Movie Madness
464 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★ - 24 ratingsMovie Madness is a weekly podcast hosted by Chicago film critic Erik Childress presenting movie reviews, interviews, film festival coverage, DVDs, awards, box office and much more!
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Episodes
Episode 14: Catching Up and Ready To Listen
June 02, 2016 01:00 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBThis week's episode has Erik Childress dissecting the Memorial Day Weekend box office, has another visit from Sergio Mims to discuss new Blu-rays and is hoping to hear from the listeners as to what they want to hear on future episodes.
Episode 13: Why Are We Fighting? Love Will Set You Free!
May 13, 2016 17:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBThis week's "epic" episode of Movie Madness features guests Sergio Mims talking about a number of great Blu-rays to save you from the Money Monster as well as comic book expert Erik Laws for an in-depth conversation about why Captain America: Civil War works as well as it does.
Episode 12: Summer Box Office Prediction Edition
May 06, 2016 20:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBThis week your host, Erik Childress, concentrates on one thing and one thing only - the summer box office. What has he got in the Top Ten? What films may bomb? How many will make $100 million? Will he be wrong? More importantly, could he be right? Where will your money go?
Episode 11: Forget Keanu. Remember Dolemite!
April 30, 2016 01:00 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBThis week Erik Childress gives his thoughts on Alien Day, rails against the decision to platform a Tom Hanks film and then is joined by WHPK Radio partner, Sergio Mims, to catch-up on some Blu-ray titles you may enjoy rather than rushing out to a lackluster lineup before the summer movie season kicks off.
Episode 10: Singing The Praises of "Street"
April 22, 2016 16:25 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBMovie Madness returns this week with a catch-up on how the box office has fared, a bunch of Blu-ray recommendations, reviews of a couple movies you may want to skip and one that guest Collin Souter agrees should be sought out immediately so its finds more audiences.
Episode 9: Let the Midnight Special...
April 01, 2016 02:26 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBThis week, Erik Childress discusses the latest Jeff Nichols film at length with Jim Laczkowski. He also recommends some new DVDs to check out and tears into the box office of Batman v Superman and the mythical divide between critics and audiences. http://nowplayingnetwork.net
Episode 8: Dawn of the Dead: Batman v Superman Edition
March 25, 2016 12:51 - 2 hours - 120 MBThis week Erik Childress catches up on DVDs, talks about what is going on with The Divergent Series at the box office and an in-depth near-90-minute conversation with comic book expert, Erik Laws, about the latest Zack Snyder/DC Comics pairing.
Episode 7: South By Southwest 2016
March 19, 2016 19:44 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBThis week Erik Childress talks live from Austin, TX with Ain't It Cool News' Steve Prokopy about all of the great titles from this year's SXSW Film Festival.
Episode 6: The Chicago Critics Film Festival Is Coming!
March 11, 2016 19:05 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBThis week, Erik Childress flies solo as he prepares for SXSW. He talks about the week's box office, recommends some DVDs worth binging on a weekend when studios where hesitant to show their new films and then previews the first seven films announced for this year's Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre.
Episode 5: Knight and Day: The Latest from Terrence Malick
March 04, 2016 23:14 - 1 hour - 88 MBThis week, a brief recap of the Oscars along with last weekend's box office, the top DVDs to check out this week, a review of Zootopia and a lengthy debate over the merits of Knight of Cups (or lack thereof) with Peter Sobczynski
Episode 4: 9-9-9 OSCAR DOWN
February 26, 2016 13:30 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBThis week, Erik Childress looks at Eddie the Eagle and then is joined by managing editor of RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico, to discuss the failures of Triple 9 as well as this year's Oscars. Predictions and analysis aplenty. http://nowplayingnetwork.net
Episode 3: Crisis of Faith in the Risen Witch
February 21, 2016 23:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBErik Childress flies solo this week discussing his experiences with The Witch and Risen while also given his top Blu-ray recommendations and how Deadpool is trying to become an all-timer in front-loaded box office history.
Episode 2: Deadpool Of Money
February 15, 2016 02:00 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBThis week on Movie Madness, Erik Childress goes through the week's new DVD/Blu-ray releases and recommends his top three. He talks to comic book expert, Erik Laws, about Deadpool and what it could mean for the DC Universe as well as examine this week's box office and where Zoolander 2 and How To Be Single measure up.
Episode 1: Movie Madness Debut!
February 08, 2016 14:00 - 2 hours - 152 MBErik Childress kicks off the debut edition of Movie Madness with a return from the Sundance Film Festival and his Top 10 films from there. He is joined by Collin Souter from RogerEbert.com for an in-depth discussion of the Coen Bros.' Hail, Caesar! as well as Patrick Bromley from www.fthismovie.net to discuss a very special movie-viewing event. Even a little box office is thrown in for good measure. http://nowplayingnetwork.net