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Gaius and Jackson look back at Cloverfield to celebrate its 15th anniversary! The duo touch on the film’s unique marketing campaign, which was shrouded in mystery, its impact in the found footage subgenre, the film’s creative team and cast, its critical and box office success and if it still holds up today!

Gaius and Jackson dive into awards seasons and break down the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winners along with the SAG, DGA and PGA nominations. In addition to awards coverage, the duo also share their thoughts on the trailers for Beau Is Afraid and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania!

This week it’s Gaius’ pick and he and Owen deep dive into 2002’s Igby Goes Down, directed by Burr Sterrs and starring Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon, Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman and Jared Harris. The duo get into the making of film, its comparisons to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, its critical success, and why it didn’t hit at the box office.

We welcome our new regular co-host Jackson to talk the winter box office, the latest DC drama, The Evil Dead Rise trailer and our most anticipated movies of 2023! JacksonPye12: https://www.instagram.com/jacksonpye12/

We’re celebrating 25 years of Good Will Hunting and we’re joined by JC of @mercwiththemovies on Instagram to look back at the classic that pushed Matt Damon and Ben Affleck into the A-list af performers and screenwriters.  We look back at our memories of first seeing the film, key moments, and reflect on why adult fare like doesn’t hit at the box office like this film did 25 years ago. MercWi...

It’s a day of hot topics as we discuss the DC Studios shake-up that saw Wonder Woman 3 being scrapped, Henry Cavill once again not returning to play Superman and more!  Joining us for this chat is fan of the show Jackson Pye and we get into other hot topics such as the box office potential of Avatar: The Way of Water, the Golden Globe nominations, and the trailers for Scream VI, Barbie, and S...

Right in time for Christmas Day, we are revisiting the Black Christmas franchise starting with the 1974 horror classic directed by Bob Clark and followed by the 2006 remake and the 2019 remake.  Joining in for the discussion is Joseph Anthony Ruiz of @filmjar_ on Instagram as we explore what made the original film so great and why the remakes just couldn’t capture the exact magic of the origi...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, and Brian Cox.  In this episode, we’re joined by JC of @mercwiththemovies on Instagram and we’re looking back on the underrated Spike Lee classic and detailing why it’s one of his best films 20 years later. MercWithTheMovies: http...

Back To The Blockbuster welcomes Jeff Rauseo of the Films At Home YouTube channel, which just recently crossed 101,000 subscribers, to talk the importance of maintaining physical media, why it’s not completely dying off, and why total ownership various types of media is even more important today as services can remove some of your favorite content without a single warning.  Jeff details his p...

We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Scream 2 and we have a round a special guests to celebrate the milestone.  Joining us once again is Mark J. Parker, host of the Release Date Rewind Podcast, Donnie of @donnielovesmovies and David Park, one half of the hosts of the Jimmy Eat Pod Podcast. It’s a fun trip down memory lane as we dive into how the sequel stands up to the original, the film...

Owen and Gaius dive deep into 2013’s Prisoners, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo and Paul Dano. The duo get into the making of the film, dissecting the film’s plot, and its legacy today nearly 10 years after its release.

In this episode, we’re reacting to the latest trailers including Cocaine Bear, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. To help out with the discussion, we’re joined by Tony of @sirone_reviews on Instagram and co-host of his own podcast, The Reel Spotlight! Sirone_Reviws Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirtone_reviews/ The Re...

We’re discussing the recently released Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and we’re joined by our friend Donnie of @donnielovesmovies on Instagram to review the latest mystery from director Rian Johnson. We talk our favorite moments, characters, whether it tops the original and what we want to see from the third film.

We’re looking back at thirty years of Home Alone 2: Lost In New York and we’re joined by David Gonzalez, founder of www.reeltalkinc.com , the creator of the Reel Chronicles Podcast and the horror movie Chop Talk, as well as JC aka @mercwiththemovies on Instagram to celebrate the milestone. Does it hold up to the original? Or is it just more of the same?

This week we’re breaking down some industry hot topics with friend of the show, Zaq Luben. We touch on the second-weekend box office performance of Black Pather: Wakanda Forever, the box office prospects of Avatar: The Way of Water and much more!

We’re having a spoiler-filled discussion about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and we are joined for the first time by Brandon Lee Camarena Abeyta to break down the latest MCU release. Does it hold up to the original? Did they properly honor the passing of Chadwick Boseman? What’s next for the franchise as we close out Marvel’s Phase 4?

We’re celebrating one year of Back To The Blockbuster and Owen Erickson is back to talk about the milestone! We cover how Back To The Blockbuster came to be, and get some hot takes from Owen on hot topics including Black Adam’s box office performance and the cancelation of Westworld. We end things with a fun rapid-fire movie question session as Owen and Gaius get back to the core of what the show...

In this special Halloween episode, we are looking back at the highs and lows of the Halloween franchise. We’re joined by Donnie of @donnielovesmovies on Instagram and we look back at the entire franchise from the 1978 original film to the recently released, Halloween Ends.

It’s a packed episode of news with our response to the first trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania trailer as well as the news that James Gunn and Peter Safran will head DC Studios. We thin wrap things up with our thoughts on Black Adam (contains spoilers).

In this episode we dive into the big future plans for DC Films, including Henry Cavill returning as Superman. We also get into the early mixed reviews for Black Adam and if that will hurt its potential performance at the box office.

We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of I Know What You Did Last Summer and we’re joined with Mark J. Parker of the Release Date Rewind podcast to celebrate. We’re discussing when we first discovered the film, our favorite moments, and its impact on the horror genre at the time of its release!

Our boy Donnie joins us on this episode to discuss the amazing box office hold Smile has been having for a horror film, expectations for Halloween Ends as it heads into its opening weekend, and the latest shake-up with the MCU release schedule.

In our latest episode we talk about Black Adam finally entering box office tracking, the new Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer, and we discuss why the LGBTQ romantic comedy Bros may have bombed at the box office.

In our latest episode, we discuss Hugh Jackman returning as Wolvering alongside Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 3! We also discuss the MCU’s Blade film losing its director, more issues with Warner Bros., Don’t Worry Darling’s box office performance and more!

In this special episode, Gaius of Back To The Blockbuster looks back at 1987’s horror classic, Hellraiser, for its 35th anniversary. Gaius goes into some of the production history of films while also discussing when he discovered it and explaining why the film continues to stand as a true staple of the horror genre 35 years after its release.