Hello again everyone! This is the Movie Maniac “shooting from the hip” along with Doug and Jeremy and tons of trailers. Whether it’s The Minions, Avengers: Age of Ultron or Star Wars: The Force Awakens there are some great trailers out there and we are stoked! Join us as we freewheel a pretty good episode about some great movies and maybe even a couple of TV shows. As always we want your input at: 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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I gotta get me one of these! I love The Minions and this is the movie I’m most looking forward to. I love this trailer and think that you better too, or maybe a large group of weird yellow guys will show up on your front porch to find out why.

In a world of chaos, only the Avengers stand for humanity. If you can’t wait for the movie you can at least check out this great new trailer! Or check out the UK version below!

Check out this exciting new trailer for Furious 7.

Join Doug, Jeremy and Craig for a definitive look at the summer blockbuster season. We address everything from the best and worst, the most fun and the biggest surprises. We’ll even tell you which ones were tremendous disappointments.

You’ll also discover whether Guardians of the Galaxy was a hit, like Jeremy predicted, or a dog. You’ll also discover if Jonah Hill and Tatum Channing managed to rekindle the bromance and if Godzilla needs Jenny Craig. The guys had fun and you will too…In other words, DON’T MISS THIS ONE!

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Sometimes you have to go big! And thats just what we’ve done! Not our normal one, two or three reviews but eight!!! I’ll tell you if the fall and winter seasons keep delivering movies like these the year might just be saved! So grab your ear buds and listen in as we review the Christopher Nolan Sci-Fi adventure Interstellar starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. The potential launch of a new franchise in Disneys Big Hero 6. What I think may be one of the best pure action movies I’ve seen in years John Wick starring Keanu Reeves. The ultra creepy Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton. Usually we’re done by now but we’ve packed even more into this Mega Mini Review! We review the excellent WWII tank battle movie Fury starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman and John Bernthal. Rounding things out we have the family/courtroom drama The Judge starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall and our last two reviews to finally finish things off we review St. Vincent starring Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthey. And Dracula Untold starring  Luke Evans

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I like to say if you see me it’s the worst day of your life! -Lou Bloom

Jake  Gyllenhaal is Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for money who wants more from life than  just stealing items like chained up bikes and selling them to pawnshops. He tries to get hired at places that he sells hot merchandise yet but is snarled at in contempt ” I’m not hiring a thief!”

He stumbles into a  carjacking one night in LA  and sees how fast the paparazzi arrive on the scene, even faster than the cops  and overhears  Bill Paxton on the phone selling a single shot for 300! He asks him if he’s hiring and he says no but he realizes he could work for himself if he just had a decent camcorder and police scanner.

He gets his first graphic footage and sells it to news director  Nina (Rene Russo) at a low rated station she is impressed at how close he got and says bring us more urban crime whenever you can

He takes that a little too literally and will do anything to get the first scoop! this is a movie  with not a wasted moment . It is  sad just  how news has stooped to  showing  graphic stories for shock value and ratings  “if it bleeds it leads” Really makes you see paparazzi in an even more unflattering light  and shows just  how  immoral ethically  news media has become , as we also saw in Gone Girl.

Jake physically transformed himself by losing 30 pounds and his eyes look so haunting when combined with his piercing gaze. His performance here is reminiscent of  Edward Norton’s breakout performance in Primal Fear where you never know what to expect from moment to moment  good side or psychopathic side who ALWAYS gets what he wants. He also wins Worst Boss of the year award from me. I do think it would be a crime if he wasn’t nominated for an Oscar next year!  4.5 out of 5

We always strive to have great top 5 lists for you and just when we think we’ve got the best list possible our great movie friends/listeners one up us with wow picks that we missed and there is no way we couldn’t pass up talking about your Unlikely Movie Heroes! We invite you to join us for a new segment of the show we’re going to call Upon Further Review! Where its all about you and your lists. If you want to be a part of the show don’t be shy just call the voice mail # 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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This epic 3 hour motion picture was by far the most emotional of all that Nolan has directed! This is a real family movie as well, there is something for everyone in the family. There is  action and special effects for the men and kids, and there is a strong father -daughter love story that will tug at the ladies heartstrings! I know it did with mine! There is also very little strong language so its suitable for 8 to 80 years of age..The supervillain in this movie is climate change! The world is now  a  21st century dust bowl,with no crops growing , except corn,and lots of kids with horrible coughs getting lung disease! I hope our future isn’t that depressing!

I think the McConaissance is still going strong, Matthew  has a great cast to work with and he is not playing himself at all! Not once did he say his signature catchphrase but that was probably because  nothing was going the way it should!  Anne Hathaway had a great chemistry with him and Jessica Chastain as  Matthew’s (Coop) daughter (Murph). It was amusing to hear the reason why she was named after Murphy’s Law!  I love how she gives 110 % to every role I see an Oscar in her future! The always excellent  Michael Caine is the NASA science professor and  Hathaway’s (Dr Brand) father who is also a scientist

The movie is a cross between Inception and Gravity but I liked it much better than either! I loved how the characters have a backstory .

I am happy to announce the movie was the first 3 hour movie I didn’t have to leave to go to the washroom! For the last half hour I just crossed my legs! That shows you how intense the action was,When walking out I laughed when I heard a couple say  3 hours! Holy Crap ! it didn’t feel that long.

I still like the Dark Knight Trilogy better but this is a masterpiece  and I rate it 4/5

Action junkies unite! John Wick is easily one of the best revenge based action films in the last decade. With a minimum amount of plot and a maximum amount of empathy, directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski made a character with whom anyone can identify: John Wick.

Wick is a retired “fixer:” the man you call when you have an unsolvable problem, rather like “The Wolf” (Harvey Keitel) from Pulp Fiction. Only Wick tends to eliminate the problem, not just fix it and he does it with extreme violence.

Imagine John Wick, living a peaceful life following his wife’s death, being attacked in his home and losing the things he’s using to barely hold on. It is heartbreaking. Moments after the invasion, Wick (Keanu Reeves) is arming up, grabbing a stack of gold and preparing for war. Someone is going to pay.

At this point it’s easy to hearken back to the Death Wish franchise with Charles Bronson. Bronson is Paul Kersey, an architect whose wife is murdered by street thugs. Kersey begins a killing spree in New York City, any and all muggers better watch out. It is a passionate look at revenge and gets the audience really involved.

John Wick is a better film, but it brings out the same passion, kill everyone and let God sort them out. What makes Wick so much better is the absolute belief, developed by the writer and director, that Keanu Reeves’ character is that deadly. Even more amazing is the beauty and believability of the violence. The choreography of the action is brilliant and nothing seems gratuitous or unnecessary..

In some sense it was rather like The Bourne Identity: a minimum of movement leading to a maximum result. Every director should take notes. Realism is so effective…Kill Bill and The Matrix notwithstanding.

The directors also managed to leave acting to the actors and let Reeves stick with action.  Willem Dafoe, Michael Nyqvist and Ian McShane were rather brilliant. All three are acting work horses and shouldered the film adding depth and spice. The surprise was Alfie Allen as Iosef Tarasov. From spoiled brat, when he tries to bully Wick, to “deer in the headlights” when he gets caught, literally with his pants off, he was excellent. I wanted to kill him myself. I like him as Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, but in this he was so good I forgot where I’d seen him before. Thumbs up!

So much was done extremely well, that I would love to see some Oscar nods, something not usually given to this type of film. The directors deserve much of the credit, the minimalist writing also much, but the actors carried the load and made this an absolute pleasure to watch. Even John Lequizamo was a delight.

This is a film that you really need to see in the theater before it goes away. You will not be disappointed!

Rating 4.5 stars out of 5.