Box Office Bucket List

This episode of Box Office Bucket List is a holiday special where hosts Tim, Andrew, Adam, and Katie (plus a guest) watch and riff on the 2000 live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey. The conversation includes behind-the-scenes notes about Jim Carrey's performance and makeup, character moments with Cindy Lou Who and Martha May, and why the Grinch hates the holidays.

The hosts go off on comedic tangents—sharin...

A lively podcast breakdown of Back to the Future where your hosts: Tim, Andrew, Adam, and Katie riff on time-travel tropes, awkward moments (including Marty's uncomfortable encounters with his mother). We discuss iconic songs like "The Power of Love" and "Johnny B. Goode," and memorable characters such as Doc Brown, Marty, and Biff. We go over the consequences of altering the past and the weird world of 80's product placement. And ...

In this episode the hosts take on the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film series, trading jokes and childhood memories while ranking all three movies from least to most favorite.

They place Honey, I Blew Up the Kid at the bottom — calling it disjointed and noting it was reworked into a sequel — while praising Honey, I Shrunk the Kids for its memorable cast, inventive miniature-world scenes and lasting quotability. Their top pick is Honey...

In this episode the hosts trade dark, funny and sometimes uncomfortable fan theories about familiar cartoons and movies, joking that they might "ruin childhoods." They run through multiple conspiracies and debate how plausible — or ridiculous — each one sounds.

Key topics include a Fairly OddParents theory that Timmy's fairy godparents are allegories for antidepressants and a sign of parental neglect and abuse, and the Rugrats theo...

This week the BOBL team tackles the criminally underrated movie: The Tomorrow War. We discuss the ins and outs of parenting and military drafts.

Chris Pratt plays Dan who has to lead a team of time traveling soldier through a war in the future. The team’s mission to secure research and capture a surviving female creature leads to brutal battles, heartbreaking losses, and a last-minute chance to change the future.

As the troops stru...

Episode 32 of Box Office Bucket List’s 2010s Thrillers — the hosts (Tim, Andrew, Adam, and Katie) dig into Adam’s pick: Red Riding Hood. They recap the plot (Valerie/Red, an arranged marriage to Henry, a mysterious Peter, wolf attacks and village hysteria), discuss key performances (Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman), the film’s visual and directorial ties to Twilight, production trivia (Leonardo DiCaprio as producer), and the movie’s w...

On this episode of Box Office Bucket List the hosts break down 10 Cloverfield Lane — a tense, claustrophobic thriller that keeps you guessing who to trust. After a desperate car crash, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up bound in an underground bunker and is told by Howard (John Goodman) that a catastrophic attack has made the outside world uninhabitable. With Emmett as a reluctant ally, Michelle navigates half-truths, powe...

Tim, Andrew, Adam, and our guest Nathan sit down to discuss which 31 movies they belive the fans should be watching this halloween season.  We cover elevated horror like Hereditary and The Babadook, newer hits such as Talk to Me and Barbarian, slasher series including Terrifier and Jason films, and cult or underrated entries like Cube, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, and Onyx the Fortuitous. Along the way they debate sequels, remakes, subt...

On this episode of Box Office Bucket List Tim, Andrew, Adam, and Katie break down the 2014 thriller The Guest. The hosts summarize key scenes — the uneasy arrival, a tense bar fight, growing suspicions, escalating violence, an arms deal, and a terrifying high-school dance sequence that culminates in a mirror-maze standoff. They highlight the film’s shifts from home-invasion suspense to slasher-style action.

Discussion focuses on Da...

In this episode the hosts of Box Office Bucket List’s "Second Opinions" open with a riff about Bruce Campbell cameos and then dig into a long conversation about Charlie Bartlett. They summarize the plot and central themes: a troubled teen who helps others while avoiding his own pain, and how good intentions can cause real harm.

The panel analyzes the main characters—Charlie, Len, Kip/Bevins, and Principal Nathan (Robert Downey Jr.)...

On episode 27 of Box Office Bucket List the hosts close out the Road Trips category, revealing their lowest-to-highest rankings: The Book of Eli (lowest), Dark Country (third), Detroit Rock City (second), and Grind (first).

The conversation turns into a spirited debate between Detroit Rock City and Grind, with arguments about soundtracks, cast chemistry (Edward Furlong, Sam Huntington, Giuseppe Andrews, Natasha Lyonne, Shannon Twee...

In the last episode of our Road Trip category, Box Office Bucket List hosts Tim, Andrew, Adam and Katie tackle Adam’s pick: Thomas Jane’s 2009 thriller Dark Country. 

The hosts discuss key scenes (the roadside crash, the mysterious rest area, the repeating lightning and the mass graves), the film’s low-budget 3D origins, standout makeup effects and the moments that made them rewind and rewatch. They trade theories about whether the...

A rowdy group of young skateboarders set out on a cross-country road trip to get sponsored, bringing along loud personalities, wild skate montages, and a pounding early-2000s soundtrack. They bumble through karaoke-like party scenes, motel honeymoon suites, and chaotic demos, collide with rival crews, and face personal moments—like abandoned clown parents, jealous friendships, and unexpected romances. Between cameos, improvised hum...

This episode is a freewheeling conversation about movies the hosts almost picked and the ones they did pick. They trade stories about early choices like Never Back Down, discuss the appeal of dead-dad tropes, and compare films to classics like Karate Kid and Footloose.

The hosts dig into modern horror picks — including I Saw the TV Glow (A24), Weapons (a Vantage Point-style structure), and The Guest — and debate underrated or divis...

Music. The Box Office Bucket List crew dives into The Book of Eli — a gritty, post‑apocalyptic road trip starring Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis and Gary Oldman. They unpack the film's bleak atmosphere, striking visual tones, brutal encounters, barter economy, and the powerful reveal. The hosts discuss character motivations, symbolism, standout scenes (hairless cat, bridge sequence, Alcatraz climax), the book's significance, and whe...

In this episode the hosts riff on movies and wild theories, starting with Forrest Gump — including a conspiracy that Forrest Jr. might not be Forrest’s biological son. They unpack scenes, timelines, and emotions from the film, compare it to details from the original book (where Forrest’s story gets even stranger with wrestling and an orangutan astronaut), and argue about Jenny’s choices and motivations.

Tim derails the episode wi...