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Movie Madness

Movie Madness is a weekly podcast hosted by Chicago film critic Erik Childress presenting movie reviews, interviews, film festival coverage, DVDs, awards, box office and much more!

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Episode 141: Get Your Ass To Cinepocalypse

Episode 141: Get Your Ass To Cinepocalypse

Steve Prokopy joins this episode to talk about this year’s Cinepocalypse Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre in Chica... Read more

13 Jun 2019

55mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 162: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Episode 162: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The Skywalker Saga comes to an end and the fans speak! Erik Childress looks back upon the earliest memories of Star Wars... Read more

19 Dec 2019

1hr 25mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 161: Lions & Hercules & Scarface, Oh My!

Episode 161: Lions & Hercules & Scarface, Oh My!

The Blu-rays keep coming, but another attempt is made to get Sergio Mims on the 4K train. Three major titles are discuss... Read more

23 Nov 2019

1hr 51mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 150: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 3, Part 1)

Episode 150: WHY IS THIS NOT ON BLU-RAY? (Chapter 3, Part 1)

The bi-annual question is back. Where are our Blu-rays? Where are the filmmakers’ Blu-rays? Erik Childress and Sergio M... Read more

19 Jul 2019

1hr 27mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 159: Spooky, Ooky, AND I AM SWANN!

Episode 159: Spooky, Ooky, AND I AM SWANN!

While not exclusively a show for Halloween, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims nevertheless check out a number of horror fil... Read more

27 Oct 2019

1hr 39mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 160: Werewolves, Pinheads & Alcoholics

Episode 160: Werewolves, Pinheads & Alcoholics

Halloween may be over but there is still plenty of scary stuff to talk about from Clive Barker, John Landis and Blake Ed... Read more

7 Nov 2019

1hr 15mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 135: We’re In The Endgame

Episode 135: We’re In The Endgame

The Marvel Cinematic Universe began in earnest in 2008 with Iron Man and it is now concluding with Avengers: Endgame. Co... Read more

27 Apr 2019

2hr 25mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 164: Special Editions & Special Movies To End 2019

Episode 164: Special Editions & Special Movies To End 2019

More last-minute gift ideas for the holiday as we close out 2019 with some genuine favorites from Sergio Mims and Erik C... Read more

20 Dec 2019

2hr 6mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 146: Toy Story 4 A Disappointment? Don’t Be Dumb (Box Office Mini-Episode)

Episode 146: Toy Story 4 A Disappointment? Don’t Be Dumb (Box Office Mini-Episode)

Catching up on two weeks worth of box office, Erik Childress examines the re-written headlines after Toy Story 4 did not... Read more

4 Jul 2019

24mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 157: The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Part 2)

Episode 157: The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Part 2)

Erik Childress wraps up this year’s Toronto Film Festival with Sergio Mims by sticking to the good, sometimes the great,... Read more

27 Sep 2019

1hr 18mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 148: Spider-Man Plays People For Fools (Box Office Mini-Episode)

Episode 148: Spider-Man Plays People For Fools (Box Office Mini-Episode)

Coming off of the long July 4 holiday week, Erik Childress examines how people getting burned on Toy Story 4 led them t... Read more

11 Jul 2019

20mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 155: My….Endless…Disney

Episode 155: My….Endless…Disney

The podcast only heard Sergio Mims’ thoughts on Avengers: Endgame in spirit when it first came out but Erik Childress ha... Read more

3 Sep 2019

2hr 2mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 154: Right Back Where Putney Started

Episode 154: Right Back Where Putney Started

Erik Childress & Sergio Mims go into the archives for a number of new titles this episodes. There is some real nosta... Read more

3 Sep 2019

1hr 42mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 134: Summer Box Office Predictions (2019 Edition)

Episode 134: Summer Box Office Predictions (2019 Edition)

Erik Childress’ annual box office predictions are here. He runs down his choices for the 20 films on a path to make the ... Read more

25 Apr 2019

1hr 58mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 152: Once Upon a Time…In 1969

Episode 152: Once Upon a Time…In 1969

The latest film from Quentin Tarantino is a hotbed of takes from his view of history to the treatment of his female char... Read more

30 Jul 2019

1hr 27mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 156: The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Part 1)

Episode 156: The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (Part 1)

Erik Childress’ experiences at this year’s Toronto Film Festival is split into a two-parter. This episode focuses solely... Read more

26 Sep 2019

1hr 52mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 138: Dragged Across Marwen

Episode 138: Dragged Across Marwen

For the latest batch of new Blu-rays, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims offer a pair of documentaries about wildly differen... Read more

1 Jun 2019

1hr 46mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 147: This Island Disney

Episode 147: This Island Disney

Erik Childress travels back with Sergio Mims to catch up on the releases from Disney this year and has them contemplatin... Read more

8 Jul 2019

1hr 24mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 163: Conspiracies, Concerts & Costello

Episode 163: Conspiracies, Concerts & Costello

The Blu-rays never stop stopping on the podcast with Sergio Mims back for another round to talk about some recent releas... Read more

20 Dec 2019

2hr 23mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 144: Men In Black Gets The Shaft (Box Office Mini-Episode)

Episode 144: Men In Black Gets The Shaft (Box Office Mini-Episode)

Erik Childress & Sergio Mims bypass all but some fun comparative stats on last week’s box office losers. Then they p... Read more

23 Jun 2019

1hr 45mins

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