Movie Madness
Hosted by film critic Erik Childress presenting reviews, interviews, film festival coverage, DVDs, awards and more!
Episode 17: Exorcising A Neon Demon
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.
Episode 16: Serenity Now, DePalma Later
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.
Episode 15: Hollywood's Free Fall & Other Reasons To Stay Home
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.
Episode 14: Catching Up and Ready To Listen
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.
Episode 13: Why Are We Fighting? Love Will Set You Free!
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.
Episode 12: Summer Box Office Prediction Edition
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?
Episode 11: Forget Keanu! Remember Dolemite!
This week Erik Childress gives his thoughts on Alien Day, rails against the decision to platform a Tom Hanks film and then is joined by WHPK Radio partner, Sergio Mims, to catch-up on some Blu-ray titles you may enjoy rather than rushing out to a lackluster lineup before the summer movie season kicks off.
Episode 10: Singing The Praises of "Street"
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.
Episode 9: Let the Midnight Special...
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.
Episode 8: Dawn of the Dead: Batman vs Superman Edition
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.