Are You Movie Mad? Is the podcast that asks the most difficult question one man has ever faced. Cinephile Andrew Jones is perpetually flabbergasted that Johnny Ellis uses the online moniker 'Movie_Mad' yet at any given moment seems not to understand any movie references. Join Andrew as he journeys through a collection of films to educate Johnny and ask if Johnny is Mad about the movie he watched or remains Movie Mad.
Oh good lord we did a silly thing.
Two guys who know little about Swift watch 3 hours (not the acoustic post-credits set) of songs, play games, talk Minnie Mouse as Poor Things and explore tge generation that follows.
We had a sync failure so ignore the first countdown, commentary starts 5 seconds into the film, at 16 minutes into the episode exactly.
It’s a Guy hangout when Johnny decides, nay insists, we cover Ritchie’s intended start of a trilogy of London crime flicks and Andrew dons his best ‘East End Accent’ to talk Tom Wilkinson giving it something hard, Mark Strong’s voice, that late 00s colour grading nightmare and just where the proposed rest of the franchise actually went.
The Fast Saga is continuing in two strands, you can now enjoy F9 in the cinema, but this podcast is reuniting two titans, Andrew and Johnny, to deal with one last mission: Talking spin-offs. How many pages of notes can be written on this adventure? Who gets the best insults? Will special guest Sarah delve into the madness of the family timeline, or will sense finally prevail? Nothing will be revealed!
It’s the end of the year, we…. made it. But, what has it done to us?
Johnny and Andrew look back at the year of podcast episodes, remember the films and talk about their feelings months later.
A great place to start if you’re looking for films to dive into this season.
It’s episode 200, 200! And since we cannot celebrate in person with friends, Johnny and Andrew bring folk in to talk Hamilton and their lockdown fun. Set in for a lot of Cats conversations with Al Pacino expert Mark Searby, VoDZilla editor Ivan Radford, filmmaker Bradley Porter, Empire Podcast and Magazine’s Chris Hewitt, Variety’s Jazz Tangcay, Movies On Weekends’ Sarah Cook, Film journalist Nathanael Smith, Forbes and E!’s Simon Thompson, Comedian and film aficionado Richard Sandling, Activist and Host Sarah O’Connell and super-duper film fans Jan Thomas and Dave Thomas.
So settle in for a super expressive celebration of joy, love and the power of community, in the time when we are most alone. 200 Episodes in, this is our shot, we’re not throwing it away.
It’s digital release day for Cats in the UK and Johnny is all fur-ious that he’s not watching it with Andrew, and Andrew wishes he could paws life for the 2 hours it takes to sit through Tom Hooper’s Cats. Come join the experience through heaven or hell or heavyside layer, no matter your thoughts on the musical, you can all understand what listening to a tortured soul sounds like.
Now on Sky Cinema, if you dare! Here’s the UK TV Broadcast-syncable version:
Andrew brings back Casey Ryback as Johnny tries to remember what it was like to be Under Siege the first time. Andrew also dishes out information on how to be Under Siege in Dark Territory, and how the film uses various semiotic, metaphoric and visual ways to create a siege that is in dark territory, and that is under said siege. It’s very clever.
Andrew’s 30th birthday celebrations are isolated to watching films with friends, and Johnny’s plan to surround Andrew with many furry ones has succumbed instead to popping on Disney+ and watching the Glenn Close live-action comedy. Andrew hasn’t seen the film, has no connection to the work, it is not a meaningful choice by any stretch, but come watch the film with Andrew and Johnny. Fun, games, furs and frivolities included.
The quarantine has adjusted everything somewhat, but no worry, there’s always a Brendan Fraser film to fall back on, and plenty of memories of Ian McKellen’s days feline up London with this Frankenstein of an episode where puns are always at play.
Andrew and Johnny reminisce on the year of podcasts, discuss life, love, and then offer their top 10 films from the past decade.
Johnny’s most anticipated film of Winter becomes Andrew’s most feared trip to the cinema. Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the acclaimed (?) musical where James Corden plays a cat, and the world must be destroyed. Some Star Wars talk, if you are avoiding such.
Tis the season to be 3D, fa-la-la-la-la la-la la-la!
Andrew discusses the importance of Wafflebot, and 3D cinema, in the Christmas experience and Johnny finishes off his run of Harold & Kumar adventures in the most festive way possible.
Before the film adaptation arrives, the recorded West End performance DVD is viewed by super-fan Johnny and newbie Andrew. The breakdown of humanity and suavity is revealed.
