Block-Busted

It's Mix and Match—sorry, I mean Mitch and Max—are back with another ~freaky~ episode of Block-Busted, the film review podcast that swaps things around every episode, not just this one! First, they swap bodies to learn the power of respect in Freaky Friday (2003), before finding better, more beautiful and more perfect versions of themselves in The Substance Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and...

Beep boop. It's Mitch and Max back again with another robot adventure, this time travelling into the mysterious realm of ~feelings~ Get blasted back to 50s America for jazz and nuclear war with The Iron Giant, then follow us to an island nature reserve to relax, rewind, and try not to die in The Wild Robot. Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episode...

Is this podcast in the room with you now? Max and Mitch go into business with ghosts this episode as they shack up with the three that hang out in their unfinished dream house and have contracted to con people with. Then, they venture into the afterlife to stop their estranged daughter from getting some. Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episode? E...

Come come, sit by the fire as I tell you tale of Max and Mitch! Two movie reviewing podcasters who travelled not very far and thought they were more funny than they actually are. Let me spin a yarn of adventure as the two encounter the mystical Silver Tongue who seeks the lost texts of Inkheart, only to stumble upon the hunt of the legendary Canterbury Panther, tracked by a knowledgeable Bookworm....

My mom always told me watching too much TV was bad for the eyes. Listening to this podcast is bad for the ears. Max and Mitch learn are glued to the screens as they battle a Japanese Ghost and then nostalgia for their favourite TV show that came out 20 years ago. Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episode? Email us at blockbustedpoddie@gmail.com Twi...

Woosh! Sweeping straight into your ears and through a small town this week is another episode of Block-Busted! Mitch and Max battle their way through the majestic and harrowing fjords and tsunamis of Norway in The Wave (Uthaug, 2015) only to be met by fanatics who want to run headfirst into tornados in Twisters (Chung, 2024) Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature i...

They've returned from above! The Podcasters! They're abducting us and forcing us to listen to their garbage opinions on movies!! Max and Mitch have gone out of this world in this weird and alien episode. They attempt to get a weird ballsack man back home before the government, and their mom's find, find him as well as stumble their way through a poorly lit space station as a yonic monster chases t...

Just like a predator in the night, this episode is stalking up behind you, but instead of doing dastardly things it's going to ask if you have games on your iPhone. Max and Mitch delve into the world of serial killers as they learn that they can discern the smell of anything and everything... like frogs eggs in a pond. After sniffing pond scum they take their daughters to a concert only to discove...

Many moons ago a podcast's transcript was written, then lost to time, buried by catastrophe outside humanities control (Max and Mitch recorded a podcast and then didn't get a chance to edit it because of the hiatus). Now, the transcript is unearthed and released upon the world, coming at a time most dire (Max and Mitch messed up this weeks podcast so are releasing the recently edited lost episode...

You! Yes, you! I am talking to you, right now, the person reading the show notes. I have something very important to tell you... Wait... I forgot... I'll tell you at the end of the notes! Max and Mitch break every single wall as they delve into some metatextual media. They'll lose their minds as they try to re-write someone else's work in Adaptation (2002) before pulling on some unflattering spand...

The head is a mysterious place. So much turmoil, so much mystery, so much ability to make two podcast hosts have mental breakdowns and not run their show for five months! Max and Mitch have returned from a prolonged hiatus to bring you wonderful Poddie-Heads two films all inside le head. Listen to them back out of their dreams as they become too disturbing in Paprika (2006) before they get a littl...

Back again for the first time ever it's Max and Mitch's Monthly Movie Marathon!  Anatomy of a Fall - 00:06:01 Anyone but You - 00:13:56 Night Swim - 00:18:18: The Beekeeper - 00:23:12 Poor Things - 00:26:44 Next Goal Wins - 00:36:09 Dream Scenario - 00:46:07 The Holdovers - 00:53:21 All of Us Strangers - 01:02:41 The Iron Claw - 01:12:51 Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted crit...

Why thank you, thank you very much! Max and Mitch tangle with the stars as they witness the rise and fall of Elvis (2022) and then a similar rise and fall with in his marriage with Priscilla (2023). Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episode? Email us at blockbustedpoddie@gmail.com Twitter: @bbpoddie or https://twitter.com/bbpoddie TikTok: @bbpoddie...

Lookin' fine on the finish line.  Is it the car or the fashion? The answer is yes! Max and Mitch become Italian entrepreneurs along with their best mate Adam Driver as they conspire to murder the head of a certain house of a certain fashion brand in House of Gucci (2021). Then they crash their way to the finish line in Ferrari (2023) managing to wipe out as many innocent bystanders as they po...

Sexy, hot, smart and astoundingly rude. All this and more awaits in this *very* new episode of Block-Busted. Max and Mitch test the limits of their stereotype in Heathers (1988) before singing their inability to escape the limits of said stereotype in Mean Girls (2024). Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episode? Email us at blockbustedpoddie@gmail....

A podcast is a wish your mouth makes. For your ears. Our mouth. Your ears. Max and Mitch celebrate and commemorate 100 years of Disney by being white and short with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, followed up with having their wishes stolen or crushed by life in Wish. Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episode? Email us at blockbustedpoddie@gmail.c...

Get whimsical, get magical, get jiggy with it! Max and Mitch have returned for a new year of films and they brought a friend, Jazz, along to usher in this exciting new chapter. All three race the military and pirates to Laputa, the Castle in the Sky (1986) at which point they run into The Boy and The Heron (2023) who can't seem to stop bickering.  Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warr...

Welcome to the finale of the first season of Block-Busted! To anyone and everyone who has listened to this podcast, we say sorry but also a heartfelt thank you for taking the time. In this episode, let Max and Mitch reminisce on their first year of podcasting as they take you through the highs and lows of the 2023 film scene.  Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to fe...

Enjoy an episode where Mitch's audio is, once again, shit! But also Jazz and Mitch have a great time with these sweet films. The Candyman (2021) is coming and he's gonna be in your mirrors and stuff, watch out for your reflection! Then watch out for Wonka (2023) who is not in your mirrors but will, in the future, have a comparable body count. Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted crit...

Raw raw raw raw raw poddie raw raw raw raw Jazz and Mitch raw raw raw raw raw. Jazz and Mitch find themselves surrounded by reptiles in this episode of Block-Busted as they ride across the desert in search for water in Rango (2011) and then try and survive the destruction of a city by a walking metaphor for atomic bombs in Godzilla Minus One (2023). Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warrant...

It's been three days since I killed Max. I had to do it. He was hell bent on vengeance and there was no other way. But damn... his screams of rage fill my every moment, waking or sleeping. I found a new host to replace him, Jazz. She shows promise but in the back of my mind... I can't help but wonder if she shall fall to the same fate. - Entry from Mitch's Diary dated 10/12/2023 Mitch is joined by...

Max and Mitch think they're going on a lovely holiday to France, but little do they know they've arrived at a bit of a tumultuous time.  Watch them as they listen to the people sing, and then ask them to repeat what they sang because they couldn't hear properly, in Les Misérables (2012). Unable to understand what's going on, they accidentally bumble their way into the French Military and find...

Boy, there we go killing children again. It's a good day to be a part of this super fascist and not democratic at all nation. And, what's this? Our weekly mandated poddie listening sesh? I can't wait to hear what definitely not held at gun-point hosts Max and Mitch have to say about some films. Join Max and Mitch this week as they try and live their most dramatic high school lives and kill all the...

Call me the Weeknd because I am blinded by the lights! Now prepare to be deafened by this latest poddie!   Max and Mitch get no sleep as they try to leave the drug game in Light Sleeper (1992). Then, they go on an intergalactic journey to shoot some lasers at some bad guys in Marvel’s The Marvels (2023). Do you want your fanmail and/or deep and warranted criticism to feature in the next episo...

"Buy, Buy, Sell, Sell!" Is that the New York Stock Exchange? No - It's this week's episode of Block-Busted! Mitch and Max try their hands at getting rich quick while doing nothing but talking. First, they have a go at shorting mortgage bonds (whatever that means) in The Big Short (2015). If that wasn't enough, they jump to Reddit for financial advice on Gamestop in Dumb Money (2023). Do you want y...