It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong.
Hold onto your (high) hat, cuz we’re going to MILLER’S CROSSING! MILLER’S CROSSING RELEASED: September 22, 1990 DIRECTED BY: The Coen Brothers STARRING: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Jon Polito BUDGET: $10M - $14M BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: total NEXT EPISODE: Put on your blue suede shoes, cuz it’s time for BUBBA HO-TEP 0:00 Intro 3:12 Show & tell 9:14 This week's movie...
Today(land) on the pod we’re talking about Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, and George Clooney’s infamous love letter to Walt Disney, futurism, and those scolding news reports that were telling you to use paper straws around the time this movie came out. It’s TOMORROWLAND! TOMORROWLAND DIRECTED BY: Brad Bird RELEASED: May 22, 2015 STARRING: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie BUDGET: $190M BOX OFFICE: $209M ESTIMATED LOSS: $150M NEXT EPISODE: We’re getting our noir on with our...
We're joined by (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely Island's bizarre and beloved debut movie, 2007's HOT ROD. HOT ROD DIRECTED BY: Akiva Schaffer RELEASED: August 3, 2007 STARRING: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $14.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: We're going to the future with George Clooney or something. IDK I never saw it. It's TOMORROWLAND. 0:00 Intro 4:52 Show & tell 11:34 This ...
The first and last movie Stephen King ever directed, it’s 1986’s MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Did he give up directing because he nailed it so perfectly the first time? No. No he didn’t. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE DIRECTED BY: Stephen King RELEASED: July 25, 1986 STARRING: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney BUDGET: $9M BOX OFFICE: $7.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined by friend of the show (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely Island’s first foray into movi...
We've had four FANTASTIC FOUR movies so far and none of them could be described as fantastic. We dive deep into the 2015 Josh Trank grimdark reboot of the franchise this week. FANTASTIC FOUR DIRECTED BY: Josh Trank RELEASED: August 7, 2015 STARRING: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $167.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M Early Teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BVs-KCSiA Quizno's "Put It In Me" Commercial https://www.youtube...
We are the law (when it comes to movies that bombed). Finally, a genuinely good movie! It’s 2012’s DREDD DREDD RELEASED: September 21, 2012 DIRECTED BY: Pete Travis STARRING: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $41.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: Let’s dig in to a fantastic piece of garbage with 2015’s FANTASTIC FOUR 0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 6:37 This week's movie...
We're pretty sure Jake Gyllenhaal would like you to forget about this movie, but that's not our problem. It's 2001's BUBBLE BOY BUBBLE BOY RELEASED: August 24, 2001 DIRECTED BY: Blair Hayes STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, John Carroll Lynch, Danny Trejo BUDGET: $13M BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $TOTAL NEXT EPSIODE: We are the law. It's 2012's DREDD 0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell 9:10 This week's movie...
We’re going on a journey into the most dangerous place in the world—1980’s SoHo. It’s AFTER HOURS AFTER HOURS RELEASED: September 13, 1985 DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese STARRING: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara BUDGET: $5M BOX OFFICE: $10.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $2M NEXT EPISODE: Ever wish you could hide from the outside world? Us too. So we’re covering BUBBLE BOY 0:00 Intro 2:56 Show & tell 7:21 This week's movie...
We're back with our second-ever mailbag episode--BLAST ME ANYTHING! We take listener questions about our favorite movies, how the show got started, and much more! NEXT EPISODE: We're finally spending some time with ol' Marty as we talk about 1985's AFTER HOURS. 0:00 Intro 1:52 Show & tell 8:27 Blast Me Anything
Alright, we made it to the end of our January 2024 retrospective and we’re closing it out with MADAME WEB. This movie is so weird. I don’t even know how to describe it. MADAME WEB DIRECTED BY: S.J. Clarkson RELEASED: February 14, 2024 STARRING: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $100.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $75M NEXT EPISODE: We’re dipping into the mail bag for a special “BLAST ME ANYTHING” episode 0:00 Intro 2:44 Show & tell 7:...
We’re almost done with 2024. So close we can taste it. But first, it’s one of the year’s biggest misses in ARGYLLE. ARGYLLE DIRECTED BY: Matthew Vaughn RELEASED: February 2, 2024 STARRING: Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Brian Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L Jackson BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $96.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up the 2024 year in review with MADAME WEB Show Notes: Whirlybird Cam https://imgur.com/a/UgHIt9W 0:00 Intro 4:01 Show & tell 9:08...
It’s megaloppin’ time! We continue our 2024 retrospective with one of the most bizarre movies we’ve ever covered—it’s MEGALOPOLIS MEGALOPOLIS RELEASED: September 27, 2024 DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola STARRING: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voigt BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $13.9M EST. LOSS: All of it NEXT EPISODE: Pull out your favorite checkered sweaters cuz we’re doing ARGYLLE 0:00 Intro 3:41 Show & tell 9:39 This week's movie...
Did you know there was a BORDERLANDS movie? In 2024? Well there was. And we watched it because we love you. BORDERLANDS DIRECTED BY: Eli Roth RELEASED: August 9, 2024 STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $33M EST LOSS: All of it NEXT EPISODE: Lord help us, we tackle MEGALOPOLIS. 0:00 Intro 3:05 Show & tell 8:21 This week's movie
More like Folie à Dud! We’re kicking off our 2024 retrospective with one of the biggest sequel failures in history, JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX. 0:00 Intro 2:46 Show & tell 7:26 This week's movie JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips RELEASED: October 4, 2024 STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $206.4M EST LOSS: $110M NEXT EPISODE: We keep the bad times rolling with another of 2024’s biggest bombs, BORDERLANDS...
It’s one of the most expensive independent films ever made. It’s ambitious. But is it any good? We dig into CLOUD ATLAS to see what we find. 0:00 Intro 3:27 Show & tell 9:08 This week's movie CLOUD ATLAS RELEASED: October 26, 2012 DIRECTED BY: Lana Wachowski, Lily Wachowski, Tom Tykwer STARRING: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Hugo Weaving, James D’Arcy BUDGET: $145M BOX OFFICE: $130.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M NEXT EPISODE: We begin our 2024 retrospective with the very expensi...
With so much turmoil in the world, we picked a movie that didn’t have any frightening parallels to the real world. This is THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004). THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Demme RELEASED: July 30th, 2004 STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise BUDGET: $80M BOX OFFICE: $96.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 0:00 Intro 3:39 Show & tell 10:00 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Let’s take a break from the real world with 2012’s CLOUD ...
Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE 0:00 Intro 3:37 Show & tell 9:19 Trailer talk 11:44 This week's movie VALENTINE DIRECTED BY: Jamie Blanks RELEASED: February 2, 2001 STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw BUDGET: $29m BOX OFFICE: $36.7m EST LOSS: $20m NEXT EPISODE: Politics are a drag in 2004’s MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE...
Hope you’re thirsty, cuz we’ve got lots of water this week. Arguably too much. For the second episode of Blastober, it’s UNDERWATER UNDERWATER DIRECTED BY: William Eubank RELEASED: January 10, 2020 STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie BUDGET: $65M BOX OFFICE: $40.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M 0:00 Intro 2:01 Show & tell 10:44 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Wouldn’t you like to know?! Stay tuned for another spooky treat...
It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM 0:00 Intro 3:42 Show & tell 7:53 This week's movie GREEN ROOM DIRECTED BY: Jeremy Saulnier RELEASED: April 15, 2016 STARRING: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark Webber BUDGET: $5M BOX OFFICE: $3.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $4M NEXT EPISODE: The spooky hits keep coming! You’ll have to tune in to see what they are maadyyq6...
May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS 0:00 Intro 2:33 Show & tell 7:21 This week's movie SPACEBALLS DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks RELEASED: July 24, 1987 STARRING: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers BUDGET: $23M BOX OFFICE: $38M EST LOSS: $5M NEXT EPISODE: It’s BLASTOBER! You’ll have to tune in to see which movies we cover...
Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA 0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 7:34 This week's movie AD ASTRA DIRECTED BY: James Gray RELEASED: September 20, 2019 STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler BUDGET: $110M BOX OFFICE: $135.4M EST LOSS: $80M NEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in space but it’s slightly less morose as we finally cover SPACE BALLS
Off with your head! This week we’re covering David Lowery’s retelling of the 14th-century Arthurian myth THE GREEN KNIGHT THE GREEN KNIGHT DIRECTED BY: David Lowery RELEASED: July 30, 2021 STARRING: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, Ralph Ineson BUDGET: $15M BOX OFFICE: $18.9M EST LOSS: $10M 0:00 Intro 1:41 Show & tell 6:52 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Let’s go to space and contemplate absentee fathers. It’s AD ASTRA...
This week, it’s our first venture into the insane mind of Michael Bay with 2005’s clone action-thriller THE ISLAND 0:00 Intro 3:23 Show & tell 8:29 This week's movie THE ISLAND DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay RELEASED: July 11, 2005 STARRING: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Sean Bean BUDGET: $126M BOX OFFICE: $162.9M EST LOSS: $80M NEXT EPISODE: We’re going on an adventure! It’s 2021’s THE GREEN KNIGHT The Prom Kings - Blow aka dive bar butt rock https://youtu.be/O-t7_uSepCM?si=wH...
Everybody loves Robert Pattinson. Wanna watch him sit in a limo and have pseudo-philosophical conversations for 2 hours? Then you’re in luck! It’s COSMOPOLIS 0:00 Intro 2:40 Show & tell 8:57 This week's movie COSMOPOLIS DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg RELEASED: June 8, 2012 STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Durand, Sarah Gadon BUDGET: $20.5M BOX OFFICE: $7.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M NEXT EPISODE: We’re gonna go hang out with some clones on THE ISLAND...
Another big budget comedy that flopped super hard and was almost universally hated? Don’t mind if we do. It’s LAND OF THE LOST (2009) 0:00 Intro 2:04 Show & tell 7:56 This week's movie LAND OF THE LOST DIRECTED BY: Brad Silberling RELEASED: June 5, 2009 STARRING: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $68.8M EST. LOSS: $75M NEXT EPISODE: It’s our first Cronenberg AND first Pattinson! We’re doing the 2012 Don DeLillo adaptation COSMOPOLIS....
Join us on the latest episode of the Blast Zone Podcast as we welcome back the legendary Regular M1ke (@RegularM1ke) to discuss one of the forgotten 90s sports thrillers, THE FAN . Directed by Tony Scott and featuring an all-star cast including Wesley Snipes, Robert DeNiro, John Leguizamo, Ellen Barkin, and Benicio Del Toro, this 1996 film had a budget of $55 million but unfortunately only grossed $42 million, resulting in an estimated loss of $35 million. In this episode, we break down what wen...
The sequel nobody asked for and almost nobody saw... it's EVAN ALMIGHTY EVAN ALMIGHTY DIRECTED BY: Tom Shadyac RELEASED: June 22, 2007 STARRING: STEVE CARELL, MORGAN FREEMAN, LAUREN GRAHAM, JOHN GOODMAN BUDGET: $175m BOX OFFICE: $174.4M EST. LOSS: $80m 0:00 Intro 2:04 Show & tell 6:57 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Mike check 1,2, you know the vibes... REGULAR M1KE is back. We're talking 1996's baseball thriller THE FAN...
We’re back! Talking about one of the most 90s of 90s movies in David Fincher’s FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB RELEASED: October 15, 1999 DIRECTED BY: David Fincher STARRING: Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto BUDGET: $67M BOX OFFICE: $101.2M (including re-releases) ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: The most expensive comedy ever made is also one of the least funny- it’s EVAN ALMIGHTY 0:00 Intro 3:01 Show & tell 10:49 This week's movie SHOW NOTES Brad Pittois https://ww...
We’re getting super earnest and old-timey with one of the original superhero movies, 1991’s THE ROCKETEER 0:00 Intro 2:50 Show & tell 8:52 This week's movie THE ROCKETEER DIRECTED BY: Joe Johnston RELEASED: June 21, 1991 STARRING: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Terry O’Quinn BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $46.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: This one is a doozy- we’re doing FIGHT CLUB...
Oh hey didn’t see you there. We were over here being edgy career criminals. It’s THE WAY OF THE GUN 0:00 Intro 2:01 Show & tell 5:42 This week's movie THE WAY OF THE GUN DIRECTED BY: Christopher McQuarrie RELEASED: September 8, 2000 STARRING: Ryan Philippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, James Caan BUDGET: $8.5M BOX OFFICE: $13.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M NEXT EPISODE: How about some sincerity for a change? We’re doing 1991’s THE ROCKETEER...
