Back To The Blockbuster

In this latest episode of the Deep Dive spinoff, Gaius is joined by Mario Mello of @movieswithmrmario on Instagram to take a trip back to 1999 and have a darkly hilarious romp with the girls of Jawbreaker. Directed and written by Darren Stein, the film stars Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, and Judy Greer and it follows three of the most popular girls at Reagan High who accidentally kill one of their best friends with a jawbreaker when a kidnapping prank goes horribly wrong.

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Links For Guest: MoviesWithMrMario

The Back To The Blockbuster team is feeling the inspiration of 1999’s October Sky, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary! Directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, Laura Dern, Willam Lee Scott, and Chad Lindberg, the film is based on the memoir of the same name, and tells the true story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner’s son who was inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes to eventually become a NASA engineer.

The Back To The Blockbuster team is taking a trip back to Camp Crystal Lake to talk the 15th anniversary of the Friday The 13th remake. Directed by Marcus Nispel, the film stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Ben Feldman, Willa Ford, and Derek Mears. The movie follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees (Mears) while camping in woodland Crystal Lake. We didn’t want to explore Crystal Lake alone so are once again joined by Alex and Dean of the Return Revenge Resurrection Podcast to determine if this reboot is a trip worth taking 15 years later.

This year’s Super Bowl was the most-watched telecast in history with 123.4 million viewers watching the the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers but viewers also got to see new movie trailers for some of the most anticipated films coming out in the next few months! The Back To The Blockbuster teams shares their reactions to the trailers, including ones for A Quiet Place: Day One, Deadpool & Wolverine, Twisters, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Wicked! In addition to trailers, the team also discusses David Leitch dropping out of directing the Jurassic World sequel, Dan Trachtenberg directing the Predator standalone film Badlands, Coyote Vs. Acme being officially shelved at Warner Bros. and more! The duo then wraps things up with box office predictions for Madame Web.

The Back To The Blockbuster team is shining a light on the current state of physical media and we have special guest Kenny Levels of Mid Level Media discussing why it’s still viable, especially for collectors, despite a narrative that it’s dying off. Kenny’s Mid Level Media YouTube page counts 22.5K subscribers with 5,845,734 views so he is a great person to dive into this topic with. Topics range from how Kenny got started, where physical meda is headed, will it still be around for the foreseeable future and why it’s important to still maintain physical media in an era that seems intent on making it a relic of the past.

In this latest episode of the Deep Dive spinoff, Gaius is joined by Kevin and Erin of The Podcast That Wouldn’t Die to discuss 1977’s Suspiria. Directed by Dario Argento, the film follows an American newcomer to a prestigious ballet academy who comes to realize the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Other: Where To Watch Suspiria

Links For Guest: The Podcast That Wouldn’t Die

It’s another big news day for the Back To The Blockbuster team with the announcement that Brad Pitt is reuniting with Quentin Tarantino for the third time on his final film, The Movie Critic. The duo also tackles, 28 Years Later finding a home at Sony Pictures, Tim Burton directing a reimagining of Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, Christopher Nolan saying he’ll continue to do large scale movies, David Leitch being in talks to direct the Jurassic World sequel, Evil Dead spinoff news, and more! The team then concludes things with box office news and box office predictions for Lisa Frankenstein.

After much deliberation, the Back To The Blockbuster teams has each picked their Top Ten Films of 2023! So many great films were released last year so it was hard to narrow these down to ten for each of us but we managed to do so with our personal favorites. Did any of your favorites make our list? Listen to find out as we break down a solid year in film.

The BTTB team covers a brand new news week with the announcement that House of the Dragon actress Milly Alcock has been cast as Supergirl in the new DCU for Supergirl: World of Tomorrow. In addition to this, the team addresses the news of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reteaming for a new Netflix movie, Chris Rock directing a remake of the popular international feature Another Round, and they’re also breaking down the trailers for the Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ricky Stanicky starring Zac Efron and John Cena, the horror film Immaculate starring Sydney Sweeney, and Ghostbustes: The Frozen Empire. The duo then closes things out with box office predictions for Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle.