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.
It’s not exactly Danielle Steel, but we’re diving into a TRUE ROMANCE this week TRUE ROMANCE DIRECTED BY: Tony Scott RELEASED: September 10, 1993 BUDGET: $12.5M BOX OFFICE: $12.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M STARRING: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Michael Rapaport, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to 2001 for the sci-fi horror comedy EVOLUTION
If you’ve never seen SUNSHINE, you’re missing out. Join us as we discuss Danny Boyle’s 2007 sci-fi epic. SUNSHINE DIRECTED BY: Danny Boyle RELEASED: July 20, 2007 BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $32M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis, Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Troy Garity NEXT EPISODE: Christian Slater is Quentin Tarantino, sorry, “Clarence Worley” in 1993’s blood soaked TRUE ROMANCE Show Notes: Requiem For A Tower https://m.youtube....
Marvel movies used to lose money sometimes! This is one of those times. Let’s get punished by 2004’s THE PUNISHER THE PUNISHER DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Hensleigh RELEASED: April 16, 2004 BUDGET: $33M BOX OFFICE: $54M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Tom Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ben Foster, John Pinette, Will Patton, Laura Harring NEXT EPISODE: It’s warming up so seems like a good time to talk about Danny Boyle’s 2007 sci-fi epic SUNSHINE Show Notes: Theme Song https://m.youtube.com...
“How accurate is this Jim Morrison impression?” and other unanswerable questions abound as we’re talking about 1993’s WAYNE’S WORLD 2 WAYNE’S WORLD 2 DIRECTED BY: Stephen Surjik RELEASED: December 10, 1993 BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $72M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Christopher Walken, James Hong, Kim Basinger NEXT EPISODE: Before the MCU, there were standalone Marvel movies without post-credits scenes, and we’re talking about one: 2004’s The Punisher...
Let’s get spooky as we’re joined by our friend Hayley (@2Saddington) to talk about 2021’s totally bananas MALIGNANT MALIGNANT Release Date: September 10, 2021 Budget: $40M Box office: $34M Estimated loss: $15M Director: James Wan Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jacqueline McKenzie NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in two weeks with an underrated sequel to a beloved 90s comedy with WAYNES WORLD 2 Show Notes: Lin-Manuel lip bite pic https://knowyourmeme.com/me...
It’s Star Wars Day so we’re covering the only movie that qualifies for this podcast with 2018’s SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY DIRECTED BY: Ron Howard RELEASED: May 25, 2018 BUDGET: $275M BOX OFFICE: $393.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M STARRING: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Paul Bettany NEXT EPISODE: Our friend Hayley (@2Saddington) is back to talk about 2021’s mindf*ck MALIGNANT
This movie has it all: overly chipper Kirsten Dunst, monologues about boners, and the rarest thing of all: Orlando Bloom in jeans. It's 2005's ELIZABETHTOWN! ELIZABETHTOWN DIRECTED BY: Cameron Crowe RELEASED: October 14, 2005 BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $52M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer NEXT EPISODE: Celebrating Star Wars day with the only Star Wars movie that qualifies for our podcast, it's SOLO: A STAR WARS STO...
We are joined by our 5th (3rd?) Beatle NASH FLYNN (@itsnashflynn) to talk about one of THE cult classics of the 80s, John Carpenter’s BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA DIRECTED BY: John Carpenter RELEASED: July 2, 1986 BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $11.M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in two weeks talking about Cameron Crowe’s romantic tragicomedy ELIZABETHTOWN Show Notes: Jack Burton boots ...
We're back and it's still technically March so we're celebrating March Madness with the OTHER College Basketball movie, Blue Chips DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin RELEASED: February 18, 1994 BUDGET: $35M BOX OFFICE: $26M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Nick Nolte, JT Walsh, Mary McDonnell, Ed O'Neill, Bob Cousy, Anfernee Hardaway, Shaquille O'Neal, Matt Nover, Alfre Woodard NEXT EPISODE: The wonderful Nash Flynn joins to discuss 1986's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA Show Notes: SI's Oral History https...
We’re back from hiatus with a doozy! The movie that stole Jon’s innocence and made him realize moves could be bad BATMAN & ROBIN DIRECTED BY: Joel Schumacher RELEASED: June 20, 1997 BUDGET: $160M BOX OFFICE: $238.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $90M STARRING: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O’Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone NEXT WEEK: We’re tapping into March Madness with the college basketball drama BLUE CHIPS
Another installment in the $100M club! This Michael Crichton adaptation is the rare movie to lose $100,000,000 and we're here to find out why THE 13TH WARRIOR RELEASED: August 27, 1999 DIRECTED BY: John McTiernan BUDGET: $160M (Rumored) BOX OFFICE: $61.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $129M STARRING: Antonio Banderas, Diana Venora, Omar Sharif, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi NEXT EPISODE: Just in time for THE BATMAN, we're talking about a movie that almost killed the character and maybe superhero movies for ...
It’s Super Bowl week so we’re covering a recent Hail Mary that missed the mark with DRAFT DAY DRAFT DAY RELEASED: April 7, 2014 DIRECTED BY: Ivan Reitman BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $29.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Chadwick Boseman, Frank Langella NEXT WEEK: It’s one of the biggest bombs of the 90s as we’re covering THE 13th WARRIOR
It’s the 50th episode extravaganza! We’re talking one of the most infamous blockbusters of all time with WATERWORLD WATERWORLD RELEASED: July 28, 1995 DIRECTED BY: Kevin Reynolds BUDGET: $175M BOX OFFICE: $264.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $60M STARRING: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter NEXT WEEK: Just in time for the Super Bowl we’ve got another Costner bomb with DRAFT DAY
How did this many talented people make such a boring movie? We try to figure it out as we discuss COWBOYS & ALIENS COWBOYS & ALIENS RELEASED: July 29, 2011 DIRECTED BY: Jon Favreau BUDGET: $163M BOX OFFICE: $174M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M STARRING: Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown, Ana De La Reguera, Keith Carradine NEXT WEEK: Our 50th episode will be a big expensive spectacle so we needed a movie to match and we found one with WATERWORLD...
We're rolling into the Outback for one of the quintessentially 90s bombs with TANK GIRL TANK GIRL RELEASED: March 31, 1995 DIRECTED BY: Rachel Talalay BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $6M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total STARRING: Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, Ice-T NEXT WEEK: Is it a western? Is it sci-fi? Is it any good? We're talking COWBOYS & ALIENS Still from SNL animated Bjork sketch Bjork and swan dress from SNL - Imgur https://imgur.com/gallery/laJcZHO Kessler Whiskey/Pete Postlethwaite co...
A star-studded cast comes together for an R-rated cynical look at the children’s television industry in DEATH TO SMOOCHY DEATH TO SMOOCHY RELEASED: February 28, 2002 DIRECTED BY: Danny Devito BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $8M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total STARRING: Ed Norton, Robin Williams, Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart, Danny Devito, Michael Rispoli NEXT WEEK: We’re heading down under for 1995’s swing-and-a-miss TANK GIRL
Join us for a palaver about 2017’s kind of adaptation of Stephen King’s epic book series THE DARK TOWER RELEASED: August 4, 2017 BUDGET: $66M BOX OFFICE: $113.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaghuey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Katheryn Winnick, Jackie Earle Haley Next Week: We resurrect the rhino and break down DEATH TO SMOOCHY
Affleck! You were the bomb in Reindeer Games, yo! REINDEER GAMES - Release date: February 25, 2000 - Budget: $42M - Box office: $32.2M - Estimated loss: $30M - Director: John Frankenheimer - Starring: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Danny Trejo, Clarence Williams III NEXT WEEK: We’re taking a week off but we’ll be back in the new year with THE DARK TOWER Show Notes: John Lithgow in Bombshell https://m.imgur.com/a/QmRUnBu...
It’s our first (but not last) Ferrell flop as we’re talking the basketball bomb SEMI-PRO SEMI-PRO - Release date: February 29, 2008 - Budget: $55M - Box office: $43.9M - Estimated loss: $25M - Director: Kent Alterman - Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, Andy Daly NEXT WEEK: We get in the holiday spirit and play some REINDEER GAMES
We’re doing a whole noir thing this week with Brian De Palma’s THE BLACK DAHLIA THE BLACK DAHLIA - Release date: September 15, 2006 - Budget: $50M - Box office: $49.3M - Estimated loss: $20M - Director: Brian De Palma - Starring: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlet Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner NEXT WEEK: Will Ferrell does sports for the last time (so far) with the 2008 flop SEMI-PRO Show notes: Can’t find the Patton Oswalt clip for free but it’s from Werewolves and Lollipops Man Who L...
Come Together, Right Now as we talk about Julie Taymor's ambitious Beatles Jukebox Musical/Romance/Drama/other stuff epic from 2007: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - Release date: October 12, 2007 - Budget: $70.8M - Box office: $29.6M - Estimated loss: $50M - Director: Julie Taymor - Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio NEXT WEEK: We're talking about Brian De Palma's studio swan song with 2006's THE BLACK DAHLIA SHOW NOTES:...
🎶 We’re heading straight To The dumpster🎶 Cuz that’s where this movie belongs. WILD WILD WEST - Release date: June 30, 1999 - Budget: $170M - Box office: $222.1M - Estimated loss: $85M - Director: Barry Sonnenfeld - Starring: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, Ted Levine, M. Emmet Walsh NEXT WEEK: Just in time for Peter Jackson’s epic Beatles documentary GET BACK, we’re checking in on Julie Taymor’s Beatles jukebox musical ACROSS THE UNIVERSE SHOW NOTES: Will Smith "Wild Wi...
Taking a quick break from the bombs as we’re joined by our friend Michael Tannenbaum (@iAmTannenbaum) to talk about Denis Villenueve’s DUNE! Next Week: KING RICHARD is getting rave reviews for its lead performance so we go back to 1999 and check in on Will Smith's first big miss with WILD WILD WEST
Just in time for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, we’re covering a little movie you may have heard of: the $150M lightning rod that was 2016’s reboot of GHOSTBUSTERS GHOSTBUSTERS - Release date: July 15, 2016 - Budget: $144M - Box office: $229.1M - Estimated loss: $75M - Director: Paul Feig - Starring: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Neil Casey NEXT WEEK: Who knew giant mechanical spiders could be so lame? We’re checking out 1999’s WILD, WILD WEST...
We’re taking a quick break from covering Bombs to answer your questions! Next week: Just in time for GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, we’re talking a movie that came and went without any controversy at all in 2016’s GHOSTBUSTERS
Enter the control room with us as we wrap up Blastober by breaking our own rules covering CABIN IN THE WOODS, a movie that didn’t quite bomb but also didn’t really make any money in theaters CABIN IN THE WOODS - Release date: April 13, 2012 - Budget: $30M - Box office: $66.5M - Estimated loss: Broke even - Director: Drew Goddard - Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford NEXT WEEK: We break up the schedule a littl...
We're going to hell and back talking up 1997's Haunted House in Space horror extravaganza EVENT HORIZON EVENT HORIZON - Release date: August 15, 1997 - Budget: $60M - Box office: $42M - Estimated loss: $30M - Director: Paul W.S. Anderson - Starring: Sam Neil, Laurence Fishburn, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs NEXT WEEK: We wrap up Blastober with the not-quite-a-bomb/not-quite-a-success CABIN IN THE WOODS...
We are joined by @itsnashflynn to talk about the movie where Jason finally (?) goes to space with JASON X JASON X - Release date: April 26, 2002 - Budget: $14M - Box office: $17.1M - Estimated loss: $5M - Director: Jim Isaac - Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Melyssa Ade, Peter Mensah NEXT WEEK: We open a dimension to box office hell as we’re talking 1997’s EVENT HORIZON
We’re kicking off Blastober with John Carpenter’s legendary sci-fi horror classic THE THING! THE THING - Release date: June 25, 1982 - Budget: $15M - Box office: $19.6M - Estimated loss: $7M - Director: John Carpenter - Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart NEXT WEEK: @itsnashflynn is back as we grab our space machetes for JASON X
One of the most critically reviled films of 2018, THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS sure is... something. Let's get into it THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS - Release date: August 24, 2018 - Budget: $47M - Box office: $27.5M - Estimated loss: $30M - Director: Brian Henson - Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Bill Baretta, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Elizabeth Banks NEXT WEEK: Our Halloween Month of nothing but horror movies kicks off with 1982's alien-invasion classic THE THING...
