set upgrading the original Sean Connery James Bond films and how they compare to the other versions throughout the years.

For more James Bond talk go back to this episode with the great Sergio Mims talking about No Time To Die and his personal relationship to this iconic character.

2:00 - Criterion (The Wiz 4K)

21:09 - Lionsgate (Air America 4K)

31:09 - Arrow (Swordfish 4K)

43:56 - WB (Sean Connery 007 4K)

1:22:11 New Theatrical & TV Titles on Blu-ray) (A Working Man, Drop, Borderline, In the Lost Lands, The Friend, Dexter - Original Sin: Season One, The Creep Tapes: Season One)

1:26:26 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Movie Madness Episode 567: You Must Have Seen Her…And That…Again.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 6 Jun 2025 22:08:05 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy go from the comically violent travails of adoptive parents Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells (I Don’t Understand You) to yet another exorcism film with Al Pacino and Dan Stevens (The Ritual). The creature that once stalked Schwarzenegger now gets animated (Predator: Killer of Killers) and a shark-loving serial killer leads to a cat-and-mouse battle on a boat (Dangerous Animals). Wes Anderson delivers his latest (The Phoenician Scheme), Mike Flanagan adapts another Stephen King novella (The Life of Chuck) and the World of John Wick gets a little bigger (Ballerina). Find out what is worth your time.

1:47 - I Don't Understand You

13:20 - The Ritual

25:13 - Predator: Killer of Killers

35:43 - Dangerous Animals

44:39 - The Phoenician Scheme

57:00 - The Life of Chuck

1:10:29 - Ballerina

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Movie Madness Episode 566: Don’t Forget The Beatles White Album Or The Hot Fat

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 Jun 2025 20:01:01 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through another week of physical media. This week you can include masterworks from Paul Schrader, Terry Gilliam and Jonathan Demme on your shelves. There are also underrated works from George Romero and Mel Brooks as well as career work from Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. They talk about the oddness that ranges from Linda Blair on skates to Dennis Quaid as an infamous singer plus the one Sam Peckinpah film you may want to watch alone first.

2:52 - Criterion (Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters 4K, Brazil 4K)

22:27 - Cinematographe (Swimming to Cambodia)

29:49 - Sandpiper (Roller Boogie, Great Balls of Fire, Malice, Life Stinks, Leaving Las Vegas)

1:15:47 - Shout Factory (Monkey Shines 4K, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 4K)

1:40:54 - New Theatrical Titles & TV on Blu-ray (The Ballad of Wallis Island, Opus, Freaky Tales, When Evil Lurks, Doctor Who - Jon Pertwee: The Complete Season One)

1:43:21 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Movie Madness Podcast Episode 565: Sweep the Leg. Hard. All Of Them!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 30 May 2025 19:40:13 +0000

Six films are on the slate this week for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They include a pair of documentaries about the making of The Day After (Television Event) and the frontman for U2 in a filmed version of his stage show (Bono: Stories of Surrender). A puppeteer must transition to samurai in the Old West (Tornado) while a group of billionaires struggle with the dangerous implications of one of their businesses (Mountainhead). The directors of Talk To Me deliver their latest bit of horror (Bring Her Back) while Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio team up for a new protégé (Karate Kid: Legends).

1:21 - Television Event

10:10 - Bono: Stories of Surrender

18:57 - Tornado

27:42 - Mountainhead

37:46 - Bring Her Back

50:25 - Karate Kid: Legends

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Movie Madness Podcast: Episode 564: You Won’t Get Munson’d By The Bottoms Ladies

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 26 May 2025 17:47:48 +0000

It’s a funny week for physical media. In that there are some tremendously funny movies in the mix but also some landmarks to put in your library. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through the work of Charles Burnett and the singular film by Kerry Conran. They take you through the multiple versions of a Ridley Scott epic, perhaps the best of the Musketeers films and the weird backstory of an SNL sequel. Warner Archive has a couple of biopics named after songs as well as Al Pacino’s Oscar-winning role. A collection of Audie Murphy titles are followed up with a conversation of one of the 1980s’ cable staples re-written by John Hughes. Finally, two of the best comedies of the past 30 years should be a double feature that everyone listening should want to make an evening out of.

1:35 - Criterion (Killer of Sheep 4K, The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers 4K)

18:16 - Disney (Kingdom of Heaven 4K)

28:06 - Warner Archive (Lean on Me, La Vie en Rose)

40:39 - IFC (Love Crime)

44:22 - Shout (Scent of a Woman 4K, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 4K)

1:02:22 - Kino (Audie Murphy Collection IV, Nate & Hayes, Wayne’s World 2 4K, Kingpin 4K, Bottoms)

1:58:29 - New TV on Blu-ray (Outlander Season 7, Yellowstone Season 5)

1:59:56 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 561: Death, Dogs And Tim Robinson Come For Us All

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 17 May 2025 12:44:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to the review beat after a couple weeks off at the Chicago Critics Film Festival. Erik looks at a bunch of influencers terrorized by feral dogs (A Breed Apart) and the story that inspired a cult body horror film (The Darkside of Society). Steve looks at an influential moment for the hearing impaired (Deaf President Now) and The Weeknd’s self-indulgent vanity project (Hurry Up Tomorrow). They also offer thoughts on a pair of films chosen for their festival including the strange transformation of a woman in an arranged marriage (Sister Midnight) and Tim Robinson trying to get a little too close to Paul Rudd (Friendship). Finally its been 14 years since Death has come-a-callin’. Could Final Destination: Bloodlines be the best of the franchise?

1:32 – A Breed Apart

9:28 - Deaf President Now!

15:23 – The Darkside of Society

22:58 - Hurry Up Tomorrow

33:37 - Sister Midnight

41:11 - Friendship

54:59 - Final Destination: Bloodlines

1:07:03 - Outro

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Episode 560: There’s A Crack In The Planet (And The Doll Case)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:32:00 +0000

After a week off for The Chicago Critics Film Festival, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski return to get you up to date on the latest in physical media world. They include one of the great musicals and a landmark in 60s cinema. Disney upgrades one of their animated hits before its live-action counterpart hits theater. See the film Robert Zemeckis made in-between shooting Cast Away. There is plenty of sleaze thanks to Pete Walker and Wings Hauser and a reunion of Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep. There is disaster sci-fi and upgrades for two of the all-time great horror films, one of them you may still have never gotten around to seeing.

1:53 - Criterion (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 4K, In the Heat of the Night 4K, Room 666/999)

16:25 - Disney (Lilo and Stitch 4K)

19:49 - Fun City (Falling in Love)

24:09 - Shout Factory (What Lies Beneath 4K)

30:36 - MVD (Tunnel Vision)

36:52 - Kino (Crack in the World, Pete Walker Crime Collection, Vice Squad)

58:18 - Arrow (The Andromeda Strain 4K)

1:06:39 - Lionsgate (May)

1:16:22 - Ignite (Re-Animator 4K)

1:33:02 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Dune Prophecy 4K, Landman: Season One, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Captain America: Brave New World, Mickey 17, Black Bag, Better Man, The End, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy)

1:35:38 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Adventures of Antoine Doinel, The (4K)

All We Imagine as Light

Carnal Knowledge (4K)

Chungking Express (4K)

How To Get Ahead In Advertising (4K)

In the Heat of the Night (4K)

Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring: Two Films by Claude Berri

Killer of Sheep (4K)

Midnight

Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (4K)

Prince of Broadway

Room 666 / Room 999

Some Like It Hot (4K)

Sorcerer (4K)

Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (4K)

Three Musketeers, The / The Four Musketeers (4K)

Ugetsu (4K)

Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (4K)

Wind Will Carry Us, The

Withnail and I (4K)

Wiz, The (4K)

You Can Count On Me (4K)

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Episode 559: Thunderbolts*

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 2 May 2025 17:56:00 +0000

Marvel is hoping for both a critical and financial reboot with their latest summer opener and Erik Childress is joined once again by comic book expert, Erik Laws, to discuss. Laws delves into the history of the Thunderbolts and various incarnations in the comics. They talk about what they enjoyed about the film as well as elements that fell flat. A lot of credit goes to a pair of key performances in the film as Marvel banks on audiences responding to themes of alienation and depression in place of just the usual comic book action. Is that enough to make the film a cut above the post-Endgame era?

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Episode 558: It’s Rider’s Name Was Death

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:36:00 +0000

After weeks of light lineups in the physical media world, the end of April explores with a variety of titles that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to guide you through. They include Sean Baker bookends from Criterion, blaxploitation and films from Russ Meyer. You got journeys to the Bermuda triangle and the gates of hell not to mention bullets and betrayal. Bill Murray enters the army and Michael Keaton goes to rehab. Plus Clint Eastwood has a trio of his films get the 4K upgrade.

1:52 - Criterion (Basquiat 4K, Prince of Broadway, Anora 4K)

18:09 – Warner Archive (Lili, Three the Hard Way, Clean and Sober)

33:23 - Arrow (V-Cinema Essentials)

36:53 - Grindhouse (The Beyond 4K)

45:10 - Severin (Night Train Murders 4K, Motorpsycho 4K, Up! 4K)

1:07:32 - Kino (The Bermuda Triangle, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead)

1:21:47 - Shout (Timecop 4K)

1:27:44 - Sony (Stripes 4K, Gandhi 4K)

1:39:44 - Warner (Dirty Harry 4K, The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K, Pale Rider 4K)

2:02:36 – New TV on Blu-ray (The Wacky Races: The Complete Series, Star Trek: Section 31, Rick and Morty: The Anime)

2:04:07 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Birth/Rebirth, Last Breath, Paddington in Peru, The Visitor)

2:06:09 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

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Episode 557: More Than One Foot In The Grave

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 11:47:00 +0000

Before taking off for the upcoming Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 2-8) which they program, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review nine movies this week. They include the latest from Francois Ozon (When Fall Is Coming) and a Jim Henson-like fantasy from A24 (The Legend of Ochi). Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan make for unique investigators of a kidnapping (Neighborhood Watch) and a new video game adaptation is decidedly less unique (Until Dawn). Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi have secrets in the 1950s (On Swift Horses) and we take a trip through the careers of one of the most famous comedy teams of all-time (Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie). David Cronenberg takes us on a conspiratorial meditation on grief and death (The Shrouds) while Gareth Evans has Tom Hardy deliver so much death (Havoc) and, nine years later, Ben Affleck’s lethal autistic numbers cruncher returns with bro Jon Bernthal (The Accountant 2).

2:56 - When Fall Is Coming

9:44 - Neighborhood Watch

15:08 – The Legend of Ochi

19:42 - Havoc

33:46 - Until Dawn

41:19 - On Swift Horses

52:58 - Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

1:06:30 - The Shrouds

1:19:35 - The Accountant 2

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Episode 556: Sneaking Around Target And The Old West

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:19:00 +0000

Another light week for physical media but a fun one – especially for those nostalgic for the early ‘90s. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about Criterion’s upgrade of a multi-part French masterpiece from the ‘80s. They share thoughts on The Most Dangerous Game riff that got snakebit by real-world tragedies and Covid. Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase try to prevent the assassination of the pope. No, not that one. One of the late Val Kilmer’s most iconic performances gets the 4K upgrade. The duo also share their fondness for one of the most entertaining comic thriller team-ups of the era and discuss the history of the movie John Hughes tried to take his name off while Erik lent his name to the commentary track on the Blu-ray.

1:55 - Criterion (Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring 4K)

8:41 - Shout (The Hunt 4K)

13:54 - Kino (Foul Play 4K, Sneakers 4K, Career Opportunities 4K)

53:08 - Disney (Tombstone 4K)

1:06:03 - New TV On Blu-ray (Cheyenne: The Complete Series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Complete Franchise, Hysteria: Season One)

1:09:15 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 555: I Want Your Blood And I Want Your Souls

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:52:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight movie reviews this week including revisiting one of their favorites from Sundance, a twisted alternate version of Cinderella (The Ugly Stepsister). Steve looks at another cabin-in-the-woods-horror (Call of the Void), a documentary about drummers (Count Me In) and Catherine Deneuve as Beradette Chirac (The President’s Wife). Erik looks at Severance’s Britt Lower as a lonely librarian (Darkest Miriam) and Steve checks out the four-year art project of a group of squatters (Secret Mall Apartment). Ang Lee’s landmark LBGTQ film gets a 21st century remake (The Wedding Banquet) and Ryan Coogler blends the Jim Crow south with vampires (Sinners).

0:00 - Intro

2:22 - The Ugly Stepsister

12:11 - Call of the Void

18:16 - Count Me In

24:07 - Darkest Miriam

30:22 - The President's Wife

36:11 - The Wedding Banquet

47:05 - Secret Mall Apartment

57:24 - Sinners

1:20:36 - Outro

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Episode 554: Instincts, Informants & Iwo Jima

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:36:00 +0000

It’s been a little light out there for titles in physical media world but this week has no shortage of interesting ones and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk you through them. They include one of Wong-Kar Wai’s most remembered films and John Sayles’ foray into studio filmmaking in the ‘80s. John Wayne goes to war and then later goofs off with John Ford. There are new 4K editions of two of Steven Soderbergh’s films plus one of Abel Ferrara’s more treasured crime dramas. Then the pair wade into the controversies and legacy of Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct.

1:49 - Criterion (Chungking Express 4K)

7:57 - Kino (Sands of Iwo Jima 4K, Donovan’s Reef 4K)

18:33 - Fun City (Baby, It’s You)

27:21 – Lions Gate (King of New York 4K, Basic Instinct 4K)

56:04 – Warner Bros. (The Good German 4K, The Informant 4K)

1:14:19 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Heart Eyes)

1:16:53 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 553: All’s Fair In Love And War

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:59:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven movies to talk about this week. They range from a documentary about one of the music world’s most talked about relationships (One to One: John & Yoko) and an animated story of Jesus told through the mouth of Dickens (The King of Kings). The Michaels – Cera & Angarano – go on a road trip (Sacramento) and Stephen Dorff tries to go legit in the Old West (Gunslingers). The director of Happy Death Day presents the world’s worst first date (Drop) and CIA analyst Rami Malek tries to avenge his wife (The Amateur). Finally, Alex Garland takes us back into war in real time along with Ray Mendoza who lived it (Warfare).

0:00 - Intro

3:27 - One to One: John & Yoko

12:25 – The King of Kings

25:59 - Sacramento

36:14 - Gunslingers

46:11 - Drop

56:39 – The Amateur

1:09:07 – Warfare

1:20:19 - Outro

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Episode 552: Some Sweat When The Heat Is On

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:20:00 +0000

Another light week for physical media but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have you covered with one of the greatest comedies of all time and one of Peter Sellers’ overlooked gems. There is film noir, a sorority massacre and a pair of films covered on The Friendship Dilemma podcast. They include Ryan Reynolds in the friend zone with Amy Smart and Shane Black getting paid to make Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson his mismatched mystery partners.

0:00 - Intro

3:59 - Criterion (Some Like It Hot 4K)

15:06 - Kino (I’m All Right, Jack / Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXV)

33:01 - Shout (Sorority House Massacre 4K)

39:50 - Warner Archive (Just Friends)

48:04 - Arrow (The Long Kiss Goodnight 4K)

1:03:44 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 551: With Friends Like These Who Needs A Ballad?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 4 Apr 2025 22:25:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have reviews of eight new movies this week. They revisit one of the best films they saw at Sundance this year (The Ballad of Wallis Island) while Erik handles this week’s latest video game adaptation (A Minecraft Movie). Public domain puts Steamboat Willie into horror (Screamboat) and how do they like dem apple on dat head (William Tell). Michael Shannon directs the aftermath of a school shooting (Eric Larue) and Paul Walter Hauser plays the infamous Press Your Luck champion (The Luckiest Man In America). The directors of Half Nelson and Captain Marvel make an ‘80s anthology (Freaky Tales) and, finally, Naomi Watts and a Great Dane grieve over the loss of Bill Murray (The Friend).

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - The Ballad of Wallis Island

10:44 - A Minecraft Movie

21:11 - Screamboat

32:11 - William Tell

39:53 - Eric Larue

53:40 - The Luckiest Man in America

1:10:14 - Freaky Tales

1:18:29 - The Friend

1:30:30 - Outro

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Episode 550: Ugetsu Everybody

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:28:00 +0000

If you missed a number of recent films in theaters then this is really the Blu-ray week for you. Beyond those, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski still have some titles for you to consider if you can’t get enough of Nicholas Hoult in vampire films or you really like those new digital shorts on SNL. There’s also the tale of graverobbers that took their work a little too far, an obscure relationship melodrama from the 1940s and an influential ghost story set against the backdrop of the Japanese Civil Wars.

0:00 - Intro

1:50 - Criterion (Ugetsu 4K)

8:22 - Film Masters (Lighthouse)

16:38 - Kino (Burke and Hare (1972))

22:07 - Shout (Renfield 4K, Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain)

33:54 - TV (Superman and Lois: The Complete Series)

34:26 - NEW (Companion, A Complete Unknown, Mufasa: The Lion King, Dog Man, Flight Risk, Into the Deep, Love Me, Love Hurts, One of Them Days,)

49:36 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 549: Hackman And The Deadly Wonder Women

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:34:00 +0000

Blu-rays, 4Ks, physical media galore this week as Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through another week. They include upgrades of a great Gene Hackman film and another from Alan Rudolph by Criterion. There’s early work from Rudolph Valentino and the late George Armitage. Horror goes from brain-inhabiting slugs to a black mamba, child murders, cannibalism and eating the rich. There’s also a pair of Chris Farley/David Spade films and a trio of deadly women including Ursula Andress, Kathleen Hughes and the immortal Lynda Carter.

0:00 - Intro

1:54 - Criterion (Night Moves 4K, Choose Me 4K)

21:23 - Warner Archive (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Hit Man)

32:05 - Shout Factory (Shaw Brothers Vol. 6, Night of the Creeps 4K)

41:19 - Blue Underground (Venom 4K)

50:56 - Arrow (Don’t Torture a Duckling 4K)

58:36 - Severin (Delicatessen 4K, Antiviral 4K)

1:09:48 - Paramount (Tommy Boy 4K)

1:15:42 - Kino (Black Sheep 4K, The Glass Web 3D, The 10th Victim, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw)

1:33:55 – New TV on Blu-ray (Magilla Gorilla: The Complete Series, Star Trek: Lower Decks - The Complete Series)

1:35:18 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Brutalist 4K, Babygirl 4K, Memoir of a Snail)

1:37:38 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 548: Hi Ho! Alto! It’s Off To Eephus We Go!!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:56:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy have nine movies for you this week. It all starts by hitting the way back machine for their 2023 review of a Sundance film delayed by the controversy over its star (Magazine Dreams). There is also an apocalyptic musical fantasy (O’Dessa) and Bill Skarsgard is trapped in Anthony Hopkins’ fancy car (Locked). Sci-fi goes two ways with the bloody aftermath of an astronaut colony (Ash) and the process future couples go through to have a baby (The Assessment). Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo form a surrogate parental friendship (Bob Trevino Likes It). One of the great baseball movies is out there just in time for the season (Eephus). Robert DeNiro plays dual roles as real-life mobsters for Barry Levinson (The Alto Knights) and the Disney live-action remake machine churns out its latest (Snow White).

0:00 - Intro

1:46 - Magazine Dreams

18:06 - O'Dessa

26:09 - Locked

36:49 - Eephus

48:56 - Bob Trevino Likes It

59:18 - Ash

1:09:06 - The Assessment

1:22:00 - The Alto Knights

1:32:26 - Snow White

1:51:28 - Outro

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Episode 547: The 2025 SXSW Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:19:00 +0000

Erik Childress has been traveling to Austin for over 20 years for the annual South by Southwest Film Festival. He is back to tell you all about 19 films that he saw this year. Among the films you can see soon are the return of Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively to the world of simple favor. Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega trying to survive the revenge of a unicorn and Nicolas Cage battles some territorial Australians. Hopefully audiences won’t have to wait too long to see the solo directorial debut of Jay Duplass or the latest from Matt Johnson that pays homage to the world of Robert Zemeckis and Rosamund Pike & Matthew Rhys desperately try to get to the scene of their daughter’s accident, Daisy Ridley has to dodge zombies and a pair of brothers take a leisurely stroll through San Francisco with their guitars in a single take. There are documentaries about Curtis Mayfield, Marc Maron, the horrors and fascism in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting and what to do when an A.I. Pioneer won’t answer your questions. Erik reviews all that plus Michael Bay’s parkour documentary in this recap of one of his favorite festivals.

0:00 – Intro

2:02 – Another Simple Favor

5:08 – Hallow Road

8:27 – Brother Verses Brother

11:19 – The Dutchman

14:03 – Death of a Unicorn

18:51 – American Sweatshop

22:18 – Uvalde Mom

25:22 – Forge

28:10 – We Bury the Dead

31:25 – Nirvanna the Band the Show – The Movie

35:59 – Deepfaking Sam Altman

39:40 – The Baltimorons

45:02 – For Worse

49:21 – The Surfer

53:14 – The Makings of Curtis Mayfield

54:27 – Make It Look Real

57:07 – Caper

59:50 – We Are Storror

1:03:59 – Are We Good?

1:07:02 - Outro

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Episode 546: Light A Candle And You Will See Baked Beans

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:51:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to get you caught up on a couple weeks of new physical media. They include drama from Charlie Chaplin and Michael Mann’s feature debut. Godzilla returns as does the creepy Roger Corman sci-fi of the early ‘80s. Renny Harlin brings the sharks, Skippy from Family Ties battles a heavy metal killer and Peter reminds us of another piece of ‘80s horror that some parents would like to forget. There is also more weirdness including Steve Allen studying sex, John Travolta investigating sex and Eddie Murphy brought in to save a comedy. All that might be nothing compared to the visualization of The Who’s rock opera brought to life by Ken Russell.

0:00 - Intro

2:11 - Criterion (A Woman of Paris, Thief 4K, Godzilla vs Biollante 4K)

18:53 - Arrow (Deep Blue Sea 4K)

27:08 - Kino (College Confidential, The Godsend, Best Defense, The General’s Daughter 4K, The Black Tulip, Half a Chance)

58:46 - Sony (Bon Voyage)

1:03:57 - Synapse (Trick or Treat 4K)

1:13:01 - Shout (Forbidden World 4K, Tommy 4K)

1:40:27 – New TV on Blu-ray (The Penguin 4K, The Last of Us 4K, Tulsa King Season 2)

1:45:38 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Wildcat, Moana 2 4K, Wolf Man 4K)

1:48:00 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 545: No Pain, Yes Black Bag

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:40:00 +0000

Movie reviews continue on the show with seven new releases this week. Steve Prokopy looks at the chaos of a young woman and her Zambian family (On Becoming a Guinea Fowl) while Samara Weaving plays a pop star dealing with a stalker (Borderline). John Malkovich is another pop star whom Ayo Edebiri discovers may be part of a cult (Opus). Daffy Duck and Porky Pig try to save the world from zombies and aliens (The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie) while Chris Pratt and Millie Bobbie Brown live in a world of robots (The Electric State). Jack Quaid can feel no pain while trying to rescue his girlfriend (Novocaine) and Steven Soderbergh gives us Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender as married spies (Black Bag).

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

9:04 - Borderline

16:14 – The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

23:41 – The Electric State

36:24 - Opus

50:17 - Novocaine

1:03:08 - Black Bag

1:14:59 - Outro

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Episode 544: From Las Piedras To Nearly Peru

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 3 Mar 2025 20:57:00 +0000

Physical media never takes a week off but sometimes they sleep in a little. Such as this light week that has Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress starting off with a stone-cold classic thriller from Criterion upgraded to 4K. Kino has more film noir, a double feature with Agatha Christie AND Bert I. Gordon plus the terrifying presence of Klaus Kinski as a Nazi. There’s an animated cat who gives massages and everyone’s favorite bear in a rain slicker.

0:00 - Intro

6:53 - Criterion (The Wages of Fear 4K)

13:32 - Kino (Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIV, Crawlspace, Endless Night/Picture Mommy Dead 4K)

34:56 - Shout (Ghost Cat Anzu)

39:21 - Warner (Paddington 2 4K)

43:41 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Gladiator II, Red One, Kraven the Hunter, Den of Thieves 2, The Count of Monte Cristo)

52:36 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 543: Don’t Hold Your Breath

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:21:00 +0000

Another light week of releases, but are any of them good? Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy talk you through five of them including a documentary on a better person in charge of the Washington Post (Becoming Katharine Graham). Ed Harris factors into two releases this week including a woman manifestsing her PTSD through her fellow soldier (My Dead Friend Zoe) and a crime comedy with an all-star cast (Riff Raff). There is also a bitcoin hostage thriller (Cold Wallet) and an underwater true story that the filmmaker has re-made from their own documentary (Last Breath).

0:00 - Intro

1:56 - Becoming Katharine Graham

7:24 - My Dead Friend Zoe

16:28 - Cold Wallet

22:37 - Riff Raff

32:17 - Last Breath

46:52 - Outro

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Episode 542: Why Is Everything Controversial?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:33:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski run down titles you can get on physical media this week and, not gonna lie, there’s a lot of baggage. There’s the Mick Jagger film that say on the shelf for two years along with Lindsay Lohan’s collaboration with Paul Schrader and William Friedkin’s infamous Al Pacino murder mystery set within the gay community. Not to mention John Wayne playing Genghis Khan and the poor timing for an Eric Red horror film. But even controversy can be put aside for cinema sunshine. You can now get Milos Forman’s Mozart film in its original theatrical incarnation. Maybe you don’t even remember the issue parents had with one of the loveliest coming-of-age films of the ‘90s. And why would you say anything controversial about Carol Reed’s masterpiece? All that plus Guillermo Del Toro’s debut and the genius of poking fun at documentaries on this week’s Blu-ray show.

0:00 – Intro

3:13 - Criterion (Performance 4K, Cronos 4K)

22:43 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Joy of Sex, Virtuosity 4K, The Canyons)

48:18 - Arrow (Cruising 4K)

1:05:54 - Kino (The Conqueror, Graveyard Shift 4K, Body Parts 4K)

1:24:14 - Sony (My Girl 4K)

1:37:39 - LionsGate (The Third Man 4K)

1:44:22 - Warner (Amadeus 4K)

1:55:51 – New Television on Blu-ray (Noble House, Documentary Now: The Complete Series)

2:01:01 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Hard Truths)

2:05:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 541: Not Shocked By The Monkey

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:23:00 +0000

It’s a light week for movies so Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy work with what they have with four titles that you may or may not want to work with. They include a new Chicago horror film from director Mickey Keating (Invader). Daisy Ridley is a window washer who goes from pane to McClane when eco-terrorists take over her building (Cleaner). Christoph Waltz is an aging hitman with a protégé (Old Guy). Finally, Osgood Perkins is back with a Stephen King adaptation where things do not go well for anybody. (The Monkey)

0:00 - Intro

2:22 - Invader

9:26 - Cleaner

22:19 - Old Guy

31:00 - The Monkey

45:19 - Outro

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Episode 540: Lighten Up, Frances & Zuckerberg

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:26:00 +0000

It’s physical media time with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guiding you through this week’s releases which includes a pair of late indie staples from the ‘80s now in 4K. There’s a pair of John Candy comedies from the same decade, Burt Reynolds directing a comedy about suicide and one about the life of Frances Farmer. Pick your poison in Richard Dreyfuss directing porn (within the movie) and the unspeakable horrors of Roger Corman mutant rapists. Keanu Reeves is a demon hunter and David Fincher gets upgrades for his underrated B-movie thriller and the origin story of another demon.

0:00 - Intro

2:37 - Criterion (Crossing Delancey 4K, Drugstore Cowboy 4K)

19:24 - Kino (Summer Rental, Uncle Buck 4K, Frances)

41:13 - MGM (Inserts, The End, Uptown Girls)

1:01:51 - Shout (Humanoids from the Deep 4K)

1:13:16 - Warner (Constantine 4K)

1:21:52 - Sony (Panic Room 4K, The Social Network 4K)

1:41:21 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Last Summer, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Nosferatu, The Order, September 5, Weekend at Taipei)

1:46:15 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 539: Mad About The Boy And The Bear

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:08:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to regular reviewing duties this week and they put a nine-spot on the board. There are a pair of documentaries involving Sly Stone (Sly Lives) and the Zep (Becoming Led Zeppelin). The director of Saint Frances & Ghostlight shows the horror of being a doctor (Rounding) while a young woman involved in one night stands may have been literally ghosted (The Dead Thing). Paolo Sorrentino has another tale of beauty (Parthenope) while Miles Teller & Anya Taylor-Joy snipe themselves into each other’s hearts fighting monsters (The Gorge). Then it’s a week of sequels including a continuation of Renee Zellweger’s beloved character (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy), everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving bear (Paddington In Peru) and the tale of a new Captain and a new President (Captain America: Brave New World).

0:00 – Intro

1:13 - Becoming Led Zeppelin

7:54 - Rounding

17:02 - Sly Lives!

23:00 - The Dead Thing

32:25 - Parthenope

39:22 - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

55:43 - The Gorge

1:06:50 - Paddington in Peru

1:15:46 - Captain America: Brave New World

1:31:08 - Outro

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Episode 538: Captain America: Brave New World

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:25:00 +0000

The next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is here and so is comic book expert Erik Laws to talk with Erik Childress on how it plays out. Does it follow through on some of the ideas raised by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or is it merely just continuing a story most many have forgotten about? Laws fills in the blanks left by the treatment of Shira Haas’ Widow and the remnants of the Serpent Society. Is this a genuine new beginning for the Universe or does it continue the rut that has befallen the MCU since Endgame.

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Episode 537: Nobody Wants To See Your Lear, Dude!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:49:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski bring you this week’s physical media roundup which includes a great upgrade for the family involving a cat and a mouse. Horror fans get some 4K upgrades from four different decades. Film Noir gets several different takes including through the mind of Woody Allen. A legendary black filmmaker championed over the years by Sergio Mims gets his whole collection. There are early appearances by Sam Elliott, Sean Penn and John Cusack along with a reappraisal of a current Oscar contender. A more positive reappraisal has been happening for years with a Shane Black film now in 4K and Peter takes us down the rabbit hole of the time Jean-Luc Godard made a Shakespeare adaptation for Cannon Films.

0:00 – Intro

3:09 - Criterion (King Lear)

17:26 - Warner Archive (Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection)

21:31 – Warner Bros. (The Nice Guys 4K)

30:18 - Kino (Oscar Micheaux: The Complete Collection, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIII (Rope of Sand / Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye / Never Love a Stranger), Play It Again Sam, Hot Pursuit)

57:11 - Fun City (Lifeguard, Racing with the Moon)

1:08:50 - Universal (Conclave 4K)

1:13:42 - Arrow (Alice Sweet Alice 4K)

1:22:52 - Shout Factory (Galaxy of Terror 4K, Ghosts of Mars 4K, The Last Voyage of the Demeter 4K)

1:35:21 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 536: The 2025 Sundance Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 9 Feb 2025 17:19:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return after more than a week in Park City plus virtual screenings for this year’s Sundance Film Festival and they are here to talk about 15 of their favorite films. They include a pair of body horror films about the terror of living happily ever after. There is also the horror of being a parent especially if you live next to the worst kind of Karen. Music plays a role in a lovely story about a washed-up folk singer and a lottery winner plus the heartbreaking tale of an artist taken away from us too quickly. There are more documentaries about the first deaf Oscar winner, teenagers who took on the environmental concerns of their community, the troubling legacy of To Catch a Predator and the consequences of delaying that colonoscopy. Audiences were treated to standout performances from Dylan O’Brien and the genuine discovery of the debut by a name to remember, Eva Victor. All that plus generational tales of Palestine and the building and rebuilding of America.

0:00 - Intro

5:44 – The Ugly Stepsister

11:03 – The Ballad of Wallis Island

16:16 – It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley

20:04 – Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

26:26 – The Perfect Neighbor

35:25 – Predators

43:04 – Twinless

48:33 – If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You

54:01 – Andre is an Idiot

57:48 – All That’s Left Of You

1:01:08 – Rebuilding

1:05:33 – Together

1:11:03 – Middletown

1:15:33 – Sorry, Baby

1:23:10 – Train Dreams

1:31:47 – More Sundance Mentions

1:34:29 - Outro

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Episode 535: My Eyes Are Up Here, Orca!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:33:00 +0000

After some time off for Sundance, Movie Madness returns to get you caught up on the latest and greatest in Blu-rays. Erik Childress talks to Peter Sobczynski about a couple 4K upgrades from Criterion for Paul Thomas Anderson and Anthony Mann. There are rom-coms with Cary Grant and Clark Gable while Al Pacino tries to find love with possibly a serial killer. They’ve got a possessed authoritarian in the White House (from 1933) and a killer whale on the loose. Music documentaries for Joan Jett and Joan Baez and one of Dario Argento’s best. But it all comes down to a remastered version of a butchered Michael Mann film and a trio of upgrades for one of the kings of sexploitation, Russ Meyer.

0:00 - Intro

2:48 - Criterion (Winchester ‘73 4K, Punch Drunk Love 4K)

19:34 - Warner Archive (Gabriel Over the White House)

26:40 - Kino (Houseboat, Teacher’s Pet, Shout at the Devil, Orca 4K, Sea of Love 4K, W***e)

1:09:47 - Magnolia (Bad Reputation, Joan Baez I am a Noise)

1:15:25 - Severin (Opera 4K, Vixen 4K, Supervixens 4K, Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens 4K)

1:56:33 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Keep 4K)

2:10:53 – New TV on Blu-ray: (House: Complete Series, Quantum Leap (2022): Complete Series, Frankenstein Jr. And the Impossibles: Complete Series, Wait Til Your Father Gets Home: Complete Series, Twin Peaks Z to A)

2:15:52 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (The Coffee Table, Hundreds of Beavers, Juror #2, A Real Pain, Werewolves, Wicked)

2:16:37 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 534: Mom, Can I Get The New Delfonics Tape?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:04:00 +0000

Some great titles in physical media this week and Erik Childress is joined by Peter Sobczynski to convince you to pick them up. They include a great modern con artist noir from Criterion and a lost film from Paul Bartel. The ‘70s bring us some sexploitation horror and Sherlock Holmes hunts Jack the Ripper while the ’80s gave us one of the most unique and divisive slasher films. Peter goes to bat for a pair of 4K upgrades from John Carpenter and Tarsem. Finally, there is a trio of new 4Ks from Quentin Tarantino that includes one of Peter’s favorite films and one of Erik’s favorite music cues.

0:00 - Intro

2:16 – Criterion (The Grifters 4K)

15:30 - Liberation Hall (Shelf Life)

26:29 - Kino (Fade-In, Invasion of the Bee Girls, Murder by Decree 4K, April Fool’s Day 4K)

58:57 - Shout Factory (John Carpenter’s Vampires 4K)

1:06:57 - Arrow (The Cell 4K)

1:19:45 - Lionsgate (Jackie Brown 4K, Kill Bill Vol. 1 4K, Kill Bill Vol 2 4K)

1:39:44 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Here, The Return, Rumours, Smile 2, The Substance, Venom: The Last Dance)

1:44:00 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 533: His Hair Was Not Perfect

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:46:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at eight new movies this week including a unique documentary that combines a video game with Shakespeare (Grand Theft Hamlet). Julia Stiles makes her directorial debut with a romantic weepie (Wish You Were Here) and a locksmith goes on a wild evening (Night Call). Scott Eastwood and Willa Fitzgerald play spies who go off the grid and are sucked back into duty (Alarum) while Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz play spies who go off the grid and are sucked back into duty (Back in Action). There is the tale of the newsroom covering the terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympics (September 5) and a raunchy hangout film with Keke Palmer and SZA (One Of Them Days). Finally, Leigh Whannell continues the alterna-Dark Universe with a new take on a classic Universal monster (Wolf Man).

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - Grand Theft Hamlet

10:01 - Wish You Were Here

17:08 - Night Call

22:38 - Alarum

29:58 - Back In Action

42:07 - September 5

52:31 - One of Them Days

1:00:30 - Wolf Man

1:18:39 - Outro

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Bonus Episode: Awards Madness 2024 (Part 5 – Nomination Predictions)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:01:00 +0000

The final pieces are in place as BAFTA and the Producers/Writers Guilds have unveiled their nominations. That means its time to give it a whirl at what the final Oscar lists are going to look like. Just how much did the BAFTAs influence the acting categories. Did the Writer’s Guild really make a difference in predicting screenplays when half of them were disqualified? If the Producers Guild holds about an 80% predictability rate, which two films get left off? Erik Childress looks at no less than eight films that could be vying for one final Best Picture slot. While he feels confident in the other nine nominees, there is also the potential for an epic bunch of so-called snubbing in all the categories.

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Episode 532: What’s In The Blu-Ray Box?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:02:00 +0000

Physical media is still here in 2025! Like every other year. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are back to run through the new releases with you. They include a pair of upgraded Kurosawas and Richard Pryor examining his life. John Turturro directs a musical, William Shatner does a horror film in Esperanto and the pair share some fondness for John Frankenheimer’s final film. You will hear about the film that was literally like pulling teeth for Erik while two of Brad Pitt’s best films get fantastic new packages.

0:00 - Intro

3:39 - Criterion (Yojimbo/Sanjuro 4K, The Mother and the W***e 4K, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling 4K)

21:55 - MGM (Romance and Cigarettes)

29:03 - Kino (That Funny Feeling, Reindeer Games 4K)

38:27 - Shout (Sanctum 4K)

45:49 - Arrow (Incubus 4K, Inglourious Basterds 4K)

1:06:56 - Warner (Seven 4K)

1:22:07 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Saturday Night, We Live in Time, Armor, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Sometimes I Think About Dying, My Name is Alfred Hitchcock)

1:25:34 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 531: Dammit Pantera, This Beer Is Warm!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:35:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back to start 2025 with reviews…of a lot of 2024 movies. Albeit ones opening wider across the country now. But there are also some brand new releases including documentaries on a film that never was (George A. Romero’s Resident Evil) and the songwriter who never wins an Oscar (Diane Warren: Relentless). Then a family is trapped amidst a pole reversal (Survive) and Adrien Brody tries to build a life in America (The Brutalist). Robbie Williams gets the musical biopic treatment as a chimpanzee (Better Man) while Julianne Moore & Tilda Swinton face a tough life together in Pedro Almodovar’s latest (The Room Next Door). Pamela Anderson finds herself aging out in Vegas (The Last Showgirl) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives one of the year’s best performances in the new film from Mike Leigh (Hard Truths). Finally, Gerard Butler returns as Big Nick to get the mastermind robber he lost the first time (Den of Thieves : Pantera).

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - George A. Romero’s Resident Evil

9:35 - Diane Warren: Relentless

18:26 - Survive

24:29 – The Brutalist

40:50 - Better Man

57:19 – The Room Next Door

1:06:20 – The Last Showgirl

1:20:06 - Hard Truths

1:28:18 - Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

1:44:45 - Outro

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Episode 530: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY?! (Chapter 10)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 9 Jan 2025 16:46:00 +0000

An annual tradition that goes back to the days of WHPK Radio at the University of Chicago where Erik Childress joined Sergio Mims to discuss all things movies and certainly physical media, Erik is now joined by Peter Sobczynski for it to endure. Each of them has chosen ten films that to this day remain only on DVD (or not at all) that they believe deserve the upgrade. There are films about the circus, about priests and prostitution, love triangles and the dark side of Hollywood. There is politics and courtrooms, games of skill, concerts and debuts in front of and behind the camera. Even if they kinda know the answer to the main question, this is a time for everyone to work together to bring these works of art (and even some lesser art) to a proper format so they can be preserved, protected and enjoyed for generations to come.

0:00 – Intro

3:14 – Peter’s 1st Title

12:03 – Erik’s 1st Title

18:56 – Peter’s 2nd Title

30:02 – Erik’s 2nd Title

36:07 – Peter’s 3rd Title

45:50 – Erik’s 3rd Title

50:55 – Peter’s 4th Title

1:02:05 – Erik’s 4th Title

1:09:15 – Peter’s 5th Title

1:20:05 – Erik’s 5th Title

1:26:33 – Peter’s 6th Title

1:35:56 – Erik’s 6th Title

1:45:20 – Peter’s 7th Title

1:59:31 – Erik’s 7th Title

2:07:27 – Peter’s 8th Title

2:19:15 – Erik’s 8th Title

2:27:56 – Peter’s 9th Title

2:36:06 – Erik’s 9th Title

2:43:05 – Peter’s 10th Title

2:56:38 – Erik’s 10th Title

3:01:52 - Outro

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Episode 529: The Best Films Of 2024

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 3 Jan 2025 20:38:00 +0000

What better way to kickoff 2025 than a look back at the some of the greatness of 2024. On this annual show, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy invite back Collin Souter so they can condense the entire year into the absolute best in their individual opinions. Only three films cracked all of their lists so there is a wide swath of analysis in a year that demanded it. Where is the common ground? What are the outliers? This is a great way to make your own lists on what to catch up on before we start doing it all again in the new year.

0:00 - Intro

4:01 – The Runners-up

17:09 – The Top Ten

1:19:45 – More Great Documentaries of 2024

1:23:26 – Special Best (and Worst) Categories for 2024

1:57:32 - Outro

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Bonus Episode: Awards Madness 2024 (Part 3)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

There will not be a lot of movement in the rankings through the end of the year. Not until we get into January when many of the major guilds and BAFTA add to the chorus of voices this awards season. So on this episode we look at why its unfortunate we have to consider the Critics Choice Association as one of those voices. For better or worse the numbers do factor in as many of the major races begin to take some shape. We will not be without surprises but Erik Childress offers some hope over worries that Marianne Jean-Baptiste might still be passed over for a nomination and he looks at the Oscar shortlists that were announced.

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Episode 527: Be The Master Of Your Blu-Ray Domain

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:27:00 +0000

One last physical media show for 2024 and still time to get those last-minute Christmas gifts. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through a bundle that includes two of the all-time masterpieces by John Ford and Francis Ford Coppola. Land is very much in the conversation from films by Ron Howard and Michael Winterbottom. There are aliens in the water, in the womb and something else aboard a submarine from WWII. We’ve got conspiracies, punks and missing thumbs plus the films of Steve De Jarnatt. John Wayne and Cary Grant in 4K plus a couple of solid Sylvester Stallone films including one from 50 years ago and another set in the future. Finally, one of the greatest TV shows of all-time gets the 4K upgrade it deserves as the duo recount some of their favorite episodes and moments from Seinfeld.

0:55 - Criterion (Evil Does Not Exist)

5:08 – Studio Canal (The Conversation 4K)

11:33 - Warner Archive (The Tall Target, Black Eye, Heavy Traffic)

20:33 - Sandpiper (The Lords of Flatbush, The Pope of Greenwich Village)

31:10 - Sony (The Talk of the Town 4K)

34:50 - Warner Bros. (The Searchers 4K)

43:33 - Kino (Hatari 4K, Cherry 2000, Miracle Mile, Internal Affairs 4K, Snake Eyes 4K, The Claim, The Beast Within, Below 4K)

1:38:42 - Shout Factory (Far and Away 4K, The Faculty 4K)

1:56:02 - Arrow (Demolition Man 4K)

2:09:46 – Seinfeld 4K

2:16:40 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray/DVD (Transformers One, Joker: Folie A Deux, Terrifier 3, Apartment 7A, Absolution, Piece by Piece, Sleep)

2:19:30 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 526: Carry On My Kraven Son

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 02:13:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy continue to wade into December’s offerings with nine new films on the slate. They include the directorial debut of Jack Huston (Day of the Fight) and Eva Green leading a team of female operatives against ISIS (Dirty Angels). The director of The Act of Killing does an apocalyptic musical (The End) while the daughter of a synthesizer inventor takes a joyous and complicated journey learning about her deceased father (Resynator). Paul Schrader takes his own trip through the life of a dying Richard Gere (Oh, Canada) while Angelina Jolie takes us through that of opera’s Callas (Maria). 46 years after Ralph Bakshi, Tolkien gets animated again (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim) or you can stay home and watch TSA agent Taron Egerton face off against terrorist Jason Bateman in an airport (Carry On). Finally, Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff anti-hero line of Marvel movies supposedly comes to an end (Kraven the Hunter).

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Day of the Fight

9:40 - Dirty Angels

16:40 - The End

24:31 - Resynator

32:35 - Oh, Canada

41:26 - Maria

53:09 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

59:47 - Carry On

1:12:01 - Kraven the Hunter

1:26:51 - Outro

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Bonus Episode: Awards Madness 2024 (Part 2)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:30:00 +0000

We continue our march through awards season madness as we look at a fresh batch of nominations and announcements that have started to part the clouds a little on how its all playing out. Thanks to LA, Chicago and even lesser on-the-level groups like the Golden Globes and the National Board of Review (whose statistics can nevertheless not be entirely denied) Erik Childress runs you down the current depth charts on the Big 8 categories which can certainly change week-to-week.

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Bonus Episode: Awards Madness 2024 (Part 1)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:54:00 +0000

The Movie Madness Podcast presents this bonus extension of the show with a dive into the 2024-25 awards season. A breakdown of the various groups with their victories and nominations in an effort to present an ongoing State-of-the-Race up until the final Oscar nominations on Jan. 17, 2025. Statistics, commentary and a running scoreboard are in store for you starting with announcements from the Gothams and the New York Film Critics. Strap in cause its going to be a ride.

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Episode 525: Get Some Blu-rays At The Gettin’ Place

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:52:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski continue to add to your Christmas carts with a variety of great gift ideas for the movie lovers in your life. They talk about the Coen Bros. big Oscar winner and Fellini’s most beloved film now both in 4K. Peter goes to bat for Abel Ferrara’s vampire tale and a Henry James adaptation from this year. Erik talks the 10th Anniversary of a Christopher Nolan film and offers some defense of Ron Howard’s collaboration with Geoge Lucas and Seth MacFarlane’s debut. A Martha Coolidge film that was part of the Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray series finally gets its due and a controversial 1980s horror film gets an upgrade. Finally Peter shows love to a rockin’ high school movie as well the Cracking Collection of Wallace & Gromit.

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Criterion (No Country for Old Men 4K, 8 1/2 4K, The Beast)

24:30 - Arrow (The Addiction 4K)

35:28 - Disney (Willow 4K)

46:39 - Paramount (Interstellar 4K)

1:00:11 - Kino (Rambling Rose, Daytime Revolution)

1:16:55 - Shout (Rock n Roll High School 4K, Ted 4K, Riddick 4K, Wallace and Gromit The Complete Cracking Collection 4K, Silent Night Deadly Night 4K)

2:11:25 – New Blu-ray Announcements

2:14:05 - Outro

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For just $1 a month (with the current first episode available for free) The Movie Madness Podcast presents this bonus extension of the show with a dive into the 2024-25 awards season. A breakdown of the various groups with their victories and nominations in an effort to present an ongoing State-of-the-Race up until the final Oscar nominations on Jan. 17, 2025. Statistics, commentary and a running scoreboard are in store for you starting with announcements from the Gothams and the New York Film Critics. Strap in cause its going to be a ride.

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Episode 524: It’s The End Of Our Worlds As We Know It

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 6 Dec 2024 22:22:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine films to talk about this week. They include Kyle Mooney’s take on the computer glitch of 1999 (Y2K) and what happens when a supermoon infects the world (Werewolves). Ralph Fiennes completes Homer’s odyssey (The Return) while Nick Frost just wants to take his family on vacation to see a scary Swedish tradition (Get Away). There is the true story of one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles (Unstoppable) and the drug-fueled scribblings of William Burroughs through the eyes of Daniel Craig (Queer). Jude Law gruffly goes after white supremacists in the 1980s (The Order).The potential end of the world is told without words and through animated animals (Flow) while Amy Adams may be turning into an animal in a film that tries to use all the words to define motherhood (Nightbitch).

0:00 - Intro

1:12 - Y2K

8:24 - Werewolves

18:22 – The Return

23:54 - Get Away

30:55 - Flow

38:32 - Unstoppable

50:48 - Queer

1:00:50 – The Order

1:12:19 - Nightbitch

1:23:02 – Next Week’s Movie

1:25:32 – Outro & Special Announcement

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Episode 523: Ed Wood, Goodbar, Wim, Werner & A Murder Of Kinskis

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 Dec 2024 23:35:00 +0000

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be gone but the physical media buying season is in full effect for the movie lovers in your life. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski go through the week’s offerings. Sure they include the infamous later films of Ed Wood have been unearthed along with a “Reefer Madness for the Sexual Revolution” plus a goofy Michael Crichton adaptation. But there are also masterpieces from Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog plus a pair of beloved horror and sci-fi comedies. Not to mention an overlooked film from Sam Raimi and the great pre-South Park musical from Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Criterion (Paris, Texas 4K)

10:28 - Shout Factory (Aguirre: The Wrath of God 4K, The Gift 4K)

22:04 - Kino (The Visit 4K)

30:05 - Sony (Legends of the Fall 4K)

34:43 - Paramount (Galaxy Quest 4K)

45:05 - Universal (Shaun of the Dead 4K Steelbook)

56:04 - Severin (Hard Wood, Scala)

1:07:38 - Vinegar Syndrome (Looking for Mr Goodbar 4K, Cannibal: The Musical 4K, Congo 4K)

1:29:38 – New TV & Theatrical On Blu-ray

1:33:16 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 522: Sail Away Without Moana, Santa or Nutcrackers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:39:00 +0000

It’s Thanksgiving week and the pickings are slim on the movie front. But Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy may have something for you to watch with the family. Hint that it involves a pair of music documentaries focusing on the arrival of Liverpool’s finest to the States (Beatles ’64) to the soothing sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s (Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary). You can also hear about the latest from David Gordon Green as Ben Stiller attends to his ill-behaved nephews (Nutcrackers) and the new film from the Farrelly Bros. involving Jack Black answering a young boy’s Christmas call as Satan (Dear Santa). Finally, Disney turns one of their beloved films into a series and then back into a theatrical sequel (Moana 2).

0:00 - Intro

1:20 - Beatles '64

8:25 - Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary

17:32 - Nutcrackers

29:20 - Dear Santa

38:07 - Moana 2

45:53 - Outro

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Episode 520: Who Wants To Get Glicked?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:31:00 +0000

It’s the week before Thanksgiving and there are some heavy-hitters in theaters and trio of new Netflix titles for those stay-at-home viewers. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy cover eight movies for you this week including a fascinating documentary on a woman who may have crafted the soundtrack to your life (The World According to Allee Willis) and another about a unique love affair involving music and mascots (Adrianne and the Castle). Sylvester Stallone tries to take Jason Patric’s armored car (Armor) while Thomasin McKenzie and Bill Nighy show you who the true mother and father of IVF were (Joy). Denzel Washington’s family adapts August Wilson (The Piano Lesson) and Alan Menken returns to score an all-star cast in a nifty Netflix animated film (Spellbound). Finally, it may not be Barbenheimer but Ridley Scott returns to Rome with a new vengeance (Gladiator II) and the first act of a Broadway sensation finally makes it to the big screen (Wicked: Part One).

0:00 - Intro

1:40 - The World According to Allee Willis

15:49 - Armor

23:03 - Adrianne and the Castle

32:40 - Joy

46:50 - The Piano Lesson

55:44 - Spellbound

1:03:04 - Gladiator II

1:19:04 – Wicked: Part One

1:41:31 - Outro

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Episode 519: Would That It Were So Simple

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:28:00 +0000

Christmas stockings should be filled with what is on the physical media slate this week. Erik Childress is joined by Peter Sobczynski to take you through everything including Barbra Streisand’s big Oscar win and one of the great adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. Great things come in threes including Clint Eastwood and the works of Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker. They also come in twos with Buster Keaton and the works of Jim Henson. Though speaking of three, Warner Bros. has one of the 4K trifectas of the year with a Mel Brooks classic, one of Hitchcock’s most purely entertaining and James Cameron’s legendary breakthrough. Finally not to dampen the holiday mood but the film that may just be Sam Raimi’s finest achievement with the great Bill Paxton gets a new 4K upgrade as well.

0:00 - Intro

1:24 – Criterion (Funny Girl 4K, Riyuichi Sakamoto: Opus)

10:46 – Sony (Little Women 4K)

15:55 – Kino (Seven Chances & Sherlock Jr, The Visitors, Two Mules for Sister Sara 4K, Play Misty for Me 4K, The Eiger Sanction 4K)

41:26 – Shout (Rush 4K, The Dark Crystal 4K, Labyrinth 4K)

1:04:16 – Paramount (ZAZ Collection 4K)

1:16:41 – Warner Bros. (Blazing Saddles 4K, North by Northwest 4K, The Terminator 4K)

1:48:27 – Arrow (A Simple Plan 4K)

2:03:28 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

2:10:56 – New Blu-ray Announcements!

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Episode 518: Rock, You’re Getting A Lump Of Coal

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 01:38:00 +0000

Mid-November and kind of a mid-week for releases, but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do have five reviews for you including a pair of documentaries on two icons in the film and music world (Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley). They look at the latest from Andrea Arnold (Bird) and try to look at the new musical from Jacques Audiard apart from its controversies (Emilia Perez). Finally, Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans team up to rescue Santa Claus from the Christmas Witch. Yes, really (Red One).

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

8:43 - Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

21:37 - Bird

29:54 - Emilia Perez

42:28 - Red One

55:27 – Next Week’s Titles & Outro

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Episode 517: The Beginnings And The Ends

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 02:59:00 +0000

A lot of good stuff on the physical media beat for those starting to make their Christmas lists. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to guide you through the lot which includes gangster and samurai classics from Criterion. There’s also a trio of 1980s puberty-starters and a reevaluation of the fourth Body Snatchers adaptation. You can also get new 4K releases of Steven Spielberg’s debut theatrical feature and one of Oliver Stone’s finest achievements.

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Criterion (Scarface 4K, Seven Samurai 4K)

17:25 - Universal (The Sugarland Express 4K)

29:44 - Fun City (Paradise, Heavenly Bodies)

44:28 - Arrow (Elvira 4K, The Invasion 4K)

1:04:25 - Shout (Born on the Fourth of July)

1:15:16 - Kino (Maniac, Circus of Horrors, One Two Three, Arabesque 4K, Merchant Ivory, Roseland)

1:43:00 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

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Episode 516: If I Ever Lose My Faith In Hugh

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 9 Nov 2024 03:41:00 +0000

It’s a nine-movie week on the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at a historical atrocity (Stockholm Bloodbath), WWII through the eyes of a boy (Blitz) and Pierce Brosnan as a 92 year-old veteran trying to atone for D-Day (The Last Rifleman). A 70+ year old is sent undercover in a money laundering scam – or is he? – in a documentary chosen for last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival (Starring Jerry As Himself). Get into the spirit of the holiday season with one film based on a beloved book (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever) and another trying to give you a mood (Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point). Cillian Murphy sees bad nuns in Ireland (Small Things Like These) and Anthony Mackie teams up with Morena Baccarin to battle creatures who don’t like heights (Elevation). Finally, one of year’s best movies pits two Mormon female missionaries against Hugh Grant’s religion buster (Heretic).

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Stockholm Bloodbath

6:53 – The Last Rifleman

12:14 – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

21:35 - Christmas Eve In Miller's Point

28:37 - Blitz

33:57 - Starring Jerry As Himself

41:14 - Small Things Like These

51:05 - Elevation

1:02:37 – Heretic

1:17:28 - Outro

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Episode 515: Santa? NO, It’s Godzilla And WAR!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 4 Nov 2024 19:03:00 +0000

Halloween is over, which means Christmas is creepin’ upon us so who better to start making your shopping lists with than Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski on this week’s physical media show. They include a pair of Christmas films including a perennial classic and a more modern one with a Wham twist. The king of the monsters has its origin upgraded to 4K by Criterion. Samuel L. Jackson goes to Yemen and Mel Gibson goes to Vietnam in a pair of military films just before Veterans Day. One of the original babysitter horror films gets a 4K upgrade and you can also see the first French adaptation remade as a particularly awful Ashley Judd film. Finally, there are a trio of film documentaries ranging from Powell and Pressburger to The Monster Squad to the year 1982 plus one of the all-time classic sitcoms gets the Blu-ray treatment.

0:00 - Intro

0:58 – Criterion (Godzilla 4K)

6:29 – Universal (Last Christmas 4K)

13:23 – Paramount (White Christmas 4K, We Were Soldiers 4K)

26:08 – Kino (Rules of Engagement 4K, Fright 4K, Deadly Circuit, Made in England, Wolfman’s Got Nards)

52:17 - MVD (1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever)

59:22 – Television on Blu-ray

1:06:42 – New Theatrical & Streaming Titles On Blu-ray

1:14:20 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode #513: Kooky, Spooky, Ooky and Topkapi

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:42:00 +0000

The horror month of physical media closes out Halloween with a couple choice titles, though the horror-adjacent ones may be even better. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk a trio of film noir and a giallo film with Audrey Hepburn and James Mason. One of the great heist movies is here along with an all-timer true crime film from David Fincher. Wes Craven and Sam Raimi get the 4K upgrade as does a cult anthology that almost didn’t see the light of day. But the real joy may be in reminding everyone of a sequel too often left off the discussion of films vastly superior to the original. And that’s altogether ooky.

0:00 - Intro

1:13 – Kino (Dark Side of Cinema XXII, Topkapi)

15:30 - Vinegar Syndrome (Bloodline 4K)

27:05 – Paramount (Addams Family Values 4K, Zodiac 4K)

44:57 - Shout Factory (Shocker 4K, Drag Me to Hell 4K)

1:00:44 – Arrow (Trick or Treat 4K)

1:17:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 512: Well Then, I Guess You’re Really Up S**t Creek

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:04:00 +0000

We are still in the month of horror and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about all the horrific and supernatural offerings getting upgrades this month. Not to mention Harmony Korine and Rob Lowe as a hockey player. But moving on from that the pair discuss the Hellraiser series and their lack of enthusiasm for even M. Night Shyamalan’s better films. They talk about the surprise hit of the summer of 1990, one of the films that established the horror genre and another that took it to such uncomfortable lengths Erik has to dare himself to watch it. There’s also Robert Zemeckis, Joe “3-star” Johnston and even some ‘80s teen shenanigans not involving death and murder.

0:00 - Intro

1:25 – Criterion (Gummo)

6:43 – Kino (Up the Creek, Youngblood, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari)

29:50 – Disney (The Sixth Sense 4K, Signs 4K)

47:29 – Paramount (Ghost 4K)

59:13 - Warner Archive (The Hitcher 4K)

1:12:46 – Arrow (Hellraiser Quartet of Torment 4K )

1:32:44 - Shout: Death Becomes Her 4K/The Wolfman 4K

1:56:33 – New Theatrical and TV Titles On Blu-ray

2:02:43 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 511: Chainsaws, Zombies and Videotape

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:19:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to get you caught up on all the upgraded (not elevated) horror that you can add to your physical media library this week. But first there is some Jackie Chan, Rian Johnson, Jon Favreau and Sidney Lumet. Oh yes and some Hitchcock and Borchardt. But for your Halloween parties you can get probably the best J-horror remake from Gore Verbinski. Wes Craven delivers one of the most iconic horror characters of all-time. George Romero returns to the Land of the Dead and Tobe Hooper’s landmark cinematic achievement celebrates its 50th Anniversary.

0:00 - Intro

1:07 - 88 Films (Project A Collection 4K)

9:27 - Kino (Garbo Talks, Brick 4K, Cowboys and Aliens 4K)

25:09 - Sony (American Movie 4K)

34:21 - Paramount (To Catch a Thief 4K, The Ring 4K)

46:36 - WB (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4K)

1:06:04 - Shout (Land of the Dead 4K)

1:19:32 - Dark Sky (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K)

1:35:01 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 508: The 2024 Fantastic Fest

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 5 Oct 2024 12:03:00 +0000

Steve Prokopy went to Austin for this year’s annual Fantastic Fest and he talks about a number of the titles he saw along with Erik Childress who caught up with some as well. They range from documentaries about Christopher Lee and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the latest from the directors of Bodied and Psycho Goreman. There is action, sexual games along with other body merging and munching. They talk the latest anthology in the V/H/S series and find a real family adventure charmer with Elijah Wood.

0:00 - Intro

4:20 - Ghost Killer

8:22 – Get Away

14:07 – Bone Lake

18:59 – Gazer

22:03 – House of Spoils

29:59 – V/H/S Beyond

38:28 – Else

40:38 – Ick

43:29 – Chain Reactions

49:05 – The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

56:35 - Frankie Freako

1:03:58 – Little Bites

1:08:28 – Bookworm

1:16:56 - Outro

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Episode 507: Whoa! Robert Loggia!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:57:00 +0000

It’s a light week for physical media as we prepare for the onslaught of horror to arrive in October. The month does start off with a couple decent titles in the thrills department including a package Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress catch-up on featuring the works of Lewis Allen. Paramount has put together the second of their “Scares” package which features at least one title worth getting in 4K that may also be more of a thriller than a horror film. Kino does deliver some witchy fun along with one of the best boxing films as well a young romance that may have you repeating the title of the episode. Finally, they look back on a series receiving numerous celebrations recently for its 25th Anniversary.

0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Kino (Body & Soul, First Love, Burn Witch Burn)

22:13 - Shout Factory (As Above, So Below)

27:20 - Imprint (The Uninvited)

35:00 - Paramount (Paramount Scares Vol. 2 4K)

58:59 – Warner Bros. (The West Wing: The Complete Series)

1:05:50 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:07:23 - Outro

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Episode 506: All The While Ran Blood, Great Coppola Fell

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:02:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back on the review beat this weekend with eight new releases, many of them from the festival circuit. Horror comes in the form of sleepwalking for a couple (Sleep), for the woman that came before Rosemary (Apartment 7A) and creatures after a silent Samara Weaving (Azrael). Joseph Gordon-Levitt investigates a potential murder for Shailene Woodley (Killer Heat). Will Ferrell accompanies his newly transitioned friend on a road trip (Will & Harper) while Kate Winslet is the war photographer who captured the Holocaust (Lee). The director of How To Train Your Dragon has another heartwarming adventure (The Wild Robot) and the one who brought us The Godfather, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now finally delivers his passion project and the duo make no apologies for the final effort.

0:00 - Intro

4:29 - Sleep

12:47 - Apartment 7A

23:08 - Azrael

33:49 - Killer Heat

41:39 - Will & Harper

52:53 - Lee

59:16 - The Wild Robot

1:09:22 – Megalopolis

1:28:06 - Outro

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Episode 505: Drill, Baby, Drill!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:37:00 +0000

It’s a 4K-packed week with classics of the genuine and cult variety with Peter Sobczynski catching you up on the week’s physical media releases. There are titles from the emerging queer cinema of the ‘90s as well as, arguably, the best of the Todd Solondz oeuvre. There will be little argument about the best of British comedies and Peter makes one for what he considers may be the finest final film of any directorial career. Sidney Lumet does Agatha Christie justice and John Carpenter remakes a sci-fi classic. There is Woody Allen, Bob Hope and Elisabeth Shue facing off against a chimpanzee. Finally, Brian DePalma gets an upgrade on one of his most underappreciated, albeit controversial, films.

0:00 - Intro

1:08 – Criterion (Happiness 4K, Gregg Araki Teen Apocalypse Trilogy 4K)

27:08 – Mediabook (Go Fish 4K)

33:42 – Paramount (Stardust 4K)

38:44 – Kino (My Favorite Spy, The Ladykillers 4K, Murder on the Orient Express 4K, Link 4K)

1:11:16 - Warner Archive (Journey Into Fear, Conflict, A Prairie Home Companion)

1:29:51 – Shout Factory (Village of the Damned 4K)

1:37:25 – MGM (A Midsummer’s Night Sex Comedy, September)

1:52:04 – Sony (Body Double 4K)

2:12:43 – New TV & Theatrical Blu-ray Releases

2:19:33 – New Blu-ray Announcements

2:22:09 - Outro

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Episode 504: The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress spent six days at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and is here to dish on a bunch of the films he saw. They include the latest works from Francis Ford Coppola, Pedro Almodovar, Ron Howard and Sean Baker. Films about the aging plight of women in entertainment with Demi Moore, Elisabeth Moss and Pamela Anderson run the gamut from great to dismal. The Vatican and religion have their share of bad guys too. Erik splits his votes on a pair of relationship dramas as well as films about Press Your Luck and Saturday Night Live. Nicole Kidman and Amy Adams handle their unsatisfying home lives in wildly different manners. Plus, the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan wins both the festival’s Audience Award as well as Erik’s heart. All this and more on a recap of this year’s fest.

0:00 - Intro

2:21 – The Luckiest Man In America

8:09 - The Substance

15:24 - The Last Showgirl

19:28 - The Life of Chuck

25:28 - We Live in Time

28:22 - Anora

34:06 - Eden

38:41 - Nightbitch

44:36 - Shell

46:54 - Conclave

50:22 - All of You

53:35 - Heretic

1:00:16 - Friendship

1:02:51 - The Room Next Door

1:05:01 - Relay

1:09:18 - The Assessment

1:13:53 - Saturday Night

1:22:02 - Megalopolis

1:29:20 - Babygirl

1:33:38 - Riff Raff

1:37:05 - Outro

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Episode 503: The Blu-ray Show That Grabs You And Never Lets Go

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns to catch you up on a couple weeks of physical media releases with Erik Childress. They include one of the great British crime thrillers with Bob Hoskins. They dive into the Friday the 13th and Riddick series while highlighting an even better ‘80s horror film. One of the great stand-up concerts ever filmed gets the 4K upgrade and a new film noir set highlights one of the inspirations for Top Secret. Peter highlights an overlooked Scorsese and goes Doomsday on Neil Marshall. One of the films featured in It Came From Hollywood gets the Blu-ray treatment as does the infamous Caligula whose history is documented this week as well.

0:00 - Intro

1:40 – Criterion (The Long Good Friday 4K)

9:02 - Arrow (Torso 4K, Friday the 13th 4K, The Chronicles of Riddick 4K)

38:01 - Sony (Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip 4K)

47:33 - Shout (The Stepfather 4K, Clockwatchers, Doomsday, The Strangers 4K, Man of the Year)

1:17:33 - Kino (Film Noir XXI, Two Weeks in September, Rolling Vengeance)

1:39:40 – Paramount (Bringing Out the Dead 4K)

1:51:45 - Warner Archive (Black Belt Jones)

1:59:22 – Drafthouse (Caligula 4K)

2:11:16 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

2:15:20 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 502: The 2024 Toronto Film Festival Curtain Raiser

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 4 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress returns to the Toronto Film Festival this week and he has some films worthy of putting on your schedule if you are attending or to keep an eye out for the future. He also has a schedule in place that he walks through letting you know what he plans on seeing day-by-day providing a little preview of both the daily grind of a festival and even more films that caught his eye and may catch yours as well.

0:00 - Intro

1:20 – Shook

3:26 – Shepherds

5:29 – Mr. K

10:19 – Matt and Mara

14:38 - Do I Know You From Somewhere

19:18 – Day-by-Day Schedule Plan

38:10 - Outro

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Episode 501: These Women Can (And Don’t) Play

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 4 Sep 2024 01:15:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns to offer up some of this week’s Blu-ray offerings with Erik Childress. They include Alex Cox’s cult classic debut, the role that Gregory Peck was not crazy about and one of the enduring baseball classics getting an upgrade. There is also Brigitte Bardot, Margot Robbie and a Woman from a Lucky McKee film that you do not want to mess with. Speaking of which there is also a ghostly horror film worth rediscovering and the ‘80s ick fest involving Michael Caine and his best friend’s daughter.

0:00 - Intro

0:54 - Criterion (Repo Man 4K)

10:31 - Sony (A League of their Own 4K)

19:11 - WB (Focus 4K)

24:03 – Kino (Naughty Girl)

28:04 – Sandpiper (Blame It on Rio, Moby Dick (1956), Lady in White)

56:29 – Arrow (The Woman/Offspring 4K)

1:06:12 – Shout (The Amityville Horror (2005) 4K, The Boy 4K)

1:19:56 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 500: Garden State & Sideways: A Look Back At 20 Years

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Movie Madness Podcast is celebrating its 500th episode with a conversation 20 years in the making. Erik Childress has had many conversations with his guest over the years, but this one is a look back at where Nick Digilio and him were in their lives in 2004 when they, respectively, named Sideways and Garden State as their favorite films of that year. They talk about why those films were so personal to them, almost exactly ten years apart in their respective ages, at the time and if revisiting them two decades later is the same experience. The conversation veers into personal struggles, “manic pixie dream girls”, lost opportunities and soundtracks.

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Episode 499: If You’re Listening Russia, Tear Down This Movie

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:43:00 +0000

As the summer ends with a bit of a whimper, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy delve into eight films and try to find something worth your time. The director of Backcountry goes back into the woods with Missy Peregrym to face a different threat (Out Come the Wolves) while the filmmakers behind Howards End and The Remains of the Day get a documentary in their honor (Merchant Ivory). Tyrese Gibson gets caught up in a heist during the Rodney King riots (1992) and Lee Daniels takes Andra Day through an exorcism (The Deliverance). Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer plot a murder (The Wasp) and Casey Affleck tries to keep his sanity in space (Slingshot). Finally, John Cho discovers a new AI is dangerous (AfrAId) and Dennis Quaid and the director of 3 Ninjas: High Noon At Mega Mountain give Republicans a greatest hits tale about their God (Reagan).

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Out Come the Wolves

13:10 - Merchant Ivory

21:01 - 1992

32:49 – The Deliverance

43:06 – The Wasp

54:05 - Slingshot

1:07:20 - Afraid

1:16:53 – Reagan

1:34:27 - Outro

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Episode 498: That’s A Lot Of Cheese

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:39:00 +0000

Pretty big week on the physical media front as Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to spark your blu-ray budget. It’s always a cause for celebration when Albert Brooks can go from DVD straight to 4K and Criterion has a pair of his films for you. Not to mention an upgrade on a film that Brooks should have been nominated for. Robert Rodriguez’s Mariachi films also get the upgrade as does one of Robert Altman’s less-discussed ‘70s crime films. There are arcane French narratives, an early Philip Kaufmann film, one of Jean Claude Van Damme’s better efforts and a barrage of eco-horror the likes of which you have never seen or may even want to see. Yeah, you want to see them.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 – Criterion (Real Life 4K, Mother 4K)

27:21 - Sony (Drive 4K)

34:20 - Vinegar Syndrome (Reptilicus 4K, Thieves Like Us 4K)

48:21 – Arrow (Mexico Trilogy 4K)

1:02:24 – Shout Factory (Poltergeist II 4K)

1:07:57 – Kino (Last Year At Marienbad 4K, Alphaville 4K, The White Dawn, Frogs, Kingdom of the Spiders, Squirm, Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, Sudden Death 4K)

1:51:04 – New Theatrical & TV Titles On Blu-ray

1:56:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 497: Tired of Remakes? Me Too!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:05:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight movie reviews for you including two from their fest coverage the past year. Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane star in a Sundance fave (Between the Temples) and a game of cat-and-mouse between a serial killer and their prey that debuted at Fantastic Fest in 2023 (Strange Darling). Also on tap are three lifelong friends and the hardships they endure over a lifetime (The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can Eat) while a small town turns to crime over a pile of money (Greedy People). The Adams Family is back with their latest horror offering (Hell Hole) while John Woo remakes one of his all-time classics (The Killer) and Bill Skarsgard steps into the role made infamous by Brandon Lee (The Crow). Finally, Zoe Kravitz makes her directorial debut with an island party that some will want to forget (Blink Twice).

0:00 - Intro

1:27 - Between the Temples

11:00 - Strange Darling

21:28 – The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can Eat

31:48 - Greedy People

44:01 - Hell Hole

53:49 – The Killer

1:05:42 – The Crow

1:19:00 - Blink Twice

1:33:30 - Outro

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Episode 496: You Eat Guts?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:20:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk physical media. This week you can go an early, personal work from Martha Coolidge and the debut western from Robert Benton. They talk thrillers that were ultimately remade with Amber Heard and Josh Hartnett plus the baffling dark comedy from Danny DeVito. Generational favorites range from an animated film from the ‘80s and a teen comedy from the ‘90s, but also don’t forget one of the great conspiracy films of the ’70s with some timely real-world publicity. Wes Craven delivers one of his leanest thrillers and Michael Ritchie has, arguably, the most messed up film of his career with Lee Marvin up against Gene Hackman.

0:00 - Intro

2:30 – Criterion (Not a Pretty Picture)

8:18 - Fun City (Bad Company 4K)

20:50 – Shout Factory (The Last Unicorn 4K, Death to Smoochy)

39:11 – Sony (The China Syndrome, Can’t Hardly Wait 4K)

1:01:26 – Universal (Let Him Go, Tremors 7-Film collection)

1:10:29 - Paramount (Red Eye)

1:19:02 - Kino (And Soon the Darkness/Sudden Terror, The Apartment (1996), Prime Cut 4K)

1:39:20 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 495: You CAN Go Home Again

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 13:18:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have ten reviews this week including going back into the archive to check out a new version of an infamous epic (Caligula: The Ultimate Cut). Jean Reno gets a special visitor (My Penguin Friend) and a mother must protect her child from a creature and Devon Sawa (Consumed). Eliot Page is reluctant to return home after embracing his identity (Close to You) and Neil Marshall keeps making movies with Charlotte Kirk (Duchess). Elizabeth Banks has internet problems in Hollywood (Skincare) while Halle Berry montages Mark Wahlberg into being a secret agent (The Union). One of the best documentaries of the year from Sundance debuts on Netflix (Daughters) while Awkwafina and John Cena are hunted – but in a funny way – after winning the lottery (Jackpot). Finally, has a 45 year old franchise delivered its best film in decades (Alien: Romulus)? Erik and Steve weigh in with their thoughts.

0:00 - Intro

1:16 - Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

11:05 - My Penguin Friend

18:04 - Consumed

25:44 - Close to You

36:59 - Duchess

46:57 - Skincare

56:01 - Daughters

1:07:29 - Jackpot

1:23:18 – The Union

1:36:31 - Alien: Romulus

1:51:48 - Outro

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Episode 494: Moe, Larry, Shemp, Curly – Take ‘Em Down!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Lots on the Blu-ray front this week and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk you through it. Criterion has a clean sweep nine-time Oscar winner in 4K and Arrow has something for the Sam Worthington fans out there. They talk fondly of a dark Seth Rogen effort and a much lighter comedy with violence that has given Rachel McAdams a line delivery for the ages. They’ve got some Mellville, Bava and Elvis. Peter has an early ‘90s horror film you may want to look at again. Dick Tracy gets a collection and they are all-in on a new Stooges collection. (Find out who their favorite Stooges are.) Plus, another week, another Chuck Norris. And this time one of the better ones.

0:00 - Intro

1:12 – Criterion (The Last Emperor 4K)

8:33 – Arrow (When Titans Ruled The Earth 4K)

19:49 – Sony (Three Stooges Collection)

29:15 – Shout Factory (The Delta Force 4K, Observe and Report)

51:20 – VCI (Dick Tracy RKO Pictures Collection)

57:10 – Kino (99 River St., Bob le Flambeur, Le Dolous)

1:08:32 - Warner Archive (Harum Scarum)

1:14:46 – Warner (Game Night 4K)

1:17:48 – Synapse (Demons 4K, Demons 2 4K)

1:23:32 - Dark Force: Mirror Mirror 4K

1:32:01 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:36:24 – New Blu-ray Announcements & Outro

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Episode 493: Bad Dads And Worse Husbands

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:35:00 +0000

After a three-week hiatus involving vacations and other commitments, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back on the weekly movie review stint. Naturally they begin with a film they reviewed at Sundance eight months ago but with good reason for reminder cause the title says it all (Good One). Steve looks at a film about Samuel Beckett (Dance First) and Erik handles a biopic of Milli Vanilli (Girl You Know It’s True). Matt Damon and Casey Affleck try to rob a corrupt politician (The Instigators) and Hunter Schafer tries to solve the weird goings-on at a secluded resort (Cuckoo). Erik offers his thoughts on Blake Lively and the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s popular novel about abuse (It Ends With Us) and the pair get their eyes on Eli Roth’s three-year-old video game adaptation (Borderlands).

0:00 - Intro

3:53 - Good One

14:17 - Girl You Know It's True

25:42 - Dance First

35:20 – The Instigators

48:11 - Cuckoo

57:16 - It Ends With Us

1:09:37 – Borderlands

1:25:59 - Outro

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Episode 492: Welles, Lola, Norris, Lasso (And San Dimas High School Football) Rules!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 5 Aug 2024 18:46:00 +0000

Films are getting the 4K upgrade this week on the physical media show. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about why Orson Welles made his fourth film along with the great fun of Run Lola Run. Perhaps the craziest tales are reserved for what became and almost became of one of Chuck Norris’ mid-80s Cannon fodder. There’s also a little Gucci, a little Lasso, some Babes and a breakdown of one of the most unlikeliest trilogies ever from its subject matter, its sweet endurance and ingenuity and how all of them seem to have barely gotten released.

0:00 - Intro

1:20 - Sony (The Lady from Shanghai 4K, Run Lola Run 4K)

22:50 - Vinegar Syndrome (Invasion USA 4K)

42:10 - Shout (House of Gucci 4K, Bill and Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy 4K)

1:07-12 – New TV & Theatrical Titles

1:10:02 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode #491: Deadpool & Wolverine

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 2 Aug 2024 19:15:00 +0000

On a special episode of the podcast, comic book expert Erik Laws returns to join Erik Childress to discuss the much ballyhooed release of Marvel’s team-up of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman meant to correct past sins and hopefully plug the creative and success leak of their recent output. Does the film live up to its promise? Are the stakes there or is it just a service for the fans? How does its cameos and surprises measure up and is it weird to take shots at what is supposed to be an ally now? They also weigh in on the latest news of Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU, what his appearance as Victor Von Doom could mean and is it just an act of desperation to combat the comic book fatigue which may finally be real?

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Episode 490: There’s No Way Out, You Can’t Stop The Nuts

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:54:00 +0000

This week in physical media expands the gauntlet between masterpieces, greatness, exploitation and outright garbage. In other words, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have a little something for everyone. They include a film from the ‘60s that was lost until the ‘90s, one of the first films from Jonathan Demme, one of the last films of Howard Hawks and hopefully not the last from Philip Kaufmann. There’s a box set of the works of Nico Mastorakis and a director’s cut featuring David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. Two films from the great runs of Frank Oz and Kevin Costner get 4K upgrades and Peter tells you about one of the sexiest scenes he’s ever seen. Spoiler that it involves neither an infamous 1980 musical with The Village People or any of the Jaws sequels; both of which practically get their own episodes here.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 – Arrow (Red Line 7000, The Nico Mastorakis Collection, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 4K)

16:09 - The Film Desk (The Plot Against Harry)

24:07 - Media Book (Last Embrace 4K)

29:07 – MVD (The Linguini Incident)

38:07 – Kino (Bwana Devil, Can’t Stop the Music 4K, No Way Out 4K, In and Out 4K, Girl on the Bridge, Twisted)

1:35:15 – Universal (Jaws 3-Film Collection 4K)

2:00:19 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray

2:07:25 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 489: Time Of Your Life, Huh Kid?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:02:00 +0000

Some great titles to put into your physical media library this week and Peter Sobczynski is here with Erik Childress to help guide you through them. It all begins with one of the great films of the 1980s that put Tom Cruise on the path to stardom. Tom Hanks missed an Oscar nom but delivered one of his best performances for Paul Greengrass and Ang Lee did get the Oscar but the Academy went for another film in 2005. There are also vehicles for Burt Reynolds, Dirk Benedict and the film that Ben Affleck was the bomb in. Other underground dwellers can be found at bikini bottom and Criterion also has a pair of Wim Wenders films. Finally there are new 4K editions of one of the great sci-fi classics and the entire series that carries the name of the beloved character created by Sylvester Stallone.

0:00 - Intro

1:07 - Criterion (Risky Business, Perfect Days, Anselm)

24:52 – Kino (Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 4K, Underground Aces, Paternity, Columbo: The Return, Brokeback Mountain 4K)

1:03:39 – Paramount (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 4K)

1:07:46 – Sony (Captain Philips 4K)

1:12:39 – Shout Factory (Phantoms 4K)

1:18:15 – Warner Bros. (The Rocky Collection 4K)

1:33:40 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 488: B******t Or Not?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Before each of them take their respective vacations, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine movies for you to check out or throw away. They include Guy Pearce in a Lee Tamahori film about warring Maori tribes (The Convert) and Baltasar Kormákur decades-spanning romantic saga (Touch). Documentaries cover the range of the career of one of our great actresses (Faye) and the horrible behavior that derailed Louis C.K.’s, at least temporarily (Sorry/Not Sorry). Things get strange when Ewan McGregor’s mother won’t leave a furniture store (Mother, Couch) and things get even stranger in a film so baffling it may become a midnight staple (Lumina). KiKi Layn is a musician trying to be heard (Dandelion). Scarlett Johansson tries to sell America’s space race with Channing Tatum (Fly Me to the Moon) and Ozgood Perkins tries to have Nicolas Cage freak us out (Longlegs).

0:00 - Intro

1:50 – The Convert

7:51 - Faye

16:32 - Touch

23:59 - Sorry/Not Sorry

39:29 - Mother, Couch

46:30 - Lumina

1:00:09 - Dandelion

1:08:18 - Fly Me to the Moon

1:21:00 - Longlegs

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Episode 487: It’s Turning Green

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 8 Jul 2024 21:14:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski has the rundown on this week’s physical media with Erik Childress. Leading the way are French classics by Jean-Pierre Melville and Patrice Leconte. They talk about the controversies surrounding Todd Solondz third feature and the strange hiatus of director Robert Butler. 4K tries to clean-up a second helping of the Ghoulies and a Thailand based creature feature “not to be confused with Alligator.” Finally they go back and forth on the 1996 mega-hit that finally spawned a sequel 28 years later.

0:00 - Intro

0:55 – Criterion (Le Samourai 4K)

7:44 – Shout Factory (Storytelling)

20:29 – Synapse (Crocodile 4K)

29:05 – MVD (Ghoulies II 4K)

35:22 – Kino (The Hairdresser’s Husband, Turbulence 4K)

51:56 – Warner Bros. (Twister 4K)

1:05:03 – New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:14:22 – New Blu-ray Announcements & Outro

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Episode 486: Choose Your Warrior Of Justice

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 6 Jul 2024 01:46:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do not skimp this week serving up 11 new reviews for you. Erik looks at Paul Raci as a spiritual guru who may have achieved a new kind of grief transcendence (The Secret Art of Human Flight) while Emma Roberts does Legally Blonde Goes To NASA (Space Cadet). Steve has a film about the Eichmann trial (June Zero) and that of a different kind of bloodsucker (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person) which also partially sums up his review of Despicable Me 4. They look at different sides of altruism in the true story of a community and their collective adoptions (Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot) and the fantastic documentarian Penny Lane on her personal journey of donating a kidney (Confessions of a Good Samaritan). Yorgos Lanthimos takes on a three-pronged tale of abusive relationships (Kinds of Kindness) and Eddie Murphy returns to his most iconic role (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F). Finally, choose your warrior – the commando at the center of a bandit-filled train (Kill) or Mia Goth’s survivor in the conclusion of Ti West’s horror trilogy (MaXXXine).

0:00 - Intro

1:37 – The Secret Art of Human Flight

9:45 - Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

15:27 - Space Cadet

25:29 - June Zero

35:20 - Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

45:41 - Despicable Me 4

54:26 - Confessions of a Good Samaritan

1:04:56 - Kinds of Kindness

1:17:51 - Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

1:29:28 - Kill

1:39:04 - MaXXXine

1:54:50 - Outro

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Episode 485: Who’s That Talking To Me With Those Irish Accents?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Jul 2024 22:03:00 +0000

There is not a lot to add to your physical media collection this week. But what there is you will want to get your hands on. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about the tortured history of one of Sam Peckinpah’s greatest westerns. Music stars in movies gets a little sillier with Weird Al Yankovic and Madonna. Silliness gets raised to an artform with the first of the Will Ferrell/Adam McKay collaborations. Though maybe not as silly as the accents from Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones in the second of 1994’s summer bomber movies. Peter Hyams gets another shout-out and one of Martin Scorsese’s masterpieces finally gets a standalone release in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Criterion (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 4K)

23:13 - Shout Factory (Who’s That Girl, UHF 4K)

54:36 - Paramount (Anchorman 4K)

1:04:03 - Kino (Narrow Margin 4K, Blown Away 4K)

1:22:28 - Sony (Taxi Driver 4K)

1:35:44 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray & Announcements

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Episode 484: Shhhh! Costner Made A Daddio Movie

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Jul 2024 02:04:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight movie reviews for you this week. They include a new film about religious fanaticism from the filmmakers behind Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge (The Devil’s Bath) plus a documentary about the horrific legacy of a questionable John Wayne film (The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout). A Sundance film from 2023 with Lily Gladstone finally sees the light (Fancy Dance) and we get the second younger man/older woman rom-com in just a few months now with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron (A Family Affair). A pre-Dracula vampire is revealed in a new horror film (The Vourdalak) and Dakota Johnson has a long cab ride conversation with driver Sean Penn (Daddio). Then we watch the blind aliens attack New York (A Quiet Place: Day One) and Kevin Costner directs the first of his four-part epic western (Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1)

0:00 - Intro

1:10 - The Devil's Bath

9:31 - The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

17:06 - Fancy Dance

26:04 - A Family Affair

39:41 - The Vourdalek

48:01 - Daddio

1:00:23 - A Quiet Place: Day One

1:14:41 - Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

1:36:33 - Outro

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Episode 483: Blue Velvet, Purple Rain (Plus Punch & Pie)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 02:27:00 +0000

A pretty solid week for new Blu-ray and 4K arrivals that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski talk you through. They include, arguably, David Lynch’s best film and the consequences if you choose an ice dancing show over it. Orson Welles’ first foray into cinematic Shakespeare as well as a special collection of the cavalcade of films released in the wake of Bruce Lee’s untimely passing. Joe Dante’s loving tribute to the movies of our youth gets the 4K upgrade as do the works of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Finally, is the film that truly launched Prince one of the best bad movies ever made or one of the worst great movies? You make the call, now in 4K!

0:00 - Intro

1:59 – Criterion (Blue Velvet 4K)

20:02 – Kino (MacBeth)

26:10 – Severin (The Game of Clones Bruceploitation Collection)

35:43 - Fun City (Strangers Kiss)

39:27 – Shout Factory (Matinee 4K)

48:26 – Paramount (When Worlds Collide, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 4K, Team America: World Police 4K)

1:10:10 – Warner Bros. (Purple Rain 4K)

1:29:55 – New Theatrical & TV Blu-ray Releases

1:35:24 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 482: What Is So Funny About Peace, Love & Outstanding?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 02:43:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven films for you to hear about this week. Two you heard about before when June Squibb went into action mode on a phishing scam at Sundance (Thelma) and Rachel Sennott nannies a teenage girl (I Used To Be Funny). Still funny are the queer comedians featured in a new Netflix doc (Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution). Less funny is seeing Abbie Cornish in a twisty con game (Detained). Maybe a but funnier is Jessica Alba as a ”skilled special forces commando” (Trigger Warning) and certainly less funny is watching Russell Crowe in a second possession film in two years from the son of the star Jason Miller (The Exorcism). Finally Jeff Nichols puts Tom Hardy and Austin Butler on motorcycles and Jodie Comer tells us all about it. (The Bikeriders).

0:00 - Intro

1:47 - Thelma

12:37 - I Used To Be Funny

17:31 - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

25:46 - Detained

31:11 - Trigger Warning

43:11 – The Exorcism

57:30 – The Bikeriders

1:09:58 - Outro

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Episode 481: Mother? Daughter? No, Not That One!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:49:00 +0000

A lot of great titles for your physical media library and Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to guide you through it. They include the debut films from the Wachowskis and Jeff Nichols. Plenty of noir to go around this week courtesy of Kino, Paul Schrader and a look at the new 4K Chinatown package. They discuss some of the Robocop follow-ups, some early Hitchcock, disagree on The Karate Kid, talk James Woods and cocaine. And speaking of controversy and weirdness, Peter tells you all about the big Bo Derek debacle of the 1980s.

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Criterion (Bound)

11:08 - Arrow (American Gigolo)

22:11 - MGM (Bolero, The Boost)

43:41 - Warner Archive (Mr and Mrs Smith)

48:47 - Shout (Robocop 2, Robocop (2014))

57:30 - Sony: (Cat Ballou, The Karate Kid, Beverly Hills Ninja, Shotgun Stories)

1:17:07 - Kino (Film Noir XIX)

1:26:49 - Paramount: (Chinatown 4K, The Two Jakes 4K)

1:45:19 – New Theatrical & TV Titles

1:50:34 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 480: Movies With All The Feels

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 02:16:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have no anxiety reviewing eight movies this week. Especially when one is a replay of a movie they raved about at Sundance and won the Audience Award at their Chicago Critics Film Festival this year (Ghostlight). But Steve also talks about Jude Law and Alicia Vikander in a story about Henry VIII (Firebrand) as well as Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham as a father and daughter revisiting Poland (Treasure). Erik checks out David Duchovny adapting his own novel (Reverse the Curse) and an animated version of a decades-old Japanese superhero (Ultraman Rising). They look at Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a fantastical story about confronting death (Tuesday) while Andrew McCarthy confronts the reality of the group labeled the “Brat Pack” (Brats). Finally the old emotions meet some new ones in Disney-Pixar’s sequel to one of their very best (Inside Out 2).

0:00 - Intro

1:27 - Firebrand

8:49 - Reverse the Curse

15:27 - Treasure

23:20 - Ultraman Rising

30:10 - Tuesday

44:17 - Brats

1:00:23 - Ghostlight

1:09:50 - Inside Out 2

1:25:02 - Outro

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Episode 479: Join Us Sometime When You Have No Class

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 21:51:00 +0000

It is a bit on the lackluster side of physical media releases this week but there are a few gems to get your wallets involved. Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress talk about the final film from Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the final appearance of Alec Guinness. As series with four entries goes there is more love for Shrek than Species. The T&A teen comedy of the ‘80s gets a double feature and there are also stellar early efforts from Luc Besson and Denzel Washington.

0:00 - Intro

2:00 - Criterion (Querelle)

9:26 - Arrow (Mute Witness 4K)

15:17 – Shout Factory (Species II 4K)

22:30 - Universal (Shrek 4K collection)

25:34 - Unearthed (Homework)

32:15 - MGM (Class, Betrayed, The Mighty Quinn)

56:04 - Sony (La Femme Nikita 4K)

1:05:18 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray

1:09:21 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 478: The Choice Is Not To Ride Or Watch

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 8 Jun 2024 01:26:00 +0000

On this six-movie week, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy go back two years to revisit a Dakota Johnson comedy that debuted at Sundance in 2022 (Am I OK?). Erik goes back a couple of weeks to look at the true story of a Chinese immigrant turned eye surgeon (Sight). There are sharks in the Siene (Under Paris) and young women are getting whacked around a weed farm (Trim Season). The daughter of M. Night Shayamalan makes her feature directorial debut (The Watchers) and Martin Lawrence reteams with Will Smith for a fourth time (Bad Boys: Ride or Die).

0:00 - Intro

1:23 - Am I OK?

13:04 - Sight

22:47 - Under Paris

35:21 - Trim Season

42:33 – The Watchers

54:28 - Bad Boys: Ride or Die

1:08:53 - Outro

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Episode 477: Fear, Loathing and Glory for Rango (Not Beastly!)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 4 Jun 2024 02:31:00 +0000

It may be a light week on the physical media front but that’s also less money to spend and there is some choice stuff discussed by Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. They include Terry Gilliam’s seemingly impossible adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson novel, more Johnny Depp in animated form, the tale of the first black regiment in the Civil War and Harvey Keitel in his most disturbing role. All available in 4K. There’s also a great Robert Mitchum western and an opportunity to remember Chicago’s attempt at a new martial arts hero.

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Criterion (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K)

11:55 - Paramount (Rango 4K)

17:54 - Sony (Glory 4K)

29:01 - Kino: (Pursued, Saigon, The Chase, The Perfect Weapon, Bad Lieutenant 4K)

1:00:07 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray & Announcements

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Episode 476: Y’all Need To Grow Up

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 1 Jun 2024 20:22:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy get back into their reviewing ways with 10 new films this week. They include documentaries about an infamous movie app (Moviepass, Moviecrash), a filmmaker and his unfinished projects (Flipside) and the career of a bonafide genius (Jim Henson: Idea Man). Steve looks at a story of a 19th century Jewish boy raised as a Catholic (Kidnapped) and Daisy Ridley as the first woman to swim the English Channel (Young Woman and the Sea). Apart from Flipside, there are three more films chosen as part of this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival. They include a new western by Viggo Mortensen (The Dead Don’t Hurt), Nick Stahl as a chef on the run (What You Wish For) and you may have heard of (or at least part of) the “what if Gus Van Sant or Terrence Malick made a Friday the 13th film” (In a Violent Nature). Then its all downhill from there with looks at Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard revisiting their childhood (Summer Camp) and Tony Goldwyn trying to do Rain Man (Ezra).

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Kidnapped

7:56 - Moviepass, Moviecrash

22:42 - Flipside

36:25 - Jim Henson Idea Man

51:03 - Young Woman and the Sea

59:30 - What You Wish For

1:08:02 – The Dead Don't Hurt

1:17:53 - In a Violent Nature

1:28:54 - Summer Camp

1:41:32 - Ezra

1:58:53 - Outro

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Episode 475: Ferrara, Waters, Alba and Spoooock

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 27 May 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns to talk new Blu-rays with Erik Childress. This week includes the debut feature from Karyn Kusama and one of last year’s Oscar winners from Criterion. Arrow has some Guillermo Del Toro in 4K and Severin has a whole slew of Italian horror being upgraded. They talk about one of the films to get the rare “F” from Cinemascore and the film that Kevin Smith turned into a punchline. There are a pair of titles from Abel Ferrara and one of John Waters’ more mainstream efforts. Finally, it is time to rank some Star Trek and discuss the one celebrating its 40th Anniversary this summer.

0:00 - Intro

0:39 - Criterion (Girlfight, Anatomy of a Fall)

7:00 - Arrow (Pandemonium, Crimson Peak 4K)

15:52 - Severin (The Great Alligator 4K, The Devil’s Honey 4K, Cemetery Man 4K)

27:44 - Shout Factory (Darkness/Fear City)

37:09 - Vinegar Syndrome (Dangerous Game 4K, Navy Seals 4K)

45:19 – MPI (Into the Blue)

49:29 - Kino (Revenge of the Ninja, Cry Baby 4K, Sci Fi Chillers)

1:03:30 - Paramount (Star Trek III 4K)

1:13:00 - New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray

1:15:30 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 474: Furiosa And A Hit Man

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 25 May 2024 13:59:00 +0000

Six movies in theaters and on streaming are reviewed by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include a pair of documentaries about one of the greatest bands of all-time (The Beach Boys) and the death-defying pilots of the Air Force (The Blue Angels). The Monday-hating cat who loves lasagna gets the animated treatment (The Garfield Movie) and Jennifer Lopez tries to navigate both sides of the A.I. debate (Atlas). Then, quite simply, two of the best most enjoyable films begin their runs this week. In some theaters before it hits Netflix, Glen Powell stars in one of Richard Linklater’s best films (Hit Man) and George Miller returns to the apocalyptic wasteland to provide backstory to one of the greatest heroines of cinema (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga). Tune in to hear why they are so worthy of your attention.

0:00 - Intro

1:55 - The Blue Angels

7:02 - The Beach Boys

26:04 - The Garfield Movie

35:33 - Atlas

48:22 - Hit Man

59:55 - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

1:22:11 - Outro

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Episode 473: Don’t Be A Narc

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:02:00 +0000

The latest and greatest of Blu-rays this week have Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski disagreeing on the films of Joe Carnahan. There are two Val Kilmer projects; one certainly better than the other (though it did produce a great John Frankenheimer story) as well as some early horror from Bob Clark and a more recent one from Osgood Perkins getting an upgrade. One of David O. Russell’s best films gets the same 4K upgrade plus Peter talks all about Philo Vance, Bettie Page and Peter Bogdanovich reteaming with Cybill Shepherd.

0:00 - Intro

0:56 - Arrow (Narc)

10:09 – Blue Underground (Deathdream)

18:09 – Shout Factory (Gretel & Hansel, The Island of Dr Moreau)

28:32 - Sony (Thunderheart, American Hustle)

35:12 - Kino: (Philo Vance Collection, Republic Horror Collection, Teaserama, Daisy Miller)

58:31 – MPI (Coup de Chance)

1:05:12 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 472: If We Only Knew

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 18 May 2024 15:03:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at seven films this week. They include the latest directorial effort from Ethan Hawke (Wildcat) and the hilarious feature debut from Pamela Adlon (Babes). Horror gets a Danish sequel 30 years later (Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever) and Renny Harlin starts a new trilogy in the home invasion series (The Strangers: Chapter 1). Amy Winehouse gets the biopic treatment from the director of Fifty Shades of Grey (Back to Black). The duo catch up on the latest in the Apes franchise (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) and finally have a lot to say about John Krasinski’s baffling family film (IF).

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Wildcat

9:58 - Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

21:21 – The Strangers: Chapter 1

31:44 - Babes

42:42 - Back to Black

58:50 - Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

1:16:01 - IF

1:35:25 - Outro

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Episode 471: Once Upon a Time From The Huh?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 13 May 2024 22:39:00 +0000

This week certainly has the latest and the greatest in Blu-rays. Depending on who you ask of course. If you inquire with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski you will certainly here about one of the greatest westerns of all-time (Erik’s favorite) as well as a film that deserves to be among the very best of Sidney Lumet’s career. Michael Powell directs a creepy film about voyeurism and murder and the pair look again at the film where Brandon Lee lost his life. Shout Factory has a trio of horror oddities and there is also lament for the goofy sex comedies of the ‘80s. Clint Eastwood’s most successful film gets a 4K release and a number of Francis Ford Coppola efforts get the upgrade including one that Peter believes to be his finest work.

0:00 - Intro

1:50 - Criterion (Peeping Tom 4K)

10:54 - Arrow (Night Falls on Manhattan)

19:16 - Paramount (Once Upon a Time in the West 4K, The Crow 4K)

36:18 - Shout Factory (Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Dracula 2000, Orphan)

52:03 - MVD (Joysticks)

1:01:14 - WB (American Sniper 4K)

1:08:18 - Warner Archive (You’re a Big Boy Now, The Rain People)

1:15:47 - Lionsgate (One from the Heart 4K)

1:31:57 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:35:17 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:38:36 – Outro

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Episode 470: The Guys Fall For The Idea Of Pop-Tarts

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 3 May 2024 17:45:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy stick to just four films this week including the acclaimed comedy from Joanna Arnow (The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed) and an adaptation into Anne Hathaway scandalously falling for a Boy Band member. The scandal! (The Idea of You). Jerry Seinfeld and a giant cast of comedians tell their version of the Pop-Tarts origin (Unfrosted) while Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt try to bring life to another ‘80s television show (The Fall Guy). But there are still a lot more movies to talk about as they discuss this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival which they produce and program. May 3-9 at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago and the lineup is stellar.

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed

10:42 – The Idea of You

24:03 - Unfrosted

38:52 – The Fall Guy

56:20 – Chicago Critics Film Festival

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Episode 469: There’s An Ocean Between Us

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:40:00 +0000

This week’s physical media show has a little of everything and a lot of heartbreak. Nancy Savoca provides the latter as the “Savocaissance” continues on Blu-ray this year but there is also early James L. Brooks with Burt Reynolds missing out in a stacked year of Oscar nominees. We have an Anthony Mann western and a Roman Polanski thriller; a double-up of Mean Girls and a remake of a Peckinpah film. Plus a breakdown of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s films now all available on 4K.

0:00 - Intro

1:41 – Criterion (Dogfight)

8:45 - Kino (True Love, Bluebeard, Starting Over)

22:57 - Music Box (Signature Move)

25:38 – Arrow (The Tin Star, Basket Case)

37:48 – Shout Factory (Death and the Maiden, The Getaway)

47:09 – Warner Bros. (Oceans Trilogy 4K)

56:25 - Paramount (Mean Girls 2004 4K, Mean Girls 2024)

1:05:05 – New TV & Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray

1:12:05 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:15:05 - Outro

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Episode 468: Game. Set. Match.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:27:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at a half-dozen movies this week. If fashion design is your thing then Steve has a documentary for you (John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger). He has also been telling Erik about this great big spider movie since last year. Does he share the sentiment? (Infested). Steve catches up a pandemic-era comedy from Sundance (Stress Positions) and the first film from the daughter of David Cronenberg (Humane). Erik reveals what was different about the latest kick-ass extravaganza when he saw it at Toronto (Boy Kills World) and both have a lot to say about Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film (Challengers).

0:00 - Intro

2:00 - John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger

8:43 - Infested

19:17 - Stress Positions

25:39 - Boy Kills World

38:03 - Humane

48:58 - Challengers

1:09:00 - Outro

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Episode 467: Livin’ Like Lovers. Rolling Like Thunder.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:14:00 +0000

This week’s physical media show features Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress talking about a seminal propaganda film from the ‘60s that inspired a ‘70s scene in Boogie Nights plus some science-fiction from the 1980s from Imprint. The ‘80s also across an all-star cast that helped launch Julia Roberts and a Nancy Savoca film from the ‘90s due for a rediscovery. They discuss the film that inspired The Untouchables, plus Paul Schrader writes a religious comedy and then gets the 4K treatment to a project he disavowed. Then his frequent partner in crime, Martin Scorsese, also gets his Oscar-winning effort upgraded. Is it now considered underrated? Come for the discussion. Stay for Peter’s tale of presenting with William Devane at an awards show.

0:00 - Intro

2:14 – Criterion (I Am Cuba)

7:02 – Imprint (Batteries Not Included, Strange Invaders)

21:30 – Sony (Steel Magnolias 4K)

25:20 – Kino (Household Saints)

30:33 – Vinegar Syndrome (Touch)

35:38 – Shout Factory (Rolling Thunder 4K)

51:06 – Arrow (The Scarface Mob)

55:32 – Warner Bros. (The Departed 4K)

1:06:47 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray

1:10:06 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:12:37 - Outro

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Episode 466: This Is A Rebellion. We Rebel.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:58:00 +0000

Eight movie reviews this week from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy include both surprises and disappointments. Steve checks out a new crime film with Scoot McNairy and Kit Harington (Blood for Dust) and Erik goes to space briefly with the new IMAX short (Deep Sky). There are some lovely films to find including the latest and possibly last from Ken Loach (The Old Oak) and a tale of childhood set amidst the former Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago (We Grown Now). A pair of part twos are out there but who made out better, Steve (The Three Musketeers – Part 2: Milady) or Erik (Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver). Finally, Guy Ritchie releases his third film in 13 months (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) and the Radio Silence duo goes back to mayhem in gothic houses with the vampire tale (Abigail).

0:00 - Intro

1:46 - Blood for Dust

8:51 - Deep Sky

15:09 – The Three Musketeers - Part 2: Milady

20:23 - We Grown Now

28:40 – The Old Oak

36:02 - Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

48:08 – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

58:49 - Abigail

1:12:02 - Outro

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Episode 465: A Steak Sandwich And A Steak Sandwich

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:01:00 +0000

This week in physical media, Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress look at new releases from Bela Tarr to Luc Besson. Sony finalizes releases one of the best films from John Sayles and Shout Factory puts out an Oscar winning film from Paul Schrader. They discuss the merits of a classic western now in 4K as well as go through the entire Jack Ryan franchise. Finally, it’s all ball bearings nowadays. And if you don’t know what that means, clearly you need to find out and add it to your collection.

0:00 - Intro

1:16 – Criterion (Werckmeister Harmonies)

8:04 – Shout Factory (Affliction)

16:07 – Paramount (Jack Ryan Collection 4K)

38:49 – Sony (You’ll Never Get Rich, City of Hope)

47:10 – Samuel Goldwyn (Taxi)

52:26 – Kino (High Noon 4K, Fletch, Fletch Lives)

1:18:31 – TV & New Blu-ray Announcements

1:23:07 - Outro

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Episode 464: Beasts, Spiders, Werewolves & Other Monsters

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:44:00 +0000

Another seven movies on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy and a lot of variations on horror. Not so much with the third film from director Goran Stolevski that Steve suggests a look at (Housekeeping for Beginners). But Larry Fessenden crafts a werewolf metaphor for America (Blackout), there is a new giant spider film (Sting), Nicolas Cage’s sons, at least, fighting hairy snapping creatures (Arcadian) for a few minutes plus Lea Seydoux on the lookout from unimaginable dread for over a century (The Beast) and a new Woody Allen film (Coup de Chance). But the biggest discussion lies with the new film from Alex Garland whose title wants to say it all (Civil War).

0:00 - Intro

1:18 – Housekeeping for Beginners

9:47 – Blackout

22:21 – Coup de Chance

30:27 – Sting

41:34 – Arcadian

50:13 – The Beast

1:03:15 – Civil War

1:23:03 - Outro

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Episode 463: Where Are The White Women At?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 8 Apr 2024 21:15:00 +0000

This week’s physical media edition has Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress looking at films with people getting lost as well as ones with murderers, looters, variations on classic horror and family fare plus a '70s era Kong. They include films by Peter Weir and the writer of Blade Runner plus a film hammered by MST3K and a dog murdered for their inheritance. Admit it, you’re intrigued.

0:00 - Intro

2:24 - Criterion (Picnic at Hanging Rock)

7:25 - Shout (Lost in Space)

12:11 - Film Masters (Tormented 4K)

20:04 - Kino (The Minus Man/The Looters/You Never Can Tell)

31:29 - Paramount (King Kong (1976) 4K)

42:23 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

44:36 – New Blu-ray Announcements

47:19 - Outro

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Episode 462: Three Sixes And You’re Out!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 6 Apr 2024 01:20:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight reviews this week that range from one of the best surprises of the year thus far and a film that could be destined to give Tommy Wiseau’s The Room a run for its money. They begin with a pair of documentaries including the natural follow-up to Boys State (Girls State) and how the rise of memes and conspiracy theories came into modern fold (The Antisocial Network). Erik looks at a mystery thriller starring Elizabeth Hurley and directed by her son (Strictly Confidential). The co-star of Sing Street uses music to travel back in time (The Greatest Hits). Across the pond we get a dramatization of the infamous Prince Andrew interview and his association with Jeffrey Epstein (Scoop) while Olivia Colman thinks she is getting vulgar postages from Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters). Then the origins of little devil Damien are fleshed out (The First Omen) and Dev Patel punches his way through his directorial debut (Monkey Man).

0:00 - Intro

1:31 – The Antisocial Network

7:46 - Girls State

16:12 - Strictly Confidential

23:39 - The Greatest Hits

33:25 - Scoop

44:07 - Wicked Little Letters

51:41 – The First Omen

1:06:46 - Monkey Man

1:17:48 - Outro

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Episode 461: Look At This F*!@ing Guy!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Apr 2024 18:26:00 +0000

Do not mistake a light week for physical media as evidence that it is dying. Even they need a break after Easter. Nevertheless Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress are here to tell you about five titles making the rounds this week. They include a debut from a one-time up-and-coming actor/director plus an early effort from George Lucas’ Huyck friends. There’s an Oscar-nominated documentary from last year and a film that is hardly good for post-Easter or post-anything. Finally, there’s a baseball film celebrating its 35th anniversary and is getting the 4K treatment. (Apologies in advance for work being done around the recording domain.)

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Criterion (La Haine)

7:39 - Radiance (Messiah of Evil)

16:40 - MPI (Stigmata)

21:20 - Kino (Four Daughters)

26:07 - Paramount (Major League 4K)

39:56 - New Blu-ray Announcements

41:48 - Outro

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Episode 460: Martin & Morricone x Godzilla & Kong

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:27:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy review seven new movies over Easter weekend. They include a documentary about an evil son-of-a-b*****d-f**k and his attempt to erase the memory of dead children (The Truth vs. Alex Jones) and another doc about one of the most legendary composers (Ennio). David Krumholtz is dying and just going about his deadpan remaining days (Lousy Carter) while Tessa Thompson oversees a chat line for lonely and troubled people (The Listener). The great Steve Martin gets his own documentary. Two of them in fact (Steve!: A Documentary in 2 Pieces) and Liam Neeson is an assassin on the trail of the IRA led by Kerry Condon (In the Land of Saints and Sinners). Finally, another pair of titans return to free stop an uprising in Hollow Earth (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire)

1:54 – The Truth vs. Alex Jones

9:31 - Ennio

24:44 - Lousy Carter

34:43 – The Listener

43:43 - Steve!: A Documentary in 2 Pieces

1:04:07- In the Land of Saints and Sinners

1:15:47 - Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

1:35:10 - Outro

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Episode 459: What Brain Donor Asked Eastwood To Sing?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to get you (and Carrie Coon) up to date on the latest in physical media. There are crime stories drenched in noir and including Nicole Kidman as a seductive weather lady and Edward Norton in his screen debut. There are all sorts of bizarre westerns including Jack Nicholson behind the camera, John Wayne babysitting and Clint Eastwood singing. There are inspirational teachers, courtroom dramas and ants. Plus one of the great football movies, John Turturro doing the Marx Bros. in an underrated comedy and one of the most delightful romantic charmers of the last 25 years.

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Criterion (To Die For, Saint Omer)

9:41 - Paramount (Primal Fear)

15:03 - Vinegar Syndrome (Phase IV, Five Card Stud, Goin' South)

29:31 - Kino (Paint Your Wagon, North Dallas Forty, Brain Donors, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII)

1:02:32 - Warner Archive (They Drive by Night, 3 Godfathers, The Little Drummer Girl, Stand and Deliver, Money Talks)

1:22:07 - Shout (The Crow:Salvation)

1:27:58 - Sony (Amelie)

1:32:53 – New Theatrical Titles and TV On Blu-ray

1:37:46 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:41:10 - Outro

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Episode 458: Heeeeeeeerrrrreeeee’s David!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 01:07:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review seven new movies this week, a couple of them even good. Which ones could they be? Is it this week’s killer with amnesia thriller starring Russell Crowe (Sleeping Dogs). Maybe the two-hander horror film from Shudder (You’ll Never Find Me)? Regina King plays the first black woman elected to Congress (Shirley) and Jake Gyllenhaal steps into the shoes of Patrick Swayze (Road House). David Dastmalchian is a 70s talk show host dabbling with forces live on-air (Late Night with the Devil) and Sydney Sweeney is a nun who finds herself in a mysterious convent (Immaculate). Finally, the original cast returns with the new generation in a 40 year-old franchise (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire).

0:00 – Intro

1:45 - Sleeping Dogs

8:36 - You'll Never Find Me

14:34 - Shirley

28:49 - Road House

42:29 - Late Night with the Devil

53:00 - Immaculate

1:04:04 - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

1:17:29 - Outro

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Episode 457: The Abyss Is Staring Right At You

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:43:00 +0000

Catching up on a couple weeks of releases, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk westerns from the end of John Wayne’s career to the middle-ish of Tom Selleck’s. There are documentaries about art, filmmaking plus Harrison Ford with a Russian accent. Remakes of Stephen King, American J-Horror and just American remakes leading into political conspiracies and Liza Minnelli as a sex worker. That is all just a warm-up to the 4K releases everyone has been waiting for from James Cameron.

0:00 - Intro

1:54 - Criterion (All That Money Can Buy, All the Beauty and Bloodshed, Lynch/Oz)

13:49 - Arrow (Dark Water, The Shootist)

24:05 – Shout Factory (Quigley Down Under, K-19, The Shining, Carrie, Ring Collection, Child’s Play 4K)

54:43 - Kino: (The Manchurian Candidate (2004) 4K, The Lincoln Conspiracy, The President’s Analyst, Target, Rent-a-Cop, Changing Lanes 4K)

1:31:34 - Fox (Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies)

2:00:33 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

2:04:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

2:06:54 - Outro

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Episode 456: Well That Looks Tasty

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:40:00 +0000

Erik Childress is back from SXSW and Steve Prokopy joins him to catch up on nine films released this week. They include a pair of documentaries about one of our most beloved comic actors (Remembering Gene Wilder) and one of the 20th century’s most iconic artists (Frida). Mia Wasikowska tries to teach kids how to eat (Club Zero) and Zach Braff tries to marry a chef who may have eaten someone who does agree with him (French Girl). Steve suggests why Focus has basically buried the satire it brought to Sundance this year? (The American Society of Magical Negroes). In the world of true stories, Anthony Hopkins tries to save children from the Nazis (One Life) while Mark Wahlberg befriends a dog in a race (Arthur the King). Finally, Michael Keaton directs himself as a hitman again (Knox Goes Away) and the director of Saint Maud tells her own dirty little noir about the addiction of romance and hate (Love Lies Bleeding).

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Remembering Gene Wilder

8:29 - Frida

15:09 – The American Society of Magical Negroes

23:59 - Club Zero

34:56 - One Life

45:23 - French Girl

53:21 - Arthur the King

1:00:53 - Knox Goes Away

1:11:36 - Love Lies Bleeding

1:18:36 - Outro

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Episode 454: Sand, Sandler and Swinton

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 2 Mar 2024 12:30:00 +0000

Nobody wanted to open against Taylor Swift last fall and since nobody wanted to open against the sandworms, it’s a light week of reviews. Still five movies for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy to talk about including an animated documentary about a missing pianist (They Shot the Piano Player) and the story of a burn victim seeking love and revenge (Silver Haze). Adam Sandler misses Carey Mulligan and talks to a giant spader (Spaceman). Former SNL writer Julio Torres makes his directorial debut as a toy designer who becomes the assistant to Tilda Swinton’s art-world pariah (Problemista). Finally, the sandworms have awakened and Denis Villeneuve finally completes his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel (Dune: Part Two).

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - They Shot the Piano Player

5:31 - Silver Haze

10:24 - Spaceman

25:25 - Problemista

39:54 - Dune: Part Two

1:04:58 - Oscar Talk

1:26:18 - Outro

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Episode 453: Calling All Gangsters And Weekend Warriors

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:26:00 +0000

This week on the latest and greatest in physical media, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about a wealth of new titles in 4K. But also a film noir package dedicated to Edward G. Robinson, a restored version of the 1970s French giallo picture and a horror film about a necrophiliac doctor. That is mixed in with new upgrades for Stanley Kubrick’s first feature, a classic western with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas and Steven Soderbergh’s all too-prescient thriller about a pandemic. Peter discusses a 1980s teen comedy he believes deserves some reappraisal. There is also the pairing of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart as well as one of the great early films from Walter Hill.

0:00 - Intro

1:42 - Criterion (The Roaring Twenties 4K))

8:00 - Kino (Film Noir XVII/Fear and Desire 4K/Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 4K)

26:23 - Altered Innocence (The Strangler)

30:10 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Horrible Dr Hichcock, Little Darlings 4K, Southern Comfort 4K)

49:45 - Warner Bros. (Contagion)

56:34 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:04:15 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:06:25 - Outro

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Episode 452: Somebody Take The Wheel, Please

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:40:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy take on seven new films this week. They include a bored millennial trying to solve a pharmacy robbery (Drugstore June) and Orlando Bloom taking on mob boss Andie MacDowell (Red Right Hand). Steve looks at one of this year’s Oscar nominees (IO Capitano) and U2 getting involved in the war in Sarajevo (Kiss the Future). An animator begins to get lost in her art and mind (Stopmotion) while Ethan Coen loses Joel and takes Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan on a nutty road trip. Finally, Hilary Swank helps out the family of Reacher’s Alan Ritchson in a true story about, well, (Ordinary Angels).

0:00 - Intro

1:04 - Drugstore June

6:51 - Red Right Hand

15:32 - Stopmotion

24:02 - IO Capitano

29:05 - Drive-Away Dolls

40:37 - Kiss the Future

46:18 - Ordinary Angels

59:58 - Outro

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Episode 451: Who Is Darkman And What Is That Tainted Mutant Vodka?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:32:00 +0000

Keeping your physical media collection up to date? That is what Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to do again this week. The latest and greatest in Blu-rays include a female-led martial arts double feature extravaganza as well as a double bill of films from the Civil Rights era. There’s a new film with Isabelle Huppert along and a collection of short parodies from Ernie Fosselius. Then new upgrades to 4K run the gamut from Australian psychic horror to a goofy underwater monster film. There’s also the final feature from anime director Satoshi Kon as well as the entire Beverly Hills Cop series. Share in their disappointment (and PTSD) of that third film and learn of the film that resulted from a radio blind date contest before both of them agree on the release that may just be Sam Raimi’s finest achievement.

0:00 - Intro

1:19 – Criterion (The Heroic Trio, Nothing But a Man, Afire)

12:06 – Powerhouse (Patrick 4K)

17:20 – Sony (Paprika 4K)

19:22 – Kino (King: A Filmed Odyssey, Leviathan 4K, The Last Castle 4K, La Syndicaliste

38:12 – Paramount (Beverly Hills Cop 1-3 4K)

56:45 – MVD (Hardware Wars)

1:04:30 – Shout Factory (Darkman)

1:15:26 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:16:42 - Outro

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Episode 450: Don’t Let Them Fool Ya

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 15:38:00 +0000

Eight reviews this week from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy run the gamut from good documentaries to surprisingly-not-so-bad to shockingly awful. Where do all of these films fit in? How do you feel about an action film from the director of Underwater with this name (Land of Bad) or the rookie secret service agent trying to save the President with this one (Air Force One Down)? Ewan McGregor takes a road trip with his addicted daughter (Bleeding Love) and Lily Sullivan stumbles upon an alien conspiracy (Monolith). Those documentaries include a scary one about Christian Nationalism (God & Country) and a more inspiring one about the history of black astronauts (The Space Race). Finally in theaters this weekend comes another musical biopic (Bob Marley: One Love) and another Sony Spider-Man adjacent comic book tale (Madame Web) that have their own set of problems.

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Land of Bad

9:20 - Air Force One Down

16:28 - Bleeding Love

22:48 - God & Country

29:35 - Monolith

36:25 – The Space Race

46:30 - Bob Marley: One Love

1:00:47 - Madame Web

1:23:36 - Outro

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Episode 449: Wanna Have A Dance Party?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:59:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski again joins Erik Childress to tell you what’s available in physical media this week. You can stock up on your French auteurs, Eric Rohmer and Jean-Luc Godard. There are lions and Cagneys and Willy’s, oh my! They go through the good and mediocre in the pricey new 4K set from Sony and Peter offers his two cents on his choice for the best film of 2023. Plus nobody puts Kevin Bacon in the corner as both recall their experiences with the film that tried to stop him from dancing.

0:00 - Intro

0:59 – Criterion (Eric Rohmer’s Tales of Four Seasons)

6:39 – Kino (Godard Cinema and Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars, Madame DuBarry, Blood on the Sun, Man-Eater of Kumaon, Let's Dance)

22:20 – Paramount (Footloose 4K)

32:01 – Shout! Factory (Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, Willy’s Wonderland)

40:56 – Sony (Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 4)

54:30 - New Theatrical Titles & TV on Blu-ray

1:02:39 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 448: It’s Pronounced Frankenshit

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 9 Feb 2024 20:47:00 +0000

Seven new films get reviews from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include a new mistaken identity rom-com with Camila Mendes (Upgraded) and another story of a novelist plunged into a murderous plot (Ghostwritten). A teenage girl comes of age in the time of Terry Schiavo (Suncoast) while a trio of friends discover the harsher realities of growing up while on vacation in an award-winner from Cannes (How To Have Sex). Also for the second week in a row there is a Wim Wenders film, this time up for an Oscar (Perfect Days). A group of ancient nomads encounter an evil force (Out of Darkness) while our reviews are forced to encounter the latest and, perhaps, worst screenplay from Oscar-winner Diablo Cody (Lisa Frankenstein).

0:00 - Intro

1:49 - Upgraded

14:40 - Ghostwritten

19:48 - Suncoast

30:30 - Perfect Days

39:33 - How To Have Sex

49:46 - Out of Darkness

55:23 - Lisa Frankenstein

1:08:41 - Outro

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Episode 447: Altman, Wilder, Jewison and Boll

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 7 Feb 2024 16:48:00 +0000

Getting you caught up on the latest and greatest (and sometimes not-so-great) in blu-rays, Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress run the gamut this week. They include Billy Wilder doing Agatha Christie and George Segal doing Michael Crichton. A film from the late Norman Jewison and a reimagining of the late Adrienne Shelley’s final film. Plus in maybe the biggest swing, going over arguably Robert Altman’s finest film and then diving into the career of Uwe Boll.

0:00 - Intro

1:15 – Criterion (McCabe and Mrs Miller)

8:55 – Kino (The Big Country, Witness for the Prosecution, The Thomas Crown Affair, Burnt Offerings)

29:10 - Massacre Video (Bloodrayne 4K)

41:12 – Shout Factory (Funeral Home, The Terminal Man)

47:29 – Decal (Waitress: The Musical)

54:18 – New Blu-ray Announcements

56:56 - Outro

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Episode 446: But If You Just Believe, There’s No Way We Can Fall

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 4 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to the weekly beat of reviews with seven new titles this week. They include a new 3-D documentary from Wim Wenders (Anselm) and another with the master of giallo (Dario Argento Panico). Leah McKendrick writes, directs and freezes her eggs (Scrambled) plus you can learn all about the making of We Are The World (The Greatest Night In Pop). A pair of streamers serve up animation with an all-Asian cast (The Tiger’s Apprentice) and Charlie Kaufman adapts an anxiety-driven children’s book (Orion and the Dark). Finally, it is time to learn who the real agent….shhhh….we’re not supposed to say (Argylle).

0:00 - Intro

1:44 - Anselm

7:51 - The Tiger's Apprentice

13:44 - Dario Argento Panico

19:55 – The Greatest Night in Pop

37:21 - Scrambled
46:01 - Orion and the Dark

57:25 – Argylle

1:13:09 - Outro

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Episode 445: The 2024 Sundance Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 3 Feb 2024 03:58:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy returned to Park City in-person for the first time since 2020 and they brought back a lot of reviews. 18 films are discussed on the show including the latest works from Steven Soderbergh, the Zellner Bros. and the makers of Saint Frances. Jesse Eisenberg delivers his sophomore Sundance effort and it resulted in one of the bigger deals of the fest, though Erik offers his thoughts on the biggest sale. There is praise for Saoirse Ronan, Andre Holland, Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman and less so for a title that speaks for itself. Documentaries that make you cry were in full effect as were ones that will raise your anxiety. There was something for everyone this fest and hopefully you will get to see them soon.

0:00 - Intro

4:38 - Ghostlight

9:40 - Sasquatch Sunset

16:19 - My Old Ass

22:40 - It’s What’s Inside

26:18 - The Outrun

32:46 - A Real Pain

40:38 - Presence

47:36 - Exhibiting Forgiveness

54:17 – Between the Temples

1:00:44 - Daughters

1:04:11 – Ibelin

1:11:42 – Super/Man: The Chrsitopher Reev Story

1:21:34 - Skywalkers: A Love Story

1:31:35 – War Game

1:38:28 – Good One

1:45:07 - A Different Man

1:52:21 – Handling the Undead

1:57:56 – Thelma

2:07:43 - Outro

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Episode 444: Hear The Lamentations For The Blu-Rays

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:40:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski helps Erik Childress get caught up with a few weeks of Blu-ray releases. They include what may be John Sayles’ finest film along with one of the better Nicolas Cage movies that nearly got buried. There are movies with submarines and others with serial killers and stalkers plus a genuine animated gem you may have missed. One of the best film noirs musicals, post-Vietnam films are available this week along with the Marx Bros. and Rodney Dangerfield as an animated dog. (It’s not the gem.) Peter takes you into the world of Chantal Akerman and Coffin Joe while Arnold Schwarzenegger gets the 4K upgrade for both his comedy and one of his most iconic roles.

0:00 - Intro

2:25 – Criterion (Lone Star, Chantal Akerman Masterpieces 1968-1978, Trainspotting)

18:21 – Vinegar Syndrome (Red Rock West)

27:19 – Kino (Scarlet Street, The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming, Run Silent Run Deep, Coming Home, Kindergarten Cop)

51:48 – Arrow (The Conan Chronicles, Murphy’s War, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe)

1:15:15 – Severin (The Psychic)

1:19:32 – MVD (Cutting Class)

1:26:29 – Shout Factory (Thinner, Jennifer 8, Unlawful Entry)

1:46:51 – Warner Archive (A Day at the Races, Cabin in the Sky, Rover Dangerfield)

1:59:27 – Sony (The Triplets of Belleville)

2:02:45 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

2:04:06 – New Blu-ray Announcements

2:06:14 - Outro

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Episode 443: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY?! (Chapter 9)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:53:00 +0000

A tradition that has gone absent for too long on the podcast has been this show that began with Sergio Mims and Erik Childress on WHPK Radio Chicago and continued on here. Films that has still yet to get the upgrade treatment on physical media and every time a new one emerges you can hear Sergio screaming down “WE GOT ONE!” We are finally continuing what we started, Sergio, with Peter Sobczynski stepping in to offer his half of 20 titles that still remain dormant on DVD or no physical media whatsoever. Erik and Peter serve up their choices which include films about baseball, politics, journalism and murder. There’s a sci-fi musical and a concert film, true-life tragedies and even farces, satires and other films to laugh at. There is truly something here for everyone and it is time these films receive the upgrade they deserve.

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Episode 442: One Word - Plastics

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 20:50:00 +0000

The first new reviews of 2024 are here, even as a few late 2023 titles sneak into the mix. 13 in all starting with Anthony Hopkins, this time not as C.S. Lewis (Freud’s Last Session) and Renny Harlin dialing up some action with Aaron Eckhart (The Bricklayer). An Elvis, a Spock and a monkey go on a strange journey (He Went That Way) while Kaley Cuoco goes on a familiar one as another domesticated assassin (Role Play). MST3K’s Jonah Ray tries to get ahead of his neighbor (Destroy All Neighbors) and Kevin Hart leads a team through the air on a gold heist (Lift). Steve checks out the scary swimming pool (Night Swim) while J.A. Bayona revisits the real life horror of the Andes plane crash (Society of the Snow). Director Steve McQueen connects WWII to the pandemic (Occupied City) and Jake Johnson is forced to connect with someone or die (Self Reliance). Jason Statham burns phishing scammers (The Beekeeper), LaKeith Stanfield tries to one-up Jesus as the Messiah (The Book of Clarence) and a 20-year-old teen classic gets the musical treatment (Mean Girls)

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Freud’s Last Session

7:56 - The Bricklayer

13:22 - He Went That Way

21:20 - Role Play

27:41 - Destroy All Neighbors

38:23 - Lift

49:10 - Night Swim

56:28 - Society of the Snow

1:12:35 - Occupied City

1:17:26 – The Beekeeper

1:30:40 - Self Reliance

1:39:39 - Mean Girls

1:55:18 – The Book of Clarence

2:11:00 - Outro

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Episode 441: We’ve Got A Long Way To Run

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 9 Jan 2024 17:02:00 +0000

The first Blu-ray show of 2024 with Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress has got a little of everything. From Bob Hope to Brigitte Bardot and Chuck Norris to Charles Bronson. The directorial debuts of Andrew Davis and the Coen Bros. gets an upgrade as do the trilogies of Satyajit Ray and Park Chan-Wook (at least the second part of his.) Plus does Eddie Murphy’s stand-up hold up and how much is there to remember about Varsity Blues?

0:00 - Intro

2:34 - Criterion (Blood Simple 4K, Apu Trilogy 4K)

12:19 - Decal (Oldboy 4K)

16:49 - Paramount (Varsity Blues 4K, Raw)

36:32 - MGM (Romantic Comedy)

44:27 - Freestyle (Stony Island)

52:47 - Shout Factory (Forced Vengeance, St. Ives, Telefon)

1:09:28 - Kino (Road to Hong Kong, Split Image, Please Not Now)

1:25:08 - RLJE (Suitable Flesh)

1:26:40 - Universal (The Holdovers)

1:29:04 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:31:59 - Outro

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Episode 440: The Best Films of 2023

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 4 Jan 2024 22:37:00 +0000

On our annual show, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy make their choices for the standout films of 2023. They are joined once again by Collin Souter of the Christmas Movies Actually podcast to unveil his list as well. Their top 20 is punctuated with a lot of titles you are going to want to remember as they have. What are the ten films that found a spot on all three of their full lists and the four that each made their top tens? Stick until the end to hear their choices in a number of specialty categories that helped make the year so memorable.

0:00 - Intro

3:24 - #20-16

8:59 - #15-11

29:36 - #10-5

54:51 - #5-1

1:25:26 – Special Film Category Shout-Outs

2:05:53 - Outro

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Episode 439: Battle Beyond The Ocean, The Skies And The Biopics

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:07:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy close out 2023 with 11 reviews of the season’s most anticipated films and award season hopefuls. Steve checks out the latest crime comedy from Francois Ozon (The Crime is Mine) while families can check out the latest animated work from Illumination (Migration). Jeffrey Wright is a professor tired of stereotypical depictions of black life in literature (American Fiction) and now there is a feature version of the musical version of Alice Walker’s novel (The Color Purple). Sports play a central role in films from directors George Clooney (The Boys in the Boat), Sean Durkin (The Iron Claw) and Michael Mann (Ferrari) while Bradley Cooper can’t help but get in on the biopic trend (Maestro). Can a new rom-com with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell loosen things up (Anyone But You) or will pure fantasy need to be satisfied by the likes of Zack Snyder (Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire) and James Wan closing out the DC Extended Universe (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom)?

0:00 - Intro

2:33 - The Crime Is Mine

8:34 - American Fiction

21:35 - The Color Purple

37:03 - The Boys in the Boat

49:55 - The Iron Claw

1:03:53 - Ferrari

1:17:30 - Maestro

1:30:39 - Anyone But You

1:48:54 - Migration

1:59-42 - Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

2:17:00 - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

2:31:59 - Outro

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Episode 438: Worlds of Pure Imagination…Mostly

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 17:49:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy play a little catchup this week after being off the previous. This week’s review show includes a pair of documentaries about classic bands (Immediate Family) and a legendary filmmaker (Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer). Erik checks in a wintry monster movie (A Creature Was Stirring) and Steve looks at a filmed stage musical (Waitress: The Musical) and another Dumas adaptation (The Three Musketeers: D’artagnan). It’s the end of the year so it must mean apocalyptic disaster with a pair of films (Concrete Utopia, Leave the World Behind). Mark Wahlberg is another secret killer with a homelife (The Family Plan) which will not be mistaken for two of this year’s award contenders about being outside the walls of Auschwitz (The Zone of Interest) and Emma Stone breaking down the walls of womanhood (Poor Things). Finally, families have their choice between Hayao Miyazaki (The Boy and the Heron), Aardman Studios (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget) and the origins of a candy maker (Wonka).

0:00 - Intro

1:33 – Concrete Utopia

3:16 – The Three Musketeers: D’artagnan

5:02 – Waitress: The Musical

9:30 - Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

16:32 - A Creature Was Stirring

26:56 - Immediate Family

33:48 - Leave the World Behind

49:54 – The Boy and the Heron

1:00:10 - Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

1:11:50 – The Zone of Interest

1:24:27 – The Family Plan

1:38:35 - Poor Things

1:53:32 – Wonka

2:07:52 – Preview of Next Week

2:09:23 - Outro

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Episode 437: Do We Have To Spell It Out For You?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:41:00 +0000

The last physical media show of 2023 is here just in time to get your last minute Christmas gifts. They include some wonderful stuff for families including one of the great short films of all time, the animation of Masaaki Yuasa and Shaun the Sheep plus one of the best versions of Pinocchio. One of Spike Lee’s early films gets the 4K upgrade as does films from Walter Hill, David Cronenberg and arguably the best of John Woo’s American resume. Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress look at the end of the ‘80s 3-D era, a trio of horror titles throughout the decades and a remote-dropper musical. They also look at a trio of mysteries including an ‘80s cult classic, Peter Falk in all his complete ‘70s glory and the ultimate one from the ‘60s brought to vivid life by Oliver Stone in the ‘90s that is one of the must-owns to end out the year.

0:00 - Intro

1:08 – Criterion (The Red Balloon, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio 4K)

10:06 - Warner Archive(The Great Ziegfeld)

13:53 – Sony (School Daze 4K)

17:12 – VCI (Horrors of the Black Museum)

23:52 - Film Masters (The Terror 60th Anniversary)

29:55 – Kino (House of the Long Shadows, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Running Scared, Suspect Zero 4K, Columbo: The Complete Series, Face/Off 4K)

1:01:56 – Arrow (Savage Guns/The Warriors)

1:09:25 – Shout Factory (Last Man Standing, The Dead Zone 4K, Clue 4K, Shaun the Sheep Complete Series, Masaaki Yuasa: Five Films, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 4K, JFK 4K)

1:52:31 – Recent Theatrical Releases

2:06:50 - Outro

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Episode 436: Guns, Bullets, Trains, Boats and Surfers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 6 Dec 2023 03:11:00 +0000

Sony removed over 1,200 titles from their PlayStation store now gone from your library if you purchased them. That doesn’t happen with physical media and, as always, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have got you covered. You can get Terrence Malick in 4K and one of the crazier Christmas noirs you’ve ever seen. The Coreys and Stephen King are also in 4K not to mention upgrades for James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. Indiana Jones goes for one final ride and you can also discover the origins of the Star Wars Holiday Special. Plus, Peter and Erik debate the merits of both Point Break and Young Guns now getting their own 4K upgrades.

0:00 - Intro

1:14 - Criterion (Blast of Silence, Days of Heaven)

15:02 – Arrow (The Day of the Locust)

25:24 – Sony (Stand By Me 4K Steelbook)

33:34 – Shout Factory (Silver Bullet, Point Break)

50:55 – Paramount (Titanic)

1:02:35 – Warner Bros. (The Color Purple)

1:12:57 – Lions Gate (Young Guns)

1:25:07 – Kino (Tokyo Pop)

1:31:20 – Allied (A Disturbance in the Force)

1:47:16 - Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny (Disney)

1:53:44 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:55:45 - Outro

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Episode 435: ‘Tis the Season For Godzilla

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 2 Dec 2023 03:37:00 +0000

Awards season is upon us and both Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are preparing their Chicago ballots. But is there anything amongst the seven new titles this week that will fit? There are a pair of documentaries from the legendary Frederick Wiseman (Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros) and about a tumultuous year in the life of award-winning musician Jon Baptiste (American Symphony). Steve has some words for an apocalyptic horror film (Everyone Will Burn) and Erik wishes that title applied to the latest body-switch comedy with Jennifer Garner (Family Switch). Do family holiday comedies get any better when you add Eddie Murphy battling the 12 Days of Christmas (Candy Cane Lane) or how about when John Woo takes dialogue away from his gunplay (Silent Night)? Finally the latest in the ultimate kaiju arrives from Toho Studios (Godzilla Minus One). Where does it rank within the series?

0:00 - Intro

1:42 - Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros

10:50 - American Symphony

23:47 - Everyone Will Burn

29:52 - Family Switch

38:40 - Candy Cane Lane

49:17 - Silent Night

59:17 - Godzilla Minus One

1:13:08 – Preview of Next Week

1:14:29 - Outro

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Episode 434: Very Hot And Awfully Wet

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 23:14:00 +0000

Black Friday is gone but maybe Cyber Monday will extend to add these titles to your shopping list or your personal library. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about remastered films from Bernardo Bertolucci, Michael Mann and an ‘80s cult classic from Fred Dekker and Shane Black. There are films with early roles for Annette Bening, Theresa Russell and a campy sci-fi classic with Jane Fonda. We’ve got a Peppard alert! Plus maybe one of the better horror anthologies, one of the better straight-to-video sequels and, without debate, one of the funniest films of all-time getting the 4K upgrade.

0:00 - Intro

2:17 - Arrow Films (Barbarella (4K), Blackhat (4K), Tremors 2: Aftershocks (4K))

27:57 - RaroVideo (The Conformist)

30:58 - Kino (The Emerald Forest, The Last Tycoon, The Carpetbaggers, Valmont, The Monster Squad (4K))

1:00:13 - Shout! Factory (Death Wish (NEW) (4K), Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (4K))

1:20:18 - Paramount (The Naked Gun (4K))

1:31:16 – New Theatrical and TV Titles

1:34:52 - New Blu-ray Announcements

1:37:09 - Outro

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Episode 433: When You Wish For A Better Movie

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:46:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy take you into the Thanksgiving holiday with six new reviews. They include a Melissa McCarthy Christmas film from the writer of Love Actually (Genie) and a documentary about one of the most infamous Christmas presents ever (Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids). There are two new animated films including one from Disney (Wish) and another from Adam Sandler (Leo). Which do you think is the better one? Then Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell follows up Promising Young Woman with another sociopathic narrative (Saltburn) and Ridley Scott unveils his edited-down version of a big man-baby general (Napoleon).

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Genie

11:44 - Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids

26:46 - Leo

37:28 - Saltburn

51:24 - Wish

1:04:57 - Napoleon

1:20:04 – Preview of Next Week / Outro

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Episode 432: Lovemakers and Bombmakers: A Black Friday Special

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 21:37:00 +0000

Just in time to bulk up your holiday shopping lists there are some choice selections being released this week on Blu-ray from the classic to the pure nostalgic. Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress guide you through it. Criterion has got some Scorsese and Chabrol while Kino goes Burt Reynolds and a bizarro ‘80s Christmas tale. Speaking of Scorsese, there’s another Lily Gladstone performance to check out from this year and Lions Gate releases two of their franchise players from the theaters as well. Erik and Peter go through the history of the Police Academy series while the same studio releases a complete set of a terrific sci-fi series Erik caught up with this year. For the moms (and lovers of all things love) there’s a classic Christmas romcom debuting in 4K and for the Dads (when they are done with Burt) Harrison Ford gets the 4K treatment on the run and Christopher Nolan’s latest is here for your stocking stuffers.

0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Criterion (Mean Streets (4K), La Ceremonie)

14:33 - Music Box (The Unknown Country)

20:32 - Kino (Babes in Toyland (1986), White Lightning, Gator, More 4K Recommendations)

36:44 - Shout! Factory (The Police Academy Collection, Farscape: The Complete Series (25th Anniversary Edition))

56:51 - Warner Bros. (The Fugitive (4K))

1:06:18 - Universal (Love Actually (4K), Oppenheimer)

1:22:02 - Lions Gate (Saw X, Expendables 4)

1:33:15 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 431: Strange Bedfellows and Food For Thought

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:28:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine new reviews on this episode. They include documentaries about the tragedy of a Harry Potter stunt double (David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived) and another about a forgotten woman’s sexuality activist (The Disappearance of Shere Hite). There’s a feature about the unsung architect of the March on Washington (Rustin) and another from Taika Waititi about the World Cup team that lost 31-0 (Next Goal Wins). The comedy trio from Saturday Night Live craft their first feature (Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain), Eli Roth crafts a feature out of his Grindhouse trailer (Thanksgiving) and The fuzzy-haired musical creatures are back for their third film (Trolls Band Together). Todd Haynes, Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore team up for a squirmy tale ripped from the tabloids (May December) and may the odds be ever in your favor for a new franchise prequel (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes).

0:00 - Intro

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived

11:42 – The Disappearance of Shere Hite

23:42 - Rustin

36:46 - Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

47:18 - Next Goal Wins

55:27 - May December

1:10:22 - Trolls Band Together

1:18:27 - Thanksgiving

1:34:29 – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

1:51:32 – Preview of Next Week / Outro

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Episode 430: Giving You A Shot Of Blu-Ray Steel

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 03:34:00 +0000

This week in physical media, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk up a pair of Larry McMurtry tales. Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage are in two of this week’s selections and one of them together. Erik gets one of his titles from the Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray series and Peter looks back at the time Nicolas Roeg went to Showtime with Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown. A crowd-pleasing underdog tale gets a director’s cut in 4K as does a Billy Wilder film with Peter Graves in prison (not a Turkish one.) There is stop-motion Christmas for the kids and a stage adaptation of Miyazaki. And sometimes you are being followed whether it be by a giant truck or Ron Silver.

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Criterion (The Last Picture Show (4K))

8:23 - Paramount (Terms of Endearment (4K))

20:40 - RLJE Films (Color Out of Space 4K)

23:27 - Sony (Guarding Tess, The Fog of War, Short Circuit 2, Rudy: Director's Cut (4K))

44:24 - Unearthed (Full Body massage)

48:23 - Shout! Factory (Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas, SPIRITED AWAY: Live on Stage?, The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2)

59:44 - Kino (2 Days in the Valley, (Stalag 17 (4K))

1:12:48 - Universal (Duel 4K)

1:19:05 - Lions Gate (Blue Steel (Vestron Collector's Series))

1:25:27 – New Theatrical & TV Titles on Blu-ray

1:29:30 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:30:18 - Outro

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Episode 429: His Name Was…What Was His Name Again?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 03:27:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy check in with six new movies this week. They include another slasher twist on a holiday classic (It’s a Wonderful Knife) and Jesse Eisenbeg either doing a riff on Fight Club or one of his own movies about toxic masculinity (Manodrome). A comedy legend gets a well-deserved tribute (Albert Brooks: Defending My Life) and Nicolas Cage haunts everyone in their sleep (Dream Scenario). Then see how the new David Fincher film stands up to the rest of his work (The Killer) and Steve gets his shot to weigh in on the latest from the MCU (The Marvels).

0:00 - Intro

1:24 - It's a Wonderful Knife

12:04 - Manodrome

25:25 - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

38:17 - Dream Scenario

51:58 - The Killer

1:05:29 - The Marvels

1:23:25 – Preview of Next Week

1:24:39 - Outro

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Episode 428: The Marvels

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 9 Nov 2023 21:04:00 +0000

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been under fire lately, led by a string of mediocrity that has been well documented here with our regular guest and comic book expert, Erik Laws. Does The Marvels earn the sharpened knives that have apparently been out for it for months? They discuss the current direction of Marvel and where their trio of superheroines succeeds and fails. Has Brie Larson been given the opportunity to distinguish her character amongst the cadre of heroes? Does The Marvels miss the opportunity to expand into an untapped genre of its Universe? Has the rush to visual effects magic again result in some less than (inter)stellar moments? Childress and Laws also breakdown the ongoing commentary by Martin Scorsese that less than stellar journalists can’t help but needle away on.

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Episode 427: Chan, Keaton, Winthorp and Billy Ray Valentine, You Betcha!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 7 Nov 2023 22:40:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to provide a rundown of what you can add to your physical media collection this week. You have brand new collections of films from Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton. The late William Friedkin does his first Tracy Letts adaptation and while it missed Halloween there is a great new edition of an overlooked horror film from J.A. Bayona. In time for Veteran’s Day, Sony has two new 4K editions of war films and there is also a new Blu-ray of a guilty favorite from our longtime friend, Sergio Mims. Erik and Peter recall the first time they saw Fargo which gets an upgrade as does George Lucas’ coming-of-age classic in time for its 50th Anniversary. Finally, Paramount celebrates the anniversary of two modern Christmas favorites with their own upgrade. Lookin’ good, Billy Ray. Feeling good, Louis!

0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Criterion (Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar)

9:59 - Cohen Media (The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 5)

14:00 - MVD (A Bullet for Sandoval)

17:21 - Fun City (T.R. Baskin)

23:35 - Imprint (Bug, The Orphanage)

33:05 - Shout! Factory (Surviving the Game, Fargo (4K))

46:14 - Sony (The Guns of Navarone (4K Steelbook), Black Hawk Down (4K Steelbook))

1:00:21 - Universal (American Graffiti 4K, Violent Night 4K,)

1:09:22 - Paramount (Trading Places (40th Anniversary) (4K), Scrooged (35th Anniversary) (4K))

1:28:47 – Recent Theatrical Titles Now On Blu-ray (& TV)

1:29:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:34:14 - Outro

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Episode 426: I’ve Had Enough Bad Love

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 4 Nov 2023 14:40:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy begin November with 10 new reviews this week. They include a wannabe comic murder mystery (Helen’s Dead), Awkwafina testing her skills on a game show (Quiz Show) and Sylvester Stallone getting a documentary about the key period of his career (Sly). The Adams Family have a new horror film (Where the Devil Roams) and Daisy Ridley tries to run away from her Room-like origins (The Marsh King’s Daughter). Jodie Foster tries to help Annette Bening swim the Atlantic in a true story (Nyad). Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed see if there is a test for love (Fingernails) while Meg Ryan and David Duchovny revisit their relationship while stranded in an airport (What Happens Later). Finally, Alexander Payne reunites with Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Sofia Coppola tells the story that is so often overlooked in the Elvis mythos (Priscilla) in two of the best films of the year.

0:00 - Intro

1:05 - Helen's Dead

8:47 - Quiz Lady

17:21 - Sly

30:43 - Where the Devil Roams

39:45 – The Marsh King's Daughter

51:15 - Fingernails

1:03:40 - Nyad

1:14:44 - What Happens Later

1:25:55 - The Holdovers

1:38:36 – Priscilla

1:54:28 – Preview of Next Week / Outro

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Episode 425: Can I Get A Witness?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 1 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000

October ends on more of a suspenseful note than a horrific one but that may be enough to not want a phone to ring during viewing. On the latest in physical media, Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about the cultural horror elements of the latest Criterion release. There’s also a snarky self-referential horror film that pre-dates Scream. Kino has a cornucopia of 1980s ninja goodness and Peter even has something positive to say about a comic book movie. On top of all that there is one of the best action films of the year, one of the best performances of Harrison Ford’s career and another round of the master of suspense in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Criterion (Nanny)

9:14 - Ronin Flix (There’s Nothing Out There)

15:41 - Kino (Enter the Ninja, American Ninja, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, The Challenge)

31:25 - Universal (The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 3) (4K)

59:16 - Arrow Films (Witness (4K))

1:06:19 – Warner Bros. (Blue Beetle 4K)

1:10:38 – Paramount (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (4K))

1:15:16 – More Recent Theatrical & Streaming Titles

1:18:03 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:21:24 - Outro

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Episode 424: Flesh, Fall, Freelance and Freddy’s

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:51:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy close out October with seven reviews for you. Steve catches up on a film from Sundance (The Persian Version) while both look at the true story of a Bible thumper on the search for a lost civilization (The Mission). Emily Blunt and Chris Evans are on the selling side of the opioid crisis (Pain Hustlers) and Heather Graham is given the H.P. Lovecraft treatment (Suitable Flesh). The duo look at this year’s Palme d’Or winner (Anatomy of a Fall) as well as how this John Cena/Alison Brie action/comedy made it into theaters (Freelance). Finally, while it plays in both theaters and on the Peacock, a horror video game becomes a movie (Five Nights At Freddy’s) though that’s debatable.

0:00 – Intro

1:25 – The Persian Version

8:27 – The Mission

20:47 - Pain Hustlers

30:05 - Suitable Flesh

39:47 - Anatomy of a Fall

56:00 - Freelance

1:11:42 - Five Nights At Freddy's

1:23:45 – Preview of Next Week / Outro

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Episode 423: Martial Arts and Gut Punches

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:40:00 +0000

The month of Halloween is almost over but studios are still putting out the spooky stuff on this week’s edition of physical media talk with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. Criterion has one of the great modern haunted house tales with one of Nicole Kidman’s best performances. Brett Ratner tries to remake Michael Mann, Lewis Teague does his first Stephen King and Roland Emmerich completely botches Godzilla. Paramount has a whole box set of frights with some 4K debuts including a surprise title that really gets under Peter’s skin. Indicator has some Jean Rollin and a box set of film noir. There is more Shaw Brothers, Sammo Hung, Mario Bava and, naturally, Bill Haley and the Comets. Plus the one thing that every show, big and small, needs – Muppets!

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Criterion (The Others (4K))

7:43 - Arrow Films (The Iron-Fisted Monk)

9:51 - Shout! Factory (Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Three)

12:30 - Indicator (Universal Noir #2 (1945-1949), Fascination (4K), Lips of Blood (4K))

27:46 - Kino (Red Dragon (4K), Black Sabbath (60th Anniversary), Cujo (4K), It! The Terror from Beyond Space)

49:33 - Sony (Rock Around the Clock, Godzilla 1998 (4K), The Muppets Take Manhattan (4K))

1:07:53 - Paramount (Paramount Scares Vol. 1 (4K))

1:19:34 – Theatrical Titles and Television New on Blu-ray

1:21:00 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:23:21 - Outro

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Episode 422: Excuse Me, That’s Mine

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:13:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to review six new films this week. They include the film that was supposed to be Nicolas Cage’s first western, but wasn’t (Butcher’s Crossing). Documentarian Errol Morris gets inside the head of spy novelist John Le Carre (The Pigeon Tunnel) and comedian Bill Burr tries to not let the new woke generation get inside his (Old Dads). The director of Borat adapts a two-man show (Dicks: The Musical) and a new documentary on Amazon is a warm-up for this week’s theme of property theft (Silver Dollar Road). That leaves us with the latest from Martin Scorsese on the true story of the 1920s murders amongst the Osage community in Oklahoma (Killers of the Flower Moon).

0:00 - Intro

2:02 - Butcher's Crossing

10:55 – The Pigeon Tunnel

15:49 - Old Dads

22:59 - Silver Dollar Road

32:18 - Dicks: The Musical

41:28 - Killers of the Flower Moon

1:00:54 – Preview of Next Week’s Movies

1:02:09 - Outro

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Episode 421: Bye Bye Best Buy

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:16:00 +0000

Retail chain Best Buy announced they will abandon all physical media in their stores and online starting in 2024. In other words, shop anywhere else especially for the titles we discuss every week here on the show with Peter Sobczynski. This week you can be “one of us” with the latest from Criterion, swashbuck with Douglas Fairbanks or get held hostage by Humphrey Bogart on Blu-ray. There is more new 4K horror from Stan Winston, Robin Hardy, Barbra Streisand and one of the more underappreciated remakes of the 1980s. There is also an extensive documentary for a classic from that decade and one of the films we asked for on our Why Is This Not On Blu-Ray shows finally gets an upgrade from Kino. All that and more that you cannot get at Best Buy in the future.

0:00 - Intro

3:31 - Criterion (Freaks/The Unknown/The Mystic: Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers, EO, The Innocent, No Bears)

20:52 - Arrow (The Desperate Hours)

25:31 - Cohen Media (The Three Musketeers / The Iron Mask)

30:20 - Cinedigm (RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop )

38:22 - Kino (The Best of Times, The Blob (1988) (4K)

51:49 - Shout! Factory (Pumpkinhead (4K))

54:23 - Lions Gate (The Wicker Man (1973) (4K Steelbook))

1:02:56 - Sony (The Way We Were (50th Anniversary) (4K))

1:08:32 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray

1:16:37 – New TV on Blu-ray

1:17:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:20:35 - Outro

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Episode 420: Long Live The New 4K

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:59:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns for a short week of new physical media titles with Erik Childress. On this episode for kids and most decidedly NOT for kids. To keep them busy there is a new 4K of Disney’s first landmark animated motion picture as well as a new collection of Wallace & Gromit’s short films. Then send them to bed so you can revisit the beginning of a horror franchise, Elizabeth Taylor trying to get screwed to death (literally) and James Woods mixing death, screwing and a whole lot of icky hallucinations with David Cronenberg. All that and new releases from the theatrical front for your home library.

0:00 - Intro

0:39 - Criterion (Videodrome (4K))

16:10 - Severin (Identikit)

26:44 - Paramount (Friday the 13th (4K Steelbook))

38:34 - Shout! Factory (Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection)

46:29 - Walt Disney (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (4K))

51:04 – Recent Theatrical Titles

56:09 – New TV Titles

58:30 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:04:17 - Outro

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Episode 419: We Believe In William Friedkin & Kitty Green

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 8 Oct 2023 13:29:00 +0000

A return to the weekly movie reviews brings ten new films into the fold for Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy. They include a documentary on an Oscar-winning producer (The Storms of Jeremy Thomas) and a baffling story of love featuring Peter Dinklage and two Oscar winners (She Came To Me). The horrors of October are starting to come out with another chapter in the long-running anthology (V/H/S/85), the first of two tales of families and possession this week (When Evil Lurks) plus what happens when you mix Scream with Back to the Future (Totally Killer). There is more real life horror revisiting the shifting power dynamics of a Sundance relationship (Fair Play), the true-life tale of when to remain silent (Miranda’s Victim) and the true-life-inspired tale of vacationing women and the toxic bar they get jobs in (The Royal Hotel). Finally it seems fitting that on the week that David Gordon Green attempts his own follow-up to one of the greatest horror films ever (The Exorcist: Believer), the late director of that classic would see the debut of his final film about how a new generation thinks they know more than the one they follow (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial).

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Fair Play

16:08 - Miranda's Victim

24:56 - The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

29:56 - She Came To Me

38:24 - V/H/S/85

44:43 - When Evil Lurks

53:24 - The Royal Hotel

1:05:47 - Totally Killer

1:19:37 - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1:34:52 - The Exorcist: Believer

1:55:12 - Outro

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Episode 418: Fantastic Fest 2023

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:43:00 +0000

Steve Prokopy returned to Austin for its annual Fantastic Fest and then came back to the podcast to talk about the barrage of films he saw along with Erik Childress who got to see a few titles as well. They include a Troma reboot with Peter Dinklage, retro screenings of French giallo and Roman softcore. Pet Sematary got a prequel, stopmotion creations come to life and Joe Lynch tries on some Lovecraft with Heather Graham. Steve takes you to a river with a time loop and Erik goes down to South America for an unique chef gig with Nick Stahl. There are documentaries about cinematic A.I. and a famous Halloween theme park. There are spiders, dogs and earthquakes. Michel Gondry revisits one of his own works and the guys split on a film “based” on true events. Finally there is a real gem featuring one of our favorites, Jim Cummings, and the gathering at a remote coffee shop. 19 films in all for you to consider a look at in the future, which may be doomed.

0:00 - Intro

4:32 - The Toxic Avenger

10:07 - Infested

14:42 - Sleep

20:17 - Strange Darling

26:48 - The Book of Solutions

30:38 - River

35:38 - Spooktacular!

41:45 - The Strangler

45:55 - Caligula

50:09 - So Unreal

58:02 - Stopmotion

1:01:06 - Suitable Flesh

1:07:39 - What You Wish For

1:11:37 - Concrete Utopia

1:16:59 - Your Lucky Day

1:20:22 - Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

1:27:01 - The Sacrifice Game

1:29:56 - Dogman

1:33:13 - The Last Stop in Yuma County

1:40:15 - Outro

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Episode 417: The Hunt For Blu October

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 3 Oct 2023 14:55:00 +0000

It’s the month of Halloween and studios are delivering some of their spookiest titles n physical media. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk you into a pair of the greatest horror endings of all-time. Speaking of which you can now pick and choose your Universal horror classics in 4K alongside another sci-fi film from the next era. They discuss what they think could be the best film in one franchise and, arguably, the last tolerable one in another. A “cable classic” gets the 4K treatment as does a Best Picture winner celebrating your 50th anniversary that will cleanse your palette after a week full of gore and frights.

0:00 - Intro

0:54 - Criterion (Don't Look Now (4K))

8:43 - Lions Gate (Mob Land, Talk To Me, The Mist (4K))

28:06 - Shout! Factory (Night of the Demons (4K), Night of the Demons 2-3)

36:25 - Paramount (Scream 3 (4K))

42:17 - Fox (Prey (4K))

50:06 - Universal (The Mummy (1932) (4K), The Bride of Frankenstein (4K), The Phantom of the Opera (1943) (4K), Creature from the Black Lagoon (4K), It Came from Outer Space (4K), The Sting (50th Anniversary) (4K))

1:11:40 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:15:21 - Outro

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Episode 416: Here Come The Pain Big Time

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:47:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski guides you through the latest in physical media. They include a couple music-based films from Criterion. Getting close to October the horror is ramping up with upgrades for Argento, Halloween and even an MST3K favorite. There are 4K upgrades for Godard, Cimino, Frankenheimer, Linklater and even Gregg Araki. Peter and Erik talk about the controversies over Oliver Stone’s attack on media culture and they both love the recent upgrade of one of Brian DePalma’s best films.

0:00 - Intro

0:49 - Criterion (La Bamba, Moonage Daydream)

8:04 - Blue Underground (The Girl from Rio 4K)

11:24 - Lions Gate (Contempt (4K))

18:14 - Kino (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 4K, The Train 4K, Death Wish 4/5)

40:39 - Film Detective (The Giant Gila Monster)

46:36 - Synapse (Tenebrae 4K)

52:40 - Sony (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 4K, Insidious: The Red Door)

1:00:55 - Paramount (Halloween H2O 4K, School of Rock 4K)

1:10:21 - RLJE (Sympathy for the Devil)

1:13:07 - Disney (Loki 4K, Elemental 4K,)

1:23:02 - Universal (Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken)

1:26:20 - Shout Factory (Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Natural Born Killers 4K,)

1:38:27 - Strand (The Doom Generation 4K)

1:41:59 - Arrow (Carlito’s Way 4K)

1:55:01 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:57:59 - Outro

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Episode 414: You Want To Love Or Fear?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 02:10:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns for an epic round of catch-up on the latest and greatest in physical media. They include 4K upgrades of films from Orson Welles and Nicolas Roeg. The strange career of James Foley is discussed around one of his best films. Speaking of best, Lions Gate has one of the best comedies of the year and one of the year’s best period. Right in time for Cassandro this week, the first two Santo films are released. There is excellent television, an all-timer from the late, great William Friedkin as well as the Ghoulies movies and a whole trove of titles from master of disaster, Irwin Allen. Something from all the decades including an ‘80s favorite getting a major upgrade and the directorial debut of Robert DeNiro celebrating its 30th anniversary in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

2:24 - Criterion (The Trial (4K), Walkabout (4K))

14:33 - Music Box (L’Immensità)

17:56 - Indicator (Santo vs. Infernal Men, Santo vs. The Evil Brain)

21:32 - Kino (After Dark, My Sweet, The Beast, Final Cut)

42:37 - Lions Gate (Cobweb, Joy Ride, Past Lives)

50:59 - Walt Disney (The Little Mermaid (2023) (4K))

55:10 - Paramount (Poker Face: Season One)

58:03 - Warner Bros. (Rick and Morty: The Complete Series 1-6, Succession: The Complete Series, Air, The Exorcist (4K))

1:14:14 - Shout! Factory (The Pack, My Bloody Valentine (1981) (4K), The Lost City of Z (4K), Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster Collection)

1:37:11 - MVD (Ghoulies (4K) / Ghoulies II)

1:44:57 - Sony (Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (4K Steelbook))

1:50:12 - Tribeca (A Bronx Tale (4K))

1:56:24 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

2:02:58 - Outro

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Episode 413: Who Wants Another Mustache Ride?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 02:54:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to the review beat with eight new movies this week. They include a horror anthology (Satanic Hispanics), another coming-of-age werewolf love story (My Animal) and the film that reveals the truth about Augusto Pinochet being a vampire (El Conde). Michael Pena stars in the true story of a Mexican immigrant who dreamed of becoming an astronaut (A Million Miles Away) and Michael Jai White and the makers of Black Dynamite take on the western (Outlaw Johnny Black). The great Haley Lu Richardson finds love at the airport (Love At First Sight), a bunch of amateur stock traders game the system in a recent true story (Dumb Money) and Kenneth Branagh brings the latest in his Hercule Poirot Cinematic Universe (A Haunting In Venice).

0:00 - Intro

2:23 - Satanic Hispanics

8:29 - My Animal

19:53 - El Conde

26:07 - A Million Miles Away

40:56 - Outlaw Johnny Black

50:56 - Love At First Sight

1:06:19 - Dumb Money

1:21:51 – A Haunting In Venice

1:38:32 - Outro

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Episode 412: King Killers And Titillating Thrillers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 1 Sep 2023 19:32:00 +0000

A half-dozen films highlight this Labor Day weekend with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy who guide you through the spectrum of new films from Juliette Binoche (Between Two Worlds) and Frank Grillo (King of Killers). Hilary Swank is kinda involved in solving her son’s murder (The Good Mother) while Simon Pegg tries to solve the mystery of an unseen but all-knowing entity (Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose). The history of the “erotic thriller” is examined in a nearly three-hour documentary (We Kill For Love) and Denzel Washington is back to provide brutal justice in Italy (The Equalizer 3).

0:00 - Intro

1:53 King of Killers

9:44 – The Good Mother

21:32 - Between Two Worlds

27:32 - We Kill For Love

47:52 - Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

1:00:52 - The Equalizer 3

1:16:54 - Outro

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Episode 411: The ‘80s Are Far From Over

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:34:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski get you caught up on the latest in physical media for this week and the next. They include new 4K editions from two of the great directorial runs of the ‘80s and the ‘90s. Comic book movies from this summer are on tap including one that Peter genuinely loves. Though he does disagree with Erik on the latest Jennifer Lawrence vehicle. Music Box Films has a set combining expansive documentaries on the history of film, Arrow has some early Jackie Chan and Magnolia has new Paul Schrader. The pair go down the rabbit hole of Family Ties to introduce a ‘80s romcom/horror oddity and as that decade goes it does not get more ‘80s than Burt Reynolds and the sequel to Saturday Night Fever.

0:00 - Intro

1:33 - Criterion (The Princess Bride (4K), Drylongso)

15:40 - Arrow Films (New Fist of Fury)

19:21 - Shout! Factory (My Demon Lover)

29:14 - Music Box (The Complete Story of Film)

35:30 - Warner Bros. (The Flash (4K))

42:23 - Sony (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 4K, No Hard Feelings)

53:09 - Magnolia (Master Gardener)

59:13 - Paramount (Hustle & Flow 4K, Sleepy Hollow 4K)

1:05:13 - Kino (Malone, 3 Days of the Condor (4K), Staying Alive (4K))

1:24:27 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:28:15 - Outro

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Episode 410: Bottoms Up, Down and Around A Bat Mitzvah

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 01:16:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine movies for you to consider this week. They include a powerful documentary about Alzheimer’s (The Eternal Memory) and a less than powerful faith-and-baseball tale (The Hill). A bickering couple goes on the longest hike of their lives (Brightwood) and sisters get into scuba trouble (The Dive). The Yom Kippur War is told through the makeup on Helen Mirren (Golda) and the Sandler family produce a coming-of-age comedy (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah). Liam Neeson goes for a drive while sitting on a bomb (Retribution) and a gamer-turned-racer is a whole other kind of bomb (Gran Turismo). Finally, they put the must-see “R”-rated comedy of the year thus far on your radar (Bottoms).

0:00 – Intro

1:05 - The Eternal Memory

7:29 - The Hill

18:24 - Brightwood

29:48 - The Dive

40:21 - Golda

50:34 - You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

1:01:19 - Retribution

1:13:27 - Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story

1:30:55 – Bottoms

1:44:33 - Outro

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Episode 409: Turn It Off Or Turn It Up?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:41:00 +0000

This week in physical media with Peter Sobczynski begins with a little argument over the new 4K release of another John Hughes film. There is no disagreement that the new work from Nicole Holofcener is worth grabbing. Horror fans get works from Lucio Fulci, Jean Rollin and Michael Crichton. Ralph Bakshi finally gets a Blu-ray release for his animated musical ode and you can also see Louis Malle’s controversial film with Brooke Shields and where that George C. Scott meme comes from courtesy of Paul Schrader.

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Arrow Films (Weird Science (4K))

15:25 - Cauldron Films (City of the Living Dead (4K))

23:55 - Indicator (The Night of the Hunted, The Rape of the Vampire)

34:34 - Sony (American Pop)

43:33 - Universal (Elizabeth (4K), Promising Young Woman (4K))

Shout! Factory (Hackers (4K), Coma)

53:27 - Lions Gate (The Blackening (4K), You Hurt My Feelings)

59:45 - Kino (Brightwood, Two Tickets to Greece, Three Into Two Won't Go, Pretty Baby, Hardcore)

1:21:32 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:24:32 - Outro

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Episode 408: Poop, Pee And The Best Horror Film of 2023

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:32:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy dig into eight new movies this week. They include revisiting a film from Sundance that they still believe to be the best horror film of the year (Birth/Rebirth). An Irish paramilitary seeks revenge for his wife (Dead Shot), an old Chinese tale gets the animated treatment from Netflix (The Monkey King) and Michael Cera stars in a dysfunctional family drama that the film’s publicist apparently did not want us to see. One of the stars of Glow gets to go all Shining at the hotel she inherits (Bad Things) and the director of Thoroughbreds and Bad Education tries out a capitalist satire with aliens (Landscape With Invisible Hand). Finally, DC comics tries again (Blue Beetle) and talking dogs with the voices of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx pee, poop and hump their way into laughs (Strays).

0:00 - Intro

3:52 - Birth/Rebirth

17:36 - Dead Shot

25:06 - The Adults

35:36 – The Monkey King

41:26 - Bad Things

52:17 - Landscape With Invisible Hand

1:03:01 - Blue Beetle

1:18:14 – Strays

1:29:40 - Outro

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Episode 407: Before Gere There Was Shatner

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:02:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski brings us up to date in the world of physical media. They include an early film from Wayne Wang, the latest from Wes Anderson and an anniversary edition of a documentary on David Bowie. There’s a collection of Audie Murphy films and others about World War II not to mention fights against woodland terrorists and staged by the Shaw Brothers. Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn get the 4K treatment in one of the great classic romances. But do not count out the recommendations of a spooky British Halloween special and a crazy vehicle for William Shatner back in the ‘70s.

0:00 - Intro

0:42 - Criterion (Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart)

4:30 - Rhino (Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)

8:18 - Grindhouse (Impulse)

15:12 - 101 Films (Ghost Watch)

20:11 - RLJE Films (The Wrath of Becky)

23:25 - Kino (Audie Murphy Collection III, The Day and the Hour, Is Paris Burning?, Last and First Men, The Doll (and I Don't Want to Be a Man))

39:56 - Universal (Asteroid City)

46:05 - Paramount (Roman Holiday (70th Anniverary) (4K))

51:31 - Shout! Factory (Shaw Brothers Classics: Vol. Two)

54:56 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:00:05 - Outro

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Episode 406: The Last Voyages of Dracula, Aliens and GA.I. Gadot

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 13:50:00 +0000

After a week off, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return with seven new reviews including a documentary about the adaptations of the premier horror novelist (King on Screen) and a murder mystery set in the world of hairstyling (Medusa Deluxe). Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Elijofor try to have a baby without actually having one (The Pod Generation) and the President’s son hooks up with the Prince of Britain (Red, White and Royal Blue). Gal Gadot tries to carry a film about A.I. basically made by A.I. (Heart of Stone) and Ben Kingsley has a flying saucer crash land in his backyard (Jules). Finally, Erik goes solo on telling you if the latest Dracula fan fiction is worth your time (The Last Voyage of the Demeter).

0:00 - Intro

5:16 - King on Screen

20:50 - Medusa Deluxe

27:55 - Heart of Stone

43:25 - Red, White and Royal Blue

54:25 - Jules

1:07:46 – The Pod Generation

1:15:07 – The Last Voyage of the Demeter

1:29:16 - Outro

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Episode 403: Bakers, Butchers And Scare Makers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:14:00 +0000

This week’s reviews with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy feature nine reviews for your viewing consideration. Kiersey Clemons is an amateur sleuth trying to solve a kidnapping (Susie Searches) while Ellie Kemper goes on a hike for some reason (Happiness for Beginners). Two films that played the Chicago Critics Film Festival open including the latest from Christian Petzold (Afire) and the comic (and now tragic) story of transgender sex workers (Kokomo City). Nicolas Cage takes Joel Kinneman for a collateral ride (Sympathy for the Devil) and Ron Perlman is trying to avenge his son by making the mob lose their house (The Baker). A great cast tries to add to this year’s product launch cinema (The Beanie Bubble). Hopefully you ain’t afraid of no ghost because they look back at an acclaimed horror film from Sundance (Talk To Me) and Disney takes another shot at bringing their classic ride to the big screen (Haunted Mansion)

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Talk To Me

11:30 - Susie Searches

19:55 - Sympathy for the Devil

30:53 - Happiness for Beginners

44:47 - Afire

55:35 - Kokomo City

1:07:46 - The Baker

1:20:47 - The Beanie Bubble

1:35:50 - Haunted Mansion

1:48:37 – Flashback Weekend Horror Convention Preview

1:53:29 - Outro

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Episode 402: One False Move And "Now I Will Kill You"

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:45:00 +0000

This week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at some classic genre fare, classics of the cult variety and some films still overlooked. They include films from Douglas Fairbanks, John Wayne and Howard Hughes. Harrison Ford’s screen debut can be found as can one of the better Mike Myers comedies and one of the films chosen for this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival. For the cult crowd there is a foursome of Chucky films, two versions of a Stephen King adaptation and a cable staple from the late ‘80s. An early MST3K favorite gets a Blu-ray upgrade and even earlier music videos get themselves a collection. The discussion is bookended with a pair of must-own titles though including a sci-fi classic from the 1950s and the film which launched the great Bill Paxton into the next phase of his great career.

0:38 - Criterion (One False Move (4K))

8:27 - Cohen Media (Robin Hood (1922) / The Black Pirate (1926))

12:36 - Arrow Films (Blood Money: Four Classic Westerns)

17:45 - Lions Gate (My Best Friend Is a Vampire (Vestron Collector's Series))

21:43 - Indicator (Jet Pilot, Thunderbolt, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, The Song of Songs)

33:39 - Music Box (Revoir Paris)

36:49 - Kino (Soundies: The Ultimate Collection, T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, Needful Things (4K))

53:45 - Shout! Factory (Bride of Chucky (4K), Cult of Chucky (4K), Curse of Chucky (4K), Seed of Chucky (4K), Team America: World Police)

1:02:11 - Sony (So I Married An Axe Murderer (4K))

1:09:18 - Bayview (Robot Monster)

1:17:48 - Paramount (The War of the Worlds (1953) (4K))

1:27:27 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 401: Barbie & Oppenheimer: A Weekend Of Celebration

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 02:47:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy share in a weekend of greatness, even if some movies are not as great. They review seven this week including a look back at a deep dive doc from Sundance (The Deepest Breath) and another from the fest involving an expectant mother and her post-birth choices (Earth Mama). Neil LaBute puts Maggie Q up against some psychos (Fear the Night) while Lizzy Caplan’s son hears noises in the walls (Cobweb) and John Boyega comes to learn some disturbing things about his neighborhood (They Cloned Tyrone). But the weekend belongs to Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan whose films have been two of the most hyped releases of the year and they delivered a weekend for the ages. For all ages and everyone else.

0:00 - Intro

1:40 – The Deepest Breath

19:35 - Earth Mama

28:21 - Fear the Night

40:22 - Cobweb

50:30 - They Cloned Tyrone

1:04:20 - Oppenheimer

1:25:21 - Barbie

1:47:19 - Outro

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Episode 400: To Live and Die Breathlessly

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:47:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress on this week’s physical media roundup. They include 4K releases from Godard, Scorsese and Boetticher. Are any of the stories from Four Rooms worth revisiting? Peter unveils an appreciation for one of the great endings in film while Erik discusses HBO’s acclaimed video game adaptation. You also get Gena Rowlands in an Oscar-nominated performance, Roy Scheider fighting off sleazy blackmailers, a bizarre pre-Lethal Weapon partnering and one of the great William Friedkin movies getting the upgrade it deserves.

0:00 - Intro

1:08 - Criterion (Breathless (4K), The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher (4K))

8:34 - Arrow Films (Hugo (4K))

13:33 - Imprint (Four Rooms, Wolf Creek (Ultimate Edition))

30:56 - Sony (Love Again)

33:23 - Universal (Kandahar, Les Miserables (2012) (4K))

40:52 - Warner Archive (Land of the Pharoahs)

48:39 - Warner Bros. (The Last of Us: The Complete First Season)

53:08 - Kino (52 Pick-Up, End of the World, Gloria (1980), Nevada Smith, Number One with a Bullet, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, To Live and Die in L.A. (4K))

1:22:07 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:24:17 - Outro

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Episode 399: We Choose To Accept Some Of These Movies

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:07:00 +0000

There’s one big movie hitting theaters this week but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have eight other titles to talk about. They include a look back at their biggest disagreement of the year from Sundance (Theater Camp) while Steve checks out a great cast goes looking for healing elsewhere (The Miracle Club). Then they look at a trio of documentaries from the treatment of the American Indian (Lakota Nation vs. United States) to black players and baseball (The League) and Alex Winter’s examination of the first of two deadly algorithms this week (The YouTube Effect). Next it is on to fictional horror from an estranged couple stuck together (Quicksand) to the blind leading the blind without Sandra Bullock (Bird Box Barcelona) and a low-budget film crew plagued by zombies (Final Cut). Of course they would not let you go without discussing the latest in a franchise that has somehow managed to exceed expectations over and over. Does the latest live up to the name? (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One). Then one last thing as the duo serve up their mock ballots for the best performances and movies of the year at the mid-way point.

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Theater Camp

14:22 - The Miracle Club

21:42 - The YouTube Effect

34:30 - Lakota Nation vs. United States

43:18 - The League

53:10 - Quicksand

1:02:27 - Final Cut

1:12:42 - Bird Box Barcelona

1:24:02 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One

1:39:14 – The Mid-Year Ballot

1:46:49 - Outro

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Episode 398: Are You There God? I Know It’s After Hours

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:03:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have a jam-packed week for you in physical media. It includes the long-awaited upgrade for an often overlooked Martin Scorsese classic. Emily Blunt debuts in a lovely coming-of-age film while two Oscar winners and a should-have-won-all-the-Emmys actor make their debut in an early ‘80s slasher film. There is some hatred for the latest Scream and some for a John Hughes character but some surprising love for an early ‘90s Rambo knockoff. There is also one of the essential film noirs with John Garfield, a little Ari Aster discourse and nothing but love for one of the best films of the year that you should absolutely add to your collection.

0:00 - Intro

1:06 - Criterion (The Watermelon Woman, After Hours (4K))

16:11 - Imprint (The Bounty, Damage, Leap (Duo Guan), Malena, My Summer of Love, Not One Less)

40:20 - Synapse (McBain)

46:48 - Kino (Chile '76, Close to Vermeer, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XV, Force of Evil, Human Desire, Only In Theaters)

1:04:05 - IFC (Corsage)

1:06:48 - Universal (Book Club: The Next Chapter, Battlestar Galactica (1978) (4K))

1:19:58 - Paramount (Scream VI (4K), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (4K))

1:31:01 - Shout! Factory (World War Z (4K), The Burning (4K))

1:40:55 - Lions Gate (Sisu (4K), Beau is Afraid, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret)

1:58:21 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

2:00:50 - Outro

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Episode 397: Seeking A Friendship For Wham!, K-Pop! And The Apocalypse

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 8 Jul 2023 11:52:00 +0000

Friendships are resplendent in this week’s new movies and two friends in Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are here to tell you which ones to see. Friends try to avoid wearing a parasitic mask (Bad Girl Boogey) while a woman tries to emancipate herself over two decades (Scarlet). A young writer is hired to tutor the son of his idol (The Lesson) while Patrick Wilson’s son is again tortured by an evil entity (Insidious: The Red Door). An ‘80s pop duo gets the documentary treatment (Wham!) while Adam Devine meets his criminal in-laws (The Out-Laws). Finally Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown are the last two men on Earth (Biosphere) and a foursome of women take a trip to China in search of identity and pleasure (Joy Ride).

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Bad Girl Boogey

8:51 - Wham!

22:06 - Scarlet

27:37 - The Lesson

37:51 - Biosphere

51:59 - The Out-Laws

1:03:11 - Insidious: The Red Door

1:13:08 - Joy Ride

1:28:14 - Outro

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Episode 395: J-Law, Wes & Indy: In This Economy?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 02:43:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at seven new movies this week. They include a documentary on an artist from the 1980s (Make Me Famous) and Ike Barinholtz takes on political muckrucking in a faux documentary (Maximum Truth). The director of The Notebook takes to cults, revenge and extreme violence (God is a Bullet) while Shudder offers a film that can best be described as Straw Goblins (Unwelcome). Wes Anderson adds a little science-fiction into his pastels (Asteroid City). Jennifer Lawrence signs up to “date” the hell out of a college-bound kid (No Hard Feelings) and Steve gets to way in with his thoughts on the end of an era in adventure (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny).

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Make Me Famous

7:56 - Maximum Truth

17:50 - God is a Bullet

33:15 - Unwelcome

43:44 - Asteroid City

59:36 - No Hard Feelings

1:15:31 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

1:32:54 – Outro

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Episode 394: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:43:00 +0000

Indiana Jones is going on his final adventure and both Erik Childress and Erik Laws are going as well. They give you their full thoughts on the fifth film but first revisit the entire franchise including the first time they saw Raiders, Indy-as-superhero, and weighing in on the discourse over Temple of Doom and Crystal Skull. Then it is on to discussing Indy’s new partner, de-aging and how the template may have shifted slightly from the Spielberg era with director James Mangold. While this is a film about growing older and regret, do the Eriks have any when it comes to the new one or the series in general?

0:00 - Intro

4:48 – Raiders of the Lost Ark

9:39 – Temple of Doom

26:14 – The Last Crusade

29:36 – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

40:30 – The Dial of Destiny

51:59 – Phoebe Waller-Bridge

54:27 – “Young” Indiana Jones

56:49 – A Signature Action Sequence?

1:04:03 – Indy’s Relationship Status and Regret

1:12:23 – The Ending

1:25:00 – Random Thoughts

1:36:41 – Harrison Ford and John Williams

1:47:25 - Outro

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Episode 393: The Way of Frankenheimer, Jenkins and Cameron

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:38:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again for this week’s Blu-ray haul. They include the first film by Barry Jenkins along with titles from Peter Greenaway and Guy Maddin. The list is filled with films that may not be everyone’s cup of tea including some outdated racial casting, a little horror sensation from this year, a Cameron Crowe remake and in our case, Avatar. But that’s why you also get some Rin Tin Tin and two of the best films in the career of John Frankenheimer including a film that went into hiding for 25 years and one of the best action films of the past 25.

0:00 - Intro

1:04 - Criterion (Medicine for Melancholy, The Servant)

8:56 - Zeitgeist (A Zed & Two Noughts and The Falls: Two Films by Peter Greenaway)

13:02 - IFC (Skinamarink)

16:18 - Sony (Insidious (4K Steelbook))

21:55 - Fox (Avatar: The Way of Water (4K))

26:33 - Paramount (Vanilla Sky (4K))

30:36 - Arrow Films (The Game Trilogy (1978-1979))

33:17 - Kino (Mr. Wong Collection (1938-1940), Tales From the Gimli Hospital Redux, Clash of the Wolves / Where the North Begins, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (4K), Ronin (4K))

59:44 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

1:01:32 - Outro

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Episode 392: Elemental, Dear Hamm

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:17:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy take a light batch of movies into this weekend; a half-dozen titles of both high profile and varying quality. Disney Plus has a new documentary about the co-founder of Marvel (Stan Lee). Jon Hamm tries to solve a Fargo-like murder spree while wooing Tina Fey (Maggie Moore(s)). Chris Hemsworth is back to see if he can top the previous film’s “one-take” action extravaganza (Extraction 2). Tim Story tries to parody horror films (The Blackening) and Pixar gets its first movie into theaters since the pandemic (Elemental). Finally, Steve gets in his thoughts on the latest from DC Comics (The Flash).

0:00 - Intro

1:16- Stan Lee

12:02 - Maggie Moore(s)

21:08 - Extraction 2

38:18 – The Blackening

50:44 - Elemental

1:04:49 – The Flash

1:25:21 - Outro

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Episode 391: You Can Do That?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:40:00 +0000

On this week’s Blu-ray episode, Peter Sobczynski talks with Erik Childress about some genuine classics, at least one new one, some forgotten relics and a genuine oddity. Criterion does Terry Gilliam right again with one of their childhood favorites in 4K. They revisit an Oscar-winning film from the ‘80s and whether it would be made the same way today. Kino has some really enjoyable stuff from Andrew Davis, Michael Crichton and a film that got buried during the disaster craze of the ’70s. Both Erich von Stroheim and William Hurt go Russian this week, more Shaw Brothers films arrive and Peter recounts the crazy tale of the Ormond family on their filmmaking journey from exploitation to Christian films.

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Criterion (Time Bandits (4K))

10:06 - Flicker Alley (Foolish Wives)

15:18 - Indicator (From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family (1956-1984), Mexico Macabre: Four Sinister Tales from the Alameda Films Vault, 1959-1963)

23:45 - MVD (Witchtrap, Rain Man (4K))

33:30 - Kino (The Draughtsman's Contract, Juggernaut, The Great Train Robbery, Gorky Park, The Package)

1:05:07 - Sony (The Pope's Exorcist)

1:08:44 - Universal (Super Mario Bros. Movie, The (4K))

1:13:44 - Lions Gate (John Wick: Chapter 4)

1:17:10 - Shout! Factory (Shaw Brothers Collection: Volume One)

1:20:13 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

1:21:43 - Outro

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Episode 390: Transforming Careers, Snacks and Judy

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 12:39:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have 11 film reviews for you this week including a whole bunch of documentaries. They include one about a male-order catalog (All Man: The International Male Story), one about album covers (Squaring the Circle) and a trio involving a bodybuilder who became a politician (Arnold), the career beyond Freddy Krueger (Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story) and a director’s obsession with a film from 1939 (Lynch/Oz). There are also films about an artist’s assistant (Daliland) and the creation of a spicy snack (Flamin’ Hot). There’s a new take on the Frankenstein story (The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster), a post-WWII séance (Brooklyn 45) and a whole other kind of horror, one of personal choice in Margaret Thatcher Land. Finally can the Autobots and Decepticons build on the good will of Bumblebee (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts).

0:00 - Intro

1:15 - All Man: The International Male Story

7:55 – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

14:47 - Squaring the Circle

20:25 - Arnold

26:40 - Daliland

34:23 - Lynch/Oz

42:49 - Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

57:42 - Brooklyn 45

1:08:12 - Blue Jean

1:18:02 - Flamin' Hot

1:31:16 - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

1:43:14 - Outro

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Episode 389: The Flash

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 8 Jun 2023 19:01:00 +0000

As the last remnants of the DC Cinematic Universe (or “Snyderverse”) as people have come to know it wind down, Erik Childress is joined by comic book expert Erik Laws to breakdown their latest standalone, semi-origin kiss-off tale. They address the controversy that arrives with it over the allegations of its star but then dig into the film’s multi-multiverses and where it goes wrong. Is the addition of Michael Keaton as Batman welcome or is it just another part of the nostalgia museum trying to signal your applause rather than earn it? Does the film earn any of its emotional beats or character turns? Are the action scenes memorable or is it all just more of the same? All these questions and more are discussed in the latest downward trend of the superhero genre.

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Episode 388: Indiana Jones vs. Rick O’Connell

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:02:00 +0000

While streaming companies get tax write-offs for dropping content, physical media lives on and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to tell you what you can pick up this week. They include a classic of French cinema from Criterion, another Sammo Hung title, a recent Nicolas Cage film as well as a good Nicolas Cage film. A pair of 60s & 70s era horror films of questionable tastes are here for you. Finally, show your age and your varying love for each chapter of the adventure films starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser.

0:00 - Intro

3:00 - Criterion (The Rules of the Game (4K))

6:10 - Decal (Mafia Mamma)

9:35 - Universal (Renfield, The Mummy Ultimate Trilogy (4K))

17:09 - Lions Gate (Lord of War (4K Steelbook))

19:38 - Arrow Films (Warriors Two)

21:13 - Shout! Factory (Private Parts, The Strangler)

31:49 - Paramount (Indy 4K)

39:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements

44:30 - Outro

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Episode 387: Past Lives Across The Reality-Verse

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 4 Jun 2023 12:36:00 +0000

Steve Prokopy joins Erik Childress to review six new movies; many of which are worth your attention. Steve handles a new teenage friendship from actress-turned-director Charlotte LeBon (Falcon Lake) and the origin story of LeBron James (Shooting Stars). Another true story gets a riveting treatment from director Tina Satter and star Sydney Sweeney (Reality) while Rob Savage uses Stephen King to try and shock scare us again (The Boogeyman). Celine Song delivers one of the more masterful big screen debuts with a “one that got away” tale (Past Lives) that could make a perfect companion piece to one of the most manically-alive animated films you have ever experienced (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse).

0:00 - Intro

4:20 - Falcon Lake

9:51 - Reality

27:47 - Shooting Stars

35:42 – The Boogeyman

48:10 - Past Lives

1:03:11 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

1:24:52 - Outro

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Episode 386: The First & Only Hunter and The Last Starfighter

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 30 May 2023 19:05:00 +0000

Some genuine classics on physical media this week getting the 4K treatment. And others that are not. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to get you caught up on your libraries including Memorial Day releases from 1991 and 1993. One of the great singular directorial efforts of all-time arrives in 4K as does one of the classics from a comic legend. One of the best from Wes Craven gets the polish and there are also plenty of other titles from Alan Rudolph, Sidney Lumet, Peter Greenaway and Looney Tunes to keep you busy while Erik is relishing one of his favorite films from the summer of 1984 and you can listen to his full commentary track right here.

0:00 - Intro

1:08 - Criterion (Thelma & Louise)

6:25 - Severin (Drowning by Numbers, Danza Macabra Vol. One: The Italian Gothic Collection)

13:37 - Warner Archive (Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1, Hey There Its Yogi Bear, King Solomon's Mines)

22:40 - Kino (Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIV, The Night of the Hunter (4K))

30:28 - Universal (Inside, Spinning Gold)

39:48 - Sony (65 (4K),Cliffhanger (4K))

45:08 - Paramount (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (4K), Transformers Ultimate 6-Movie Collection (4K Steelbook), The Nutty Professor (1963) (4K))

55:28 - Shout! Factory (Trouble In Mind, The Morning After, The Haunting (1999) (4K), The People Under the Stairs (4K))

1:09:18 - Arrow Films (The Last Starfighter (4K))

1:14:40 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 385: You Hurt My Feelings Under The Sea

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 28 May 2023 13:12:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine movies to review on the show and the best one may be the one they told you about in January at Sundance from Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (You Hurt My Feelings). A couple of harrowing documentaries come close involving how police turn the tables on survivors of sexual assault (Victim/Suspect) and a tale of domestic assault, opioids and ultimately justice (The Fire That Took Her). A pair of stand-up comedians have made movies about their dads (About My Father, The Machine) and Gerard Butler is on the run again (Kandahar). The pair could not resist a title that was too intriguing to pass up (Exorcism in Utero) and a new genre of horror continues in more ways than one (Influencer). Finally, Disney has another live-action remake of one of their animated classics. Just how far does The Little Mermaid sink on that list?

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - You Hurt My Feelings

14:24 - Exorcism in Utero

25:07 - Victim/Suspect

37:36 – The Fire That Took Her

50:13 - Influencer

1:00:10 – The Machine

1:10:54 - About My Father

1:28:52 - Kandahar

1:35:29 – The Little Mermaid

1:52:30 - Outro

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Episode 384: Goodbye To Streaming And Hello To Rarities

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:21:00 +0000

If ever there was a week to talk about the importance of physical media it is this one. Especially with the number of oddball titles you will probably never see on a streaming service. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk some of these rare titles including Alan Ladd as Jay Gatsby, a Paris cat man, Michael Parks in love with Ann-Margret, an old Jane Fonda film recently making headlines and a film written by Ruby Dee. There are also your general weird titles like perhaps a couple of the best films made by Roland Emmerich and Jason Statham as well as Peter’s choice for the best film transition in cinema history. Plus, if physical media is not there to preserve this week’s Criterion offering for generations, then what are we even doing?

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Criterion (Petite Maman)

6:39 - Imprint (Bus Riley's Back In Town, The Catman of Paris, The Great Gatsby (1949), The Long Voyage Home, The Spiral Road, Stargate (Ultimate Edition), Uptight)

26:33 - Kino (Joy House, My Man Godfrey, The Worst Ones, Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece + Tintin and the Blue Oranges)

36:27 - Lions Gate (Crank (4K Steelbook))

38:44 - Warner Bros. (Creed III (4K), Shazam! Fury of the Gods (4K))

45:08 - Shout! Factory (Brotherhood of the Wolf (4K))

51:16 – New Blu-ray Announcements

56:19 - Outro

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Episode 383: X Doesn’t Always Hit The Spot

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 20 May 2023 22:45:00 +0000

Steve Prokopy returns to review ten new films with Erik Childress including documentaries on an 18-time MLB all-star (It Ain’t Over) and an infamous Playboy playmate (Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me). Penelope Cruz speaks Italian (L’Immensita) and Kenya Barris loses everything in translation for a remake (White Men Can’t Jump). Steve looks at the co-winner of the Jury Prize at last year’s Cannes (The Eight Mountains) and they go back to the mountains to check out the directorial debut of Joe LoTruglio (Outpost). A sexual awakening and religion class again (The Starling Girl) while a dominatrix tries to get the most out of her client (Sanctuary). Paul Schrader returns with a diary and dark past (Master Gardener) and the whole gang returns for apparently now the pre-penultimate chapter of one of the most successful franchises of all-time. Money-wise at least (Fast X).

0:00 - Intro

6:54 - It Ain't Over

16:20 - Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me

30:15 - L'Immensita

34:54 - White Men Can't Jump

46:02 – The Eight Mountains

51:59 - Outpost

1:01:23 - The Starling Girl

1:10:49 - Sanctuary

1:23:57 - Master Gardener

1:32:16 - Fast X

1:55:55 - Outro

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Episode 382: Hoyt Axton Is In Danger!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 16 May 2023 14:14:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns to update all the streamers on what is available on disc this week. They include a sadly all-too-timely Peter Bogdanovich film with Boris Karloff and early work from John Woo, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Peter discusses one of his all-time favorite musicals and Erik recalls a disturbing scene he used to see on cable all the time in a film from an unlikely director. Meg Ryan is cast against type and there is some overlap between Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham in some new releases. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin team up again for a better effort than 80 For Brady and finally Kino has some more Burt Reynolds for you including one of his more entertaining works newly in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Criterion (Targets, Branded to Kill 4K)

8:31 - Arrow (Hand of Death)

10:48 - Shout! Factory (Endangered Species)

16:08 - RLJE (Children of the Corn)

18:12 - Lions Gate (Moving On, Operation Fortune)

25:25 - Paramount (Italian Job (4K), Shooter (4K))

30:00 - Mill Creek (In The Cut (20th Anniversary Director's Edition)

32:45 - Sandpiper (Absolute Beginners)

38:23 - Kino (Hustle, The Longest Yard (1974) (4K))

48:50 – New Blu-ray Announcements

52:28 - Outro

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Episode 381: It’s a Comet! It’s an Alien! It’s a Bruno Ganz!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 3 May 2023 17:29:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski is here for your weekly dive into physical media. They include films with early appearances from Ricardo Montalban and Marilyn Monroe. A comeback was touted for John Travolta in a late ‘80s oddity and in the early ‘90s footballer Brian Bosworth started his career with a bit of a bang. Peter shares his thoughts on a trio of new theatrical titles from Universal. But 4K this week should have everyone looking up from probing aliens to Bruno Ganz with wings, a giant comet headed for Earth and the one who could save us from all of them gets their due as Erik Childress and Peter look back on Christopher Reeve’s Superman movies.

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Criterion (Wings of Desire (4K))

3:55 - Shout! Factory (Skyline (4K))

7:02 - Warner Archive (Border Incident, Clash by Night)

15:21 - Kino (The Experts, Stone Cold, Anna May Wong Collection)

29:36 - Universal (Of An Age, Champions, Knock at the Cabin)

35:00 - Paramount (80 for Brady, Up In Smoke Stash Box Edition, Deep Impact (4K))

50:05 - Warner Bros. (Superman 1978 – 1987 5-Film Collection (4K))

1:04:50 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

1:06:02 - Outro

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Episode 380: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 2 May 2023 19:26:00 +0000

Comic book expert, Erik Laws, returns to the show to discuss James Gunn’s swan song from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as he closes the book on the beloved Guardians. But will they be so beloved this time around with a more somber, less goofy finale? The Eriks certainly are not on board with it. Wondering why Gunn did not just do the Rocket origin tale on its own, the duo contemplate an elongated pit stop early in the film. The handling of Adam Warlock is a complete mystery and does the central villain fit more neatly into a storyline that understood who He was. Erik Childress has one possible theory on it all while the discussion is filled with disappointment which has become par for the course for Marvel since it delivered its Endgame.

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Episode 379: Are You There God? Or Peter Pan? I’ll Take What I Can Get

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 May 2023 12:27:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back on the review beat this week with another nine movies to check out. They include a documentary on the rise and fall of the G4 network and its flagship show (Attack of the Doc!) as well as the latest from Francois Ozon (Everything Went Fine). Dianna Agron’s biological clock is ticking or is it (Clock) while a new AI is created to track down those that would harm children (The Artifice Girl). Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal dance around (Carmen), Priya Kansara tries to stop her sister’s marriage through martial arts (Polite Society) and Nazis encounter the wrong golddigger (Sisu). Finally, David Lowery returns with a new live-action Disney adaptation (Peter Pan & Wendy) and a Judy Blume book finally makes its way to the big screen (Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret)

0:00 - Intro

1:24 - Everything Went Fine

9:13 - Attack of the Doc

17:47 - Clock

25:08 - The Artifice Girl

35:27 - Carmen

41:37 - Polite Society

50:16 - Sisu

58:35 - Peter Pan & Wendy

1:15:45 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

1:31:04 - Outro

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Episode 378: Backtrack to the Small Axe

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 16:46:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski is back to talk the latest and greatest in physical media. They range from the highs of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series to the lows (in Peter’s estimation) of Ruben Ostlund’s latest. Indies you may have missed like Holy Spider and Return to Seoul. Both him and Erik Childress reflect on the world of one of television’s greatest sitcoms as well as a new Jackie Chan collection and a 4K of sci-fi David Bowie. They also take an extended look at some oddball offerings from Kino including a 1980s film remembered (by Erik at least) for its use of blackjack and credit cards as well as a most unusual Dennis Hopper film starring Jodie Foster with plenty of behind-the-scenes drama and a lot of on-screen weirdness.

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Criterion (Small Axe, Triangle of Sadness)

9:27 - Arrow Films (The Assassination Bureau, Lover's Lane)

18:07 - Warner Archive (Storm Warning)

21:16 - Sandpiper (Stanley and Iris, Kid Galahad)

27:20 - Mubi (Holy Spider)

29:33 - Sony (Return to Seoul)

31:15 - Paramount (Cheers: The Complete Series)

34:23 - Lions Gate (The Man Who Fell to Earth (4K))

39:09 - Kino (The New Godfathers, Terminal Invasion, WHAAM! BLAM! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation, Woodcutters of the Deep South / Working Together, Backtrack, The Big Bus, Heat (1986))

1:13:11 - Shout! Factory (Jackie Chan Collection, The: Vol. 2 (1983-1993))

1:18:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:21:09 - Outro

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Episode 377: Deadites, Dracula, Exorcists and Beau

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:51:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy owe it to the listeners to play a little catch-up. So they do. With 17 movies covering the past week they missed. They include four documentaries about nature (Wild Life), the culture of Chicago stand-up comedy (Out of the Loop), the fight to take back offensive mascots (Imagining the Indian) and a tribute to a beloved author (Judy Blume Forever). Michelle Williams makes art (Showing Up), Virginie Efira becomes stepmotherly (Other People’s Children), Shailene Woodley is hired to do something (TO Catch a Killer) and Toni Collette inherits the mob (Mafia Mamma). Kelvin Harrison Jr. makes music (Chevalier), Ray Romano directs his first movie (Somewhere in Queens) and Broken Lizard tries to get over the hump with laughs (Quasi). Chris Evans and Ana De Armas piss the guys off (Ghosted) and Jake Gyllenhaal tries to save an interpreter (Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant). Finally, Russell Crowe is an Italian priest (The Pope’s Exorcist), Nicolas Cage is finally a vampire (Renfield), the book of the dead returns on vinyl (Evil Dead Rise) and Joaquin Phoenix channels Ari Aster’s mommy issues (Beau is Afraid).

0:00 - Intro

2:29 - Wild Life

8:37 - Other People's Children

14:13 - Chevalier

22:52 - To Catch a Killer

29:23 – The Pope's Exorcist

38:30 - Out of the Loop

48:38 - Judy Blume Forever

58:00 - Imagining the Indian

1:10:08 - Showing Up

1:19:31 - Mafia Mamma

1:29:19 - Renfield

1:40:24 - Somewhere In Queens

1:53:47 - Quasi

2:03:18 - Ghosted

2:16:37 – The Covenant

2:23:51 - Evil Dead Rise

2:37:27 - Beau Is Afraid

2:54:59 - Outro

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Episode 376: Angry Marked Men

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:42:00 +0000

We take another look at Blu-rays this week with Peter Sobczynski who along with Erik Childress do not have a lot of nice things to say about some recent theatrical offerings coming to physical media. But there are kind words to be found. Just not for William Goldman. However on the positive front there is a terrific everyday kind of thriller about being a working mom and some choice offerings from Kino with Irene Dunne, Buster Crabbe, Lon Chaney and Basil Rathbone. Plus new 4K offerings from Criterion, an overlooked horror film with Mia Farrow and two of Sidney Lumet’s best films including one of the all-time great debuts.

0:00 - Intro

2:09 - Criterion (The Seventh Seal (4K))

6:01 - Music Box (Full Time)

8:09 - Sandpiper (Year of the Comet)

11:18 - Warner Bros. (Magic Mike's Last Dance)

14:05 - Walt Disney (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania)

16:53 - Universal (Marlowe, Cocaine Bear)

21:36 - Shout! Factory (The Haunting of Julia (4K))

25:19 - Kino (High, Wide and Handsome, Lady in a Jam, Oh, Doctor! and Poker Faces: Two Comedies Directed by Harry A. Pollard, Rio, Search for Beauty, The Trap, You and Me, Serpico (4K), 12 Angry Men (4K))

53:46 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

56:52 - Outro

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Episode 375: F For Feeling

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:07:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns to get you up to speed on what to add to your physical media collection. You may want to skip some of the bad horror on the show but there are also war movies and westerns featuring Steve McQueen, Gary Cooper and Bob Newhart! There’s a musical from Jacques Revette, a film from Patrice Leconte and a new 4K edition of one of Terry Gilliam’s best. Peter also certainly wants you to know about a film with Lea Seydoux that flew under the radar at the end of last year and that he is certainly a champion for one of the biggest hits of 1983.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Criterion (The Fisher King (4K))

6:59 - Arrow Films (Heart of Dragon)

9:25 - Cohen Media (Up, Down, Fragile)

12:11 - Kino (Hell Is For Heroes, Man on the Train, Mississippi Gambler, Moment to Moment, They Came to Cordura)

26:19 - Shout! Factory (Bless the Child)

29:00 - Lions Gate (House of 1000 Corpses (Steelbook))

33:14 - Decal (Infinity Pool)

37:45 - Sony (Living, One Fine Morning)

43:32 - Paramount (Flashdance (4K))

56:36 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

58:18 - Outro

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Episode 374: Plumbers, Pipes and Hot Air

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 8 Apr 2023 14:55:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy cover another dozen films for you this week. Or at least 11 films and one powerful docuseries they revisit from Sundance (Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields). The films include a pair of crime capers (One Day as a Lion, The Innocent), an action film with one of the John Wick henchmen (The Fist of the Condor) and a documentary about the Child’s Play franchise (Living With Chucky). There is also a bizarro Cast Away Lifetime-esque romance (One True Loves), a bizarre comedy featuring Owen Wilson not as Bob Ross (Paint) and another faith-based film where Jesus better take the wheel from Dennis Quaid (On a Wing and a Prayer). There are also films with real-world implications including the plight of young immigrants (Tori and Lokita) and eco-terrorists on a mission to make their world better (How To Blow Up A Pipeline). Finally, Steve weighs in on the blockbuster of the moment (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and they both appreciate the legacy of Michael Jordan through the eyes of Nike and Ben Affleck (Air).

0:00 - Intro

1:54 - Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

20:55 – The Fist of the Condor

29:39 - Living With Chucky

42:57 - One Day as a Lion

51:31 – The Innocent

57:56 - Tori and Lokita

1:07:16 - One True Loves

1:16:44 = Paint

1:24:38 - How To Blow Up a Pipeline

1:37:01 - On a Wing and a Prayer

1:46:56 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie

1:55:02 – Air

2:14:42 - Outro

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Episode 373: It’s a Big Easy Midnight Run

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 5 Apr 2023 19:09:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at this week’s Blu-ray releases including a rather dour but excellent film with Damian Lewis and a flavorful, sexy, pulpy thriller making its debut on Blu. Peter recalls one of the weirder titles in Kino’s new Film Noir collection and they also go through the run of Star Trek’s Next Generation films as well as Jon Hamm as the new Fletch. A trio of new 4K’s from Warner Bros. gives us some of the best from Humphrey Bogart, James Dean and Paul Newman. Finally, a new 4K of one of the great mismatched buddy comedies of the ‘80s is cause for celebration and Erik gets to recount his momentary personal connection to the film.

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Grasshopper Films (Keane)

7:56 - Paramount (Confess, Fletch, Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection (4K))

15:23 - Kino (The Big Easy, Juniper, Rowdy, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XII [Undertow / Outside the Wall / Hold Back Tomorrow]

31:30 - Warner Bros (The Maltese Falcon (4K), Cool Hand Luke (4K), Rebel Without a Cause (4K))

47:48 - Shout Factory (Envy, Midnight Run 4K)

1:02:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:05:09 - Outro

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Episode 372: (Dis)Honor Among Gamers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 1 Apr 2023 16:03:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy discuss 13 movies this week. Well, Erik listens a lot as Steve saw a lot this week including a religious documentary (In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis), Bruce Willis in a virtual Possessor remake (Assassin), Thomas Haden Church looking for aliens (Acidman) and horror films based around sound (The Unheard) and as little sound as possible (Enys Men). Steve also tackles the bizarre Casablanca Records biopic (Spinning Gold) and the latest bizarro from Quentin Dupieux (Smoking Causes Coughing) while Erik did double duty on Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston (Murder Mystery 2). Two films from Sundance are revisited including a mother’s tale of gentrification (A Thousand of One) and a marvelously fresh romcom not to be missed on Hulu (Rye Lane). That leaves Kyra Sedgwick’s Lars and the Real Girl-esque drama (Space Oddity), the Cold War origins of the video game that sucked away thousands of hours (Tetris) and the 80s gamers getting their easter eggs on the big screen (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).

0:00 - Intro

2:07 - Rye Lane

12:34 - In Viaggio: The Travels Of Pope Francis

20:17 - Acidman

25:42 - Assassin

32:24 – The Unheard

38:13 - Enys Men

42:25 - Space Oddity

54:29 - Smoking Causes Coughing

1:00:03 - Murder Mystery 2

1:08:57 - Spinning Gold

1:25:16 - Tetris

1:38:45 – A Thousand and One

1:46:31 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

1:58:09 - Outro

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Episode 371: Leaving You Breathless (And Probably Speechless)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:49:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases and it is quite the deep dive into eclectic taste. Criterion has one of the early films of a pioneering female director. Terrorists are trying to blow up the Super Bowl, kids battle aliens, a teenager searches for her mom and Natasha Lyonne goes up against Vincent Gallo. There are films with John Barrymore and Van Heflin, Parker Posey’s first starring vehicle, a stylized actioner that could have been The Boys but figured “nah”, and other dummies too. Episode 118 had Peter talking at length about Exorcist II and now the third film gets some time as well. Finally, the esteemed Mr. Sobczynski makes the case that the 1983 remake of a Godard classic may actually be better than the original. Can he convince you?

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Criterion (Chilly Scenes of Winter)

6:12 - Altered Innocence (Wild Reeds)

7:40 - Vinegar Syndrome (Freeway II)

12:03 - Arrow Films (Knockabout, Black Sunday)

24:09 - Kino (Border River, Counsellor at Law, If I Had a Million, Tomahawk)

34:22 - MPI (All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) (4K))

37:53 - RLJE Films (Kids vs. Aliens)

41:36 - Sony (Missing (2023))

43:26 - Shout! Factory (Dead Silence, Wanted (4K), The Exorcist III (4K))

58:58 - Fun City Editions (Party Girl, Breathless)

1:19:33 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:22:47 - Outro

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Episode 370: John Wick Explodes People. ‘Nuff Said?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 18:07:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have a shortened week of movie reviews focusing on just five for the time being. They include a dark fable starring Adèle Exarchopoulos (The Five Devils) and a documentary on a European rock tour that had implications back home (What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears). Zach Braff directs Florence Pugh in a tale of addition (A Good Person) and Sally Hawkins goes looking for Richard III (The Lost King). Finally, Keanu Reeves is back in the rare franchise that just keeps getting bigger and better (John Wick: Chapter 4).

0:00 - Intro

1:20 - The Five Devils

9:39 – What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears

17:03 - A Good Person

26:20 - The Lost King

37:37 - John Wick: Chapter 4

53:31 - Outro

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Episode 369: Streets of Dragonfire

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:01:00 +0000

Catching you up on the latest in Blu-rays, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at offerings from John Woo, David Lynch, Bob Hope, Laurence Olivier and Dario Argento. That is just for starters. Peter gets to weigh in on some of his least favorite films from 2022 and one that pleasantly surprised him in 2023. They look back on a new edition from softcore master, Zalman King, as well as a barrage of new 4K releases that include a real gem from horror maestro, Wes Craven, working a bit outside his genre. But they most importantly include one of the great, still underappreciated, works from Walter Hill and a release over 20 years in the making that would have absolutely delighted our good friend, Sergio Mims.

0:00 - Intro

1:02 - Criterion (Last Hurrah For Chivalry, Inland Empire)

9:49 - Kino (Never Say Die, Thanks for the Memory)

13:06 - Warner Archive (The Prince and the Showgirl, Flamingo Road)

19:15 - Music Box (Leonor Will Never Die)

20:49 - Synapse (Phenomena (4K))

28:09 - Ronin Flix (Wild Orchid 2)

35:18 - Lions Gate (Seriously Red, Alice, Darling, The Whale)

43:37 - Sony (A Man Called Otto)

46:27 - Universal (M3GAN, The Prince of Egypt (4K))

53:50 - Shout! Factory (Crazy People, Critical Condition, Dr. Giggles, Sorry, Wrong Number, Streets of Fire (4K)

1:10:57 - Paramount (Babylon (4K), The Core (4K), Red Eye (4K), Dragonslayer (4K))

1:31:41 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:34:34 - Outro

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Episode 368: SHAZAM!!! OK, Don’t Scream!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:57:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to catch you up on two weeks of movies including Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche in a disaster film (Supercell) and a new animated film on Netflix (The Magician’s Elephant). One of the Farrelly Bros. reunited with Woody Harrelson coaching an intellectually-challenged basketball team (Champions) and Kiernan Shipka grows up with an intellectually-challenged parent (Wildflower). Adam Driver is stranded on a planet with dinosaurs (65) and Willem Dafoe is an art thief locked in a penthouse apartment (Inside). Kiera Knightley and Carrie Coon show us how to properly do investigative journalism into true crime (Boston Strangle) while Erik & Steve preach how a latest fake crime franchise is not all that (Scream VI). Finally, does the sequel to what one of them considers the best of the DC Universe live up to its name (Shazam! Fury of the Gods).

0:00 - Intro

1:57 - Wildflower

8:28 - 65

24:40 - Supercell

31:39 - Champions

42:52 – The Magician's Elephant

48:53 - Inside

59:11 - Boston Strangler

1:10:17 - Scream VI

1:26:31 - Shazam! Fury of the Gods

1:39:51 - Outro

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Episode 367: The Running Man and the Reverse Cyrano

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 9 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are back to get you caught up on your physical media and it runs the gamut from the 1930s up until the Oscars this weekend including one Oscar for Joan Crawford and another hopefully for Sarah Polley. There is also Greta Garbo, Susan Hayward and Shirley Temple. A film about making the perfect man and another teen comedy about hoping to romance the perfect woman. Sony has some 4K editions of late ‘90s action and the pair fondly remember some 1980s Schwarzenegger sci-fi set from just a few years ago.

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Criterion (Mildred Pierce (4K))

7:01 - Warner Archive (Camille, I'll Cry Tomorrow)

16:57 - Cohen Media (Let it Be Morning)

19:06 - Arrow Films (The House That Screamed)

24:36 - Kino (Asphalt, The Crusades, Little Miss Marker, Making Mr. Right, Secret Admirer)

42:13 - Greenwich (Dear Mr. Brody)

48:29 - Mill Creek (The Fan, Fear 1996, Problem Child)

58:45 - Sony (Air Force One (4K), The Mask of Zorro (4K))

1:05:13 - Paramount (The Running Man)

1:12:11 - Universal (Women Talking)

1:21:42 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:26:10 - Outro

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Episode 366: The 2023 SXSW Film Festival (Curtain Raiser)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 8 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000

For the better part of the last 20 years covering film festivals, I used to do a preview piece for eFilmCritic about South by Southwest called “10 Films To See.” Now that the site is no more I am bringing it to the Movie Madness podcast and offering those attending my suggestions to get on their schedule. They include a number of terrific documentaries about television and music, films where women take control, scary (and hopeful) films about technology and THE horror film to see where one of our great character actors gets to take center stage. Literally. But if you are attending Austin, all of these films should be highlighted on your schedule. And if you are not, be on the lookout for them in the future.

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Episode 365: Can You Take Me Lower?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 4 Mar 2023 14:05:00 +0000

The weekly movie reviews come at you quick this week with five new titles. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have opinions on all five including an uncomfortable tale of grooming that was chosen for the Chicago Critics Film Festival in 2022 (Palm Trees and Power Lines). Michael Shannon pretends to be an infamous author (A Little White Lie) and Stephen King’s evil kids get a prequel of sorts (Children of the Corn). Guy Ritchie is is inexplicably back with another action comedy (Operation Fortune: Ruse Du Guerre) and Michael B. Jordan is back as Adonis in front of and behind the camera to battle Jonathan Majors in and out of the boxing ring (Creed III).

0:00 - Intro

1:20 – Palm Trees and Power Lines

11:01 – A Little White Lie

23:25 – Children of the Corn

37:36 – Operation Fortune: Ruse du Guerre

51:43 – Creed III

1:08:32 - Outro

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Episode 364: An Adventure 27 Years In The Making

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 1 Mar 2023 19:02:00 +0000

Some great new blu-rays this week to bulk up your physical media collections, especially in 4K. Criterion delivers one of the seminal comedies of the 1980s, Denzel Washington wins another Oscar and Peter Sobczynski reveals which film he would be happy to see win an Oscar this year. Francis Ford Coppola finally puts out an authentic cut, Indiana Jones gets an origin story and Dustin Hoffman has an awful time in the dentist chair. A pair of horror classics get their due in 4K and if you missing Rocky Balboa in Creed III, you can now see him a Knockout Collection. For years though, one film has eluded Peter’s grasp and Erik Childress is ready to hear all about his experience with a talking dragon.

1:03 - Criterion (Two Films By Marguerite Duras, Hollywood Shuffle)

12:06 - Sony (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody)

16:30 - Paramount (Devotion (4K))

18:56 - Universal (Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (4K))

22:38 - IFC (God's Country)

24:29 - Lions Gate (B'Twixt Now and Sunrise, John Wick Stash Book Collection (4K))

36:31 - Kino (The Bliss of Miss Blossom, The Secret of the Incas, Marathon Man (4K))

46:39 - Shout Factory (The Boxtrolls 4K, Kubo and the Two Strings 4K, Dragonheart 4K)

1:03:48 - Dark Sky (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K)

1:11:02 - Vinegar Syndrome (From Beyond (4K))

1:18:04 - Warner Bros. (Training Day (4K), Rocky: The Knockout Collection (4K))

1:30:40 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 363: Jesus Freaks And A Lot Of Cocaine

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:44:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at six new movies this week. They include an acclaimed film from Ireland you may have heard about on our best-of-2022 show (The Quiet Girl) and a feature version of Idris Elba’s BBC series (Luther: The Fallen Sun). The star of Sex Education brings the author of Wuthering Heights to life (Emily) and hippies become Jesus freaks (Jesus Revolution). Finally, David Harbour is a silent apparition in a new family’s home (We Have a Ghost) and you may have heard the one about the bear that did cocaine.

0:00 - Intro

2:39 - Luther: The Fallen Sun

11:08 – The Quiet Girl

21:24 - Jesus Revolution

30:47 - Emily

39:27 - We Have a Ghost

50:47 - Cocaine Bear

1:07:08 - Outro

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Episode 362: Dazed, Confused And In Love With Emma Thompson

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:08:00 +0000

Find out what you can get on Blu-ray this week with an update from Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. They take a remembrance on the first time each of them saw Dazed and Confused, now in a new edition from Criterion. Blue Underground has a pair of Jess Franco titles newly minted in 4K. Jean Reno hunts a serial killer, Dean Stockwell is a werewolf and Steve McQueen magnificently fights Eli Wallach and throws a car from the Marina Towers in Chicago. There is also Catherine Deneuve’s only Oscar nomination, a feminist horror film from the ’80s more interesting than you may remember and the tortured anguish of keeping your feelings to yourself when fascism is on the rise and you’re in love with Emma Thompson.

0:00 - Intro

2:08 - Criterion (Dazed and Confused (4K))

10:40 - Blue Underground (Eugenie 4K, Justine 4K)

16:20 - Paramount (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (4K))

19:23 - Lions Gate (The Old Way, The Inspection)

23:25 - Disney (Empire of Light)

25:14 - Kino (The Werewolf of Washington, The Crimson Rivers, The Hunter)

37:38 - Shout! Factory (The Magnificent Seven 4K, Giovanni's Island / Slumber Party Massacre / Slumber Party Massacre II (1982-1987))

50:21 - Sony (Indochine, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams , The Remains of the Day 4K)

1:01:20 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 361: Small Men And Such Tiny Little Men

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The weekly movie edition goes lite this week as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look over five new movies. They include one of the best horror films Steve saw at a film festival last year (Huesera: The Bone Woman) and a darkly comic thriller about proving one’s manliness that is one of the best films of the early year (The Integrity of Joseph Chambers). Steve looks at the second film from a quickly rising filmmaker (Of An Age) and the pair look at a detective yarn from an older master (Marlowe). Finally, the week would not be complete without a look at the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania)

0:00 - Intro

1:16 - Huesera: The Bone Woman

5:22 – The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

17:57 - Of An Age

25:24 - Marlowe

39:43 - Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania

58:45 - Outro

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Episode 360: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:25:00 +0000

Comic book expert, Erik Laws, returns to talk with Erik Childress about the third Ant-Man film and the beginning of Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Phase 4 did not close out well by either of their standards so they were certainly in the mood for a good palette cleanser. Unfortunately, this one did not go down nearly as smoothly as the previous films with Paul Rudd. They wonder if Kevin Feige has checked himself out more than imagined and why the latest entries have been so bad at melding the super silly with the super serious. There is certainly one element the Eriks agree upon in this chapter that is so good it is a wonder no one thought just a standalone film with their origin story would have been the more interesting kickoff. Thoughts get so meh that talk eventually turns to what DC has up next and how they can sendoff the last of the pre-Gunn era while still looking forward to his own sendoff from the dwindling Marvel Universe.

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Episode 357: The Wonderfully Weird With Campbell & Paxton

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 21:08:00 +0000

There’s a little something for everyone this week on the Blu-ray scene. Especially if you like it weird. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk about Criterion’s release of one of the landmarks of international cinema. Barbara Hershey takes on apartheid and Rory Calhoun explores as Marco Polo. Peter chimes in on the Black Panther sequel while there are also new 4K releases of an Oscar-winning musical and a charming zombie romcom. Then it gets weirder with a campy sequel getting its own 4K release, Bill Paxton fighting the homeless and a bizarre internet thriller featuring Peter’s favorite actress and one of Erik’s favorite musicians. Last but certainly not least and weird in the best ways, another tribute to arguably the best performance of Bruce Campbell’s career. Now in 4K.

0:00 - Intro

0:47 - Criterion (Three Colors Trilogy 4K)

5:27 - Kino (If I Were King, Marco Polo, A World Apart, Sorrowful Jones)

18:06 - Walt Disney (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (4K))

22:52 - Paramount (Chicago 4K)

31:59 - Warner Bros. (Warm Bodies (4K))

37:52 - Lightyear (The Return of Swamp Thing (4K))

44:47 - Arrow Films (.Com for Murder, The Vagrant)

1:01:52 - Shout! Factory (Bubba Ho-Tep 4K)

1:10:21 – New Blu-Ray Announcements

1:13:03 - Outro

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Episode 356: Good Daddies And Bad Mommies

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with the weekly movie reviews and they certainly have a lot in common. Maybe not with Pamela Anderson who is the subject of a new Netflix documentary (Pamela, A Love Story). Haley Bennett and Sam Riley are the latest exes to end up with the same booking (She Is Love). Noemie Merlant begins to unravel as a new mother (Baby Ruby) while Michelle Monaghan will do anything for her zombie son (Blood). A man tries to get across town to meet his movie partner (The Blind Who Did Not Want To See Titanic) and Jonah Hill is coming to Eddie Murphy’s dinner (You People). Finally in theaters this week, four legendary actresses try to get into the 2017 Super Bowl (80 For Brady) and M. Night Shyamalan tries to ward off the apocalypse with Dave Bautista. Could Knock at the Cabin be the first of Night’s films that Erik likes?

1:27 - Pamela, A Love Story

12:16 - Blood

20:15 - Baby Ruby

26:54 - She Is Love

38:06 - You People

52:09 – The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic

1:00:50 - 80 for Brady

1:14:54 - Knock at the Cabin

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Episode 352: They Still Live And They Still Rule

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:05:00 +0000

The weekly Blu-ray edition of the show is here with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski going through a number of titles from overseas distributor Powerhouse Films which includes John Huston doing Freud, Rita Moreno slapping Marlon Brando, George C. Scott as Sherlock Holmes and the debut of a controversial “director.” They get into the unique history of Chuck Norris’ Missing In Action films and get Peter’s thoughts on a couple releases from last Fall. They defer in what may be the best Guy Ritchie film, Erik makes his case for one of the dumbest films ever made, but both agree that John Carpenter’s masterpiece about the Reagan era is still as every bit relevant today.

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Powerhouse (Death of a Gunfighter, Freud, The Night of the Following Day, They Might Be Giants)

22:17 - Kino (Missing In Action Trilogy, No Mercy)

35:17 - Arrow (Angela Mao in Lady Whirlwind & Hapkido)

36:39 - IFC (Spin Me Round)

40:09 - Universal (Till)

43:01 - Disney (The Menu)

46:34 - Paramount (Double Jeopardy 4K, Cloverfield 4K Steelbook)

53:02 - Shout Factory (Wrath of Man 4K, They Live 4K Steelbook)

1:02:53 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:04:19 - Outro

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Episode 351: A Man Called Otto & A Doll Called M3GAN

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 14:54:00 +0000

The first batch of movie reviews for 2023 from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy arrives with quite the show. 14 reviews in all ranging from some late acclaimed 2022 catch-ups from the international scene (Broker, Saint Omer) and another mystery with Edgar Allan Poe as a participant (The Pale Blue Eye). Erik describes what could be the nuttiest plotline of the new year (The Devil Conspiracy) and Steve looks at a new horror film drawing both ecstatic praise and hatred (Skinamarink). Speaking of the Blair Witch, Joshua Leonard co-writes and co-stars in a comedy about baby mishandling (The Drop) and Gillian Jacobs takes on multiple roles in an anthology from various filmmakers (The Seven Faces of Jane). Stephen Dorff and Emile Hirsch are thieves who didn’t get the memo about farmhouses in horror movies (The Price We Pay) and Nicolas Cage is out for revenge in his first released western (The Old Way). The horror continues as the duo look at sex workers and religious extremism (Candy Land), the conflicting screenplay of a rousing pandemic-era slasher (Sick) and if a killer doll that is all the rage is worth the hype (M3GAN). Finally, Gerard Butler crash lands into a war zone (Plane) and Tom Hanks is a very grumpy man with a big heart (A Man Called Otto).

0:00 - Intro

1:52 – Broker

8:10 – The Drop

13:58 – Saint Omer

20:09 – The Devil Conspiracy

28:17 - Skinamarink

37:22 – The Price We Pay

43:08 – The Seven Faces of Jane

51:00 – The Old Way

59:48 – The Pale Blue Eye

1:10:42 - Sick

1:26:00 - Candy Land

1:39:56 - M3GAN

1:54:42 - Plane

2:03:04 - A Man Called Otto

2:18:24 - Outro

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Episode 350: Avoid The Sandpit, It’s A Doozy!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:12:00 +0000

The first Blu-ray show of 2023 with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski brings about a variety of age-old classics to films fresh out of theaters. In-between there are films with early work from Joan Crawford, Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser, Diane Lane and Laura Dern. TV episodes are turned into movies, the bullied let their tormentors be setup for murder and Sonny Chiba is an executioner. Brandi Carlile gets an assist in bringing Tanya Tucker back to the mainstream and then there is a trio of exemplary 4K releases including one from Criterion and Terry Gilliam, a modern classic from Bill Murray and Harold Ramis and an upgrade for one of the best science-fiction films from the 1950s.

0:58 - Criterion (Imitation of Life, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 4K)

12:03 - Arrow (The Dunwich Horror, The Executioner Collection)

18:23 - Magnolia (Piggy)

21:58 - Cohen Media (The Gang of Four)

24:35 - Imprint (City of God, School Ties, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains)

40:54 - Kino (Sergeant Ryker, Warning Shot)

49:43 - Universal (Armageddon Time, She Said)

54:54 - Warner Bros. (Black Adam 4K)

59:07 - Warner Archive (Our Dancing Daughters, Rancho Notorious)

1:04:10 - Sony (The Return of Tanya Tucker, Groundhog Day 4K)

1:16:01 - Ignite Films (Invaders From Mars 4K)

1:22:31 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:28:31 - Outro

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Episode 349: The Best Films Of 2022

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:27:00 +0000

For the year-end show spotlighting their choices for the best films of 2022, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are joined by Collin Souter from the Christmas Movies Actually podcast to offer his selections as well. It was a year where the funny often came with the sad. A transition period through the pandemic where filmmakers were forced to adjust or find new commentary on a society that has drifted into disharmony where friends are lost and accountability is right around the corner. Only a few films made all three of their top 15 lists and there was only a single direct match in placement between any of them, so get out your writing pads and warm up those streaming queues because the trio are here to help you fill them up.

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Episode 348: From Babylon To Pandora

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 23:24:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have done one final review show for 2022 and close it out with some biggies. It was quite a year for documentaries and they finish with four new ones including the story of a natural disaster tragedy (The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari), the face of the Psychic Readers Network (Call Me Miss Cleo), a relationship between author and editor (Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb) and Laura Poitras’ new film on artist and activist Nan Goldin (All The Beauty and the Bloodshed). The pair revisit their Sundance review of the remake of Ikiru with Bill Nighy (Living) and Olivia Colman takes an unexpected trip with a kid (Joyride). Rebel Wilson deals with a traumatic brain injury (The Almond And The Seahorse), Hugh Jackman deals with a depressed teenager (The Son) and director Alejandro G. Inarritu deals with his own career (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths). Antonio Banderas returns as the swashbuckling kitty (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Damien Chazelle tackles Hollywood pre-and-post talkies (Babylon) and James Cameron finally takes us back to the world of the Na’vi after 13 years (Avatar: The Way of Water)

0:00 - Intro

2:18 - Living

14:20 - Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

23:51 – The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari

31:28 - All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

41:37 - Call Me Miss Cleo

49:29 – The Almond And The Seahorse

57:08 - The Son

1:11:35 - Joyride

1:18:27 - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

1:31:06 - Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

1:45:10 - Babylon

2:04:44 - Avatar: The Way of Water

2:29:38 - Outro

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Episode 347: Shall We Play A Blu-ray?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:09:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to close out the Blu-ray & DVD book for 2022 with a number of new titles for your Christmas lists. They include Criterion editions of a Todd Haynes music doc and the Chicago-set inspiration for a memorable TV show. A lot of horror for the holidays recently in theaters along with women warriors and a singing crocodile. Peter looks at a misguided gang film starring, well, you’ll find out. Sony releases a David Cronenberg film in time for its 20th anniversary along with a 4K edition of a terrific Julia Roberts anti-rom-com. There is more 4K involving immortals, a subway robbery, Bruce Dern in space, Laika, a great Paul Newman title, the film that scared the hell out of Erik in the ‘80s and the classic from the ‘70s that continues to shock people to this day. That along with one of the best films of the year, HBO titles you should grab before they are removed from their streaming service and a lot more to keep you busy until 2023.

0:00 - Intro

1:30 - Criterion (Velvet Underground, Cooley High)

10:51 - Sony (The Woman King, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, Spider, My Best Friends Wedding 4K)

25:35 - Universal (Ticket to Paradise, Halloween Ends)

32:32 - Cinedigm (Terrifier 2)

36:11 - Lions Gate (Silent Night Deadly Night 3-5, Highlander 4K, Call Jane)

49:56 - Paramount (Smile, Reacher: Season One, South Park: Post COVID & The Return of COVID)

57:00 - Arrow (Silent Running 4K)

1:02:40 - Shout Factory (A Walk to Remember, Coraline/Paranorman 4K, Carrie 4K, War Games 4K)

1:19:10 - Music Box (Medusa)

1:22:30 - Scorpion (Walk Proud)

1:26:40 - WB (House of the Dragon, Staircase, The: Limited Series)

1:32:33 - Kino (The Hallelujah Trail, Laws of Gravity, Twilight (1998), Pelham 1,2,3 4K, Nobody’s Fool 4K)

1:51:15 - Disney (Banshees of Inisherin)

1:56:33 - NEW BLU-RAY ANNOUNCEMENTS

1:58:52 - Outro

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Episode 346: Meanies, Loudmouths And A Donkey

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:05:00 +0000

On the penultimate review episode of 2022, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at nine new movies. They include documentaries about the theater after Covid (Broadway Rising) and the life of Al Sharpton (Loudmouth). Someone made a bloody horror film about The Grinch (The Mean One) and another Oscar-winning director again tries to turn a wooden boy into a good boy (Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio). Lea Seydoux has to juggle an affair and her ailing father (One Fine Morning) while Jim Parsons must tend to his dying partner (Spoiler Alert). Sam Mendes takes us into the life of a movie theater employee (Empire of Light), a donkey sees the good and bad in people (EO) as does Brendan Fraser in Darren Aronofsky’s divisive new film (The Whale).

0:00 – Intro

1:37 - Broadway Rising

9:24 – Loudmouth

16:41 – One Fine Morning

25:23 – Spoiler Alert

32:15 – Empire of Light

41:40 – The Mean One

48:06 – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

1:03:31 – EO

1:09:23 - The Whale

1:25:23 - Outro

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Episode 345: Walter Hill, Meta Blues, Bombs And A Shower

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 8 Dec 2022 13:23:00 +0000

Things get weird on the show this week with a vast array of new Blu-rays to talk about. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk perfect films for the holiday by Bob Clark and Michael Haneke? Things get meta with both Kevin Smith and Nicolas Cage. New Tarantino in 4K and Walter Hill as well gives Peter an opportunity to talk about how he first encountered Roger Ebert. Erik gets to discuss his connection to Dawson’s Creek and you also get a pair of cult comedy classics and a pair of box office bombs in 4K; one of which Peter goes to bat for. Nick Nolte pops up a couple of times, Jack Lemmon wins an Oscar, a family tries to survive a nuclear holocaust and we go from a 50 foot woman to a 12 year old Brooke Shields living in a brothel.

1:17 - Criterion (Haneke Trilogy)

5:05 - Shout Factory (Black Christmas 4K)

12:14 - Paramount (48 Hrs/Another 48 Hrs 4K, The Warriors Steelbook, Pulp Fiction 4K, Better Off Dead Steelbook, Tommy Boy Steelbook)

36:28 - Warner Archive (Attack of the 50 ft Woman, Night of the Iguana)

46:26 - RLJE (Mad God, Creepshow Season 3)

49:29 - Lions Gate (Clerks III)

55:15 - Sony (Adaptation 4K, Better Call Saul The Complete Series)

1:04:44 - Mill Creek (Dawson's Creek Complete Series)

1:13:06 - Disney/Fox (Amsterdam 4K)

1:20:44 - Universal (RIPD 4K)

1:24:16 - Cohen Media (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe)

1:26:35 - Imprint (Save the Tiger, Testament, North Dallas Forty, Pretty Baby)

1:51:48 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:54:39 - Outro

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Episode 344: White Noise Going Through My Mind

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 6 Dec 2022 00:49:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have eight reviews for you to kick off the final month of 2022. They begin with an author recalling his activist patriarch (Memories Of My Father) and Robert Downey Jr. paying tribute to the indie cinema legend that he grew up with as well (Sr.) The director of Jakob’s Wife is back with a twisted serial killer trip (A Wounded Fawn) and there is a new adaptation of the infamous D.H. Lawrence novel (Lady Chatterley’s Lover). Can Will Smith find an audience on Apple+ with an Antoine Fuqua slave drama (Emancipation) and will Tilda Swinton find answers from the past as mother and daughter in a ghost story from Joanna Hogg (The Eternal Daughter). Noah Baumbach attempts to film the unfilmable Don DeLillo novel (White Noise) and the director of the Dead Snow movies tries to thrust Santa Claus into the Die Hard universe (Violent Night)

0:00 - Intro

3:20 - Memories Of My Father

8:38 - Sr.

20:39 – A Wounded Fawn

32:25 - Lady Chatterley's Lover

40:19 - Emancipation

53:43 – The Eternal Daughter

1:03:12 - White Noise

1:13:30 - Violent Night

1:31:30 - Outro

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Episode 343: The Evil That Men And Women Do

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 1 Dec 2022 19:22:00 +0000

Peter Sobczynski returns to look at this week’s editions to the physical media calendar with Erik Childress. There’s a film that played at their Chicago Critics Film Festival this year and the one that beat out Reservoir Dogs at Sundance. Kirk Douglas as a detective and Esther Williams out of water. A pair of gory horror entries from Vinegar Syndrome about a guy killing Santa Clauses and a new 4K edition of an infamous horror sequel. Not even a Train To Busan is more horrific than the Charles Bronson film they take a look at. But there are also brand new editions of an often overlooked Jeff Bridges film and one starring Isabelle Huppert. Finally, Peter weighs in on Don’t Worry Darling and has an offer for a new idea for Paramount Plus that they really should not refuse.

0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Cohen Media Group (Entre Nous)

3:22 - Kino (Detective Story, The Unguarded Moment)

12:21 - Vertical (Emily the Criminal)

17:09 - Fun City (Cutters Way)

23:19 - Shout Factory (The Evil that Men Do, R Xmas)

36:50 - Vinegar (Don’t Open Until Christmas, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2)

53:45 - Factory 25 (In the Soup)

58:53 - Well Go (Train To Busan 4K)

1:03:05 - WB (Don’t Worry Darling 4K, Westworld Season Four 4K, The Flight Attendant Seasons 1 & 2)

1:10:30 - Paramount (The Offer)

1:18:00 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:21:55 - Outro

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Episode 342: Peeling Back The Layers

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:28:00 +0000

On this holiday week edition, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at the films in theaters (if briefly) for Thanksgiving. One that you can catch on Shudder is Noan Segan’s Paper Moon-like vampire tale (Blood Relatives), then you can go to theaters if you choose to see Luca Guadagino’s tale of young love and cannibalism (Bones and All). If you don’t want to wait for Amazon Prime, check out this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner (Nanny) and if you can’t wait a month for Netflix, get out to see the exclusive one-week release of Rian Johnson’s sequel to Knives Out (Glass Onion). Elegance Bratton tells an autobiographical tale of a gay black man joining the Marines (The Inspection) and J.D. Dillard has the story of the first black pilot during the Korean War (Devotion). Steve takes a look at Disney’s animated sci-fi offering for families (Strange World) and the pair conclude with a dive into Steven Spielberg’s long-awaited origin story (The Fabelmans).

0:00 - Intro

1:50 - Blood Relatives

8:55 - The Inspection

20:27 - Nanny

27:31 - Bones and All

41:12 - Devotion

52:30 - Glass Onion

1:08:18 - Strange World

1:17:01 - The Fabelmans

1:38:0 - Outro

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Episode 341: Blu-Ray Black Friday

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:55:00 +0000

It’s the Blu-ray time of the week and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk a whole bunch of 4Ks for your Black Friday shopping. Take advantage of the Barnes and Noble Criterion sale to grab one of the best films from Pixar and one of the best from Spike Lee. Shout Factory has new editions of genre cult classics from Neil Jordan and Norman Jewison while Vinegar syndrome delivers a 4K of maybe the ultimate cult film. Kino has another Eastwood in 4K and a comic book parody before the Marvel onslaught. Erik goes to bat for James Gunn’s spinoff from The Suicide Squad and talks of the curse that prevented his dad from seeing Pearl Harbor prevented in a movie. They talk more Bob Clark, an immense set from Sony Classics and the origins of Martin & Lewis. Finally they discuss one of the best comedies of the year and a new 4K of one of the best comedies of the 1980s.

0:00 - Intro

1:22 - Criterion (Wall E 4K, Malcolm X 4K)

13:27 - Vinegar (RoadHouse 4K)

19:01 - Shout Factory (The Company of Wolves 4K. Rollerball 4K)

29:43 - Warner Bros. (Peacemaker)

35:55 - Kino (Mystery Men 4K, High Plains Drifter 4K, Hold Me Tight)

50:12 - Universal (Bros)

55:58 - Blue Underground (Final Countdown 4K)

1:03:17 - IFC (Hatching)

1:08:25 - VCI (Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things 4k)

1:14:21 - Sony (SPC Classics Set)

1:19:01 - Paramount (My Friend Irma, Planes Trains Automobiles 4K)

1:31:01 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 340: She Said To Call Stutz

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:53:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back on the movie review beat with nine new titles this week. On the Disney Plus front Steve looks at a new doc on an animated icon (Mickey: The Story of a Mouse) and Erik checks out a sequel 15 years in the making (Disenchanted). Russell Crowe directs a film not about poker (Poker Face) and Frank Grillo stars in a film that is barely about a car (Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend). Steve looks at the new pandemic-era film from Andrew Bujalski (There There) and the pair have a lot to say about Jonah Hill’s documentary about his therapist (Stutz). Florence Pugh tries to solve the mystery of a girl who doesn’t want to eat (The Wonder) and Ralph Fiennes serves a full course of terror to a group of foodies (The Menu). Finally, Erik and Steve conclude with a vehement disagreement over the merits of a film detailing the uncovering of Harvey Weinstein’s crimes (She Said).

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

10:43 - Disenchanted

21:37 - There There

27:19 - Poker Face

38:23 - Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend

47:21 - Stutz

1:03:44 - The Wonder

1:14:57 – The Menu

1:28:11 - She Said

1:52:33 - Outro

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Episode 339: The Return Of The Blu-Rays

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 03:30:00 +0000

Sergio Mims and Erik Childress discussed DVDs and Blu-rays for two decades on the radio and on this podcast. To honor his recent untimely passing, we wanted to continue this tradition and shine a light on the world of physical media that he was so passionate in preserving. For that, Erik is joined by Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com to once again bring you all the latest and greatest for your home collection and holiday shopping needs. They talk a number of new 4K releases including an early film from Robert Zemeckis with possibly the greatest commentary track ever, Quentin Tarantino’s debut, late Don Siegel, Elvis’ return from the Army, one of the greatest films ever made and a foursome from Warner Bros. modern Christmas archive. There is also a colorful alien musical, new films from George Miller, Ti West and Claire Denis and the inspiration for a film that teamed Keanu Reeves and Ana De Armas

0:00 - Intro

3:05 - Shout Factory (Used Cars)

7:50 - Lionsgate (Reservoir Dogs, Pearl, Earth Girls Are Easy (Vestron Collector's Series))

30:22 - Paramount (Blue Hawaii)

37:31 - Grindhouse (Death Game)

45:42 - Kino (Escape From Alcatraz (4K), Valachi papers)

59:11 - IFC (Both Sides of the Blade)

1:04:31 - WB (Three Thousand Years of Longing)

1:11:44 - WB 4K (Casablanca, Elf, The Polar Express, A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation)

1:38:54 – New Blu-ray Announcements

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Episode 338: Is That Black Panther Enough For You?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:33:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy have five movie reviews for you this week. A little calm before the end-of-the-year storm. They include one with a pair of acting legends, Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek, paired with their acting children (Sam & Kate) and a documentary from Elvis Mitchell on the history of black film (Is That Black Enough For You?) Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds team up for a new musical take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Spirited) and a feature debut from filmmaker Charlotte Wells has been blowing away critics left and right. That continues with Erik & Steve (Aftersun). Finally, Erik chimed in on a lot of thoughts with Erik Laws on the previous episode but Steve gets his chance to weigh in on Marvel’s attempt to carry on without their fallen star (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever).

0:00 - Intro

1:33 – Sam & Kate

10:51 – Is That Black Enough For You?

25:15 – Spirited

41:18 - Aftersun

52:50 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

1:11:42 - Outro

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Episode 337: Black Panther: Wakanda For Too Long

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 03:28:00 +0000

Comic book expert Erik Laws is back with Erik Childress to discuss the bittersweet return to the land of Wakanda. Unfortunately, that return is more bitter than sweet as they talk about the numerous missed opportunities in trying to eulogize its fallen star, Chadwick Boseman, and the scurry of Shuri to ultimately replace him. Marvel may have finally found themselves with the opportunity to elevate its female heroes to the forefront only to see them pulling their gut-punches and losing ground to its new male villain and a real questionable decision in the T’Challa line of succession. All this after setting audiences on just the right path and then getting lost in one anti-climactic narrative after another. Hear more about the origins of Namor and thoughts on what genre Marvel could have used to honor this sequel and end this Phase on a high note rather than a sour one.

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Episode 336: Friends, Trauma and Weird Al

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 6 Nov 2022 14:56:00 +0000

The weekly movie reviews hit the dozen mark again with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They remind you of this year’s Sundance entry from indie sci-fi masters Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Something In The Dirt). Eva Green is either going nuts or has a very bad nanny (Nocebo) and Andrea Riseborough stars in a film that may get itself compared to Rocky Horror (Please Baby Please). The pair wade through a couple of thrillers that reset themselves including a noir wannabe (The Minute You Wake Up Dead) and Mel Gibson in a Phone Booth situation in a radio station (On The Line). Steve has words for James Gray’s new film (Armageddon Time) and the duo have lovely words for a documentary about the Mars Rover mission (Good Night Oppy). Funny women headline a pair of comedies including Toni Collette & Anna Faris in a Greedy-esque tale of will hunting (The Estate) and Jillian Bell & Natalie Morales star in a tale about friendship, regret and aliens (I’m Totally Fine). Millie Bobbie Brown returns as the sister of the famous detective (Enola Holmes 2) and Jennifer Lawrence stars with Brian Tyree Henry in a tale of trauma and friendship (Causeway). Finally, the internet finally got the biopic they wanted with Daniel Radcliffe starring as the world’s renown song parodist (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story).

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Something In The Dirt

11:05 - Nocebo

18:39 - Please Baby Please

26:13 - On The Line

35:53 - The Minute You Wake Up Dead

49:51 - The Estate

59:52 - Armageddon Time

1:09:07 - I'm Totally Fine

1:22:17 - Enola Holmes 2

1:32:50 - Good Night Oppy

1:48:15 - Causeway

1:57:09 - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2:10:34 - Outro

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Episode 335: Sergio Mims’ Song Of The South Commentary

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 2 Nov 2022 21:42:00 +0000

Sergio Mims, our noted film scholar and friend, was well on his way to becoming “King Commentary” with all his official contributions to Blu-rays for Kino, Vinegar Syndrome and others. During the pandemic at the peak of lockdown, Collin Souter of Christmas Movies Actually, suggested that our good friend record one for Disney’s controversial 1940 film, Song of the South. Sergio did not hesitate and delivered something for his friends. Some of them are here to again pay brief tribute to the man who was a regular part of the Movie Madness podcast. Erik Childress is joined by both Collin and the Director’s Club host, Jim Laczkowski, to introduce this track that can now be experienced by everyone. Whether you have a version of the film to sync up with or not it doesn’t matter, because you can just sit back and soak in the words of a film lover who left us way too soon.

0:00 – A Tribute To Sergio Mims by Erik Childress, Jim Laczkowski & Collin Souter

16:43 – Instructions To Cue Up Commentary

17:36 – Song Of The South Commentary By Sergio Mims

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Episode 334: Just Get Away From Me Already

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 02:38:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy play a little catch-up this week on some films that have been playing in limited release. One film they suggest you don’t catch up on from Sundance (Call Jane) still gives rise to another that you absolutely should. Among the rest Steve looks at a new documentary on the famous trumpeter (Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues) and the focus on the mother of an infamously murdered child in Chicago (Till). On Netflix they look at Henry Selick’s stop-motion underworld and his team-up with Key & Peele as Wendell & Wild and another grueling adaptation of a twice-made WWI novel (All Quiet On The Western Front). Finally they discuss two of the best films of the year with Martin McDonagh’s reunion with Colin Farrell & Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Todd Field’s return to directing with Cate Blanchett (Tár)

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Call Jane

13:41 - Till

23:19 - Wendell & Wild

34:54 - Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

40:45 - All Quiet on the Western Front

56:50 - The Banshees of Inisherin

1:11:57 – Tár

1:30:42 - Outro

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Episode 333: Rocks & Ruins

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:11:00 +0000

After a week off, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to bring you their thoughts on the latest in theaters and on streaming and catch up on at least one film from the break. Another catch up is on their review of another great music doc that they recommended from SXSW this year (The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile). The horror anthology series returns (V/H/S/99) and Jessica Chastain has to stop Eddie Redmayne’s reign of hospital terror in a true-life tale (The Good Nurse). Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke are half-brothers reuniting to bury their terrible father (Raymond & Ray) and Harry Styles tries to ruin another woman’s life (My Policeman). Laurie Strode’s life could not possibly be more ruined except by appearing in one more film (Halloween Ends) and Julia Roberts tries to ruin another wedding, this time with George Clooney (Ticket To Paradise). Finally, DC gives it another go but Dwayne Johnson is no hero (Black Adam).

0:00 - Intro

3:38 - The Return of Tanya Tucker - Featuring Brandi Carlile

16:16 - V/H/S/99

29:24 – The Good Nurse

46:15 - Raymond & Ray

57:29 - My Policeman

1:05:59 - Halloween Ends

1:20:53 - Ticket to Paradise

1:31:37 - Black Adam

1:53:51 - Outro

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Episode 332: The Horror Of Sadness (And Art The Clown)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:39:00 +0000

October continues with horror both real and imagined this week as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review eight new movies. They include a reminder of Andrea Riseborough’s stirring portrayal of the road to alcoholic recovery (To Leslie) and Mila Kunis’ far less stirring turn as a survivor of multiple traumas (Luckiest Girl Alive). Shawn Mendes is the voice of a singing croc (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile) and Ruben Ostlund skewers the voices of the nouveau riche in his Palme d’or winning satire (Triangle of Sadness). Donald Sutherland and his iPhone grant revenge in a new Stephen King film that is horror adjacent (Mr. Harrigan’s Phone) and Art the Clown is back (yet new to Erik) in a blood-drenched sequel (Terrifier 2). Also returning are the Cenobites in a new reimagining from David Bruckner (Hellraiser) and another David (O. Russell) tries out an ensemble comic mystery to warn of impending worldwide horror (Amsterdam). Erik and Steve also pay tribute to the loss of their friend and Movie Madness regular, Sergio Mims.

0:00 – Intro & A Remembrance Of Sergio Mims

15:45 - To Leslie

32:03 - Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

41:02 - Luckiest Girl Alive

49:23 - Mr. Harrigan’s Phone

1:06:08 - Terrifier 2

1:18:22 - Hellraiser

1:35:56 - Triangle of Sadness

1:54:28 - Amsterdam

2:16:37 - Outro

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Episode 331: Women With Power(s) And Some Bros Too

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 3 Oct 2022 19:54:00 +0000

The first show of October begins with nine movie reviews from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. Appropriately kicking off with an actor auditioning to be a demonologist (Devil’s Workshop) and a pair of best friends dealing with a demon of their own (My Best Friend’s Exorcism). Kate Hudson befriends an escaped woman with telekinesis (Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon) and a documentary looks at the career of Sinead O’Connor (Nothing Compares). Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline reteam for a third time (The Good House) and Walter Hill returns to the director’s chair for a new western (Dead for a Dollar). Zac Efron delivers warm PBR to his buddies in Vietnam (The Greatest Beer Run Ever), Sosie Bacon discovers that trauma has a new face (Smile) and Billy Eichner co-writes and headlines a sharp, LBGTQ romantic comedy that deserves your attention (Bros).

0:00 - Intro

1:37 – Devil’s Workshop

8:08 – My Best Friend’s Exorcism

18:45 – Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

28:45 – Nothing Compares

40:14 – Dead for a Dollar

50:07 – The Good House

59:44 – The Greatest Beer Run Ever

1:12:45 - Smile

1:24:51 – Bros

1:44:05 - Outro

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Episode 330: Don’t Worry, It Will All Be Over Soon

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:50:00 +0000

Another loaded week has Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at nine new movies. They include another guy-joins-shadowy-government-agency film (Section 8) and a tale of another famous (in Canada) bank robber tale with Josh Duhamel (Bandit). The star of The Babadook takes on another rocky tale of motherhood (The Justice of Bunny King), Adelaide Clemens must come to terms with having her first child and the two men vying for her affection (The Swearing Jar) and Lena Dunham adapts the story of a 14 year-old in the 13th century trying to fend off her own suitors (Catherine Called Birdy). Two icons are also chronicled by Reginald Hudlin in a documentary about the recently departed Mr. Poitier (Sidney) and Ana De Armas takes on the role of Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s controversial adaptation (Blonde). Finally, Allison Janney gets a chance to be an action hero on Netflix (Lou) and Florence Pugh begins to wake up in a patriarchal society in Olivia Wilde’s sophomore directorial effort (Don’t Worry Darling).

0:00 - Intro

1:55 - Section 8

8:47 – The Justice of Bunny King

16:43 – The Swearing Jar

23:00 - Catherine Called Birdy

29:51 - Bandit

37:21 - Sidney

50:29 - Lou

1:03:25 - Blonde

1:18:39 - Don't Worry Darling

1:38:29 - Outro

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Episode 329: Home Is Where The Dead Bodies Are

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:28:48 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy catch-up on two weeks-worth of movies. 13 movies to be precise and many of them have a lot in common. Justin Long is in two films where he should be staying away from a house, one where he is trying to get laid (House of Darkness) and another that he is trying to sell that Erik has some specific thoughts on (Barbarian). Not to mention the smart house that is trying to kill it’s inhabitants (Margaux). There is the true story of sisters who would not talk to anyone but each other (The Silent Twins) and one of the great horror films of the year – and on this episode – about what can happen if you see something but don’t say something (Speak No Evil). There are a pair of mysteries with Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan trying to solve one (See How They Run) and Jon Hamm stepping into Chevy Chase’s to solve the other (Confess, Fletch). Erik and Steve also get saddened by the disappointments delivered by Robert Zemeckis (Pinocchio) and Kevin Smith (Clerks III). But beyond those there is also Thandiwe Newton in the acclaimed Sundance drama (God’s Country), a documentary about David Bowie (Moonage Daydream), Viola Davis and an army of women kicking ass (The Woman King) and Ti West & Mia Goth’s prequel to this year’s mix of horror and porno (Pearl).

0:00 - Intro

God's Country

18:13 - House of Darkness

30:49 - Margaux

37:52 - Pinocchio

54:33 – The Silent Twins

1:01:39 - Barbarian

1:20:13 - Moonage Daydream

1:27:07 - Speak No Evil

1:38:24 - See How They Run

1:44:42 - Clerks III

2:01:24 - Confess, Fletch

2:15:49 - Pearl

2:30:56 - The Woman King

2:43:45 - Outro

AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD THIS WEEK

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Baffler Meal Complete Collection

The Automat

Cursed Films: Season Two (2021-2022)

The Equalizer: Season Two

Exotica

The Lost Boys (4K)

Outlander (Season 6)

Poltergeist (1982) (4K)

Universal Noir #1 (1947-1954)

Vengeance

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Episode 328: You Cannot Be Serious! Or Satirical Evidently.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 3 Sep 2022 15:05:38 +0000

Theaters are facing a drought this autumn season and over Labor Day Weekend Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seven movies to review. They include a reimagining from filmmaker Francois Ozon (Peter Von Kant) and a quest to bring Hitler’s remains to Stalin (Burial). The Umbrella Academy’s Tom Hopper and Kat Graham double-book a place in Verona (Love In The Villa) and Javier Bardem seeks an award for his company (The Good Boss). Two documentaries look at the happy friendships of genre filmmakers (The Horror Crowd) and the tortured psyche of a tennis great (McEnroe). Finally, Steve gets a chance to weigh in on a Sundance favorite and reveal whether Erik was on point with its shortcomings (Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul).

0:00 - Intro

3:08 - Peter Von Kant

10:18 - Love In The Villa

18:14 - Burial

24:32 – The Horror Crowd

38:40 - The Good Boss

44:29 - McEnroe

59:36 - Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul

1:12:31 - Outro

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Episode 327: The Music of John Williams (Extended Edition)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 2 Sep 2022 00:06:17 +0000

When Sergio Mims asked me to program his classical music show for WHPK Radio dedicated to composer John Williams, I knew it was a daunting assignment. How can you sum up the career of a legend in three hours? How can one convey what his compositions have meant to not only me but countless moviegoers (and even TV viewers) over the years? What follows is the journey that I went on highlighting many of the classics but also the range that followed beyond his collaboration with Steven Spielberg. It still only scratches the surface, but what I could not fit into the radio timeslot at the University of Chicago is expanded upon with 38 additional minutes of music and commentary. I hope you enjoy.

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Episode 326: The Way Of Water And Storytelling

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:39:32 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy clear out August with reviews of nine new films starting with an assist from show regular Sergio Mims when they all reviewed the new John Boyega bank robbery tale (Breaking). It’s not Avatar but water plays a big part this week with a Dead Calm-like tale of lies on a boat (Into the Deep), more noir homage from Neil LaBute when a guy trying to stay out of trouble sees Diane Kruger in a lake (Out of the Blue) and the duo try to figure out if the new shark attack film is trying to be bad or just straight is (Maneater). Steve reviews a new film from The Squid and the Whale’s Owen Klein (Funny Pages) and Erik is flat baffled by whatever the hell the new Kevin Hart/Mark Wahlberg film is trying to be (Me Time). Sylvester Stallone is a superhero in isolation (Samaritan), Nathalie Emmanuel discovers some creepy ancestors in her bloodline (The Invitation) and, finally, George Miller returns with his first film in seven years. Is Three Thousand Years of Longing all that they wished for?

0:00 - Intro

2:03 - Breaking

14:35 - Into the Deep

24:06 - Maneater

38:45 - Funny Pages

49:23 - Out of the Blue

1:00:30 - Me Time

1:14:29 - Samaritan

1:27:27 – The Invitation

1:42:23 - Three Thousand Years of Longing

2:01:04 - Outro

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Episode 325: Lions & Orphans & Glory Holes, Oh My!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 12:45:08 +0000

The summer season may be winding down but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy found 11 movies to talk about this week. They revisit their thoughts on the bizarre Alison Brie/Aubrey Plaza Italy film from SXSW (Spin Me Round). Steve checks out a couple of documentaries about Indigenous leaders trying to take back the Amazon rainforest (The Territory) and one on the career of musical artist, Courtney Barnett (Anonymous Club). Erik looks at a struggling married couple on a yacht to nowhere (Get Away If You Can) and a whole town that experiences the effects of drinking horny water (Love In Kilneery). Steve has Emile Hirsch and Kate Bosworth isolated for cash prizes (The Immaculate Room) and the pair look at another two-hander involving Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons’ voice through a glory hole and the end of the world (Glorious). Lili Rinehart stars in a gutless Sliding Doors scenario (Look Both Ways) and a mentally challenged Stephan James tries to solve the death of his sister (Delia’s Gone). Isabelle Fuhrmann returns to the role of the con artist who looks like a child (Orphan: First Kill) and Idris Elba tries to protect his daughters in the Cujo for Lions tale (Beast).

0:00 – Intro

3:41 – Spin Me Round

16:31 – The Territory

22:02 – Love In Kilneery

31:29 – Anonymous Club

39:26 – Get Away If You Can

46:41 – The Immaculate Room

54:03 – Glorious

1:02:32 – Look Both Ways

1:16:13 – Delia’s Gone

1:29:13 – Orphan: First Kill

1:41:19 – Beast

1:57:55 – Outro

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Episode 324: Women Taking Names And Charge (Cards)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:04:29 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at nine new movies this week and not only are most of them only available in theaters at the moment but nearly all of them have women leading the way in front of or behind the camera. One of those is a documentary about the effect pandemic had on theaters – for the better (Back to the Drive-In). There are two very different films about teenage female bonding (Medusa, Summering). Pleasure robots try to take back their rights (Wifelike) and a 30 year-old wishes she was a 70 year-old Diane Keaton (Mack & Rita). Further crimes are created when Aubrey Plaza fights back against student debt with credit card fraud (Emily the Criminal) while Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco team up to battle a female vampire (Day Shift). Finally, two best friends get trapped atop a 2,000 foot radio tower (Fall) and a group of supposed Gen-Z friends get trapped with a murderer during a hurricane (Bodies Bodies Bodies).

0:00 - Intro

1:57 – Medusa

11:15 – Back to the Drive-In

20:01 – Summering

25:39 – Wifelike

31:50 – Mack & Rita

45:40 – Emily the Criminal

57:22 – Day Shift

1:13:03 – Fall

1:26:47 – Bodies Bodies Bodies

1:40:22 – Outro

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Episode 323: Prey For Love And Luck

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 7 Aug 2022 23:24:52 +0000

There are eight movies to talk about this week and Erik Cihldress and Steve Prokopy have seen them all. There is love for two films from this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival including Patton Oswalt catfishing his own son (I Love My Dad) and Dale Dickey looking to kindle an old friendship with Wes Studi (A Love Song). There is a new animated film on Apple+ (Luck) and a documentary about the Father of Claymation (Claydream). Ron Howard turns a story that got the doc treatment last year about the Thailand cave rescue into a feature (Thirteen Lives) and stand-up comic Jo Koy stars in a film based on his life (Easter Sunday). The Predator franchise springs to new life in the 18th century (Prey) and Brad Pitt takes on a locomotive full of assassins (Bullet Train). There’s a lot of love this week but there are some targets as well.

0:00 - Intro

1:03 - I Love My Dad

16:49 – Claydream

32:38 – A Love Song

42:34 – Luck

57:44 – Thirteen Lives

1:15:38 – Easter Sunday

1:34:43 - Prey

1:50:47 – Bullet Train

2:06:26 - Outro

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Episode 322: Resurrection With A Vengeance

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 14:47:59 +0000

Themes develop within this week’s movie reviews. Funny how that happens without even trying sometimes but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy wade through seven movies this week. It all begins with an emotionally unsettling film they have been championing since Sundance featuring another knockout performance by Rebecca Hall and a never creepier Tim Roth (Resurrection). Steve checks out Juliette Binoche as a trucker who gets involved in child trafficking (Paradise Highway) while Erik covers Angourie Rice as an overachieving high schooler trying to sabotage her competition (Honor Society). Zoey Deutsch is an underachieving photo editor who tries to manipulate a fresh grief hashtag in a new satire (Not Okay) and Katie Holmes and Jim Sturgess are forced to white-people-problem their way through the start of the Covid pandemic (Alone Together). Steve also looks at the new animated effort from the other comic book studio (DC League of Super Pets). Finally, the pair heap praise upon the writing/directing effort from B.J. Novak that is certainly one of the strongest surprises of the year.

0:00 - Intro

2:35 - Resurrection

15:23 – Paradise Highway

23:55 - Honor Society

33:04 - Alone Together

44:16 – Not Okay

1:00:47 - DC League of Super Pets

1:09:42 - Vengeance

1:29:10 - Outro

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Episode 321: Gray Men – Little, Big & Legendary

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:26:46 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have the weekly movie reviews for you. A light week of just five movies, but the streamers should be happy. Mostly. Whether or not you head out to theaters for the big one is up to you. But they check on a couple films from Shudder including some horror from the Netherlands (Moloch) and a documentary on cult performance metal artists (This is Gwar). Erik weighs in on Ethan Hawke’s six-part docuseries on the careers and marriage of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward on HBO MAX (The Last Movie Stars). The duo review the latest algorithmic concoction from Netflix and the Russo Brothers (The Gray Man). Then, finally, they tell you whether Jordan Peele has gone 3-for-3 with his horror films or if his latest is an overstuffed, undersold bag of ideas (Nope).

0:00 - Intro

2:44 - Moloch

8:40 – The Last Movie Stars

18:50 - This Is Gwar

29:58 - The Gray Man

43:28 - Nope

1:05:56 – Outro

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Episode 320: Why Do You Like 4K? Because It’s Clean

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:02:05 +0000

Sergio Mims returns to the show to look at what is new out there in Blu-ray land. Along with Erik Childress they discuss some tremendous new 4K titles from Sony and Criterion. Erik makes the case for two other great crime tales on 4K that Sergio has just been so-so on. Sergio goes to bat for a new restoration of a film that was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and clearly believes was unfair. They also talk a new release of an early Richard Donner film and run through a cadre of new-to-Blu-ray titles from the ever expanding Imprint that they believe is becoming one of the great companies delivering special edition physical media.

1:40 - Deaf Crocodile (The Sword and the Dragon)

10:49 - IFC (We Need To Do Something)

15:14 - Arrow (True Romance)

22:25 - Criterion (Raging Bull, Devil in a Blue Dress)

36:59 - Sony (Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai)

56:38 - Kino (Salt & Pepper, The Killing, Out of Sight, Native Son)

1:27:49 - Imprint (The President’s Analyst, Man on a Swing, Barabbas, The Long Ships, The Contender, Bloody Sunday, The Warriors, After Dark Neo-Noir Cinema: Collection One)

2:12:08 - Outro

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Episode 319: Don’t Make Me Hear The Crawdads Sing

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:06:42 +0000

Real life trumps fiction this week on the movie review edition of the podcast. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy discuss seven new movies including revisiting two of the best documentaries from the festival circuit this year. One involves the continued struggles of gun control after another tragedy (Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down) and another chronicles the relationship of two volcano researchers up close and personal (Fire of Love). Steve looks at the horrors of healing with Alice Krige (She Will) and Erik finds another kind of horror in concealing a life-threatening diagnosis (Don’t Make Me Go). Lesley Manville goes off in search of a Dior dress she desperately wants (Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris) and Dakota Johnson goes to Jane Austen land hoping to reclaim the love of her life while talking to us (Persuasion). Finally, the duo looks to find an answer to Where The Crawdads Sing and discover that they could not care less.

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down

17:01 – Fire of Love

28:08 – She Will

35:25 - Don’t Make Me Go

53:38 – Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris

1:03:40 - Persuasion

1:16:59 – Where The Crawdads Sing

1:32:35 - Outro

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Episode 318: The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:24:36 +0000

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival contained a number of noteworthy documentaries and some new features by rising filmmakers. Erik Childress is joined by Peter Sobczynski to discuss 16 of these films. They include real-life tales about embattled journalists, the effect of COVID on family businesses, historical heroes and modern-day athletes. There are also the latest films from filmmakers such as Travis Stevens (Jakob’s Wife), Alex Thompson (Saint Frances), Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory: The Origins of Alien) and Robert Machoian (The Killing of Two Lovers) as well as upcoming talents like Daniel Antebi, Sophie Gilbert and Alexandria Trewhitt. Erik also sets up a little preview of the upcoming month-long Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal taking place in July and into August.

0:00 - Intro

1:38 – Turn Any Page

4:08 – Liquor Store Dreams

6:27 – Cherry

10:34 – Lynch/Oz

14:57 – The Wild One

17:26 - Rounding

22:02 - Battleground

23:48 - Endangered

24:33 – American Pain

27:20 – Official Competition

33:06 – The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks

34:34 – Unfinished Business

38:48 – My Love Affair With Marriage

40:05 – A Wounded Fawn

44:15 – God’s Time

47:56 – The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

54:41 – A Preview of the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival

59:05 - Outro

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Episode 317: Broken Couples, Songwriters And A Sea Beast

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 9 Jul 2022 17:21:01 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy bring you the weekly movie reviews. Seven new films including a pair of music documentaries focused on a pair of Nick Cave albums (This Much I Know To Be True) and one of the most singular songs ever recorded – in many different ways (Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song). A couple goes off on a self-help retreat in the woods in a new horror film (The Summoned) and Claire Denis put another couple played by Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon through the ringer when a lusty ex is thrown into the equation (Both Sides of the Blade). Abducted In Plain Sight director Skye Borgman documents another tale of an evil predator and the people who were destroyed by him (Girl in the Picture). The co-director of Moana and Big Hero 6 delivers a Moby Dick-like tale that helps restores one of our duo’s faith in recent animated films (The Sea Beast). Finally all faith is destroyed in the latest Marvel entry as Erik and Steve agree it to be one of the worst, if not THE worst, in their Cinematic Universe (Thor: Love and Thunder).

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - This Much I Know To Be True

10:27 - Hallelujah

22:20 – The Summoned

28:33 – Both Sides of the Blade

39:31 – Girl in the Picture

52:05 – The Sea Beast

1:06:11 – Thor: Love and Thunder

1:23:55 – Outro

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Episode 316: Thor – Hate and Crapped Thunder

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 6 Jul 2022 00:46:21 +0000

Erik Laws of the AintThisTheFun podcast on YouTube returns to talk the latest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Erik Childress and, boy, are neither of them happy. Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder gets the full business from the Eriks talking about the waste of two of the best actors working today and a most embarrassing turn by a third. Where does Gor, the God Butcher fit in with MCU villainy – or where should he have fit in. Can any of the deadly serious plotlines find room to breathe in a screenplay that is too busy bee-bop and scattin’ around to warrant any genuine conflict? Childress and Laws go scorched earth for over two hours and ask if this is an inflection point for Marvel fans. Is their loyalty endless or will what may be the worst film in their Universe give them pause the next time they are asked to defend it.

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Episode 315: Walk A Mile In Marcel’s Shoes

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 4 Jul 2022 15:45:42 +0000

Eight new movie reviews this episode, at least from Steve Prokopy who saw all of them. Erik Childress saw half of them. Half of those even great. But which ones? There are two Antonio Banderas films this week with him in action mode (Code Name Banshee) and another as an egotistical actor being directed by Penelope Cruz (Official Competition). Scout Taylor-Compton tries to survive an evening in a house again (The Long Night) and Ralph Fiennes tries to survive in the Moroccan desert away from Jessica Chastain after they accidentally kill a local boy in the latest from John Michael McDonaugh (The Forgiven). Love is afoot in 19th century England (Mr. Malcolm’s List) and Joey King literally fights back against marriage in some time period (The Princess). Finally two films vie for family attention (Minions: The Rise of Gru, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On). Which one are you a bad parent for not taking your kids to? Also for an added bonus, Erik & Steve make their choices for the Best of the First Half of 2022, films and performances.

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Code Name Banshee

8:40 - Official Competition

21:22 - The Long Night

27:14 - The Forgiven

41:17 - Mr. Malcolm's List

47:40 - The Princess

55:35 - Minions: The Rise of Gru

1:04:29 - Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

1:17:15 – Erik & Steve’s First Half of 2022 Ballots

1:23:36 - Outro

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Episode 314: Looking For Trouble? You Came To The Right Place

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:07:42 +0000

Six new movies get six new reviews from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include one about a group of friends playing adult Jumanji (Gatlopp) and a documentary about the government playing games after a disaster (Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes). Kevin Hart gets mistaken for hitman Woody Harrelson (The Man From Toronto) while two old friends return to bring out the best in stupid (Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe). A boy has to escape the clutches of a kidnapper played by Ethan Hawke (The Black House) and Baz Luhrmann tries to tell the story of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Badly! (Elvis)

0:00 - Intro

0:43 - Gatlopp

5:41 - Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

16:09 – The Man from Toronto

25:48 - Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe

37:20 – The Black Phone

53:13 – Elvis

1:17:13 - Outro

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Episode 313: Go Infinity Or Go Home

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:05:23 +0000

The two big sellers at this year’s Sundance film festival come home for everyone this week. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy revisit both Good Luck To You, Leo Grande and Cha Cha Real Smooth along with six other fresh reviews this week. They include another Sundance film about a man and his robot (Brian and Charles) as well as Phil Tippett’s thirty-year journey to bring his stop-motion feature to life (Mad God). Jennifer Lopez has a film about her and some Super Bowl thing she did while chasing an Oscar (Halftime) while Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening are retirees in search of a shared jackpot (Jerry and Marge Go Large). Chris Hemsworth is testing a new drug on Miles Teller in one future (Spiderhead) and in another – set in the past – we discover the story of where Buzz the toy came from (Lightyear).

0:00 - Intro

2:17 - Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

10:55 - Cha Cha Real Smooth

24:18 - Brian and Charles

31:33 - Halftime

43:25 - Mad God

49:37 - Jerry and Marge Go Large

1:05:59 - Spiderhead

1:17:43 - Lightyear

1:35:24 - Outro

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Episode 312: When Legends Become Fact

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 21:55:38 +0000

Never say die when it comes to physical media! Erik Childress and Sergio Mims have the latest and greatest here from jackasses to ordinary people. Jekylls, Hydes, Frankensteins, Werewolves and W.C. Fields. In particular there are a lot of great titles coming out in 4K including a John Landis classic and even an argument for an underrated Kenneth Branagh film. One of the greatest musicals of all time gets the treatment as does one of the greatest westerns of all time. If that’s not fact, its legend. Erik talks about the glory of the first time he saw a newly minted The Untouchables on VHS and Sergio recounts his experience of seeing John McNaughton’s Wild Things in the theater the first time. A lot of great titles this episode so get your wallets ready.

0:00 – Intro

0:49 – Imprint (The Counterfeit Traitor, Across 110th Street)

13:16 – Arrow (Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 4K, An American Werewolf In London 4K, Wild Things 4K)

40:55 – Warner Archive (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1942, Singin’ In The Rain 4K)

57:27 – Paramount (Beverly Hills Cop II 4K, Grease 2, Jackass Forever, Ordinary People, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K, The Untouchables 4K)

1:45:51 – Kino (The Man on The Flying Trapeze, You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man)

1:51:42 – Blu-ray Coming Attractions

2:02:30 - Outro

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Episode 311: First Loves, Basketball and Dino Droppings

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 18:01:09 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have a half-dozen movie reviews this week that actually touch upon two franchises, an important documentary and even a couple of unexpected surprises. If you want to know more about the pre-Ghostbusters era of Ray Parker Jr. there is now a film about that (Who You Gonna Call?). Henry Czerny is a former priest is visited by a stranger with a connection to his past (The Righteous). A shy teen desperately seeks out his first kiss to finally get that dang electronic collar off his neck (Wyrm). There were two films at Sundance about the underground Chicago abortion group, but you only need to see one of them (The Janes). Adam Sandler is a basketball scout with a hot new prospect he mentors (Hustle). And finally the dinosaurs are part of our world now and Erik and Steve have a lot to say about the so-called final entry in this series (Jurassic World: Dominion).

0:00 - Intro

1:03 – Who You Gonna Call?

10:47 – The Righteous

18:36 – Wyrm

27:23 - The Janes

38:52 - Hustle

51:28 - Jurassic World: Dominion

1:16:52 - Outro

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Episode 310: Terminate With Extreme Prejudice

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 7 Jun 2022 14:05:29 +0000

The latest and greatest in Blu-rays returns to the podcast with Sergio Mims and a lot to catch up on. There is late era Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen not to mention some early-era Kevin Costner and perhaps inspiration for a young Alfonso Cuaron. Criterion 4Ks one of the greatest of all noirs and space documentaries. Kino gives the same treatment to Clint Eastwood and Sidney Poitier. And finally – yes, FINALLY! – one of the great Walter Hill films Sergio and Erik have been begging to get an upgrade from its shoddy DVD transfer is finally here and they are thrilled.

0:00 - Intro

2:06 – Flicker Alley (The Whistle at Eaton Falls)

8:58 – Criterion (Double Indemnity, The Flight of the Phoenix, For All Mankind)

30:21 – Lions Gate (Extreme Prejudice)

38:10 – Imprint (The Osterman Weekend, The Hunter, Marooned)

54:28 – Warner Archive (American Flyers, Fandango, The Window)

1:09:17 – Kino (Son of Samson, Flower Drum Song, In the Heat of the Night 4K, A Fistful of Dollars 4K, For a Few Dollars More 4K)

1:46:35 - Outro

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Episode 309: Long Live The Old Flesh

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 4 Jun 2022 01:41:25 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy saw a lot of different movies this week. But that means you get 11 reviews from them even if its not a great lineup. Erik finds one big positive at the center of Sean Patrick Flanery’s directorial debut (Frank & Penelope) and Steve has a few non-negative things to say about the latest with Bruce Willis (White Elephant). There are fantastical narratives about the missing minutes of the Nixon tapes (18 ½) and the creation of a famous tower (Eiffel). Erik gets completely annoyed with the latest Blumhouse horror (Unhuman) and surprisingly unannoyed with the central character of the new horror film from Rob “Host” Savage (Dashcam). Gay relationships take center stage in comedy (Fire Island) and the true story of war poet Siegfried Sassoon in the latest from director Terence Davies (Benediction). Straight-to-video called and want the new Elsa Pataky action film from Netflix back (Interceptor) and “It Follows”’ Maika Monroe contends with another dangerous stalker (Watcher). Finally, David Cronenberg returns to the big screen after eight years and the guys see something new in it along with something old (Crimes of the Future).

1:00 – Frank & Penelope

8:04 – White Elephant

14:26 – Unhuman

22:33 – Eiffel

28:23 - Dashcam

35:22 – Fire Island

43:43 – 18 ½

50:13 – Interceptor

1:00:52 - Watcher

1:10:18 - Benediction

1:18:37 - Crimes of the Future

1:34:44 - Outro

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Episode 308: Hold Your Fire, Top Gun

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 29 May 2022 14:27:44 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return after a week off to catch-up on reviewing 12 new movies for you. They include a baseball documentary that premiered at SXSW this year (Facing Nolan), a new film written by Paul Schrader (There Are No Saints) and the great Haley Lu Richardson stars in a film about revisiting family trauma (Montana Story). They also revisit a Sundance comedy about two black friends trying not to get blamed when a white girl passes out in their house (Emergency) and one of the choices from the Chicago Critics Film Festival is a documentary about the longest hostage standoff in New York history (Hold Your Fire). Someone who never held their fire is given the four-hour documentary treatment by Judd Apatow (George Carlin’s American Dream). Four is also the number of television shows getting the feature length treatment including a pair of sequels (Downton Abbey: A New Era, Jackass 4.5) and two animated ones (Chip ‘N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Bob’s Burgers Movie). Erik and Steve have divergent thoughts on the new Alex Garland film (Men) but they are certainly wingmen when it comes to throwing cold water on the latest legacy sequel (Top Gun: Maverick).

0:00 – Intro

0:55 – There Are No Saints

7:54 – Facing Nolan

13:00 – Downton Abbey: A New Era

22:57 – Jackass 4.5

29:39 – Hold Your Fire

40:47 – George Carlin’s American Dream

53:06 – Montana Story

1:01:56 – Emergency

1:10:12 - Men

1:23:02 – Chip ‘N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers

1:37:44 – The Bob’s Burgers Movie

1:48:58 – Top Gun: Maverick

2:08:42 - Outro

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Episode 307: Burn It All Down, Firestarter!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 15 May 2022 14:53:28 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy will be at the Chicago Critics Film Festival this week, but they still managed to find time for ten new movie reviews. Well, one old one as they reviewed Ninja Thyberg’s powerful film about the porn industry at last year’s Sundance (Pleasure). This week did have a lot of other ickiness to it though including an erotic thriller no-show with Ashley Benson (Private Property) and the documentary about Dr. Religious Wacko who personally inseminated his patients (Our Father). Then maybe icky in a good way is at least one kids-who-can’t-control-their-own-powers film (The Innocents) and another about a virus running violently amok influencing the worst parts of our brains (The Sadness). But Steve also talks a positive pandemic story about music (Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story) while Erik looks at Christina Ricci trying to protect her son from an entity in a lake (Monstrous) and Rebel Wilson wakes up after 20 years in a coma and still wants to be prom queen (Senior Year). Then for those looking for a breezy true matinee tale of war, the guys may have one for you (Operation Mincemeat). However if you were hoping Blumhouse Productions would offer something better than the 1984 adaptation of a Stephen King novel, you better listen to what Erik & Steve have to say about it first (Firestarter).

0:00 - Intro

1:00 – Pleasure

13:43 – Private Property

22:14 – Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

28:29 – Monstrous

34:42 – Our Father

42:30 – Senior Year

53:49 – The Innocents

1:02:24 - The Sadness

1:09:51 – Operation Mincemeat

1:20:26 – Firestarter

1:42:25 - Outro

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Episode 306: It’s All Happening

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 8 May 2022 14:06:59 +0000

While Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy prepare for the upcoming Chicago Critics Film Festival, they got in a little time for a short show of reviews. This week the discussion steers to just four titles including a horror film involving an island and supernatural elements (Shepherd) and a documentary takes a shot at redemption for the man who clubbed Nancy Kerrigan’s knee (My Hero the Hitman). To go along with the discussion with Erik Laws on episode 305, Steve gets his chance to weigh in on Sam Raimi’s new Marvel film (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness). But the timeliness of a new film dealing with the illegality of abortion in 1960s France really strikes home this week and the duo want you to know about it…so you can know (Happening).

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Shepherd

6:44 – My Hero the Hitman

13:47 – Happening

27:24 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

52:46 – Outro

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Episode 305: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 6 May 2022 17:15:32 +0000

Sam Raimi returns to the world of Marvel for his first directorial effort since 2013 and comic book expert Erik Laws returns to join Erik Childress to breakdown this sequel to Doctor Strange. Or sequel to Wandavision? Whatever it is it is a lot and the Eriks may recognize the very specific Raimi touches he brings to the Cinematic Universe, but is it enough to overcome what Childress believes is a big problem for Marvel going forward. Does their own multiverse interfere with the storytelling especially if they were unwilling to truly dive into the new one they have opened up? Is the film a manic ride that fulfills the horror quota of their expanding genres or is its screenplay the equivalent of notes on a whiteboard with no lines drawn between them? Childress and Laws address it all and more (including spoilers) so are they on to something or just gone a little mad themselves?

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Episode 304: The 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 May 2022 20:55:05 +0000

It is that time of year again. Actually the first time since 2019 that the Chicago Critics Film Festival has hosted an entire week at the Music Box Theatre. Their return for a weekend in 2021 was a success but the festival co-produced by Erik Childress returns to full glory May 13-19 and along with Sergio Mims they breakdown, day by day, every film selected for the event. Two very special film festival events are discussed during this episode. Along with the CCFF which remains in its 9th year the only film festival entirely curated by working film critics, the duo talk about Sergio’s experience as a presenter at this year’s Turner Classic Movies Festival. Visit www.musicboxtheatre.com for tickets & passes.

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Episode 303: I Don’t Recall…Memory

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:05:51 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at eight movies this week including a couple festival titles, some streaming and some new titles in theaters. Steve looks at people trying to put a cult behind them (The Aviary) and a gay romance during Communist Russia (Firebird). Erik looks at a documentary about an additional horror of the Michigan water crisis (Flint: Who Can You Trust?) and Barry Levinson’s film about Holocaust-era boxer Harry Haft (The Survivor). Then both of them see if there’s anything new about an age-old mystery (The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes). A young Finnish girl see what manifests out of the giant egg she found (Hatching). Jim Broadbent stars in the true story of an art theft (The Duke) and Liam Neeson continues his decline below action movie mediocrity – and then some (Memory).

0:00 – Intro

0:37 – The Aviary

8:10 - Flint: Who Can You Trust?

19:56 – Firebird

26:04 – The Survivor

33:05 – The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

45:02 – Hatching

54:24 – The Duke

1:04:57 – Memory

1:15:38 - Outro

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Episode 302: The Unbearable Weight of The Northman

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 21:59:36 +0000

One of the best movies of the year…2021…may just come around to one of the best movies of 2022 on this episode. At least according to one of the Movie Madness critics during the round of seven reviews on this episode. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do indeed agree on Celine Sciamma’s tale of childhood grief (Petite Maman). The kids in that movie certainly have it better than the documentary of a ‘90s clothing giant (White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch) and even they may have it better than the one at the center of a Lena Headey thriller (9 Bullets). Erik looks at the latest from DisneyNature (Polar Bear) while Steve handles the animated animals looking to pull off a heist (The Bad Guys). The pair have a lot to say about the wannabe-meta look at Nicolas Cage’s career (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) and then they get to the latest from Robert Eggers, the director of The Witch and The Lighthouse (The Northman.)

0:00 - Intro

0:28 - Petite Maman

8:25 - White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch

17:51 – 9 Bullets

28:23 – Polar Bear

35:20 – The Bad Guys

43:32 – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

1:01:17 – The Northman

1:14:14 - Outro

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Episode 301: Choose Or Fantastic Beasts Will Die

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:32:25 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have seen six movies for the show this week. All six of them and they are here to share their thoughts on films from Sundance, SXSW and in theaters. Elisha Cuthbert tries to save her family from the wrong house (The Cellar). A pair of evil online games take center stage on Netflix (Choose or Die) and from the perspective of internet isolation (We’re All Going To The World’s Fair). Karen Gillan takes on a dual role in a black comic sci-fi tale with a double meaning (Dual). Mark Wahlberg brings us the true story of a boxer and wannabe actor who turned to the priesthood instead (Father Stu) and the third chapter of the Harry Potter prequel series may be the last one, but is it any better than the others? (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.)

1:28 – The Cellar

10:33 – Choose or Die

22:14 – We’re All Going To The World’s Fair

32:06 – Dual

43:58 – Father Stu

1:00:40 – Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

1:18:28 - Outro

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Episode 300: The Dragonslayer Commentary

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:17:40 +0000

For the Movie Madness’ 300th episode, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims decided to undertake something they have talked about for some time. Matthew Robbins’ 1981 film, Dragonslayer, is a film they have preached and pleaded for years to finally get a Blu-ray release (hell, let’s go 4K at this point!) Sergio has turned into quite the commentary machine in recent years and Erik even still has one out there climbing the charts. And for this episode all you will need is your own copy of Dragonslayer and you can sync up the duo doing a full commentary track for the film. You can listen to the opening for instructions on when and where to press play after they discuss Sergio’s great honor in being selected as a presenter at this year’s Turner Classic Movies’ Film Festival.

0:00 - Intro

12:17 – Dragonslayer Commentary Instructions

13:02 – Dragonslayer Commentary

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Episode 299: Everything Everywhere By The Bay

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:04:40 +0000

No rest for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy who take on nine new films this week. They include a trio of documentaries ranging from skateboarding (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off) to SpaceX (Return to Space) to a bovine with her own movie (Cow). Steve looks at a comedy about wannabe high school metalheads (Metal Lords) and Erik looks at an unintentional comedy based on the life of Celine Dion (Aline). Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton are former CIA partners on a mole hunt (All the Old Knives) and a video game adaptation gets a sequel (Sonic the Hedgehog 2). Michael Bay is up to his old tricks with the mayhem of a heist gone wrong (Ambulance) and, finally, the creators of Swiss Army Man have a few new tricks in a fantastical multiverse action comedy (Everything Everywhere All At Once).

0:00 – Intro

1:02 – Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

8:18 – Return to Space

24:15 – Metal Lords

32:36 – Aline

41:59 – Cow

51:44 – All The Old Knives

1:03:12 – Sonic the Hedgehog 2

1:12:35 – Ambulance

1:32:40 – Everything Everywhere All At Once

1:49:47 - Outro

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Episode 298: Sink Your Teeth Into The Automat

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 3 Apr 2022 15:58:19 +0000

After a short week, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy double-up on the movie reviews this week with eight titles. They include a documentary about a “ballhawk” (Zack Hample vs. the World) and one about a type of restaurant that does not exist anymore (The Automat). Justin Kurzel’s new film gets to the root of mental illness in a real-life Australian tragedy (Nitram) and a witch learns about life wearing the skins of different people (You Won’t Be Alone). Richard Linklater explores life (notably his) around the space program in 1969 (Apollo 10 ½: A Spade Age Childhood) and Judd Apatow takes a satiric stab at making an action franchise at the height of the pandemic (The Bubble). Finally then there is a Chris Pine thriller that was completed back in 2019 (The Contractor) and the five-time delayed Sony Marvel tale that added at least one more critic to the lambast pile (Morbius).

0:00 - Outro

4:54 – Zack Hample vs. the World

14:56 – The Automat

27:01 – Nitram

34:37 – You Won’t Be Alone

43:54 – Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood

54:11 – The Bubble

1:06:52 – The Contractor

1:16:50 - Morbius

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Episode 297: Blu-ray Upgrades You Can’t Refuse

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:02:18 +0000

Sergio Mims is back with the latest and greatest in Blu-rays and he focuses on three different studios with Erik Childress. Kino has a pair of great thrillers newly available in 4K as well as one from the ‘80s that may be more memorable for a promise of a single shot. Warner Archive puts James Cagney in an early version of Top Gun, one of the original versions of A Star Is Born and a stunning upgrade of a Cinerama cult classic. Finally, is the new 4K set of The Godfather Trilogy live up to the hype on the 50th Anniversary of the original? Listen in and get your wallets ready for some physical media.

0:00 - Intro

0:51 - Kino (Man’s Favorite Sport, The Final Option, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Touch of Evil)

27:46 – Warner Archive (Captain of the Clouds, A Star is Born (1937), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm)

50:05 – Paramount (The Godfather Trilogy 4K)

59:56 - Outro

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Episode 296: The Lost City of Browntown

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:50:18 +0000

The weekly movie review edition of the show went light to close out the month and it led to two agreements, one split decision and a whole other kind of split. Unintentional double entendres were on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy as one of them reviewed a “family Butt!@#*ing comedy” (Win a Trip to Browntown). Naomi Watts is getting in her exercise with her projects again as a hiker who turns into a rescuer (Infinite Storm). A couple on a first date get stuck together when the pandemic begins (7 Days) and Sandra Bullock goes on a Romancing the Stone-like adventure with Channing Tatum and a bit of Pitt (The Lost City).

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Win a Trip To Browntown

11:18 – 7 Days

22:34 – Infinite Storm

37:04 – The Lost City

57:00 - Outro

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Episode 295: The 2022 South By Southwest Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:25:39 +0000

South by Southwest returned to live festivities for the first time since 2019. Erik Childress has been covering since 2003 and hopes to return soon. Along with Steve Prokopy they discuss the pleasures of attending in person even as they covered virtually at least one more time. 18 titles they bring up from this year including music documentaries about Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker and Nick Cave, non-music docs about Nolan Ryan, Gabby Giffords and The Kids in the Hall. They discuss the latest from Richard Linklater as well as stellar work from Patton Oswalt and Andrea Risborough in a wide array of titles from the good to even some of the disappointments.

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Episode 294: X Marks The Spot In Deep Water

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:59:56 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy tackle seven new films this week. They include a couple from Sundance they have not talked about yet from the 2-part documentary on HBO MAX from Amy Berg about Evan Rachel Wood’s traumatic relationship with Marilyn Manson (Phoenix Rising) and Regina Hall in a ghost story about racial dynamics on a college campus (Master). Steve reviews about a Buddy Guy apprenticeship (The Torch) and Erik handles an odd hostage comic thriller with Jason Segel, Lily Collins and Jesse Plemons (Windfall). There is a better example of the singular setting chess game in a thriller with Mark Rylance and Zoey Deutsch (The Outfit), but also a peculiar misfire from Adrian Lyne garnering an early reputation of “so bad it’s good” (Deep Water). Finally, they dig into what makes Ti West’s new film stand apart from so many other slaughterhouse tales (X).

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Phoenix Rising

10:01 – The Torch

17:19 – Windfall

25:54 – Master

38:02 – Deep Water

59:32 – The Outfit

1:09:51 – X

1:31:50 - Outro

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Episode 293: The Turning Red Notice Project

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 18:22:27 +0000

Six movie reviews this week from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy, mostly available on the streaming services. Three women on a photoshoot weekend for their instas encounter a stinky alien (The Seed). The Herzogs document the theory of leaving our dying planet for another (Last Exit: Space). A car breakdown turns into oddball terror (Ultrasound) and Zac Efron is left alone in an apocalyptic landscape guarding a precious metal (Gold). Finally, Pixar head exclusively again to Disney Plus in a young girl’s magical encounter with puberty (Turning Red) and Ryan Reynolds travels back in time and meets his younger self and a bunch of other relatives while disintegrating bad guys in his second, but not final, collaboration with his Free Guy director, Shawn Levy (The Adam Project).

0:00 – Intro

1:18 - The Seed

8:41 – Last Exit: Space

14:15 – Gold

27:22 - Ultrasound

34:00 - Turning Red

53:34 - The Adam Project

1:06:12 – Outro

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Episode 292: I Love Lucy And Yang

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 5 Mar 2022 20:40:28 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy reviewed two of this week’s big movies during Sundance, so in case you missed them talk enthusiastically about Kogonada’s sci-fi meditation on life and connection (After Yang) or less so about Sebastian Stan as a human butcher in Fresh, you get another chance. But then they have five new films to talk about as well including two available on Netflix – an explorer survival tale (Against the Ice) and vacationing Leighton Meester trying to see if her missing girlfriend survived (The Weekend Away). Then there are three documentaries to discuss including a bizarre tale of hippie inheritance and misguided philanthropy (Dear Mr. Brody), the story of tennis player and activist Arthur Ashe (Citizen Ashe) and Amy Poehler’s film about the relationship between two of the biggest television stars ever (Lucy and Desi).

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Fresh

8:29 – After Yang

17:25 – Citizen Ashe

24:12 – Dear Mr. Brody

32:42 – Against the Ice

45:41 - The Weekend Away

52:00 – Lucy and Desi

1:06:29 - Outro

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Episode 291: The Batman?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 3 Mar 2022 19:51:17 +0000

Comic book expert and host of the AintThisTheFun show on YouTube, Erik Laws, joins Erik Childress to go through Matt Reeves’ The Batman. There is a lot to unpack from the casting to how it distinguishes itself from the other versions of the character. They look at all the casting decisions, is anyone having any fun during this one and, of course, that score from Michael Giacchino. Do Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz bring something new to the Batman/Catwoman dynamic or are they treading over old ideas? Does the film have more in common with the Burtons, the Nolans or even something by Steven Spielberg? They aren’t here to rank, they are here to discuss and Reeves’ three-hour film certainly invites a lot of that.

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Episode 290: What’s The Blu-Ray Rumpus?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 2 Mar 2022 23:30:09 +0000

Sergio Mims joins Erik Childress for another round in the latest and greatest in Blu-rays. Criterion has got the Coens and the Beatles. Paramount has Beavis & Butt-Head and Wayne & Garth. Universal has James Bond and Paul Schrader. Kino has another commentary with Sergio, they agree on a Burt Reynolds gem and whether a certain Billy Wilder classic now available in 4K is even amongst his strongest works. They are also particularly happy to see three of their choices from their Why Is This Not On Blu-ray shows finally get the format they deserve including a mystery from Stephen Sondheim, a 1930s musical and one of the great post-Jaws creature features from Shout Factory.

0:00 - Intro

5:26 – Criterion (A Hard Day’s Night, Miller’s Crossing, Written on the Wind)

27:41 – Shout Factory (Alligator)

38:10 – Paramount (Beavis & Butt-Head Do America, Wayne’s World, La Dolce Vita)

1:00:37 – Universal (The Card Counter, No Time To Die)

1:07:31 – Kino (Breaking In, Gambit, Where There’s Life, Monsieur Beaucaire, Some Like It Hot 4K)

1:28:10 – Warner Archive (The Last of Sheila, National Velvet, Stage Fright, The Three Musketeers 1948, Gold Diggers of 1933, Edge of Darkness (1943), Some Came Running)

2:19:47 - Outro

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Episode 289: Overcome With Cyrano And Batman

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 1 Mar 2022 22:54:53 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back to their old ways, reviewing ten new movies on this week’s show including a little early preview. The rest include a tale of obesity and bullying (Butter) and a family hooks up on Zoom to grieve grandma (Family Squares). More pandemic cinema takes Naomi Watts on a jog of social terror (The Desperate Hour) and Havana Rose Liu ends up at the worst rest stop (No Exit). There is also the story about record label head Alan McGee (Creation Stories) and Andy Garcia looking for someone to write his biography (Big Gold Brick). A family of filmmakers write, direct and star in a tale of witchcraft (Hellbender) and the Foo Fighters try to dabble in horror by creating their own movie (Studio 666). Finally released is a film that was on Erik’s top ten list in 2021 (Cyrano) and the guys have an early review of Matt Reeves’ new film which may end up on a few lists in 2022 (The Batman).

1:52 – Butter

10:31 – Family Squares

18:30 – No Exit

25:49 – Creation Stories

33:39 - The Desperate Hour

49:03 - Big Gold Brick

54:59 – Hellbender

1:03:19 – Studio 666

1:14:14 – Cyrano

1:33:16 – The Batman

1:56:56 - Outro

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Episode 288: Leatherface, Werewolves and The Unabomber Uncharted

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:31:01 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with seven new movie reviews and if you thought murder was on the table last week, wait until you hear this. Boeing killed a bunch and you can learn all about it in a new Netflix documentary (Downfall: The Case Against Boeing.) The Unabomber killed a few and there is a new movie with Sharlto Copley as that lunatic (Ted K). When rich landowners kill off a group of gypsies they fight back with werewolves (The Cursed). Leatherface is back in a new film that wants to be a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 original (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). But its not all death this week. There is a cooking documentary (Breaking Bread), Channing Tatum on a road trip with a companion (Dog) and another video game adaptation where, yes, some people die but not as fast as good treasure hunting movies (Uncharted).

0:00 – Intro

1:07 - Breaking Bread

7:45 – Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

14:45 – Ted K

26:58 – The Cursed

35:42 – Dog

43:24 – Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1:04:18 – Uncharted

1:21:26 - Outro

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Episode 287: Murder On The Everywhere

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:26:42 +0000

Movie reviews. Nine of them. We do it every week here on the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. It all starts with a little psychological horror (Alone With You) and emotional revenge (Catch the Fair One). Then it’s a whirlwind of grief from director Josephine Decker (The Sky is Everywhere) and the search for love from Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World). Liam Neeson plays another guy with special skills but does the movie have any (Blacklight)? Charlie Day and Jenny Slate are grieving exes with a plan (I Want You Back) and Steven Soderbergh’s IS back again for a crackerjack thriller with Zoe Kravitz (KIMI). Unfortunately, Jennifer Lopez is also back is romcom mode (Marry Me) and Kenneth Branagh puts on the mustache again as Hercule Poirot to solve the final murder from this show (Death On The Nile).

1:18 – Alone With You

7:19 – Catch the Fair One

17:25 – The Sky Is Everywhere

26:24 – Blacklight

42:50 – The Worst Person in the World

52:15 – Kimi

1:09:06 – I Want You Back

1:21:24 – Marry Me

1:41:19 – Death On The Nile

1:58:04 - Outro

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Episode 286: The 2022 Sundance Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:20:46 +0000

The Movie Madness Podcast goes back to Sundance (virtually) with Erik Childress, Steve Prokopy and Sergio Mims going through what they saw on their weeklong trip through the at-home app for a second straight year. More than 20 titles are discussed including new films from Kogonada, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorehead and Cooper Raiff. There are debuts from Jesse Eisenberg and Tig Notaro, and even a remake of Ikiru will Bill Nighy. Not to mention a group of incredible performances from Emma Thompson, Rebecca Hall, Thandiwe Newton, Aubrey Plaza and Dakota Johnson. The trio goes through most of the good and even some of the bad on a festival that is likely to be giving us something to look forward to the whole year.

0:00 - Intro

3:00 - When You Finish Saving the World

8:08 - Emergency

18:53 - Fresh

24:30 - After Yang

33:12 - The Janes

40:02 - Resurrection

48:15 - Fire of Love

52:25 - 892

59:48 - Something in the Dirt

1:04:24 - Living

1:11:23 - Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul

1:21:03 - Good Luck To You Leo Grande

1:27:26 – Watcher

1:33:36 – Emily the Criminal

1:42:36 – Am I OK>

1:49:42 – Second Chance

1:53:44 – God’s Country

2:03:58 – Cha Cha Real Smooth

2:10:04 – Sundance Tech

2:13:43 – More Films with Steve Prokopy

2:17:27 – More Films with Erik Childress

2:18:48 – We Need To Talk About Cosby

2:28:27 - Outro

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Episode 285: To The Moon With You Jackass

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 6 Feb 2022 20:11:52 +0000

The weekly movie reviews return to the podcast with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy talking about eight new movies and the 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper’s 1980 film, Out of the Blue. Flash-forward to 1984 for the new documentary about David Lynch’s sci-fi adaptation (The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune) or back to post-Civil War for a little western horror (Ghosts of the Ozarks). Steve tells you where you can see baby animals (The Wolf and the Lion) or take a train for one of this year’s Best Foreign Language Film contenders (Compartment No. 6). Tim Roth takes an extended vacation from his family (Sundown) and Charlie Hunnam plays detective to try to clear Mel Gibson’s name. From murder (Last Looks). Then we have the latest film from jackass – Roland Emmerich – where he tries to kill the planet with the moon (Moonfall). Finally, of course, we have an actual Jackass movie and the title could not be more apropos (Jackass Forever).

0:00 - Intro

1:51 - Out of the Blue

7:49 - Ghost of the Ozarks

13:50 – The Wolf and the Lion

20:25 – The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

25:59 - Compartment No. 6

31:40 – Last Looks

46:40 – Sundown

57:17 – Moonfall

1:08:48 – Jackass Forever

1:31:52 - Outro

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Episode 284: Remembering Poitier & Bogdanovich

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:48:41 +0000

Sergio Mims joins Erik Childress to take a look back on the careers of two men who became legends in their own time. Director Peter Bogdanovich came out of the gate with three films that established a legacy, but whose ego and crave of the spotlight began to take a toll. Though he continued working up until nearly his passing, his films never achieved the level of acclaim he did in the early ‘70s. Sidney Poitier, on the other hand, is one of the few to claim the title of trailblazer and it not be just another word. Erik & Sergio look at a number of films through their careers to hopefully shine a spotlight on a rather tragic beginning to 2022.

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Episode 283: Cobra Kai’s Moment of Truth

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:27:52 +0000

On this special episode of the podcast, Erik Childress is joined by Morgan Gire to delve into season four of Netflix’s popular continuation of The Karate Kid saga. After a new high achieved by the third season, does the latest represent a turning point forward, backward or sideways for its characters? Erik & Morgan delve into the constant switching sides and whether this season does justice for its teenage characters? Did the creators write themselves into a corner when its protagonists finally appeared to team up? Is the appearance of Karate Kid 3’s villain Terry Silver a chance for redemption or a reminder of the film series’ regression? Erik & Morgan are both fans of the show, but have a lot of thoughts on where its headed during and after this season.

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Episode 282: The Best Films of 2021

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:18:55 +0000

One last look at the films of 2021 is the focus of this episode with Erik Childress, Steve Prokopy and Collin Souter unveiling their lists of the best 15 films of the year. There may not have been a lot of “fun” movies, they each manage to agree on one that makes their lists. There are also foreign films, documentaries and musicals of all kinds. Films of grief and mortality and the one that Erik thinks is just “fine.” Do not let the subject matter of the films throw you though, this is a lively discussion filled with universal agreement on a few, one big disagreement and a direct match on two of their lists. Take one final trip through an interesting year and put these films on your own lists to watch.

0:00 - Intro

4:27 - #15

9:26 - #14

15:05 - #13

19:17 - #12

23:56 - #11

28:47 - #10

37:03 - #9

42:42 - #8

51:04 - #7

56:26 - #6

1:03:24 - #5

1:09:42 - #4

1:17:00 - #3

1:25:02 - #2

1:35:31 - #1

1:49:00 - Outro

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Episode 281: 2022 Begins With A January Movie

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:50:03 +0000

Movie Madness begins 2022 with its weekly review show and a few holdovers from 2021 that are only beginning to open wider. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy catch up on the latest collaboration from Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers), George Clooney directs Ben Affleck in a coming-of-age memoir (The Tender Bar) and Asghar Farhadi pushes everyone into another moral conundrum (A Hero). There is also a cat-and-mouse game between a blind girl and a group of thieves not called Wait Until Dark (See For Me). But as it is January there are also movies that belong in January such as Michael Jai White not playing John Matrix (The Commando) and another team of female special agents that may want to consider removing the word special (The 355).

0:00 - Intro

2:03 - The Commando

9:16 – See For Me

21:32 – Parallel Mothers

28:34 – The Tender Bar

45:26 – A Hero

58:09 – The 355

1:16:39 - Outro

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Episode 280: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 8)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:30:02 +0000

The bi-annual series with Erik Childress and Sergio Mims closes out 2021 with a giant three-plus hour show dedicated to 20 films that have yet to find their way beyond DVD and, at least in one case, out of VHS if you can even find that. Ten choices each spanning a variety of eras include film noirs, comedies, television adaptations and even a television series. Blaxploitation and musicals, a satire of one era and a whole other era that many would rather forget but Sergio is here to remind you (and others) about. The hinting is only part of the fun as you discover not only their choices but perhaps even the films themselves. And at least one studio could not wait to announce one of these just days after the taping.

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Episode 279: Back to the Matrix with Pizza

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:46:34 +0000

The last movie review edition of the podcast for 2021 is an epic one. Over two-and-a-half hours discussing 11 films including three that were chosen to be a part of this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival. They include Isabelle Fuhrmann trying to do for rowing what Whiplash did from drumming (The Novice), Olivia Colman having an introspective vacation in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut (The Lost Daughter) and the latest from the director of The Florida Project (Red Rocket). Science-fiction is very present this week with Chloe Grace Moretz as a pregnant woman on the run from a robot uprising (Mother/Android) and Mahershala Ali trying to ease his family’s suffering by cloning himself (Swan Song). Not to mention a return in the green coding with Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix Resurrections). And if you thought we were done with major directors we have the latest from Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God), Joel Coen (The Tragedy of Macbeth, Guillermo Del Toro (Nightmare Alley) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza). Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have a lot to say to close out the year.

0:00 - Intro

2:09 - The Hand of God

8:51 – The Novice

19:35 - Mother/Android

30:02 - Swan Song

44:21 – The Lost Daughter

57:36 – The Tragedy of Macbeth

1:07:41 – Licorice Pizza

1:30:17 – Red Rocket

1:43:20 – Nightmare Alley

1:59:41 – The Matrix Resurrections

2:19:01 – Spider-Man: No Way Home

2:35:50 - Outro

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Episode 278: Spider-Man: No Way Home

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:11:25 +0000

The final Marvel film of 2021 is about to become the biggest movie of the year. Erik Childress is joined by comic book expert, Erik Laws, to share their thoughts on the film. Spoilers are abound so be sure to listen after you have seen it. But when you do you will find out if they are as stoked as everyone else. They get into the previous Spider-Man films and discuss if this one hits the emotional beats it is clearly chasing. Are we allowed to be surprised anymore as so much has already been revealed even before the first teaser? And are the “fan service” detractors going to give a pass to this one after their nostalgia rantings last month? The Eriks talk about all of it in this jam-packed episode.

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Episode 277: Blu-Rays For Your Christmas List

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:37:51 +0000

Erik Childress and Sergio Mims deliver one last Blu-ray show for 2021 with an impressive group of titles just in time to make your film lovers merry for Christmas. From Criterion they talk about one of the greatest films of all-time and one of their choices for the best film of 2020. Paramount delivers on a couple of Warren Beatty classics while also fulfilling another from the hosts’ Not-On-Blu-Ray lists. As does Warner Archive with a timely delivered mystery given the passing of one of its screenwriters as well as the awesomeness of the Mad Max Anthology. Sergio hypes up a nearly long lost film from Flicker Alley along with his absolute love of The Guns of Navarone. Then there is nearly an hour dedicated to some great titles from Kino including the original version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a bunch of Charles Bronson & W.C. Fields for your dads, one of Steven Spielberg’s earliest efforts and a pair of classic horror titles now available on 4K. Get those lists ready because they are going to fill them up here.

0:00 – Intro

3:10 - Criterion (Citizen Kane, One Night in Miami)

16:54 - Flicker Alley (The Bitter Stems)

23:26 – Sony (The Guns of Navarone 4k)

33:25 – Paramount (What Lies Beneath, Heaven Can Wait, Reds

51:06 – Warner Bros. (Mad Max Anthology)

59:24 – Warner Archive (Party Girl, Fury, Ivanhoe, The Last of Sheila)

1:28:30 – Kino (Bedtime Story, Mr.Majestyk, Chato’s Land, Breakheart Pass, It’s a Gift, The Bank Dick, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Night Gallery, The Silence of the Lambs 4K, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K)

2:25:01 - Outro

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Episode 276: Spielberg, Chaplin, Lucy and a Couple Disasters

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:33:18 +0000

Six new movies are covered on the weekly movie review edition of the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at a new documentary about a film legend (The Real Charlie Chaplin) and the week from hell of a TV legend (Being the Ricardos). A film dramatizes the debate over compensating student athletes (National Champions) but who will compensate us for the latest from Sandra Bullock (The Unforgivable) and Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up). Then if you missed the full show with Sergio Mims, Steve gets his chance to talk about Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

0:00 - Intro

1:22 – National Champions

21:02 – The Real Charlie Chaplin

31:38 – The Unforgivable

45:27 – Being the Ricardos

1:03:49 - Don’t Look Up

1:27:50 - West Side Story

1:48:10 - Outro

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Episode 275: Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 9 Dec 2021 20:28:43 +0000

The title of the episode almost says it all but it turns out both Erik Childress and Sergio Mims have a lot to say about Steven Spielberg’s remake of the Oscar-winning 1961 musical. Sergio, who also hosts a classical music show on WHPK Radio in Chicago, takes us through the choreographers, Leonard Bernstein and his thoughts both positive and negative on the original. Erik also shares his thoughts on how the 1961 film shaped his perspective on musicals at an early age and how the new film has managed to surpass it at every level. Both marvel at one particular performance in the remake which also manages to honor another with some key changes made to the original text. While they may have some quibbles and disagree here and there one thing they agree on is this is one of the best films of 2021.

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Episode 274: C’mon C’mon And Listen For Adrienne And Benedetta

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 6 Dec 2021 20:22:14 +0000

Movie theaters tend to slow down the week after Thanksgiving but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have seven movies you can see there or at home. They catch up on the latest from Mike Mills with Joaquin Phoenix (C’mon C’mon). Sci-fi takes some questionable turns in an apocalyptic “comedy” (Silent Night) and a kidnapping drama that is questionably referred to as “science fiction” (Encounter). Surprisingly there is no such label on the story of people who believe they are animals (Wolf). Erik reminds you of a Toronto fest documentary that is now available on HBO (Listening to Kenny G) which may be just the come down you need after another HBO premiere about the life and loss of Adrienne Shelly (Adrienne). Then finally when Paul Verhoeven has lesbian nuns challenge the status quo of 17th century Catholism, you say “YES!” (Benedetta).

0:00 - Intro

1:56 - Listening to Kenny G

11:29 – Encounter

22:15 – Silent Night

33:19 – Adrienne

50:47 – C’mon C’mon

1:03:35 – Wolf

1:16:39 – Benedetta

1:35:41 - Outro

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Episode 273: From Super Mario To Not-So-Super Gucci

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:21:16 +0000

The weekly movie review edition of the podcast adds seven titles from the Thanksgiving holiday. Erik Childress checks out the 1980s hi-jinks of trying to obtain a Nintendo (8-Bit Christmas) while Steve Prokopy delves into the new Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) and the stylings of classic songwriters of old (The Beatles: Get Back) and new (Encanto). The pair debate whether the directorial debut of Halle Berry is worth your time (Bruised) and try to decipher just what anybody sees in Stephen Karam’s adaptation of his own play (The Humans). Finally, they look into the second Ridley Scott film in as many months and, whether or not, that’s a good thing (House of Gucci).

1:51 – 8-Bit Christmas

12:11 – Drive My Car

20:41 - Bruised

34:43 – The Beatles: Get Back

51:00 – The Humans

1:08:15 – Encanto

1:16:24 – House of Gucci

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Episode 272: Open Sesame For Laika, Labyrinth and Keaton

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 17:17:02 +0000

Black Friday and Christmas are coming up, so what better time to talk up some Blu-rays you may want to add to your wish lists. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims discuss a great documentary that should be on everyone’s shelves about one of the greatest television shows ever produced. For the kids Shout Factory has a whole lineup of new Laika packages and the pair also get into who is a Labyrinth guy and who is a Dark Crystal guy. Paramount has some great 4K titles including two-thirds of the original Star Trek movies and one of the most successful horror films to be released during the holidays. Sergio also pushes back on the criticism of the new 4K of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and runs down a bunch of new stuff from Warner Archive including the long-awaited debut of one of the great comic debuts ever.

0:00 - Intro

2:42 – Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street

9:21 – Shout Factory (Coraline, Paranorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls)

14:25 – Sony (Labyrinth)

22:02 – Paramount (Star Trek 1-4 Collection 4K, Scream 4K, Breakdown, The Sheik)

42:45 – Universal (Inglourious Basterds 4K)

58:55 – Warner Bros. (Zack Snyder’s Justice League)

1:02:15 – Warner Archive (Night Shift, Ghost Ship, Bedlam, Mad Love, Children of the Damned

1:38:23 – Studio Classics (The Servant)

1:46:50 - Outro

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Episode 271: The Power of Doth Protestin’ Too Much

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 18:03:31 +0000

The weekly review edition of the show with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy never plans out a theme but sometimes they just appear. Post-Thanksgiving shopping is never quite as bad in this week’s horror film (Black Friday) and the same might be said for Abel Ferrara’s new work (Zeros and Ones). Why is Alanis Morrissette complaining about her documentary (Jagged) when a teacher has a more serious beef when her sex tape goes public (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn). Andrew Garfield is a wannabe composer facing 30 (tick…tick…Boom!) while Robert B. Weide was in his early 20s trying to start a documentary on one of his famous writers (Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time). Everyone deserves to be hating on Benedict Cumberbatch in Jane Campion’s latest (The Power of the Dog) while a group of survivors channel their anger against the Catholic Church into artistic healing (Procession). Will Smith portrays the father of two of the biggest sports stars ever (King Richard) and finally, Erik and Steve, offer balance to the force of criticism that has been crafted over Jason Reitman’s latest (Ghostbusters: Afterlife).

0:00 – Intro

2:03 - Black Friday

8:15 – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

13:30 – Jagged

21:56 – Zeros and Ones

30:12 – Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

39:20 – tick…tick…BOOM!

52:29 – Procession

1:04:13 - The Power of the Dog

1:16:11 – King Richard

1:33:13 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife

1:52:22 - Outro

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Episode 270: Ghostbusters – Answer the Criticism

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:51:59 +0000

Erik Laws normally joins the show to talk comic book adaptations, but a certain 1984 film is a favorite to many of us so he joins Erik Childress for a discussion of Jason Reitman’s modern follow-up to his father’s classic. Ghostbusters: Afterlife has drawn quite the division between those nostalgic for the original and critics who believe the fan service has reached a fever pitch. Has Reitman filled the film with so many easter eggs that it is nothing but a soulless trip down memory lane or is that a preemptive narrative that many could not get out of the way of when viewing the film. Both Eriks have their own thoughts on the film and delve into the criticism and whether or not it is unfounded.

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Episode 269: The Everlasting Love Of Rocky, Food & Family

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 21:13:55 +0000

The weekly movie review edition of the show arrives with nine new films. In documentaries, Steve Prokopy looks at one about the current Secretary of Transportation (Mayor Pete) while Erik Childress looks at how Juggalo culture became synonymous with gangs by the government (The United States of Insanity) and both dig in to the life of The French Chef (Julia). Steve covers a film about human trafficking (7 Prisoners) while Erik suffers a franchise re-imagined by SNL’s Mikey Day (Home Sweet Home Alone). The pair look at one of the most-praised films out of Sundance this year (Passing) as well as a sequel to an admired film from Sundance past (The Souvenir: Part II). Speaking of the past, Sylvester Stallone has gone back to re-edit the fourth Rocky film and Erik has all the details (Rocky v Drago) and finally Steve weighs in on Kenneth Branagh’s new semi-autobiographical tale of growing up (Belfast).

0:00 – Intro

2:39 - 7 Prisoners

11:31 – The United States of Insanity

14:44 – FAMILY CLIP

19:47 – Mayor Pete

25:22 – Home Sweet Home Alone

36:02 – Passing

48:07 – Julia

1:00:19 – The Souvenir: Part II

1:12:33 – Rocky v Drago

1:26:11 - Belfast

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Episode 266: If Someone Asks If You’re An Eternal, You Say Yes!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 4 Nov 2021 18:14:18 +0000

The Marvel Cinematic Universe enters the next phase of its current phase with Eternals, Chloe Zhao’s now follow-up to her Oscar-winning Nomadland. Erik Childress brings back comic book expert, Erik Laws, to dive into the comic’s history as well as the film which has drawn quite the discourse from critics. Has Marvel fatigue reached an apex where even the only second woman to ever win Best Director can’t satisfy the longing for something different? Childress leans into this part of the discussion as varying opinions about the film itself continue on the show, though maybe not the way you expect.

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Episode 265: The Film Festivals of Chicago

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 3 Nov 2021 00:54:17 +0000

Aside from all their duties as film critics, journalists, radio show hosts and TV guests, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims also each produce film festivals in the city of Chicago. Erik created the Chicago Critics Film Festival, the only event curated entirely by film critics and Sergio has been producing the Black Harvest Film Festival for over 25 years. Both events are taking place this year in November and each are teaming up to tell you all about what is in store for you if you can attend either. But first they also have some films they saw at the Chicago International Film Festival and they have a little love to give there before unveiling what they have helped put together this year.

0:00 – Intro / The 2021 Chicago International Film Festival

3:10 – The French Dispatch

7:02 – Any Given Day

9:29 – Punch 9 For Harold Washington

21:29 – Petite Maman

24:29 – Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

30:04 – Hellbender

32:15 – The Sadness

35:06 – Spencer

48:09 – The Beta Test

52:38 – The Chicago Critics Film Festival

1:25:32 – The Black Harvest Film Festival

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Episode 264: Cowboys, Thieves and The Swingin’ Sixties

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:42:47 +0000

It’s a light week on the weekly review show, but there is a still a half-dozen titles to discuss between Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They include Michael Shannon trying to bring a collegiate rowing team together (Heart of Champions) and hypnotherapy going wrong for Kate Siegel (Hypnotic). For those who wanted an Army of the Dead prequel sans the zombies, you got it (Army of Thieves), but you may want a different Netflix throwback instead with an all-star, guns-a-blazin’ western (The Harder They Fall). Finally on Halloween weekend you have your chosen between a horror film from the director of Crazy Heart and Black Mass (Antlers) or Edgar Wright’s tribute to London horror and Italian giallo (Last Night in Soho). Are either worth your time in theaters or is Netflix your choice this week?

0:00 - Intro

3:01 – Hypnotic

11:29 – Heart of Champions

23:15 – Army of Thieves

34:37 – The Harder They Fall

51:51 – Antlers

59:38 – Last Night in Soho

1:20:25 - Outro

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Episode 263: Remember The Tooth

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 01:48:18 +0000

It’s Blu-ray time again on the podcast. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims concentrate on just a few studios but a lot of titles including films from a silent film comedian. Sergio goes over some recent musicals released by Warner Archive as well as an Errol Flynn war film. If you ever wanted to see Strother Martin in a horror film, Arrow Video has one for you along with a couple of new 4K titles. One from Dario Argento is there for your Halloween viewing and the other is there to re-evaluate David Lynch’s version of the adaptation being hyperbolized to a fault. Is the 1984 Dune as bad as its reputation or does a new sheen make its visuals as impressive as people believe the 2021 version to be?

0:00 - Intro

3:30 – Undercrank (Edward Everett Horton 8 Silent Comedies)

9:10 – Arrow (The Brotherhood of Satan, The Cat O Nine Tails, Dune)

55:08 – Warner Bros. (Mortal Kombat)

1:01:06 – Warner Archive (In the Good Old Summertime, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Ziegfeld Follies, Objective Burma)

1:45:50 - Outro

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Episode 262: By Will Alone, Dune Is Set In Motion

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:56:32 +0000

You want movie reviews? You get them here as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy give you the standard they love to hit with ten reviews, including revisiting the emotional powerhouse from SXSW (Introducing, Selma Blair), another documentary about the January 6th insurrection (Four Hours at the Capitol) and even another about one of the legendary makeup artists (Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini). They catch up on some festival horror films they did not get to on the shows from Sundance & SXSW (Broadcast Signal Intrusion, Knocking) and another trying to blend vampires with Michael Mann (Night Teeth). Families are given another theatrical offering (Ron’s Gone Wrong) while adults who like quirk with their historical tales can try Benedict Cumberbatch painting cats (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain) and the latest from Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch). Finally, it all comes down to the film fans of Frank Herbert have been waiting for over 55 years (after initially waiting 19) as Denis Villeneuve’s Dune hits the big screen (and HBO MAX). Is it worth the wait and the vast improvement over David Lynch’s version that everyone hoped it would be? The guys each have a lot to say about it.

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Introducing, Selma Blair

17:34 – Night Teeth

26:14 – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

35:09 – Four Hours at the Capitol

42:28 – Broadcast Signal Intrusion

53:32 – Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

1:06:25 – Knocking

1:14:46 – Ron’s Gone Wrong

1:25:11 - The French Dispatch

1:31:46 – Dune

1:59:03 - Outro

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Episode 261: The Last Duel But Not The Last Halloween

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 17:13:09 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return for the weekly movie reviews with the lighter lineup but no less lively a discussion. They look at the various scenes of a writer’s marriage in Mia Hansen-Love’s Bergman Island and the history of a legendary band in Todd Haynes’ documentary, The Velvet Underground. Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould go on with their comedy tour after a bad car accident in the documentary, Joy Ride. Ridley Scott began his career with The Duellists and now brings us the historical, if still timely, drama The Last Duel. And if its lively discussion you seek, the duo breakdown the failure of David Gordon Green’s sequel, Halloween Kills.

0:00 - Intro

3:09 - Bergman Island

15:04 – Joy Ride

30:57 – The Velvet Underground

42:55 – Halloween Kills

1:07:19 – The Last Duel

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Episode 260: Moment By Moment – Catching Up On Blu-rays

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:45:23 +0000

Erik Childress and Sergio Mims have a lot of Blu-ray releases to catch-up on and they begin here with the latest from their friends at Indicator, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Kino. They discuss the confusion over the ending to Jagged Edge, the legacies of both Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Mommie Dearest. They also go through an array of titles from Kino including films from Billy Wilder and Cecil B. DeMille as well as a pair of new commentary tracks that Sergio has contributed and are available now.

0:00 – Intro

1:30 – Indicator (Jagged Edge, The Big Fix, The Bingo Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings)

33:53 – Paramount (Mommie Dearest, A Place in the Sun, Nashville)

57:05 – Warner Bros. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 4K)

1:11:40 – Kino (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Fortune Cookie, Union Pacific, Unconquered, The Last Man On Earth, Lilies of the Field, Moment by Moment)

2:13:29 - Outro

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Episode 259: October Is Actually Some Time To Die

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:38:19 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy continue to show why you can’t do this on the radio when they take the time to review another ten movies available this week including revisiting a film they disagreed on from Sundance this year (Mass). With Jason Reitman’s reboot just a month away, Erik takes a look at a documentary about the original (Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters). He also discusses Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly as a star-crossed couple thrust into a film noir plot (South of Heaven). Being October, there is plenty of horror and the guys split duties on the latest from Amazon’s Blumhouse releases (The Manor, Madres), go through another anthology from Shudder (V/H/S 94), and a Netflix slasher film from the director of the Creep films (There’s Someone Inside Your House). There are also variations of horror seen in a couple’s tragedy answered with a miracle (Lamb) and the remarkable true life story of the trapped Thai soccer team told by the divers themselves (The Rescue). Plus there is this little James Bond film you may have waited a couple years for that Steve gets his chance to weigh in on (No Time To Die).

0:00 - Intro

2:25 – Mass

23:09 – Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

30:38 – South of Heaven

39:51 – The Manor

48:42 – Madres

55:49 – V/H/S 94

1:06:25 – There’s Someone Inside Your House

1:19:22 – The Rescue

1:34:19 – Lamb

1:52:28 – No Time To Die

2:11:34 - Outro

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Episode 257: The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 6 Oct 2021 20:38:54 +0000

Continuing the recent trend of covering major film festivals virtually, Erik Childress is once again joined by Sergio Mims who gets to add the discussion with a lot more movies. They wade through a lineup that included a number of music documentaries ranging from rock to jazz, a pair of stunning crime docs about real-life standoffs with police in the 1970s and even one for the foodies. They discuss some of the worst films they saw which gives Erik the opportunity to weigh in on The Eyes of Tammy Faye. But there is plenty of room for positivity as well as they reveal their favorite films from the fest as well.

0:00 - Intro

2:49 - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

22:41 – Oscar Peterson: Black and White

27:25 - Listening to Kenny G

32:21 – Beba

36:11 – Jagged

42:35 – Dionne Warwick FULL TITLE

47:37 – Lakewood

53:22 – Learn to Swim

59:06 – Dashcam

1:04:11 – Julia

1:14:52 – Saloum

1:19:27 – Jockey

1:22:50 – Montana Story

1:25:35 – Attica

1:35:02 – Hold Your Fire

1:42:18 – Benediction

1:53:33 – The Survivor

1:57:47 – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

2:07:40 – The Power of the Dog

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Episode 256: Get Outta My Past, Get Into My Car

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 3 Oct 2021 22:14:49 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy hit the magic number again this week. Ten movie reviews for your curiosity including a trio of horror films to kick off October (Bingo Hell, Black As Night, No One Gets Out Alive). For lighter fare you can choose between Danielle McDonald wanting to become an opera singer (Falling for Figaro) or a pair of sisters trying to comically rescue their grandmother from a nursing home at the beginning of the pandemic (Stop and Go). Dan Stevens plays a robot trying to be the perfect companion in Germany’s official entry for the Oscars (I’m Your Man). The animated version of Charles Addams’ macabre household are back (The Addams Family 2) as are those from the Sopranos clan in a live-action prequel (The Many Saints of Newark) and also Tom Hardy’s anti-hero version of the Spider-Man nemesis (Venom: Let There Be Carnage). But can any of them compare to the experience of Julia Ducournau Palme d’Or winning film that takes its audience on one wild ride (Titane).

0:00 - Intro

3:11 - Falling for Figaro

12:37 – Stop and Go

18:41 – I’m Your Man

30:18 – No One Gets Out Alive

37:22 – Black As Night

45:14 – Bingo Hell

51:49 – The Addams Family 2

1:06:28 – Titane

1:28:36 – The Many Saints of Newark

1:46:29 – Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2:09:05 - Outro

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Episode 255: Mysteries, Suicides and Songs

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:50:12 +0000

Another eight movies are on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include documentaries about the young star of Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice (The Most Beautiful Boy in the World) and a non-binary black activist (My Name Is Pauli Murray). Ben Whishaw snaps, takes to the streets and goes on a crime spree (Surge) and Freida Pinto tries to solve a mystery happening under her own roof (Intrusion). Tom Skerritt goes off on a journey after a cancer diagnosis to potentially end his life (East of the Mountains) while Melissa McCarthy tries to go on with life after a tragedy (The Starling). Jake Gyllenhaal attempts to solve a crisis as a police dispatcher in Antoine Fuqua’s remake of a recent acclaimed Danish thriller (The Guilty) and, finally, Erik and Steve try to answer the question that so many are asking about Dear Evan Hansen. Why?

0:00 - Intro

East of the Mountains

7:37 – The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

19:33 – Surge

26:06 – My Name Is Pauli Murray

35:53 – Intrusion

44:29 – The Starling

1:02:59 – The Guilty

1:19:50 – Dear Evan Hansen

1:47:42 - Outro

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Episode 254: Macho, Macho Men (And Tammy Faye)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:24:20 +0000

Eight new films are reviewed on the show by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They include two documentaries that take us out of this world (The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station) and out of the mind of singer St. Vincent (The Nowhere Inn). Steve discusses an immigration romance (Blue Bayou) and both look at Aubrey Plaza’s attempt to revive a publishing house with Michael Caine’s surly author (Best Sellers). Steve also has his eyes on a biopic of the infamous televangelists (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and then it’s Macho Man time with Nicolas Cage on the hunt for Sofia Boutella (Prisoners of the Ghostland), Gerard Butler with a contract out on Frank Grillo (Copshop) and Clint Eastwood showing quien es mas macho (Cry Macho).

0:00 – Intro

2:23 – Best Sellers

15:07 – The Nowhere Inn

27:52 – Prisoners of the Ghostland

39:26 – Blue Bayou

47:30 – The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station

56:10 – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

1:13:41 - Copshop

1:31:10 - Cry Macho

1:49:42 - Outro

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Episode 253: It’s Time To Cut Out A Dozen Reviews

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 02:35:25 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy once again go the extra mile reviewing a total of 12 new films on the show. They go from Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales looking at each other on Zoom (Language Lessons) to Sydney Sweeney looking at everything else – and us right back (The Voyeurs). There’s another mountain climber documentary (The Alpinist) as well as the relationship of two icons at their peak (Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali). Stop if you seen Riz Ahmed as a rocker with a degenerative health defect (Mogul Mowgli) or a poisoned assassin protecting another child (Kate). A group of filmmakers take advantage of the pandemic to film an anthology (The Year of the Everlasting Storm) and Kristen Bell scams the coupon system (Queenpins). Three old friends see their reunion go from laughter to darkness (Small Engine Repair) and Oscar Isaac is out for redemption in Paul Schrader’s latest (The Card Counter). Finally while Steve updates on the latest horror film premiering on Shudder (Martyrs Lane), the pair square off over the new James Wan film Warner Bros. didn’t want critics to see and may now be regretting that decision (Malignant).

0:00 - Intro

3:23 – Language Lessons

9:42 – Martyrs Lane

15:39 – The Alpinist

23:32 – The Voyeurs

33:12 – Mogul Mowgli

40:04 – Queenpins

51:17 – The Year of the Everlasting Storm

57:25 – Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

1:12:03 – Kate

1:25:46 – Small Engine Repair

1:43:25 – The Card Counter

1:54:34 – Malignant

2:20:51 - Outro

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Episode 252: What Is Influencer Cinema Worth?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 7 Sep 2021 23:56:08 +0000

Getting you ten movie reviews a week is becoming a standard here on the show. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy deliver again with Shea Whigham as a social worker trying to protect single mother Olivia Munn (The Gateway) and Guy Pierce as a P.I. in the future looking for a missing person in a city of androids (Zone 414). Three neighborhoods you don’t want to move into include Gracie Gillam’s host from hell (Superhost), Taryn Manning’s super racist white lady (Karen) and Pat Healy’s unhinged father in a lockdown crisis (We Need To Do Something). “Influencer Cinema” gets in their hits this week with Victoria Justice dying with some unfinished personal business (Afterlife of the Party), one pop singer, Matsumi, discovering her destiny (Yakuza Princess) and another, Camila Cabello, making her debut in the jukebox musical version of a classic story (Cinderella). Finally they have Michael Keaton in the true story of the creation of the 9/11 compensation fund (Worth) and Steve gets to put in his two cents on Marvel’s latest (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)

0:00 – Intro

3:35 - Karen

9:09 – The Gateway

17:33 – Afterlife of the Party

28:46 – Superhost

35:34 – Zone 414

45:49 – Yakuza Princess

53:41 – We Need To Do Something

1:04:48 - Cinderella

1:24:55 - Worth

1:36:20 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

1:55:00 - Outro

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Episode 250: When The Audience Reacts, Please Clap

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 1 Sep 2021 19:48:29 +0000

The Movie Madness Podcast celebrates its 250th episode with a look into one of the things that has made the theatrical experience so memorable over the years. It’s you. It’s us. It’s them. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims have had some memorable times at the movies going back decades and they are here to share a handful of the ones they cannot forget. Whether it be a rapturous response or a furious walkout the movies can inspire powerful emotions in all of us and as the industry struggles through a global pandemic they wonder if new memories like this can still be on the horizon, especially if more people begin to stay home.

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Episode 249: Can The Candyman Can?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:37:05 +0000

The title suggests something equally sweet and horrible and art can be both. There is certainly a lot of art and artists on this week’s movie review episode. There are influencers and a photographer in the remake of She’s All That (He’s All That). The music and life of Guy Clark is featured in a new documentary (Without Getting Caught or Killed). There’s the story of a domino artist named Lily Hevesh (Lily Topples the World) and a guy who is good with numbers but bad with social interaction and fumigation (Mosquito State). But there is also another relationship on pandemic lockdown (Together) and another film about the final days of Ted Bundy (No Man of God). It’s enough to want to get away with John Cena and Lil Rel Howery (Vacation Friends). But wait, there’s more art in the tragic story of a beloved painter (Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed) and the whole damn shady world of art is exposed in a fascinating new documentary (The Lost Leonardo). Finally, there is another artist featured in Nia DaCosta’s updating of Bernard Rose & Clive Barker’s Candyman. Does the film have the right palette? Tune in and hear the opinions of Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy.

0:00 - Intro

Without Getting Caught or Killed

10:15 – Mosquito State

18:21 – He’s All That

29:58 – Together

40:27 – The Lost Leonardo

53:19 – No Man of God

1:05:00 – Lily Topples the World

1:14:10 – Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

1:26:16 – Vacation Friends

1:37:52 – Candyman

2:02:25 - Outro

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Episode 248: Shang-Chi – Past, Present & Future

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:05:16 +0000

Marvel’s latest entry, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is here to introduce a new character into their universe. Which is not to say he does not have his own history and comic book expert, Erik Laws, joins Erik Childress for another adaptation breakdown. They discuss the problematic history of his primary antagonist, The Mandarin, and what changes have been made for modern audiences. They also certainly have a lot to say about the film itself, breaking through much of the hyperbole to discuss where the film disappoints and where it could go from here.

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Episode 247: You Wish You Were Really Here…or There…or Not.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:22:38 +0000

The weekly movie review edition of the show is here with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy reviewing ten new films. They remind you of a ‘80s music documentary from SXSW (Under the Volcano) as well as docs about noted activists (Unapologetic, Not Going Quietly). Steve covers a dyslexia drama (Confetti) and the new film by Sean Penn starring his daughter (Flag Day) while Erik settles for Jason Momoa getting sweet revenge vs. Big Pharma (Sweet Girl). After that they tackle new horror films from Neill Blomkamp (Demonic) and David Bruckner (The Night House), a sci-fi noir from one of the creators of Westworld (Reminiscence) and the new action film from Martin Campbell starring Maggie Q and Michael Keaton (The Protégé).

0:00 – Intro

2:30 – Under the Volcano

9:03 – Unapologetic

15:15 - Not Going Quietly

23:34 – Confetti

31:36 – Sweet Girl

41:21 – Flag Day

48:57 – Demonic

1:00:35 – Reminiscence

1:15:15 - The Protégé

1:29:55 – The Night House

1:47:32 - Outro

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Episode 246: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 7)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:48:47 +0000

In their ongoing bi-annual series, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims once again hope to reach out to studios and rights holders over titles that are still only out there in the DVD format. As always they each choose ten titles to highlights and it’s a variety ranging from directors David Lean to Robert Benton. Comedies going from the political to downright silly to even more relevant 25 years later. TV shows that got their shot on the big screen. Film noirs, mysteries, spy films, swashbucklers, sports, a starring role for one of our greatest comedic character actors and the stunning debut of one of our great modern actresses. All of them still not on blu-ray and they want to know why.

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Episode 245: Both Sides Now Worth Listening To

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 01:23:06 +0000

Four new theatrical exclusive titles, a pair from Netflix and another on Apple TV highlight this week’s review edition of the show. Erik Childress handles the first of Netflix’s sports documentary series Untold with the most infamous event in NBA history (Malice at the Palace) and the latest talke from Pablo Larrain about a woman taking back control of her life in the most dramatic fashion (Ema). Steve handles duties on two of the big theatrical releases of the week with the sequel to a surprise 2016 horror success (Don’t Breathe 2) and the biopic of Aretha Franklin (Respect). Then the pair team up to see John David Washington’s latest troubles on foreign soil in the thriller, Beckett. They revisit the opening night film of this year’s Sundance which set a record deal. Does CODA live up the hype? Finally they weigh in on the video game (and everything else-inspired) Free Guy with Ryan Reynolds.

0:00 – Intro

2:52 – Don’t Breathe 2

17:33 – Malice at the Palace

25:56 – Beckett

38:55 – Ema

46:51 - Respect

58:37 – CODA

1:15:00 – Free Guy

1:37:44 - Outro

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Episode 244: A Sample of Tribeca 2021

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:26:35 +0000

We are getting into festival season and this episode takes us back a few weeks to when Erik Childress and Sergio Mims checked out some of the films that played at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Sergio handles a number of documentaries involving conductors, paintings, Rick James and Dick Gregory. Erik offers his thoughts on one of the festival award winners, another film about Ted Bundy, another better pandemic rom-com and a horror film that should draw plenty of uncomfortable laughter as well as terror.

3:10 – The Conductor

7:39 – No Man of God

11:19 – Queen of Glory

15:09 – The Novice

18:41 – Bernstein’s Wall

27:35 – Catch the Fair One

30:20 – Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James

32:27 – The One and Only Dick Gregory

34:33 – 7 Days

38:49 – The Lost Leonardo

56:03 – We Need To Do Something

1:01:39 - Outro

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Episode 243: Dancing To A Different Drum

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:16:55 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return with reviews of seven new movies including three documentaries of various outrage including ISIS sex slaves (Sabaya), aerial journalism (Whirlybird) and the epidemic of wildfires (Bring Your Own Brigade). Udo Kier gets a chance to shine in a leading role (Swan Song) and two very different musicals from Leo Carax (Annette) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Vivo) delight and frustrate. Finally, if you missed out on The Suicide Squad episode with Erik Laws, Steve gets his opportunity to chime in on James Gunn’s anticipated reboot of the comic book.

3:26 – Sabaya

8:34 – Whirlybird

18:24 – Annette

32:04 – Bring Your Own Brigade

40:39 – Swan Song

53:44 – Vivo

1:09:33 – The Suicide Squad

1:26:28 - Outro

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Episode 242: The Box Office Evolution of Summer 2021

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 5 Aug 2021 21:31:53 +0000

Erik Childress and Sergio Mims began a conversation on their WHPK radio show about the summer box office last month and have been continuing that discussion from week-to-week. On this episode you will hear the evolution of that talk as they offer perspective on behavior during the pandemic, trends that began to form in attendance, how HBO MAX and streaming have messed with the dynamics and some thoughts going forward on Disney and the lawsuit they are now facing with Scarlett Johansson. It’s a little bit of a timewarp with predictions and expectations but one that shall continue through a year that feels almost like one big experiment as studios decide where to land going forward.

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Episode 241: The Quest for Bigger And Better Quests

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 3 Aug 2021 01:35:09 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with this week’s movie review show. Not as many movies as last week but they have a lot to say nevertheless. From a documentary about legendary Second City master Del Close (For Madmen Only) to a twisting true tale of a hacker’s battle with the government (Enemies of the State), that is only the beginning. There is also a parkour-laden modern adaptation of Charles Dickens (Twist) as well as the first movie from the makers of The Djinn which they reviewed in Episode 227 (The Boy Behind the Door). But wait, there’s more and it’s all about the quests. Jake Johnson is on a quest for inner peace to inherit his mom’s cabin (Ride the Eagle). A collection of souls are on a quest to be born (Nine Days). Matt Damon is on a quest to clear his daughter of murder (Stillwater). Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are on a river quest based on a Disney ride (Jungle Cruise). And finally, David Lowery and Dev Patel take us through the magnificent quest of Sir Gawain in a film you will be hearing more from them about (The Green Knight).

0:00 - Intro

3:20 - For Madmen Only

17:34 - Twist

28:28 - Ride the Eagle

47:00 - The Boy Behind the Door

55:03 - Enemies of the State

1:05:35 - Nine Days

1:18:57 - Jungle Cruise

1:40:23 - Stillwater

1:50:18 - The Green Knight

2:16:53 - Outro

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Episode 240: There’s No Gambling On Django

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:12:49 +0000

Continuing the bestow the virtues of physical media, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims go another round with some great Blu-ray and 4K titles that you may want to put into your collection or at least check out for the first time. They include one of the best Stephen King adaptations and one of the more troubled Sam Peckinpah productions. A new blu-ray about the fascinatingly crazy Australian genre history and an even nuttier martial arts/costume drama/werewolf film. The pair both give it up for the long overdue treatment for one of James Caan’s greatest films. And while Sergio was anxiously awaiting to dance all night with one anticipated 4K release, it is another that he names as one of the best releases of the year.

0:00 - Intro

4:48 - Arrow (Major Dundee, Django)

22:51 = Paramount (In Harm’s Way, My Fair Lady)

39:36 – Shout Factory (The Dead Zone, Brotherhood of the Wolf)

53:50 – Imprint (The Gambler, The President’s Analyst, The Face Behind the Mask)

1:12:02 – Umbrella (Not Quite Hollywood)

1:20:23 – Kino (CB4, The Railway Children, Shenandoah, The Road To Salina, The Black Marble)

2:00:11 - Outro

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Episode 239: From Suicide Squad To THE Suicide Squad

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:26:02 +0000

Erik Childress is joined by comic book expert, Erik Laws, who had one of the worst comic book experiences watching what DC and Warner Bros. put in theaters with David Ayer’s Suicide Squad in 2016. (You can hear that on Episode 21 right here.) Not one to give up, Mr. Laws is back to check out James Gunn’s new reboot of the series. The pair discuss their thoughts on the film, whether or not Gunn has a ceiling with his template and if one of its primary characters is wearing out their welcome. Will this version generate enough good will to keep Gunn on board for future projects or will DC somehow screw this one up too.

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Episode 238: What’s Old Is Still Old

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:53:58 +0000

Episode 238: What’s Old Is Still Old

Fondly we joke about not being able to do this on the radio like we used to, but find another show that offers up 13 movie reviews in a single episode. Cause that is what you get from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy here including documentaries ranging from sharks to Woodstock ’99 and Alvin Ailey to Val Kilmer. There are vampires on a plane (Blood Red Sky), giant flies in a trunk (Mandibles) and the end of our world played for laughs (How It Ends) and drama (Settlers). Megan Fox is hunting a serial killer (Midnight in the Switchgrass), Ben Platt has a mentally ill sister screwing up his plans (Broken Diamonds) and Mark Wahlberg takes a cross-country walk for his gay son (Joe Bell). Finally the G.I. Joe franchise gets rebooted again (Snake Eyes) and could there be a twist that gets Erik to finally like an M. Night Shyamalan movie (Old) after 22 years?

0:00 - Intro

3:10 - Playing with Sharks

9:05 – Ailey

15:15 – Woodstock: Peace, Love & Rage

26:05 – Mandibles

32:48 – Midnight in the Switchgrass

41:10 – Broken Diamonds

51:13 – Blood Red Sky

1:06:15 – Settlers

1:17:14 – How It Ends

1:26:04 – Joe Bell

1:46:17 - Val

2:01:43 - Snake Eyes

211:16 – Old

2:34:45 - Outro

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Episode 237: Pigs & Roadrunners: A New Legacy

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:41:24 +0000

This week’s movie review episode with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy has it all. Sharks, pigs, roadrunners, gunfights, milkshakes and basketball. That would be selling it short though as the guys wade through eight films this week including documentaries featuring Eli Roth (Fin) and Anthony Bourdain (Roadrunner). They close the book on a Netflix trilogy (Fear Street Part 3 – 1666) and try to look past a bump in the road on a filmmaker they have appreciated (Die in a Gunfight). Karen Gillan leads a pack of armed female assassins in the John Wick-ish, Gunpowder Milkshake, while Nicolas Cage appears ready to go that route until his latest turns into something entirely different (Pig). Finally, there are two more sequels for the week including one hoping to continue a new franchise (Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) and another the pair hope ends immediately (Space Jam: A New Legacy).

0:00 - Intro

2:39 – Fin

11:44 – Roadrunner

21:22 - Fear Street Part 3 - 1666

33:14 – Die in a Gunfight

43:20 - Gunpowder Milkshake

59:17 - Pig

1:14:41 - Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

1:29:36 - Space Jam: A New Legacy

1:53:05 – Outro

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Episode 236: Indiana Jones And The Quest For Amblin-esque

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:06:35 +0000

It has been a while since Erik Childress and Sergio Mims informed you of the latest and greatest in Blu-rays, but they are back with a vengeance. In this episode, they go from Criterion and Tom Noonan’s directorial debut to films that were big parts of their childhood and made their adult selves feel that age again. There are musicals and westerns, Gun Hill and Walter Hill, mad monks, killer cats and big fish. They save plenty of room for big discussions about Joe Dante’s Explorers and Cameron Crowe’s Explorers while also digging into the new Indiana Jones set now available in glorious 4K. You will feel like a kid again and want to pick these films up to be part of the library that streaming cannot rob you of.

0:00 – Intro

3:43 – Criterion (Pariah, The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs)

14:58 – Indicator (Shadow of the Cat, Nightmares)

25:23 – PBS (Hemingway)

27:19 - Shout Factory (Rasputin The Mad Monk, Explorers)

57:35 - Sony (Big Fish, Last Action Hero)

1:13:09 – Oscilloscope (What Happened Was)

1:22:16 – Paramount (48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., Super 8, Almost Famous, Indiana Jones Collection, Last Train From Gun Hill)

2:06:54 – Warner Archive (The Ziegfield Follies, There was a Crooked Man, Guns of Sans Sebastian)

2:33:43 - Outro

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Episode 235: You’ve Got To See This, Son

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 9 Jul 2021 12:11:01 +0000

It may not be the epic review show they just did, but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still talk about four films you will want to hear before deciding to check out. Steve talks about another whale documentary; the latest from “Cropsey” and “The Sons of Sam” director (The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52). They let you know if the second installment of Netflix’s horror trilogy is any better than last week’s edition (Fear Street Part 2 – 1978) but have just as much to say about Shudder’s latest horror film (Son) and maybe even more. Finally, Steve gets to weigh in on his thoughts on Marvel’s latest (Black Widow) after the two Eriks’ in-depth look at it a few episodes prior.

0:00 - Intro

3:21 - Son

20:03 – The Loneliest Whale

27:27 – Fear Street Part 2 – 1978

40:34 – Black Widow

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Episode 234: Past, Present & Future Wars

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 7 Jul 2021 00:31:05 +0000

It was a long July 4th weekend and that meant a lot of movies. Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy may have whittled it down to an even dozen but that was still plenty for this epic review show. There is true crime (The Phantom), horror (Fear Street: Part 1 – 1984, Vicious Fun) and the fight over a heart (The God Committee). Steve looks in on Heidi Ewing’s tender love story (I Carry You With Me) and Erik determines where the latest from Steven Soderbergh fits in his “retirement” resume (No Sudden Move). There is also Megan Fox handcuffed to a dead body (Till Death), a couple of standout Sundance films from both 2020 & 2021 (Zola, Summer of Soul) as well as variations of the wars in our country from the past (America: The Motion Picture), the present (The Forever Purge) and the future (The Tomorrow War). Strap in and see which are worthy of your time.

0:00 - Intro

2:37 - The Phantom

11:18 – Vicious Fun

19:36 - The God Committee

29:11 – I Carry You With Me

35:13 - No Sudden Move

45:43 – Summer of Soul

56:16 - Till Death

1:08:59 – America: The Motion Picture

1:21:26 – Fear Street: Part 1 – 1994

1:34:51 – Zola

1:48:29 – The Forever Purge

2:02:26 – The Tomorrow War

2:19:50 - Outro

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Episode 233: The Black Widow Ledger

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 3 Jul 2021 13:46:29 +0000

Comic book expert Erik Laws is back in person to record this episode about the latest from Marvel Studios. He joins Erik Childress to talk about their new prequel/fill-in-the-blanks film about Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff. They share their thoughts on the film and Laws fills in further blanks about the liberties taken with some of the new introductions here. Though both Florence Pugh and David Harbour should be pleased. Has the film come too late in the Universe or is it just Marvel and Disney trying to wipe out the red in their ledger when it comes to highlighting its female heroes. The discussion is all here.

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Episode 232: Returning A Quarter Mile At A Time

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 20:48:04 +0000

THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST RETURNS! After a month’s hiatus, Erik Childress welcomes back Steve Prokopy to get caught up on the films they missed as well as this week’s new releases in theaters and on streaming. They discuss documentaries about whales (Fathom), progressive nuns (Rebel Hearts) as well as art and trauma (Mary J. Blige: My Life). Liam Neeson is a trucker on a mission (The Ice Road), Patrick Fugit is morally compromised to save his brother (My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To) and Ilana Glazer wants Pierce Brosnan to give her a baby (False Positive). Then if you like werewolf whodunits they have just the film for you (Werewolves Within). And if you are a fan of the Fast & Furious series then F9 is more for you than them.

0:00 - Intro

3:02 – Catching Up On Releases

19:24 – Fathom

26:10 - Rebel Hearts

32:11 - The Ice Road

40:27 – My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To

45:18 - Mary J. Blige: My Life

51:37 – False Positive

1:04:43 - Werewolves Within

1:16:30 - F9

1:42:47 - Outro

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Episode 231: What Will Theaters Look Like This Summer?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 4 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

From the WHPK Files of the Bad Mutha Film Show, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress take a look at what the box office could look like this summer. Something that could change for the better after a positive Memorial Day Weekend. But while this conversation occurred before the holiday, Erik offered his perspective on the foolish lowballing of A Quiet Place Part II’s potential, even in a transitioning marketplace. Speaking of which, Sergio gets in his two cents about A Quiet Place Part II and Cruella, giving Erik a chance to go off again on the latter. 0:00 – Intro 7:35 – Sergio Reviews A Quiet Place Part II 17:57 – Sergio & Erik Review Cruella 38:16 – What will the Summer Box Office look like? 1:20:48 - Outro

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Episode 230: Shut Up, Cruella! I Mean, Be Quiet.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 1 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000

It’s a return to theaters for Memorial Day weekend as Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review five new films that you can say at home too. They look at the horror of Funhouse and what happens when you remove Jim Carrey in Skull: The Mask. Potential horror turns into raunchy comedy as two high schoolers hit the road to ward off a potential pregnancy in Plan B. Emma Stone plays the infamous Disney villain as we discover why she may have a grudge against dalmatians in Cruella. Finally, the first movie delayed because of the pandemic arrives in theaters as John Krasinski asks us to close our mouths again in A Quiet Place Part II. 0:00 – Intro 3:09 – Funhouse 10:19 – Plan B 26:07 - Skull: The Mask 33:41 - Cruella 53:00 - A Quiet Place Part II 1:11:08 – Outro

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Episode 229: The Need For Speed & Spaceballs

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 26 May 2021 21:00:00 +0000

It’s Blu-ray time again with Erik Childress and Sergio Mims. They marvel at some new 4K releases by reminding how great Speed is and put up a defense for Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs as well. Sergio talks about one of the earlier variations of a Groundhog Day-esque scenarios and a great Criterion title to catch-up on before its remake. Erik talks up one of the best comedies of the year as well as one of the best anthology films in years. There is talk of Bob Hope, more Mel Brooks, the tempestuous relationship between Marlon Brando and Rita Moreno (in real-life and on screen), and then things get dirty with The Hot Spot and Mike Hammer. Finally, they can’t help but deliver a tribute to Jackie Chan with the release of one of his masterpieces. 0:00 - Intro 2:31 – Disney (Speed 4K) 15:46 – Criterion (Nightmare Alley) 22:18 – PBS (Hemingway) 25:31 – Cohen Media (It Happened Tomorrow) 34:29 – Scorpion (Trackdown) 40:13 – Lionsgate (Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar) 45:50 – RLJE (The Mortuary Collection) 50:33 – Warner Archive (Escape from Fort Bravo, Drunken Master II, Bachelor in Paradise) 1:23:15 – Kino (The Producers, Spaceballs 4K, The Night of the Following Day, The Hot Spot, I The Jury) 2:05:41 – Outro

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Episode 228: Is That Justice?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This week’s movie review edition of the show features eight new films discussed by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They each handle a documentary including a new mid-career music tale (Pink: All I Know So Far) and the bizarre mystery of a stamp collection that passes between neighbors (The Penny Black). Steve minces no words of his love for Mads Mikkelsen (Riders of Justice) and Erik catches up on a SXSW title that could be an alternative to the Saw reboot (Sound of Violence). Two more mysteries are in need of solving, one starring Eric Bana (The Dry) and a horror film from the writer of You’re Next, The Guest and the Blair Witch reboot (Séance). They also look back on some true horror featuring interviews with some of the last surviving members of the Third Reich (Final Account) and, finally, Toni Collette hopes to turn an animal into a profit-making champion in the true tale of Dream Horse. 0:00 - Intro 2:33 – Pink: All I Know So Far 11:56 The Penny Black 19:38 – Riders of Justice 26:58 – Sound of Violence 33:15 – The Dry 43:50 – Séance 55:58 – Final Account 1:09:00 - Dream Horse 1:26:32 - Outro

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Episode 227: The Quick Djinn and the Dead

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 16 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000

This week’s movie review edition of the podcast features Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy looking at eight new titles this week. We have mysteries, killers and zombies up and down the show including more long-delayed films such as Timur Bekmambetov’s computer screen thriller, Profile, which premiered on the festival circuit in 2018 and Joe Wright’s The Woman in the Window which was first slated for release in October 2019. There is more terror from a young boy trying to survive an hour with The Djinn, Melanie Laurent running out of a crucial element in Oxygen and Chris Rock out to solve a new string of Jigsaw murders in Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Does The Killing of Two Lovers add to the body count or does Zack Snyder cover the spread in Vegas with his Army of the Dead? 0:00 - Intro 3:38 - Profile 12:25 – The Djinn 20:00 - Oxygen 32:48 - The Killing of Two Lovers 44:59 - Those Who Wish Me Dead 59:54 - Spiral: From the Book of Saw 1:15:35 - The Woman in the Window 1:29:40 - Army of the Dead 1:53:31 – Outro

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Episode 226: Guy Ritchie – Still Here Today

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 8 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy open May 2021 with eight (mostly) new movie reviews. There’s a racially-charged Sundance drama that premiered in 2018 (Monster), the true story of an FBI informant played by Emilia Clarke who got too close to her handler that was made in 2019 (Above Suspicion) the same year when 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bigfoot premiered at the Austin Film Festival. They also look at a documentary about Sean Penn’s philanthropic efforts (Citizen Penn), Mena Suvari forced to find stolen diamonds at a storage facility (Locked In) and David Oyelowo’s directorial debut (The Water Man) that shares a lot with a 2016 film. Billy Crystal is also back in the director’s chair for the first time in 20 years (Here Today) and its been over 20 years since we first heard from director Guy Ritchie. Can his latest, Wrath of Man, cool the wrath Erik has carried for his resume? 0:00 - Intro 4:25 – 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bigfoot 11:45 – Citizen Penn 20:06 - Locked In 26:42 - Monster 35:46 – Here Today 48:19 – The Water Man 57:56 - Above Suspicion 1:12:16 - Wrath of Man

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Episode 225: All Creature Features Great And Small

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 6 May 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Considering their lack of enthusiasm for the recent Godzilla vs. Kong, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress decided to list some of their favorite monster movies. This extended segment from their Bad Mutha Film Show on WHPK Radio in Chicago offers 20 alternatives to the weak titan sauce in theaters. They include from the world of Ray Harryhausen, inspirations for the current versus, not to mention remakes (and sequels) that outdo the originals. It’s a two-plus hour celebration of giants and tiny things you only want to mess with at the movies.

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Episode 224: We End April Without Remorse

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 2 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at another ten movies this week to close out April. Steve checks in on a documentary about Alan Ladd Jr. (Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies), Brian Tyree Henry is an introvert locked out of his apartment (The Outside Story) and the tale of an Syrian immigrant waiting for asylum in Scotland (Limbo) while Erik talks about a female arm-wrestling comedy (Golden Arm). The pair also discuss Anson Mount as an egocentric assassin (The Virtuoso), jerky teenagers in Dublin (Here Are The Young Men) and junkie Mila Kunis seeking help from mom Glenn Close (Four Good Days). There are also ghosts in the Hudson Valley with Amanda Seyfried (Things Heard & Seen) and more ghosts in a Brooklyn custody battle (Separation). Then finally they close out the month with the latest film in the Tom Clancy universe with Michael B. Jordan (Without Remorse). 0:00 - Intro 4:16 - Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies 17:48 - The Outside Story 24:49 - Golden Arm 30:49 - Limbo 35:34 - The Virtuoso 48:08 - Four Good Days 1:00:40 - Here are the Young Men 1:09:19 - Things Heard & Seen 1:21:50 - Separation 1:33:54 - Without Remorse 1:53:04 - Outro

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Episode 223: 2…4…6…8…Who Do We Appreciate?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 01:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims returns with another look at the latest and greatest in Blu-rays. Along with Erik Childress they catch up on Arrow’s release of Kevin Smith’s Mallrats and Sergio’s lingering love for sword-and-sandal films with Film Detective’s Hercules and the Captive Women. They look at a pair of overseas releases of Paramount thrillers Black Sunday and Breakdown and express their great love for the studio’s long-overdue release of Michael Ritchie’s The Bad News Bears. They still have enough time to talk up a number of Warner Archive titles including musicals Annie Get Your Gun and Broadway Melody of 1940, a trio of Tarzan titles and are then overjoyed to get one of their recent not-on-Blu-Ray titles released, the Bill Murray bank robbery comedy, Quick Change. 0:00 - Intro 3:33 - Arrow (Mallrats) 12:55 – Criterion (The Furies) 17:01 - Film Detective (Hercules and the Captive Women) 25:30 – Imprint (Black Sunday, Breakdown) 45:24 – Paramount (The Bad News Bears) 1:02:57 – Warner Archive (Broadway Melody of 1940, Doctor X, Annie Get Your Gun, Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure, Tarzan Goes to India, Tarzan’s Three Challenges, Quick Change) 1:46:07 – Outro

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Episode 222: GET OVER HERE (and listen to our movie reviews, please!)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:55:27 +0000

There are a couple of great battles in the films reviewed on this episode, but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy leave no film behind this week before debating their merits. Ten films on the docket including films about pigs with no dialogue (Gunda), werewolves with some songwriting (Bloodthirsty) and Lovecraftian fish people who want to spawn with a couple (The Deep Ones). Ed Helms wants Patti Harrison to carry his baby (Together Together) and William Jackson Harper wants to know why Aya Cash won’t marry him (We Broke Up). A pair of documentaries explore the origins of a unique celebrity (Tiny Tim: King for a Day) and a beloved children’s program (Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street) while Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette and Daniel Dae Kim head to Mars with an uninvited guest (Stowaway). But if battles are what you are looking for get ready for The Mitchells vs. the Machines and the long-awaited “R”-rated adaptation of the video game, Mortal Kombat 0:00 - Intro 2:42 – Gunda 7:54 – Bloodthirsty 15:37 - Together Together 29:34 – We Broke Up 40:48 – The Deep Ones 51:58 – Tiny Tim: King for a Day 1:07:16 – Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street 1:19:27 – Stowaway 1:38:28 – The Mitchells vs. the Machines 1:49:59 – Mortal Kombat 2:08:03 – Outro

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Episode 221: Cruise and the Dune

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000

From their WHPK radio show out of the University of Chicago, The Bad Mutha Film Show, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress do another round on the current state of theaters. Where are we headed after Godzilla vs. Kong and is it really the blockbuster titles that we should be looking at to pave the way? Did Paramount make a colossal blunder in moving the Top Gun sequel off the summer schedule and what studio could take advantage of that? They also discuss the closing of the Navy Pier IMAX theater in Chicago and Sergio continues to wonder if Warner Bros. is willing to pull an audible on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune while Erik is skeptical about that and its prospects in general. 0:00 – Intro 4:14 – Godzilla vs. Kong and The Shifting Summer Season 31:13 – Did Paramount Screw Up With Top Gun: Maverick? 50:58 – The Closing of Navy Pier IMAX 1:02:16 – The Dune Situation

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Episode 220: Join the Chosen Few, Barbara Crampton!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000

We’re only halfway through April 2021 and the good movies are few and far between. But Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy may actually have a few recommendations for you this week and it arrives with horror in all its manifestations. There is a haunted house (The Banishing), backwoods farmers (Honeydew) and the woods themselves (In the Earth). But there are also toxic relationships (Monday, Slalom), shadow organizations (Trigger Point, The Rookies) and Ruby Rose running down jobs for a wheelchair-bound Morgan Freeman (Vanquish). But there is nothing horrible about the wonderful Barbara Crampton getting a chance to sink her teeth into a lead role in Travis Stevens’ Jakob’s Wife and the duo expand upon their praise from SXSW. 0:00 - Intro 4:12 – The Banishing 11:14 - Trigger Point 17:19 – Slalom 23:40 – Monday 35:51 - The Rookies 45:37 – Jakob’s Wife 58:24 – Vanquish 1:12:19 - Honeydew 1:27:59 - In the Earth 1:40:08 – Outro

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Episode 219: Critics In The Movies

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:00:00 +0000

After the recent film, Malcolm & Marie, went off on a diatribe against film critics, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims decided to look at the way films (and even television) have treated critics of all times. Sometimes satirically, but often as a reaction or a way for filmmakers to enact revenge on those who have taken shots at their work. Are film critics influenced negatively – or even positively – when they are acknowledged in unflattering (or even unfair) terms but those holding a grudge? Can we laugh at ourselves when the opportunity arises or be held to account when justified?

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Episode 218: Blast Off, Falcone!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at six movies on this week’s show. They review a story of the brutal military service of South Africa (Moffie), what a refugee will do to flee civil war (The Man Who Sold His Skin), a visual landscape brought to you by one of Terrence Malick’s cinematographers (Awaken) and how one survives the night shift at a haunted hospital (The Power). Most of their discussion this week is reserved for how Ben Falcone is failing Melissa McCarthy in their fifth collaboration (Thunder Force) and what happens when a filmmaker tries to mask the classic story he’s really telling by ignoring the more interesting one he’s created (Voyagers.) 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Moffie 5:51 - The Man Who Sold His Skin 10:15 - Awaken 14:51 - The Power 21:19 - Thunder Force 41:51 - Voyagers 1:03:40 - Outro

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Episode 217: The Unholy Terror Of Awful People

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with this week’s movie reviews. Six films in a somewhat lackluster week, albeit a few recommendations. But which film(s) will it be? Can it be another corporate rise-and-fall documentary (WeWork: The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn)? Is Michelle Pfeiffer as a rich socialite the draw (French Exit) or is it Idris Elba as an urban cowboy (Concrete Cowboy)? Maybe its Jeffrey Dean Morgan fighting against Christian horror (Roe v Wade – sorry, The Unholy) or a young Jewish woman in a den of disappointment directed at her (Shiva Baby)? No, surely it’s the long-in-the-works film about the landmark abortion case in the hands of conservative fact-fudgers (The Unholy – sorry, Roe v Wade)? Also, if you are looking for the show on favorite screen villains, that is one episode earlier. 2:31 – WeWork: The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 11:42 – French Exit 22:31 – Concrete Cowboy 35:16 - Shiva Baby 46:04 – The Unholy 59:35 – Roe v Wade 1:15:41 - Outro

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Episode 216: A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 3 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000

As part of their recent show on WHPK Radio, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress discussed some of their favorite film villains. They range from Nazis to Comic Books and Serial Killers to Blaxploitation Adversaries. Evidence is provided of their evil ways and you may even hear one of them meet their deserved demise. What goes into a great villain and why do these choices stand out? The pair discuss everything from James Bond to Athletic Antagonists and this may only be the beginning.

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Episode 215: Godzilla vs. Kong vs. Odenkirk vs. Tina Turner

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Ten new films get time on the weekly review edition of the podcast. Erik Childress tells you about a Star Trek III reunion (Senior Moment), stealing back Francis Drake’s treasure (The Vault) and what kids sing about at Christian camp (A Week Away). Steve Prokopy covers Nazis in not one, but two historical dramas (The Good Traitor, Six Minutes to Midnight) and also takes delight in The Truffle Hunters. Then the duo decide just how funny Eric Andre’s Bad Trip actually is, look at the new Tina Turner documentary on HBO and watch Bob Odenkirk go all John Wick in Nobody. That is all a buildup to the biggest mano-a-mano this week – in more ways than one – with a title match of Godzilla vs. Kong. 2:47 – The Good Traitor 10:16 – Senior Moment 15:52 – The Truffle Hunters 20:18 – A Week Away 27:58 – Six Minutes to Midnight 35:46 – The Vault 42:58 – Bad Trip 57:18 – Tina 1:11:55 – Nobody 1:24:32 - Godzilla vs. Kong 1:55:24 - Outro

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Episode 214: The SXSW Film Festival (2021 Virtual Edition)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000

The first fully virtual SXSW Film Festival is in the books and while they are already planning a return to an in-person event in 2022, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy run down over a dozen films that played this year. It was a remarkable year for female-centric stories including standouts by Barbara Crampton, Olivia Munn and Andrea Risborough. Documentaries introduced us to the world’s greatest domino toppler, those who mounted Alien as a stage production and many of the great women in stand-up comedy. Not everything was played for laughs as there were harrowing stories about Demi Lovato and Selma Blair but spirits lifted with musical tales about Tom Petty and the legendary AIR studios in Montserrat. Ironically as honest and laid bare some of these films were, the duo talk about maybe the least transparent doc of them all about a filmmaker who has been anything but shy throughout their career. 0:00 - Intro 1:21 – Virtual vs. In-Person SXSW 8:38 – The Fallout 15:37 – Introducing, Selma Blair 24:13 – Lily Topples the World 35:54 – Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil 53:14 – Alien On Stage 1:04:58 – Hysterical 1:14:10 – Language Lessons 1:17:05 – Violet 1:22:17 – Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free 1:28:15 – Under the Volcano 1:37:42 – Jakob’s Wife 1:46:56 – When Claude Got Shot 1:51:48 – Here Before 1:54:41 – Clerk 2:12:59 – Steve’s Recommendations (Alone Together, In the Same Breath, Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche, Subjects of Desire, We Are The Thousand) 2:16:15 – Erik’s Recommendations (Without Getting Killed or Caught, United States vs. Reality Winner, The Lost Sons, Our Father, Spring Valley) 2:20:57 – Outro

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Episode 213: You Have Your Chance, Goreman

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:00:00 +0000

In an epic episode of the podcast, Erik Childress & Sergio Mims rundown a whole swath of new Blu-ray and DVD titles to add to your library. They talk Cecil B. DeMille epics from Paramount and a whole batch of titles from Warner Archive including one from their Not-On-Blu-Ray show. Sergio talks again of his love for Bob Hope, Billie Holliday and a Criterion title that either inspired Beyonce (or she stole from.) He also has a new commentary track available. Erik reveals one of his biggest surprises of the year, talks the only good Paul W.S. Anderson film and what he feels is the most underappreciated film on the new John Hughes set. He also reveals a major project announcement that is headed your way in a few months. So strap in for hours of movie talk. 0:00 - Intro 3:52 – Film Movement (The Belles of St. Trinian’s) 8:13 – Criterion (Mandabi, Touki Bouki) 16:57 – Shout Factory (Event Horizon) 23:13 – RLJE (Psycho Goreman) 32:44 – Warner Archive (The Man Who Would Be King, Red Sun, What’s Up Doc?, Damn Yankees!, Isle of the Dead, Crossfire, Pump Up the Volume) 1:17:19 – Paramount (Lady Sings the Blues, The Greatest Show On Earth, The Ten Commandments 4K, John Hughes 5-Film Collection) 1:59:24 – Kino (Rosebud, The Choirboys, Doc, Caught in the Draft, My Favorite Blonde, Nothing But The Truth, The Don Is Dead) 2:38:08 – Erik’s Big Career Announcement 2:48:42 – Outro

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Episode 212: This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get! Happy?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Come for the killer pants, stay for the most anticipated four-hour director’s cut miniseries chapter play of 2021. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review seven new titles on the show this week including Chris Smith’s documentary about the college admissions scandal (Operation Varsity Blues), Benedict Cumberbatch as a reluctant spy (The Courier) and Johnny Depp trying to solve the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (City of Lies). But that’s not all as we have those blue jeans that want to kill you (Slaxx), A psychological thriller about a young woman looking for her birth parents (Rose Plays Julie) plus Joel McHale and Kerry Bishe as the perfect couple (Happily). But it is all leading up to the big reveal of Zack Snyder’s Justice League and whether or not it leaps the not-so-tall order of improving upon the theatrical cut. 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - Slaxx 8:13 - Rose Plays Julie 14:38 – The Courier 25:03 - Operation Varsity Blues 38:52 - City of Lies 50:46 – Happily 1:03:17 – Zack Snyder’s Justice League 1:37:22 – Outro

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Episode 210: Predicting the Oscars (Pandemic Edition)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000

From the files of the Bad Mutha Film Show on WHPK Radio in Chicago, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress do their annual rundown of predictions for the Academy Award nominations. Well, Erik predicts and Sergio listens as he goes into why he is not caring about this year’s event. They also decry the Academy’s decision to extend the eligibility period and then look forward on the latest news about the return of movie theaters. 1:42 – Erik’s Oscar Predictions 24:27 - Why Sergio Doesn’t Care About the Oscars This Year 48:28 – Are We Getting Close To Theaters Re-Opening? 1:23:08 – Outro And be sure to catch up on some potential Oscar nominees Borat Subsequent Moviefilm First Cow The Mauritanian Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always News of the World One Night in Miami Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal

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Episode 208: Woody Allen’s Less Blurry World

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000

On this week’s movie review show, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy get into the ambition of the opioid takes with Andrew Jarecki’s Traffic-like, Crisis, as well as the Russo Brothers’ war-and-drug epic, Cherry, with Tom Holland. Lee Daniels takes another slap at ambition singing the blues with The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Another Billie has the beginning of her career examined in the documentary, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry. Julie Delpy writes, directs and stars in the tragic family drama with a twist, My Zoe, and Jewish tradition collides with all-night horror in The Vigil. But the duo save their biggest discussion to date over the new HBO docuseries from Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering which examines the heart-shaking case of Allen v. Farrow. 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Night of the Kings 4:48 - Crisis 17:13 – Cherry 32:34 – My Zoe 47:40 – The Vigil 59:24 – Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry 1:19:35 – The United States vs. Billie Holiday 1:34:10 – Allen v. Farrow 2:21:04 - Outro

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Episode 207: Love Means Never Saying Sorry To The Master of Beasts

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims returns to catch-up with Erik Childress on a number of the latest on the Blu-ray scene. They reminisce about a classic from Danny Kaye and the childhood memories of the Buck Rogers TV series. Erik defends the Cameron Crowe film that was lambasted in Toronto years ago. Sergio takes us through a collection of classic musicals from Warner Archive as well as his appreciation of a William Lustig film and, of course, there’s more Peppard. Love is an understatement though when they both praise the recent 4K releases of a comic book film Sergio loves, a sword-and-sorcery film Erik does as well as the enduring B-movie strength of the original Tremors. 4:07 - Elizabethtown 14:11 – Love Story 18:20 – The Court Jester 24:28 – Vigilante 33:32 – Three Films by Luis Bunuel 39:50 – Minding the Gap 48:34 – Rough Night in Jericho 54:34 – Beach Red 1:02:09 – Ingagi 1:03:50 – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Series 1:08:04 – The Train 1:15:094 – After the Thin Man 1:20:08 – Tex Avery’s Screwball Classics Vol. 2 1:21:30 – Room for One More 1:23:15 – Mister Roberts 1:26:05 – The Harvey Girls 1:31:03 – Good News 1:33:03 – The Pajama Game 1:41:03 – Blade 4K 1:43:22 – The Beastmaster 4K 1:57:24 – Tremors 4K

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Episode 206: I Really Don’t Care, Do You?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0000

The latest from Netflix, Disney Plus and more are focused on this week’s movie review episode with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They look at the latest film from the director of First Girl I Loved (The Violent Heart), a new version of a Noel Coward play (Blithe Spirit), the adventures of a superhuman squirrel or at least the humans around it (Flora & Ulysses) and what happens when a woman falls in love with a carnival ride (Jumbo). Steve checks out films delving into the profitability of treatment centers (Body Brokers) and the rabbit hole of the dark web (Silk Road) while both of them try to figure out who is worth rooting for in the ironically-titled, I Care a Lot. 2:00 - The Violent Heart 14:53 – Jumbo 23:15 – Flora & Ulysses 38:24 – Blithe Spirit 49:52 – I Care a Lot 1:05:15 – Body Brokers 1:14:24 – Silk Road

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Episode 205: From Minari to Vista Del Mar

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with reviews of the movies you don’t need a festival to see even if that’s where many of this week’s titles originated. They talk about one of the best from last year’s Sundance (Minari) and a trio from this year’s (Judas and the Black Messiah, Land, The World To Come). A remnant of the 2019 Toronto Film Festival is a horrific take on being a true believer (Saint Maud). There is another edition to the Groundhog Day Cinematic Universe (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things) and one to the Guantanamo Bay C.U. (The Mauritanian). Erik reviews a unique sci-fi film that was scheduled to play at last year’s canceled SXSW Festival (Lapsis) as well as the self-owning documentary, There Is No “I” In Threesome while Steve reviews Steve Zahn in the family drama, Cowboys. Finally, they take a trip with Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo and Jamie Dornan in the wild comedy, Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar.

0:00 – Intro & Why We Are Not Reviewing Willy’s Wonderland 2:55 - The Map of Tiny Perfect Things 15:39 – The Mauritanian 30:02 – Saint Maud 43:32 – Minari 53:49 – Land 1:04:54 – Judas and the Black Messiah 1:16:33 – Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar 1:30:30– Cowboys 1:36:43 - Lapsis 1:42:51 – The World To Come 1:50:00 – There Is No “I” In Threesome

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Episode 204: The 2021 Sundance Film Festival (Part 2)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:30:00 +0000

The rundown from this year’s Sundance festival continues with Steve Prokopy who shares his praise of Edgar Wright’s documentary. But he also shares his thoughts on the starring vehicle for Clifton Collins, Jr., the new film from Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein as well as Jarrod Carmichael’s directorial debut. It doesn’t end there as they discuss whether the Nicolas Cage/Sian Sono effort lived up to expectations, a new film about the porn industry and have a profound disagreement over Fran Kranz’s film about a reconciliation over a school shooting that wowed many but not one of them. It’s all part of the Sundance experience and the pair bring it home for the year. 0:00 - Intro 9:13 – Ailey 13:02 – Pleasure 22:39 – How It Ends 31:05 – Jockey 44:27 – Ma Belle My Beauty 48:42 – Prisoners of the Ghostland 58:09 – Mass 1:10:59 – Together Together 1:19:01 – On the Count of Three 1:26:59 – Playing with Sharks 1:32:44 – The Sparks Brothers 1:40:13 – Outro

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Episode 203: The Bad Mutha Film Show Files (The 2021 Sundance Film Festival – Part 1)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:00:00 +0000

An annual tradition on WHPK Radio’s Bad Mutha Film Show with Sergio Mims is checking in with Erik Childress on the films he saw at the Sundance Film Festival. This year the fest was held virtually giving Sergio the opportunity to see some films himself. So they look in on some of the best films that Erik saw (along with some of the worst) including new documentaries about Sesame Street, Rita Moreno, Alvin Ailey and the band Sparks by Edgar Wright. They debate Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of the novel, Passing, and share praise for the Fred Hampton story, Judas and the Black Messiah. Erik is asked to convince Sergio that the big opening night award winner, CODA, is deserving of the response it received. There are also films about werewolves, video nasties, and a family in a literal hole. But they save the best for last, a film about the greatest concert you may not know ever existed. 4:34 – My Name is Pauli Murray 7:41 – First Date 11:40 – Mother Schmuckers 14:07 – Wild Indian 16:34 – John and the Hole 20:58 – Violation 23:24 - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 38:13 – Censor 42:27 – Passing 1:03:01 – Ailey 1:09:25 – Eight for Silver 1:16:15 – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It 1:27:20 – Flee 1:29:25 – Coda 1:42:53 – Street Gang 1:48:59 – The Sparks Brothers 1:58:26 – Judas and the Black Messiah 2:21:14 – Summer of Soul 2:32:08 - Outro

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Episode 202: What Is Your Glitch?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 8 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress is joined again by Steve Prokopy for a rundown of new movie reviews. Sam Neill tries to protect his flock from the government in Rams. The duo are forced to remember the Sundance movie with writer/director Viggo Mortensen having to deal with his bigoted father in Falling. Two films wonder if we are all living inside a simulation (Bliss & A Glitch In The Matrix.) While a new short film provides an epilogue to an acclaimed documentary (Apollo 11: Quarantine), another places Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell to try to remember they love each other during a different kind of global pandemic (Little Fish). Finally, John David Washington and Zendaya talk out their relationship while waiting for the movie reviews to drop in Malcolm & Marie. 1:56 - Rams 8:42 – Falling 19:15 – Apollo 11: Quarantine 26:47 – Bliss 41:17 – A Glitch In the Matrix 55:34 – Little Fish 1:07:23 – Malcolm & Marie 1:28:32 - Outro

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Episode 201: The Bad Mutha Film Show Files (Feb. 2021)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 7 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000

On the latest episode of “The Bad Mutha Film Show” from WHPK Radio (88.5 FM Chicago at the University of Chicago), Sergio Mims and Erik Childress continue to talk about the evolving state of the pandemic and how soon vaccinations will ease people into returning to theaters. When will they be back at full strength? They also talk about some of the actors likely not to be seen on the big screen anytime soon and whether or not they are being directly canceled because of their MAGA ties to Donald Trump. Finally, inspired by a conversation Sergio had online about his thoughts on the film, Hannibal, they discuss films they each consider vile or offensive and whether those are personal feelings or aggressively defined by the films themselves. 0:00 – Intro and the Pandemic 17:40 – Celebrities “canceled” Because Of Trump 54:18 – When Will Movie Theaters Be Back At Full Strength 1:35:34 – Movies We Find Vile and Offensive

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Episode 200: The Bad Comic Book Films Of 2020

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 5 Feb 2021 23:30:00 +0000

For the 200th episode we check in with comic book expert, Erik Laws, who along with Erik Childress take a look back upon a bad year for comic book movies. Pandemic delays did 2020 no favors and the pair did not get a chance to discuss Birds of Prey, Bloodshot, The Old Guard, The New Mutants or Wonder Woman 1984. But they do here and it does not go well for any of them. It even sent Mr. Laws into the archive (and another country) to find something that would hopefully provide some enjoyment. Alas, they do look forward to the releases of 2021 including thoughts on WandaVision, the upcoming She-Hulk series and all the big casting news on the forthcoming Spider-Man film. 7:30 – Birds of Prey 22:28 – Bloodshot 43:39 – The Old Guard 51:36 – The New Mutants 1:08:56 – Wonder Woman 1984 1:35:29 – The Surprise (Not-So-Old) Comic Book Movie Review 1:44:21 – Looking Ahead to 2021 & Beyond 1:48:47 – She-Hulk 1:54:41 – The Third Tom Holland Spider-Man Film 2:00:57 – Future Shock

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Episode 198: Friends, Brothers and Frank Stallone

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:00:00 +0000

It may be a limited week of reviews but there are still some choice titles to check out as well as a few to stay away from. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at the latest films from Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger) and Agnieszka Holland (Spoor). Matthias Schoenaerts & Joel Kinnaman are cousins working within the Philadelphia mob (Brothers by Blood) and the bonds of fathers and sons are tested along the border in No Man’s Land. Frank Oz directs Derek DelGaudio’s one-man show (in & of Itself). Casey Affleck and Dakota Johnson struggle through a cancer battle but are happy to call Jason Segel “Our Friend.” And, finally, the documentary you have been waiting for has arrived about Stallone: Frank, That Is. (0:00) Intro (1:59) Brothers By Blood (11:47) No Man’s Land (24:34) The White Tiger (38:34) Our Friend (57:22) Spoor (1:02:11) Stallone: Frank, That Is (1:12:27) Derek DelGaudio's in & of Itself (1:22:07) Outro

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Episode 197: Strap In And Lock Down For 2021

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:00:00 +0000

The first official movie review show of 2021 arrives with ten films, including a few holdovers from the end of 2020, discussed by Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They catch-up with Robert Rodriguez’s latest family film (We Can Be Heroes) and the bonkers WWII action horror film (Shadow in the Cloud) with Chloe Grace Moretz. Anthony Mackie is a more modern warrior with more sci-fi action (Outside the Wire), Liam Neeson tries to save an immigrant child from the drug cartels (The Marksman) and everyone tries to get saved from an active volcano (Skyfire). The government’s surveillance of a civil rights hero is examined in a new documentary (MLK/FBI) and they breakdown the harrowing experience of Vanessa Kirby’s childbirth (Pieces of a Woman). Steve reviews the working class drama, Herself, from last year’s Sundance and Erik talks up a gonzo kidnapping thriller (Bloody Hell) that premiered at the Nightstream Film Festival. Finally, there is Anne Hathaway & Chiwetel Elijofor as a nearly estranged couple coming together for a diamond heist during the pandemic in the latest from director Doug Liman (Locked Down). (1:57) We Can Be Heroes (15:51) Shadow in the Cloud (26:39) Pieces of a Woman (40:02) The Marksman (52:37) MLK/FBI (1:00:12) Skyfire (1:14:50) Outside the Wire (1:27:58) Locked Down (1:45:04) Herself (1:52:28) Bloody Hell

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Episode 196: The Best of 2020

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:00:00 +0000

2020 seems like it will follow us around for some time, but hopefully only the best memories of the year will standout as we were all isolated in lockdown watching movies wherever we could find them. Erik Childress is joined by two of his former WGN reviewing colleagues, Steve Prokopy and Collin Souter, to countdown their best lists from last year. There are direct agreements and a few disagreements as they also present their picks on everything from funniest moments to what they are looking forward to in 2021.

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Episode 195: KICK ‘EM IN THE BALLS!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 9 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000

We are kicking off 2021 in grand fashion. Kicking being the optimum word as Erik Childress and Sergio Mims are highlighting some of their favorite big screen kicks to the nuts. But not just kicks. They have got punches, gunshots, other weapons and even furniture. You may wince a bit but we are hoping you laugh a whole lot more. We certainly did and you may have even forgotten about some of these bits that certainly entertained us. Self-defense, punishment and at least one actor who may enjoy it a bit too much all get in on some serious groin damage. Cross your legs if you must, but have a listen.

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Episode 194: The Bad Mutha Film Show Files (December 2020)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 1 Jan 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Over at “The Bad Mutha Film Show” on WHPK Radio at the University of Chicago, Erik Childress joined Sergio Mims to discuss the implications of the Warner Bros. deal with HBO MAX and the fallout that has already resulted from it. That leads them to wonder about the future of movie theaters and express some optimistic assessments. Sergio is pleased with the direction of recent black cinema as they focus on recent releases One Night in Miami, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Sylvie’s Love and then go back in time to the time of the Production Code and ask if this resulted in filmmakers having to get more creative. Finally, Sergio asks when Hollywood began to take Steven Spielberg seriously? (0:00 – 2:00) - Intro (2:00 – 45:27) - Warner Bros. and the HBO MAX deal (45:27 – 1:25:27) - What is the future of movie theaters (45:27 – 2:05:29) – Current State of Black Cinema (2:05:29 – 2:38:38) - The Production Code (2:39:07 – 2:55:05) – When Did Hollywood Take Spielberg Seriously?

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Episode 193: The Bad Mutha Film Show Files (November 2020)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Along with his contributions to the Movie Madness Podcast, Sergio Mims also hosts “The Bad Mutha Film Show” on WHPK Radio at the University of Chicago. Erik Childress has served as his regular co-host for over a decade and as the pandemic preempted their show, they brought it back virtually in November and this is the first of those shows. They discussed how studios were navigating the COVID era of movie releasing. After having done a tribute to Sean Connery here on the podcast after his death, they discuss how past comments resurfaced to dampen the praise and how it is still possible to accept the good with the bad. Then they take a nostalgic trip to the past with the movie theaters and experiences of their younger years. Where did they go? What did they see? Maybe it will spark some memories with you. (0:00 – 4:35) Intro (4:35 – 45:35) How Did Movie Studios Handle The Pandemic? (45:35 – 1:18:20) The past comments of Sean Connery (1:18:20 – 2:35:13) Going To Movie Theaters In Our Youth (2:35:13 – 2:39:50) Outro

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Episode 187: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 5)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 9 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000

Before the pandemic began, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims recorded the first of their bi-annual Not-On-Blu-Ray shows for 2020. Well it is finally here which is more than we can say about all but one of the 20 films that have still not been released in the format some nine months later. Where are they? What is taking so long? Tune in and find out which fantasies and mysteries from the 1970s and ‘80s they have chosen. Which lauded film from Sundance is still not available? Oscar nominees, musicals, westerns and much more are still languishing on DVD while others are already moving on to 4K. Join the demand for these titles and stay tuned for another edition coming much sooner than later.

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Episode 186: Senses, Nomads and Santa Claus

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 7 Dec 2020 02:30:00 +0000

Two more glorious hours with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy as they review another dozen movies for your consideration. They look at the latest in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series (Red, White and Blue). Senses are diminished in a pair of films (Sound of Metal, Another Round) and wish they could have been dulled with the melodramatic horror of matrimony preparation (All My Life; Love, Weddings and Other Disasters). There is traditional horror in a remake (Castle Freak) and personal horror for Aubrey Plaza (Black Bear). Steve looks at the latest work with Andrea Riseborough (Luxor) and Erik checks out the documentary, Museum Town. They have a lot to say about the new Disney+ family film (Godmothered) and one (or both) may get actively choked up over Dear Santa. Finally, they offer their thoughts on the lauded Chloe Zhao/Frances McDormand collaboration, Nomadland.

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Episode 185: Great Music, No Music And A Lack Of Intelligence

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 22:00:00 +0000

We may not have a traditional holiday movie season post-Thanksgiving, but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have reviews of ten new films you can see on streaming services. For families still venturing out into theaters they take a look at “The Croods: A New Age”. Another reluctant return to family is explored in Alan Ball’s “Uncle Frank” as well as the Bella Thorne starrer, “Girl.” We revisit a turning point in video games (“Insert Coin”), a period in the life, if not music (any music) of David Bowie (“Stardust”) and the entire life of another musician (“Zappa”). Steve delves into the corruption of Illinois politics (“Lincoln is Crying”) and Erik looks at the next chapter in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series (“Lovers Rock”). Then there is also the Santa vs. Hitman action-comedy “Hitman” and they have some strong words for the latest collaboration of Melissa McCarthy and husband, Ben Falcone, in “Superintelligence.”

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Episode 184: SNL Past & SCTV Present Collide

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 03:00:00 +0000

As Black Friday approaches, Erik Childress & Sergio Mims return to offer some great Blu-rays to consider for your holiday shopping. Erik previews a brand new transfer of The Last Starfighter as well as a commentary he contributed for it. Pasts and presents collide with the original Mission: Impossible series and the updating of Robert Wise’s The Haunting for the ‘90s. The Flintstones and Bill & Ted may seem like relics but which have stood the test of time. Finally they have a blast talking about the early years of Saturday Night Live and why a pair of SCTV legends are finally getting their due. Paramount (The Haunting, Roman Holiday, Mission Impossible: The Complete Series) Arrow (The Last Starfighter) Warner Bros. (The Libeled Lady, Pat and Mike. The Pirate, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Flintstones: The Complete Series, Bill & Ted Face the Music) Time-Life (Saturday Night Live: The Best of the Early Years) Lions Gate (Schitt’s Creek: The Complete Series)

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Episode 183: Run, Don’t Jiu Jitsu

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 03:11:09 +0000

Back-to-back movie review episodes. The last one had a dozen reviews. This one has a dozen reviews courtesy of Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy including Christmas offerings featuring Kurt Russell (“The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two”) and a galaxy far, far away (“The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special”). They look at five documentaries ranging from facial recognition tech (“Coded Bias”), the psychology of murder (“Crazy, Not Insane”), the making of a horror masterpiece (“Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist”) a healthcare mystery (“Collective”) and the one involving John F. Kennedy (“Truth is the Only Client”). They also talk about the beginning of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series (“Mangrove”), Guy Pearce as a real-life art forger (“The Last Vermeer”), a pair of shuttered theatrical releases finding their home on Hulu (“Happiest Season”, “Run”) and they see if they can survive the Predator/Mortal Kombat mash-up featuring Nicolas Cage (“Jiu Jitsu”)

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Episode 182: Freaky Hillbillies & Fossil Lovin’

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 03:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back for over two hours of uninterrupted conversation on new movies being released in theaters and on streaming this week. They cover documentaries about meteors (“Fireball”), deep sea diving (“Dave Not Coming Back”), climate change activism (“I Am Greta”) and the mystery of a woman searching for her dead child (“Where She Lies”). They go from “Jungleland” to “Dreamland” to Never Never Land (“Come Away”). Things get a little “Freaky” with Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton and a lot with Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan (“Ammonite”). Finally they listen to the grievances of “Echo Boomers” and those from Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy” but also delve into David Fincher’s prologue to one of the finest motion pictures ever made in “Mank.”

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Episode 181: The Man Who Would Be Sean Connery

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 9 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000

The film world lost one of its greatest moviestars last week and we have dedicated an entire episode to his career. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims each focus on five films that either cemented his legacy amongst generations or ones that all of them may want to revisit. From James Bond to Marko Ramius as well as Indiana Jones’ father and the iconic Chicago role that won him the Oscar, this is a fun trip down memory lane and will likely have you reaching for the nearest Blu-ray or streaming service searching for the name – Sean Connery.

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Episode 180: Let Him Go! Let Him Go!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 8 Nov 2020 20:00:00 +0000

It is movie review time once again and Steve Prokopy is back to join Erik Childress to talk about five new movies together and throws in a couple extra for you. They will discuss the latest theatrical release with Diane Lane and Kevin Costner (Let Him Go), a potential date with awards season for Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead), an emotional astronaut drama starring Eva Green (Proxima) and a pair of horror releases (Kindred, The Dark and the Wicked). Steve also lets you know about the latest from the director of The Autopsy of Jane Doe and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Mortal) and doubles down on the love for Frederick Wiseman’s four-and-a-half-hour Boston documentary, City Hall.

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Episode 179: Virtual, Yet So Real: The 2020 Chicago International Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 7 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000

In the midst of film festivals shifting to online presentations this year, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims delve into Chicago’s addition of their annual October festival. While there are frustrations abound they turn to a good number of documentaries focusing on John Belushi and Stanley Kubrick as well as new ones from Spike Lee and Steve James’ latest on the city itself. Sergio also talks about City Hall, the new epic documentary from Frederick Wiseman, which has played a number of fests this season.

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Episode 178: Come Play With Us, Halloweeners. We’ve Got Donuts!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Another week of new movies are upon us and Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy reunite once again to bring you the latest for Halloween week. There’s a sequel to a 90’s cult classic and a documentary about one from the ‘80s. Is horror best in theaters this weekend with Come Play or available on streaming with His House and Spell? Then they turn to a couple of documentaries about the strength of school shooting survivors and one about a donut entrepreneur.

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Episode 177: The Movie Reviews Are Back!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000

For over 20 years, Erik Childress joined Nick Digilio on WGN Radio to talk and review movies. After his show was unceremoniously canceled this September, the movie review segment that was a staple on Chicago radio went as well. But now, following up on requests from fans, Erik and Steve Prokopy return to keep its memory alive; a segment once populated with the likes of Christmas Movies Actually host, Collin Souter, for nearly two decades and even the Now Playing Network founder, Jim Laczkowski. It’s a longstanding tradition that the Movie Madness Podcast now hopes to resurrect and they have picked a week that includes the latest from Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Robert Zemeckis, Sofia Coppola and, of course, they talk the return of Borat and get into Rudy Giuliani’s pants. Some great recommendations on this show and we hope to continue to bring you more.

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Episode 176: 3 Peppards, 2 Jakes, a Kidd & The Wonder Woman

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Sergio Mims continue to catch up on Blu-rays both domestic and international, though also find some time to talk about the effect of COVID on the box office. Sergio continues to celebrate Peppard-tober and digs into a collection of Christopher Lee’s Fu Manchu. Erik discusses why he was worried about revisiting Reversal of Fortune but no worries at all for watching Lynda Carter finally in Blu-ray. Then they wrap things up by going into the history of the Chinatown sequel and how it plays today. Indicator (Britannia Hospital, Fu Manchu Collection) Warner Archive (Sergeant York. Reversal of Fortune, Wonder Woman: The Complete Series) Kino (PJ, The Groundstar Conspiracy, Joe Kidd) Criterion (Claudine) Paramount (The Two Jakes)

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Episode 175: Flash, Flash I Love You!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:00:00 +0000

When the podcast is coming back its going to make time for the latest on Blu-ray and this show has some choice stuff. First, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims begin what is the start of a virtual George Peppard-tober. Some remastered Agatha Christie from Kino gets to the various adaptations of Ten Little Indians. Then there is plenty of new 4K releases including the love/hate relationship with a childhood favorite, one of Tim Burton’s first films and one of Stanley Kubrick’s last. But its all a windup for an extended discussion over Arrow’s incredible new 4K package of the one and only Flash Gordon. Imprint (The Carpetbaggers, No Way To Treat a Lady) Kino (Breezy, The Raging Moon, Evil Under the Sun, Death on the Nile, Ten Little Indians, Pray for the Wildcats) Warner Bros. (The Goonies 4K, Beetlejuice 4K, Full Metal Jacket 4K) Arrow (Flash Gordon 4K)

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Episode 174: Virtually, The Toronto Film Festival (2020 Edition)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 9 Oct 2020 19:30:00 +0000

The world may have stopped but film festivals continue to go on. For the first time since 2004, Erik Childress did not travel into Canada for the Toronto Film Festival, but he did attend at home – virtually. Just one of many festivals he is currently coveing, but as always him and Sergio Mims put this into audio for you discussing the highlights and lowlights of this year’s stay-at-home festival. Hear all about a couple potential award players (Nomadland, One Night in Miami), some interesting documentaries (MLK/FBI, Enemies of the State, The Way I See It) and what happens when Mark Wahlberg makes “a departure.”

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Episode 173: The Passing of Chadwick Boseman. And Tenet.

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 5 Sep 2020 20:00:00 +0000

It’s been a long-time coming through a pandemic and various other obstacles but Erik Childress and Sergio Mims return with to offer their thoughts on the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman. They also returned to movie theaters momentarily to experience what was supposed to be one of the biggest movies of the year, or at least the summer, or at least the first out of the gate during the 2020 health crisis. Was it any of these things or was this a step backwards for Christopher Nolan?

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Episode 172: A Beautiful Day To Sleep On Verotika

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 4 Apr 2020 21:00:00 +0000

The first of our post-lockdown shows brings some suggestions for your indoor binging. Erik debates Sergio Mims on the awards-season trend that Sam Mendes’ 1917 became the latest victim of. They also talk about a sequel ten years too late and extract the best parts out of the Mr. Rogers film. Sergio talks about how Richard Jewell got him kicked off Twitter and Erik talks about one horror film that really caught him off guard and another that does not deserve the honor of being placed amongst the bad film legends. Indicator (Night Tide) Universal (1917) Sony (Zombieland: Double Tap, Pain & Glory, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) Arrow (The Black Angel, Kansas City) Warner Bros. (The Stalking Moon, Doctor Sleep, Motherless Brooklyn, Richard Jewell) Cleopatra (Verotika)

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Episode 171: The Essentials (2010-19) (Chapter Three)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 1 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000

Our third guest, Ian Simmons from Kicking the Seat, joins us to offer his ten selection for the time capsule of the past decade. Amongst entering an Oscar winner, a franchise favorite and a film fresh from 2019, choices are made that revive the age-old debate of art vs. the artist and how simply canceling them cancels the discussion. Then Erik Childress adds his own pick for a film that may be even more important today given where the country stands divided.

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Episode 170: Good Things Go Up and Down In Stretches

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000

A lot of collections highlight the latest in Blu-rays starting with the release of Tex Avery’s classic cartoons. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims talk about the Beverly Hills Cop trilogy and look at a pair of films featured at last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival now available from Shout Factory. Erik goes off on the latest Terminator but offers high praise on another new 4K release from Paramount. Then they wrap things up by looking at a stretch of Spike Lee’s career in a bunch of brand new releases from Kino amongst others. Warner Archive (Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol. 1) Shout Factory (My Bloody Valentine, Body Parts, Greener Grass, The Nightingale) Paramount (Gemini Man, Terminator: Dark Fate, Shutter Island, The Hunt for Red October, Beverly Hills Cop 3-Film Collection) Kino (Light at the Edge of the World, The Day of the Dolphin, The Oscar, Crooklyn, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Clockers, Summer of Sam)

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Episode 169: A Lot of Yik-Yak and Tobruk

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 01:00:00 +0000

Things get a little weird on this episode. OK, maybe not that weird as Erik & Sergio Mims delve into some Ealing comedies, war films and a pair of television comebacks. Sergio finally gives his take on Todd Phillips’ Joker and tells us of his latest commentary track. In the middle of all of this though they go through a trio of films that run the gamut from one of Charlie Sheen’s first big roles to what maybe should have been Tawny Kitaen’s last. And Erik presents his theory on the film he somehow wiped away from memory that has been described as “Nickelodeon by way of David Lynch.” Film Movement (Passport to Pimlico, The Titfield Thunderbolt) Warner Bros. (Joker, Penelope, Cimarron, Two on a Guillotine, Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season, Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season) Severin (The Peanut Butter Solution, The Boys Next Door, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak) Kino (Tobruk, Ulzana’s Raid, War Lord)

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Episode 168: Sundance Film Festival 2020

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress recaps his 18th year attending the first big film festival of the year talking about his favorites and even some of his not-so-favorites. Hear what Erik thought of new films with Michael Keaton, Jude Law, Steven Yeun, Alison Brie, Winston Duke and Aubrey Plaza. Plus the latest from directors Brandon Cronenberg, Miranda July and the film that broke the new sales record at the fest. He even has a few things to say about some Slamdance documentaries and others about the creation of The Exorcist and Ren & Stimpy. It is a packed episode about films you may be hearing more about in 2020.

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Episode 167: The Essentials (2010-19) (Chapter Two)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The time capsule for the last decade of film gets ten more titles courtesy of Collin Souter, co-host of the Christmas Movies Actually podcast and longtime radio partner of Erik Childress. Animation carves out a spot this time as well as a surprise entry that is, nevertheless, one of the great achievements of the period. Then for good measure, Erik adds one more title to the list and makes the case that it is more than just another sports movie.

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Episode 166: Bancroft and Hard-Workin’ Men

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0000

The first new episode of the new year and new decade focuses on a crop of titles from just a few studios and one legendary actress. That would be the great Anne Bancroft who has a wonderful new collection out from Shout Factory. Erik and Sergio Mims also look at films starring everyone from Lloyd Bridges to Ethan Hawke as well as a cornucopia of titles from Kino including the first film from Rian Johnson, a history of the Silence of the Lambs sequel, going to bat for a Charlie Sheen film and ultimately reaping praise on what they believe to be one of the great American films from Paul Schrader. Shout Factory (The Anne Bancroft Collection, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death) Kino (Parasite 3-D, Brick, Terminal Velocity, Iceman, Hannibal, Blue Collar) RLJE (Adopt a Highway) Flicker Alley (Trapped)

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Episode 165: The Essentials (2010-19) (Chapter One)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

The long-awaited new chapter of the Movie Madness podcast begins as we look back upon the previous decade of films to choose which ones we would like to put into a time capsule. Steve Prokopy is the first of many guests to join Erik Childress on a journey through some of their favorites, kicking off the list with 11 titles to make the final cut in a new tradition that will continue into the new decade.

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Episode 164: Special Editions & Special Movies To End 2019

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:30:00 +0000

More last-minute gift ideas for the holiday as we close out 2019 with some genuine favorites from Sergio Mims and Erik Childress. Names like Murphy, Burton and Brundle get brand new packages. Criterion has some Bette Davis greats, Olive pays tribute to Dick Miller and Sergio is happier with Kurt Vonnegut than Thornton Melon ever was. They also show some love to an overlooked werewolf film as well as one of the funniest movies of 2019 and another among the very best of the year. Arrow (The Far Country, Robocop, Slaughterhouse Five) Criterion (All About Eve, Now Voyager, Until the End of the World) Olive (A Bucket of Blood, The Bells of St. Mary’s) Shout Factory (Silver Bullet, Big Trouble in Little China, The Fly Collection) Paramount (Galaxy Quest) Sony (Once Upon a Time In Hollywood) Universal (Good Boys)

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Episode 163: Conspiracies, Concerts & Costello

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

The Blu-rays never stop stopping on the podcast with Sergio Mims back for another round to talk about some recent releases from Criterion, Kino and particularly Shout Factory. Sergio defends some late ‘80s/early ‘90s action films on 4K and Erik does the same for the new Child’s Play while praising the release of Haxan and the ridiculousness of a mutant bear film. It is all leading up to the immaculate new packaging of all things Abbott & Costello that they call one of the best releases of 2019. Indicator (Scream of Fear, Revenge of Frankenstein, Secret Ceremony) Kino (Winter Kills, Charley Varrick Fox (Child’s Play, The Art of Racing in the Rain) Criterion (When We Were Kings, Haxan) Lionsgate (Universal Soldier 4K, Red Heat 4K) Shout Factory (Prophecy, The Fan, Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock N Roll, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet)

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Episode 162: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000

The Skywalker Saga comes to an end and the fans speak! Erik Childress looks back upon the earliest memories of Star Wars with guests Sergio Mims, Erik Laws, Collin Souter and a surprise guest. They then get to it speaking about their initial thoughts to J.J. Abrams’ 180 back to The Force Awakens immediately after seeing it. There are warm thoughts, criticisms and hopes on where the universe goes from here in an episode dedicated to the end of an era.

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Episode 161: Lions & Hercules & Scarface, Oh My!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:00:00 +0000

The Blu-rays keep coming, but another attempt is made to get Sergio Mims on the 4K train. Three major titles are discussed in the format with Erik Childress who makes the case not only to that but also why It’s A Wonderful Life is more than just “Capra-Corn.” Sergio goes to bat for other classics while also proclaiming his love for the latest Hercules film released on Blu-ray and leaving some time to go back and forth on new versions of some Disney classics. Kino (Sudden Terror, Hercules, Wanted Dead or Alive) Indicator (Young Winston, Badge 373) Disney (The Lion King, Toy Story 4) Paramount (Stephen King’s The Stand, It’s a Wonderful Life 4K) Universal (Scarface 4K) Warner Bros. (The Wizard of Oz 4K)

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Episode 160: Werewolves, Pinheads & Alcoholics

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 7 Nov 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Halloween may be over but there is still plenty of scary stuff to talk about from Clive Barker, John Landis and Blake Edwards. Sergio Mims joins Erik Childress to talk about the latest Blu-ray special editions from Arrow, Blue Underground, Warner Archive and Criterion which includes another tribute to Chaplin and a taste of one of Erik’s favorite film scores of all-time. Arrow (The Hills Have Eyes Part II, An American Werewolf in London, Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II) Blue Underground (Two Evil Eyes) Criterion (Local Hero, The Circus) Warner Archive (Mr. Nice Guy, Days of Wine and Roses)

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Episode 159: Spooky, Ooky, AND I AM SWANN!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:00:00 +0000

While not exclusively a show for Halloween, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims nevertheless check out a number of horror films. From Kubrick and Del Toro getting the 4K treatment to recent stuff from Ari Aster and Rob Zombie as well as some hammer horror and an underappreciated horror remake. They also express appreciation for The Addams Family movies and a genuine love for a film finally on Blu-ray featuring one of Peter O’Toole’s greatest performances. Warner Bros. (The Shining 4K, Pan’s Labyrinth 4K) Warner Archive (My Favorite Year, Jezebel, The Letter) Shout Factory (The Return of the Vampire, The Devil Rides Out, The Blob (1988), Lions Gate (3 From Hell, Midsommar) Paramount (The Addams Family, Addams Family Values) HBO (From the Earth to the Moon)

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Episode 158: Dietrich and Keaton and Korngold, Oh My!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 1 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims returns to catch up on the latest and greatest in Blu-rays with Erik Childress. They dive into some recent stuff from Lionsgate; splitting on a Sundance favorite, discussing the downward spiral of The Walking Dead, Stallone in 4K and Sergio’s issues with John Wick. Erik goes over why the Elton John biopic was superior to the Queen one. They also go deep into the archive to talk Marlene Dietrich, a Mad Rabbi and the immortality of Buster Keaton. They may even be a little room left for some opera. Yes, opera. Indicator (Marlene Dietrich & Josef Van Sternberg at Paramount (1930-1935)) Flicker Alley (L’Argent) Film Movement (The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob) Kino (Mirage) Lionsgate (The Walking Dead Season 9, John Wick Chapter 3, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Rambo 4K, Lock Up 4K, Daybreakers 4K) Paramount (Rocketman, Holocaust) Cohen Media (Buster Keaton Collections Vols. 2 & 3) Naxos (Korngold Das Wunder der Heliane The Miracle of Heliane)

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Episode 157: The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Part 2)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress wraps up this year’s Toronto Film Festival with Sergio Mims by sticking to the good, sometimes the great, stuff. It’s an episode involving Nazis, pimps, popes, moochers, murderers, gamblers and Mr. Rogers. Don’t forget Ladies on fire and those that play with fire. Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, Taika Waititi, Pablo Larrain, Trey Edward Shults, the Safdies, and Bong Joon-Ho all factor into an episode with titles you are going to want to put on your radar for this fall and holiday. They also discuss an incident involving Ford v. Ferrari and how “bots” are getting into the movie hype game and can be as vicious as those that want to influence an election.

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Episode 156: The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Part 1)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress’ experiences at this year’s Toronto Film Festival is split into a two-parter. This episode focuses solely on the films that he was on the fence about, found less than appealing or are full-out disasters. No need to joke around as there is room for a lot of titles here. You would not want them all spoiled for you, especially when the second part is all the good stuff. But you will want to hear his thoughts on why Hustlers is not good and how Joker is one of the worst films of the year.

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Episode 155: My….Endless…Disney

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:30:00 +0000

The podcast only heard Sergio Mims’ thoughts on Avengers: Endgame in spirit when it first came out but Erik Childress has a lot more to say on the recent live-action remake of Aladdin that may surprise you. Adding to the Blu-ray discussion they agree on Godzilla: King of the Monsters; a film which may trigger a re-naming of the show. They get into the various sleazy aspects of new special editions of films by Gary Sherman, William Friedkin and Franco Zeffirelli but with many degrees of affection. Then finally discuss some new releases of classic Ealing comedies and the directorial debut of Bob Fosse. Disney (Avengers: Endgame, Aladdin 1992 & 2019) Warner Archive (Moonfleet, Wagon Master) Warner Bros. (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) Shout Factory (Vice Squad, Scars of Dracula, The Reptile, The Harder They Come, Endless Love) Arrow (Cruising) Kino (The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the Lavender Suit, Sweet Charity)

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Episode 154: Right Back Where Putney Started

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Sergio Mims go into the archives for a number of new titles this episodes. There is some real nostalgia for Shout Factory’s Universal Horror Collections and an overlooked war film from Warner Archive. They dust off some titles from Mill Creek ranging from horror and sci-fi to one of the most epic westerns ever. They talk about Kathryn Bigelow’s first film, an appreciation for one of John Hughes’ films and jump to a film from this past summer that got unfairly ignored by audiences. Not to be outdone they also have titles from Brian DePalma, Oliver Stone and a special look at the latest commentary track by Sergio Mims on Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope. Arrow (Weird Science, Hold Back the Dawn, The Loveless) Warner Archive (Merrill’s Marauders) Mill Creek (Anaconda, Eyes of Laura Mars, Ghosts of Mars, Lonesome Dove, Mothra) Lionsgate (Hellboy, Domino, Long Shot, The Doors 4K) Shout Factory (The Universal Horror Collection Vols. 1 & 2) Vinegar Syndrome (Putney Swope)

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Episode 153: The More Things Change…The More Things Need Carlin

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 2 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress delves back into the latest in Blu-rays with Sergio Mims starting with New Criterion titles that take us from anniversary titles that feel all too relevant today to an Oscar-winning film that makes for an interesting post-Tarantino palette cleanser. Going over to Warner Bros. they are charmed by a pair of very different action heroes and Erik tries to convince Sergio to head back to Lego Land. Then after trips to Flicker Alley and Twilight Time, they put a button on everything by discussing 40 years of the great George Carlin and how much they miss him today. Criterion (1984, Klute, Do the Right Thing) Warner Archive (Footlight Parade, The Thin Man, Gaslight, Bronco Billy) Warner Bros. (Shazam, The Lego Movie 2 Flicker Alley (The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers) Twilight Time (Behold a Pale Horse, Ten North Frederick) MPI (George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy)

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Episode 152: Once Upon a Time…In 1969

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 01:00:00 +0000

The latest film from Quentin Tarantino is a hotbed of takes from his view of history to the treatment of his female characters. Erik Childress is joined by Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com to go deep into his view of a changing Hollywood and both the real and fictional people who inhabit his latest creation. Don’t be spoiled if you have not seen the film yet as they discuss the film’s various twists, key scenes and even offer a different perspective on its radical climax. Though both agree that this is a major work from one of our best filmmakers.

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Episode 151: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 3, Part 2)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 150 continues with another ten titles still only available in the DVD format. Sports and nostalgia certainly come up again, in particular to moviestar worship. Some matinee and cable favorites from the youths of Erik Childress and Sergio Mims go along with a film currently on the remake path, an Amblin-produced film from the ‘80s, a pair of prison films and amazement that one particular star has not been given the home video tribute he truly deserves.

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Episode 150: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 3, Part 1)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:00:00 +0000

The bi-annual question is back. Where are our Blu-rays? Where are the filmmakers’ Blu-rays? Erik Childress and Sergio Mims once again select ten titles each that are still not available in an HD format, at least in the U.S. On this episode alone they recommend upgrades for comedies, westerns, horror, limited TV series, a political thriller, one about the black experience in America and a cult classic about white guys and their everlasting cycle of nostalgia

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Episode 149: It’s Not You, It’s Us

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0000

On the latest Blu-ray edition of the podcast, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims reminisce on some classic TV, their updates and just how many incarnations of the Brady Bunch there were. They also look back on the origins of the Kevin Costner film, No Way Out, some classic sci-fi from Shout Factory and show disdain for the new Pet Sematary remake. But there is also some serious praise a NASA documentary, an animated sequel, a wrenching true-life survival tale and the latest masterwork from Jordan Peele. Fox (Lost In Space: Season One) Arrow (The Big Clock) Shout Factory (Quatermass & the Pit, Quatermass II, Night of the Creeps) Kino (The House of the Seven Gables, The Strange Door) Paramount (Jack Ryan: Season One, South Park: Season 22, The Brady Bunch Collection, Pet Sematary 2019) Universal (Apollo 11, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The Beach Bum, Hotel Mumbai, Fighting With My Family, Us)

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Episode 148: Spider-Man Plays People For Fools (Box Office Mini-Episode)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Coming off of the long July 4 holiday week, Erik Childress examines how people getting burned on Toy Story 4 led them to underestimate the chances of Spider-Man: Far From Home; a film he has been saying for weeks was headed for an Avengers bump. Somebody was proven right. As we head into a go-between week at the movies while everyone waits for The Lion King, Erik analyzes the successes of what are likely to be the top two films again this week and delights at the titles most comparable to the responses to Ari Aster’s Midsommar

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Episode 147: This Island Disney

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 8 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress travels back with Sergio Mims to catch up on the releases from Disney this year and has them contemplating the value of their Movie Club where other previously unreleased Blu-rays exist. Then they bring you into the present to look at some newly released classics from Criterion involving music, dance and the Russians. In-between the discussion looks into a pair of cult titles from Shout Factory and the legacy of the sci-fi classic (depending on who you ask) known as This Island Earth. Disney (Mary Poppins Returns, Captain Marvel, Cinderella, Dumbo, Ralph Breaks the Internet. The Little Mermaid) Shout Factory (Silent Hill, Frankenstein Created Woman, This Island Earth Criterion (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, War and Peace, Swing Time)

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Episode 146: Toy Story 4 A Disappointment? Don’t Be Dumb (Box Office Mini-Episode)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 4 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Catching up on two weeks worth of box office, Erik Childress examines the re-written headlines after Toy Story 4 did not live up to the guesstimators. Are people now lowballing Spider-Man: Far From Home as a result? He also looks at Danny Boyle’s biggest opener to date as well as how the latest horror remakes and sequels are doing and urges you to check out an original one hitting theaters this summer.

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Episode 145: We’re A Long Way From America, Spidey

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 1 Jul 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Comic book expert Erik Laws returns to the podcast to discuss the final chapter of the current phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Far From Home. What are the origins of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio character and how does he fit into Peter Parker’s story? Spoilers are certainly abound in this episode as the Eriks dive deep into the numerous twists and turns of this latest adventure including how such a fun series may have a darker political undercurrent running through it. That leads to some less favorable thoughts about Todd Phillips’ Joker film in what is an otherwise pretty joyful conversation about the direction of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man.

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Episode 144: Men In Black Gets The Shaft (Box Office Mini-Episode)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress & Sergio Mims bypass all but some fun comparative stats on last week’s box office losers. Then they prepare for Toy Story 4 and Erik goes over his new thinking on Spider-Man: Far From Home and what the re-issue of Avengers: Endgame with new end credit footage will mean for its run at Avatar’s record.

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Episode 143: Don’t You Believe It!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Sergio Mims go into the latest in Blu-rays and DVDs by discussing a film once advertised as one of the scariest movies ever as well as another horror film that was overlooked and is actually much freakier. They also discuss the origin of Batman’s Joker, the “Morgan Fairchild Experience,” two of the great filmmakers in Hal Ashby and Buster Keaton and another who, with only one film, may someday be looked back upon as well. Olive (The Believers, How To Stuff a Wild Bikini) Flicker Alley (The Man Who Laughs, The Last Machine) Shout Factory (Earthquake, Seduction, The Universal Horror Collection Vol. 1, Fatso, The Entity, Mystery Science Theater 300 Vol. 11) Oscilloscope (Columbus, Hal) Cohen Media Group (The Buster Keaton Collection Vol. 1)

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Episode 142: Summer Sequels Go Cold (Box Office Mini-Episode)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:00:00 +0000

On this mini-episode of the podcast we check in on the box office. Though The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Dark Phoenix led the way, both could be part of a larger trend of sequel rejection. But is that entirely true or are they just bad? We begin to investigate. Also find out which films they have the most in common with audiences and critics and does Disney have a plan in place for Avengers: Endgame to beat Avatar’s global record?

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Episode 141: Get Your Ass To Cinepocalypse

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Steve Prokopy joins this episode to talk about this year’s Cinepocalypse Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago which is quickly becoming one of the most noted genre fests in the country. Hear all about special guests ranging from Michael Ironside to Joe Bob Briggs, numerous archival screenings, one of the best horror films that premiered at Sundance this year and how a gory possessed dinosaur film became just another forgotten PG-13 curiosity.

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Episode 140: Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000

After the event with Tom Skerritt at the Chicago Critics Film Festival, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims can’t help but take another look at the new 4K release of Alien. Also discussed on 4K are the Batman films from Tim Burton & Joel Schumacher which leads into a dive of which of them were actually good. Twilight Time offers up some great westerns, David Lynch and Gaspar Noe get some praise for rough watches and as revenge pictures go, Liam Neeson has an underrated one, Olivia Wilde a much overlooked one and a third tries to beat Quentin Tarantino and fails miserably. Fox (Alien 4K) Criterion (Blue Velvet) Warner Bros. (A Star is Born Encore Edition, Batman 4K, Batman Returns 4K, Batman Forever 4K, Batman & Robin 4K) Warner Archive (Frankenstein 1970, Summer Stock, Shaft’s Big Score) Arrow (The Running Man, The Andromeda Strain) Kino (The Nightcomers) Twilight Time (Morituri, Bandolero, Warlock) Lionsgate (The Haunting of Sharon Tate, Crank 4K, Cold Pursuit 4K, Climax, A Vigilante)

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Episode 139: Not-So-King of the Monsters (Box Office Mini-Episode)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 6 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000

In the first mini-episode of the podcast, Erik Childress serves up a number of unique stats correlating to the recent releases at the box office. Along with Sergio Mims they breakdown the potential failure of Warner Bros.’ Godzilla: King of the Monsters, how Rocketman is faring compared to other rock biopics and while Ma may be part of a success story beyond Blumhouse, Tate Taylor’s ignorance in his oeuvre remains astounding.

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Episode 138: Dragged Across Marwen

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 1 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

For the latest batch of new Blu-rays, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims offer a pair of documentaries about wildly different filmmakers, discuss the latest from Criterion highlighting an action legend and a 60 year-old film that is more relevant today than ever. They also tie-in the cinema moments that traumatized them as kids, how audiences reacted to Alien in the summer of 1979 and the ongoing debate of great art vs. artists with baggage. Then to wrap things up, there is even a defense of Robert Zemeckis’ Welcome to Marwen, particularly in the light of some atrocious sequels being offered from the same studio. La La Land Entertainment (King Cohen) Cohen Media (The Great Buster) Fox (Alien 4K) Criterion (A Face in the Crowd, Police Story 1 & 2) Indicator (No Orchids for Miss Blandish) Twilight Time (Melvin and Howard, The Snake Pit, Stagecoach (1966)) Indicator Lions Gate (Lord of War 4K, The Witch 4K, Dragged Across Concrete) Universal (Welcome To Marwen, Glass, Serenity, Backdraft 2)

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Episode 137: Shouting Love For The Factory

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 16 May 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Shout! Factory is one of our favorite companies here on the podcast. Their mixture of genre classics and modern ones is a constant pleasure, no matter the quality of the film themselves. So as their release output piled up over the past few weeks, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims decided to dedicate an entire show to 18 of their recent titles. Vampires, werewolves, witches, serial killers, viruses, giant insects, rats, poison ivy, kung fu and a Manitou. What more do you need? Cause there is more.

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Episode 136: Goodbye Oscar, Hello Emmanuelle!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Catching up once again on Blu-rays, Erik Childress & Sergio Mims talk up some titles you may have missed in theaters during awards season. Mixed in with new titles from Twilight Time and Indicator, plus some Warner Archive titles that make Sergio giddy, they get into what happened with Steve McQueen’s Widows and proclaim their love again for Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk. But Creed II is not the only sequel they will discuss as it is time to turn off the lights, lock the door and get into a lot of…discussion about the one, but not only, Emmanuelle.

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Episode 135: We’re In The Endgame

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000

The Marvel Cinematic Universe began in earnest in 2008 with Iron Man and it is now concluding with Avengers: Endgame. Comic book expert Erik Laws joins Erik Childress to discuss this epic journey through every beat of its epic conclusion. Spoilers are abound here so you are warned because the only way to talk about it is to read between the lines of what Endgame pays off in nearly every scene. References to both the series and the comics, Alan Silvestri’s winks to past scores, and relationships that come full circle with all the excitement and emotion it can dish out. Even the Eriks’ favorite movies are shouted out and one of them may have been close to a heart attack. Learn about all this and more through a jam-packed show.

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Episode 134: Summer Box Office Predictions (2019 Edition)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress’ annual box office predictions are here. He runs down his choices for the 20 films on a path to make the most money this summer while Sergio Mims throws in his two cents as well. Can anything possibly challenge Avengers: Endgame to lead the way? Can three movies alone from Disney top two billion in domestic sales? Will Aladdin be more Beauty and the Beast or Dumbo? How much do the Men In Black and X-Men series have in the tank? Is Pikachu really a thing? Can any comedy crack $100 million not counting Tarantino, Hobbs or Shaw? All these questions and more will be answered as they go through the entire summer down to nearly every last title.

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Episode 133: Shield The Cobra

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims joins Erik Childress to play a little catch-up with Blu-ray titles released from Shout Factory, Kino, Mill Creek and Universal. They delve into that literally ancient John Wayne controversy, explain why Cobra is one of the greatest movies ever, disagree over a Belushi/Aykroyd film but agree wholeheartedly on one of the great TV shows and how the Oscars blew it this year. Shout Factory (Cobra, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, When Harry Met Sally. Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic) Kino (Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, The Appaloosa) Mill Creek (Hostel 1 & 2, Barb Wire, Donnie Brasco, The Rundown, Neighbors, The Shield: The Complete Series) Universal (Green Book)

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Episode 132: The 2019 SXSW Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress returns from his 17th year covering the festival in Austin and has in store some long lead previews including the latest from Seth Rogen; one opposite Charlize Theron and another producing for the great Jacob Tremblay. But there are also reviews for Kevin Costner, Tatiana Maslany and Nick Kroll, a reminder of one of the year’s best performances from Elisabeth Moss and everything leading up to the film that was not only the best of SXSW but the best film Erik has seen to date this year. On top of it all is a preview of the Chicago Critics Film Festival taking place this May once again at the Music Box Theatre.

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Episode 131: DY-NO-MITE! Willie…Dynamite!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:00:00 +0000

Getting caught up on the latest in Blu-rays is what Erik Childress and Sergio Mims do for you. They go through some recently praised horror along with the taboo remnants of yesteryear involving The Group and a certain Boss. Though the past comes back with the terrific remake of A Star is Born they also have time to talk Hitchcock, Charles Burnett and the long-awaited third commentary track of Mr. Mims. Paramount (Overlord, Kidding: Season One, American Vandal) Lions Gate (At Eternity’s Gate, Suspiria) Warner Bros. (A Star is Born 4K) MVD (Windtalkers, Boss) Kino (The Group) Criterion (Notorious, Shame, To Sleep with Anger) Arrow (My Name is Julia Ross, So Dark the Night, Horror Express, Willie Dynamite)

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Episode 129: The 2019 Sundance Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

It was Erik Childress’ 17th year attending the Sundance Film Festival and he saw 30 films Tune in to hear him tell you about the best, the worst and a bunch in-between. Along the way he reveals a favorite encounter he had with one of the fest volunteers and discusses with Sergio Mims the controversy over a certain banned blogger and his failed attempts to get reinstated. Plus, a special interview by Sergio Mims of Academy Award winning director, Barry Jenkins, about his latest work, the great If Beale Street Could Talk.

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Episode 128: One Small Step…AND THEY BLEW IT!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Sergio Mims bring you the first NEW Blu-ray show of 2019 as they take you through the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, some icky obsessions courtesy of Shout Factory and catch up on some titles from Twilight Time. They also discuss the 25th Anniversary of Schindler’s List, their muted thoughts on a Billy Wilder classic and then get into angry detail at how Damien Chazelle’s First Man was screwed by its studio, audiences, awards and politicians alike. But first, the box office returns to Movie Madness and Erik takes you through the beginning of some new angles on how to look at the numbers. Indicator (RPM) Flicker Alley (Georges Melies: Fairy Tales In Color) Warner Archive (The Prize) Criterion (Some Like It Hot) Shout Factory (The Plague of the Zombies, 10 To Midnight, Obsession) Twilight Time (Oklahoma Crude, The True Story of Jesse James, Anne of a Thousand Days) Universal (Schindler’s List 4K, Halloween, First Man)

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Episode 127: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 3)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Before Erik Childress and Sergio Mims get to films you CAN get on Blu-ray FOR 2019 they continue their ongoing crusade to get films out that are still not available yet in the format. Sergio has some classic releases you may not be aware of. Erik has some more modern titles from major filmmakers that are yet to be released in the format they deserve including one major television title. They also call out studios for choosing not to release Blu-ray versions of recent critically-acclaimed award winners. They run down nearly 20 titles and throw out some others for good measure. Will we see them finally in 2019?

Previous Chapters:
http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/moviemadness/episode80
http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/moviemadness/episodes108109

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Episode 126: The 2018 Oscars (Nominations)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 05:00:00 +0000

The first podcast of 2019 is an overview of the awards season with Erik Childress. He takes you back to the pre-Thanksgiving conversation with Sergio Mims as they did some extremely early prognostication. Then he brings you back to the days before the Oscar nominations to present analysis of who is still in the running and who is likely to get nominated. Tune in for his full predictions for this year’s Oscars.

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Episode 125: Last-Minute Gift Guide For 2018 (Part 2)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000

On the final show of 2018 Erik Childress and Sergio Mims want to make sure you have not overlooked anything on your cinematic shopping list for Christmas (and after.) A bunch of great cult titles and TV shows from Mill Creek, THE best action film of the year, an overlooked gem from the Chicago Critics Film Festival and Sergio’s candidate for one of the Blu-ray releases of the year. Plus we talk some Criterion, a little Kino including a derided film they believe is worth another look, and what would a Blu-ray show be without some classic comedy, sci-fi and horror from the great Shout Factory. Mill Creek (Happy Birthday to Me, Krull, Last Action Hero, Silent Rage, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Hardbodies, Nightwing, Shadow of the Hawk, Age of Consent, Cactus Flower, Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story, Benji: Off the Leash) Paramount (Mission Impossible Fallout 4K) Magnolia (Support the Girls) Criterion (A Dry White Season, Forty Guns) Redwind (Sunshine) Shout Factory (The Jerk, Starman, Dracula Prince of Darkness, The Mangler, Ernie Kovacs: Centennial Collection) Kino (The Puppet Masters, The Black Windmill, The Killing of Sister George, The Grissom Gang) Warner Bros. (Westworld Season 2, The Blue Knight, The Sea Hawk, Dark of the Sun) BBC (Sherlock Season One 4K) Lionsgate (A Simple Favor, Evil Dead 2 4K)

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Episode 124: Does Aquaman Sink Or Swim? Or Just Stinks?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 06:00:00 +0000

Just two episodes ago Erik Childress and comic book expert Erik Laws were delighted talking about the surprise that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was. Now it is DC’s turn in the spotlight and, boy, things are not nearly as delightful. More like disappointment and disgust as you will hear as their discussion goes from dismay to shock to outright anger. Everything from its Arthurian roots to ‘80s film homages get the business here as they breakdown how DC got it so very wrong once again.

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Episode 123: Last-Minute Gift Guide For 2018 (Part 1)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:00:00 +0000

We’re clearing out the year-end releases and telling you about a lot of our favorites if you’re still stuck for Christmas ideas for the movie lovers in your family. There’s a little Capra and a lot of critters, creepy roommates and creepier moms, a racist congressman, Spike Lee’s KKK and a Coen Bros. 4K. Plus we have a title we can scratch off our Not-On-Blu-Ray show, an underrated remake and a really special release paying full tribute to a comic legend. Kino (D.O.A.) Arbelos Films (The Last Movie) Indicator (The Wrong Box) Olive (Mr. Capra Goes To War) Time-Life (Robin Williams: Comic Genius) Disney (Incredibles 2, Pixar Shorts Collection Vol. 3) Universal (Papillon, BlacKkKlansman, The Big Lebowski 4K. Christmas Classics) Shout Factory (Single White Female, Sleepwalkers, Valley Girl, Candyman, Urban Legend, Urban Legends: Final Cut, The Critters Collection) Parramount (MacGyver, Who Is America) Grindhouse Releasing (The Big Gundown)

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Episode 122: Up Into The Spider-Verse

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Did we really need another version of the Spider-Man story? The skepticism was high with host Erik Childress but he is joined by comic book expert Erik Laws to discuss what turns out to be one of the biggest surprises of the year. They discuss the various incarnations of the Spider-Man mythos on display in the film, the array of animation styles employed and are generally giddy about its place the current comic book film evolution.

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Episode 121: Shampoo & Schlock: Are There Still Films For Adults?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims returns to help guide us through a swath of new Blu-rays. Along with Erik Childress they take sides in the Blindspotting vs. Sorry to Bother You debate. The evolution of the Rambo Trilogy is discussed as well as appreciation for Terry Gilliam and the new 4K edition of Superman. From their appreciation of the awfulness of Maximum Overdrive to the respect of The Day of the Jackal, the duo also get into other films of the 70s and the chicken-and-the-egg factor that drives Hollywood to make films for adults. Lionsgate (Blindspotting, Rambo Trilogy, Maximum Overdrive, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Juliet Naked, Final Score) Fox (Sorry to Bother You) Twilight Time (Black Widow, Sword of Sherwood Forest) Arrow (Schlock, The Day of the Jackal, Distant Voices Still Lives, 12 Monkeys) Warner Bros. (Superman 4K) Criterion (Shampoo)

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Episode 120: Holidays Mean Movies…And Money!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 2 Dec 2018 04:00:00 +0000

The Holiday Movie Season is upon us so that means one thing – MONEY! Erik Childress and Sergio Mims examine the potential of the final months of 2018 and which films will come out on top? There are sequels, franchises and reimaginings, but will there be a surprise or two – at the top AND at the bottom? They take you through a sometimes impossible season to predict as we get warmed up for the all-encompassing awards season as well.

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Episode 119: Why Can’t Halloween Be Every Month?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Horror dominates the latest Blu-ray round-up with Erik Childress and Sergio Mims. They dig into a number of William Castle productions from Mill Creek and Indicator, a pair of great releases from the ‘80s, a beautiful new edition of one of the classic science fiction films ever and you can find out what really freaks out both of them out from Creepshow and beyond. Mill Creek (Strait Jacket, Berserk) Indicator (Homicidal, 13 Ghosts, ???, Mr. Sardonicus, Night of the Demon) Olive (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) Disney (Ant-Man and the Wasp) Lionsgate (Whitney, The Evil Dead 4K, Ash vs. Evil Dead: The Complete Series) Shout Factory (Trick ‘R Treat, House on Haunted Hill, Creepshow)

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Episode 118: Heretic Of The Exorcist

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 03:00:00 +0000

John Boorman’s Exorcist II has been considered for decades to be one of the worst sequels ever made and by some views one of the worst FILMS ever made. Not so says RogerEbert.com’s Peter Sobczynski who for years has been an ardent defender. He joins Erik Childress on the show to discuss Shout Factory’s new Collector’s Edition as well as its rocky history and The Exorcist series in general. You will also hear William Friedkin tell the story of the first time the film ever screened for the public.

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Episode 117: Horror Or Not To Horror

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

On what could be considered a bit of a pre-Halloween episode, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims run down a number of new Blu-ray releases ranging from the horror of 9/11 to a less-talked about film with Bill Paxton from 1984. They also get into whether what some consider a new horror classic should be labeled horror at all as well as reevaluate American Psycho in that the more routines change the more they stay the same. Warner Bros. (Ocean’s 8, Tag, The Looming Tower, Gotham Season Four) Warner Archive (Big Wednesday, Performance) Lions Gate (Hereditary, American Psycho 4K, Punisher: War Zone 4K, Hot Summer Nights) Kino (Grace Jones: Bloodline & Bami, Impulse (1984), The Challenge) Shout Factory (Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Man in the Iron Mask, The [Rec] Collection, The Bride)

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Episode 116: The 2018 Toronto Film Festival Recap

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000

No fancy names. Just a straight recap of this year’s Toronto Film Festival which Erik Childress has been attending since 2004. A better-than-average fest this year with some genuine surprises and, as always, a few big disappointments. Get the scoop on recent releases like A Star is Born and First Man, David Gordon Green’s Halloween update, the latest from Alfonso Cuaron, Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen and much more.

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Episode 115: Are These Pipes Clean?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The Movie Madness Podcast returns to its regularly scheduled broadcast getting caught up on the latest in Blu-rays and physical media with Sergio Mims. On this episode they cover an array of Criterion as well as the latest from Indicator and Arrow. They delve into the great new Universal Monsters blu-ray set, why Solo: A Star Wars Story failed at the box office and the bizarre circumstances that led Erik to see the infamous Cabin Boy which definitely has one supporter on this show. Criterion (Andrei Rublev, My Man Godfrey, A Raisin in the Sun, The Tree of Life) Indicator (Absolution, The Collector, The Mind of Mr. Soames) Disney (Solo: A Star Wars Story) Arrow (Deep Red, The Hired Hand) Kino (Bat 21, Cabin Boy) Universal (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Universal Monsters Classic Collection)

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Episode 114: Remember That Summer?

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 5 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress is joined by David Fowlie for a special episode involving movies about the summertime. We probably all remember where we were during our most memorable seasons but how about the films that best represent that warmest of them? Each of them count down five films that feel like the kind of summers that can be universal to all of us from the past and maybe even the future as well.

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Episode 113: From Blus To 70mm

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 2 Sep 2018 21:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress and Sergio Mims go over their excitement for this year’s crop of films at the annual 70mm Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. But first it’s Blu-ray time as they examine the history of Jack Ryan, go through a number of choice indies you will want to see, bring an 80s political thriller into the present and finally express some love for a Robert Redford heist film and the first starring vehicle for Brandon Lee. Paramount (The Jack Ryan Collection) Shout Factory (The Seventh Sign) Lionsgate (Ash vs. Evil Dead Season 3, Lean on Pete, Beast, Damsel) Indicator (Ministry of Fear, Missing) Twilight Time (Rapid Fire, The Virgin Soldiers, Gloria, The Hot Rock)

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Episode 112: Black Harvests & Klansmen

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:00:00 +0000

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Episode 111: Walk Him And Pitch To The Piranha

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 23:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims again joins Erik Childress to discuss new Blu-rays and it turns into an argument about baseball. But they regroup after Criterion’s great new contribution to America’s pastime to talk about flying piranha, blind monsters and human ones before bringing the entire episode full circle with some Hamm. Criterion (Bull Durham, Dragon Inn) Shout Factory (Piranha II: The Spawning) Paramount (A Quiet Place) Arrow (The Last House on the Left) Kino (Irma La Douce) Universal (Beirut)

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Episode 110: He Pulls A Knife, Disney Pulls A Gunn

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000

The ongoing saga over James Gunn’s abrupt firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a disturbing one that has far-reaching implications beyond our thoughts on the films themselves. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims breakdown the story and why it matters how this all started. They discuss his conduct, Disney’s ultimate reaction to it and how they may have painted themselves into a corner. Who might be shameless enough to step the current empty director’s chair? They can’t help but toss out a few suspects for the position as well if they choose not to rehire him.

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Episode 109: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 2, Part 2)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:30:00 +0000

The title once again says it all as Erik Childress and Sergio Mims do a 2018 mid-year check-in on what needs to still be released on Blu-ray. This episode is a continuation of their discussion from Episode 108.

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Episode 108: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 2, Part 1)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:00:00 +0000

Back on Episode 80, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims ran down an extensive list of titles big and small that have yet to make their Blu-ray debut. At least in the U.S. Well it is time for the mid-year check-in and they are back with a list of 20 titles each that you may be stunned have yet to be upgraded into the HD format. This three-and-a-half-hour episode is split over two parts because they have a lot to say about these movies and are hoping to catch the attention of the studios who own the rights to them.

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Episode 107: Virgin Springs & High Chappaquiddicks

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:00:00 +0000

It’s Blu-ray time again as Erik Childress and Sergio Mims delve into a great new release from Criterion with one of the greatest comeuppances ever. They also look at some children fantasies from Kino and Shout Factory as well as maybe an adult one as well. Plus they find a way to connect tragedy and comedy with Ted Kennedy and Mel Brooks. Criterion (The Virgin Spring) Twilight Time (My Sister Eileen , Let's Make Love) Lionsgate (Chappaquiddick) Paramount (Jack Reacher 4K) Shout Factory (The Curse of the Cate People, The Good Place Season Two) Kino (Jack the Giant Killer (1962))

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Episode 106: The Sequel Strikes Back

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:00:00 +0000

July 2018 is a particularly sequel-heavy month with a new one each week, but thanks to Mark Dujsik the show is going back to look at which sequels actually bested their predecessors. But with a twist. Erik Childress and Mark set one particular rule as to which to choose their personal top 10 lists and then each justified a further set of rules that may also have you thinking beyond the obvious choices.

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Episode 105: Childhood, Adult and Modern Romance

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 6 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0000

15 titles in store for you on the new Blu-ray episode including some classics from the Warner Archive, a couple long overdue titles freshly released by Indicator as well as some new 4K releases from Paramount. Sergio Mims and Erik Childress discuss the greatness of one of Albert Brooks’ early films, their differing takes on one of the most acclaimed comedies of 2018 and the Mission: Impossible series and try to figure out why there is such hatred towards Forrest Gump. Warner Bros. (Tomb Raider, Designing Woman, 2 Weeks in Another Town, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Colossus of Rhodes, Superfly) Indicator (Modern Romance, The China Syndrome) Paramount (The Death of Stalin, Forrest Gump 4K, Mission: Impossible Series 4K)

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Episode 104: Ant-Man and the Wasp…’Nuff Said

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:00:00 +0000

The title says it all, right? But Erik Childress and comic book expert Erik Laws have plenty more to say about the history of the Ant-Man comic including the troubling past of Hank Pym and how the film incorporates different versions of its characters. They also talk about the leaps of a particular VFX technology, how they hope the current version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ends with the continuation of the Infinity War and also catch-up a bit on their thoughts about Deadpool 2.

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Episode 103: History Repeats Itself…Plus Killer Bunnies

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:00:00 +0000

Sergio Mims returns to catch everyone up on the latest in Blu-rays in an episode that highlights a special release which reminds us how far we’ve come as a country. Unless we are doomed to repeat it. From Geronimo to D.W. Griffith to Peter Pan and Black Panther, Erik Childress also talks about the little-discussed bombing of A Wrinkle In Time while leaving plenty of time to discuss deadly rabbits and a hot welding aerobic ninja. 0:00:00 – 0:25:33 – Shout Factory (Night of the Lepus, Ninja III: The Domination) 0:25:33 – 0:47:57 - Disney (Peter Pan, A Wrinkle in Time, Black Panther) 0:47:57 – 0:56:28 – Flicker Alley (This is Cinerama, Windjammer) 0:56:28 – 1:31:29 – Twilight Time (Hilda Crane, Next Stop Greenwich Village, Geronimo: An American Legend, The Birth of a Nation)

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Episode 102: Cinepocalypse Comes To Chicago…Again!

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:30:00 +0000

The 2nd Cinepocalypse Film Festival takes place from June 21-28, 2018 at the glorious Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Sergio Mims interviews director and cinematographer, Ernest Dickerson, who is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the fest. Then Erik Childress talks with fest programmer, Steve Prokopy, about some of the noteworthy films playing, special guests and retro screenings including a 70mm print of a film you will not believe.

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Episode 101: Legends, Dinosaurs, Terrorists and Jackasses

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Over the hump on the podcast we return to the odds to update you on the latest in Blu-rays and DVDs. Returning champion Sergio Mims is back to discuss a 4K set 65 million years in the making, the latest from Olive Films and Clint Eastwood and his personal recollection of how he forced himself to see ‘70s disco cult classic, Thank God It’s Friday. It’s all wrapped in a tidy bowl that brings us back around to some newly released editions of classic John Landis. Universal (Jurassic Park Collection, The Strangers: Prey at Night) Olive (Odds Against Tomorrow, Cold Turkey, A Bucket of Blood) Mill Creek (Gridiron Gang, Thank God It’s Friday, 9 Pulse-Pounding Classics Set) Warner Bros. (Game Night, The 15:17 to Paris) Paramount (Jerry Lewis 10-Film Collection, Jackass Complete Film & TV Collection, South Park: Season 21, Coming to America, Trading Places) Turbine Media (Schlock)

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Episode 100: This One’s For You, Dad

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:00:00 +0000

On this very special 100th episode of the Movie Madness Podcast, Erik Childress invites Mark Dujsik, Jim Laczkowski and Sergio Mims on to talk about one of the most important people in their lives. Their dads. It is a Father’s Day conversation for everyone full of memories of who their dads were and the love of movies that formed an everlasting bond that will not be broken even after their passing. It’s an episode full of laughs, tears and a roundup of choices of five films from each of them that they would loved for their dads to have seen.

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Episode 99: These Pleasures Aren’t Guilty

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Sat, 9 Jun 2018 01:00:00 +0000

With all the controversies these days, it’s nice to have some old-fashioned debate about movies we like – that you might not. Erik Childress is joined by Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast to each run down ten films that are likely to get your eyes rolling, your blood boiling or, just maybe, your head nodding in agreement. They range from simple pleasures to passionate counterpoints. You may not agree with most of their choices, but if it inspires one to take a second look at something or know that there’s a kindred spirit out there for the positive then it will be worth the couple hours. Or you may just think we’re both nuts.

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Episode 98: You’d Do It For 4K

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 31 May 2018 18:00:00 +0000

It’s 4K Day on the podcast with Erik Childress and Sergio Mims going over some very memorable modern action films going the way of the latest and greatest format. They shared their complicated feelings for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator along with their unshakable love for Mel Gibson’s Braveheart as well as the everlasting power that makes Die Hard one of the all-time greats. Then Sergio takes us back into the archives with guns, a big rat and his appreciation of a brand new western set from the folks at Indicator/Powerhouse. Paramount (Gladiator 4K, Braveheart 4K) Fox (Red Sparrow 4K, Die Hard 4K) Shout Factory (Of Unknown Origin) Warner Archive (Gun Crazy) Indicator (Five Tall Tales: Budd Boetticher & Randolph Scott at Columbia)

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Episode 97: Going Solo: A Star Wars Discussion

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 25 May 2018 18:00:00 +0000

It’s the movie event of the summer. The third one at least. And just like with The Last Jedi, Erik Laws and Sergio Mims join Erik Childress to take you all the way through the latest “Star Wars Story.” They talk about its troubled production history, how Sergio was once at a studio when a director was fired and how the film measures up to Rogue One and true fan expectations.

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Episode 96: The Awful Truth of P.T. Barnum (and Hobgoblins)

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 24 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Catching up on Blu-ray releases, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims go over popular musicals forty years apart and why The Greatest Showman ultimately fails. They also dig into some classic exploitation releases from their youth courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome, Shout Factory and MVD. They also discuss the resume of Jean Claude Van-Damme and what made Cary Grant so great. Paramount (Grease) Fox (The Greatest Showman) MVD (The Twilight People) Vinegar Syndrome (Hobgoblins, Nightmare Sisters, Welcome Home Brother Charles) HBO (Curb Your Enthusiasm 9th Season) Shout Factory (Cyborg, Full Moon High) Criterion (The Awful Truth)

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Episode 95: The 2018 Chicago Critics Film Festival

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 4 May 2018 17:00:00 +0000

Erik Childress is not only a podcast host, he also produces a film festival every year. Now in its sixth year at the Music Box Theatre, the Chicago Critics Film Festival brings some of the best films on the festival circuit – handpicked by the city’s film critics – to a local audience. Sundance, SXSW, Toronto and more are all represented here during the week of May 4-10 and Erik discusses with Sergio Mims (producer of the city’s Black Harvest Film Festival in August) some of the highlights as well as some of the ins and outs of programming a film festival.

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Episode 93: Infinity War & Beyond

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 3 May 2018 19:30:00 +0000

Likely the biggest summer blockbuster of 2018, Avengers: Infinity War has been the subject of great speculation by fans. Who will live? Who will die? Comic expert Erik Laws and Erik Childress will tell you. Don’t worry though, because you will be warned within this epic discussion when the spoilers will kick in. Before and after though, the Eriks delve into the history of Thanos and breakdown how the film’s ending is both effective and somewhat hollow. What side will each of them fight for? Prepare yourself for a debate nearly as long as the film itself, but certainly a fun and spirited one.

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Episode 92: Welcome to the ‘Burbs

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 3 May 2018 19:00:00 +0000

It’s Blu-ray time again as Sergio Mims joins Erik to take you on a sprawling arc (even the Joan kind) through recent titles you will want to check out. From a pair of watered-down true stories about bad men down to the everyday concerns of the suburbs from paying for college to weird neighbors. They put another woefully-mishandled small town mystery on your radar as well as a couple action films that Sergio just loves for their interrogations, chases and downhill ski shootouts. How can you resist? Olive (Birdman of Alcatraz, Great Balls of Fire, Five on the Black Hand Side, The Hallelujah Trail) Twilight Time (Don’t Bother To Knock, Underworld USA, The New Centurions, The Seven-Ups) Criterion (The Passion of Joan of Arc, The King of Jazz, Women in Love) Lionsgate (Lady Bird, Small Town Crime. The Last Movie Star) Kino (Joan of Arc, The Soldier) Shout Factory (The Burbs)

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Episode 91: The 2018 Summer Box Office Spectacular

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

It’s the annual Summer Box Office show! Erik Childress breaks down his predictions for the 20 films he believes will be the tops in theaters this summer and then goes beyond just as a bonus. Sergio Mims is on hand to challenge some of those thoughts. They certainly agree what will be the champion of the summer, but can it be the biggest film of the year? It’s all here as they discuss Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story as well as Sicario Deux and all the non-sequels as well. They even bring in some outside market research thanks to Olivia Obineme from WHPK Radio’s South Side Weekly. Do you agree or disagree with their findings?

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Episode 90: Suspiria by a Phantom Thread

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 04:00:00 +0000

Back to the new Blu-rays we go with Sergio Mims as they discuss horror, true stories and a number of comedies that just never worked. They talk both the new restoration of Dario Argento’s Suspiria but also the making of a Stephen King adaptation. They preview some upcoming Shout Factory titles and express their disappointment with films from Alexander Payne and Aaron Sorkin. But wrap it up with their appreciation of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest and the history of one of Howard Hughes’ most infamous creations.

Synapse (Suspiria, Pet Sematary Doc)

Arrow (Brain Damage)

Shout Factory (Doctor Detroit, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon + A Little Shout Factory Preview)

Paramount (Downsizing, Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke)

Universal (I Tonya, Molly’s Game, Phantom Thread)

Kino (The Outlaw)

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Episode 89: Don’t Mess With South By Southwest

erikthemovieman@gmail.com (Erik Childress) — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:30:00 +0000

Last month, Erik Childress attended his 16th SXSW Film Festival and it was one of the best ones in years. It opened with A Quiet Place which has gone on to become one of the biggest success stories of the year. There were some wonderful surprises by a number of films still waiting for distribution deals. But greatest of all was the host being in the same room with his cinematic idol during a special screening at the festival. Erik tells the whole story to Sergio Mims and also shows a lot of love (and a little shade) to the films he saw.

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