Box Office GROSS: The Top 50 Hit Films of 2006

Brian Schmid

Revisiting the top 50 highest-grossing films of 2006 with the hindsight of twenty years, looking into the mostly-forgotten films that made the most money, why they were hits in their moment, and why they did or (more likely) did not endure in the popular culture.

  1. 1d ago

    2006, Ep. 33: "JACKASS NUMBER TWO" (with Doug Tilley, Kevin Gray and Steve Carlson!)

    Today we're putting the GROSS in Box Office Gross: we have our first TRIPLE-GUEST episode, featuring three beloved BOG legends: Doug Tilley, Kevin Gray AND Steve Carlson, to cover JACKASS NUMBER TWO!!! We go super deep on this sprawling, maniacal series, its list of iconic contributors, its fascinatingly complicated metatextual commentary on masculinity and camaraderie through violence and trauma, and we delve into my personal metatextual trauma, how I was bizarrely and fascinatingly triggered finally putting myself through Jackass: The Movie after decades of avoidance. We discuss Jackass's unlikely ascendance to pop cultural stardom, and even more unlikely legacy artistic respect, as we situate this merry band of pranksters and monsters in the influential milieu of Eric Andre, Nathan Fielder, Nirvanna the Band the Show, Tim Robinson and nihilistic YouTube monsters of all stripes. We also discuss their infectious, cartoonish glee, contrasted to the actual cartoons of Coyote vs. Acme, we discuss their potential attendance to and violation of kayfabe, contrasted to a lengthy love letter to the actual kayfabe of AEW All In 2026, we discuss its relationship to the transgressive underground cinema of the past, including Vienese Actionist cinema and Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art, and so much more. This was an absolute, resolute, in-depth blast with three of our favorite people returning to the show, and I'm so thrilled that we did this, this was unexpectedly one of the most edifying episodes of this show we've done, check it out! Brian's Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Doug's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/dougtilley.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Cinema Smorgasbord: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.cinemasmorgasbord.com/⁠⁠ Kevin's Twitter: ⁠⁠https://x.com/notoriouskpg⁠⁠ Kevin's Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/notorious-kpg.bsky.social Steve's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/lcosgrove.bsky.social⁠⁠Film as a Subversive Art by Amos Vogel on the Internet Archivehttps://archive.org/details/filmassubversive0000vogeJackass the podcast with Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremainehttps://www.youtube.com/@jackassthepodcastIn particular Rob recommends "the history of jackass":part 1 https://youtu.be/Dmv_8Gseiwg?si=lx0nQGVnLyyFQeY-part 2 https://youtu.be/fzaBsiDg_FQ?si=5zqg5QFt8BIaWbgsJackass 0.5, a YouTube playlist of the some of the Jackass crew's pre-Jackass workhttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTYDXc-OlME&si=gmGYltNO3LFUgUwVThe Dreamcast Files: Tony Hawk's Pro Skaterhttps://youtu.be/7WlQ9YFOmxw?si=XcHCVbe_D5MS2hGWThe books Steve reads passages from:a jackass reader: from the makers of screen slatehttps://shop.screenslate.com/products/a-jackass-reader-from-the-makers-of-screen-slateWhich as You Know Means Violence by Philippa Snowhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/716136/which-as-you-know-means-violence-by-philippa-snow/Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 33: "JACKASS NUMBER TWO" (with Doug Tilley, Kevin Gray and Steve Carlson!)

  2. Sep 7

    2006, Ep. 32: "STEP UP" (with Mattie Lubchansky!)

    The great Mattie Lubchansky (Boys Weekend, Simplicity) joins us to CELEBRATE MY 18TH BIRTHDAY in style, as we discuss the teen dance drama STEP UP. We discuss its charming young cast, the true breakout and weird mouthfeel of Channing Tatum, the film's evocation of its Baltimore setting, its electric (and too-sparse) dance scenes, its threadbare attempts at "hood" drama, its loose relationship to education and community service, its incredibly of-its-moment style, its threadbare attempts at "hood" drama, and the film's sprawling legacy entirely outpacing its original influence. Other topics include the dissonant dystopia of The Masked Singer, the dangers of DJ PJ, the dichotomy of the Breakin' series, comparing mass shootings, beating rhythm games with controllers, loving Institutions, and the IMPOSSIBLE task of finding a better dancer anywhere. This was one of my favorites that we've done in ages, and Mattie was a delightful and hilarious guest, we had so much fun, check it out!!! Brian's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mattie's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mattielubchansky.com https://mattielubchansky.com/ https://www.patreon.com/TemporalCultureWar No Gods No Mayors: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jp5c27vmcsk6eqx5j4ktwnst Happy New Year (2014) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrJhqxYRJBU Girl Walk//All Day (2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYStHmyoAsw boylookahere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeLYZWI960w Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 32: "STEP UP" (with Mattie Lubchansky!)

  3. Aug 31

    2006, Ep. 31: "WORLD TRADE CENTER" (with Jesse Hawken!)

    The great Jesse Hawken (Junk Filter) makes his triumphant return for Oliver Stone's WORLD TRADE CENTER, another film, after The Interpreter last year, that exist in nonexistent, politically nebulous places in popular culture. We discuss provocateur Stone's strangely tepid, anonymous work here, its tedious TV-movie structure, the draconic restrictions laid at the feet of respectability and its misguided attempt to be "apolitical" about the most political event in any of our lifetimes, in a way that makes everything here ring even more hollow and offensive. BUT, we also go into our experiences and memories of that day, the fallout from the events themselves in popular culture, and the overwhelming nonfiction works we experienced as a result of having to discuss this nothing movie, so the discourse here is phenomenal and Jesse is always always a wonderful, brilliant guest and this is an tremendous conversation that I hope you check out! Rob's Nine Eleven Recommendations - YouTube Brian's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jesse's Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/jessehawken⁠ Jesse's Bluesky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/jessehawken.bsky.social⁠ JUNK FILTER: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7LYHMg6qGRIM8D2vDUQlzf⁠ Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 31: "WORLD TRADE CENTER" (with Jesse Hawken!)

  4. Aug 24

    2006, Ep. 30: "BARNYARD" (with Joe Gibson and Steve Carlson!)

    We welcome back two brilliant, hilarious return guests as Joe Gibson (The Ring Two) and Steve Carlson (The Shaggy Dog) help us with an absolute doozy, Steve Oedekerk's strange, grotesque animal cartoon Barnyard: The Original Party Animals! We go WAY DEEP into Oedekerk's bizarre auteurist career, from his early days with Jim Carrey through his Thumb films, to sorta-mainstream success with Kung Pow and Jimmy Neutron, unpiling all his work to attempt to figure out how we ended up at this demented cartoon about androgynous CGI cows. We discuss the film's baffling tonal imbalance, slogging through endless weirdo riffs on generic mid-00s animated comedy while occasionally stopping to delve into some graphic death scenes and ultra-somber meditations on grief (Joe has a story about the context in which he saw this film that absolutely floored me) We had so much fun barreling through this maniacal work, and I know you'll enjoy yourselves too! Check it out! Steve Oedekerk 101: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbXuSRAI78jk&si=Ix_o4MQ1BQKgxEWE Brian's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠ Steve's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/lcosgrove.bsky.social⁠⁠ Joe's Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/joelastname.bsky.socialTheme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 30: "BARNYARD" (with Joe Gibson and Steve Carlson!)

  5. Aug 17

    2006, Ep. 29: "TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY" (with Willow Catelyn Maclay!)

    BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY folks, let's go podcasting! Our wonderful transportation maven Willow Catelyn Maclay returns to provide us her NASCAR expertise for the film that won the Academy Award for Best Movie Ever Made, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby! We discuss Will Ferrell's first true blank check post-superstardom, and the powerful shadows of Tony Scott and Dale Earnhardt hanging over the proceedings, as well as the comedic dominance of John C. Reilly and the interesting balance of gentle, goofball humor and the cataclysmic mortality of NASCAR as a television experience, as well as the wide imbalance of montage vs. riffing. We also get into the fascinating place this film occupies in an LGBTQ context, since it's a film with a lot of gay jokes but also a film with a provocational intimacy that drew boos from audiences in NASCAR country, pulling at traditional queer stereotypes in a way that, rare for the era, is not aggressively mean-spirited. Other topics include the nightmare of DVD-era extended cuts, Clickhole garbage sons, George W. Bush cardboard cutouts, invisible fire, putting that evil on me, the greatest of Gary Cole, Amy Adams' Oscar speech, the fundamental ridiculousness of America, NASCAR Thunder 2004 and the BEST NAMES IN NASCAR HISTORY. There's some DOOZIES. We love Willow, and it was a thrill to have her back again, check it out! The 2001 Pepsi 400 -Freakazoid: "Bounjour Lobey": Brian's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠ Willow's Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/willowcatelyn.bsky.social⁠ Willow's Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/willowcatelynmaclay⁠ ⁠⁠Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema by ⁠⁠Willow Maclay⁠⁠ (Author), ⁠⁠Caden Gardner⁠⁠ (Author) - ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Corpses-Fools-Monsters-Examination-Images/dp/1914420586⁠ Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 29: "TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY" (with Willow Catelyn Maclay!)

  6. Aug 10

    2006, Ep. 28: "MIAMI VICE" (with Daniel Gorman & Peter Labuza!)

    For one last time I need y'all to ROAR! CINEPHILES GATHER ROUND, we've retained the services of beloved BOG legends Daniel Gorman (Underworld: Evolution, Sky High, Amityville Horror) and Peter Labuza (Poseidon) to dive into the deep cloudy seas of Michael Mann's MIAMI VICE., a film described on this very episode as "the best film we've ever covered" and "the best film of the 21st century", an experimental cinematic explosion released into three thousand theaters. We discuss the church of Michael Mann, a film ahead of its time that has only grown in stature, a film so potent it's near-impossible to avoid bodies-in-space lyricism, a film that synergizes avant-garde and USA Up All Night into a mesmerizing digital jumble, a film that eschews both ends of its title to envelop the viewer in existential abstraction and extreme specifics in logistics and procedure to make an overwhelming whole. A film with such a vivid look and backstory that it feels like you're experiencing the film and the making of film simultaneously, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm style. This is one of those Movies Of The Life, and Daniel and Peter are both passionate, experienced and erudite in exactly the ways we needed. This was an absolute blast, and it was a privilege to be able to cover something that doesn't take any cajoling to make interesting or worthwhile. CHECK IT OUT Brian's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠ Peter's Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/labuzamovies.com Daniel's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DanielGorman20⁠⁠⁠ Daniel's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/danielgorman20.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 28: "MIAMI VICE" (with Daniel Gorman & Peter Labuza!)

  7. Aug 3

    2006, Ep. 27: "YOU, ME & DUPREE" (with Chris Bell!)

    Our great filmmaker and great pal Chris Bell wheels the TV cart in to show us a film he says is better than The Breadwinner but not better than almost anything: YOU, ME, & DUPREE. Inexplicably hailing from the directors of the upcoming Avengers; Doomsday and odious MCU architect Russo Brothers, Dupree brings back a litany of actors we've already covered (Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, even Seth Rogen) for an intolerable bro-rom-com with characters so maddeningly inconsistent that it feels like a spinning wheel of improv scenes staged among people with little comedic background, "a movie about an annoying guy", except the annoying guy changes every 20 minutes. THRILL to a film called "utterly despairing", "uncompromisingly mediocre", "rigorously inoffensive" and "absolute nothing save for a bad aftertaste". We discuss the film's synergy with other lazy and lackluster comedies of the period, dwelling on cultural fears of emasculation and being disrespected at corporate jobs, and I propose Michael Douglas's CEO as the secret hero of the film for doing everything he can to discourage and insult this loser from marrying his daughter. Other topics include inexplicably exotic location-shooting plane stunts, the baffling "Austin Powers' penis" level obfuscation of multiple female characters, if Nate Bargatze measures up to Vin Diesel, lightning patches, Asian fetish porn, high-level home repair, Boysweat Dave, Pills and Coke, the Zen of ClitSlayer420 and an incredible, possibly as-yet-unpublished discovery of distinctive stock footage. Chris was a blast to have on and we had such a fun time with this awful, awful film. CHECK IT OUT! Brian's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/schmanthonyp.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rob’s Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ROBDUNSON⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chris's Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/christopherbell.bsky.social Chris's Twitter: https://x.com/UpdateTheGrids Chris Bell at MeansTV - https://means.tv/authors/chrisbell Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ )

    2006, Ep. 27: "YOU, ME & DUPREE" (with Chris Bell!)

  8. Jul 27

    "The Prestige" / "The Odyssey" (with Cameron Kunzelman!) // a BONUS Christopher Nolan Double Feature Spectacular

    Are you [listening] closely? Abracadabra! We perform the remarkable magic trick...of getting three men on a microphone to discuss the films of Christopher Nolan! A two-for-one special this week! Joined by the great, super smart Cameron Kunzelman of the Ranged Touch network of podcasts, we take a break from the financial bonanzas of 2006 to touch on a film with middling box office receipts but a significant cultural tail: Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, the last time (at least as of this episode's release) that a Christopher Nolan film wouldn't break into the top 20 of its given year, let alone the top 50. True to the dualism central to Nolan's project, we pair The Prestige with Nolan's latest work of adaptation, The Odyssey. That's right! Two movies in one episode! We get into our incredibly disparate opinions on the Nolan project, love and hate for Movies about Movies, The Prestige's effectiveness on rewatch, if Christian Bale is A Good Actor or just Doing a Lot of Acting, Andy Serkis's cool and normal career, if The Odyssey needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible (and, given the controversies surrounding its production, if it SHOULD be seen on the big screen at all), if Memento is indeed "a movie told in reverse," how Nolan's literalism and materialism inform his interpretations of myth and fantasy, the alleged "messiness" of The Odyssey's opening stretch, how The Odyssey inverts and reconfigures the interests and themes of Oppenheimer, and so so much more... Will Rob love the freedom and sophistication of discussing two big, dense, culturally significant movies in one two hour span, or will it drive him to want to become the Joker? Guess you'll just have to listen and find out! Note: Cameron touches on how The Odyssey's production violated the cultural boycott of Morocco-occupied Western Sahara; you can find a lot more about this at some of the links shared below. Democracy Now report on the boycott of The Odyssey for filming in Morroco-occupied Western Sahara "Odyssey to Africa's last colony" by Eoghan Gilmartin (Africa is a Country blog) 3 Stolen Cameras, a short documentary about the occupation Nolan's CGI is really just INVISIBLE CGI video by The Movie Rabbit Hole Find Cameron: RangedTouch Realis and Path Apparatus on Backerkit Cameron's website on Twitter on Bluesky Find Brian: on Twitter on Bluesky on YouTube Find Rob: Linktree talking Kevin Smith on Dead Formats

    "The Prestige" / "The Odyssey" (with Cameron Kunzelman!) // a BONUS Christopher Nolan Double Feature Spectacular
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Revisiting the top 50 highest-grossing films of 2006 with the hindsight of twenty years, looking into the mostly-forgotten films that made the most money, why they were hits in their moment, and why they did or (more likely) did not endure in the popular culture.

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