Every once in awhile a movie strikes a chord with us and no movie in the history of the Movie Madness Podcast has sparked more discussion before it came out than Guardians of The Galaxy! We were in two camps, Doug and Craig had predicted a critical bomb and only a mild box office success Jeremy was the lone champion never wavering in his full support of The Guardians both critically and financially!  So who was right? you’ll have to listen in to our Mini Review of Guardians of The Galaxy starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel to find out! But wait there’s more! Craig has a review of Get on Up the James Brown bio pic starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis and Dan Aykroyd. Craig thinks there’s Oscar potential in Get on Up so listen in and find out more about this gem that might get missed amongst the blockbusters. We would love to hear your movie reviews! You can email them moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com, Phone them in 260-573-0015 or post them to Twitter or Facebook

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Guardians of the Galaxy has been our most discussed movie here at the Movie Madness Podcast. Some of us think it will be great “Jeremy” and others not so much “Doug” & “Craig”! So we decided we had to do something special and I hopped in my car along with my son Kirby drove two hours to Indianapolis to see Guardians of the Galaxy with Jeremy and his family in IMAX! Of course we had to turn on the mics to give our initial reactions! What did we think? What did the kids think? Well you’ll have to listen in to find out! Then let us know your thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy! email us moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com, call us 260-573-0015 or post them on Facebook or Twitter

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Hold on to your sanity while the Movie Madness crew deconstructs Thor: The Dark World, including even the most serious spoilers. Doug, Craig and Jeremy take a hard look at Marvel Comic’s newest movie and reveal everything!  Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard are back in the new Thor and we are excited. Find out what we think about the performances, the action and the CGI in one of the most fun episodes we’ve done. Join us as we talk about the film and then email us at moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com with your comments. You can also voice mail us at 260-573-0015. See you soon!

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All powerful gods, beautiful heroines and evil dark elves, does it get any better…I think not! Join me, Doug and Jeremy as we break down one of the most entertaining movies of the year, Thor: The Dark World. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard are back in the latest and one of the greatest of the Marvel masterpieces. Find out where it ranks when we we tell ya what we think. Please also email us at moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com and let us know your rating. You can also voice mail us at 260-573-0015. This is your Movie Maniac saying, see ya at the theater!

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We are huge comic book fans here at The Movie Madness Podcast and we had our fingers crossed that The Wolverine  starring Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushima would be better then X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And we are more then happy to say that yes it is better! But how much better? Is it enough to revitalize The Wolverine character and extend the franchise? Listen in and let us know what you think! Send yourThoughts & movie reviews to moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or call the voice mail number 260-573-0015 we would love to have you movie reviews!

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We love Comic Book Movies and there has been so many good Comic Book Movies come out in recent years and each one of us has our favorites! But just cause we like a movie doesn’t make it a great movie. So this time we put our favorites aside, and picked the best of the best! The A#1. Gold standard 5 Best Comic Book Movies. Now I know you think your picks are better than ours but how are we to know if you don’t send them to us. You can email us at  moviemadnesspodcast@gmail.com or even better call the voice mail #260-573-0015. We want to hear from you!

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The Avengers is finally here! Based on the 1960’s comic book, The Avengers movie is a brilliant tribute not only to the comic, but also the writers and the fans. Director Joss Whedon’s vision is a fantastic blend of action, dialogue, chemistry and just plain fun! Joss Whedon gets it; the most important element in comic book movies is great characters and The Avengers is packed with ‘em. Not only that, but the characters are already developed leaving Whedon room to play, and he does.

The world is, once again, in deadly danger and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) the director of Shield, the world’s chief investigative unit, thinks he has the answer: the “Avengers Intitiative.” Fury is nearly fanatical about the Initiative and thank god he is. Loki has come to the Earth and he wants revenge. Only The Avengers:  Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Captain America (Chris Evans) are powerful enough to face, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the god of mischief.

Loki has been drifting through the cosmos collecting friends, not the fuzzy nice kind, but the kind that want to rule the universe. He’s not greedy though, he just wants the Earth. That’s where the Avengers step in and Loki’s is stymied, at least till he creates a passageway for his massive army. Then it’s on, the classic battle between the space monsters and the heroes. You have to go to the theater to find out.

Whedon’s vision for The Avengers is even better than I imagined. His development and blending of personalities, especially between Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, is amazing. The humanity of each hero, even Thor, is shown in its gooey Marvel Comics goodness. It was like watching the first twenty Avenger’s comics come to life. Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America are at each other’s throats, just like in the books, (except when they fight evil then it’s “Hulk” smash). These are the most powerful heroes on Earth and Whedon never lets the audience (or Loki) forget it.

The acting is superlative, the plot simple but elegant and the story elements brilliant. Even more important, the casting of The Avengers could barely have been better. Even Scarlett Johansson, as the Black Widow, seems to fit beautifully, though Jeremy Renner was a distraction. Renner’s Hawkeye really didn’t sell.

The Avengers is easily one of the best comic book movies ever and I heartily recommend it. It’s now one of my top five and rate it a solid:

4.5 out of 5.