We're joined by the homie Nash Flynn (@ItsNashFlynn) of Death & Friends to talk about an extremely historically accurate movie: 2017's THE MUMMY. 

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3:47 Show & tell
9:25 This week's movie

THE MUMMY 
RELEASED:  June 9, 2017 
DIRECTED BY: Alex Kurtzman 
STARRING: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance
BUDGET: $195M
BOX OFFICE: $410M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $90M 

NEXT EPISODE: We're going way back to the civil war to check out the FREE STATE OF JONES. 

We’re joined by “friend” of the show Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to talk about the first video game movie. Ever! It’s Super Mario Bros. (1993)

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5:11 Show & tell
11:27 This week's movie

SUPER MARIO BROS 
RELEASED: May 28, 1993 
DIRECTED BY: Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel
STARRING: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper, Fiona Shaw
BUDGET: $48M 
BOX OFFICE: $38.9M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M 

NEXT EPISODE: We’re talking about the 3rd failed attempt to start a Universal Pictures “Dark Universe” with 2017’s THE MUMMY 

We went all the way back to 1995 for this week's movie, with one of Russell Crowe's first American movies and maybe Denzel's silliest movie ever, VIRTUOSITY. 

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2:08 Show & tell
7:16 This week's movie

VIRTUOSITY 
DIRECTED BY: Brett Leonard 
RELEASED: August 4, 1995
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella, William Forsythe
BUDGET: $30M
BOX OFFICE: $37M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M

NEXT EPISODE: Grab your mushrooms and head for the sewers, we're doing the 1993 SUPER MARIO BROS. 

Another movie where the film itself wasn’t the story, it's the creepy musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN.

0:00 Intro
2:33 Show & tell
7:32 This week's movie

DEAR EVAN HANSEN
DIRECTED BY: Stephen Chbosky,
RELEASED: September 24, 2021
STARRING: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore
BUDGET: $28M
BOX OFFICE: $19.1M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M

NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to the 90s for a movie that definitely understands what computers are, VIRTUOSITY.

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Blast Zone Movie List on Letterboxd
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Fiddler, Please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb9m7HdBCW0

THE HUNT controversy was probably the biggest news story of 2020. Can’t think of anything else that happened that was quite as important. 

0:00 Intro
2:59 Show & tell
7:19 This week's movie

THE HUNT
DIRECTED BY: Craig Zobel 
RELEASED: March 13, 2020 
STARRING: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Ike Barinholtz
BUDGET: $14M
BOX OFFICE: $12.4M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M

NEXT EPISODE: We’re doing our first musical since CATS as we dive in to DEAR EVAN HANSEN. 

We wrap up our 2023 series with maybe the biggest bomb of the year, and also every year, with THE MARVELS. 

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1:47 Show & tell
6:36 This week's movie

THE MARVELS 
DIRECTED BY: Nia DaCosta 
RELEASED: November 10, 2023 
STARRING: Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Zawe Ashton 
BUDGET: $275M
BOX OFFICE: $206.1M
ESTIMATED LOSS: all of it 

NEXT EPISODE: We’re going down memory lane to the early days of Covid with 2020’s controversial THE HUNT. 

We’re back with another 2023 bomb and this time we’re getting real French with it.

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3:35 Show & tell
8:41 This week's movie

NAPOLEON
DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott 
RELEASED: November 22, 2023 
STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby 
BUDGET: $200M 
BOX OFFICE: $218.4
ESTIMATED LOSS: $100M 

NEXT EPISODE: Trouble in the MCU as we’re covering THE MARVELS

It’s week 2/4 of our 2023 Retrospective and we’re covering the ambitious original sci-fi movie THE CREATOR 

0:00 Intro
2:12 Show & tell
6:42 This week's movie

THE CREATOR
DIRECTED BY: Gareth Edwards
RELEASED: September 29, 2023
STARRING: John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, Madeleine Yuna Voyles
BUDGET: $80M
BOX OFFICE: $104M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M 

NEXT EPISODE: Destiny has brought us this lamb chop! We’re covering Ridley Scott’s utterly bizarre NAPOLEON 

Oh my goodness we’re back. Do you all still remember us? We missed you. We’re doing 4 episodes on 2023’s bombs, and first up is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES

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2:18 Show & tell
6:16 This week's movie

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
RELEASED: March 31, 2023
STARRING: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant
BUDGET: $150M
BOX OFFICE: $208.2M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M

NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking on the AI armies as we cover Gareth Edward’s THE CREATOR

No Oscar noms here, but there were definitely some noms! Nom nom nom nom. It’s 2015’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA 

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA 
DIRECTED BY: Ron Howard 
RELEASED: December 11, 2915 
STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Michelle Fairley, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw 
BUDGET: $100M 
BOX OFFICE: $93.9M 
ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M 

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2:16 Show & tell
5:39 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking a week off to prep for BLASTOBER! It’s about to get spooky scary. We’re not spoiling the episodes for Blastober this year so tune in in two weeks!