Blank Check with Griffin & David
Blank Check with Griffin & David
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Best show
Best show!
Bawinsky
Hire an editor & a producer
Tried to listen to an episode about Spiderman movies, and these guys kept leaning away from the mic or lowering their voices and rambling about unrelated topics. Had to quit it, half of what they were saying was either too quiet or unintelligible.
munkyboywndr
5 comedy star points
Great show with encyclopedic knowledge of movies, and comedic banter. Best movie pod and it’s not even close! (This is not a Jimmy Smits burner account)
If gib
Not sure how I’ve listened to podcasts 10 years…
…and somehow missed these guys til now. They are heavyweights and have it all—knowledge, fun and funny, good chemistry, etc. And to think, it all started with a phantom menace!
Deadhead-Dan10
Still great, a decade of dreams later
Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
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Johan22
I watched The Core for the first time recently
David: Sure (smiling)
Brudd3788
Smug rich NYers
Great show to listen to if you want to hear what it’s like for rich private school guys with family in the industry waxing poetic about the discussions they had as 7 year olds with their parents about the philosophical ramifications of a movie I have never heard of from 1994 getting an Oscar. Griffin and Dave are aliens, they are truly bizarre people and I don’t care for them. I love the George Lucas talk show so go watch that.
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TheRizzler1969
Stop interrupting your guests
Listened to the 28 Years Later episode, and it’ll probably be my last. It turned me off that they kept interrupting the female guest and as a woman interested in movies it felt like another film-bro podcast because of it. Maybe that’s unfair, and maybe they aren’t usually that way, but how hard is it to let someone finish a thought?
gggm4
GREAT, but…
Love this show but—ffffff—I wish they would stop talking over each other and the guests. Sometimes you can hear the guests just give up because they can’t get a word in without getting ignored and bulldozed. Or the guest will keep talking for like an entire sentence in the hope that the hosts will get a clue and stop their interruption. It’s all enthusiasm, but still. That said, I love the show. It’s so fun and funny and informative. Definitely recommend.
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MacRobertMac
1) Great pod!; 2) Did I miss something!
The “28 Years Later” episode was fantastic, as usual. Is Marie now part of the on-air team? She’s wonderful, but this was the first show — at least that I can recall — where someone other than Griffin and David is part of the conversation the whole time…and yet isn’t a ‘Special Guest’ like Sean Fennessey or Timothy Simons. She definitely can “keep up” — which is saying something — and like Amanda Dobbins on “The Big Picture” (the only movie pod other than this one, that I have set to auto-download) her perspective is additive & complementary.
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SLCUtahUser
I don’t like movies
But I love this podcast.
seagulldodger
One of the best shows with the most questionable movie choices
I love this show but there are so many episodes covering movies that are just hard to get into. Ditch the current format and choose more engaging movies to cover please!
aaaKU
Do Andor!!! please
Do Andor!!! Love you guys and the podcast. You guys have given so much depth and interesting-ness to the movies I love and hate! But Rogue One, Andor season 1 and 2 is a perfect 3!
PangolinImmune
150th Episode
I started at the beginning at some point in 2025. I’ve made it to 149/150 and they made a big push for listeners to rate and review. So here I am. I’ve been listening daily for quite a while. Really enjoy it. Even checked out The Tick which was rad. IDK. I want to marry this podcast.
Hrodddd
Would, Can’t
I’d love to listen to this but one of them sounds too much like Nick Wright
daltonpi
Look Who’s Still Talking (it’s Griffin)
I’ve been listening for five years now and the Look Who’s Talking episode hit so hard that I realized I had to finally drop the 5 star bomb on the Apple reviews Sometimes I can’t get through an episode because the tangents are just too much on movies I simply do not care about but sometimes they are so wild that I become to engaged on discussion on Angelica from the Rugrats being “bilingual” that I realize a random podcast about a talking baby movie may be in my top 10 media of 2025 so far, right up there with Sinners Griffin, never change
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ZenOfThunder
Big and wet and dry
I’ve been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers 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
Funjamin!
Some bits
Very little Smits
Alieben&
Uh oh
Ok screw it. I don’t understand them. They like certain movies of a quality that makes it feel like a bit. I don’t understand if they’re going for movie snob vibes with some approachability, or if they’re acting like a Ben type that occasionally nails a movie take. I am endlessly entertained but they confound me.
CallmeShugoshin
A Decade
Of Dreams
jburkitt
Blah blah blah
They’re talking a lot, but they’re not saying anything
Forkin A
It’s called editing guys
Nothing is more frustrating than a bunch of people yelling over and interrupting each other all while barely discussing the movie that’s described in the episode title for 3 hours. It generally takes them about an hour to actually get into the movie and even then it’s nothing but unfunny inside jokes. Listeners don’t care about your inside jokes guys. Editing would help this podcast tremendously. Sounds like a high school AV club.
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IT”S TOTALLY LIKE
We love da movieshh
I think at some point in this podcast’s history they sped up their theme song, but the podcast is still very long. I think it could stand to be longer though. Five stars.
goodopinionhaver
Went back to the start
Love these guys, one of the best film based podcasts ever. Glad Griffin doesn’t talk about semen as much nowadays but also happy he hasn’t stopped completely. I think it’s been long enough for them to realize Force Awakens is just as awful as the prequels.
R Hand
Appreciated the discussion on schindlers list.
As a non-Jew I watched this movie alone as a young man, and it was very impactful to me. I feel like the gang addressed the issues. They maintained the general spirit of their show, and they had a brave and challenging discussion about the current events in Palestine. I don’t often write reviews about podcasts even ones I enjoy, but I suspect that if blank check has not already received some blowback because of their discussion about the genocide in Palestine, they will, and I wanted to say that some, and hopefully most of the people listening, agreed with the opinion put forward that never again. Should any people be whole scale, slaughtered and disenfranchised by another group of people.
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Cjdghjhvv
No banking
I thought this was a podcast on banking and money management. Unfortunately it’s not. The hosts seem nice though.
Durham PG
Five stars baby
I left from my chair to give a one woman standing ovation after the Jurassic Park episode. The Spielberg series is knocking it out of the park. This is truly a Decade of Dreams.
kittypaw13
Amazing
👍👍 Perfect podcast, but my least favorite guest on my favorite movie, Jurassic Park lol please don’t make your podcast more like the Ringer’s. Ben is your heart, follow it! Movie good, movie bad, movie okay, we love movies, we don’t judge. Griffin, everything is fine, you’re the best. I liked it when you were more positive, but I get it, that’s not always the easiest thing for me either these days. You rock though
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Jr1372
Talk over each other way too much
Great behind the scenes info, but please just stop talking over each other so much. It can get really chaotic.
PopcornHands
One of my favorites
These guys will make you want to watch more movies so you can listen to more podcasts and inform you about those movies.
HeyImAJoe
Great pod
In Scott Aukerman: you need to get right up on that mic though. Love you guys, bits and all. Never change. Side note: I think most of these one star reviews are from people who just don’t like podcasts and haven’t figured it out yet.
Mr. Bee Jay
Love the pod
Have listened for years but the “griffin and occasionally the guest interrupting and exasperating David” schtick is getting old
Eduardoj151
BEST PODCAST EVER!!!!
BEST PODCAST EVER!!!!! don’t ask just listen
HONK6464
Sometimes insufferable
My comments apply to the temple of doom episode which is scatter brained chaotic, insufferable, belching wild takes tearing apart the movie, over analyzing uncomplicated things. They aren’t gonna change though so.
Saber acolyte
Terrible Podcast
Do you want a podcast where two hosts go through a director’s filmography and provide knowledgeable insight? Well get screwed! Best we can do are two ramblers who do unfunny bits for 2.5 hours and talk about the movie for roughly 30 seconds
JL9274
Guest Hosts
Marie and JD are such a value add to the podcast as guest hosts
mgrassa
Blah
Just talk. No real focus. Info is all over the place via first speak first say.
Once purchased $60 worth
Yes, Good!
One of the ten best podcasts of all time. Cool, fun, insight, hope, memory, box office game, this is it!
MonkeyTrav
#MyTwoBoyfriends
I ENJOY the tangents, thank you very much.
Zia Padora
Funny w/ great guests
You guys (and guests, also. Ben too!) are funny and have great repoire talking about movies, and your joy in talking about films is infectious! Plz tho, Griffen, STOP cutting off David and guests to interject your add-on to what they’re saying. I feel like this year it’s been a lil more outta control bc David is trying to balance twins and the podcast. I still love the show, and always will, but Griffen…please…the show’s better when it’s equal rep for all.
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TheGhostofSteveSax
There was a Tick remake?!
Unequivocally the best podcast with the worst fanbase. Love you Griffin and David. Congrats to the fans for your Jan6 pardons.
SquirrelPerm
Love these boys
Good nice smart bois talk about good and bad movies and make me giggle and watch things and learn new things.
asmith451
Nonsense and babble
I really wanted to like this podcast after I saw the running time I thought great here’s another deep dive podcast like pure Cinema… But no it’s just bouncing off. the walls like a 60’s Super Ball million different directions at once babbling nonsense – verbally thrown on top of boredom to create a Washington Square hot dog of nothing I stopped trying to follow it because it was directionless and it started to hurt to try
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Timaaa
Chaotic
People interrupting and talking over each other in random unplanned conversations that go off on painfully boring tangents. Even just some editing would be a significant improvement.
It's alright; I'm a doctor.
Love This Podcast
Had a friend tell me about this podcast so I decided to check out and I love. I’ve jumped around from so many episodes throughout the years on the films I watched. Getting to learn all the behind scenes and stuff is what I love. The cast is great though at times can feel like they get a bit negative about certain films. They also are long episodes but for me that doesn’t bother me.
Zach154
Almost love it
I generally love this show, because of Griffin and guests. But…insufferable blow hard David constantly talking over people and randomly spoiling off topic movies is grating. And they say actors are insecure.
Talclaren
Amazing Film Podcast
I’m about to be 64 years old and probably old enough to be their mom, but this is at the top of my list for podcasts about films. The format is great and I love that they have a sense of humor. I don’t remember how I found the show, but I’m glad I did. Thanks to Griffin, David, Ben and the guests for teaching this self taught film nerd so much. I highly recommend it!
QueensYankeeGal
Box office
Griffin and David, and all the guests are money. Except for that Sprague or whatever his name is on the Danny Boyle episode. That guy is a bum.
arodrigueza
Da moviesch. Da bescht.
I ❤️BC
CousinFlip
Film geeks
Unbelievably passionate and knowledgeable. And the theme song will get stuck in your head.
Waffle B. Hopper III
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