Movie Madness

Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski are back on physical media duty this week featuring some of Peter’s favorites and maybe some of his least favorites. Not going to tell you which. But it’s a show filled with the work of Leos Carax plus bizarre musicals ranging from the life of Jesus to Steve Martin getting very serious very quickly. We’ve got Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and a pair of Robin Williams upgrades plus sets celebrating Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. There’s a somewhat forgotten ‘80s pairing of Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger and a family fantasy with John Goodman. One of the better Tarantino-inspired films of the ‘90s gets the Arrow treatment as does one of the greatest sci-fi films ever.

3:48 - Criterion (Three Films By Leos Carax (4K))

22:12 - Universal (Frankenstein Complete Legacy 4K, The Wolf Man Complete Legacy 4K)

27:22 - Warner Archive (Marked Woman, Pennies from Heaven)

47:06 - Ad Break

49:06 - Kino (Jesus Christ Superstar 4K, The Caveman’s Valentine, Brit Noir Collection IV)

1:05:56 - Vinegar Syndrome (The First Deadly Sin (4K))

1:15:02 - Alliance (Nadine, The Borrowers)

1:26:54 - Ad Break

1:28:54 - Disney (Dead Poets Society (4K), Mrs. Doubtfire (4K))

1:46:22 - Arrow (Forbidden Planet (4K), Go (4K))

2:10:25 - New TV and on Theatrical Titles Blu-ray (Happy's Place (Season Two), Law and Order: SVU—Season 27, Continental ’25, My Sole Desire, Young Mothers, HoneyJoon, Idiotka, Shadow Force (4K))

2:12:13 - 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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Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy return from the festivals in Toronto and Austin to come back to the world of the present releases. Erik looks at a pair of documentaries focused on the changing rivers of Texas (Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers) and the career of one of the most famous models (Twiggy). Steve checks in with a horror title that says it all from Fantastic Fest (Bloody Tennis) and what you might expect from Marvel’s big re-release this weekend (Avengers Endgame: Encore). There is a rom-com with source material you will not believe (The Love Hypothesis) and a Netflix film about the origin and capture of Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber). Jay Baruchel plays the Canadian equivalent of Evil Knievel (The Stunt Driver). Brad Pitt is trapped in the wild with his trusty combat dog (Heart of the Beast) and a pair of best friends have to remember their way out of a mythical location (Forgotten Island). Finally, Robert Pattinson is Chris Hansen from To Catch a Predator trying to explain himself (Primetime).

2:45 - Review Catch Up

9:02 - Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers

14:56 - Bloody Tennis

21:15 - Twiggy

27:41 - Ad Break

29:41 - Avengers Endgame: Encore

39:40 - The Love Hypothesis

50:35 - The Stunt Driver

1:03:20 – Unabomber

1:12:45 - Ad Break

1:14:45 - Heart of the Beast

1:24:32 - Forgotten Island

1:33:37 - Primetime

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Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski return to catch you up on the world of physical media. This week you can get two very acclaimed films from just last year on behalf of Criterion. There’s a WWI thriller from John Ford and a story from the same era about a guy who really, really likes buildings. A Re-Animator sequel gets an upgrade as does a bizarre 3-D sci-fi film from the ‘60s and an even weirder sci-fi musical with Olivia Newton John. They got plenty of Italian crime films as well as one of Walter Hill’s most overlooked films. Finally, they take another look at the controversy over Neil Jordan’s big Anne Rice adaptation and how the film holds up.

3:22 - Criterion (The Secret Agent (2025) (4K), Nouvelle Vague (4K))

14:53 - Warner Archive (Skyscraper Souls, The Lost Patrol, Bundle of Joy)

35:41 - Deaf Crocodile (Toomorrow)

43:42 - Ad Break

45:42 - Kino (The Bubble 3D, Italio Crime Collection 4K, Johnny Handsome 4K, Careful, Bulletproof 4K)

1:35:21 - Ad Break

1:37:21 - Ignite Films (Bride of Re-Animator 4K)

1:52:58 - Warner Bros. (Interview with the Vampire (4K))

2:12:30 - New TV on Blu-ray (Landman (Season Two), Outlander (The Complete Series))

2:13:01 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Toy Story 5 (4K), Evil Dead Burn (4K), I Love Boosters (4K), Scary Movie (2026), Faces of Death (2026), Young Washington, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Girls Like Girls)

CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNG

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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The fall festival season is in full bloom and Erik Childress will be covering the Toronto International Film Festival for his 23rd year. Before he arrives though, there are ten films he wants to put on your radar if you are attending and can fit into your schedule. Otherwise, remember them in the future for when they hopefully find distribution. They include music documentaries of well-known singers and a pair hoping to find greater success. There are stories about masculinity and women fighting back against oppression and much worse. A harrowing new horror film from the director of Train to Busan but also a delightful summer hang comedy and another hysterical one with Christopher Walken as a mortician. And that’s just the beginning.

4:41 - Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been

9:57 - Pretenders

12:50 - Bleeding Hearts

14:56 - Sunburn

17:06 - Head to Head

19:24 - Paradise Lost

21:49 - Strong Son

24:23 - I Am Mario

26:09 - Phoolan

28:45 - Back in Black

CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNG

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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Just because Erik Childress is headed to the Toronto Film Festival doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have you covered in the physical media department while he’s gone. Peter Sobczynski and him go over two weeks worth of releases including Sidney Lumet’s incredible debut and Jon Favreau’s as well. There is also Mike Nichols’ final film as well as one of the great (if not greatest) film noirs of all-time. There are incredible documentaries ranging from the horrors of the Holocaust to the horrors of the highway. Warner Bros is doing Looney Tunes right for a change while Arrow does right by their star-studded Robert Towne noir. Finally, the newly formed Toy Robot Video does right by all the He-Man fans of the ‘80s who still carry a torch for the Cannon Films production of their beloved action figures.

3:19 - Criterion (12 Angry Men (1957) (4K), Shoah (4K))

22:46 - Kino (Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films)

37:00 - Warner Archive (Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3, Out of the Past 4K)

54:32 - Ad Break

56:32 - Severin (Danza Macabra Vol. 5)

1:06:47 - Lionsgate (Made 4K, Sorority Row 4K)

1:23:16 - Shout Factory (Charlie Wilson's War (4K))

1:36:29 - Ad Break

1:38:29 - Toy Robot Video (Masters of the Universe (1987) (4K))

1:58:55 - Arrow (Tequila Sunrise (4K))

2:14:58 – New TV on Blu-ray (Star Trek—The Original Series 60th Anniversary, Shaun the Sheep (Season Seven), Tulsa King (Season Three), Scooby-Doo and Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Series, Dark Shadows (Volume One))

2:15:58 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Supergirl (2026) (4K), Minions & Monsters (4K), Passenger, Stop! That! Train!, Maddie's Secret, Leviticus)

CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNG

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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