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.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 137 - The Manchurian Candidate
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: Jonath…
Episode 136 - Valentine
Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE
0:00 Intro
3:37 Show & tell
9:19 Trailer talk
11:44 This week's movie
VALENTINE
DIRECTED BY: Jamie Bla…
Episode 135 - Underwater
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
UNDERWATER
DIRECTED BY: William Eubank
RELEASED: January 10, 2020
ST…
Episode 134 - Green Room
It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM
0:00 Intro
3:42 Show & tell
7:53 This week's movie
GREEN ROOM
DIRECTED BY: Jeremy Saulnier
R…
Episode 133 - Spaceballs
May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS
0:00 Intro
2:33 Show & tell
7:21 This week's movie
SPACEBALLS
DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks
RELEASED: July 24, 1987
S…
Episode 132 - Ad Astra
Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA
0:00 Intro
2:58 Show & tell
7:34 This week's movie
AD ASTRA
DIRECTED BY: James Gray
RELEASED: September 20, 2019
STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tomm…
Episode 131 - The Green Knight
Off with your head! This week we’re covering David Lowery’s retelling of the 14th-century Arthurian myth THE GREEN KNIGHT
THE GREEN KNIGHT
DIRECTED BY: David Lowery
RELEASED: July 30, 2021
STARRING: De…
Episode 130 - The Island
This week, it’s our first venture into the insane mind of Michael Bay with 2005’s clone action-thriller THE ISLAND
0:00 Intro
3:23 Show & tell
8:29 This week's movie
THE ISLAND
DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay
R…
Episode 129 - Cosmopolis
Everybody loves Robert Pattinson. Wanna watch him sit in a limo and have pseudo-philosophical conversations for 2 hours? Then you’re in luck! It’s COSMOPOLIS
0:00 Intro
2:40 Show & tell
8:57 This week'…
Episode 128 - Land of the Lost
Another big budget comedy that flopped super hard and was almost universally hated? Don’t mind if we do. It’s LAND OF THE LOST (2009)
0:00 Intro
2:04 Show & tell
7:56 This week's movie
LAND OF THE LOST
D…
Episode 127 - The Fan w/ Regular M1ke
Join us on the latest episode of the Blast Zone Podcast as we welcome back the legendary Regular M1ke (@RegularM1ke) to discuss one of the forgotten 90s sports thrillers, THE FAN. Directed by Tony Sc…
Episode 126 - Evan Almighty
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 GOODMA…
Episode 125 - Fight Club
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 Bonha…
Episode 124 - The Rocketeer
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
RELEA…
Episode 123 - The Way of the Gun
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 McQuarr…
Episode 122 - Free State of Jones
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
…
Episode 121 - The Mummy (2017)
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 M…
Episode 120 - Super Mario Bros. (1993)
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…
Episode 119 - Virtuosity
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'…
Episode 118 - Dear Evan Hansen
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: S…