MARCH MADNESS - DAY 8
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.
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MARCH MADNESS - DAY 7
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.
2024-03-07 17:00:13 +0000 UTC
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MARCH MADNESS 2024 - DAY 6
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...
2024-03-06 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS - DAY 5
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!
2024-03-05 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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MARCH MADNESS - DAY 4
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 A...
2024-03-04 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS - DAY 3
It 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.
The Ninth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid
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 o...
2024-03-03 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2024 - DAY 2
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: TN...
2024-03-02 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2024 - DAY 1
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.
2024-03-01 17:00:24 +0000 UTC
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Terminator Salvation
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 Post2024 MARCH MADNESS PREVIEW
🎶 I WANT SOME NEW BLOOD 🎶 **to the tune of "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis and the News OR "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. ** 2024-02-29 17:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Die Hard with Kevin Smith
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 ...
2024-02-25 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines
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 ...
2024-02-21 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPredator with Jon Gabrus
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’...
2024-02-18 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostT2-3D: Battle Across Bab's Basement
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 m...
2024-02-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNomads
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 ...
2024-02-11 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mirror Has Two Faces with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber
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 ...
2024-02-04 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostTerminator 2: Judgment Day
Hasta 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 PostThe Prince of Tides with Katey Rich
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 ...
2024-01-28 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostA Conversation with Amy Irving
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 righ...
2024-01-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post🚨Special Announcement🚨: Broadway Edition🎭
🗣️ 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 E...
2024-01-23 20:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe Terminator
BC:SF launches a new commentary series with The Terminator!
Movie starts at 9:46
2024-01-21 06:47:24 +0000 UTC View PostYentl with Jordan Hoffman
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 o...
2024-01-21 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostA Star Is Born (1976) with Rachel Zegler
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...
2024-01-14 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Eighth Blank Check Mailbag
It'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...
2024-01-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFerrari with Bilge Ebiri
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 (Pau...
2024-01-07 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMAILBAG 2024 - Ask Us Anything!
QUESTIONS 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 you...
2024-01-04 13:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe Love Guru
Mariska 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.
Movi...
2024-01-01 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWonkquaman with Marie Bardi-Salinas
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.
Talking the Walk 2023: Pitching the Walk with J.D. Amato
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, h...
2023-12-21 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
