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.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
What’s scarier than the notion of another hour and forty minutes in Tom Six’s ‘shocking’ ‘button-pushing’ mind? We’re watching Eric Roberts in a prison-set Centipede movie, and finding anything to talk about whilst what technically counts as video synced to audio running over 70 minutes, and thus is a feature film, plays out. Not worth watching along with us, just listen and play trivia games like a normal podcast.
Commentary begins at 00:07:43
First off, legally we can only watch the UK Cut version so there may be sync problems at times due to, ya know, the original cut being rejected over where we record.
Johnny recalls his FrightFest experiences with this film and Laurence R. Harvey, while Andrew spends most of the time playing games because there’s literally nothing in this film to discuss besides ‘Mike Leigh coulda made something with this’.
Commentary begins at 00:11:44
Halloween season is here, and Johnny’s dreams are coming true. Andrew is surgically attached to a microphone to watch the first of three movies Tom Six dared to dream about putting people arse to mouth in order to craft some sort of us-species insectoid. Erm… Good luck?
Commentary begins at 00:11:34
Johnny’s birthday celebration this year means he’s watching Steven Spielberg’s 2004 comedy drama The Terminal, with Andrew in tow for fun and games. Talk of airport nostalgia, product placement, the never-aging beauty of Diego Luna AND Zoe Saldana, the horniness of imdb keywords and… Shanksville? What is that? Come spend over 2 hours stuck in an airport of cinema with the Are You Movie Mad gang.
Film begins at 00:10:39
It’s Andrew’s birthday and naturally it’s time to test your might with a bunch of fun games, trivia and Josh Lawson talk as he and Johnny sit through the latest video game adaptation.
Commentary begins 5 seconds into the film and at the timecode 00:13:40
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.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Hope you’re ready to lose Whamageddon, because we’re watching the Paul Feig movie based on a George Michael (and Wham) song with a twist you definitely will see coming. Andrew and Johnny sit down to appreciate Christmas in London, a film that’s better than one would imagine, and play trivia games for the festive season.
Come watch along with us.
ALSO IN 25FPS FOR SKY MOVIES!
Recorded on the 10th anniversary of the UK release, and celebrating Johnny’s 27th birthday, Andrew and Johnny dive into Fincher/Sorkin’s generation-defining masterpiece. There’s trivia games, fear of the fall of democracy, love of cinema and process, and lots of lockdown-re-entering japes in this special gift for all.
Sync up 5 seconds into the film, we begin the commentary at 0:19:02
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’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.
