We're talking about a classic crime heist comedy... or is it a romance? It's Steven Soderbergh's 1998 masterpiece OUT OF SIGHT

OUT OF SIGHT
RELEASED: June 26, 1998
DIRECTED BY: Steven Soderbergh
STARRING: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks
BUDGET: $48M
BOX OFFICE: $77.7M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $25M

NEXT EPISODE: We're going all the way back to 1985 for the Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer fantasy flop LADYHAWKE

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3:06 Show & tell
7:30 This week's movie

Ryan Gosling's in space! No, not the one that's currently in theaters. Nope, not the Star Wars one either, that comes out next year. It's Damien Chazelle's moody Neil Armstrong biopic FIRST MAN. 

FIRST MAN
RELEASED: October 12, 2018
DIRECTED BY: Damien Chazelle
STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll
BUDGET: $70m 
BOX OFFICE: $105.7m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m 

NEXT EPISODE: We're doing an old favorite with Steven Soderbergh's 1998 crime romance comedy OUT OF SIGHT

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2:08 Show & tell
6:46 This week's movie

This week, we are unfortunately quite topical as we discuss the Iraq War satire TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE

TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
RELEASED: October 15, 2004
DIRECTED BY: Trey Parker
STARRING: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masaka Moyo, Daran Norris
BUDGET: $32M 
BOX OFFICE: $50.8
ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M 
NEXT EPISODE: We're going to space with Baby Goose for the sad astronaut epic FIRST MAN. 

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3:28 Show & tell
8:44 This week's movie

Take a scenic tour of beautiful Los Angeles in this week's episode as we discuss Michael Bay's action-packed 2022 flop AMBULANCE

AMBULANCE
DIRECTED BY: Michael Bay
RELEASED: April 8, 2022
STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzales, Garret Dillahunt
BUDGET: $40m
BOX OFFICE: $52.3m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m

NEXT EPISODE: We're going back to the relatively quaint jingoism of 2004 with TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE

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4:26 Show & tell
10:38 This week's movie

We're ALIIIIIVE! We're back with a deep dive into late-80s kids sci-fi with Guttenberg-less sequel SHORT CIRCUIT 2

SHORT CIRCUIT 2
RELEASED: July 6, 1988
DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Johnson
STARRING: Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, Tim Blaney
BUDGET: $15M
BOX OFFICE: $21.6M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M 

NEXT EPISODE: We're hitting the road with our old pals Michael Bay and Jake Gyllenhaal for 2022's AMBULANCE

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3:51 Show & tell
10:02 This week's movie

We're wrapping up our look back at 2025 with one of the most talked about (and expensive) movies of the year: Paul Thomas Anderson's epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
RELEASED: September 8, 2025
DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson
STARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Regina Hall
BUDGET: $175M 
BOX OFFICE: $207M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M

NEXT EPISODE: We go back to the 80s for problematic childhood favorite SHORT CIRCUIT 2. 

SHOW NOTES

Michael Cera CeraVe ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwOpQHeWo4c

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2:41 Show & tell
9:04 This week's movie

Bong Joon Ho is back with an original sci-fi movie! Did it make a bunch of money? We wouldn’t be talking about it if it did. It’s MICKEY 17

MICKEY 17
RELEASED: 
DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho 
STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun 
BUDGET: $118m 
BOX OFFICE: $133m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m 

NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up our 2025 retrospective 

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3:08 Show & tell
8:12 This week's movie

We're heading back into the MCU for one of their best movies in years, that still unfortunately underperformed at the box office. It's the THUNDERBOLTS ASTERISK.

THUNDERBOLTS*
RELEASED: May 2, 2025
DIRECTED BY: Jake Schreier
STARRING: Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Hannah John-Kamen, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gerladine Viswanathan
BUDGET: $180m
BOX OFFICE: $382.4m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $40m

NEXT EPISODE: We cover another 2025 bomb, this time an adaptation of a recent sci-fi novel.

Wheaties popcorn bucket Ian got at the premiere
https://imgur.com/a/LLnSqV2

Quotes about AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY that have us concerned

Alan Cumming
https://imgur.com/a/SOe56l8

Paul Rudd
https://imgur.com/a/GtSLinY

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3:39 Show & tell
8:49 This week's movie

We're back from our holiday break, and all January we'll be covering some noteworthy box office disappointments from 2025. We'll kick things off with Ari Aster's EDDINGTON

EDDINGTON
RELEASED: July 18, 2025
DIRECTED BY: Ari Aster
STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Deirdre O'Connell, Michael Ward
BUDGET: $25m
BOX OFFICE: $13.1m 
ESTIMATED LOSS:  $20m

NEXT EPISODE: You'll have to tune in to find out. 

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3:00 Show & tell
10:41 This week's movie

We're back! Join us on a trip to the optimistic days of the early 80s as we discuss the extremely bizarre but highly charming sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION
RELEASED: August 10, 1984
DIRECTED BY: W.D. Richter
STARRING: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum
BUDGET: $17m
BOX OFFICE: $6.3m
ESTIMATED LOSS: Total

NEXT EPISODE: We'll be back in January as we start our 2025 Year-In-Review

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2:55 Show & tell
9:36 This week's movie