Guess we won't be heading to the Bio-Dome anytime soon. ERNEST moves on to the next round!
Up today - two raunchy franchises with hot jocks.
It's AMERICAN PIE vs MAJOR LEAGUE.
With American Pie, we'd cover the four theatrically-released films:
American Pie
American Pie 2
American Wedding
Hot. Fox. HOT FOX!!!! Robin Hood moves on to the next round!!!
Today, we unleash chaos with perhaps the most terrifying image I've ever posted to this feed.
It's PAULY SHORE vs ERNEST.
AHHHHHH
With PAULY SHORE, we'd be covering his five-film run of 90s starring vehicles:
Encino Man
So...
Wow, yesterday's results are either a testament to how much you people love Jarnathan, or how much you people *hate* The Rock. Tabletop Games move on to the next round!
Housekeeping note - we listened. Mike Flanagan's Ouija: Origin of Evil will be added to the Tabletop Games series going forward.
Up today, you must choose between two medieval english legends - KING ARTHUR vs ROBIN HOOD. 2024-03-06 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I guess enough of your mommas said dat BEE MOVIE was da debbo, so The Waterboy and the rest of the 90s Sandler flicks move on to the next round!
Up today - grab your dice for a showdown between JUMANJI and TABLETOP GAMES!
With JUMANJI, we'd cover four films:
JUMANJI (the OG with Robin Williams)
ZATHURA (Space J...
Denzel just sent Stallone packing back to his forest hideout. EQUALIZER moves on!
Today in Patreon March Madness - we don't envy the decision you have to make. Both of these would be incredible series, and are clearly passion picks for the Griffdog.
It's HAPPY MADISON ORIGINS vs STAND-UP ANIMATION.
Went the less obvious route and chose two Dangerfi...
2024-03-04 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt was close, but Jonathan Frakes & crew eked out a win against the Snatcher Squad.
For today's matchup, you must choose between two franchises centered around A-List movie stars playing vigilante ex-military men.
It's THE EQUALIZER vs. RAMBO.
Wet.
With THE EQUALIZER, we'd cover the
The pomp. The pageantry. The awkwardness of trying to shoehorn any of this year’s Oscar nominees into “Moon River” - that’s right, folks. The Blankies (and host Griffy Crystal) are back! Joe Reid of “This Had Oscar Buzz” joins us once again to celebrate the momentous year in cinema that was 2023. We’re handing out fake awards, making outrageous claims, and we’ve got a special musical performance that brings the house down. Enjoy!
No amount of Windex can take the pain away - MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is dead. Long live THE ADDAMS FAMILY!
Up today, you have a choice between a franchise that we FORGOT was on the bracket last year but at this point, it's too late to change...and some body snatching!!!
It's STAR TREK: TNG vs BODY SNATCHERS.
A pointed image choice.
It feels like March 2023 was just yesterday, and we're already BACK. Time, what a concept.
Up first in our Patreon head-to-head franchise matchups, we're pitting two kooky spooky families against each other:
It's MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING vs THE ADDAMS FAMILY.
For MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, we'd cover three films:
MY BIG FAT GR...
2024-03-01 17:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The terminating continues as the BC:SF watches along with 2009's Terminator Salvation.
Topics include: Giant Terminators, Chain Chomps!, and of course, why Sam Worthington.
Movie starts at 2:13
2024-03-01 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us (and Chip Smith) as we preview this year’s MARCH MADNESS Tournament!
Where is Chip beaming in from? How long will it take us to get to the end of the ...
2024-02-29 17:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Thirty-six floors. Thirteen (fake) terrorists. One perfect action movie. Kevin Smith - who was in a Die Hard movie AND directed Alan Rickman in DOGMA - joins us again for a supersized episode on McTiernan’s signature film. We’re getting into Bruce's wine cooler commercials. We reveal the surprising Shakespeare play that influenced McTiernan’s direction of this story. We’re nerding out about the spatial and organizational PERFECTION that makes it such a classic. And we’re payin...
2024-02-25 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Machines, they rise now! BC:SF revisits Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Watch along as the crew discusses: The return of "Talk to the hand", a T-800 wedding speech and Griff's pitch for how to make the movie better.
Movie starts at: 4:56
Also, The filmed special of Blank Check on Broadway Live at The Town Hall will be available on VOD! The premiere will be on March 23rd 8pm ET. Get your ticket to watch it at: 2024-02-21 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
GET TO THE CHOPPA! Griffin attempts his best (actually, worst) Arnold voice this week as we head to the jungle with Jon Gabrus and some bic razors. For almost three hours, we’re dissecting every little bit of PREDATOR - the glow-stick goo alien blood, the Alan Silvestri score, Arnold’s calves, Arnold’s biceps, Arnold’s long red polo shirt, Arnold’s chiseled cheekbones, the way Arnold says KILL ME!!! - you can expect lots of Arnold talk.
COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO SHOP!
In a classic SPLIT episode we embark on a double-bonus discussion of the Universal Studios theme park attraction T2 3-D: Battle Across Time as well as the “Mall” Barbra Streisand has in her basement!
Topics include: The fallacy that she has an actual underground mall, the Harper's Bazaar art...
2024-02-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, action freaks! We’re kicking off our John McTiernan miniseries - POD HARD WITH A VENGECAST - with a film that is not at all indicative of the greatness to come. Nomads! A movie where Pierce Brosnan attempts a garbage French accent and is terrified by some punks in a van. That’s kind of the whole thing. Anyway - get ready for a spirited conversation about plenty of other topics, like: the filmography of Tom Shadyac! John McTiernan’s super cool dad! Gerard Depardieu’s face! The st...
2024-02-11 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If Yentl was about connecting with her absent father, and The Prince of Tides was about forgiving her difficult mother, The Mirror Has Two Faces is just about BARBRA! Who Weekly’s Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber join us as we close out our Streisand series with her final film, a strange Frankenstein of a Judd Apatow, Albert Brooks, and Nora Ephron romcom. Should Lauren (“Betty”) Bacall have won the Oscar that year? Should Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Bridges have swapped roles? Is “the perf...
2024-02-04 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHasta la vista checkmates! BC:SF revisits the beloved Cameron sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Watch along with the original theatrical cut of the film.
Topics include: juvenile crime, lava being the solution to the world’s problems, the DCEU and more!
Movie starts at: 5:05
2024-02-01 05:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you hear the crawdads sing? Or is that just our Nick Nolte impression? Our favorite Carolinian Katey Rich joins us to chat about Streisand’s 1991 adaptation of Pat Conroy’s bugnuts novel, a story that includes some serious ethical breaches made by alluring therapist Susan Lowenstein. Listen along as Katey shares some tidbits from the book that did NOT make the screen adaptation (a tiger, for example), Griffin relates to Jason Gould’s attempts to be sporty, and David offers his hot t...
2024-01-28 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Surprise! In a first for Blank Check, we're dropping a bonus main-feed episode featuring a conversation with an Academy Award-nominated star of the film we just covered. The great Amy Irving joins us for a fun conversation about her career highs and lows, the behind-the-scenes YENTL gossip, and Ben's buried jeans. That's right, we have to explain Ben's denim thing to Amy Irving.
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2024-01-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post🗣️ Checkmates! Blank Check has got a big ol' EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT! There is a chance that we might be singing and/or dancing 🎩 very soon ...
Follow this link to get your presale tickets starting tomorrow 1/24 at noon ET!
2024-01-23 20:17:40 +0000 UTC View Post
BC:SF launches a new commentary series with The Terminator!
Movie starts at 9:46
2024-01-21 06:47:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Podcast, can you hear me?” We certainly can, Barbra! The very menschy Jordan Hoffman joins us to chat about Streisand’s official directorial debut, a marvel of a film that makes anyone describing it sound insane. Yes, Barbra wrote, directed, produced, and starred in a period piece about a shtetl girl who crossdresses in order to study the Talmud. Yes, the film is a musical with songs composed by Michel Legrand. Yes, Barbra is the only person who sings in it, despite the male lead being Br...
2024-01-21 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Gorgeous! We’re kicking off our Barbra Streisand series (titled “Podcastl,” naturally) with a look at her version of the classic Hollywood cautionary tale - 1976’s A STAR IS BORN. And who better to join us than our own songbird superstar - the lovely Rachel Zegler! While Babs didn’t technically direct this one, she and her partner Jon Peters (Bradley Cooper in LICORICE PIZZA, duh) exacted supreme creative control over the project - to mixed results. Join us as we trace the beg...
2024-01-14 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's January 11th, so that can only mean one thing! THE 8th BLANK CHECK MAILBAG! The gang answers listener submitted questions, as well as some voicemails from friends of the show. Topics include: Ben earring updates, physical media pickups of 2023, the quintessential Blank Check Episode and so much more!
Special thanks to Tim Simons, Karen Han, David Ehrlich and Asa Ehrlich-Maezono, Hayes McKeon and Katey Rich + Charlie.
2024-01-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Vroom vroom! Michael Mann is BACK. Bilge Ebiri is BACK. How do you say “we’re so back” in Italian? Join us as we talk about cars that go fast (Ferraris), hair that grows long (Adam Driver’s, normally), faces that have seen smart phones (Shailene Woodley’s) and character actors that could have been in this movie (Paul Giamatti, but specifically as Pig Vomit). Masculinity is a cage, machines that work the best are the most beautiful, and we all think that the Mille Miglia seems like a...
2024-01-07 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostQUESTIONS ARE CLOSED THANK YOU ALL YES I READ ALL OF THEM xoxox Marie
Let’s freaking goooooooo - it’s time for another Mailbag episode!
Submit your burning Blank Check questions in the comments *before 11PM EST tonight* and we’ll do our best to answer them.
You can look forward to our ma...
2024-01-04 13:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostMariska Hargitay and a Happy New Year to all Blankies!
BC:SF wraps up the Mike Myers series and kicks off 2024 with 2008's The Love Guru. Topics include: The epic conclusion of the Austin Powers Collectible Card Game saga, Jessica Alba and Romany Malco's filmography and the logistics of a chastity belt.
Movie Starts at 13:59
2024-01-01 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re closing out 2023 with two words - Wet. Chocolate. Join us as we bid farewell to the DCEU, say “hello fennel” to Timothée Chalamet, and bring our craziest unhinged, “end of school year” energy to two very different new releases. Orm.
Check out Matt Singer’s Wonka Themed IHOP menu article.
This is an important episode. We have gotten to a place where we need to talk. We need to talk about Talking the Walk.
Now in its sixth year, J.D "I Love Movies" Amato is back to reflect on the past talks of walks and to make a case for the future of this enigmatic franchise.
The sharks, Griffin, David, and Ben, hear him out and decide if any of the pitches are worth investing in. Could this be the end?
Topics include: contacting a beekeeper, a shirt for 2, the thunderdome, ...
2023-12-21 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post