Movie Madness Erik Childress

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy stick to just four films this week including the acclaimed comedy from Joanna Arnow (The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed) and an adaptation into Anne Hathaway scandalously falling for a Boy Band member. The scandal! (The Idea of You). Jerry Seinfeld and a giant cast of comedians tell their version of the Pop-Tarts origin (Unfrosted) while Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt try to bring life to another ‘80s television show (The Fall Guy). But there are still a lot more movies to talk about as they discuss this year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival which they produce and program. May 3-9 at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago and the lineup is stellar.
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed
10:42 – The Idea of You
24:03 - Unfrosted
38:52 – The Fall Guy
56:20 – Chicago Critics Film Festival

This week’s physical media show has a little of everything and a lot of heartbreak. Nancy Savoca provides the latter as the “Savocaissance” continues on Blu-ray this year but there is also early James L. Brooks with Burt Reynolds missing out in a stacked year of Oscar nominees. We have an Anthony Mann western and a Roman Polanski thriller; a double-up of Mean Girls and a remake of a Peckinpah film.  Plus a breakdown of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s films now all available on 4K.
 
0:00 - Intro
1:41 – Criterion (Dogfight)
8:45 - Kino (True Love, Bluebeard, Starting Over)
22:57 - Music Box (Signature Move)
25:38 – Arrow (The Tin Star, Basket Case)
37:48 – Shout Factory (Death and the Maiden, The Getaway)
47:09 – Warner Bros. (Oceans Trilogy 4K)
56:25 - Paramount (Mean Girls 2004 4K, Mean Girls 2024)
1:05:05 – New TV & Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray
1:12:05 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:15:05 - Outro

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at a half-dozen movies this week. If fashion design is your thing then Steve has a documentary for you (John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger). He has also been telling Erik about this great big spider movie since last year. Does he share the sentiment? (Infested). Steve catches up a pandemic-era comedy from Sundance (Stress Positions) and the first film from the daughter of David Cronenberg (Humane). Erik reveals what was different about the latest kick-ass extravaganza when he saw it at Toronto (Boy Kills World) and both have a lot to say about Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film (Challengers).
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger
8:43 - Infested
19:17 - Stress Positions
25:39 - Boy Kills World
38:03 - Humane
48:58 - Challengers
1:09:00 - Outro

This week’s physical media show features Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress talking about a seminal propaganda film from the ‘60s that inspired a ‘70s scene in Boogie Nights plus some science-fiction from the 1980s from Imprint. The ‘80s also across an all-star cast that helped launch Julia Roberts and a Nancy Savoca film from the ‘90s due for a rediscovery. They discuss the film that inspired The Untouchables, plus Paul Schrader writes a religious comedy and then gets the 4K treatment to a project he disavowed. Then his frequent partner in crime, Martin Scorsese, also gets his Oscar-winning effort upgraded. Is it now considered underrated? Come for the discussion. Stay for Peter’s tale of presenting with William Devane at an awards show.
0:00 - Intro
2:14 – Criterion (I Am Cuba)
7:02 – Imprint (Batteries Not Included, Strange Invaders)
21:30 – Sony (Steel Magnolias 4K)
25:20 – Kino (Household Saints)
30:33 – Vinegar Syndrome (Touch)
35:38 – Shout Factory (Rolling Thunder 4K)

51:06 – Arrow (The Scarface Mob)
55:32 – Warner Bros. (The Departed 4K)
1:06:47 – New Theatrical Titles on Blu-ray
1:10:06 – New Blu-ray Announcements
1:12:37 - Outro

Eight movie reviews this week from Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy include both surprises and disappointments. Steve checks out a new crime film with Scoot McNairy and Kit Harington (Blood for Dust) and Erik goes to space briefly with the new IMAX short (Deep Sky). There are some lovely films to find including the latest and possibly last from Ken Loach (The Old Oak) and a tale of childhood set amidst the former Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago (We Grown Now). A pair of part twos are out there but who made out better, Steve (The Three Musketeers – Part 2: Milady) or Erik (Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver). Finally, Guy Ritchie releases his third film in 13 months (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) and the Radio Silence duo goes back to mayhem in gothic houses with the vampire tale (Abigail).
0:00 - Intro
1:46 - Blood for Dust
8:51 - Deep Sky
15:09 – The Three Musketeers - Part 2: Milady
20:23 - We Grown Now
28:40 – The Old Oak
36:02 - Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
48:08 – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
58:49 - Abigail
1:12:02 - Outro

This week in physical media, Peter Sobczynski and Erik Childress look at new releases from Bela Tarr to Luc Besson. Sony finalizes releases one of the best films from John Sayles and Shout Factory puts out an Oscar winning film from Paul Schrader. They discuss the merits of a classic western now in 4K as well as go through the entire Jack Ryan franchise. Finally, it’s all ball bearings nowadays. And if you don’t know what that means, clearly you need to find out and add it to your collection.
 
0:00 - Intro
1:16 – Criterion (Werckmeister Harmonies)
8:04 – Shout Factory (Affliction)
16:07 – Paramount (Jack Ryan Collection 4K)
38:49 – Sony (You’ll Never Get Rich, City of Hope)
47:10 – Samuel Goldwyn (Taxi)
52:26 – Kino (High Noon 4K, Fletch, Fletch Lives)
1:18:31 – TV & New Blu-ray Announcements
1:23:07 - Outro