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Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed
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The podcast where we dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Hosted by Jon Drake and Ian Dukes.
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There’s an entire genre of movie that is just “This MAN 😂😂 is taking care of CHILDREN! 🤣🤣”
Big box office showdown this weekend. Biblical animated feature DAVID going up against Avatar: Fire and Ash.

If only there was some kind of parable or old story we could compare it to.
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Tired: "Die Hard is a Christmas movie"

Wired: "The Green Knight is a Christmas movie"
December 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Couldn’t remember who Clifton Collins Jr played on Justified but luckily Google was there to help
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Really excited to check out Train Dreams but I wanted to read the book first
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We're pretty sure, with respect, if there was some news about Buckaroo Banzai, we would've heard
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
👾EPISODE 165 - THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION 👾
We’re back with the extremely strange but also extremely charming 1980’s sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you call your sequel The Accountant ² I’m expecting even more accounting than the original. But no. It’s just a bunch of people getting murdered
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
☢️ EPISODE 164 - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ☢️
This week we’re doing our first Guy Ritchie movie! But probably not our last. It’s 2015’s stylish spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Watching Black Phone 2. It’s ok but I’m not sold on The Grabber’s new catchphrase of “watch out, ima grab ya!”
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Not to pit two kings against each other, but this guy should have gotten some of the attention Baby Yoda got
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🪄 EPISODE 163 - LORD OF ILLUSIONS 🪄
We wrap up Blastober with the most frightening creatures we’ve seen yet: magicians. It’s Clive Barker’s third and final film, 1995’s LORD OF ILLUSIONS
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I need them to make The Substance 2 but it’s just news coverage of the events from The Substance
October 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Just learned Scoot McNairy’s real first name is John and this has rocked my world
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Please be careful this Halloween. I found the beach that makes you old inside a chocolate bar
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🪓 EPISODE 162 - FRAILTY 🪓
We’re going back the early 00s for an unsung cult classic in the psychological horror genre. It’s FRAILTY
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
👽 EPISODE 161 - ALIEN: COVENANT 👽
We venture into deep space as Blastober continues with another Ridley Scott movie. It’s ALIEN: COVENANT
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🪱EPISODE 160 - A CURE FOR WELLNESS 🪱

We’re going back to 2017 for our 2nd Gore Verbinski movie in the Blast Zone, this time talking about the psychological gothic horror A CURE FOR WELLNESS
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚛 EPISODE 159 - JOY RIDE 🚛
Life is a highway- sometimes it’s full of psychos that just wanna rip your jaw off. We’re starting Blastober with 2001’s Paul Walker/Steve Zahn cult favorite JOY RIDE
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
💊 EPISODE 158 - GO 💊
Let’s go back to the relative calm of 1999 for one really interesting night. It’s GO time
September 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
J.E. Freeman in Go (1999) is Dennis Farina’s Waluigi
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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In honor of the premier of TASK tonight
Mark Ruffalo Investigates Stuff
He’s investigating as a cop. He’s investigating as a journalist. He’s investigating as a lawyer. The man can’t help himself.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🐱 EPISODE 157 - KEANU 🐱
Cute cats. Key and Peele. What could go wrong? Tune in to find out as we talk about 2016’s KEANU
September 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Margaret knows what’s up
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🍃 EPISODE 156 - SERENITY 🍃

Tackling one of the true cult classics this episode with 2005’s continuation of the Firefly mythos, SERENITY
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM