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 57 - Solo: A Star Wars Story
It’s Star Wars Day so we’re covering the only movie that qualifies for this podcast with 2018’s SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
DIRECTED BY: Ron Howard
RELEASED: May 25, 2018
BUDGET: $…
Episode 56 - Elizabethtown
This movie has it all: overly chipper Kirsten Dunst, monologues about boners, and the rarest thing of all: Orlando Bloom in jeans. It's 2005's ELIZABETHTOWN!
ELIZABETHTOWN
DIRECTED BY: Cameron Crowe
RE…
Episode 55 - Big Trouble In Little China
We are joined by our 5th (3rd?) Beatle NASH FLYNN (@itsnashflynn) to talk about one of THE cult classics of the 80s, John Carpenter’s BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
DIRECTED B…
Episode 54 - Blue Chips
We're back and it's still technically March so we're celebrating March Madness with the OTHER College Basketball movie, Blue Chips
DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin
RELEASED: February 18, 1994
BUDGET: $3…
Episode 53 - Batman & Robin
We’re back from hiatus with a doozy! The movie that stole Jon’s innocence and made him realize moves could be bad
BATMAN & ROBIN
DIRECTED BY: Joel Schumacher
RELEASED: June 20, 1997
BUDGET: $160M
BOX…
Episode 52 - The 13th Warrior
Another installment in the $100M club! This Michael Crichton adaptation is the rare movie to lose $100,000,000 and we're here to find out why
THE 13TH WARRIOR
RELEASED: August 27, 1999
DIRECTED BY: John…
Episode 51 - Draft Day
It’s Super Bowl week so we’re covering a recent Hail Mary that missed the mark with DRAFT DAY
DRAFT DAY
RELEASED: April 7, 2014
DIRECTED BY: Ivan Reitman
BUDGET: $25M
BOX OFFICE: $29.5M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $1…
Episode 50 - Waterworld
It’s the 50th episode extravaganza! We’re talking one of the most infamous blockbusters of all time with WATERWORLD
WATERWORLD
RELEASED: July 28, 1995
DIRECTED BY: Kevin Reynolds
BUDGET: $175M
BOX OFFIC…
Episode 49 - Cowboys & Aliens
How did this many talented people make such a boring movie? We try to figure it out as we discuss COWBOYS & ALIENS
COWBOYS & ALIENS
RELEASED: July 29, 2011
DIRECTED BY: Jon Favreau
BUDGET: $163M
BOX O…
Episode 48 - Tank Girl
We're rolling into the Outback for one of the quintessentially 90s bombs with TANK GIRL
TANK GIRL
RELEASED: March 31, 1995
DIRECTED BY: Rachel Talalay
BUDGET: $25M
BOX OFFICE: $6M
ESTIMATED LOSS: Total
S…
Episode 47 - Death to Smoochy
A star-studded cast comes together for an R-rated cynical look at the children’s television industry in DEATH TO SMOOCHY
DEATH TO SMOOCHY
RELEASED: February 28, 2002
DIRECTED BY: Danny Devito
BUDGET:…
Episode 46 - The Dark Tower
Join us for a palaver about 2017’s kind of adaptation of Stephen King’s epic book series THE DARK TOWER
RELEASED: August 4, 2017
BUDGET: $66M
BOX OFFICE: $113.2M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M
STARRING: Idris Elb…
Episode 45 - Reindeer Games
Affleck! You were the bomb in Reindeer Games, yo!
REINDEER GAMES
- Release date: February 25, 2000
- Budget: $42M
- Box office: $32.2M
- Estimated loss: $30M
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Starring: …
Episode 44 - Semi-Pro
It’s our first (but not last) Ferrell flop as we’re talking the basketball bomb SEMI-PRO
SEMI-PRO
- Release date: February 29, 2008
- Budget: $55M
- Box office: $43.9M
- Estimated loss: $25M
- Director:…
Episode 43 - The Black Dahlia
We’re doing a whole noir thing this week with Brian De Palma’s THE BLACK DAHLIA
THE BLACK DAHLIA
- Release date: September 15, 2006
- Budget: $50M
- Box office: $49.3M
- Estimated loss: $20M
- Director…
Episode 42 - Across The Universe
Come Together, Right Now as we talk about Julie Taymor's ambitious Beatles Jukebox Musical/Romance/Drama/other stuff epic from 2007: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
- Release date: October 12,…
Episode 41 - Wild Wild West
🎶 We’re heading straight
To
The dumpster🎶
Cuz that’s where this movie belongs.
WILD WILD WEST
- Release date: June 30, 1999
- Budget: $170M
- Box office: $222.1M
- Estimated loss: $85M
- Director: Barr…
Episode 40 BONUS - Dune (2021) w/ Michael Tannenbaum
Taking a quick break from the bombs as we’re joined by our friend Michael Tannenbaum (@iAmTannenbaum) to talk about Denis Villenueve’s DUNE!
Next Week: KING RICHARD is getting rave reviews for its le…
Episode 39 - Ghostbusters
Just in time for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, we’re covering a little movie you may have heard of: the $150M lightning rod that was 2016’s reboot of GHOSTBUSTERS
GHOSTBUSTERS
- Release date: July 15, 2016
…
Episode 38 - Mailbag (Blast Me Anything)
We’re taking a quick break from covering Bombs to answer your questions!
Next week: Just in time for GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, we’re talking a movie that came and went without any controversy at all i…