Endslate: a Movie, TV and Streaming Podcast

How to beat this oppressive summer heat? Aircon, a dark room, and something to watch! We deep dive into Alex Garland's polarizing Civil War and where this sits in his filmography so far. PLUS - we swoon over the new Ripley and share our thoughts about 3 Body Problem, Fallout, Sugar, Exhuma, Immaculate, The First Omen, and Steve! (Martin).

(2:37) Ripley

(20:54) 3 Body Problem

(31:08) Fallout

(39:09) Steve!

(44:49) Sugar

(50:41) Exuma

(55:22) Immaculate, First Omen

(62:38) Civil War

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Endslate is an ANIMA podcast edited by Rene Perez and produced by Mel Lozano-Alcaraz. Stalk the hosts!

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• Quark Henares: @quarkhenares

12 weeks into 2024 and we finally listed and put to record our favorite films of 2023. Better late than never! It was an embarrassment of riches for movies despite the doom of the strikes, skyrocketing budgets, and the decline of superhero films. Which ones made each of our lists? Press play!

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The Endslate trio weigh in on this year’s 96th Academy Awards results: the winners, the losers, and the utterly perplexing. Our yearly awards season coverage, over and out!

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Here we go again reading the pre-cursor and awards season tea leaves to give you our bold picks for this year’s 96th Academy Awards. Who will win and who should win - listen to us go through all categories so you can impress your Oscar pool (10:40). PLUS - Quark’s lowdown on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Singapore including a failed marriage proposal (0:01) whut!

Shoutout to our friends at Wanderland Music and Art Festival, happening March 9-10, Get your tickets now at wanderlandfest.com! Come home to good music & good people. Come home to Wanderland.

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Mel, Ramon, and Quark take a one way Shai-Hulud ride into the world of Dune Part 2, Denis Villeneuve's much-anticipated sequel to his 2021 sci-fi masterpiece. Enjoy the trio's hot, spicy takes on Zendaya, Austin Butler, and Timothee Chalamet and other trivial things like the rules of deep puncture wounds. PLUS - some content catch up with Shogun, Monsieur Spade, and Feud.

(2:22) Shogun, Monsieur Spade, Feud talk

(22:17) Dune Part 2

(45:14) Spoiler Alert!

Shoutout to our friends at Wanderland Music and Art Festival, happening March 9-10, Get your tickets now at wanderlandfest.com! Come home to good music & good people. Come home to Wanderland.

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Get ready to hit shuffle because it's time to rewind and repeat the tracks that dominated our 2023 playlists, from chart-topping bangers to hidden gems you might have missed. So, whether you're a die-hard music fan or just looking for some new tunes to add to your playlist, hit play and join us for a musical time capsule of 2023!

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2023 proved to be a big year for Philippine cinema - more releases, more streaming options, and a huge box office take during the biggest filmfests in the country (Cinemalaya and the Metro Manila Film Festival). Film critic Philbert Dy helps us sift through the best local releases of the year.

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Dropping it like it's hot - our annual list of the best TV shows of the past year. From returning favorites that soared to new heights to breakout hits that stole our hearts (and our watchlists), to a few curtain calls for beloved shows, this episode is your one-stop shop for all things binge-worthy in 2023 (16:08). PLUS - our instant reax to the Oscar noms (0:15).

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How many times can people say "allegedly" in one episode? Find out in this explosive wrap of the year in Showbiz Kachipan! The lowdown on 2023's break-ups, hook-ups, and shake-ups - all courtesy of Endslate faves MJ Felipe and Bianca Gonzalez.

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Mel, Ramon, Quark, and special guest, graphic designer and perpetually online friend-of-pod Miguel Lugtu dissect 2023's biggest pop culture moments, predict 2024's wildest trends, and crown the year's most exquisite movie art. Join us for a hilarious look back and a crystal ball-gazing peek into the future, as well as an Endslate exclusive on the art and business of making movie posters.

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Quark, Ramon, and Mel embark on a cinematic journey into the heart of Martin Scorsese's latest masterpiece, "Killers of the Flower Moon," a film that unveils the dark and untold chapter of the Osage Nation's history. Then the trio do what they do best - force rank the top movies in Scorsese's filmography. If you think we're funny, we ask you - Funny how? Like a clown?! PLUS - The Pigeon Tunnel, Scavengers Reign, and Our Flag Means Death.

The Pigeon Tunnel (04:37)

Our Flag Means Death (06:39)

Scavengers Reign (09:40)

Killers of the Flower Moon (14:06) - Spoilers at (37:34)

Ranking Scorsese films (01:04:11)

We celebrate Spooky SZN with In My Mother's Skin, Amazon Prime's celebrated horror film directed by Kenneth Dagatan. We had the pleasure of chatting with Kenneth along with his stars, Beauty Gonzalez and Felicity Kyle Napuli, about horror filmmaking, their fave scary movies, and who the next Philipppine Scream Queen is (hint: she's in the movie!)

Endslate is an ANIMA podcast and produced by Mel Alcaraz.

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Yes we still have a podcast! We finally eked out some time to powow about what we've been enjoying: Beckham, Only Murders in the Building S3, Startstruck S3, The Concierge, Gen V, Monster, The Creator, and Wes Anderson's collection of stylish short films - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Ratcatcher, and Poison.

• Gen V (10:45)
• The Continental (18:16)
• Only Murders (29:23)
• Starstruck (24:18)
• Only Murders (29:23)
• Beckham (36:03)
• Wes Shorts (43:38)
• The Creator (58:41)
• Monster (1:01:35)

Endslate is an ANIMA podcast, edited by Paolo Halili and produced by Mel Alcaraz.

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Cheers to the 20th anniversary of the (now) classic film Lost in Translation! We take a look back at the film's legacy in pop culture and Japanese tourism, why it still resonates with audiences today, and how Sofia Coppola is perhaps one of our most underrated directors. PLUS - a catchup on what we've been watching: Hamilton in Manila, One Piece, Moving, Concrete Utopia, A Haunting in Venice, Shortcomings, Full Circle, How to with John Wilson, and Talk to Me.

For a relaxing times, make it Suntory time.

(08:09) Hamilton in Manila

(12:34) Moving

(15:00) One Piece Live Action

(19:27) Concrete Utopia

(24:16) A Haunting in Venice

(26:37) Shortcomings

(32:28) How to with John Wilson

(39:00) Full Circle

(43:20) Talk to Me

(46:00) Lost In Translation

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Love is perhaps the most elemental emotion a human being can feel. So it makes sense that filmmakers turn to it for inspiration more than any other. This episode, we swoon over Past Lives - Celine Song's feature debut about love, fate, identity, and immigration. Plus - we run down our all-time favorite romance and relationship films (44:05). No coms, just roms!

Warning: Past Lives spoilers at (26:41).

Endslate is an ANIMA podcast, edited by Paolo Halili and produced by Mel Alcaraz.

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Wes Anderson - often copied (looking at you, AI and Tiktok!) but never duplicated. Love him or hate him, his quirky humor, symmetrical compositions, pastel palettes, and deadpan deliveries has made him an unlikely auteur of his generation. We deep dive into his career and force rank his filmography, including his latest film, Asteroid City. PLUS - quick takes on Blue Beetle, TMNT, Gran Turismo, Cinemalaya 2023, and what's going to happen to Dune 2.

(03:34) Post-Cinemalaya talk

(08:40) Dune 2 and strike news

(15:10) Blue Beetle

(17:49) TMNT

(19:24) Gran Turismo

(23:15) Spoiler-free Asteroid City

(42:30) Wes Anderson deep dive

(56:05) Force-ranking the WACU

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Barbie brilliantly shows a life in plastic isn't always fantastic. Enjoy this deep dive into the film and Greta Gerwig's filmography as a true creative genius. It's Greta's world and we're just living in it! PLUS - quick takes on Joyride, The Dragon Prince, What We Do in the Shadows S4, The Day After Trinity, and Shin Kamen Rider (aka Shin Masked Rider on Prime).

(0:23) Joyride

(05:12) The Dragon Prince

(08:30) The Day After Trinity

(16:16) Shin Kamen Rider

(18:40) Spoilerful Barbie

(59:07) Ranking Greta Gerwig films

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Barbenheimer proved *explosive* at the box office so here's our first of two deep dives on the movie pairing of the year. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was mesmerizing and terrifying but where does it rank in Nolan's filmography? With Quark's extremely complicated force ranking system, we find out! PLUS - talk about Here Lies Love on Broadway and Marupok AF (which is opening Cinemalaya this year woot!).

(0:10) Barbenheimer talk

(09:30 ) Here Lies Love

(15:33) Oppenheimer appetizers 

(28:29) Spoilerful Oppy deep dive time

(59:30) Ranking Nolan's films

Endslate is an ANIMA podcast, produced by Mel Alcaraz, edited by Carl Velasco.

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We get on our knees before the altar of cinema to exalt praise for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1. Not the most perfect MI installment, but by golly, Tom Cruise and his one true love Christopher McQuarrie are here to ENTERTAIN (20:36)! Plus - we react to the Emmy nominations, talk about Quark's upcoming Cinemalaya closing film, Where is the Lie?, and discuss the SAG-WGA strikes (and how it will affect everything to come).

Endslate is an ANIMA podcast, produced by Mel Alcaraz, edited by Paolo Halili.

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Straight from the nine-dash line comes this super-sized episode chockfull of what's hot and what's not (looking at you, The Weeknd!) in streaming and cinema right now. We finally get to lick our chops over The Bear's delightfully delish S2, wax nostalgia about Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford, try NOT to talk too much about The Idol's edgelord fantasies, meh over Secret Invasion, gush about Nimona and little-seen K-drama gem, One Day Off. Oh and we start the show with a little Love The Philippines agency drama with kachipan that will make you go "Yes, Chef! Thank you, Chef!"

• Kdramas and One Day Off (11:14)
• Secret Invasion (14:30)
• Nimona (23:15)
• The Idol (26:40)
• The Bear (38:42)
• Indiana Jones (1:05:44)

Some titles mentioned:

• Something Wild
• Working Girls
• Regarding Henry
• Mosquito Coast
• Witness
• Sabrina

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Psychological thriller Cattleya Killer has maintained its prominent position at the top of Prime PH's charts, and we are thrilled to have a sit down with the people behind the hit streaming series: director Dan Villegas, actress and producer Ria Atayde, and writer Dodo Dayao. We delved into filming with "Hollywood standards," Arjo Atayde's feline phobia, and how Pinoy audiences are ready for content that transcends the confines of conventional teleseryes (39:14). PLUS - Mel's experience watching Suga of BTS/Agust D's concert in Singapore and some industry talk on Warner Bros. Discovery's recent mega missteps and animator hour woes over at Spider-Man's Spiderverse (0:10).

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Quark, Mel, and Ramon are back to gush about the new Spider-Man movie, Across the Spider-verse, the show finale of Barry, and make good on their promise to make Quark watch 2005's sublime Pride & Prejudice. PLUS - finale talk on Ted Lasso, Yellowjackets, and Dave.

Barry (4:35)

Ted Lasso (25:12)

Yellowjackets (31:02)

Dave (38:40)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (40:55)

Pride and Prejudice (68:41)

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Reunited and it feels so good! The Endslate trio talk about their love for the latest Mattfleck movie, AIR, which is a fun return to form for talky big business, dealmaking movies with a lot of heart (and rundown our fave business movies along the way). Plus - a Succession catch up (and our predictions for the last Roy standing), our take on Ted Lasso's divisive S3, and quickfire reviews of Still, Drops of Gold, Perry Mason S2, Ramy, and The Muppets Mayhem. All this and a little (major) life milestone achieved. Enjoy!

• (9:35) Still
• (15:42) Drops of God
• (19:57) The Muppets Mayhem
• (23:04) Ramy
• (25:58) Ted Lasso
• (37:00) Perry Mason
• (43:58) Succession
• (57:39) Air

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Time to catch up on some streaming shows! We've been loving Jinny's Kitchen's healing K-variety show vibes, Jury Duty's gift of a first season, Barry's brilliant final season so far (SPOILERS!), and how Shrinking absorbed all of Ted Lasso's focus and fun. Plus - preamble about the current Writers Guild of America strike and how long (we hope) it'll last.

• (9:53) Jinny’s Kitchen
• (17:07) Jury Duty
• (29:52) Barry
• (40:42) Shrinking

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We deep dive into the whole John Wick franchise, from its humble beginnings as the indie action movie nobody wanted to the global blockbuster it is today: Which one was the best installment? Who's the best villain? What's the stupidest world-building rule in the series? Is he the world's greatest assassin or the world's worst house guest? Things you've always wanted to ask, we answer! PLUS - a movie catch-up: Creed 3, D&D, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Suzume, and our wishlist of toys that should be made into movies.

• General movie talk (05:58)
• Shazam! Fury of the Gods (07:45)
• Creed 3 (17:05)
• Suzume (31:31
• Dungeons & Dragons (38:20)
• John Wick (48:12)

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Since our Substack meets Masterclass meets The Economist meets The New Yorker podcast is like clickbait for smart people, we are back talking about one of our fave shows of all time, SUCCESSION! We break down the first 3 episodes of Succesh's final season and pay tribute to the great L to the OG man himself. Plus - content catch-up time with streaming's first quarter darlings: Swarm, Daisy Jones and the Six, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Party Down, Yellowjackets, and BEEF. We're all here for Conflake Girl szn while clutching our ludicrously capacious bags!

• Daisy Jones and the Six - (12:09)
• Yellowjackets - (17:20)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - (22:04)
• Swarm - (27:48)
• Party Down - (38:05)
• BEEF - (40:47)
• Succession - (52:49)

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2022 flew by at Mach 10 speed and we finally find ourselves with our favorite films of the past year... just in time for Q1 of 2023. In a year of megaplex hits, juggernaut indies, and movies about movies, which ones made our list? Our number ones MAY surprise you! We talk the best of 2022, some of the worst, Viva Max power, the Babylon hive, and of course, the year's MVP Colin Farrell and breakout star Paul Mescal! ("Look at this god!" - Quark Henares)

Some titles mentioned:

• Aftersun
• After Yang
• Athena
• The Batman
• Broker
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Fire of Love
• Leonor Will Never Die
• Navalny
• Top Gun: Maverick
• RRR
• TAR
• Women Talking

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When the stars align and Mercury isn't in retrograde, once in a blue moon the Academy actually gets the winners right (mostly). Mel, Quark, and Ramon react to Hollywood's biggest night's highlights, lowlights, and what could have beens. And really - where was Tom Cruise?? Plus, the obsessives that we are, we predict Oscar 2024's race. 

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Mel, Quark, and Ramon run down their list of Oscar who WILL wins and who SHOULD wins before the March 13 (PH time) ceremony. Will Everything, Everywhere take everything all at once? Will Austin Butler's Elvis accent take him all the way to the podium? Will Top Gun: Maverick win anything? PLUS - Quark's dispatch from the always fun Independent Spirit Awards, where he hobnobbed with Michelle Yeoh, The Daniels, Paul Mescal, Chloe Zhao, and more! What did Todd Field really have to say about the ending of TAR? PRESS PLAY!

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Is it really too late to talk about the top Kachipan stories of 2022? NEVER! Joining us for a tet-a-tet about 2022's showbiz headlines are top Maritesses, MJ Felipe and Bianca Gonzalez. Breakups, engagements, scandals, and our fearless forecasts for 2023. 

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So much to watch, so little time! We catch up on what each of us has been enjoying on streaming, namely The Last of Us (11:04), Physical 100 (23:14), Paul T. Goldman (28:25), and at the movies: Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania (01:04:11), Magic Mike's Last Dance (50:09), Empire of Light (40:00), and The Whale (31:52), plus some light talk about All Quiet on the Western Front (1:34:08). Should MTRCB still ban movies? Is Jonathan Majors the next big thing? How many degrees is Quark separated from Pedro Pascal? Is Quantumania bad news for Phase 5? Tap that play button and find out!

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Mga keridaaaaa! We sat down with the cast and crew of Prime Video's first ever Filipino original, Ten Little Mistresses (Sampung Mga Kerida), director Jun Lana and stars Carmi Martin, Agot Isidro, Adrianna So, and our fave John Arcilla, to talk about the making of this manic murder mystery. 

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Life's been hectic these past 8 weeks in January (lol). We finally had time to catch up on movies and each other, beginning with Quark's dispatch from Sundance Film Festival where he premiered his first (and last??) movie since forever, Marupok AF (Where is the Lie?). We also review The Fabelmans, Babylon, and Knock at the Cabin and finally air our reactions to the 2023 Oscar nominations (Dolly de Leon was robbed!).

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The TV shows of 2022 made us laugh, think, cry, and ultimately take refuge from our harsh realities. With over 400 scripted shows in the US alone, you wouldn’t be alone if you felt like catching up with TV was a Herculean effort. And that’s where we come in! We once again list our favorite shows of the year - what got us stressed, what brought us tears, and what got us pumping our fists up in the air. Hope some shows on our list showed up in yours!

Some titles mentioned:

• Andor
• The Bear
• Slow Horses
• Stranger Things
• Better Call Saul
• My Liberation Notes
• House of the Dragon

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A wise Material Girl once said "Music makes the people come together." So whether you like K-pop, rock, rap, pop, indie, or Bey, the Endslate hosts all agree that 2022 was a great year for releases, debuts, and comebacks. This Music + Talk features tracks from NewJeans, fromis_9, Beyonce, Harry Styles, Rosalia, Cheats, Alex G, BTS and more. What's your 2022 playlist like?

We close out 2022 and ring in the new year with our master megalomaniac film director, James Cameron, and his latest offering since 2009, Avatar: The Way of Water. Did the film wet our cinematic appetites or make us want to opt out of Pandora (24:40)? We also force rank our favorite Big Jim movies even if he only has 8 films in his filmography (56:28) PLUS - Ramon and Mel talk about The Eraserheads' reunion concert and hope for more big things in 2023 (01:00).

Quark and Ramon are joined by Drag Runner Sassa Gurl and Drag Den Showrunner Rod Singh and talk about the pitfalls of creating a reality show from scratch, being compared to the big guns off the bat and the challenges of representing queer culture in modern entertainment.

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It's a lovefest for Disney+'s greatest show yet, Andor - in the running for Ramon's TV Show of the Year (51:10). We also talk about the highs and lows of The Crown's S5 (37:05) and catch up on what we saw at this year's QCinema, including Triangle of Sadness and Dolly de Leon's Oscar chances (7:50) as well as #DonBelle romcom hit, An Inconvenient Love (26:41). PLUS - K-pop Kachipan! Ramon breaks down what's going on with LOONA's latest announcement and Mel gives the quick rundown on BTS' upcoming enlistment (1:00).

Time to (deep) dive back into comic book cinematic universe territory! We activate our kimoyo beads and say (or not say, depends!) "Shazam!" with a spirited discussion on DCU's Black Adam (01:50) and MCU's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (25:32). Which of the two blockbusters win our hearts? PLUS - an in-person round table with One Good Day's Ian Veneracion, Andrea Torres, and director Lester Pimentel Ong on their new TV series, the appeal of action movies, and this new era of content creation for streamers (61:55). SPOILERS ABOUND!

We also give Quark a challenge to watch The Crown S5. Let's find out next episode if he owns up to this!

Catch One Good Day's six episodes on Prime Video starting November 17.