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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.

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The Holdovers

12.06.2023

Is The Holdovers a Christmas movie? Why are so many people talking about such a quaint movie? Does Paul Giamatti finally confront his stench? SPOILER ALERT: He does! Let's talk Alexander Payne, boarding schools and a little Downsizing (see what ...

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12.06.2023 The Holdovers Is The Holdovers a Christmas movie? Why are so many people talking about such a quaint movie? Does Paul Giamatti finally confront his stench? SPOILER ALERT: He does! Let's talk Alexander Payne, boarding schools and a little Downsizing (see what ...
11.29.2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes THE HUNGER GAMES is one of the most popular franchises to come out during our time podcasting, and they're already rebooting it! Does this version have the same potential as the OG one? Time to talk SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES and ...
11.16.2023 The Marvels & is the MCU in trouble? With THE MARVELS grossing the lowest in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's history of opening weekends, what should we think? Should we be worried about future MCU movies? Was this movie an outlier? Let's discuss!
11.08.2023 Movie News Roundup: Early Oscar favorites, new Planet of the Apes & more As we head into the final stretch of 2023, what should we tell our friends to brag like we know what we're talking about with the Oscars? Let's go over some early Academy Award favorites, discuss the new Planet of ...
10.30.2023 Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) It's a movie capturing that nostalgic feeling of playing video games, eating stale pizza, and listening to an animatronic band. But could it be more creepy? Let's talk about the box office smash that is FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S!
10.25.2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese has brought us a 3+ hour historical epic. Did he pull off this ambitious project? Did he leave anything on the table? Let's talk Leo, BOB DeNiro, Lily Gladstone, alt-country music, and KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON!
10.18.2023 Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (60th Anniversary) THE BIRDS is back in theaters right in time for Spooky SZN on MAM. No better time than now, the 60th anniversary, to do a crossover Throwback episode here on the main feed to break it down! Don't worry, we ...
10.10.2023 The Shining (1980) Happy Spooky SZN, everyone. This month its all horror movie talk in the MAM VIP. Here's an episode we did in the VIP a few Spooky SZN's ago, discussing Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING. Enjoy, and support us by becoming a ...
10.04.2023 The Creator (2023) Gareth Edwards is back to making movies after a long wait. Does THE CREATOR set a new standard for sci-fi, is it a disappointment or a solid entry for him? Let's discuss all things CREATOR on this week's main feed ...
09.27.2023 2023 Fall/Winter Movie Draft Richard took home the crown in the Summer Movie Draft for the year of 2023. Who's gonna take it for the fall & winter seasons? Place your bets, and make your picks along with us at home, it's time for ...
09.21.2023 Summer Movie Draft Results & A Haunting in Venice Time to tally up the results of the MAM 2023 Summer Movie Draft. Who came out on top, and what were the best movies to pick? Plus, we dig into the third of Branagh's Hercule Poirot movies with A HAUNTING ...
09.06.2023 The Equalizer 3 Time for more DENZEL, and more EQUALIZING, as the third and final(?) installment of the EQUALIZER series is upon us. So join Brian and Kent as they talk all the highs and lows from this franchise as it pulls in ...
08.30.2023 Meg 2: The Trench What happens when Hollywood learns the wrong lesson from a successful movie? MEG 2 happens. This week on the MAM main feed, we're talking all the dumbness that MEG 2 brought this summer, with a bigger convo about how 2023 ...
08.23.2023 Blue Beetle They just keep cranking out these DCEU movies, despite what we already know about the upcoming James Gunn-ing of the franchise. So we review BLUE BEETLE with what it means now, and will it mean anything in the future? With ...
08.15.2023 VIP Preview: American Graffiti (50th Anniversary) We talk non-current movies every week on our Mad About Movies VIP feed. George Lucas' AMERICAN GRAFFITI is back in theaters as it celebrates 50 years. Time to discuss as we give you a free VIP episode. Get access to ...
08.09.2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem ANOTHER Ninja Turtles movie? Surely they have something worthwhile to bring this time around, right? We're bringing special guest Ariel Rada back to the pod to dive into MUTANT MAYHEM, Rogen & Goldberg's take on this one and whether or ...
08.02.2023 Oppenheimer It's finally time to talk Oppenheimer here on the MAM main feed. Thanks to our VIPs for digging into the episode last week. Did Christopher Nolan deliver the goods with this one? Let's discuss! VIP talk this week is RUSH ...
07.27.2023 Barbie (2023) Margot, The Gos, Queen Greta has to be a perfect combination, right? Time to dig into the huge success of BARBIE, and why it's resonating, featuring guest Claudia!
07.26.2023 Barbenheimer: A Movie Weekend Unlike Any Other What a movie it was, with BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER combining their powers into BARBENHEIMER box-office gold. But what are the lessons we can learn from this weekend, and what was the experience like? Friend of the show Claudia Castillo is ...
07.18.2023 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Did The Cruise top himself again? Is that even possible? Or is it...impossible? DEAD RECKONING: PART ONE is the movie of the week this week as we discuss the best stunts, masks, and yet another confusing box-office return as we ...
07.12.2023 Movie News Roundup: Draft update, Wonka & Napoleon trailers, early Oscar odds Time to update you on the latest scores of our Summer Movie Draft, discuss the trailer drops for WONKA and NAPOLEON, and get some early odds on the 2024 Best Picture as we round up some Movie News, Rumors & ...
07.07.2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny After a long 30+ year wait, we finally have the FOURTH Indiana Jones movie! Join us on our podcast journey as we decipher which button Indiana Jones should've pressed to avoid those booby traps of a disappointing opening weekend. But ...
06.29.2023 Asteroid City It's a Wes Anderson-centric convo this week as we arrive at ASTEROID CITY, his next live action movie and one that features maybe his biggest ensemble cast yet. But is it better than the TikToks?? Richard and Kent are here ...
06.22.2023 The Flash (2023) Batman Shane is back in the MAM DC chair as it's time to review THE FLASH. Did DC do enough to win our nostalgic hearts over? Or did Brian quit the podcast for good? Time to finally discuss!
06.14.2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts They keep on making these TRANSFORMERS movies, so we keep having to talk about them. Did they improve on anything with RISE OF THE BEASTS? Or is this another big expensive disappointment? Let's talk about it! VIP feed this week ...
06.06.2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The rule of the universe states we are never more than a year away from a new SPIDER-MAN movie. This time, it's the much-anticipated sequel to INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. Is it worth all the buzz and hype ...
05.31.2023 The Little Mermaid (2023) Did the Disney machine do it right with their remake of the classic LITTLE MERMAID? What feeds the Mouse these days, and how necessary are these movies? Let's discuss all that the LITTLE MERMAID live-action version had to offer. Become ...
05.25.2023 Fast X It's the 10th installment of our adventures with Dom and the Family, but how many more will there be? Is the franchise....RUNNING OUT OF GAS? Let's talk all the one-liners, car destruction and surprise cameos that FAST X had to ...
05.17.2023 Movie News Roundup: Writers strike, AI generated movies, Star Wars & Indiana Jones news What does the current WGA strike mean, and how should we feel about it? And what role does AI have in the debate? Time to talk about it in our latest roundup of movie news, rumors, and rumblings. Plus, big ...
05.10.2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 James Gunn returns for one final ride with the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, as he delivers Awesome Mix Vol. 3 via Zune to wrap up his trilogy in the MCU. Did he stick the landing? Let's discuss all things ROCKET, ...
05.03.2023 Peter Pan & Wendy He brought us underrated gam PETE'S DRAGON back in 2016, and he's made some of our favorite indie movies since then. Now, David Lowery back with Disney with a take on PETER PAN. Does he bring much Loweryism to the ...
04.19.2023 Air (2023) Ben Affleck returns to the director's chair, with buddy Matt Damon along for the ride as they tell the story of Michael Jordan's monumental deal with Nike. Does AIR deliver on its potential? Let's discuss on this week's main feed ...
04.12.2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Everyone is familiar with Super Mario Bros. in some capacity, so it's no surprise THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE is banking at the box office. Itsa time to dig into all the discussion surrounding this one, right here with your ...
04.06.2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves D&D; nerds unite, as we finally have a good (?) DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS movie. Will this lead to a franchise? Should it? Fellow Dragon, Meg, is pinch-hitting for Kent as she and the boys discuss all that was HONOR AMONG ...
04.05.2023 2023 Summer Movie Draft From a new MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, to the much-talked-about BARBIE movie, a new TRANSFORMERS, INDIANA JONES 4 and more, what will be the movie of the summer? This is our yearly attempt to forecast the SUMMER (winter in winter) movie season, ...
03.29.2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 John Wick is back, and he. Is. PISSED. AGAIN. Is there any way they could top the knife museum sequence in PARABELLUM? Let's find out as we dive into CHAPTER 4 of JOHN WICK. It's ALL TIME FLIP time in ...
03.22.2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods & the drama at DC & Warner Bros. SHAZAM 2 came out and didn't make as much as expected. Who's to blame? DC? Warner? The Rock? Batman Shane is on board for a full discussion on all current things DC and the future of SHAZAM! 0:00 - 37:30 ...
03.13.2023 2023 Oscars Postgame Show / 95th Academy Awards It ended up being the night of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE, and that's before we even talk about the movies! Yahtzee! Time for the annual MAM Oscars Postgame Show! Become a VIP on Patreon @ madaboutmoviespodcast.com/vip
03.07.2023 Creed 3 Michael B. Jordan is not only strapping on the boxing gloves again, he's stepping into the director's chair for the third CREED movie. How did MBJ do, how was the debut of Jonathan Majors in the series, and is the ...
03.03.2023 Cocaine Bear It's the most anticipated FILM in the history of cinema. Does COCAINE BEAR live up to its name? Does Elizabeth Banks have a future as a director? All that plus a batch of Weekly Recommends this week on MAM! VIP ...
02.22.2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Another year, another entry into the MCU with ANT-MAN AND THE WASP : QUANTUMANIA! How important is this movie in the grand scheme, why was this one so divisive and is Marvel Fatigue starting to set in? Let's discuss on ...
02.15.2023 3rd Annual Oscars Re-Do: 2014/2015 It was the 87th Academy Awards, a simpler time where we were arguing about LEGO & Christopher Nolan for Best Picture snubs. What did the Oscars get right and wrong about 2014? Time to look back and give out some ...
02.10.2023 Knock at the Cabin M. Night is back with more M. Night-ness. So is this the most M. Night movie ever, or the least M. Night movie ever? Let's discuss on this week's main feed MAM! VIP after party episode this week is WARM ...
02.02.2023 Rants & Raves: Best & Worst of 2022 Time to count down and reveal our top 10 best and worst movies of the year 2022, biggest surprises, MVPs, LVPs and more as we finally move on from the movie year of '22 and into 2023! Become a MAM ...
01.25.2023 2023 Oscars Nominations & Predictions Our Oscars Postgame Show is one of our favorite annual traditions here on MAM, but before we get there in MARCH (?) we must discuss the nominees and make some predictions for the 95th Academy Awards. And this time, Batman ...
01.20.2023 The Menu THE MENU is a movie from the 2022 cycle that people can't stop talking about. So by popular demand via our VIP Discord, Richard and Brian break down the entire MENU (see what we did there?) and all it had ...
01.11.2023 The Banshees of Inisherin It just took home multiple Golden Globes, now it might be headed for more gold later this year. How good is Martin McDonaugh's BANSHEES and how great are Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson together? RB leads the way as we ...
01.05.2023 Babylon (2022) Time for another big Hollywood epic from DAMIEN CHAZELLE. Does he deliver another LA LA LAND, something less, or something more? It's our movie of the week this week on the main MAM feed as we inch closer to the ...
12.29.2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery The Benoit Blanc Cinematic Universe is underway, and this time we're headed to Greece to hang in Edward Norton's weird Glass Onion island bar thingy. But wait! A MURDER? How does this KNIVES OUT sequel compare to the first, and ...
12.28.2022 Movie News Roundup: Top Grossing Movies of 2022, Superman news, Disney & Iger reunite, Oppenheimer, Barbie Time to round up some Movie News, Rumors and Rumblings. From the trailer debuts for Barbie and Oppenheimer, to Bob Iger's return to Disney, plus a recap of the biggest box office successes of 2022, here's our final Roundup of ...

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Mad About Movies episodes:

The Holdovers

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Marvels & is the MCU in trouble?

Movie News Roundup: Early Oscar favorites, new Planet of the Apes & more

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (60th Anniversary)

The Shining (1980)

The Creator (2023)

2023 Fall/Winter Movie Draft

Summer Movie Draft Results & A Haunting in Venice

The Equalizer 3

Meg 2: The Trench

Blue Beetle

VIP Preview: American Graffiti (50th Anniversary)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Oppenheimer

Barbie (2023)

Barbenheimer: A Movie Weekend Unlike Any Other

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Movie News Roundup: Draft update, Wonka & Napoleon trailers, early Oscar odds

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Asteroid City

The Flash (2023)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Little Mermaid (2023)

Fast X

Movie News Roundup: Writers strike, AI generated movies, Star Wars & Indiana Jones news

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

Peter Pan & Wendy

Air (2023)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2023 Summer Movie Draft

John Wick: Chapter 4

Shazam! Fury of the Gods & the drama at DC & Warner Bros.

2023 Oscars Postgame Show / 95th Academy Awards

Creed 3

Cocaine Bear

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

3rd Annual Oscars Re-Do: 2014/2015

Knock at the Cabin

Rants & Raves: Best & Worst of 2022

2023 Oscars Nominations & Predictions

The Menu

The Banshees of Inisherin

Babylon (2022)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Movie News Roundup: Top Grossing Movies of 2022, Superman news, Disney & Iger reunite, Oppenheimer, Barbie

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