Five months ago Blank Check began the Tim Burton mini-series. This week, though, marks a new director and a NEW mini-series with the filmography of one Michael Mann! Starting us of is the 1981 jewe...
2019-05-19 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On the week of it's release in May of 2019, Blank Check invited screenwriters of Detective Pikachu, Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit, to offer a behind-the-scenes look into the development and writi...
2019-05-12 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
APRIL 10, 2019 - BARCLAYS CENTER - BROOKLYN NETS vs. MIAMI HEAT: Griffin, David and Producer Ben attended a basketball game. Why? Because the Checkmates chose it! Griffin is not a spor...
2019-05-11 18:26:40 +0000 UTC View PostAn important moment in HISTORY happened when Producer Ben was given the reigns of the podcast and selected the VERY GOOD MOVIE Assassin's Creed! Here, dear Checkmates, we present some b-b-b-bonus c...
2019-05-05 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week is a special Ben's Choice episode. He selected 2016's excellent video game adaptation, Assassin's Creed. But is it very good? Yes. Do they talk about apples? YES! Is there a lot of discus...
2019-05-05 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The all American kid FROM Brooklyn is being discussed in Brooklyn (at Big Nice studios)? YUP. Griffin, David and Produer Ben discuss 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier!
2019-05-01 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Karen Han (Polygon) returns to discuss 2019’s Dumbo! But what member of Blank Check likes a bossy girl? Was actor Brendan Hines insecure about the fact that he might be too conventionally handsom...
2019-04-28 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMore BC:SF MCU commentary recorded at Big Nice studios in New York City! But this time, Griffin, David and Producer Ben are talkin' Dark Elves with 2013's Thor: The Dark World!
2019-04-21 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer, Emma Stefansky (Thrillist), joins Griffin and David to talk about 2016's fantasy flop: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Together they examine the peculiarities of the children, ...
2019-04-21 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Richard Lawson returns to discuss the late-Burton effort: 2014's Big Eyes. But why are the eyes so big? Should Christoph Waltz be the star of his own network TV sitcom? How did Burton pull off maki...
2019-04-14 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostEditor and filmmaker, Jordan Fish, joins Griffin and David to discuss 2012's Frankenweenie!
2019-04-11 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Blank Check, comedian Jamie Loftus The Bechdel Cast discusses 2012's goth soap opera, Dark Shadows. But has Timmy "...
2019-04-07 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMore live MCU commentary recorded at Big Nice studios in New York City! This time, Griffin, David and Producer Ben discuss 2013's Iron Man 3.
2019-04-01 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Griffin and David welcome back Emily St. James (Vox) to discuss 2010's CGI fantasy Alice in Wonderland! Together...
2019-03-31 05:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostDirector/writer, Alex Ross Perry "just happened" to be in studio to discuss Blank Check’s March Madness bracket! Together they make predictions for the final outcome, examine other potential fran...
2019-03-29 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
(For some reason?) Tony award winning actor, Michael Cerveris, was nice enough to sit down for 2+ hours and discuss Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with #thetwofriends. We present to...
2019-03-24 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Tony award winning actor, Michael Cerveris, joins Griffin and David to discuss 2007's film adaption of the renowned Stephen Sondheim musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Why did...
2019-03-24 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostCheckmates assemble! It's another installment of live MCU commentary recorded at Big Nice studios in New York City! This time, Griffin, David and Producer Ben discuss 2012's The Avengers.
2019-03-21 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnother b-b-b-b-bonus episode recapping Blank Check’s March Madness bracket! Joined by commentator, Chip Smith, they examine the winners and losers (so far), make predictions and...
2019-03-19 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer, Pilot Viruet returns to Blank Check to discuss 2005's remake, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But, at one point, were Al Pacino and Robert De Niro considering doing a Willy Wonka picture...
2019-03-17 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostBlank Check's resident technical expert, J.D. Amato, joins Griffin and David to discuss 2005's stop motion animation flop, Corpse Bride. Together they examine the many shortfalls of this "Burton" p...
2019-03-11 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, Griffin and David have unleashed another March Madness bracket pitting directors against one another. The filmmaker deemed the champion will decide a future mini series coming in the fa...
2019-03-10 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Chris Gethard Beautiful/Anonymous podcast returns to Blank Check to discuss 2003's father and son fantasy, ...
2019-03-10 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Film critic, Matt Singer (ScreenCrush.com), joins Griffin and David to discuss 2001's universally maligned franchise reboot, Planet ...
2019-03-03 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostLive from Big Nice, Griffin, David and Producer Ben watched 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. But is Hugo Weaving intentionally playing Red Skull like Werner Herzog? Is Griffin allergic to...
2019-03-01 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer and director, David Lowery (The Old Man & the Gun, A Ghost Story) joins Griffin and David to discuss 1999's procedural horror, Sleepy Hollow. But when we die does the headless horseman c...
2019-02-24 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnother installment of live MCU commentary recorded at Big Nice studios in New York City! This time Griffin, David and Producer Ben discuss 2011's Thor.
2019-02-21 05:08:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Griffin and David welcome back Joe Reid for the 4th annual Blankie Awards where together they present their own personal nominations and winners for the upcoming 91st Academy Awards. This roundtabl...
2019-02-17 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostOn the week of its release in February of 2019, the BC crew discussed the recent Nancy Meyers adjacent film, What Men Want. But does this movie have a featherlight touch? Will Griffin start reading...
2019-02-11 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post