We’re back! And we’re doing a highly requested one this week with 2016’s Civil War drama FREE STATE OF JONES 0:00 Intro 1:48 Show & tell 7:20 This week's movie FREE STATE OF JONES RELEASED: June 24, 2016 DIRECTED BY: Gary Ross STARRING: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $25M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M NEXT EPISODE: We’re doing a cult classic Tarantino ripoff with 2000’s THE WAY OF THE GUN...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 122
We're joined by the homie Nash Flynn (@ItsNashFlynn) of Death & Friends to talk about an extremely historically accurate movie: 2017's THE MUMMY. 0:00 Intro 3:47 Show & tell 9:25 This week's movie THE MUMMY RELEASED: June 9, 2017 DIRECTED BY: Alex Kurtzman STARRING: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance BUDGET: $195M BOX OFFICE: $410M ESTIMATED LOSS: $90M NEXT EPISODE: We're going way back to the civil war to check out the FREE STATE...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 121
We’re joined by “friend” of the show Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the first video game movie. Ever! It’s Super Mario Bros. (1993) 0:00 Intro 5:11 Show & tell 11:27 This week's movie SUPER MARIO BROS RELEASED: May 28, 1993 DIRECTED BY: Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel STARRING: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper, Fiona Shaw BUDGET: $48M BOX OFFICE: $38.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: We’re talking about the 3rd failed attempt to start a Universal Pictures “D...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 120
We went all the way back to 1995 for this week's movie, with one of Russell Crowe's first American movies and maybe Denzel's silliest movie ever, VIRTUOSITY. 0:00 Intro 2:08 Show & tell 7:16 This week's movie VIRTUOSITY DIRECTED BY: Brett Leonard RELEASED: August 4, 1995 STARRING: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella, William Forsythe BUDGET: $30M BOX OFFICE: $37M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: Grab your mushrooms and head for the sewers, we're doing the 1993 S...
Mar 06, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Another movie where the film itself wasn’t the story, it's the creepy musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN. 0:00 Intro 2:33 Show & tell 7:32 This week's movie DEAR EVAN HANSEN DIRECTED BY: Stephen Chbosky, RELEASED: September 24, 2021 STARRING: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore BUDGET: $28M BOX OFFICE: $19.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to the 90s for a movie that definitely understands what computers are, VIRTUOSITY. S...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 118
THE HUNT controversy was probably the biggest news story of 2020. Can’t think of anything else that happened that was quite as important. 0:00 Intro 2:59 Show & tell 7:19 This week's movie THE HUNT DIRECTED BY: Craig Zobel RELEASED: March 13, 2020 STARRING: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Ike Barinholtz BUDGET: $14M BOX OFFICE: $12.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M NEXT EPISODE: We’re doing our first musical since CATS as we dive in to DEAR EVAN HANSEN....
Feb 07, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 117
We wrap up our 2023 series with maybe the biggest bomb of the year, and also every year, with THE MARVELS. 0:00 Intro 1:47 Show & tell 6:36 This week's movie THE MARVELS DIRECTED BY: Nia DaCosta RELEASED: November 10, 2023 STARRING: Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Zawe Ashton BUDGET: $275M BOX OFFICE: $206.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: all of it NEXT EPISODE: We’re going down memory lane to the early days of Covid with 2020’s controversial THE HUNT....
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 116
We’re back with another 2023 bomb and this time we’re getting real French with it. 0:00 Intro 3:35 Show & tell 8:41 This week's movie NAPOLEON DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott RELEASED: November 22, 2023 STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $218.4 ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M NEXT EPISODE: Trouble in the MCU as we’re covering THE MARVELS
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 115
It’s week 2/4 of our 2023 Retrospective and we’re covering the ambitious original sci-fi movie THE CREATOR 0:00 Intro 2:12 Show & tell 6:42 This week's movie THE CREATOR DIRECTED BY: Gareth Edwards RELEASED: September 29, 2023 STARRING: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, Madeleine Yuna Voyles BUDGET: $80M BOX OFFICE: $104M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M NEXT EPISODE: Destiny has brought us this lamb chop! We’re covering Ridley Scott’s utterly bizarre NAPOLEON...
Jan 17, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Oh my goodness we’re back. Do you all still remember us? We missed you. We’re doing 4 episodes on 2023’s bombs, and first up is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES 0:00 Intro 2:18 Show & tell 6:16 This week's movie DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley RELEASED: March 31, 2023 STARRING: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant BUDGET: $150M BOX OFFICE: $208.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: ...
Jan 10, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 113
No Oscar noms here, but there were definitely some noms! Nom nom nom nom. It’s 2015’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA IN THE HEART OF THE SEA DIRECTED BY: Ron Howard RELEASED: December 11, 2915 STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Michelle Fairley, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $93.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 0:00 Intro 2:16 Show & tell 5:39 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking a week off to prep for BLASTOBER! It’s about to get spooky...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 112
“I’ve never even heard of this. Must be one of those obscure movies from the 80s or 90s” wrong. Try 2019. It’s alien invasion thriller CAPTIVE STATE CAPTIVE STATE DIRECTED BY: Rupert Wyatt RELEASED: March 15, 2019 STARRING: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga BUDGET: $25M BOX OFFICE: $8.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M 0:00 Intro 2:58 Show & tell 7:58 This week's movie NEXT WEEK: A bunch of dudes fight a whale. It’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Big dragons. Bale. Mcconegh… McConeghaue… the “alright alright alright” guy. So why didn’t anybody see it? It’s REIGN OF FIRE REIGN OF FIRE DIRECTED BY: Rob Bowman RELEASED: July 12, 2002 BUDGET: $60M BOX OFFICE: $82.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M CAST: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, Izabella Scorupco 0:00 Intro 2:24 Show & tell 7:45 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Aliens are here and they don’t seem friendly. It’s 2019’s massive bomb CAPTIVE STATE. Show Notes: Mad at Gravity: ...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 110
We’re finally getting around to one of the greatest movies of the 2000s, David Fincher’s ZODIAC ZODIAC DIRECTED BY: David Fincher RELEASED: March 2, 2007 BUDGET: $85M BOX OFFICE: $84.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $45M CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony Edwards 0:00 Intro 3:12 Show & tell 7:40 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: BURNINATING THE COUNTRYSIDE! It’s 2002’s moody dragon epic REIGN OF FIRE Show Notes: Arthur Leigh Allen in his casualwear https://imgur.co...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Panic! At the Mutual Benefit Life Building. It’s 1989’s apocalyptic freak out MIRACLE MILE MIRACLE MILE DIRECTED BY: Steve De Jarnatt RELEASED: May 19, 1989 BUDGET: $3.7M BOX OFFICE: $1.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $3M CAST: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Mykelti Williamson, Robert DoQui 0:00 Intro 2:26 Show & tell 6:41 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We tackle one of the big ones with one of the best movies of the 21st century, ZODIAC Show Notes: Great trailer for Only God Forgives https://m.youtu...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 108
I guess somebody has a case of the Wednesdays, cuz this week we’re covering OFFICE SPACE OFFICE SPACE DIRECTED BY: Mike Judge RELEASED: February 19, 1999 BUDGET: $10M BOX OFFICE: $12.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M CAST: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, David Herman, Ajay Naudi 0:00 Intro 2:33 Show & tell 6:44 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: The world is ending! And also we’re covering the apocalyptic 1980s thriller MIRACLE MILE...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 107
It’s our first, but definitely not our last, pod covering Paul Thomas Anderson, this time with his hippie private eye crime comedy INHERENT VICE INHERENT VICE DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson RELEASED: December 12, 2014 BUDGET: $20M BOX OFFICE: $14.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M CAST: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon 0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell 6:33 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: A true cult classic as we talk about the undisputed champion of workp...
Jul 19, 2023•59 min
We’re joined by the hilarious Django Gold (@django on Twitter) to talk about ANOTHER near $200m loser in THE LONE RANGER. THE LONE RANGER DIRECTED BY: Gore Verbinski RELEASED: July 3, 2013 BUDGET: $250M BOX OFFICE: $260.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $190M CAST: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Ruth Wilson, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson 0:00 Intro 1:52 Show & tell 8:42 This week's movie Don’t forget to follow Django @DjangoIndustries on all platforms, but especially YouTube ahead of the release of his stand...
Jul 12, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Maybe the audience was in a moving city that moved them away from the theaters? It’s MORTAL ENGINES MORTAL ENGINES DIRECTED BY: Christian Rivers RELEASED: December 14, 2018 BUDGET: $150M BOX OFFICE: $83.7 ESTIMATED LOSS: $175M CAST: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Lang 0:00 Intro 3:09 Show & tell 8:54 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We dance with PTA for the first time as we cover INHERENT VICE Show Notes: Pic of Cheetos Checkers https://imgur.com/a/1dc1DE4...
Jun 28, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 104
We’re back from vacation (along with special guest Small Cat) with a highly requested episode, it’s the fascist satire/gnarly action movie STARSHIP TROOPERS STARSHIP TROOPERS DIRECTED BY: Paul Verhoeven RELEASED: November 7, 1997 BUDGET: $110M BOX OFFICE: $121M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M CAST: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown 0:00 Intro 1:44 Show & tell 7:00 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Another entry in the $100M losers club with MORTAL ENGINES...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 103
The Blast Boys put it in gear with Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to boost 2000's GONE IN 60 SECONDS GONE IN 60 SECONDS DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena RELEASED: June 9th, 2000 BUDGET: $103M BOX OFFICE: $242M ESTIMATED LOSS: $92M STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Vinnie Jones, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Olyphant, Chi McBride, Will Patton 0:00 Intro 6:14 Show & tell 13:04 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We enlist for a term of service with 1997's STARSHI...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 102
It’s episode 101 and we’re going to Gotham to check out the BIRDS OF PREY BIRDS OF PREY DIRECTED BY: Cathy Yan RELEASED: February 7, 2020 BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $205.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M CAST: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Chris Messina 0:00 Intro 2:39 Show & tell 6:58 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined by Ron Iver (ronnui_) to talk the most 2000 movie of all time, GONE IN 60 SECONDS Show Notes: Info on the upcoming Scott...
May 17, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 101
It’s the big one! 100 episodes! We’re covering maybe the most notorious bomb of all time with HEAVEN’S GATE! HEAVEN’S GATE DIRECTED BY: Michael Cimino RELEASED: November 19, 1980 BUDGET: $44M BOX OFFICE: $3.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total CAST: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, Sam Waterston, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt 0:00 Intro 1:30 Show & tell 7:23 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re getting ready for BARBIE by talking about BIRDS OF PREY Show Notes: The Cimino biography t...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 100
One of the most 90s movies ever made, it’s DROP ZONE DIRECTED BY: John Badham RELEASED: December 9, 1994 BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $62M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M CAST: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter 0:00 Intro 2:17 Show & tell 7:02 This week's movie Next Week: IT'S THE 100TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA AND WE’RE DOING HEAVEN’S GATE SHOW NOTES: Patton Oswalt talks about BLADE: TRINITY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i8rCtzKA9tQ&t=2s&pp=ygUTcGF0dG9uIG9zd2FsdCBibGFkZQ%3D%3D...
Apr 26, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Our first time covering Jim Carrey, but probably not our last. It’s THE CABLE GUY. DIRECTED BY: Ben Stiller RELEASED: June 14, 1996 BUDGET: $47M BOX OFFICE: $102.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M CAST: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black 0:00 Intro 2:28 Show & tell 7:05 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Wesley Snipes tries, and fails, to do for skydiving what Point Break did for surfing. It’s DROP ZONE
Apr 19, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Roll up those jacket sleeves and get ready for MIAMI VICE MIAMI VICE DIRECTED BY: Michael Mann RELEASED: July 28, 2006 BUDGET: $135M-$150M BOX OFFICE: $164.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M CAST: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Barry Shabaka Henley, Domenick Lombardozzi, Justin Theroux 0:00 Intro 1:46 Show & tell 7:02 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Almost 100 episodes in and we’re finally getting around to a Jim Carrey movie. It’s THE CABLE GUY...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 97
This movie is not good. It’s HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE I guess or something HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE DIRECTED BY: Ron Shelton RELEASED: June 13, 2003 BUDGET: $75M BOX OFFICE: $51.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M CAST: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Dwight Yoakam 0:00 Intro 2:37 Show & tell 7:18 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re sticking with the buddy cop theme and revisiting Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Big waves. Vietnam. Grown men diving into ovens. This movie has it all! It’s BIG WEDNESDAY BIG WEDNESDAY DIRECTED BY: John Millius RELEASED: May 26, 1978 BUDGET: $11M BOX OFFICE: $4.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M CAST: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D’Arbanville 0:00 Intro 2:18 Show & tell 6:12 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: It’s the movie more famous for its co-stars hating each other than for the actual movie, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE!...
Mar 22, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 95
We’re back on our international arms dealer thing after a brief intermission with the Nicolas Cage cult favorite LORD OF WAR LORD OF WAR DIRECTED BY: Andrew Niccol RELEASED: September 16, 2005 BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $72.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynihan, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm 0:00 Intro 2:48 Show & tell 7:58 This week's movie SHOW NOTES: Nic Cage made of bullets https://imgur.com/a/kutn5hz NEXT EPISODE: Surfs up, dudes! We’re going ...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 94
We traded anti-Russian Cold War propaganda for anti-Chinese propaganda but then got cold feet and made it about North Korea cuz why not. It’s the 2012 RED DAWN RED DAWN DIRECTED BY: Dan Bradley RELEASED: November 21, 2012 BUDGET: $65M BOX OFFICE: $50.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas 0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell 6:42 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to the world of arms dealing with 2005’s cult favorit...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 93
