Edit: I have gotten a lot of joy out of these episodes on movies I’ve seen, never seen before, or never will see. Some mini series are wildly better than others, and some series end up being disjointed like the Miyazaki mini series (I swear one episode was supposed to be an interview with a director paired with a couple throwaway lines on the Miyazaki film). Sometimes I learn something, or receive a different perspective on a film. Other times they sound like an echo chamber and I’m left scratching my head (I wanted to give their episode on the Last Jedi but couldn’t do it after 45 minutes). Sometimes they’re too nice, and other times they could stand to be a little nicer. They are a bits heavy podcast that occasionally talks about the subject of their episode. I love and hate them, and I still can’t fathom how they talked more seriously about Aloha for nearly two hours but the Miyazaki mini series gets a C+ level effort but five stars either way. Old review: Started from after their pivot to directors. Too many circuitous tangents. No notes. Five stars. No notes. Too many tangents, but no notes. Spent two hours talking about Aloha by Cameron Crowe, but you know no notes. Five stars.

I ❤️BC

Unbelievably passionate and knowledgeable. And the theme song will get stuck in your head.

Podrassic cast? Even though it’s been 10 years, y’all haven’t gotten better at naming a series. This is what it’s all about, being a part of the top .1% of mediocrity! Love the show, keep doing you!

Come and get it.

Griffin and David, and all the guests are money. Except for Sprague on the Danny Boyle episode. That guy is a bum.

Besides making me always hoot and holler, the podcast is insightful and full of in-depth information for each movie that provides context in the directors’ filmography. It’s a great mix between casual conversation and sharing knowledge. Absolutely loved the Fincher series!

I learn so much about culture and film from the two friends. It’s totally changed the way I watch movies! Plus the show has led me to discover filmmakers I hadn’t heard of before. (Elaine May!) Griffin and David are really generous with their approach. The tone of the show is never mocking. Even when they cover flops, they look for things to appreciate. It’s such a lovely and open way to look at art.

A quick google search will yield the twenty or so episodes that are worth listening to; you can safely skip the rest. Occasionally these people produce an episode that is brimming with passion (i.e. the Mad Max: Furiosa episode or the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me episode), chock full of tantalizing details, and serves as an ersatz biography of its creator. A few episodes are genuinely funny (i.e. The War Horse episode). These episodes are extremely enjoyable and deliver the kind of analysis and insight I’m looking for. But, most episodes are rambling journeys into the hosts’ uninteresting lives and offer little insight into the films they cover. Cringe theater kid ad reads, ludicrous hot takes from guest and hosts alike, and dull anecdotes abound. Oblique insults aimed at funnier people (Nick Mullen etc.) or the invocation of their far superior antecedents (Scott Aukerman) highlight the hosts’ own comedic dearth. If you’re a Mad Max fan you have to listen to their Furiosa episode.

It’s the best. It’s a vibe. There are (no) bits. If you don’t like the episode lengths, don’t listen. Everyone else pick a movie you’ve never seen or a guest you like and dig in.

David Lynch is my favorite director. I was so excited to find this. Roughly 2 hours per episode, I was stoked, LETS GET INTO IT. Unfortunately, this is the worst kind of podcast. They are constantly off topic and just chit-chatting. What a waste.

If you’re looking for a podcast about clocking things and taking flyers, then this is the show for you.

Pitiful. You are all too young and or uneducated to actually place the movies you’re reviewing in the context of their era.

I truly don’t understand why I am 1.5 HOURS into trying to listen to this podcast and they haven’t even started talking about the movie Slumdog Millionaire. I’d love to listen to a in depth analysis or details about the movie and they have talked about everything else under the sun. Why do podcasters do this with movie summaries?

Are there now 30min of ads (“DAvid!”)? Are they at times tactless and get ramped up? Are bits a bit sweaty? Are the takes occasionally certifiable? Well… But how can you ever be mad at three guys (I’m including you, the prodoer) that help you fall in love again? I’m watching cinema in a way I haven’t since my late teens, no matter what other podcasts I have listened to. These guys rule.

Been listening for years, a Blankie, too. But tonight I was walking home from work, crossing a street (all rules followed) when a car making a left turn absolutely violated my personal space. I wasn’t hit but the driver had no need to rush their turn in a way that made me feel that I might be just because they were impatient or inattentive or just a jerk. So now I’m stewing about the jerk and I know I should let it go and as I’m getting increasingly wound up Griffin & David & Jamelle Bouie get to the part of the Spiderman 3 episode (1:13:03) where they start doing impressions of Eddie Brock’s journalism technique. And immediately none of what I had been all wound up about just a few seconds earlier, felt worth getting all wound up about anymore. I was just laughing in public. Thanks, Blank Check. Just what I needed.

Put the timestamp for when you get into the dossier into the show notes pleeeeeaaaase

Love you guys and been listening for years. However there are sometimes when you have a guest and you talk over them the whole time! Mulholland Drive Ep for example, I’m like, “Let this woman speak please!”

I’ve subscribed to Blank Check for about five years now and have really grown to love the show. When Griffin and David announced that they were doing “David Lynch” I patiently waited for them to get to my favorite film of all time. And it was WELL worth the wait. Three hours and 45 minutes zipped by. The conversation was deep, knowledgeable, and fun. It wasn’t tied up in a tidy bow, but that would be inappropriate for this film. Great job, boys!! Glad you had the stamina to do this!!

Listen, you gotta be real into movies, and real into basically just listening to 2 guys talk for a few hours. If that’s your jam, welcome home. If not, you’ll hate it. I just happen to like this sorta thing.

good show. most other movie podcast hosts try to be funny, but not in this one. no bits, no tangents. ben specifically is really insightful. excited to hear their upcoming review of the new dwayne the rock johnson action comedy.

This podcast should be right up my alley but it’s hard to take the hosts constantly talking over their guests, especially Leslye in the Mulholland Drive episode

Well, this probably could be the worst podcast I’ve ever listened to. If you wanna listen to a podcast where it seems like you walked into a group of people making inside jokes and everybody’s talking all at once and they’re not making any sense. Well, then this one’s for you. If you want to listen to a podcast where they don’t talk about the actual topic, in this case evil dead 2, then this is your podcast. But if you want a podcast that talks about the subject that is in the title, well, this isn’t for you. This podcast is like if you took a couple college kids, gave them some meth and told them to talk about economics.

A pretty good podcast with two guys who love eating on mic and talking about movies. Could be really great if they ever decided to focus solely on one of their passions and drop the other.

Marie is such a value add to the podcast

I am the Podcaster. I created the Podcast. I’ve been waiting for you. You have many questions, and though the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo some of my podcasts you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.

I’m listening to the The Iron Giant episode, and they propose instead of calling the fans Blankies, calling them Booger Eaters. Obviously this is a no-bits podcast, so from now on I will consider myself a Booger Eater. (And big ups to Threedom, who followed through on the bit and christened their fans Piss Pigs.) Anyway the end of the episode, Eat Drink Ben Hosley asks for people to leave reviews, so that’s what I’m doing.

David and Griffin are the type of movie nerds like me who know too many details about the movie and go off on tangents at the drop of a hat. My wife says it sounds like a conversation with me about movies and therefore hates it, but for me I love all the nerdy movie stuff they bring up. I finally went back to the beginning of the Star Wars episodes and I wished that we could go back into the 2015 time bubble these episodes are kept in.

When do we get another Ang ep???

Thorough

Twisted 5 Stars

This is my favorite podcast and it basically dictates what movies I watch week to week. These guys are knowledgeable and hilarious. The bits are heavy and the context is key. It’s so TWISTED!!

Listen to the episodes for the movies you really care about. Otherwise Griffin’s voice gets to you. The Blue Apron ad with the ghost of Julia Childs was the worst piece of content I have ever seen or heard. All parties involved should be punished.

did u know that most blank check episodes can last a whole flight? that’s so beautiful of them

Just when you think you can’t like this podcast any more, David drops his summary of Eraserhead, and latterly, all of Lynch’s work. Bravura

In Scott Aukerman: you need to get right up on that mic though. Love you guys, bits and all. Never change.

I gave this podcast a listen because I heard David Rees of Election Profit Makers is a guest from time to time. It’s a fun listen.

The number one reason I love movies again. Insightful and funny and just a good time.

Really happy to have had a recent spate of episodes where Marie Bardi is sitting in as the guest, on main feed and off. There’s nothing like the conversations with all four of the main gang intact, and hearing her iconic laughter is enough to brighten my day. Hope this is a portent of things to come :)

I’m currently making my way through after starting with the Star Wars era stuff. Fantastic movie quality and great funny banter. Currently really enjoying the John Carpenter stuff, man after They Live he really is trending upwards and I’m really confident he’s Carpenter is going to continue is run of spotless quality.

For a reason

As does the secret 3rd friend Ben. A very funny but also insightful look into a directors filmography.

I've been listening for about a year and this has become a can't-miss podcast. I don't always agree with their takes on the movies, but I always value what they have to say. And it's so much fun!

WTH. I’ve heard good things about this podcast, and happily picked the 13th Warrior episode as a starting point. It’s a beloved classic movie in my house hold, seen both in theaters and within the past 5 years. What I GOT, however, was a frustrating discussion by dim wits who weren’t familiar with it. They completely missed that it was a unique, fun, experience for its time (and decades after), and how fresh (and appreciated) the ‘mystical realism’ of it was. By Gods, the movie will continue to be enjoyed by millions of viewers while their podcast will dwindle in the 4-5 digit range. Good grief.

Man had heard good things about this podcast in the past but man. One of the host is such a hateful beta male. I just can listen anymore..

Love the show. Could David get closer to the mic? Love the show!

PLEASE talk closer to the mics!

This used to be my favorite movie podcast: knowledgeable, silly, engaging. But the pandemic really took the wind out of it. Guests alternate between the worst of the old regulars (Richard Lawson, Emily Yoshida) or new people with nothing to say (Adil & Bilal, Travis McElroy); episodes have gotten indulgently long and surprisingly non-movie focused; and the hosts just don’t share the same spark. Griffin is somehow more manic and repetitive in his takes, while David alternates between incurious hot takes and an almost comical lack of engagement in what’s, like, his job. (And don’t get me started on how hostile he’s grown towards Griffin, or the CREEPY way he flirts with almost every female guest who’s his station or lower.) Occasionally a Jason Mantzoukas or Sean Fennessey or Bilge Ebiri will show up, and it’ll remind you of what this show used to be, but guys? Time to hang it up. (Also? Ben has gotten way too high on his own supply and his fashion ideas / designs are hot garbage. Why does the show make so much time for this nonsense?)

They pronounced my beautiful boy Mario as Mare-io. I never thought I’d hear such hateful drivel from their mouths. I will keep listening though, great pod overall.

Good stuff here. Listen to them over and over through the years. Xoxo