Movie Madness

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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Be sure to check out

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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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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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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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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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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Be sure to check out

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.

(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)

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

The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations.

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