The film world lost one of its greatest moviestars last week and we have dedicated an entire episode to his career. Erik Childress and Sergio Mims each focus on five films that either cemented his legacy amongst generations or ones that all of them may want to revisit. From James Bond to Marko Ramius as well as Indiana Jones’ father and the iconic Chicago role that won him the Oscar, this is a fun trip down memory lane and will likely have you reaching for the nearest Blu-ray or streaming service searching for the name – Sean Connery.

It is movie review time once again and Steve Prokopy is back to join Erik Childress to talk about five new movies together and throws in a couple extra for you. They will discuss the latest theatrical release with Diane Lane and Kevin Costner (Let Him Go), a potential date with awards season for Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead), an emotional astronaut drama starring Eva Green (Proxima) and a pair of horror releases (Kindred, The Dark and the Wicked). Steve also lets you know about the latest from the director of The Autopsy of Jane Doe and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Mortal) and doubles down on the love for Frederick Wiseman’s four-and-a-half-hour Boston documentary, City Hall.

In the midst of film festivals shifting to online presentations this year, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims delve into Chicago’s addition of their annual October festival. While there are frustrations abound they turn to a good number of documentaries focusing on John Belushi and Stanley Kubrick as well as new ones from Spike Lee and Steve James’ latest on the city itself. Sergio also talks about City Hall, the new epic documentary from Frederick Wiseman, which has played a number of fests this season.

Another week of new movies are upon us and Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy reunite once again to bring you the latest for Halloween week. There’s a sequel to a 90’s cult classic and a documentary about one from the ‘80s. Is horror best in theaters this weekend with Come Play or available on streaming with His House and Spell? Then they turn to a couple of documentaries about the strength of school shooting survivors and one about a donut entrepreneur.

For over 20 years, Erik Childress joined Nick Digilio on WGN Radio to talk and review movies. After his show was unceremoniously canceled this September, the movie review segment that was a staple on Chicago radio went as well. But now, following up on requests from fans, Erik and Steve Prokopy return to keep its memory alive; a segment once populated with the likes of Christmas Movies Actually host, Collin Souter, for nearly two decades and even the Now Playing Network founder, Jim Laczkowski. It’s a longstanding tradition that the Movie Madness Podcast now hopes to resurrect and they have picked a week that includes the latest from Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Robert Zemeckis, Sofia Coppola and, of course, they talk the return of Borat and get into Rudy Giuliani’s pants. Some great recommendations on this show and we hope to continue to bring you more.

Erik Childress & Sergio Mims continue to catch up on Blu-rays both domestic and international, though also find some time to talk about the effect of COVID on the box office. Sergio continues to celebrate Peppard-tober and digs into a collection of Christopher Lee’s Fu Manchu. Erik discusses why he was worried about revisiting Reversal of Fortune but no worries at all for watching Lynda Carter finally in Blu-ray. Then they wrap things up by going into the history of the Chinatown sequel and how it plays today.

When the podcast is coming back its going to make time for the latest on Blu-ray and this show has some choice stuff. First, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims begin what is the start of a virtual George Peppard-tober. Some remastered Agatha Christie from Kino gets to the various adaptations of Ten Little Indians. Then there is plenty of new 4K releases including the love/hate relationship with a childhood favorite, one of Tim Burton’s first films and one of Stanley Kubrick’s last. But its all a windup for an extended discussion over Arrow’s incredible new 4K package of the one and only Flash Gordon.

The world may have stopped but film festivals continue to go on. For the first time since 2004, Erik Childress did not travel into Canada for the Toronto Film Festival, but he did attend at home – virtually. Just one of many festivals he is currently coveing, but as always him and Sergio Mims put this into audio for you discussing the highlights and lowlights of this year’s stay-at-home festival. Hear all about a couple potential award players (Nomadland, One Night in Miami), some interesting documentaries (MLK/FBI, Enemies of the State, The Way I See It) and what happens when Mark Wahlberg makes “a departure.”

It’s been a long-time coming through a pandemic and various other obstacles but Erik Childress and Sergio Mims return with to offer their thoughts on the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman. They also returned to movie theaters momentarily to experience what was supposed to be one of the biggest movies of the year, or at least the summer, or at least the first out of the gate during the 2020 health crisis. Was it any of these things or was this a step backwards for Christopher Nolan?

The first of our post-lockdown shows brings some suggestions for your indoor binging. Erik debates Sergio Mims on the awards-season trend that Sam Mendes’ 1917 became the latest victim of. They also talk about a sequel ten years too late and extract the best parts out of the Mr. Rogers film. Sergio talks about how Richard Jewell got him kicked off Twitter and Erik talks about one horror film that really caught him off guard and another that does not deserve the honor of being placed amongst the bad film legends.