Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Hold onto your (high) hat, cuz we’re going to MILLER’S CROSSING!  MILLER’S CROSSING RELEASED: September 22, 1990 DIRECTED BY: The Coen Brothers  STARRING: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Jon Polito  BUDGET: $10M - $14M  BOX OFFICE: $5M  ESTIMATED LOSS: total  NEXT EPISODE: Put on your blue suede shoes, cuz it’s time for BUBBA HO-TEP 0:00 Intro  3:12 Show & tell 9:14 This week's movie

Today(land) on the pod we’re talking about Brad Bird, Damon Lindelof, and George Clooney’s infamous love letter to Walt Disney, futurism, and those scolding news reports that were telling you to use paper straws around the time this movie came out. It’s TOMORROWLAND!  TOMORROWLAND DIRECTED BY: Brad Bird  RELEASED: May 22, 2015 STARRING: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie  BUDGET: $190M  BOX OFFICE: $209M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $150M  NEXT EPISODE: We’re getting our noir on with our first ever Coen Brothers movie! It’s 1990’s MILLER’S CROSSING 0:00 Intro  2:53 Show & tell 8:10 This week's movie

We're joined by (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely Island's bizarre and beloved debut movie, 2007's HOT ROD.  HOT ROD DIRECTED BY: Akiva Schaffer RELEASED: August 3, 2007 STARRING: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek BUDGET: $25M  BOX OFFICE: $14.4M  ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M  NEXT EPISODE: We're going to the future with George Clooney or something. IDK I never saw it. It's TOMORROWLAND.  0:00 Intro  4:52 Show & tell 11:34 This week's movie

The first and last movie Stephen King ever directed, it’s 1986’s MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Did he give up directing because he nailed it so perfectly the first time? No. No he didn’t.  MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE DIRECTED BY: Stephen King  RELEASED: July 25, 1986 STARRING: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney  BUDGET: $9M BOX OFFICE: $7.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M  NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined by friend of the show (Hot) Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the Lonely Island’s first foray into movies, HOT ROD 0:00 Intro  2:44 Show & tell 7:56 This week's movie

We've had four FANTASTIC FOUR movies so far and none of them could be described as fantastic. We dive deep into the 2015 Josh Trank grimdark reboot of the franchise this week. FANTASTIC FOUR DIRECTED BY: Josh Trank RELEASED: August 7, 2015 STARRING: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey BUDGET: $120M BOX OFFICE: $167.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M Early Teaser [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BVs-KCSiA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-BVs-KCSiA Quizno's "Put It In Me" Commercial [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQpRQh2KSQ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQpRQh2KSQ NEXT EPISODE: We're getting real silly in an extremely 1980's fashion with Stephen King's directorial debut (and finale) MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. 0:00 Intro  2:46 Show & tell 7:26 This week's movie