Are You Movie Mad?
400 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAre You Movie Mad? Is the podcast that asks the most difficult question one man has ever faced. Cinephile Andrew Jones is perpetually flabbergasted that Johnny Ellis uses the online moniker 'Movie_Mad' yet at any given moment seems not to understand any movie references. Join Andrew as he journeys through a collection of films to educate Johnny and ask if Johnny is Mad about the movie he watched or remains Movie Mad.
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Episodes
045 - Speed Racer
July 19, 2017 15:21 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBGo Movie Mad, Go Movie Mad, Go Movie Mad GOOOO! We watch The Wachowski's Roger Allam adaptation of an anime, because Johnny needs to see the truth.
044 Dogma
July 12, 2017 15:15 - 1 hour - 55 MBWe have a religious experience when we mourn Jim Broadbent's studio-centric decay, and Bjork is Bjack for More 'laughs'.
043 Mystery Men
July 05, 2017 17:47 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBSpider-Man Homecoming is here, but there are other superheroes who deserve as much attention. Like Siri, our latest guest. We also deal with the tragic acts of the previous episode.
042 - Death Race
June 28, 2017 15:55 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBJason Statham sits in a car and folk call him Frank, but this time he's hanging out with Ian McShane in a battle for the coolest British motherfrakker.
041 - Transporter 3
June 21, 2017 20:12 - 1 hour - 68 MBOnly Bjork can really comprehend the insanity of the final Jason Statham Transporter film.
040 - Transporter 2
June 14, 2017 11:13 - 1 hour - 75 MBThings get weird when David Lynch pops in to explain his thoughts on Jason Statham's second outing as Frank Martin
039 - The Transporter
June 07, 2017 14:53 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBJohnny and Andrew take on a new set of rules when the approach Jason Statham's suited and booted transporter for the first of the franchise,
038 The Rock
May 31, 2017 16:15 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBIt's time for everyone's Cage-pressions to descend on Alcatraz as we prepare for (Michael) Baywatch starring Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson in this themed episode..
037 The Fugitive
May 24, 2017 10:16 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBAndrew and Johnny ignore the Harrison Ford thriller for the sake of deep conversations about nothing, like your favourite episodes of Seinfeld without the humour and pacing.
036 Cliffhanger
May 16, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBJohnny and Andrew exchange John Lithgow impressions as Sly Stallone rejoins the fun in Renny Harlin's classic 90s action thriller.
035 Speed
May 10, 2017 13:39 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBPop quiz hotshot, you've got one podcast to listen to or the internet ends, do you listen to this episode? You should!
BONUS - Ring Of Fire (Andrew's Birthday Surprise)
May 04, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBJohnny brings his own brand of 'special secret movie' to Andrew's birthday party, along with a slew of celebrity guests to celebrate with the boys in a rambunctious experience for the weekend.
BONUS - Andrew's Birthday Special
May 04, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBJohnny brings his own brand of 'special secret movie' to Andrew's birthday party, along with a slew of celebrity guests to celebrate with the boys in a rambunctious experience for the weekend.
034 Under Siege
May 03, 2017 18:03 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBKicking off 90s R-rated action month in style, Steven Seagal and Gary Busey In Women's Clothes join us for a spectacle of scenery chewing Die-Hard-ripping-off explosions.
033 SLiTHER
April 25, 2017 21:56 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBTo celebrate Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2's release, we're heading back to James Gunn's earlier work, a small town gory comic horror starring Power Rangers' Elizabeth Banks.
032 Death To Smoochy
April 19, 2017 16:34 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBRobin Williams, Edward Norton, Jon Stewart, Danny DeVito and Catherine Keener star in a film you've never seen and maybe shouldn't?
031 The Untouchables
April 12, 2017 18:48 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThey pull out a gangster classic, you pull out a podcast. They put one of your hosts in an episode, you put one of theirs in the hall of fame. That's the Are You Movie Mad way!
030 Boogie Nights
April 05, 2017 13:50 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBOn the year of Paul Thomas Anderson's classic film's 20th anniversary, Johnny explores the world of 1970s San Fernando Valley's porn industry, so plenty of Spotlights and what if Paul Giamatti were in this film?
029 Son Of Rambow
March 29, 2017 20:07 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBSo end-eth Rambo Month, episode 5 is the best of the Rambo movies, a buddy comedy about two kids who want to make a sequel to a film they love. 2 goofy kids talking for 2 hours? Is this a podcast!
028 Rambo
March 22, 2017 14:45 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBThe most violent Rambo movie ever, and the most violent podcast ever. So much dead air, every joke is a bomb. When you're pushing, podcasting's as easy as breathing.
027 Rambo III
March 15, 2017 16:34 - 58 minutes - 54 MBAndrew and Johnny discuss Kong: Skull Island for way too long before focussing on the movie where John Rambo helps fight Charlie Wilson's War, and a man is tortured by being lifted up and down and up and down again. Thrilling.
026 Rambo First Blood Part 2
March 08, 2017 16:29 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBJust like the serious ending of First Blood, the second chapter in Rambo Month sees Stallone all sad and serious and EXPLODING A PERSON WITH AN ARROW!
025 Rambo First Blood
March 01, 2017 23:41 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBJohnny and Andrew return with Rambo Month, 5 weeks of Sylvester Stalllone impressions and many killings. Except in First Blood, where Brian Dennehy wants to stop Rambo walking over a bridge.
BONUS - OSCAR Special 2017
February 27, 2017 06:09 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBIt's the most glamorous night in Hollywood and Johnny & Andrew invite you to experience all the pre-show/post-show talk from the 89th Academy Awards in podcast form. Will La La Land sweep? Will Moonlight get a handjibber of a night? Will Warren Beatty admit that Rules DO Apply? Yes.
PREVIEW - March Season
February 13, 2017 17:09 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBJohnny is away so Andrew reveals why we're not on this February, and with a very special guest he announces March's special movie month.
024 Magnolia
January 25, 2017 20:44 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBA 3 hour epic. But not for this podcast, where we tighten everything down to Scientology, frogs and interconnected Philip Seymour Hoffmans. Hoffmen? Hoff-folk.
023 Untitled - Almost Famous
January 19, 2017 01:15 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBJohnny is seeking the life of cool within Cameron Crowe's extended comic drama, and Andrew actively tries to remind us all that we'll never, ever be cool. And that's ok.
022 Synecdoche New York
January 11, 2017 21:40 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBJanuary settles in to a natural state of weird with Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut. Listen as Johnny's head slowly melts and Andrew explains a whole tonne of the insanity within the masterful drama.
021 Johnny's Mystery Film #1
January 04, 2017 21:46 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBJohnny gets to choose a film this time, and Andrew doesn't know anything about it. Will he want to know anything when the credits finally finish? Find out!
BONUS Collateral Beauty
December 31, 2016 14:27 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBAs the year ends, Johnny and Andrew step in for an emergency in-cinema episode where they watch Will Smith be haunted by Helen Mirren as Death, and bad scripts as his career runs around in dwindling circles, with new film Collateral Beauty. Yay?
020 2016 A Look Back
December 28, 2016 21:13 - 1 hour - 56 MBWell, it's finally over, but Andrew and Johnny celebrate the end of the worst year of all time by talking about the films of the show so far.
019 Cannibal The Musical
December 21, 2016 22:53 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBSinging, violence, South Park. It's the Christmas episode and we're as vulgar and odd as anything. Merry holiday days!
018 Greenberg
December 14, 2016 21:40 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBNoah Baumbach wants people to just do nothing for a while, so we podcast that experience.
017 Spirited Away
December 07, 2016 20:55 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBHi, ow, Miyazaki! We discuss Shrek's adult adventures and how to pronounce Studio Ghibli, Johnny's never seen Spirited Away. Until now. He learns a lesson or two.
016 A New York Winters Tale
November 30, 2016 22:29 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBAndrew and Johnny turn to the cold heart of winter on the start of advent, and the story of 1900s thief, model ship sailor, horse dog rider and somehow 2014 Hugo Cabret enthusiast Peter Lake and his floppy hair in this masterpiece.
015 Cranksgiving Part 2: Crank High Voltage
November 23, 2016 21:56 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBCranksgiving comes to a boil when the turkey comes home to roost, and by that I mean Jason Statham's shoving guns where the sun don't shine. Let's be thankful for badass cockney geezers.
014 Crank - Cranksgiving Part 1
November 16, 2016 22:24 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBHappy Cranksgiving, the most important holiday in any angry London action movie star's calendar. To celebrate, we're watching the first in the best franchise never finished. Next week? Yup, the sequel.
013 Commando
November 09, 2016 20:33 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBIt IS a mall movie. There's a mall scene in it. It counts. Johnny watches it for the first time. Finally. A perfect way to distract us all from the realities of politics.
012 Mallrats
November 02, 2016 21:56 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBMall Movies are November's bread and/or butter, and Mallrats is the ultimate mall movie. Because it is set in a mall. And has mall in the title. Facts.
011 Evil Dead 2
October 26, 2016 20:15 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBShocktober comes to an end with Sam Raimi's comic-horror, as examined by fan Andrew and naysayer Johnny. Whoever wins, you lose.
010 The Jungle Book
October 20, 2016 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBDeep in the jungles of India an evil tiger/master of the Outworld, Shao Kahn, has stolen the first half of this week's episode, leaving Andrew and Johnny to futz about in the middle of nature like two lost mancubs seeking a mate.
009 Be Kind Rewind
October 12, 2016 20:50 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBMichel Gondry's sort-of-weird, sort-of-sweet movie-obsessed comedy is something Johnny's been wanting to see for ages. Will the Jack Black movie lead to great comedy? Mos Def. Will it lead to interesting podcasting? Mos Def. Will Johnny like the film? yasiin bey
008 Adaptation
October 05, 2016 21:52 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBWho is Charlie Kaufman? Who is Donald Kaufman? Is anyone Donald Kaufman? Is Andrew Johnny? Is Johnny Andrew? Who gets to be Meryl Streep in the movie adaptation of this podcast?
007 Grizzly Man
September 28, 2016 22:21 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThe mystery movie you've been waiting for. What could it be? Oh, it's the episode title? Well, Johnny has not seen a Werner Herzog documentary and Andrew is mortified, that is cinematic importance. So get ready for jokes about horrible bear death. And not much else.
006 Little Shop Of Horrors
September 21, 2016 21:53 - 1 hour - 62 MBJohnny has never seen Little Shop Of Horrors. Andrew has only seen it once. They buy tickets to a 70mm showing and show off about it. And you get to listen to all their woeful singing and terrifying comedy. It's as painful as a visit to a modern day Steve Martin family comedy.
005 Wild Wild West
September 14, 2016 19:35 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBThe Willenium has been going for long enough to appreciate pre-Suicide Squad Will Smith and pre-Nine Lives Barry Sonnenfeld, and a shed-load of steampunk too. Throw in knighted thespian Sir Kenneth Branagh and wannabe knighted Kevin Kline, what's not to love, Andrew asks Johnny. What's not to love?
004 Con Air
September 07, 2016 20:36 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBJohnny infuriates Andrew so much he almost kills Johnny with a punch to the brain, landing the duo on Con Air, where their in-flight entertainment is murder and their food is human remains. You can try to resist, try to hide from our kiss, but you know, don't you know that you, can't fight the Con Air.
003 Happiness
August 31, 2016 19:39 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBAndrew sits Johnny down to show him what true Happiness is through Todd Solondz's messed-up deconstruction of suburbia and family. If this isn't the most offensive episode we make, you are in for deep, dark, disgusting laughs.
002 The Mechanic
August 24, 2016 20:24 - 57 minutes - 53 MBJohnny's car breaks down in Statham country and there's only one man to hire through the deep web. So take out your spanners and grease your engines, we're looking West, Simon West, for the remake of Charles Bronson's probably miserable thriller, now a Stallone-friendly action spatula.
001 The Burbs
August 17, 2016 21:18 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBJohnny Ellis is adamant that he is 'Movie Mad', Andrew Jones is suspicious. In this series opener, Andrew is aghast that Johnny has never seen Joe Dante's satirical horror comedy The 'Burbs. What does Johnny even know about the Tom Hanks vehicle? And will he end up being mad that he watched the movie, or Movie Mad in our weakly constructed premise for movie viewing/discussion that leads to many rabbit holes as all good shows should.