Are You Movie Mad?

THE SEASON FINALE IS HERE! There’s a lot of plots ramping up, but Deacon is spending his time making crazy noises upon the discovery of a daughter he barely knew. People come in through the back way, the Bluebird returns to the show, drinks, deaths and Daddys come home to roost. Where are we at, so deep into lockdown, remembering the times we could hang out, singing and dealing with potential indictments.

It’s the penultimate episode of season 1, Johnny is excited about all the moving and shaking in the world of Nashville, and Andrew is mostly concerned with protecting Scarlett from all the bad people out there trying to hurt her, even accidentally, for their own gain. Will the return of Dante change anything? Will we run the Jolene joke into the ground? Will Big Deac Energy ever stop working on us?

It’s time to pitch the worst podcast in the world, a guaranteed flop, this show won’t last the night! It’s Mel Brooks’ masterpiece of comedy satire, and NOT the Broadway musical or film adaptation of the Broadway musical, despite Johnny’s best efforts. We’re going back to the source, taking a fine sip of Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, and pitching a Star Wars musical that’ll make big bucks for those behind the show, and nobody else.

Deacon gives away his dog. I guess there are other storylines in this week’s episode, but Andrew gets significantly hung up on Deacon giving Sue away so suddenly. What is Nashville without the iconic Deacon/Sue partnership of the past few weeks? Johnny feels like Will Lexington and Scarlett are gonna be the BFFs of the year, and can’t seem to get Andrew’s head around who is biologically related to whom.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! We have had it with these monkey-fighting movies on this Monday-to-Friday podcast. Johnny hasn’t seen Snakes On A Plane, so for very little reason it’s time to revisit the 2006 internet phenomenon that never quite found footing in the real world. Also, a DVD Leaflet advertisement game, and pitches for further Snake-ventures!

It’s our longest episode, because there’s stuff to get to with the world of Country Music in Nashville. Juliette is succumbing to Dante’s peak, and it throws Deacon, Jolene and the whole industry into a tailspin. Meanwhile, Johnny’s love for new character Will Lexington continues to confuse Andrew, and has made it so Johnny can no longer remember the term ‘Roadie’, nor the Showtime hit TV show Roadies.

Here we go, the one everyone’s been demanding. Andrew discovered that Universal has had the Cannes Cut of the iconic sci-fi apocalypse comedy satire on iTunes for a while, and as the Arrow blu ray release comes closer, it’s time to show Johnny not only Southland Tales, but the 160 minute thicker version, with less exposition and more comic asides. Johnny is not on board, but Andrew’s new twin Aaron seems happy with the situation, and offers an option to make the world end.

It’s a new year for the podcast, and the same season for Nashville. We bounce between New York and the titular town to discover Dante’s side-hustle with the Barnes ladies, Avery’s new gig, Will/Ted Lexington’s take on dealing with death, and how many people call Lamar ‘Daddy’ when he’s unconscious.

The new Pixar pic brings the joys of death, existential dread and meaninglessness to children! Johnny has waited to watch this for the podcast, but Andrew has taken a trip through the soul already, what will be the end result, and will anything matter after all of this? Happy 2021!

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.

It’s Sky Cinema 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. Remastered for the TV frame rate that the UK for some reason still clings to… Merry last week of 2020

The final film of 2020 is a Spike Jonze family picture, adapted from a short picture book, somehow featuring arm rips and throwing friends into other friends. What a perfect film to remind you of the mayhem of Christmas past, as we sit alone in our pandemic world, feeling every emotion and waiting for something good to come. Max and the Wild Things are 2020, and Andrew and Johnny and friends Jim Broadbent and Paul Giamatti ease the Christmas fear for another season.

Now on Sky Movies! 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.

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.

In the final episode of 2020, Andrew and Johnny prepare for the onslaught of Nashville shenanigans and watch an episode of the TV show that is mostly set in… NEW YORK CITY?!? Boy howdy, Johnny is excited to introduce Will Lexington to the show, insisting the hat-wearing man is the show’s best character, but Andrew opts to focus on the intimate abilities of the Muppets over on Sesame Street.

Judging December ends with a look back at a Straight-To-DVD comedy, and looks forward to the year 2505, with Idiocracy. Will Johnny’s new love of Office Space transfer to the Etan Cohen-co-written satire, or will the world as we now know it provide too much painful hilarity that not even Mike Judge could have anticipated? E-Mail the show with questions and comments for the final ep of 2020 at areyoumoviemad@hotmail.com

The fallout of Jason’s death hits Gunnar hard, and nobody else. The falldown of some shelves at Juliette’s intimate fanshow hurts everyone one of us, though. Johnny tries to detail every story in this week’s episode, and Andrew finds comfort in the many famous banjo players there are.

Judging December continues with Mike Judge’s iconic deconstruction of the workplace environment in the late 90s. Johnny deep-dives Disney pins, Andrew recites love for character actors and Stephen Root especially.

T’was Deacon’s birthday and all through the Bluebird everyone was partying, including a big nerd. Or two. Us. Andrew and Johnny. Who watch a party episode of Nashville, celebrate Big Deac, bear witness to Nashville’s changing political landscape, some gossip mags, a big death and then, hey, a little hanky panky to cap things off. All in the space of an hour (And ten)!

We’re Judging December, and what better way to begin than with the misadventures of two 90s slacker Gen-X proxies and their semi-star-studded feature adventure? Johnny isn’t big on what little of the characters he has seen, but Andrew is insistent that Siskel and Ebert’s Two Thumbs Up written on the DVD cover carries more importance than his friend’s opinion.