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
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This week we cover our first, and definitely not our last, Guy Ritchie movie with 2015's throwback spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
RELEASED: August 14, 2015
DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie
STARRING: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Debicki
BUDGET: $84m
BOX OFFICE: $110m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m

NEXT EPISODE: We get real weird and real 80s with THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION.

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2:52 Show & tell
9:08 This week's movie

We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONS

LORD OF ILLUSIONS
RELEASED: August 25, 1995
DIRECTED BY: Clive Barker
STARRING: Scott Bakula, Famke Jannsen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen
BUDGET: $11M
BOX OFFICE: $13.3M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M

NEXT EPISODE: We're done with the scaries for now and getting into espionage with 2015's Guy Ritchie spy jaunt THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

SHOW NOTES
Swann's fake mustache
https://imgur.com/a/CeeBt7a

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3:44 Show & tell
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Blastober barrels forth with 2001's creepy psychological horror FRAILTY!

FRAILTY
DIRECTED BY: Bill Paxton
RELEASED: April 12, 2002
STARRING: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter
BUDGET: $11m
BOX OFFICE: $17,4m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $2m

NEXT EPISODE: We wrap up Blastober with the third and final feature from a Master of Horror.

SHOW NOTES

Auto shop angel
https://imgur.com/a/6Q7J43s

Scenes of Meat, TX
https://imgur.com/a/g1kxxFn

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3:45 Show & tell
8:30 This week's movie

Let’s go back to where it all began. And then like 10 years after that. It’s the sequel to the prequel that is ALIEN: COVENANT

ALIEN: COVENANT
DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott
RELEASED: May 19, 2017
STARRING: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir
BUDGET: $112m
BOX OFFICE: $240.9m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $40m
NEXT EPISODE: Blastober chugs along with an early 2000s cult favorite from an actor/director

Tweet about Gay Evil Robot
https://imgur.com/a/XLyCIzf

Steve Zahn Strange Wilderness clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCpKp73kJtI

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2:53 Show & tell
9:32 This week's movie

More like... more like A Cure for Making Money. I'm still working on that one. For week 2 of Blastober we're covering Gore Verbinski's 2017 mindf*** A CURE FOR WELLNESS.

A CURE FOR WELLNESS
DIRECTED BY: Gore Verbinski
RELEASED: February 17, 2017
STARRING: Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, Jason Isaacs
BUDGET: $40m
BOX OFFICE: $26.6m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $30m

NEXT EPISODE: It may not be a perfect movie, but it does contain a perfect organism. Tune in to learn more!

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3:20 Show & tell
8:35 This week's movie