Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

We're going on a Toy Story sidequest without any toys. It's 2022's LIGHTYEAR.  LIGHTYEAR RELEASED: June 17, 2022 DIRECTED BY: Angus MacLane STARRING: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohne, Taika Waititi, Uzo Abuba, James Brolin, Dale Soules BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $226.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $106M NEXT EPISODE: Would you believe your eyes, if we covered FIREFLY? Well close enough, it's the 2005 cinematic continuation of the beloved sci-fi show with SERENITY.  0:00 Intro  2:22 Show & tell 8:55 This week's movie

The movie that bombed so hard it killed a multi-billion dollar franchise. This is DARK PHOENIX DARK PHOENIX RELEASED: June 7, 2019 DIRECTED BY: Simon Kinsberg STARRING: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender BUDGET: $200M BOX OFFICE: $252.4M ESTIMATED LOSS: $130M  NEXT EPISODE: To infinity, and b-bomb! It's LIGHTYEAR.  0:00 Intro  3:25 Show & tell 8:34 This week's movie

Are you an Elvis fan? What about JFK? Cuz this movie kinda has those guys in it. It’s 2002’s cult classic BUBBA HO-TEP BUBBA HO-TEP RELEASED: June 9, 2002 DIRECTED BY: Don Coscarelli STARRING: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Bob Ivy BUDGET: $1M  BOX OFFICE: $1.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total Next episode: Let's get this over with. It's X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX.   0:00 Intro  2:32 Show & tell 7:27 This week's movie SHOW NOTES:  Jack of All Trades intro [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kckp1] (Old Bruce Campbell pirate show Ian was talking about)  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kckp1

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