Movie Madness

Some new titles in physical media this week and a few to catch up with from last week, Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski have you covered. They include a couple of monumental documentaries from Barbara Kopple and the history of Ozploitation is lovingly told in its own doc. Val Kilmer dons the mask(s) of a classic character while Jude Law and Ed Harris snipe at one another. Danny Boyle’s original rage-infested tale gets an upgrade as does a film once torn apart by the Weinsteins. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are sister witches, there’s an early appearance by Rachel Ward and poor Don Johnson has to choose between Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Connelly. Poor guy.

2:49 - Criterion (Harlan County USA (4K), American Dream)

16:07 - Sony (28 Days Later (4K Steelbook))

26:57 - Ad Break

28:57 - Vinegar Syndrome (Night School 4K, Lady in White 4K, Not Quite Hollywood)

52:29 - Cinematographe (54 4K)

1:06:37 - Ad Break

1:08:37 - Paramount (The Saint (4K), Enemy at the Gates (4K Steelbook))

1:22:49 - WB (Practical Magic (4K))

1:30:45 - Radiance (The Hot Spot 4K)

1:51:54 - New Blu-ray Announcements

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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.

(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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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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