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We are back with good old 5.5 rated movies, and this month we take a closer look at the good old classic, George of the Jungle. So listen in to hear if we think it's a stick, bump, or bust.

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In the season finale we decided to end it on a high note with the movie Cats. With a worldwide gross of $75M and a budget of $100M and lots of press, articles, and youtube videos about how absolutely awful it looks, it definitely classifies as a Block Busted movie.

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This month we watched the animated movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. It had a huge game franchise in the back. A great assemble cast. And a budget of $137M. It still flopped in the box office and only made $85M world wide.

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This month we watched the Blockbusted movie R.I.P.D. with Ryan Renolds, Kevin Bacon, and Jeff Bridges. We have Cuffy on as a guest. Cuffy is the co-host of the World of Warcraft podcast CharacterCraft.

R.I.P.D. is based off a comic. it has great names on the actor list. A trailer that reminds you of Men in Black and Wild Wild West. But it still ended up only grossing $79 million with a budget of $130 million.

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Welcome back to another season 3 episode. The theme is still Blockbusted! Big Hollywood movies that should have been a smash hit, but for some reason this didn't happen.

This month we have our good friend Cy from the Warcraft podcast Scrubs vs. the World on the show and he naturally picked the movie Warcraft. It had a $160 million budget and made over $400 million worldwide but was still considered a failure. We'll take a look at why that is.

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Season 3 is upon us and this season has a theme. The theme is Blockbusted! Big Hollywood movies that should have been a smash hit, but for some reason this didn't happen.

This month we watched Mortal Engines. Based of the book of the same name. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) is the producer and co-writer. With $100 million dollar budget. It should have been a huge hit. But it was $15 million off the mark.

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For this very special Christmas month we invited Queen of Christmas herself, Monika from Geek Herring podcast. We watched 'The Knight Before Christmas' from 2019.

A medieval English knight is magically transported to present-day America where he falls for a high school science teacher who is disillusioned by love.

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Special Guest: Monika.

We welcome Michael Skarzynsky from the All Hallow Scream podcast for this halloween special, where we watched 'Ghost Ship' from 2002.

A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.

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Special Guest: Michael Skarzynsky.

This month we have Sil from Whispers of War on the show. She picked the movie 'Ticks'. So listen up and figure out what we thought about the movie.

A group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks.

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Special Guest: Sil.

The Benchwarmers was the movie we picked this month. By 'we' we mean our friend Rig from the podcast CharacterCraft who is also guesting on the show.

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard children's Little League squads.

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Special Guest: Stefan 'Rig' Spencer.