<p>Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy kick off December with 11 reviews for you. On the photography and journalism side Steve has a pair of documentaries to talk about (Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere, The New Yorker At 100) while Erik looks at the story of Christmas Tree sellers (The Merchants of Joy). There is a horror film about the trail of an infamous piece of footage (Man Finds Tape) as well as survivalist Mel Gibson protecting a woman from the cartel after her (Hunting Season). Michelle Pfeiffer goes for mom of the year during Christmas (Oh. What. Fun.) while Dangerous Liaisons meets a fairy tale setting (100 Nights of Hero). An infamous stage musical gets a filmed revival on film (Merrily We Roll Along) and Quentin Tarantino’s multi-volume martial arts epic gets pieced together as one (Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair). Finally the animatronic pizza place characters from the video game are back (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2) and George Clooney is a moviestar going through a three-quarter life crisis (Jay Kelly).</p><p>4:00 - Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere</p><p>10:23 - The New Yorker At 100</p><p>17:53 - The Merchants of Joy</p><p>25:16 - Man Finds Tape</p><p>34:29 - Hunting Season</p><p>40:17 - Oh. What. Fun.</p><p>49:22 - 100 Nights of Hero</p><p>1:01:09 - Merrily We Roll Along</p><p>1:08:09 - Five Nights at Freddy’s 2</p><p>1:19:38 - Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair</p><p>1:29:26 - Jay Kelly</p><p><strong>CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4hSxPPW"><strong>SIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE</strong></a></p><p>Be sure to check out</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/author/erik-childress/"><strong>Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column</strong></a> – At Rotten Tomatoes</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://classiccinemas.com/events/critics-classics/79"><strong>Critics’ Classics Series</strong></a> – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://chicagofilmcritics.org/releases"><strong>Chicago Screening Schedule</strong></a><strong> - </strong>All the films coming to theaters and streaming</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSrhdhHReTCem-_NzGRGENIEK-meOeOXFpLJmBDarS9PjlD59lRvTjZOKKR2CX9KdWLq-dcO_l7VABh/pubhtml"><strong>Physical Media Schedule</strong></a><strong> - </strong>Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.</p><p>(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/erikchildress"><strong>Erik’s Linktree</strong></a><strong> - </strong>Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.</p><p>The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.millionpodcasts.com/movie-review-podcasts/"><strong>Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts</strong></a> as well as in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.millionpodcasts.com/film-festival-podcasts/"><strong>Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts</strong></a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.millionpodcasts.com/cinephile-podcasts/"><strong>Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts</strong></a>. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://erikthemovieman.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">erikthemovieman.substack.com</a>