Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

By: Jon Drake and Ian Dukes
  • Summary

  • 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.

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Episodes
  • Episode 145 - After Hours
    Feb 26 2025

    We’re going on a journey into the most dangerous place in the world—1980’s SoHo. It’s AFTER HOURS

    AFTER HOURS
    RELEASED: September 13, 1985
    DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese
    STARRING: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara
    BUDGET: $5M
    BOX OFFICE: $10.6M
    ESTIMATED LOSS: $2M

    NEXT EPISODE: Ever wish you could hide from the outside world? Us too. So we’re covering BUBBLE BOY

    0:00 Intro
    2:56 Show & tell
    7:21 This week's movie

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 144 - Mailbag (Blast Me Anything)
    Feb 12 2025

    We're back with our second-ever mailbag episode--BLAST ME ANYTHING! We take listener questions about our favorite movies, how the show got started, and much more!

    NEXT EPISODE: We're finally spending some time with ol' Marty as we talk about 1985's AFTER HOURS.

    0:00 Intro
    1:52 Show & tell
    8:27 Blast Me Anything

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    1 hr
  • Episode 143 - Madame Web
    Jan 29 2025

    Alright, we made it to the end of our January 2024 retrospective and we’re closing it out with MADAME WEB. This movie is so weird. I don’t even know how to describe it.

    MADAME WEB
    DIRECTED BY: S.J. Clarkson
    RELEASED: February 14, 2024
    STARRING: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim
    BUDGET: $100M
    BOX OFFICE: $100.5M
    ESTIMATED LOSS: $75M

    NEXT EPISODE: We’re dipping into the mail bag for a special “BLAST ME ANYTHING” episode

    0:00 Intro
    2:44 Show & tell
    7:56 This week's movie

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    1 hr and 13 mins

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