Blockbusting
361 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThe podcast where we love to hate movies! Comedian Jay Light sits down with a guest to talk smack about a movie they wish they hadn't watched.
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Amy Silverberg Hates The Silence Of The Lambs
April 19, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Amy (@amysilverberg) discuss The Silence Of The Lambs, the iconic Best Picture winner that Amy tapped out midway through watching because she got too scared. Can Jay convince her to finish the flick (or any horror movie, for that matter)?
Frankie Estrella Hates Plan 9 From Outer Space
April 12, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Frankie (@lordknarf) discuss Ed Wood's iconic Plan 9 From Outer Space, one of the earliest "so bad it's good" movies that, despite being charmingly terrible, is inarguably one of the most slapdash, nonsensical pieces of sci-fi to ever hit the big screen.
Danny Jolles Hates Bambi
April 05, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Danny (@dannyjolles) discuss 1942's weirdly iconic Bambi, a Disney movie that has somehow wound up indelibly etched into the hearts and minds of empaths everywhere despite not actually having a plot, a halfway decent emotional arc, or characters you care about.
Fernando Funes Hates Sting: Moment Of Truth
March 29, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Fernando (@fernandoafunes) discuss the strange little wrestling movie Sting: Moment Of Truth, a biopic starring the iconic wrestler himself that secretly turns out to be a movie about converting to Christianity! And unfortunately no one told Sting to get the slick mi...
Steph Tolev Also Hates Hot Rod
March 22, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) has another conversation with Steph (@stephtolev) about a comedy she hates, this time of the absurd, Lonely Island variety: 2007's Hot Rod, a Lorne Michaels-approved slice of stupidity, strangeness, and anti-comedy that Steph felt didn't push enough limits – or have enou...
Katrina Davis Hates Barbarella
March 15, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Katrina (@katrinasivad) talk about Barbarella, a 1968 sci-fi oddity starring Jane Fonda as a sexy astronaut who uses her feminine wiles to, uh, save a planet? Or something? I don't know, man, this movie is incomprehensible and Katrina has the scoop on some crazy stor...
Bear Badeaux Hates Surf Ninjas
March 08, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 52.2 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Bear (@bearbadeaux) explain why 1993's Surf Ninjas is a total wipeout, with reasons including woefully miscast Rob Schneider and Leslie Nielsen, absurdly bad fight choreography, and the fact that the tie-in video game was developed before the actual plot of the movie.
Handren Seavey Also Hates The Little Things
March 01, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) chats once again with Handren (@handrenseavey) as they try to figure out what the hell happened with The Little Things, a mediocre crime drama that feels stuck in the '90s and has a trio of actors who all seem to think they're in a different kind of movie.
Frankie Griffen Hates Phantom Thread
February 22, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Frankie (@WizWorldLive) discuss Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson's poison-laced romantic comedy with a multitude of more entertaining movies hidden inside it, and collectively try to figure out why audiences find joy in watching people be shitty to each other.
Gil Baron Hates Mulan
February 15, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Gil (@gjbaron) discuss Disney's Mulan, a film from the tail end of the Disney Renaissance that, despite being beautifully animated, is forgettable, strangely racist, and bad enough that even Gil's 10-year-old nephew had plenty to critique.
Chuck Roque Hates Apollo 18
February 08, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Chuck (@b12_chuck) discuss Apollo 18, a found-footage fiasco about the least scary aliens in cinematic history that is both a terrible movie and an even more sickening easy cash grab for Bob Weinstein.
Los Digits Hates A Day Without A Mexican
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Digits (@LOSDIGITS) discuss A Day Without A Mexican, a half-baked mockumentary that fails its premise multiple times over and becomes too much of a jumbled mess for the satire to shine through in any capacity.
Greg Roque Hates God's Not Dead
January 25, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Greg (@gregroqueislame) discuss God's Not Dead, an absolute narrative disaster that is the linchpin in the entire framework of the overt right-wing Christian propaganda filmmaking machine. Can Jay and Greg get to the bottom of why this particular brand of bad movie h...
Gage Tijerina Hates Gemini Man
January 18, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Gage (@gagetijerina) take a break from watching the storming of the Capitol to talk smack about Ang Lee's Gemini Man, a movie that's got all the hallmarks of a fun 90's action movie with none of the wit, charm, or decent-enough-for-cable-TV acting.
Zach Pyke Hates Whiplash
January 11, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Zach (@zachpyke) examine Damien Chazelle's Whiplash, the critically-acclaimed movie about Important Jazz Music™ that actual working jazz musician Zach found to be full of complete nonsense when it came to how being a jazz musician actually plays out in real life.
Erika Curry Hates Funny People
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Erika (@iconicerikacurry) ring in the New Year with a discussion of Funny People, Judd Apatow's first attempt at making a Serious Movie™ that has ups, downs, fart jokes, objectifying women, and the difficult storytelling game of making a coming-of-age story about mid...
Akeem Woods Hates Brokeback Mountain
December 28, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Akeem (@akeemwoods) get down to the nitty-gritty about 2005's Brokeback Mountain, a widely acclaimed movie that helped put LGBT stories in the minds of the mainstream but had a very different outcome in the minds of gay men. Can these two figure out why gay misery se...
Tony Bartolone Hates Mad Max: Fury Road
December 21, 2020 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Tony (@tonybarfabaloney) discuss Mad Max: Fury Road, a film widely considered to be one of the best action movies of all time and one of the best films of the 2010s that Tony found to be overhyped and too reliant on tropes.
John-Michael Bond Hates Bright
December 14, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and John-Michael (@BondJohnBond) discuss the notoriously atrocious Bright, a fantasy-inflected cop drama that combines the worst parts of David Ayer, Max Landis, and Will Smith and turns them into an aimless, bombastic, overstuffed disappointment.
Matt Lieb Hates Batman Returns
December 07, 2020 12:00 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Matt (@mattlieb) discuss Batman Returns, the sequel to Tim Burton's 80's hit that skimps on solid storytelling, leans too far in the "horny goth" direction, and lets Michelle Pfeiffer blatantly act like she's in an entirely different movie from the entire rest of the...
Gary Petersen Also Hates I'm Not There
November 30, 2020 12:00 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) invites Gary (@comedygaryp) back onto the show so they can argue about Bob Dylan sorta-biopic I'm Not There, a modern arthouse gem that Jay found to be a solid meditation on the downsides of assigning meaning to art and artists, and that Dylan superfan Gary found to be i...
Kiki Andersen Hates Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
November 23, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Kiki (@_kikiandersen_) discuss the Will Ferrell/Rachel McAdams two-hander Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga, a two-hour piece of cotton candy pop music fluff that Kiki thought left a lot on the table and that Jay found surprisingly watchable. Can Kiki e...
Ben Rosen Hates Gran Torino
November 16, 2020 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Ben (@AmericanScene_) discuss Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, a wildly uneven film about a dying Detroit widower who hates everyone but eventually begins to tolerate his immigrant neighbors enough to only use racial slurs occasionally. Y'know, that cool baby boomer shit!
Danny Franc Hates The Flintstones
November 09, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Danny (@dannyfranccomedy) talk about 1994's live-action The Flintstones, a critically-maligned adaptation of the beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoon that was a huge box office success and is, amazingly enough, not the prehistoric dumpster fire that Danny and the media ...
Robbie Florian Hates Never Back Down
November 02, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Robbie discuss 2008's Never Back Down, a high school MMA odyssey that feels like a laborious time capsule of the late 2000s, a shallow examination of machismo and Tapout t-shirt wearers, and a movie where all the good parts feel like they happened by accident.
Gianmarco Soresi Hates What About Bob?
October 26, 2020 12:00 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Gianmarco (@GianmarcoSoresi) dive deep into the Bill Murray/Richard Dreyfuss frenemy comedy What About Bob? and discuss why the film's anti-therapy bent rubbed Gianmarco the wrong way.
Marcelina Chavira Hates The Godfather Part II
October 19, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Marcelina (@marc_o_lina) talk about The Godfather Part II, and learn that getting the chance to expose Michael Corleone as a bad protagonist and unworthy of even the "fun antihero" vibes he's been lauded for having for decades is simply an offer you can't refuse.
Chase Mitchell Hates The Neon Demon
October 12, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Chase (@chasemit) try to stomach The Neon Demon, a beautiful movie about horrible people that also features some of the most uncomfortable, gratuitous, "I dare you to walk out!" filmmaking either of them have ever seen. Was it worth it, Nicolas Winding Refn? Let'...
Raj Rawal Also Hates Tenet
October 05, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) welcomes back Raj (@asaprajy) to lay waste to Tenet, another Christopher Nolan movie that Raj has problems with despite Jay's urging of him to stop thinking so abstractly and just turn his brain off – just like your average Nolan audience member. Listen to it backwar...
Hank Lester Defends Major Payne
September 28, 2020 17:42 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Hank talk about the Damon Wayans military-school comedy Major Payne, a movie that was derided by critics when it came out in the 90's but that Hank has a soft spot for that endures even to this day.
Dan Vear Hates Midsommar
September 21, 2020 17:19 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Dan (@DanoVear) explain why Dan hasn't bought into the cult of Midsommar, Ari Aster's terrifying breakup movie that features gruesome imagery and pacing that Dan just couldn't fully get behind.
Aaron Chase Hates Spaceballs
September 14, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Aaron (@aaronchase91) figure out why Spaceballs didn't tickle his fancy in a strangely psychological episode for a movie that's full of dick jokes and meta merchandising satire.
Harpal Khosla Hates Incredibles 2
September 07, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Harpal (@HarpalKhosla) discuss Brad Bird's Incredibles 2, a superhero sequel from Pixar that keeps all the fun superhero jokes with very little of the charm and danger of the original film. Plus, puns!
Nate Welch Hates Ratatouille
August 31, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Nate (@nastynatebruh) discuss Pixar's critically acclaimed Ratatouille, a movie about a rat who aspires to be a five-star chef that Nate can't morally approve of since rats aren't allowed to be in the kitchen (and because he can't root for a hero he can't believe...
Robin Tran Hates The Lion King
August 24, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Robin (@robintran04) have a long talk about Disney classic The Lion King – the original, not last year's horrible CGI cash-grab – and figure out why Robin's learning disability and Mufasa's pseudo-fascist policies are equally to blame for her dislike of this movie.
Vee Bentley Hates The Tax Collector
August 17, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Vee (@veebentley) discuss David Ayer's instantly notorious The Tax Collector, a movie where Shia LaBeouf's "will-they-won't-they call this brownface?" performance is somehow the least problematic part!
Dave Sirus Hates The Master Of Disguise
August 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Dave (@davesirus) discuss The Master Of Disguise, an unmitigated Dana Carvey-driven disaster involving brownface, 9/11, big asses, and a paper-thin plot all wrapped up in a surprisingly whimsical package.
Doug Fager Hates Palm Springs
August 03, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ LISTEN TO MY NEW ALBUM: https://800PGR.lnk.to/Light Jay (@DietJay) and Doug (@DougFager) discuss the new Hulu original movie Palm Springs, a rom-com time-loop movie that Jay thought was a rip-roaring good time and that Doug thought was a shameless, emotionless ripoff of Groundhog Day. Can these boys come together for any sort of agr...
Allison Smith Hates Joker
July 27, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Allison (@acimprov) discuss Todd Phillips' Joker, the film that sparked a thousand moral panics for its controversial content despite basically being the cinematic equivalent of your big brother going "I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU!" on a long road trip.
John Hume Hates The Dark Knight Rises
July 20, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and John (@johnbhume) discuss Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, the overly ambitious finale to his Batman trilogy that showed even one of the most skilled directors of the 21st century can still make some massive technical & story gaffes.
Jimmy Callaway Defends Cool World
July 13, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) has Jimmy (@Jimmytheworm) return to the podcast so he can tap into his teenage psyche and defend Ralph Bakshi's batshit insane Cool World, a movie about Brad Pitt trying (and failing) to keep human beings from having sex with cartoons.
Kyle Rehl Hates Uncut Gems
July 06, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Kyle (@kylerehl) agree to disagree about Uncut Gems, the famously fraught Safdie Bros. movie starring Adam Sandler as a lovable scumbag and degenerate gambler that left Kyle wondering why anyone would want to stress themselves out while watching an Adam Sandler movie.
Fifi Dosch Hates The Danish Girl
June 29, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Fifi (@fifidosch) tear apart the tragically boring The Danish Girl, lamenting things like Eddie Redmayne's lip quiver acting and that the LGBT community doesn't seem to get any stories told on film that don't feel like drab, depressing slogs.
Craig Hammill Defends Only God Forgives
June 22, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Craig (@secretmovieclub) discuss the misunderstood Only God Forgives, a film whose marketing promises a super-slick action movie about fighting and revenge, but delivered a much more meditative, precise, and violent movie about family and spirituality... with a dash of fighting and revenge.
Craig Hamill Defends Only God Forgives
June 22, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting (https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting) JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/) Jay ( @secretmovieclub (https://www.instagram.com/secretmovieclub/?hl=en) ) discuss the misunderstood Only God Forgives, a film whose marketing promises a super-slick action movie about fighting and revenge, but delivered a much more meditative,...
Tony "TK" Krol Hates Billy Madison
June 15, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and TK (@teekreezy) discuss Adam Sandler's feature film debut Billy Madison, a movie that kicked off the career of a professional man-child and one that TK thinks is not dumb comedy done right the way that Jay does. Drama! Intrigue! Disagreement! Can these two sort out their differences?
Tony Hinchcliffe Hates Planet Terror
June 08, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Tony (@TonyHinchcliffe) discuss Planet Terror, Robert Rodriguez's contribution to the double feature Grindhouse and an over-the-top action-packed gore-fest that completely bowled over Death Proof, the Quentin Tarantino half of the flick that Tony thinks is the only reason anyone should have shown up to Grindhouse i...
Paige Wesley Hates Mamma Mia!
June 01, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Paige (@paigewesley) discuss Mamma Mia!, the film adaptation of the ABBA jukebox musical that Jay was a surprisingly big fan of and that Paige wished didn't star Meryl Streep doing the only thing Meryl Streep is bad at: singing.
Jonathan Grant Hates Bohemian Rhapsody
May 25, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Jon (@polyphilos) try to behead the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, an examination of Freddie Mercury that makes him and his bandmates look like a host of chaste angels instead of the raucous rock-n-rollers they actually were. Oh, and Bryan Singer is super fucked up, too!
Rena Hundert Hates The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
May 18, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/blockbusting JOIN THE OFFICIAL BLOCKBUSTING FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blockbusting/ Jay (@DietJay) and Rena (@RenaHundert) dig deep into The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the David Fincher fairy tale with a creepy old baby version of Brad Pitt, a surprising amount of boner references, and a largely unnecessary Hurricane Katrina subplot all wrapped into a nearly three-hour-long package.