Episode 551: With Friends Like These Who Needs A Ballad?

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Episode Description: Jessica B. Harris may have been born and raised in New York City, but she has Tennessee roots through her father and has spent much of her life split between homes in the Northeast and the South – specifically New Orleans. For more than fifty years, she has been a college professor, a writer, and a lecturer, and her many books have earned her a reputation as an authority on food of the African Diaspora, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the James Beard Foundation. A few years back, Netflix adapted her book, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America , into a 4 part docuseries. And I’m very proud to say that she’s a longtime contributor to Southern Living with a regular column called The Welcome Table. This episode was recorded in the Southern Living Birmingham studios, and Sid and Jessica talked about her mother’s signature mac and cheese, the cast-iron skillet she’d be sure to save if ever her house were on fire, and her dear friend, the late New Orleans chef Leah Chase. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by : Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

about a year ago 1:31:42

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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have reviews of eight new movies this week. They revisit one of the best films they saw at Sundance this year (The Ballad of Wallis Island) while Erik handles this week’s latest video game adaptation (A Minecraft Movie). Public domain puts Steamboat Willie into horror (Screamboat) and how do they like dem apple on dat head (William Tell). Michael Shannon directs the aftermath of a school shooting (Eric Larue) and Paul Walter Hauser plays the infamous Press Your Luck champion (The Luckiest Man In America). The directors of Half Nelson and Captain Marvel make an ‘80s anthology (Freaky Tales) and, finally, Naomi Watts and a Great Dane grieve over the loss of Bill Murray (The Friend).

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - The Ballad of Wallis Island

10:44 - A Minecraft Movie

21:11 - Screamboat

32:11 - William Tell

39:53 - Eric Larue

53:40 - The Luckiest Man in America

1:10:14 - Freaky Tales

1:18:29 - The Friend

1:30:30 - Outro

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Episode 551: With Friends Like These Who Needs A Ballad?

Movie Madness

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published about a year ago

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0:00 - Intro

1:37 - The Ballad of Wallis Island

10:44 - A Minecraft Movie

21:11 - Screamboat

32:11 - William Tell

39:53 - Eric Larue

53:40 - The Luckiest Man in America

1:10:14 - Freaky Tales

1:18:29 - The Friend

1:30:30 - 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

573 episodes

#Movies #Cinema #Erik Childress #Fine Arts #Arts

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Movie Madness Podcast Episode 568: All Time To Talk Bond 1:28:20

3 days ago1:28:20

1:28:20

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski go over the history of Sidney Lumet’s version of The Wiz. They look over the failed attempt to tell the story of Air America and the ridiculous entry into the cyber-thriller canon known for anything but the hacking. Then they go through a new set upgrading the original Sean Connery James Bond films and how they compare to the other versions throughout the years. For more James Bond talk go back to this episode with the great Sergio Mims talking about No Time To Die and his personal relationship to this iconic character. 2:00 - Criterion ( The Wiz 4K ) 21:09 - Lionsgate ( Air America 4K ) 31:09 - Arrow ( Swordfish 4K ) 43:56 - WB ( Sean Connery 007 4K ) 1:22:11 New Theatrical & TV Titles on Blu-ray) ( A Working Man , Drop , Borderline , In the Lost Lands , The Friend , Dexter - Original Sin: Season One , The Creep Tapes: Season One ) 1:26:26 - New Blu-ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST And be sure to check out Chicago Screening Schedule – All the films coming to theaters and streaming. 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…

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Movie Madness Episode 567: You Must Have Seen Her…And That…Again. 1:23:07

6 days ago1:23:07

1:23:07

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy go from the comically violent travails of adoptive parents Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells (I Don’t Understand You) to yet another exorcism film with Al Pacino and Dan Stevens (The Ritual). The creature that once stalked Schwarzenegger now gets animated (Predator: Killer of Killers) and a shark-loving serial killer leads to a cat-and-mouse battle on a boat (Dangerous Animals). Wes Anderson delivers his latest (The Phoenician Scheme), Mike Flanagan adapts another Stephen King novella (The Life of Chuck) and the World of John Wick gets a little bigger (Ballerina). Find out what is worth your time. 1:47 - I Don't Understand You 13:20 - The Ritual 25:13 - Predator: Killer of Killers 35:43 - Dangerous Animals 44:39 - The Phoenician Scheme 57:00 - The Life of Chuck 1:10:29 - Ballerina CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Movie Madness Episode 566: Don’t Forget The Beatles White Album Or The Hot Fat 1:45:40

10 days ago1:45:40

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Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through another week of physical media. This week you can include masterworks from Paul Schrader, Terry Gilliam and Jonathan Demme on your shelves. There are also underrated works from George Romero and Mel Brooks as well as career work from Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. They talk about the oddness that ranges from Linda Blair on skates to Dennis Quaid as an infamous singer plus the one Sam Peckinpah film you may want to watch alone first. 2:52 - Criterion ( Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters 4K , Brazil 4K ) 22:27 - Cinematographe ( Swimming to Cambodia ) 29:49 - Sandpiper ( Roller Boogie , Great Balls of Fire , Malice , Life Stinks , Leaving Las Vegas ) 1:15:47 - Shout Factory ( Monkey Shines 4K , Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 4K ) 1:40:54 - New Theatrical Titles & TV on Blu-ray ( The Ballad of Wallis Island , Opus , Freaky Tales , When Evil Lurks , Doctor Who - Jon Pertwee: The Complete Season One ) 1:43:21 - New Blu-ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Movie Madness Podcast Episode 565: Sweep the Leg. Hard. All Of Them! 1:01:36

13 days ago1:01:36

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Six films are on the slate this week for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They include a pair of documentaries about the making of The Day After (Television Event) and the frontman for U2 in a filmed version of his stage show (Bono: Stories of Surrender). A puppeteer must transition to samurai in the Old West (Tornado) while a group of billionaires struggle with the dangerous implications of one of their businesses (Mountainhead). The directors of Talk To Me deliver their latest bit of horror (Bring Her Back) while Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio team up for a new protégé (Karate Kid: Legends). 1:21 - Television Event 10:10 - Bono: Stories of Surrender 18:57 - Tornado 27:42 - Mountainhead 37:46 - Bring Her Back 50:25 - Karate Kid: Legends CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Movie Madness Podcast: Episode 564: You Won’t Get Munson’d By The Bottoms Ladies 2:02:06

17 days ago2:02:06

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It’s a funny week for physical media. In that there are some tremendously funny movies in the mix but also some landmarks to put in your library. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski guide you through the work of Charles Burnett and the singular film by Kerry Conran. They take you through the multiple versions of a Ridley Scott epic, perhaps the best of the Musketeers films and the weird backstory of an SNL sequel. Warner Archive has a couple of biopics named after songs as well as Al Pacino’s Oscar-winning role. A collection of Audie Murphy titles are followed up with a conversation of one of the 1980s’ cable staples re-written by John Hughes. Finally, two of the best comedies of the past 30 years should be a double feature that everyone listening should want to make an evening out of. 1:35 - Criterion ( Killer of Sheep 4K , The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers 4K ) 18:16 - Disney ( Kingdom of Heaven 4K ) 28:06 - Warner Archive ( Lean on Me , La Vie en Rose ) 40:39 - IFC ( Love Crime ) 44:22 - Shout ( Scent of a Woman 4K , Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 4K ) 1:02:22 - Kino ( Audie Murphy Collection IV , Nate & Hayes , Wayne’s World 2 4K , Kingpin 4K , Bottoms ) 1:58:29 - New TV on Blu-ray ( Outlander Season 7 , Yellowstone Season 5 ) 1:59:56 - New Blu-ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Movie Madness Episode 563: Accept It One Last Time 1:38:22

19 days ago1:38:22

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Memorial Day weekend offers a variety of options, some of them even good both in theaters and at home. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are here to talk you through nine of them. They include Cate Blanchett as a nun who may have discovered the second coming (The New Boy) and another film about resurrecting the dead (The Surrender). A musician you may have missed gets the documentary treatment (Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted), Netflix returns to the world of R.L. Stine (Fear Street: Prom Queen) and a writer may or may not find romance on a retreat (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life). Guy Ritchie takes an all-star cast in pursuit of life’s treasure (Fountain of Youth) while Paul Reubens tells the story of his life (Pee-Wee As Himself). Disney tries another live-action remake (Lilo & Stitch) and Tom Cruise puts the last chapter on one of the great action franchises of all-time (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning). 1:16 - The New Boy 10:02 - The Surrender 19:07 - Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted 25:09 - Fear Street: Prom Queen 37:45 - Jane Austen Wrecked My Life 46:08 - Fountain of Youth 56:02 - Pee-Wee As Himself 1:08:42 - Lilo & Stitch 1:22:12 - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 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…

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Episode 563: Accept It One Last Time 1:38:22

20 days ago1:38:22

1:38:22

Memorial Day weekend offers a variety of options, some of them even good both in theaters and at home. Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are here to talk you through nine of them. They include Cate Blanchett as a nun who may have discovered the second coming (The New Boy) and another film about resurrecting the dead (The Surrender). A musician you may have missed gets the documentary treatment (Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted), Netflix returns to the world of R.L. Stine (Fear Street: Prom Queen) and a writer may or may not find romance on a retreat (Jane Austen Wrecked My Life). Guy Ritchie takes an all-star cast in pursuit of life’s treasure (Fountain of Youth) while Paul Reubens tells the story of his life (Pee-Wee As Himself). Disney tries another live-action remake (Lilo & Stitch) and Tom Cruise puts the last chapter on one of the great action franchises of all-time (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning) 1:16 - The New Boy 10:02 - The Surrender 19:07 - Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted 25:09 - Fear Street: Prom Queen 37:45 - Jane Austen Wrecked My Life 46:08 - Fountain of Youth 56:02 - Pee-Wee As Himself 1:08:42 - Lilo & Stitch 1:22:12 - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Episode 562: Get Out Of Your Sleeping Bags! 1:26:51

24 days ago1:26:51

1:26:51

This week in physical media may be appealing to the cults out there. Whichever you belong to, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to guide you towards your particular following. Perhaps you are in the Richard E. Grant & Bruce Robinson cult. Or stay on that side of the pond with an Oscar-winning musical and a film that was the Bridgerton of its time in the way it uses music. Maybe you’re in the late Friday the 13 th cult and enjoy its post-Paramount days. Or you have a taste for a marathon of Blaxploitation. Whether you love movie doggies or mutated bears, its best to just avoid the sleeping bags this week. 1:38 - Criterion ( Withnail & I 4K , How to Get Ahead in Advertising 4K) 14:36 - Sony ( Oliver 4K , A Knight’s Tale 4K ) 26:29 - Arrow ( Jason Goes to Hell 4K , Jason X 4K ) 47:09 - Shout ( Blaxploitation Classics Vol 1 ) 1:02:43 - Kino ( Wonder Dogs , The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders , Prophecy 4K ) 1:23:01 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray ( The Quiet Ones , Presence 4K ) 1:24:15 - New Blu-ray Announcements 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…

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Episode 561: Death, Dogs And Tim Robinson Come For Us All 1:07:59

26 days ago1:07:59

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Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to the review beat after a couple weeks off at the Chicago Critics Film Festival. Erik looks at a bunch of influencers terrorized by feral dogs (A Breed Apart) and the story that inspired a cult body horror film (The Darkside of Society). Steve looks at an influential moment for the hearing impaired (Deaf President Now) and The Weeknd’s self-indulgent vanity project (Hurry Up Tomorrow). They also offer thoughts on a pair of films chosen for their festival including the strange transformation of a woman in an arranged marriage (Sister Midnight) and Tim Robinson trying to get a little too close to Paul Rudd (Friendship). Finally its been 14 years since Death has come-a-callin’. Could Final Destination: Bloodlines be the best of the franchise? 1:32 – A Breed Apart 9:28 - Deaf President Now! 15:23 – The Darkside of Society 22:58 - Hurry Up Tomorrow 33:37 - Sister Midnight 41:11 - Friendship 54:59 - Final Destination: Bloodlines 1:07:03 - 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…

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Episode 560: There’s A Crack In The Planet (And The Doll Case) 1:38:54

4 weeks ago1:38:54

1:38:54

After a week off for The Chicago Critics Film Festival, Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski return to get you up to date on the latest in physical media world. They include one of the great musicals and a landmark in 60s cinema. Disney upgrades one of their animated hits before its live-action counterpart hits theater. See the film Robert Zemeckis made in-between shooting Cast Away. There is plenty of sleaze thanks to Pete Walker and Wings Hauser and a reunion of Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep. There is disaster sci-fi and upgrades for two of the all-time great horror films, one of them you may still have never gotten around to seeing. 1:53 - Criterion ( The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 4K , In the Heat of the Night 4K , Room 666/999 ) 16:25 - Disney ( Lilo and Stitch 4K ) 19:49 - Fun City ( Falling in Love ) 24:09 - Shout Factory ( What Lies Beneath 4K ) 30:36 - MVD ( Tunnel Vision ) 36:52 - Kino ( Crack in the World , Pete Walker Crime Collection , Vice Squad ) 58:18 - Arrow ( The Andromeda Strain 4K ) 1:06:39 - Lionsgate ( May ) 1:16:22 - Ignite ( Re-Animator 4K ) 1:33:02 - New TV & Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray ( Dune Prophecy 4K , Landman: Season One , The Seed of the Sacred Fig , Captain America: Brave New World , Mickey 17 , Black Bag , Better Man , The End , Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy ) 1:35:38 - New Blu-ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST. CHECK OUT THE LATEST FROM CRITERION BELOW Adventures of Antoine Doinel, The (4K) All We Imagine as Light Anora (4K) Barry Lyndon (4K) Basquiat (4K) Big Heat, The (4K) Brazil (4K) Carnal Knowledge (4K) Chungking Express (4K) How To Get Ahead In Advertising (4K) In the Heat of the Night (4K) Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring: Two Films by Claude Berri Killer of Sheep (4K) Midnight Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (4K) Prince of Broadway Room 666 / Room 999 Some Like It Hot (4K) Sorcerer (4K) Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (4K) Three Musketeers, The / The Four Musketeers (4K) Ugetsu (4K) Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (4K) Wind Will Carry Us, The Withnail and I (4K) Wiz, The (4K) You Can Count On Me (4K) 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…

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Episode 559: Thunderbolts* 1:34:28

6 weeks ago1:34:28

1:34:28

Marvel is hoping for both a critical and financial reboot with their latest summer opener and Erik Childress is joined once again by comic book expert, Erik Laws, to discuss. Laws delves into the history of the Thunderbolts and various incarnations in the comics. They talk about what they enjoyed about the film as well as elements that fell flat. A lot of credit goes to a pair of key performances in the film as Marvel banks on audiences responding to themes of alienation and depression in place of just the usual comic book action. Is that enough to make the film a cut above the post-Endgame era? 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…

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Episode 558: It’s Rider’s Name Was Death 2:09:53

6 weeks ago2:09:53

2:09:53

After weeks of light lineups in the physical media world, the end of April explores with a variety of titles that Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to guide you through. They include Sean Baker bookends from Criterion, blaxploitation and films from Russ Meyer. You got journeys to the Bermuda triangle and the gates of hell not to mention bullets and betrayal. Bill Murray enters the army and Michael Keaton goes to rehab. Plus Clint Eastwood has a trio of his films get the 4K upgrade. 1:52 - Criterion ( Basquiat 4K , Prince of Broadway , Anora 4K ) 18:09 – Warner Archive ( Lili , Three the Hard Way , Clean and Sober ) 33:23 - Arrow ( V-Cinema Essentials ) 36:53 - Grindhouse ( The Beyond 4K ) 45:10 - Severin ( Night Train Murders 4K , Motorpsycho 4K , Up! 4K ) 1:07:32 - Kino ( The Bermuda Triangle , Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead ) 1:21:47 - Shout ( Timecop 4K ) 1:27:44 - Sony ( Stripes 4K , Gandhi 4K ) 1:39:44 - Warner ( Dirty Harry 4K , The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K , Pale Rider 4K ) 2:02:36 – New TV on Blu-ray ( The Wacky Races: The Complete Series , Star Trek: Section 31 , Rick and Morty: The Anime ) 2:04:07 – New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray ( Birth/Rebirth , Last Breath , Paddington in Peru , The Visitor ) 2:06:09 – New Blu-Ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Episode 557: More Than One Foot In The Grave 1:31:50

7 weeks ago1:31:50

1:31:50

Before taking off for the upcoming Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 2-8) which they program, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy review nine movies this week. They include the latest from Francois Ozon (When Fall Is Coming) and a Jim Henson-like fantasy from A24 (The Legend of Ochi). Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan make for unique investigators of a kidnapping (Neighborhood Watch) and a new video game adaptation is decidedly less unique (Until Dawn). Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi have secrets in the 1950s (On Swift Horses) and we take a trip through the careers of one of the most famous comedy teams of all-time (Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie). David Cronenberg takes us on a conspiratorial meditation on grief and death (The Shrouds) while Gareth Evans has Tom Hardy deliver so much death (Havoc) and, nine years later, Ben Affleck’s lethal autistic numbers cruncher returns with bro Jon Bernthal (The Accountant 2). 2:56 - When Fall Is Coming 9:44 - Neighborhood Watch 15:08 – The Legend of Ochi 19:42 - Havoc 33:46 - Until Dawn 41:19 - On Swift Horses 52:58 - Cheech & Chong's Last Movie 1:06:30 - The Shrouds 1:19:35 - The Accountant 2 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…

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Episode 556: Sneaking Around Target And The Old West 1:09:09

7 weeks ago1:09:09

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Another light week for physical media but a fun one – especially for those nostalgic for the early ‘90s. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk about Criterion’s upgrade of a multi-part French masterpiece from the ‘80s. They share thoughts on The Most Dangerous Game riff that got snakebit by real-world tragedies and Covid. Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase try to prevent the assassination of the pope. No, not that one. One of the late Val Kilmer’s most iconic performances gets the 4K upgrade. The duo also share their fondness for one of the most entertaining comic thriller team-ups of the era and discuss the history of the movie John Hughes tried to take his name off while Erik lent his name to the commentary track on the Blu-ray. 1:55 - Criterion ( Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring 4K ) 8:41 - Shout ( The Hunt 4K ) 13:54 - Kino ( Foul Play 4K , Sneakers 4K , Career Opportunities 4K ) 53:08 - Disney ( Tombstone 4K ) 1:06:03 - New TV On Blu-ray ( Cheyenne: The Complete Series , Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Complete Franchise , Hysteria: Season One ) 1:09:15 - New Blu-ray Announcements CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST 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…

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Episode 555: I Want Your Blood And I Want Your Souls 1:21:55

8 weeks ago1:21:55