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Blank Check with Griffin & David
Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.
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Wonder Woman 1984
Episode Date: January 3, 2021On the week of its release in December of 2020, Griffin and David discussed Wonder Woman 1984. Together they examine the heated online discourse, Wiig...
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The Walk with J.D. Amato
Episode Date: December 27, 2020In 1974 Philippe Petit performed his infamous walk between the Twin Towers. Director Robert Zemeckis many years later after discovering the story in a...
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Flight with Olivia Craighead
Episode Date: December 20, 2020After twelve years since releasing a live action film, Zemeckis comes back to the living with 2012's addiction drama, Flight. Olivia Craighead (Iconog...
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A Christmas Carol with Emily VanDerWerff
Episode Date: December 13, 2020What's today? Why its Christmas Carol day! Film critic Emily VanDerWerff (Vox) returns to discuss Disney's 2009 take on the classic holiday tale. The...
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A Christmas Carol with Emily St. James
Episode Date: December 13, 2020What's today? Why its Christmas Carol day! Film critic Emily St. James (Vox) returns to discuss Disney's 2009 take on the classic holiday tale. The ga...
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Beowulf with Jordan Hoffman
Episode Date: December 6, 2020This is Beowulf! Yes, in 2007, Bobby Z took the Old English epic poem and, once again using cutting edge mo-cap technology, delivered a 3-D movie that...
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The Polar Express with Joey Sims
Episode Date: November 29, 2020In the final days of 2020, Blank Check enters Zemeckis' motion capture technology period with The Polar Express. Joey Sims joins as we discuss the nua...
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Cast Away with Nia DaCosta
Episode Date: November 22, 2020Zemeckis and Hanks reunited once again. Another box office and critical success. Filmed over two years, Cast Away captures both talents performing at...
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What Lies Beneath with Starlee Kine
Episode Date: November 15, 2020The central thesis to this week's episode on What Lies Beneath: folks, they just don't make them like they used to! Starlee Kine (Election Profit Make...
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Contact with Jamie Bell
Episode Date: November 8, 2020Actor, Jamie Bell joins this week to discuss 1997's Contact! Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Inst...
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Forrest Gump with Jamelle Bouie
Episode Date: November 1, 2020Jamelle Bouie (NY Times) returns to Blank Check to discuss Forrest Gump! Subscribe to our patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckp...
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Death Becomes Her with Katey Rich
Episode Date: October 25, 2020Now armed with an arsenal of wild special effects, Zemeckis takes it up a notch with 1992's Death Becomes Her – the first to include computer-generate...
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Back to the Future Part III with Josh Gondelman
Episode Date: October 18, 2020In Back to the Future, Marty ends up in 1955, the same age as his parents. In the sequel he has to jump between that timeline and a bizarre 2015. The...
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Back to the Future Part II with Nicole Byer
Episode Date: October 11, 2020Man wouldn't it be weird to have a future controlled by a rich blond bully who hates women, steals things and is awful to everyone? Robert Zemeckis pr...
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger
Episode Date: October 4, 2020A noir for kids. Disney and Warner Bros characters together for the first and last time. Live action drama with kooky Tex Avery-style animation. There...
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Back to the Future
Episode Date: September 27, 2020It was the #1 film of 1985. It’s a theme park ride. An animated series. It spawned video games. Comic books. Musicals. It’s in the goddamn Library of...
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Romancing the Stone with Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen
Episode Date: September 20, 2020How did Robert Zemeckis go from commercial flops to a career-defining time-travelling trilogy of blank checks? It’s all thanks to his “guarantor” from...
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Used Cars with Jason Mantzoukas & Paul Scheer
Episode Date: September 13, 2020How Did This Get Made’s Paul Scheer (Black Monday, The League) returns with Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) for a rare-Rated R Zemeck...
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand with Patrick Willems
Episode Date: September 6, 2020Your March Madness winner series has arrived! Chosen by the listeners, our latest subject is Robert Zemeckis, a Hollywood hitmaker who gives us plenty...