Back To The Blockbuster

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Welcome to Back To The Blockbuster, a Playlyst original podcast hosted by Gaius Bolling and Jackson Pye. Gaius brings his industry knowledge to the conversation as he currently works Press for film &a... more

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August 03, 2023 Episode 111 - Barbenheimer Continues To Dominate, Talk To Me Reactions, Ranking Christopher Nolan & More!
Gaius and Jackson are back with another packed show discussing their reactions to the latest A24 horror movie release, Talk To Me. The duo also discusses the delays for Kraven The Hunter, the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel, and Beyond the Spider-Verse due to strike and that’s followed by the pair ranking Christopher Nolan’s film now that they both have seen Oppenheimer. In new trailer releases, Gaius adn Jackson dive into the trailer for The Exorcist: Believer, Saw X, and Loki season 2. The pair then wraps things up discussing the continued success of Barbie and Oppenheimer before closing things off with their box office predictions for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Meg 2: The Trench.
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1h 40min
July 28, 2023 BTTB Presents: Deep Dives With Owen and Gaius - “Overlord”
This week it’s Owen’s pick and it’s another week of horror with Overlord, directed by Julius Avery and written by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith. Starring Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, John Magaro, Gianny Taufer, Pilou Asbaek, Bokeem Woodbine, and Iain De Caestecker, the film follows several American soldiers who are dropped behind enemy lines the day before D-Day and discover terrifying Nazi Experiments. The duo get into the film’s seamless blend of various genres, including, action, the war film and horror, the film’s visceral action scenes, characters and performances, as well as the film’s effective practical effects.
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1h 43min
July 26, 2023 Episode 110 - Barbie and Oppenheimer Revive The Box Office, SAG and WGA Strike Updates, and More!
Gaius and Jackson are back reporting the news and discussing the massive box office performance for both Barbie and Oppenheimer and how the “Barbenheimer phenomenon helped both films bring in cash. The duo also updates on the SAG and WGA strike, including the delay of Challengers due to the strike and the potential delay of Dune: Part Two, The Color Purple and Aquaman 2. The pair also gives their take on the trailers for The Marvels and Wonka and they wrap things up with box office predictions for the A24 horror film Talk To Me!
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1h 32min
July 20, 2023 Episode 109 - The Dark Knight - 15th Anniversary
Gaius and Jackson are celebrating the 15th anniversary of The Dark Knight, arguably the best comic book film of all time! Directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay co-written with his brother Jonathan Nolan, the film is the second installment in The Dark Knight Trilogy and it follows the vigilante Batman, police lieutenant James Gordon, and district attorney Harvey Dent, who form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City. Their efforts are derailed by the Joker, an anarchistic mastermind who seeks to test how far Batman will go to save the city from chaos. Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman, the movie has been assessed as one of the greatest superhero films ever made and became the new blueprint for many moder superhero films because it rejected the typical comic-book movie style in favor of a crime film that features comic-book characters. To help touch on some of these assessments, the duo is joined by Leo, Mike and Kevin of the Films and Fermentation Podcast, Adam from the Flipper Flix Podcast and actor Ty Ippolito.
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1h 53min
July 17, 2023 Episode 108 - Out of Sight - 25th Anniversary
We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of director Steven Soderbergh’s most underrated films, Out of Sight, starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks. Written by Scott Frank, the film is adapted from Elmore Leonard’s 1996 novel of the same name and follows a career bank robber that breaks of out jail only to share a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped. Joining the team for this episode is JC of @mercwiththemovies on Instagram, who cites this as his favorite Soderbergh film. The trio get into the film’s performances, particularly the combustible chemistry between Clooney and Lopez, the film’s direction and visual style, how the movie helped propel Clooeny, Lopez and Soderbergh to new heights and look into why the film underperformed at the box office at the time of its release.
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1h 44min
July 13, 2023 Episode 107 - Deadpool 3 Releases First Images, Jennifer Garner Returns As Elektra, Napoleon Trailer and More!
Gaius and Jackson talk the first images from Deadpool 3 being released which features the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in his original comic book costume. The pair also dive into Jennifer Garner reprising her role as Elektra in Deadpool 3 nearly 20 years since playing the role in 2003’s Daredevil and the latest with the SAG strike. The duo also takes a look at the trailer for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and the horror sequel The Nun II. Things get wrapped up with the box office results for Insidious: The Red Door and box office predictions for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part 1.
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1h 46min
July 10, 2023 BTTB Presents: Deep Dives With Owen and Gaius - “It Follows”
This week it’s Gaius’ pick and he and Owen dive into It Follows, written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe. The pair into the director’s visual style, which generates an enormous amount of tension and atmosphere, the film’s performances, and the movie’s social commentary that has been a talking point since the film was released in 2014.
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1h 42min
July 06, 2023 Episode 106 - Superman: Legacy finds its Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s Poor Box Office, Killers of the Flower Moon Trailer and More
The gang is back at it after the holiday weekend diving into David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan being cast as Clark Kent and Lois Lane in Superman: Legacy, Indiana Jones & the Dial off Destiny being a pricey misfire for Disney, updates on the WGA and SAG Strike, the second trailer for Dune: Part Two and the new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The pair end things with box office predictions for Insidious: The Red Door and a special announcement about the Playlyst App!
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1h 49min
July 03, 2023 Episode 105 - The Bling Ring - 10th Anniversary
Gaius and Jackson join the Hollywood Burglar Bunch by celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Bling Ring. Directed by Sofia Coppola, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Taissa Farmiga, and Claire Julien. Based on the 2010 Vanity Fair article, “The Suspects Wore Louboutins” by Nancy Jo Sales, the film deals with the real-life gang known as the Bling Ring and follows a group of fame obsessed teenagers who use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to burgle their homes. The paid get into the true story that inspired the film, performances, Sofia Coppola’s direction, and if it was fair to negatively criticize the film for its morally ambiguous approach towards the subject matter.
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1h 34min
June 29, 2023 Episode 104 - Superman: Legacy Casting News, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Rough Week, Challengers Trailer & More!
Gaius and Jackson get into Superman: Legacy pairing up actors and actresses to take on the role of Clark Kent and Lois Lane as well as revealing their short-list for the role of Lex Luthor. The pair also discusses Warner Bros. Discovery looking to sell half of their film and television titles, the drama behind what’s going on with Turner Classic Movies, and Marvel, Sony, Universal, Netflix and more pulling out of San Diego Comic-Con due to the writer’s strike and the looming SAG strike. The duo also breaks down the new trailers for Challengers, starring Zendaya, Dumb Money and Sofia Coppola’s Priscila. Things are then wrapped up with box office predictions for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
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1h 48min

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