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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: $25MNEXT EPISODE: This one is a doozy- we’re doing FIGHT CLUB
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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 -
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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 -
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
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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 “Dark Universe” with 2017’s THE MUMMY -
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 SUPER MARIO BROS. -
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.
SHOW NOTES
Blast Zone Movie List on Letterboxd
https://letterboxd.com/jdrake602/list/blast-zone-episode-list/
Fiddler, Please
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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: $8MNEXT EPISODE: We’re doing our first musical since CATS as we dive in to DEAR EVAN HANSEN.
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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 itNEXT EPISODE: We’re going down memory lane to the early days of Covid with 2020’s controversial THE HUNT.
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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 movieNAPOLEON
DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott
RELEASED: November 22, 2023
STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby
BUDGET: $200M
BOX OFFICE: $218.4
ESTIMATED LOSS: $100MNEXT EPISODE: Trouble in the MCU as we’re covering THE MARVELS
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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 movieTHE 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: $50MNEXT EPISODE: Destiny has brought us this lamb chop! We’re covering Ridley Scott’s utterly bizarre NAPOLEON
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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: $70M
NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking on the AI armies as we cover Gareth Edward’s THE CREATOR -
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: $40M0:00 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 scary. We’re not spoiling the episodes for Blastober this year so tune in in two weeks! -
“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 -
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: butt rock or dragon rock?
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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
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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.youtube.com/watch?v=YqAeVosG4zI&pp=ygURb25seSBnb2QgZm9yZ2l2ZXM%3D
Striking looking actor Brian Thompson
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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 -
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 workplace comedies, OFFICE SPACEShow Notes:
Katherine Waterston's Logan Lucky haircut
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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 movieDon’t forget to follow Django @DjangoIndustries on all platforms, but especially YouTube ahead of the release of his standup special BAG OF TRICKS
NEXT EPISODE: We dance with PTA for the first time as we cover INHERENT VICE - Näytä enemmän