Movie Madness

This week Erik Childress does a quick analysis of the box office before getting to Sergio Mims for their weekly DVD discussion. After that, Sergio sticks around to kick off a new segment as they analyze the history of the disaster film, a title that may follow around the new Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg effort in more ways than one. 0:00:00 – 0:02:05 – Intro 0:02:05 – 0:16:46 – Box Office 0:16:46 – 1:25:56 – Blu-rays with Sergio Mims 1:25:56 – 2:15:05 – Disaster Films & Deepwater Horizon with Sergio Mims 2:15:05 – 2:17:39 – Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

Erik Childress returns from Toronto to catch up on the latest Blu-rays with Sergio Mims and announce a special update to this regular segment. Then he is joined by Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com to talk about some of the best films they saw at the Toronto International Film Festival. 0:00:00 – 0:01:31 – Intro 0:01:31 – 1:33:48 - Sergio Mims & the DVDs 133:48 – 2:39:10 - Brian Tallerico & the Toronto Film Festival 2:39:10 – 2:41:57 - Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

Sergio Mims joins the podcast once again to discuss the latest in Blu-rays, but not before Erik Childress breaks down the summer box office and where studios may continue to be going wrong with their releases.   0:00:00 - 0:03:41 - Intro 0:03:42 - 0:25:09 - Box Office (Studios & Platform Releases) 0:25:09 - 0:51:29 - Summer Box Office (Winners & Losers) 0:51:30 - 2:09:52 - Blu-rays with Sergio Mims 2:09:52 - 2:13:29 - Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This week's episode foregoes the regular segments such as box office and Blu-rays when Erik Childress has a frank discussion with Sergio Mims about the Nate Parker sexual assault case from the past as well as the future of an audience's relationship with The Birth of a Nation. 0:00 - 1:23 - Intro 1:23 - 59:57 - Sergio Mims on Nate Parker and The Birth of a Nation 59:58 - 1:09:18 - Post-Interview Update on The Birth of a Nation Case 1:09:18 - 1:12:06 - Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

After explaining why it would be wrong to forget about Pete's Dragon, Erik Childress talks with Blu-ray and film history expert, Sergio Mims, on a new batch of titles. Then he is joined by critic and film producer Scott Weinberg to discuss the world premiere of Found Footage 3-D 0:00 - 3:45 - Intro 3:45 - 22:50 - Box Office 22:50 - 1:36:40 - New Blu-rays with Sergio Mims 1:36:41 - 2:32:55 - Found Footage 3-D with Scott Weinberg 2:32:56 - 2:35:52 - Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

After Erik Childress is done analyzing the future prospects of Suicide Squad's run at the box office he talks with Steve Prokopy about the Fantasia Film Festival and then with Josh Goldbloom about the returning Bruce Campbell Horror Fest. 0:00 - 1:20 - Intro 1:20 - 22:58 - Suicide Squad and the Box Office 22:58 - 1:13:47 - Fantasia Film Festival with Steve Prokopy 1:13:47 - 1:46:20 - Bruce Campbell Horror Festival with Josh Goldbloom 1:46:20 - 1:49:05 - Outro This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

0:00 - 1:48 - Introduction 1:48 - 21:01 - Box Office 21:01 - 1:33:37 - DVDs & Blu-rays with Sergio Mims 1:33:38 - 2:43:03 - Suicide Squad In-Depth with Erik Laws 2:43:03 - 2:45:48 - Closing This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

0:00 - 10:40 - Intro & Upcoming Summer Movie Recommendations 10:42 - 33:00 - Ghostbusters and the Box Office 33:00 - 01:44:00 - Blu-rays with Sergio Mims   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This week, Erik Childress looks at how weird the box office this summer and then gives his thoughts on the new Ghostbusters reboot with Hitfix's Drew McWeeny as they discuss all kinds of B.S. about haters, critics and the industry.   1:39 - 28:16 - Box Office 28:17 - 1:18:17 - Guest Drew McWeeny     This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This week Erik Childress creates a mock ballot for his choices of the best of 2016 so far and gives the latest look at the box office. Sergio Mims is back to talk new Blu-rays and a bit about "the Spielberg brand."   0 - 5:40 - Intro & Upcoming Special Events 5:40 - 27:45 - Box Office 27:45 - 1:38:55 Blu-rays and DVDs with Sergio Mims 1:38:55 - 1:56:15 - The Mid-Year Ballot 1:56:15 - 1:58:25 - Closing & a Preview of Things To Come   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

Another epic episode starts with dissecting the summer box office slump. Then Sergio Mims talks an array of new Blu-rays and DVDs. Finally Jim Laczkowski stops by to trade thoughts on the latest from Nicolas Winding Refn.   (0:00 - 0:19) Intro & Box Office (0:19 - 1:34) DVD/Blu-ray Talk with Sergio Mims (1:34 - 2:33) Jim Laczkowski and The Neon Demon   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This week Erik Childress talks to Peter Sobczynski about the Brian DePalma documentary as well as the retrospective at Chicago's Music Box Theatre. The box office is examined again as well, but not before an examination of the Orlando aftermath. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This week's episode chronicles the beginning of the worst summer box office in a decade, a conversation with Sergio Mims about new Blu-rays to check out as well as one with Patrick Bromley of FThisMovie.net about Junesploitation! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This 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.     This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This 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? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This weekErik Childress gives his thoughts on Alien Day, rails against thedecision to platform a Tom Hanks film and then is joined by WHPKRadio partner, Sergio Mims, to catch-up on some Blu-ray titles youmay enjoy rather than rushing out to a lackluster lineup before thesummer movie season kicks off. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

Movie 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

This 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com