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Episode 662: Heaven, Hell and John Waters
Jun 22, 2026
2h 04m 39s
Episode 661: Legends & Memories To Infinity and Beyond
Jun 19, 2026
1h 48m 12s
Episode 660: You Ever Feel Like A Can Full Of Smashed A******s?
Jun 15, 2026
1h 52m 17s
Episode 659: The New Spielberg Is Out There
Jun 12, 2026
1h 27m 46s
Episode 658: Chubby Rain II: Neighbors & Aliens
Jun 8, 2026
1h 35m 08s
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| 6/22/26 |  Episode 662: Heaven, Hell and John Waters | This week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at John Waters getting the Criterion treatment. There are a pair of middle-of-the-road (at best) upgrades for Adam Sandler as well as a film with his Bulletproof co-star. James Garner and Bruce Willis in a Hollywood western murder mystery misfire but thankfully Clint Eastwood is also here to save the day. There is the Takashi Miike film that makes good use of the term “not for the squeamish.” And while the subject matter of one death after another did not bode well for a Robin Williams film about heaven and hell, the duo make the case that it was worth a revisit.1:33 - Criterion (Desperate Living (4K), Hairspray (1987) (4K))31:57 - Alliance (Sunset)41:09 - Kino (Hang ‘Em High (4K), Major Payne)1:00:15 - Sony (50 First Dates (4K), Click (4K))1:17:40 - Shout (What Dreams May Come (4K))1:37:51 - Arrow (Audition (4K))1:54:38 – New TV on Blu-ray (Masters of the Universe: Revelation/Revolution (Steelbook), I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Complete Series)1:56:23 - New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Alpha (2025), Magellan, Mr. K, Pools, The Last Showgirl)2:01:10 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 2h 04m 39s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  Episode 661: Legends & Memories To Infinity and Beyond | There is no shortage of movies to talk about this week so Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy take on 12 of them for you. They include a pair of documentaries ranging from missing Disney memorabilia (Stolen Kingdom) to an Icelandic memory piece connected to the melting of the glaciers (Time and Water). Grief and travel intersect between a mother and a daughter (Honeyjoon) as well as in the new Edward Burns golf film (Finnegan’s Foursome). A mom’s mysterious illness doesn’t bode well for another family (The Voices of Our Mother) and the loss of her sister through cancer finds Zoey Deutsch romance (Voicemails for Isabelle)? Hayley Kiyoko turns her song into a book and now into a movie (Girls Like Girls) but young gay men must confront their own demon in more brutal ways (Leviticus). A murder in Saudi Arabia prompts a true crime enthusiast into action (Unidentified). Hugh Jackman and the director of Pig shows us the end of a legend (The Death of Robin Hood). Last, but certainly not least, the original Pixar gang is back for another timely comic adventure (Toy Story 5) and we hope it is not the last.Review Catch-UpFinnegan’s FoursomeThe Voices of Our MotherHoneyjoonStolen KingdomVoicemails for IsabelleTime and WaterUnidentifiedGirls Like GirlsLeviticusThe Death of Robin HoodToy Story 5CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 48m 12s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  Episode 660: You Ever Feel Like A Can Full Of Smashed A******s? | Another full week in physical media captured by Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski. Within they discuss the debut of director Lisa Cholodenko and the history of one of Erich von Stroheim’s final works as a filmmaker. Sidney Poitier plays a militant revolutionary and Lin Manuel Miranda’s historical musical are here. In the wake of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day might we recommend Charlie Sheen solving an alien conspiracy. They talk about the film which may have been part of the last hurrah of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s run as a box office megastar. Finally one of the great atomic age monster movies and the third in George Romero’s zombie films round out the week.3:15 - Criterion (High Art)11:12 - Milestone (Queen Kelly)21:08 - Lionsgate (The Arrival 4K)30:44 - Kino (Unearthly Stranger, A Man Could Get Killed, The Lost Man)47:55 - Disney (Hamilton (4K))54:01 - Warner (Eraser (4K))1:06:42 - Shout (Them! (4K), Day of the Dead (1985) (Collector’s Edition) (4K))TV (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Complete First Season, Dark Winds (Season 4), Difficult People: The Complete Series)New (Scream 7 (4K Steelbook), The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (4K), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (4K), You, Me & Tuscany)CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 52m 17s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  Episode 659: The New Spielberg Is Out There | It may be a light week in quantity for Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy but it’s a heavy one in quality. Maybe not so much with the tale of young women encountering bad dudes on vacation (Find Your Friends). But there is also a documentary on a very notable band from the ‘80s (Boy George & Culture Club). If you want to get your action on, someone on the show believes it may be one of the best martial arts films you will ever see (The Furious). Finally, Steven Spielberg returns for his latest masterwork about otherworldly visitors and whether or not we’re ready (Disclosure Day).0:55 - Review Catch-Up12:27 - Boy George & Culture Club28:24 - Find Your Friends44:55 - The Furious57:29 - Disclosure DayCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 27m 46s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  Episode 658: Chubby Rain II: Neighbors & Aliens✨ | physical mediafilm reviews+4 | Peter Sobczynski | Rotten TomatoesElk Grove Cinema+12 | — | physical mediafilm reviews+4 | — | 1h 35m 08s | |
| 6/5/26 |  Episode 657: Good Journeys And Bad Ones To Remember In September✨ | movie reviewsdocumentaries+4 | Steve Prokopy | NetflixEarth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s The Weight of the World+6 | — | movie reviewsdocumentary+5 | — | 1h 36m 07s | |
| 6/1/26 |  Episode 656: Who Goes There?✨ | physical mediafilm reviews+3 | Peter Sobczynski | CharadeFive Easy Pieces+9 | — | Cary GrantAudrey Hepburn+3 | — | 1h 11m 47s | |
| 5/29/26 |  Episode 655: Do You Hear What I Hear?✨ | film reviewsdocumentary+5 | Steve Prokopy | Room to MoveNesting+9 | — | film reviewsdocumentary+8 | — | 1h 55m 43s | |
| 5/25/26 |  Episode 654: Nice Goin’, Kid!✨ | physical medianostalgia+4 | Peter Sobczynski | LennySentimental Value+6 | — | Criterionclassic cartoons+5 | — | 2h 49m 05s | |
| 5/22/26 |  Episode 653: This Is Not The Way✨ | movie reviewsfilm analysis+5 | Steve Prokopy | Rotten TomatoesElk Grove Cinema+10 | — | movie reviewsSilent Friend+7 | — | 1h 27m 53s | |
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| 5/18/26 |  Episode 652: Life Is On The Wire. Everything Else Is Just Waiting.✨ | physical mediafilm reviews+5 | Peter Sobczynski | CriterionSony+27 | — | physical mediafilm reviews+5 | — | 2h 09m 47s | |
| 5/15/26 |  Episode 651: Wish In One Hand And OH S**T In The Other✨ | film reviewsdocumentaries+5 | Steve Prokopy | The Chaplain & The DoctorEveryone Is Lying To You for Money+7 | — | film reviewsdocumentaries+7 | — | 1h 34m 22s | |
| 5/11/26 |  Episode 650: Yes Virginia, You Can Loop A Chopper✨ | physical mediafilm festivals+5 | Peter Sobczynski | CriterionWarner Archive+31 | — | physical mediaCriterion+5 | — | 1h 33m 22s | |
| 5/1/26 |  Episode 649: You’re Not Writing That, Are You?✨ | film reviewsChicago Critics Film Festival+4 | Steve Prokopy | Music Box TheatreOne Spoon of Chocolate+6 | — | film reviewsChicago Critics Film Festival+7 | — | 1h 24m 00s | |
| 4/27/26 |  Episode 648: You See Outlaw Josey Wales? What a Flick!✨ | physical mediafilm collections+3 | Peter Sobczynski | CriterionKino+6 | — | John SingletonJess Franco+7 | — | 2h 18m 43s | |
| 4/24/26 |  Episode 647: If You Believe, Clap Your Hands!✨ | film reviewsdocumentary+5 | Steve Prokopy | Pretty Ugly: The Story of the LunachicksI Swear+7 | — | film reviewsdocumentary+7 | — | 1h 57m 40s | |
| 4/20/26 |  Episode 646: Makin’ Stone Cold Whoopee For $93,000 | It’s another week of physical media and Erik Childress is joined again by Peter Sobczynski to take you through a selection of Universal classics featuring W.C. Fields. There is also an all-star cast crime-and-court film, Johnny Depp as a book detective and even some original J-horror. There is also Lee Marvin defining the role of Donald Westlake’s anti-hero Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, the Bridges brothers and a couple pianos and, of all things, the signature Brian Bosworth action film.5:02 - Criterion (Point Blank (4K))20:48 - Universal (Million Dollar Legs, International House, Mississippi)Imprint (The Fabulous Baker Boys)Kino (The House of Seven Corpses (4K), Stone Cold (4K))Warner Bros. (Sleepers (4K))Lions Gate (The Ninth Gate 4K)Arrow (The Eye (4K))NEW (Send Help (4K), 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (4K), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (4K), Die My Love (4K), Primate, Shelter 4K, The Strangers: Chapter 3, Christy)CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 45m 34s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 |  Episode 645: Well It’s No Ally Sheedy’s Frankenstein | Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy fly solo on most of the movies this week, but they still have nine titles to talk about. Lena Headey discovers she may have created the bullet that killed her son (Ballistic). A strange friendship develops between two disparate young men when one tries to maybe stop the other from committing a school shooting (Our Hero, Balthazar). Barbie Ferreira plays a music critic who gets involved with the band she is covering (Mile End Kicks). The latest comedy from Peter Farrelly has Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser as the creators of a very unusual condom (Balls Up). Keanu Reeves is a Hollywood star trying to prevent an embarrassing video from getting out (Outcome). There’s a documentary about the creator of Saturday Night Live (Lorne). Bob Odenkirk is in action mode again taking on a whole town in the latest from Ben Wheatley (Normal). Steven Soderbergh’s latest has Ian McKellen as an artist who hires a forger to finish his paintings (The Christophers). Finally, the director of Evil Dead Rise gets his name above the familiar title of his even more familiar horror film. (Lee Cronin’s The Mummy).1:20 - Ballistic10:12 - Balls Up20:46 - Outcome32:17 - Mile End Kicks43:25 - Our Hero, Balthazar53:34 - Lorne1:03:16 - Normal1:16:33 - The Christophers1:24:40 - Lee Cronin’s The MummyCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 46m 05s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 |  Episode 644: Blessed Are The Cheesemakers, We Used To Make Failed IP | Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have a lot to say about this week’s batch of physical media. Maybe not as much as the most successful franchise entry amongst them, but certainly about Ernst Lubitsch’s romantic comedy about thieves in love. Most definitely about Monty Python’s religious-skewering masterpiece. But there is also the troubled transports carrying George Kennedy and the out-of-control one that ranks as one of the great action films of the 1980s. An obscure, hard-to-find comedy about UFO seekers is the first of two Fred Ward headliners this week which leads into two films the guys have some fondness for including Orion’s attempt at an American James Bond and one of the very first masked do-gooders.4:29 - Criterion (Trouble in Paradise (1932) (4K), Monty Python’s Life of Brian (4K))22:57 - Universal (Meet the Fockers (4K))29:46 - Kino (Death Ship (4K), Runaway Train (4K), UFOria 4K, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (4K), The Phantom (4K))1:41:12 - More New Titles (Becoming Led Zeppelin, Hearts of Darkness: The Making of the Final Friday, Midwinter Break)1:42:31 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 44m 44s | ||||||
| 4/6/26 |  Episode 643: Tell Me About The Birds And The Cats | It’s a light week for physical media but that doesn’t mean that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski don’t have you covered. There is one of the great film noirs, particularly for fans of The Shawshank Redemption. A magnificent wonder in fantasy filmmaking from over a century ago that looks better than many films today. Meiko Kaji’s martial arts double feature gets the Arrow treatment. Finally, exploitation fans will have a field day this week with the essential Russ Meyer film as well as the film personally endorsed by none other than Bill Murray.1:34 - Criterion: (Gilda (4K))Kino (The Thief of Bagdad (1924))RM Films (Faster Pussycat Kill Kill)Synapse (Frankenhooker 4K)Arrow (Wandering Ginza Butterfly Collection)NEW (V/H/S Halloween, Mercy, Peacock, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo)CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 48m 54s | ||||||
| 4/3/26 |  Episode 642: Do You Want Pizza Or Drama? | Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review six movies this week. Erik looks at a Netflix true crime documentary about the murder of a rising cyclist (The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson) as well as a couple trying to re-ignite a passion they moved on from (A Love Like This). There is a comedy about the friendship that develops between an aging actress and the unemployed neurotic who becomes her nanny (Fantasy Life). Two roommates sample a synthetic drug and only food can save them from the wacky side effects (Pizza Movie). The billion dollar Nintendo franchise returns with a sequel (The Super Mario Galaxy Movie). Finally Zendaya’s secret may be enough to ruin her engagement to Robert Pattinson (The Drama).1:14 - The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson6:40 - Pizza Movie17:32 - A Love Like This22:48 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie37:10 - Fantasy Life45:05 - The DramaCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 07m 58s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  Episode 641: Your Body is A WonderWeapon | Leading a very classic and cult-like week in physical media, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have got you covered. Unlike Madonna. It’s a week filled Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Bob Hope (including one of our Why-Is-This-Not-On-Blu-Ray titles). There is also James Caan at his best, Jamie Foxx winning an Oscar and some cool martial arts titles. Dustin Hoffman trying to stop a virus, Ernest Borgnine trying to summon Satan and Adam Sandler as the son of said Satan. You also have an upgrade for Tobe Hooper’s Stephen King adaptation. And getting back to Madonna, the guys can’t help talk about the crazy, ridiculous erotic thriller now available in all its unrated 4K glory.1:16 - Criterion (A Man and a Woman, The Blade (4K))9:51 - Warner Archive (The Gay Divorcee, The Man Who Came to Dinner)22:52 - Universal (The Big Broadcast of 1938, Give Me a Sailor, Variety Girl)36:32 - Cinematographe (The Gambler 4K)45:10 - MGM (The Great Smokey Roadblock)49:35 - Kino (Ray 4K)56:06 - Shout (Outbreak (4K), Little Nicky (4K Steelbook))1:11:45 - Severin (The Devil’s Rain 4K, Vampyros Lesbos (4K), She Killed in Ecstasy 4K)1:27:34 - Vinegar Syndrome (Body of Evidence 4K)1:40:51 - Arrow (Eiichi Kudo’s Samurai Revolution Trilogy, Salem’s Lot (4K))1:56:16 - New TV and Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray (Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Greenland 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, Marty Supreme (4K))1:57:38 – New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 2h 00m 01s | ||||||
| 3/27/26 |  Episode 640: DANCE You Rich Disease-Ridden A.I. Narcissist Satan Worshippers | Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have a busy, if not a great week, with 11 movie reviews for you. If documentaries are what you crave Steve has a trio for you with a potentially soon-to-be-outdated tale of how we’re all going to die (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptomist), one about a legendary rocker of the ‘80s (Billy Idol Should Be Dead) and another about a famed fashion designer by a Coppola or (Marc by Sofia). He also looks at the latest animated work from the creator of The Triplets of Belleville (A Magnificent Life). Marisa Tomei tries to prevent her daughter from making a big mistake (You’re Dating a Narcissist!) while Julia Ducournau’s latest has another mother trying to keep her daughter safe from a mysterious infection (Alpha). Steve Zahn chaperones his daughter to a dance competition (She Dances) while a group of young ballerinas try to fight their way out of a dirty European hotel (Pretty Lethal) and Zazie Beetz tries to do the same against immortal satan worshippers (They Will Kill You). Not to be outdone, a mean girl clique dabbles in witchcraft but eventually end up in Final Destination (Forbidden Fruits). Finally, Vince Vaughn tries to undo a fatal mistake in an action-comedy with a twist. (Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice)1:44 - The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptomist10:59 - You’re Dating a Narcissist!19:05 - Billy Idol Should Be Dead30:04 - Pretty Lethal40:32 - She Dances50:09 - Alpha1:03:24 - A Magnificent Life1:10:19 - Forbidden Fruits1:21:16 - Marc by Sofia1:27:44 - They Will Kill You1:37:37 - Mike & Nick & Nick & AliceCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 52m 15s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 |  Episode 639: Red Sonja and the Talisman Of Lunacy | After a week off, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski return to catch you all up on the world of physical media. This week there are war films and after-war films, both with Gene Hackman. There are movies with dogs and giant insects, Looney Tunes, Loony Porno and the lunacy of Antonio Margheriti. They discuss another underrated Coen Bros. film as well as a film that is not far removed from another of their loony classics. Criterion adds the latest Scorsese to their collection and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie fans should check out Matt Johnson’s previous film. Finally, one of the goofiest of 1980s sword-and-sorcery films gets the glorious Arrow treatment and God bless them.1:19 - Criterion (Classe Tous Risques (The Big Risk) (4K), Killers of the Flower Moon (4K))16:52 - Warner Archive (Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault (Volume 2))20:52 - Magnolia (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porno)25:57 - Severin (Antonio Margheriti and the Jungles of Doom 4K)32:43 - Kino (Jack Benny Comedy Classics, A Bridge Too Far (4K), Uncommon Valor (4K), House Calls, K2 (4K), Beethoven, Mimic 4K)1:26:33 - Radiance (Cutter’s Way)1:35:32 - Shout (Hail, Caesar! (4K))1:46:59 - IFC (Blackberry)1:54:08 - Arrow (The Birthday (4K), Red Sonja (4K))2:20:36 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Anaconda (2025) (4K), The Housemaid (4K), Good Boy, Return to Silent Hill (4K), David, We Bury the Dead, Rebuilding, The Accidental Getaway Driver, Zodiac Killer Project, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Cleaned)2:23:18 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 2h 26m 44s | ||||||
| 3/20/26 |  Episode 638: Pathetic Earthlings Hurling Your Bodies Out Into The Void | Fresh from returning from this year’s SXSW Film Festival, Erik Childress returns to review six movies with Steve Prokopy. They range from Mena Suvari as Elizabeth Bathory (Vampires of the Velvet Lounge) to a documentary on feminine representation in genre films (1000 Women In Horror). Rose Byrne is a homeless woman who loses her car (Tow) while Samara Weaving plays another deadly game of hide and seek (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come) and podcasters get some horrific audio problems (Undertone). Finally, Ryan Gosling goes into space to save the planet, but it is about the friend he makes along the way (Project Hail Mary).1:22 - Vampires of the Velvet Lounge11:21 - 1000 Women In Horror20:17 - Tow26:40 - Ready or Not 2: Here I Come36:11 - Undertone45:23 - Project Hail MaryCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST OR BUY FROM MOVIEZYNGBe sure to check outErik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical 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.USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTSSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE 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 | 1h 03m 19s | ||||||
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