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It's here! We close out Blastober with the long-awaited lost episode (re-recorded of course), covering 1998's FALLEN  FALLEN RELEASED: January 16th, 1998 DIRECTED BY: Gregory Hoblit STARRING: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz, Donald Sutherland, James Gandolfini, Elia Koteas BUDGET: $46M  BOX OFFICE: $25.2M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M NEXT EPISODE: We recover from all the bloodshed of Blastober with a children's favorite that certainly won't devastate us emotionally. It's THE IRON GIANT 0:00 Intro  3:20 Show & tell 9:02 This week's movie

We're going all the way back to 1988 for Stan Winston's directorial debut and one of the great "guy in a suit" monster movies of all time, PUMPKINHEAD PUMPKINHEAD RELEASED: October 14, 1988 DIRECTED BY: Stan Winston STARRING:  Lance Henriksen, John D'Aquino, Kerry Remsen BUDGET: $3.2M  BOX OFFICE: $4.4M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $2M NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with a fun one from 1998 that should be familiar to long-time listeners  Show Notes: Pumpkinhead & Mewtwo: Separated at birth? https://imgur.com/a/tSt8qII 0:00 Intro  2:46 Show & tell 8:04 This week's movie

Blastober rolls on with the 2024 Giallo homage CUCKOO CUCKOO RELEASED: August 9th, 2024 DIRECTED BY: Tilman Singer STARRING: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Jan Bluthardt  BUDGET: $7m BOX OFFICE: $6.7m  ESTIMATED LOSS: $3m  NEXT WEEK: After a couple recent entries, we're going back to the 80s for an iconic creature feature.  0:00 Intro  2:37 Show & tell 7:42 This week's movie

Blastober is kicking off with a 2026 entry! We dive into Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE DIRECTED BY: Nia DaCosta RELEASED: January 16, 2026 STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry BUDGET: $63m BOX OFFICE: $58.5m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M NEXT WEEK: Blastober carries on with another recent-ish selection 0:00 Intro  2:50 Show & tell 10:57 This week's movie

We're back and we're on our superhero tip covering one of the MCU's first big misfires, it's 2021's ETERNALS ETERNALS RELEASED: November 5, 2021 DIRECTED BY: Chloe Zhao STARRING: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry BUDGET: $236m  BOX OFFICE: $402m ESTIMATED LOSS: $50m  NEXT EPISODE: We're gonna take some time to prepare for BLASTOBER!  0:00 Intro  3:01 Show & tell 9:08 This week's movie

We're back from a brief hiatus with our third Tony Scott episode, it's 2005's DOMINO. DOMINO RELEASED: October 14, 2005 DIRECTED BY: Tony Scott STARRING: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, Christopher Walken, Mo'Nique BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $23.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: The first real sign that something might be wrong with the MCU's box office dominance, it's 2021's ETERNALS 0:00 Intro  3:20 Show & tell 9:09 This week's movie

Welcome to Atlanta where the players play and sometimes security guards get blamed for planting bombs even though they're innocent. This is RICHARD JEWELL RICHARD JEWELL RELEASED: December 13, 2019 DIRECTED BY: Clint Eastwood STARRING: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $44.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M NEXT EPISODE: One of the least plausible "based on a true story" movies ever, it's 2005's DOMINO  0:00 Intro  4:16 Show & tell 10:24 This week's movie

Ahead of the 2026 attempt to make a worthwhile live action movie out of this franchise, we're covering 2009's STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Bartkowiak RELEASED: February 27, 2009 STARRING: Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $12.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: TOTAL NEXT EPISODE: We're doing our first Clint Eastwood and first Paul Walter Hauser movies in one go as we discuss 2019's RICHARD JEWELL  0:00 Intro  2:29 Show & tell 8:50 This week's movie

We're going back to the relatively pleasant times of the mid-90s for Kathryn Bigelow's dystopian sci-fi thriller STRANGE DAYS STRANGE DAYS DIRECTED BY: Kathryn Bigelow RELEASED: October 13, 1995 STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Michael Wincott, Tom Sizemore BUDGET: $42M BOX OFFICE: $17M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: In anticipation of this fall's STREET FIGHTER, we're covering the hilariously misguided punchline of 2009, STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI  0:00 Intro  4:30 Show & tell 10:03 This week's movie

We're on the hunt for Silver Lake's mysterious dog killer in this week's episode, as we dissect David Robert Mitchell's 2019 paranoid odyssey UNDER THE SILVER LAKE UNDER THE SILVER LAKE DIRECTED BY: David Robert Mitchell RELEASED: April 19, 2019 STARRING: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez BUDGET: $8M BOX OFFICE: $2M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: We dive into dystopian Los Angeles with Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cyberpunk neo-noir STRANGE DAYS.  0:00 Intro  3:11 Show & tell 7:06 This week's movie

We're going back to 1985 for our first Richard Donner movie, the medieval fantasy LADYHAWKE LADYHAWKE RELEASED: April 12, 1985 DIRECTED BY: Richard Donner STARRING: Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood BUDGET: $20m  BOX OFFICE: $18.4m ESTIMATED LOSS: Total NEXT EPISODE: We take a tour of Ian's hometown with UNDER THE SILVER LAKE 0:00 Intro  2:18 Show & tell 7:40 This week's movie

We're talking about a classic crime heist comedy... or is it a romance? It's Steven Soderbergh's 1998 masterpiece OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF SIGHT RELEASED: June 26, 1998 DIRECTED BY: Steven Soderbergh STARRING: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks BUDGET: $48M BOX OFFICE: $77.7M ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M NEXT EPISODE: We're going all the way back to 1985 for the Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer fantasy flop LADYHAWKE 0:00 Intro  3:06 Show & tell 7:30 This week's movie

Ryan Gosling's in space! No, not the one that's currently in theaters. Nope, not the Star Wars one either, that comes out next year. It's Damien Chazelle's moody Neil Armstrong biopic FIRST MAN.  FIRST MAN RELEASED: October 12, 2018 DIRECTED BY: Damien Chazelle STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll BUDGET: $70m  BOX OFFICE: $105.7m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m  NEXT EPISODE: We're doing an old favorite with Steven Soderbergh's 1998 crime romance comedy OUT OF SIGHT 0:00 Intro  2:08 Show & tell 6:46 This week's movie

This week, we are unfortunately quite topical as we discuss the Iraq War satire TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE RELEASED: October 15, 2004 DIRECTED BY: Trey Parker STARRING: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masaka Moyo, Daran Norris BUDGET: $32M  BOX OFFICE: $50.8 ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M  NEXT EPISODE: We're going to space with Baby Goose for the sad astronaut epic FIRST MAN.  0:00 Intro  3:28 Show & tell 8:44 This week's movie

Take a scenic tour of beautiful Los Angeles in this week's episode as we discuss Michael Bay's action-packed 2022 flop AMBULANCE AMBULANCE DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay RELEASED: April 8, 2022 STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzales, Garret Dillahunt BUDGET: $40m BOX OFFICE: $52.3m ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m NEXT EPISODE: We're going back to the relatively quaint jingoism of 2004 with TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE 0:00 Intro  4:26 Show & tell 10:38 This week's movie