Not a Bomb

Welcome back to Not A Bomb! This is the podcast where we dive into some of cinema's biggest box office failures and explore whether they deserve a second chance. “Re-May-ke” month is still rolling on as we peel back the layers on the darkly entertaining and tightly wound revenge story from 2000, Get Carter. Based on the novel “Jack Returns Home,” Get Carter failed to reach the heights of the 1971 version and only mad...

Welcome to your favorite movie podcast, Not a Bomb! We take a second look at some of the biggest box office bombs in cinema history to see if they truly deserve their infamous reputations.

Our podcast is launching into outer space this "Re-MAY-ke" month as we explore the sci-fi adventure of 2012's Total Recall. Reimagining the beloved Paul Verhoeven classic was quite the challenge, considering its iconic status in the sci-fi/action ...

Welcome to your favorite movie podcast, Not a Bomb!! This is the podcast where we revisit some of the biggest box office failures in cinema history and explore whether they deserve a second chance.

‘Re-MAY-ke” month is upon us! That’s right! For the whole month of May, we are re-examining some of the biggest remake bombs in cinema history. We ki...

Welcome to your favorite movie podcast, Not a Bomb!! This is the podcast where we revisit some of the biggest box office failures in cinema history and explore whether they deserve a second chance.

We’ve just peeled the final banana of Ape-Ril. This episode is a barrel full of monkeys, and a barrel full of puns. Joining us are Samuel and Logan f...

Join us for an exceptional bonus episode of Not A Bomb Podcast! We are absolutely thrilled to welcome back the immensely talented writer, filmmaker, and professor Michele Meek to our show. Michele’s vast expertise in the world of teen sex comedies elevates our podcast with a trove of insights making this episode truly extraordinary.

On this bonus ep...

Welcome back to your favorite movie podcast, Not a Bomb!! This podcast swings back into action, digging into cinema's ripest box office banana peels to see if any deserve a second peel... er, chance. On this week’s episode, we're thrilled to have a special guest and all-around top banana—John! We are going bananas during Ape-Ril with the 1961 horror/sci-fi flick Konga. And if you haven’t f...

Welcome to your favorite movie podcast, Not a Bomb!! This is the podcast where we revisit some of the biggest box office failures in cinema history and explore whether they deserve a second chance.

After delving into deep discussions on “mother!” and “Blade Runner”, we decided to take a whimsical turn with a new theme month - Ape-Ril. That's right, i...

Welcome to your favorite movie podcast, Not a Bomb!! This is the podcast where we revisit some of the biggest box office failures in cinema history and explore whether they deserve a second chance.

We are incredibly grateful for all the support we've received over the last 200 episodes and we look forward to many more. For this special occasion, we ...

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of the biggest bombs in film history! This week’s episode explores the enigmatic and divisive world of 2017’s fantasy, drama - “mother!” 

“mother!” is a psychological horror film where a couple’s tranquil existence is disrupted by unexpected guests. As tension mounts, secrets unravel, reality...

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of the biggest bombs in film history! In this week’s episode, we dive into the eerie world of “Phantoms”, a supernatural horror-thriller released in 1998. To assist in this underseen classic (?), the guys are happy to welcome Sammy from the GGTMC back to the show!

When a small town in Colorado is myste...

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of the biggest bombs in film history. On this week’s show, we welcome Michael Mann back to the podcast and discuss his 1999 biographical drama - The Insider. The film is a fictionalized telling of whistleblower Jeffery Wigand’s dealings with “Big Tobacco.” The Insider was praised by both the audience and the critics and was eve...

Welcome to Not A Bomb Presents The Classics, a series where Jose and Sammy join Troy and Brad to discuss some of the greatest films ever. In the second edition, the gang travels down the river and uses their pretty mouths to talk about 1972’s Deliverance. Consider one of the great American films of all time; Deliverance brought the world dueling banjos and squealing like a pig and hunk...

Welcome back to another exciting episode of Not A Bomb Podcast. This is the podcast where we re-examine some of the biggest bombs in cinematic history.

Oh man, do we have a treat for you! This week’s show is all about Cannon films, and you can’t talk about Cannon without Austin Trunick. Austin is the author of two excellent retrospective books ...

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of the biggest bombs in film history. In this week’s episode, we discuss one of the biggest cinematic flops for 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment, 2019’s Dark Phoenix. This is the fourth installment of the prequel films and the 12th installment in the X-Men film series. Dark Phoenix had all the trademarks of a bomb such as numero...

In this thrilling episode of "Not a Bomb," Brad and Troy delve deep into the caverns of 1981's fantasy epic, Dragonslayer. Joining our seasoned hosts are the masters of the dice, the wizards of storytelling, and the guardians of epic sagas - the illustrious crew from the "Rolling with Difficult” podcast.  Together, they'll navigate through the labyrinthine depths of this box office bom...

Welcome to Not A Bomb, your favorite podcast about some of the biggest cinema bombs in movie history. On this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Jose, host of the newly revamped Watch/Skip+ podcast. Our focus this week is 2017’s action thriller, American Assassin, or, as someone labeled the film, “baby’s first Bourne.” But hey, this episode gives us an excuse to talk about Dylan O...

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of the biggest cinema bombs of all time. In this episode, we welcome back to the show Mike McGranaghan, film critic at The Aisle Seat. Put on your detective hats and rush to the crime scene. What was the crime? In this case, an experimental film from 1985, Clue. Based on the popular board game, Clue gathers all our favorite playing pieces ...

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of the biggest bombs in cinematic history. On this week’s episode, we once again find ourselves in sci-fi town with the 2015 space opera film Jupiter Ascending. Boasting a budget north of $200M, Jupiter Ascending left general audiences bewildered by the lack of character development, terrible script, nonexistent performances, dodgy CGI, and w...

In 2024, Breaking Brad was to rest, but a new show arose out of the ashes like a phoenix. That new show is Not A Bomb Presents: The Classics, a series where Jose and Sammy join Troy and Brad again to discuss some of the greatest films ever. On the first edition, we come out of the gate discussing one of the greatest films of all time - Citizen Kane. This quasi-biographical film is a mo...