Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Jan 15 2025 142 ep. 65 mins 166
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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. 

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Episode 141 - Megalopolis

Jan 15 2025 78 mins  
It’s megaloppin’ time! We continue our 2024 retrospective with one of the most bizarre movies we’ve ever covered—it’s MEGALOPOLIS MEGALOPOLISRELEASED: September 27, 2024 DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola STARRING: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Jon VoigtBUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $13.9M EST. LOSS: All of it NEXT EPISODE: Pul

Episode 140 - Borderlands

Jan 08 2025 70 mins  
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, 2024STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack BlackBUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $33M EST LOSS: All of it NEXT EPISODE: Lord help us, we tackle MEGALOPOLIS. 0:00 Intro 3:05 Show & tell

Episode 139 - Joker: Folie à Deux

Jan 01 2025 68 mins  
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 & tell7:26 This week's movieJOKER: FOLIE À DEUX DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips RELEASED: October 4, 2024 STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $206.4MEST LOSS: $1

Episode 138 - Cloud Atlas

Dec 11 2024 68 mins  
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 & tell9:08 This week's movieCLOUD ATLASRELEASED: October 26, 2012DIRECTED BY: Lana Wachowski, Lily Wachowski, Tom Tykwer STARRING: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Hugo Weaving, James D’Arcy BUDGE

Episode 137 - The Manchurian Candidate

Nov 20 2024 68 mins  
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, 2004STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise BUDGET: $80M BOX OFFICE: $96.1MESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 0:00 Intro 3

Episode 136 - Valentine

Oct 31 2024 73 mins  
Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE0:00 Intro3:37 Show & tell9:19 Trailer talk11:44 This week's movieVALENTINEDIRECTED BY: Jamie BlanksRELEASED: February 2, 2001STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica CapshawBUDGET: $29m BOX OFFICE: $36.7mEST LOSS: $20mNEXT EPISODE

Episode 135 - Underwater

Oct 23 2024 71 mins  
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 UNDERWATERDIRECTED BY: William Eubank RELEASED: January 10, 2020 STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie BUDGET: $65MBOX OFFICE: $40.9MESTIMATED LOSS: $50M 0:00 Intro2:01 Show &

Episode 134 - Green Room

Oct 09 2024 68 mins  
It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM 0:00 Intro3:42 Show & tell7:53 This week's movieGREEN ROOMDIRECTED BY: Jeremy SaulnierRELEASED: April 15, 2016 STARRING: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark WebberBUDGET: $5M BOX OFFICE: $3.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $4M NEXT EPIS

Episode 133 - Spaceballs

Sep 25 2024 66 mins  
May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS0:00 Intro2:33 Show & tell7:21 This week's movieSPACEBALLSDIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks RELEASED: July 24, 1987STARRING: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Joan RiversBUDGET: $23M BOX OFFICE: $38MEST LOSS: $5MNEXT EPISODE: It’s BLASTOBER! You’ll have to t

Episode 132 - Ad Astra

Sep 11 2024 79 mins  
Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA 0:00 Intro2:58 Show & tell7:34 This week's movieAD ASTRADIRECTED BY: James GrayRELEASED: September 20, 2019STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler BUDGET: $110MBOX OFFICE: $135.4MEST LOSS: $80MNEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in space but it’s slightly less morose as we fina