Mad About Movies Podcast

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 F Sorkin needs a strong director to filter his words as they're put to screen. This script is Sorkin giving in to his worst impulses time and time again. Jeremy Strong must be stopped. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 D A movie that thinks it's channeling Dr. Strangelove when in reality it's channeling Don't Look Up (derogatory). Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 A- Pattinson will get all the shine and deservedly so. But it is Oppenheim's directorial choices that really makes Primetime work. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 A Funny and heartfelt throughout. Forte and Wil E. are a hilarious pair. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 A- An excellent mix of fun and scares with Amblin sensibilities. End of Oak Street puts every Jurassic movie since the original to shame. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 A I have some quibbles but both Holland and Zendaya prove once again to be stars. Sink and Bernthal are excellent additions to this world. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Oct 14, 2026 A+ Turns out this Christopher Nolan guy is pretty good. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 14, 2026 B+ Banana. Go to Full Review Minions & Monsters (2026) 89% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 14, 2026 C- A jumbled, uninteresting mess most of the time. Supergirl feels like a James Gunn knock-off and makes you wonder how much producer interference influenced this lackluster picture. Go to Full Review Supergirl (2026) 52% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 14, 2026 A It doesn't quite measure up to the original trilogy of films but this is a world I'll gladly return to whenever Pixar has the time and desire to emotionally manipulate me. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 14, 2026 A I'm in the bag for this in a big way but my goat making a movie for the Spielberg Sickos (as well as himself) is something to celebrate even when the script lets the rest of the production down in places. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 14, 2026 B+ It's far from peak Star Wars and some of the plotting is confusingly poor but overall, Diet Star Wars can still be a fun time. Go to Full Review Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) 60% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jul 14, 2026 C I didn't expect much but even still, I'm underwhelmed. This is a movie that should be fun but I never could quite get there, at least not consistently. Go to Full Review Mortal Kombat II (2025) 63% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast May 7, 2026 C+ Another big studio movie where it feels like the script was the last thought. The actors carry a LOT of weight because the story and production are extremely messy. Go to Full Review The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) 78% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast May 7, 2026 D Informed almost entirely by Bohemian Rhapsody (derogatory). Go to Full Review Michael (2025) 38% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 17, 2026 C I like that Raimi is out there making his weird, campy movies even if they're not movies I care for. Send Help doesn't quite land for me but the two leads are both excellent. Go to Full Review Send Help (2026) 92% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 17, 2026 A- The kind of movie about which people say "they don't make them like that anymore" while not seeing said movie. Heists are good. Go to Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 88% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 17, 2026 A+ One of the great theatrical experiences of my life. Go to Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Apr 17, 2026 B Going in blind to the twist is crucial to the experience of the movie but it's also a triggering twist. It's an uncomfy movie with very good performances that's also difficult to blindly recommend. Go to Full Review The Drama (2026) 76% - -

Brian Gill Mad About Movies Podcast Jan 5, 2026 C- The Diminishing Returns Cinematic Universe. Go to Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% - -