With so much turmoil in the world, we picked a movie that didn’t have any frightening parallels to the real world. This is THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004).

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan Demme
RELEASED: July 30th, 2004
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voigt, Kimberly Elise
BUDGET: $80M
BOX OFFICE: $96.1M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M

0:00 Intro
3:39 Show & tell
10:00 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: Let’s take a break from the real world with 2012’s CLOUD ATLAS

Love is in the air! Oh wait that’s murder. It’s a bonus Halloween drop with the 2001 slasher VALENTINE

0:00 Intro
3:37 Show & tell
9:19 Trailer talk
11:44 This week's movie

VALENTINE
DIRECTED BY: Jamie Blanks
RELEASED: February 2, 2001
STARRING: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw
BUDGET: $29m
BOX OFFICE: $36.7m
EST LOSS: $20m

NEXT EPISODE: Politics are a drag in 2004’s MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Hope you’re thirsty, cuz we’ve got lots of water this week. Arguably too much. For the second episode of Blastober, it’s UNDERWATER

UNDERWATER
DIRECTED BY: William Eubank
RELEASED: January 10, 2020
STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie
BUDGET: $65M
BOX OFFICE: $40.9M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M

0:00 Intro
2:01 Show & tell
10:44 This week's movie

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