Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed
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.
Episodes
178 episodes
Episode 177 - Strange Days
We're going back to the relatively pleasant times of the mid-90s for Kathryn Bigelow's dystopian sci-fi thriller STRANGE DAYSSTRANGE DAYSDIRECTED BY: Kathryn BigelowRELEASED: October 13, 1995STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Angela B...
Episode 176 - Under the Silver Lake
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 LAKEUNDER THE SILVER LAKEDIRECTED BY: David Robert MitchellRELEASED: ...
Episode 175 - Ladyhawke
We're going back to 1985 for our first Richard Donner movie, the medieval fantasy LADYHAWKELADYHAWKERELEASED: April 12, 1985DIRECTED BY: Richard DonnerSTARRING: Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern,...
Episode 174 - Out of Sight
We're talking about a classic crime heist comedy... or is it a romance? It's Steven Soderbergh's 1998 masterpiece OUT OF SIGHTOUT OF SIGHTRELEASED: June 26, 1998DIRECTED BY: Steven SoderberghSTARRING: George Clooney, Jennife...
Episode 173 - First Man
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 MANRELEASED: October 12, 2...
Episode 172 - Team America: World Police
This week, we are unfortunately quite topical as we discuss the Iraq War satire TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICETEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICERELEASED: October 15, 2004DIRECTED BY: Trey ParkerSTARRING: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen...
Episode 171 - Ambulance
Take a scenic tour of beautiful Los Angeles in this week's episode as we discuss Michael Bay's action-packed 2022 flop AMBULANCEAMBULANCEDIRECTED BY: Michael BayRELEASED: April 8, 2022STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-M...
Episode 170 - Short Circuit 2
We're ALIIIIIVE! We're back with a deep dive into late-80s kids sci-fi with Guttenberg-less sequel SHORT CIRCUIT 2SHORT CIRCUIT 2RELEASED: July 6, 1988DIRECTED BY: Kenneth JohnsonSTARRING: Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cyn...
Episode 169 - One Battle After Another
We're wrapping up our look back at 2025 with one of the most talked about (and expensive) movies of the year: Paul Thomas Anderson's epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERRELEASED: September 8, 2025DIRECTED BY: Pa...
Episode 168 - Mickey 17
Bong Joon Ho is back with an original sci-fi movie! Did it make a bunch of money? We wouldn’t be talking about it if it did. It’s MICKEY 17MICKEY 17RELEASED: DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Na...
Episode 167 - Thunderbolts*
We're heading back into the MCU for one of their best movies in years, that still unfortunately underperformed at the box office. It's the THUNDERBOLTS ASTERISK. THUNDERBOLTS*RELEASED: May 2, 2025DIRECTED BY: Jake SchreierST...
Episode 166 - Eddington
We're back from our holiday break, and all January we'll be covering some noteworthy box office disappointments from 2025. We'll kick things off with Ari Aster's EDDINGTONEDDINGTONRELEASED: July 18, 2025DIRECTED BY: Ari Aster
Episode 165 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension
We're back! Join us on a trip to the optimistic days of the early 80s as we discuss the extremely bizarre but highly charming sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSIONTHE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACRO...
Episode 164 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
This week we cover our first, and definitely not our last, Guy Ritchie movie with 2015's throwback spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.RELEASED: August 14, 2015DIRECTED BY: Guy RitchieSTARRING:...
Episode 163 - Lord of Illusions
We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONSLORD OF ILLUSIONSRELEASED: August 25, 1995DIRECTED BY: Clive...
Episode 162 - Frailty
Blastober barrels forth with 2001's creepy psychological horror FRAILTY! FRAILTYDIRECTED BY: Bill PaxtonRELEASED: April 12, 2002STARRING: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter ...
Episode 161 - Alien: Covenant
Tweet about Gay Evil Robothttps://imgur.com/a/XLyCIzfSteve Zahn Strange Wilderness clip https://...
Episode 160 - A Cure for Wellness
More like... more like A Cure for Making Money. I'm still working on that one. For week 2 of Blastober we're covering Gore Verbinski's 2017 mindf*** A CURE FOR WELLNESS.A CURE FOR WELLNESSDIRECTED BY: Gore VerbinskiRELEASED: Feb...
Episode 159 - Joy Ride
We're kicking off another Blastober with a movie about something really spooky: road rage. It's 2001's JOY RIDEJOY RIDERELEASED: October 5, 2001DIRECTED BY: John StahlSTARRING: Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Jim B...
Episode 158 - Go
We’re going back to 1999 for the Tarantino-lite cult classic GO GODIRECTED BY: Doug Liman RELEASED: April 9, 1999STARRING: Sarah Polley, Timothy Olyphant, William Fichtner, Jay Mohr, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf <...
Episode 157 - Keanu
Episode 157 - KeanuIs this the cutest cat ever put on film? We debate this and other important questions as we discuss the 2016 Key and Peele movie KEANU KEANU RELEASED: April 29, 2016 DIRECTED BY: Peter Atencio STAR...
Episode 156 - Serenity
Soar with us, leaves on the wind! It's 2005's sci-fi western/continuation of a beloved canceled TV property SERENITYSERENITYRELEASED: September 30, 2005DIRECTED BY: Joss WhedonSTARRING: Nathan Fillion, Chiwetel Ejiofor, M...
Episode 155 - Lightyear
We're going on a Toy Story sidequest without any toys. It's 2022's LIGHTYEAR. LIGHTYEARRELEASED: June 17, 2022DIRECTED BY: Angus MacLaneSTARRING: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohne, Taika Waititi, Uzo Abuba, James Br...
