What a movie it was, with BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER combining their powers into BARBENHEIMER box-office gold. But what are the lessons we can learn from this weekend, and what was the experience like? Friend of the show Claudia Castillo is here to help break down the craziness that was this past movie weekend.
Yesterday
Escape From New York (1981)
Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/madaboutmovies/posts/escape-from-new-164091745 Is Snake Plissken Kurt Russell's peak? Let's throw it back to a cult classic John Carpenter action movie and see what, if anything, holds up about this one 45 years later. Hosted by Simplecast, a ... Show More
6m 11s
Jul 2023
Barbie & Oppenheimer & Strikes, Oh My
Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most explosive box office numbers of the year. So far, Barbie has made over 200 million domestically and Oppenheimer has surpassed 100 million. So are the movies back in business? Or i ... Show More
48m 19s
Jul 2023
‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer's’ Epic Weekend Face-Off
Matt is joined by The Quorum founder David Herrin to discuss the meteoric rise in popularity of ‘Barbie,' the unprecedented data around its tracking, how the marketing has eventized the film, and why this movie has taken the world by storm. They also discuss the "Barbenheimer" mo ... Show More
32m 25s
Jul 2023
The Greatest Opening Weekend Double Feature Ever
This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna debate the greatest opening weekend double feature ever! They start by recapping the results from last episode on the most impressive stunt in cinema history, check in on their 2023 Movie Bet, and then discuss the inspiration for the debate, the ... Show More
1h 44m
Aug 2023
Barbie & Oppenheimer (with Jamie Loftus)
Amy and guest host Jamie Loftus (“Raw Dog,” The Bechdel Cast) detonate this summer’s hot pink double feature phenomenon, Barbenheimer! Starting with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, they discuss what made them cry, what made them cringe, and what sent them down a rabbit hole about pregnant ... Show More
1h 13m
Feb 2016
122 Deadpool movie, any good?
<p>Deadpool week has finally arrived which means we're breaking down the highly anticipated release in both a spoiler and spoiler free way (seperately).</p><br><p>We get into what worked, what didn't, post credits seen, the future of the series and more. Plus we talk the final Ba ... Show More
1h 27m
Jan 2024
#599 — George Clooney & Callum Turner, Kevin Hart & Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Dan Levy
We have a veritable guestapalooza this week as George Clooney and Callum Turner join us to talk The Boys In The Boat, Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw give us the lowdown on F. Gary Gray's heist movie Lift, and Dan Levy chats about his directorial debut Good Grief.Other than that, ... Show More
2h 5m
Feb 2024
Burning For Something with Celine Song & Sofia Coppola
Topics covered include: seeing your first movie at the neighborhood theater, the pressures of live performance, the animal that is the audience, parallels between directing and motherhood, abandoning the miracle, autobiographical filmmaking, feeling like broccoli, the Pacific Oce ... Show More
1h 11m
