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 vib…

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 e…

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 …

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…

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: …

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…

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 S…

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, Wil…

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 OFFIC…

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 OFFI…

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 NE…

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 MA…

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: $…

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: C…

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 L…

“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 2:5…

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 …

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 E…

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 …

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 NEX…

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 …

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…

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 NEX…

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 Ha…

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 Olypha…

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 N…

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…

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 …

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 f…

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 NEX…

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…

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…

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:…

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, Is…

Todd Phillips’ first foray into Scorsese impersonator territory wasn’t JOKER, it was the stoner bros dealing arms crime comedy WAR DOGS WAR DOGS DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips RELEASED: August 19, 2016 BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $86.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Kevin Pollak, Bradley Cooper 0:00 Intro 3:00 Show…

A 140-minute Viking epic with Bjork is still somehow Robert Eggers' most accessible movie. It’s THE NORTHMAN THE NORTHMAN DIRECTED BY: Robert Eggers RELEASED: April 13, 2022 BUDGET: $90M BOX OFFICE: $69.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M STARRING: Alexander Skarsgärd, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke 0:00 Intro 2:28 Show & tell 6:18 Thi…

The internet. We obviously know it’s a series of tubes, but what else? We try to find out as we discuss 2001’s SWORDFISH SWORDFISH DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena RELEASED: June 8, 2001 BUDGET: $102M BOX OFFICE: $147M ESTIMATED LOSS: $60M STARRING: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard 0:00 Intro 1:55 Show & tell 5:54 This we…

War(craft)! What is it good for? We find out on this weeks episode WARCRAFT DIRECTED BY: Duncan Jones RELEASED: June 10, 2016 BUDGET: $160M BOX OFFICE: $439M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M STARRING: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Toby Kebbel, Ben Schnetzer, Dominic Cooper NEXT EPISODE: The early 00s hacker cheese fest SWORDFISH…

From that era in the 70s where directors went to the jungle and went over budget and made their masterpieces, it’s SORCERER SORCERER DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin RELEASED: June 24, 1977 BUDGET: $22M BOX OFFICE: $9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou NEXT EPISODE: One of the most expensive video game …

One of those late 90s edgy action movies except it’s from 2009. It’s CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECTED BY: Neveldine/Taylor RELEASED: April 17, 2009 BUDGET: $20M BOX OFFICE: $34.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, Clifton Collins Jr. NEXT EPISODE: We’re going all the way …

Kicking off 2023 in a big way with one of the most beloved movies of all time, THE PRINCESS BRIDE THE PRINCESS BRIDE DIRECTED BY: Rob Reiner RELEASED: October 9, 1987 BUDGET: $16M BOX OFFICE: $30.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: break even STARRING: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Andre The Giant, Christopher Guest NEXT EPISODE: One of …

We’re getting in the Hayleyday spirit with the homie @2Saddington joining us for the Michael Keaton snowman dad dramedy JACK FROST JACK FROST DIRECTED BY: Troy Miller RELEASED: December 11, 1998 BUDGET: $85M BOX OFFICE: $34.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M STARRING: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph Cross NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in two weeks…

It’s the onetime Guinness Book of World Records holder for biggest bomb, CUTTHROAT ISLAND CUTTHROAT ISLAND DIRECTED BY: Renny Harlin RELEASED: December 22, 1995 BUDGET: $115M BOX OFFICE: $10.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $140M STARRING: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Stan Shaw NEXT EPISODE: The homie Hayley (@2Saddington) is back …

Probably the most critically acclaimed movie we’ve covered so far? It’s CHILDREN OF MEN CHILDREN OF MEN DIRECTED BY: Alfonso Cuarón RELEASED: December 22, 2005 BUDGET: $76M BOX OFFICE: $70.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking a week off before we ind…

Before John Wick but after Neo, there was CONSTANTINE CONSTANTINE DIRECTED BY: Francis Lawrence RELEASED: February 18, 2005 BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $230.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou NEXT EPISODE: Things are getting real bleak as we visit post-apocalyptic England with CHI…

You know it’s old cuz a radio station was held hostage and people actually noticed. It’s AIRHEADS AIRHEADS DIRECTED BY: Michael Lehmann RELEASED: August 5, 1994 BUDGET: $11.2M BOX OFFICE: $5.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Amy Locane, Joe Mantegna, Michael McKean, Ernie Hudson NEXT EPISODE: When there’s…

We wrap up our Taylor Kitsch trilogy with 2012’s love triangle/cartel thriller SAVAGES SAVAGES DIRECTED BY: Oliver Stone RELEASED: July 6, 2012 BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $83M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta NEXT EPISODE: We check in on the mostly forgotten…

The Blast Boys are joined by Nash Flynn (@itsnashflynn) to wrap up Blastober with 2005’s HOUSE OF WAX HOUSE OF WAX DIRECTED BY: Jaume Collet-Serra RELEASED: May 6th, 2005 BUDGET: $40M BOX OFFICE: $70.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M STARRING: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki NEXT EPISODE: We complete the Ta…

It’s a horror cult classic for a new generation with 2020’s THE EMPTY MAN THE EMPTY MAN DIRECTED BY: David Prior RELEASED: October 23, 2020 BUDGET: $16M BOX OFFICE: $5M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total STARRING: James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Stephen Root, Ron Canada, Robert Aramayo, Sasha Frolova NEXT EPISODE: The 3rd Blasteteer NASH FLYNN is back to discu…

It’s our second round with Edgar Wright as we’re talking about LAST NIGHT IN SOHO LAST NIGHT IN SOHO DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright RELEASED: October 29, 2021 BUDGET: $43M BOX OFFICE: $23M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M STARRING: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Michael Ajao, Terrence Stamp NEXT EPISODE: We fill your ears with THE EMPTY…