It’s a shorter-than-usual review week here on the show and the takes from Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy go from the highs to the absolute lows. These days that usually means Bruce Willis and he is joined by Frank Grillo in the sci-fi effort, Cosmic Sin. Jennifer Garner won’t say no to her kids in Yes Day, a sleep study turns nightmarish in Come True and living moment-by-moment becomes a nightmare for Anthony Hopkins in The Father. The duo also look at the Discovery Plus documentary, My Beautiful Stutter, Victoria Justice in the erotic drama, Trust, and Tilda Swinton is a one-woman show in Pedro Almodovar’s short film, The Human Voice.

From the files of the Bad Mutha Film Show on WHPK Radio in Chicago, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress do their annual rundown of predictions for the Academy Award nominations. Well, Erik predicts and Sergio listens as he goes into why he is not caring about this year’s event. They also decry the Academy’s decision to extend the eligibility period and then look forward on the latest news about the return of movie theaters.

On this week’s movie review episode. Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy get into some old, some new and a lot of overdue. There’s a documentary about stray animals (Stray), a restored documentary from 1972 with Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland (F.T.A.), a horror film about a deranged hairdresser (The Stylist) and the true story of an Asian basketball player (Boogie). They also check out the long-gestating sci-fi films from Doug Liman (Chaos Walking) and Joe Carnahan (Boss Level) as well as a new high school rebellion tale directed by Amy Poehler (Moxie). Not to be forgotten, Disney’s latest, Raya and the Last Dragon, is reviewed and then the duo dig into if Eddie Murphy’s Coming 2 America, should be forgotten.

On this week’s movie review show, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy get into the ambition of the opioid takes with Andrew Jarecki’s Traffic-like, Crisis, as well as the Russo Brothers’ war-and-drug epic, Cherry, with Tom Holland. Lee Daniels takes another slap at ambition singing the blues with The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Another Billie has the beginning of her career examined in the documentary, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry. Julie Delpy writes, directs and stars in the tragic family drama with a twist, My Zoe, and Jewish tradition collides with all-night horror in The Vigil. But the duo save their biggest discussion to date over the new HBO docuseries from Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering which examines the heart-shaking case of Allen v. Farrow.

Sergio Mims returns to catch-up with Erik Childress on a number of the latest on the Blu-ray scene. They reminisce about a classic from Danny Kaye and the childhood memories of the Buck Rogers TV series. Erik defends the Cameron Crowe film that was lambasted in Toronto years ago. Sergio takes us through a collection of classic musicals from Warner Archive as well as his appreciation of a William Lustig film and, of course, there’s more Peppard. Love is an understatement though when they both praise the recent 4K releases of a comic book film Sergio loves, a sword-and-sorcery film Erik does as well as the enduring B-movie strength of the original Tremors.

The latest from Netflix, Disney Plus and more are focused on this week’s movie review episode with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy. They look at the latest film from the director of First Girl I Loved (The Violent Heart), a new version of a Noel Coward play (Blithe Spirit), the adventures of a superhuman squirrel or at least the humans around it (Flora & Ulysses) and what happens when a woman falls in love with a carnival ride (Jumbo). Steve checks out films delving into the profitability of treatment centers (Body Brokers) and the rabbit hole of the dark web (Silk Road) while both of them try to figure out who is worth rooting for in the ironically-titled, I Care a Lot.

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with reviews of the movies you don’t need a festival to see even if that’s where many of this week’s titles originated. They talk about one of the best from last year’s Sundance (Minari) and a trio from this year’s (Judas and the Black Messiah, Land, The World To Come). A remnant of the 2019 Toronto Film Festival is a horrific take on being a true believer (Saint Maud). There is another edition to the Groundhog Day Cinematic Universe (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things) and one to the Guantanamo Bay C.U. (The Mauritanian). Erik reviews a unique sci-fi film that was scheduled to play at last year’s canceled SXSW Festival (Lapsis) as well as the self-owning documentary, There Is No “I” In Threesome while Steve reviews Steve Zahn in the family drama, Cowboys. Finally, they take a trip with Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo and Jamie Dornan in the wild comedy, Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar.

The rundown from this year’s Sundance festival continues with Steve Prokopy who shares his praise of Edgar Wright’s documentary. But he also shares his thoughts on the starring vehicle for Clifton Collins, Jr., the new film from Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein as well as Jarrod Carmichael’s directorial debut. It doesn’t end there as they discuss whether the Nicolas Cage/Sian Sono effort lived up to expectations, a new film about the porn industry and have a profound disagreement over Fran Kranz’s film about a reconciliation over a school shooting that wowed many but not one of them. It’s all part of the Sundance experience and the pair bring it home for the year.

An annual tradition on WHPK Radio’s Bad Mutha Film Show with Sergio Mims is checking in with Erik Childress on the films he saw at the Sundance Film Festival. This year the fest was held virtually giving Sergio the opportunity to see some films himself. So they look in on some of the best films that Erik saw (along with some of the worst) including new documentaries about Sesame Street, Rita Moreno, Alvin Ailey and the band Sparks by Edgar Wright. They debate Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of the novel, Passing, and share praise for the Fred Hampton story, Judas and the Black Messiah. Erik is asked to convince Sergio that the big opening night award winner, CODA, is deserving of the response it received. There are also films about werewolves, video nasties, and a family in a literal hole. But they save the best for last, a film about the greatest concert you may not know ever existed.

Erik Childress is joined again by Steve Prokopy for a rundown of new movie reviews. Sam Neill tries to protect his flock from the government in Rams. The duo are forced to remember the Sundance movie with writer/director Viggo Mortensen having to deal with his bigoted father in Falling. Two films wonder if we are all living inside a simulation (Bliss & A Glitch In The Matrix.) While a new short film provides an epilogue to an acclaimed documentary (Apollo 11: Quarantine), another places Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell to try to remember they love each other during a different kind of global pandemic (Little Fish). Finally, John David Washington and Zendaya talk out their relationship while waiting for the movie reviews to drop in Malcolm & Marie.