Mad About Movies
Founded in 2013, three critics hailing from Dallas-Fort Worth attempt to make sense of the current state of cinema without taking this whole thing too seriously. They’re just movies, y’all. Hosts Kent Garrison, Richard Bardon and Brian Gill - on Twitter @MadAboutMovies - check scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Want more MAM? Become a VIP and get tons more Mad About Movies @ madaboutmoviespodcast.com/vip
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We've got yet another Glen Powell movie to discuss in 2024, as the reboot(?) / sequel(?) to TWISTER swept through the competition at the box office (see what we did there?) But is it a GOOD movie?
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A star-studded cast and a podcast favorite director have teamed up for a motorcycle movie just in time for the peak of summer. Does it live up to its potential? Let's discuss!
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Netflix are the ones to make BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 finally happen. Was it worth the wait? Are we back to prime Eddie? Better than expected? Let's talk AXEL F on this week's main feed MAM!
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We're back in A QUIET PLACE, but this time with a prequel minus Krasinski and Blunt. Does it live up to the earlier movies? Exceed it? Let's discuss one of the bigger surprise hits of the summer so far!
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With Sony's purchase of Alamo Drafthouse, and Netflix announcing they will begin to open movie theater locations, is this the end of traditional movie theaters as we know it? Plus, there's a new player in the streaming space, and it ain't Lasso+.
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This week in the MAM VIP, we're throwing it back in honor of 45 years of THE MUPPET MOVIE!
We've got another sequel from Pixar, but people seem to like this one! Let's discuss the current state of the company and review INSIDE OUT 2!
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The BAD BOYS franchise is showing no signs of slowing down, in a world where most franchises are showing signs of slowing down. But how good is RIDE OR DIE, and how long can they keep this up? Let's discuss on this week's Mad About Movies!
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Did George Miller do enough with his newest MAD MAX saga to win Brian and Richard over this time around? It's all things FURIOSA and why it "underperformed" at the box office on this newest MAM.
We've got Krasinski back in the directors chair bringing us the family friendly (?) comedy (?) of the weekend. Where did IF go right and where did it go wrong?
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The recent PLANET OF THE APES series seemingly ended with a trilogy. Now, we've got another one, as we step into the KINGDOM of the apes generations later. Do they still have the magic formula that made us all fans to begin with?
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Just like last summer, it's time for The Gos and Emily Blunt. But this time, they're together! With action! And comedy! But why didn't it pull in more money? What lesson will Hollywood learn? And, how good is it?
Yes, I apologize for skipping over grades in this one. My mistake. Here are our grades for THE FALL GUY:
Kent - B+
Richard - B
Brian - A-
It was one of the most-anticipated movies of 2023. Then it was one of the most-anticipated movies of 2024. So did Luca Guadagnino's CHALLENGERS live up to the hype? Is Zendaya peaking? Let Richard and Kent help you decide.
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What will end up being the biggest movie of 2024? We're drafting the releases one by one in our annual movie draft, with a punishment on the line and a lot of question marks surrounding these movies. It's anybody's game!
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This entire year, we're doing a special podcast series on the career of Quentin Tarantino. It WAS going to be in anticipation of his 10th and final (?) film, THE MOVIE CRITIC, but now that he's not doing it anymore, we need to react accordingly. But the show must go on, so let's get to our next in the series, 1997's JACKIE BROWN.
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Is A24's CIVIL WAR top quality Garland, or mid Garland? Let's dig into everything from Kirsten Dunst to the themes to photo quality as we try and figure out how to feel about Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR.
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Dev Patel is doing it all when it comes to MONKEY MAN. How does it compare to the movies that inspired it, and how many more Monkey movies can we talk about on MAM?
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Gozilla times King Kong equals a good thing, right? That's the question we attempt to answer this week as we dig into the continuation of the MONSTERVERSE with everything going on with GODZILLA X KONG.
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It's the year of our Lord 2024 and we are still getting new Ghostbusters movies. Is this a good or a bad thing? Let's dive into FROZEN EMPIRE, Ghostbusters nostalgia, and Dan Aykroyd talk on this week's main feed MAM!
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Hard to believe we have reached a thousand episodes of Mad About Movies. So we're here to rewind and remember some of the best moments so far, as picked by the MAM VIPs. Apologies (or you're welcome?) in advance for the insanity that occurs.
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