It’s megaloppin’ time! We continue our 2024 retrospective with one of the most bizarre movies we’ve ever covered—it’s MEGALOPOLIS 

MEGALOPOLIS
RELEASED: September 27, 2024 
DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola 
STARRING: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voigt
BUDGET: $120M 
BOX OFFICE: $13.9M 
EST. LOSS: All of it 

NEXT EPISODE: Pull out your favorite checkered sweaters cuz we’re doing ARGYLLE

0:00 Intro 
3:41 Show & tell
9:39 This week's movie

Did you know there was a BORDERLANDS movie? In 2024? Well there was. And we watched it because we love you. 

BORDERLANDS 
DIRECTED BY: Eli Roth 
RELEASED: August 9, 2024
STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black
BUDGET: $120M 
BOX OFFICE: $33M 
EST LOSS: All of it 

NEXT EPISODE: Lord help us, we tackle MEGALOPOLIS. 

0:00 Intro 
3:05 Show & tell
8:21 This week's movie

More like Folie à Dud! We’re kicking off our 2024 retrospective with one of the biggest sequel failures in history, JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX.

0:00 Intro 
2:46 Show & tell
7:26 This week's movie

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX 
DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips 
RELEASED: October 4, 2024 
STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener 
BUDGET: $200M 
BOX OFFICE: $206.4M
EST LOSS: $110M

NEXT EPISODE: We keep the bad times rolling with another of 2024’s biggest bombs, BORDERLANDS

It’s one of the most expensive independent films ever made. It’s ambitious. But is it any good? We dig into CLOUD ATLAS to see what we find. 

0:00 Intro 
3:27 Show & tell
9:08 This week's movie

CLOUD ATLAS
RELEASED: October 26, 2012
DIRECTED BY: Lana Wachowski, Lily Wachowski, Tom Tykwer 
STARRING: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Hugo Weaving, James D’Arcy 
BUDGET: $145M
BOX OFFICE: $130.5M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M 

NEXT EPISODE: We begin our 2024 retrospective with the very expensive and very reviled Joker: Folie á Deux 

With so much turmoil in the world, we picked a movie that didn’t have any frightening parallels to the real world. This is THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004).

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Demme 
RELEASED: July 30th, 2004
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise 
BUDGET: $80M 
BOX OFFICE: $96.1M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 

0:00 Intro 
3:39 Show & tell
10:00 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: Let’s take a break from the real world with 2012’s CLOUD ATLAS

Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE

0:00 Intro
3:37 Show & tell
9:19 Trailer talk
11:44 This week's movie

VALENTINE
DIRECTED BY: Jamie Blanks
RELEASED: February 2, 2001
STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw
BUDGET: $29m 
BOX OFFICE: $36.7m
EST LOSS: $20m

NEXT EPISODE: Politics are a drag in 2004’s MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Hope you’re thirsty, cuz we’ve got lots of water this week. Arguably too much. For the second episode of Blastober, it’s UNDERWATER 

UNDERWATER
DIRECTED BY: William Eubank 
RELEASED: January 10, 2020 
STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie 
BUDGET: $65M
BOX OFFICE: $40.9M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M 

0:00 Intro
2:01 Show & tell
10:44 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: 
Wouldn’t you like to know?! Stay tuned for another spooky treat 

It’s the first Blastober in 2 years!! We’re kicking it off with the gnarly punk rock horror thriller GREEN ROOM 

0:00 Intro
3:42 Show & tell
7:53 This week's movie

GREEN ROOM
DIRECTED BY: Jeremy Saulnier
RELEASED: April 15, 2016 
STARRING: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Macon Blair, Mark Webber
BUDGET: $5M 
BOX OFFICE: $3.8M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $4M 

NEXT EPISODE: The spooky hits keep coming! You’ll have to tune in to see what they are
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May the Schwartz be with you! We’re staying in space this week for an 80s classic, SPACEBALLS

0:00 Intro
2:33 Show & tell
7:21 This week's movie

SPACEBALLS
DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks 
RELEASED: July 24, 1987
STARRING: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers
BUDGET: $23M 
BOX OFFICE: $38M
EST LOSS: $5M

NEXT EPISODE: It’s BLASTOBER! You’ll have to tune in to see which movies we cover 

Why be sad on earth when you can be sad in space? This is AD ASTRA 

0:00 Intro
2:58 Show & tell
7:34 This week's movie

AD ASTRA
DIRECTED BY: James Gray
RELEASED: September 20, 2019
STARRING: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler 
BUDGET: $110M
BOX OFFICE: $135.4M
EST LOSS: $80M

NEXT EPISODE: We’re staying in space but it’s slightly less morose as we finally cover SPACE BALLS