This has to be our favorite time of year here at the Movie Madness Podcast! Not only do we get to talk about our most anticipated movies of the year, we also get to put our reputations on the line! Some better (Craig & Jeremy) than others (Doug)! by predicting the box office success of the movies! Right or wrong it makes for a great discussion with the added benefits of a great big “I told you so!!” at the end! So we ask you to join us for part one of our 2016 Prediction Episode! Also we’d like you to be part of the discussion by sending your predictions to  moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or call the voice mail # 260-573-0015 or post them to Twitter, Facebook or the Ultimate Movie Geeks community on Google+

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Every year the movies get bigger and bigger and our expectations grow! Whether it’s a beloved franchise brought back to life or the continuation of an epic story line we can’t wait for what comes next! Who will live or die (Ben Affleck) included! This is what makes movies great! Not only the spectacle and emotion we see on screen but the joy we all take in analyzing and predicting the outcome of the next big blockbuster or Oscar contender. If this sounds like you then your in the right place and we want you to join in as we discuss the Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016 part 2! And of course, feel free to let us know your Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016 call the voicemail  #260-573-0015,  or email us at: moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com. You can also post them to Twitter, Facebook or the Ultimate Movie Geeks community on Google+

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What a great time of the year it is! Spring is just around the corner and were excited for warmer weather! But that’s not all!!! Blockbuster trailers abound filling us with that childlike enthusiasm of days gone by! In those few flashing minutes our curiosity peaks and our hope grows for whats to come next. You just cant wait until opening week! Your so excited you have to find your movie friends to talk all things about these upcoming movies! That’s where we join in! We invite you to listen in to our episode of Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016 part 1!  And of course, feel free to let us know your Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016 call the voicemail  #260-573-0015,  or email us at: moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com. You can also post them to Twitter, Facebook or the Ultimate Movie Geeks community on Google+

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Hey, did you guys think that 2015 was the best year in movies? The worst? Or did you think that maybe, just maybe…in the scope of all things, it just doesn’t matter. Are you kidding? What is more important? Well that’s how we at the Movie Madness Podcast feel. There is nothing more important than what’s at the movies. Well, we do take a break now and then for our families and friends, but we can’t wait to get back to discussing movies.

If you’re a movie maniac like me, a movie podcast mogul like Doug or just a huge fan of DiCaprio like Jeremy you must not miss this one. The three of us discuss last year in depth and what we thought the best, worst and funniest movies were. As always we have lots of categories to discuss and, if you miss out, you just won’t know everything there is to know about movies. Log in, listen up and lay back and learn. Or at the least, get mad and through your podcast device at the wall.

As always, you can give us your thoughts at: moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or cal the voice mail number 260-573-0015 and you can also post them on our Facebook Page

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Ever been tooling along in a film and then Voila, your favorite character croaks? Well we have and oh how we hate it, but then, we’re just warm and fuzzy guys. Tune in to our Top 5 Surprising Movie Deaths episode and find out our absolute horror at the death of Alan Tudyk and which movie it was. You may be also be surprised to find out which deaths Doug, Jeremy and I picked, but you’ll never know till you listen.

We would suggest making your own list and then crank up the podcast to Doug, Jeremy and I to check out just how how much better your picks are. We had a blast trying to figure out which deaths the other guys chose and want to know yours too. Once you listen, be sure and send your lists to: moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or cal the voice mail number 260-573-0015 and you can also post them to Ultimate Movie Geeks on Google+  or our Facebook Page

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The Secret of my Success is Trading Places with a rich guy and ending up with Brewster’s Millions. It’s a Wonderful Life but it Can’t Buy Me Love only The Pursuit of Happyness. It’s a Rocky trip, but like The Unsinkable Molly Brown it’s Far & Away my best opportunity to find Excalibur!

Like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty my life has been exciting and as much fun as Coming to America for the first time. “If you want to know more,” you need to take a few minutes and listen to Doug, Jeremy and me, the Movie Maniac, in our latest (and one of our greatest) podcasts.

We want to know your top 5 rags to riches movies so send your picks to: moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or cal the voice mail number 260-573-0015 and you can also post them on our Facebook Page

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Hey, this is Craig, the Movie Maniac, with Doug the fearless leader helping you pick out some of the best last minute movie gifts! Not that we’re cheap or anything, well, Doug isn’t, but we managed to pick out some great DVDs for a song. Well, not if you sing like Doug or me, but you get the point.

There are some great DVDs at a great price even at this late date! Walmart has some real bargains for all of you guilt-ridden last minute shoppers. We’ll give you a bit of a rundown, then you can “run down” to your nearest last minute shop for your desperation picks.

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Have you  ever wondered what the best opening scenes are in movies? Well we sure have. Doug, Jeremy and I decided that we were going to have a whole episode about what the best opening sequences are in in our favorite movies.

Star Wars, Rocky 2, Jaws or Raiders of the Lost Ark, which one which one would you choose as the best opening sequence? You’re never going to know what we chose unless you tune in to the latest episode of movie madness podcast and find out. Once you do you can always post yours at: moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or cal the voice mail number 260-573-0015 and you can also post them on our Facebook Page

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Hey everyone, like Carol Anne might say: “They’re Baaack!” Doug. Mr Jeremy and the Movie Maniac are here after a long hiatus (look it up) and this time “It’s personal.” The guys are at each others’ throats about which spy movie is best: Spectre or Rogue Nation. Which actors sell a movie: think The Martian and Central Intelligence and trailers; Hint: Captain America: Civil War looks awesome. Don’t go another day without your Movie Madness fix!

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Verdict: ✫✫✫1/2

So I finally managed to put the kids to bed, pop some popcorn and see Mad Max: Fury Road when it came out on Pay Per View, and I was literally speechless the entire time. I hardly had a second to throw popcorn at my mouth and was thankful I hadn’t tried seeing this in 3D or I’d have mortally injured myself. My wife couldn’t watch it. Forget it, and I figured as much because I’d rented it too late at night and she wouldn’t have been able to sleep. But you know, that’s pretty much par for the course in any given Mad Max flick. I, for one, was happy to see this one didn’t deviate from the octane level of the original movies.

George Miller tried getting Fury Road off the ground at the turn of the century but had some pretty major setbacks, not the least of which was September 11^th and Desert Storm. Mel Gibson apparently dropped his role in this one as Max when development couldn’t get it off the ground and the role finally went to Tom Hardy this year. With practical effects and ultrafast camera work, Miller wove a rather simple tale of redemption and “finding home” on nearly constant spinning of gigantic, treacherous wheels.

Unlike the previous Max installments where all things material are at a premium and gasoline is literally to die for, Fury Road is all about the value of people… specifically The Five Wives who belong to the notorious dictator Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). The Five Wives are pregnant and have escaped his clutches as stowaways inside the “War Rig” transporting gasoline from one city to another and driven by the infamous road warrior Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). In a direct defiance of Immortan Joe’s reign, Furiosa suddenly yanks the War Rig in mid journey toward the East in search of a new home for the Five Wives and the chase is on.

Max (Hardy) all this time is just a lone survivor of the holocaust, a wanderer, who does what he can to survive in the arid landscapes of a post-nuclear world. He is suddenly captured by Immortan Joe’s devoted, brainwashed cronies called “War Boys” and found to be a universal blood donor, by which he is promptly hung in a cage and is used for donating blood to rejuvenate a War Boy named Nux (Nicholas Hoult). Nux needs Max to stay alive and give him a blood transfusion, but wants to join the search for the Five Wives to please his master Joe. So he takes Max with him and straps him to his suped up muscle car, and continues the transfusion as he jumps into the cross continental road(rage) trip. Tell me that’s not badass on so many levels. No really!

Basically, this entire movie a one long car chase. Much like the old westerns throughout the sixties, the Mad Max movies have always been wonderfully simple, beautifully imaginative and extremely fast paced. Fury Road is, with the onset of better quality film and graphics, even faster. With sped up scenes in places and flashes of clues here and there, this movie throws clues and story line at you like a crazy 120 minute roller coaster. Dialogue is kept to a minimum as words are not wasted. Looks and camerawork do most of the talking and as the movie races at breakneck pace across gorgeous desert vistas and through breathtaking continent-wide dust storms, you’re left as the end credits roll with a rapidly thumping heart and wide unbelieving eyes, wondering if you really did just see what you saw.

For an amazing analysis, see Ouroboros’s  thoughts on Fury Road here ~> http://ruggedgamers.com/mad-max-fury-road-review/