Movie Madness

We’re only halfway through April 2021 and the good movies are few and far between. But Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy may actually have a few recommendations for you this week and it arrives with horror in all its manifestations. There is a haunted house (The Banishing), backwoods farmers (Honeydew) and the woods themselves (In the Earth). But there are also toxic relationships (Monday, Slalom), shadow organizations (Trigger Point, The Rookies) and Ruby Rose running down jobs for a wheelchair-bound Morgan Freeman (Vanquish). But there is nothing horrible about the wonderful Barbara Crampton getting a chance to sink her teeth into a lead role in Travis Stevens’ Jakob’s Wife and the duo expand upon their praise from SXSW. 0:00 - Intro 4:12 – The Banishing [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071H1B39D/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B071H1B39D&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 11:14 - Trigger Point 17:19 – Slalom 23:40 – Monday [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092CRPLYJ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B092CRPLYJ&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 35:51 -The Rookies [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092CPM3M8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B092CPM3M8&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 45:37 – Jakob’s Wife [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091BN211X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B091BN211X&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 58:24 – Vanquish [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TYVDFC9/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08TYVDFC9&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 1:12:19 - Honeydew [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091GKX13X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B091GKX13X&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 1:27:59 - In the Earth 1:40:08 – Outro

After the recent film, Malcolm & Marie, went off on a diatribe against film critics, Erik Childress and Sergio Mims decided to look at the way films (and even television) have treated critics of all times. Sometimes satirically, but often as a reaction or a way for filmmakers to enact revenge on those who have taken shots at their work. Are film critics influenced negatively – or even positively – when they are acknowledged in unflattering (or even unfair) terms but those holding a grudge? Can we laugh at ourselves when the opportunity arises or be held to account when justified?

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at six movies on this week’s show. They review a story of the brutal military service of South Africa (Moffie), what a refugee will do to flee civil war (The Man Who Sold His Skin), a visual landscape brought to you by one of Terrence Malick’s cinematographers (Awaken) and how one survives the night shift at a haunted hospital (The Power). Most of their discussion this week is reserved for how Ben Falcone is failing Melissa McCarthy in their fifth collaboration (Thunder Force) and what happens when a filmmaker tries to mask the classic story he’s really telling by ignoring the more interesting one he’s created (Voyagers.) 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Moffie [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09188KB1R/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B09188KB1R&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 5:51 - The Man Who Sold His Skin 10:15 - Awaken [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09237Y55Z/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B09237Y55Z&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 14:51 - The Power [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091P7Q7SK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B091P7Q7SK&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 21:19 - Thunder Force 41:51 - Voyagers 1:03:40 - Outro

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy are back with this week’s movie reviews. Six films in a somewhat lackluster week, albeit a few recommendations. But which film(s) will it be? Can it be another corporate rise-and-fall documentary (WeWork: The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn)? Is Michelle Pfeiffer as a rich socialite the draw (French Exit) or is it Idris Elba as an urban cowboy (Concrete Cowboy)? Maybe its Jeffrey Dean Morgan fighting against Christian horror (Roe v Wade – sorry, The Unholy) or a young Jewish woman in a den of disappointment directed at her (Shiva Baby)? No, surely it’s the long-in-the-works film about the landmark abortion case in the hands of conservative fact-fudgers (The Unholy – sorry, Roe v Wade)? Also, if you are looking for the show on favorite screen villains, that is one episode earlier. 2:31 – WeWork: The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 11:42 – French Exit 22:31 – Concrete Cowboy 35:16 - Shiva Baby [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YN5G9DX/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08YN5G9DX&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 46:04 – The Unholy 59:35 – Roe v Wade [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091JKYN9H/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B091JKYN9H&linkCode=as2&tag=moviemadnes0c-20&linkId=3166ae7dd8af7fd771f9fcd1a2e6e966] 1:15:41 - Outro

As part of their recent show on WHPK Radio, Sergio Mims and Erik Childress discussed some of their favorite film villains. They range from Nazis to Comic Books and Serial Killers to Blaxploitation Adversaries. Evidence is provided of their evil ways and you may even hear one of them meet their deserved demise. What goes into a great villain and why do these choices stand out? The pair discuss everything from James Bond to Athletic Antagonists and this may only be the beginning.