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The Movie Bracket Podcast! Kino Klash is a single-elimination tournament where our four hosts pit their favorite movies up against each other. Featuring sixty-four films, supplied by four uniquely different palettes, matchups span a wide array of films: from 1 seed "1917" v. 16 seed "Black Swan," to 5 seed "Steve Jobs" v. 12 seed "Speed Racer." Join Ryan, Alex, Brenden, and Kyle, as they clown around and discuss their favorite movies in some truly bizarre matchups, culminating with a vote to determine which movie advances in the bracket.

Kino Klash


    • May 5, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 43m AVG DURATION
    • 84 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Kino Klash

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Season 1 Finale Feat. Alpha and Omega: Journey to Bear Kingdom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 56:12


    "We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one." - John Updike

    19. Skyfall v. The Last Emperor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 108:20


    "Boomer Computer Safety PSA" v. "Guy Exclusively on the Wrong Side of History."

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 8 - Dragonball Evolution/Hubie Halloween/SirBilli

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 57:05


    "Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. " - Helen Keller

    18. The Lion in Winter v. Hereditary

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 103:21


    Programing Note: Busy Season is over! Episodes will be posted weekly for the time being as an apology for the month-ish off!Can Brenden's English theatre piece (The Lion in Winter) stand a chance against Ryan's elevated horror darling (Hereditary)?

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 7 - Dwegons and Leprechauns/S.Darko/Alpha and Omega: The Big Fureeze

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 71:37


    "At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. " - Frida Kahlo

    17. The Wrestler v. The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 113:11


    "Wrestler! Distract Kang!" - The Whale, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2024).

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 6 - The Adventures of Food Boy/Jexi/Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 64:30


    "Turn your wounds into wisdom." - Oprah Winfrey

    16. Evil Dead 2 v. A Most Violent Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 104:54


    Kyle moves but Alex's audio gets worse?! Only at Kino Klash can the impossible become possible! Today, we pit Sam Raimi's Horror-Slapstick tour-de-force, Evil Dead 2, up against J.C. Chandor's (of Kraven fame) A Most Violent Year.

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 5 - The Pest/The Guest/Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 75:34


    "Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure. " - Arnold Schwarzenegger

    (Bonus) Christmas Special 4: Once Upon a Krampus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 88:55


    MERRY CHRISTMAS KLASHERS! Another year is in the books and us here at Kino Klash HQ are celebrating the only way we know how: Bracket Based Movie Competitions! Also, Kyle is blind for this episode. Movies: Gremlins, Eyes Wide Shut, Karate Christmas Miracle (Nasty), The Holdovers.

    15. Sexy Beast v. Police Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 86:27


    Jackie Chan is BACK in the mix on Kino Klash. And Kino Klash is back recording (mostly) in one room! Apologies! Audio is a little mid here! Ryan's pick, Sexy Beast, is up against Brenden's pick, Police Story!

    14. Matrix v. Blowout

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 107:09


    Hey Klasher's, get ready to go down the rabbit hole because this one's a Blowout!

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 4 - Love on a Leash/Sucker Punch/Alpha and Omega: The Legend of Sawtooth Cave

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 69:17


    "Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say 'My tooth is aching' than to say 'My heart is broken.'" - C.S. Lewis

    (Bonus) Halloween Special III: Season of the Witch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 119:47


    (Bonus)The One Where They Talk About Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 116:57


    Hey! Bit of a weird one here today! Kyle and Brenden try their best to talk about Friends but pretty quickly devolve into a funeral dirge for the multi-cam sitcom once they realize Ryan's not there to redirect them. Enjoy if you dare!

    13. Parasite v. The Wedding Banquet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 104:54


    Klassic Klash! Brenden's gay wedding film is up against Alex's Oscar winning piece of class warfare!

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 3 - I Was a Teenage Faust/American Psycho 2: All American Girl/Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 59:33


    "When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever." - Alexandre Dumas

    12. High Noon v. La La Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 113:21


    Time for a KLASSIC Klash! We've got Kyle's western drink of choice, High Noon, in a standoff with Alex's favorite Teletubby theme park, La La Land. In this episode: -Kyle attempts to overturn a Presidential Pardon -Alex invents the "Lone Ranger" through pure parallel thinking -Brenden proves he WAS a theater kid (shocking)(impossible)

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 2 - Big Bird In Japan/Bye Bye Man/Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 57:26


    "It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. " - Chuck Palahniuk

    11. It's Such a Beautiful Day v. What's Up Doc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 105:16


    This was a weird one... Kyle's number 9 pick, It's Such a Beautiful Day, brawls it out with Brenden's number 8, What's Up Doc.

    10. Arrival v. End of Evangelion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 124:13


    The battle of high concept sci-fi films! Alex's pick, Arrival, attempts to decode the confusing language of Brenden's pick, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion. Who could predict the outcome of this one? Does it even matter? Does anything?

    (Bonus) Christmas in July

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 75:56


    Ho-Ho-Ho! Merry Christmas in July! We're at the halfway mark of the year and it never hurts to celebrate! We definitely didn't forget to post this 7 months ago and then had to sit on it until the first semi appropriate time to release it. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 1 - Freaky Friday/Flyin' Ryan/Alpha and Omega

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 123:58


    "I don't believe there is pleasure in life. I believe there is only relief of pain… We have to suffer to be on top." - Georges St. Pierre

    9. Casino Royale v. Master and Commander

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 123:58


    Klashers, this episode is filled to the brim with English pride. No one here is English, but boy do they make a good picture! We've got Alex bringing out the big guns with "Casino Royale" playing a high-stakes game against Kyle's maritime masterpiece "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World."

    (Bonus) Nasty Stash Episode 0

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 64:14


    WELCOME TO THE NASTY STASH... It's time we got gross here and started watching some real Bad movies (besides the ones Kyle already picked). In this episode we go through our respective bad movie lists and pick our first batch of 3! (expect these to be posted on off weeks) GET NASTY, KLASHERS

    The Wind Rises v. Oppenheimer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 111:16


    What more is there to say? This is is the WWII episode to end all WWII episodes! A pitched match between bitter rivals!

    7. What We Do in the Shadows v. Do the Right Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 94:01


    In another cursed match-up, we have What We Do in the Shadows (Ryan's #10) bearing its fangs at Do the Right Thing (Kyle's #7). Not a ton of common ground here between these two movies, but you better believe we tried our best! Also... YOP! Alert! CrAcK open your favorite flavor of Yoplait's famous Yop! drink and SLURRRP it up!

    6. The Night of the Hunter v. Whisper of the Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 81:00


    Here we go Klashers! Our first 1 v. 16 match-up! We've got Kyle's strange trip down depression-era child murder up against Brenden's struggle of youth creativity - I'll let you guess which is which ;) Also Kyle and Alex are sharing a tin-can-on-a-string for this episode. Yay.

    5. Dragons Forever v. Amadeus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 101:23


    Who'd win in a fight? Jackie Chan or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? These are the hard hitting questions we like to ask here at Kino Klash HQ. To find the answer we pit Ryan's No. 2 pick, Amadeus, against Brenden's No. 15 seed, Dragon's Forever.

    4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens v. Paprika

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 118:49


    Truly the Ali v. Foreman of match ups here at Kino Klash. Who could ever imagine Satoshi Kon's brilliant, visionary "Paprika" (Ryan's pick) duking it out against everyone's favorite Star Wars movie - the seventh one (Alex's pick).

    3. Mad Max Fury Road v. The Life Aquatic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 97:04


    If anyone is curious - Mad Max is up against the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Not the other Life Aquatic.

    Platoon v. Twelve O'Clock High

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 133:21


    The old, dusty military movies special! We've got Kyle's WWII Feel Good Comedy??? (Twelve O'Clock High) up against Alex's Anti-War Vietnam Best Picture Winner (Platoon)! In this episode: -Alex calls in via his classic "bent-tin-can and shoe-string" method. -Ryan becomes President of the "Dark" -Kyle and Brenden compete over how lame their childhoods were.

    The Thing v. The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 125:49


    In the FIRST MATCH UP OF THE SEASON we pit Ryan's 4 seed (The Thing) against Kyle's 13 seed (The Grand Budapest Hotel). In this episode: - Alex declares a blood feud with Ralph Fiennes - Kyle reminisces about a The Thing (2011) slumber party - Ryan declares his love for the long-neck-trunk-man

    Season 2 Bracket BreakDown

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 99:35


    After a loooooooooooooooong holiday break (where we may have each been Kramped by the Krampus) Kino Klash is BACK with SEASON 2 Y'all! In this episode: - The boys share this season's BRAND NEW movie rankings - Ryan tries to meta-game - Alex plays a devious trick (chaos ensues)

    (Bonus) Halloween Special 2: Kalabar's Revenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 103:03


    This episode has nothing to do with Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

    44. The Whole Enchilada

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 143:32


    A winner will be decided. Gang, We got tired. We tried - we really did. We shortened episodes. Tried to make it so we didn't have to rewatch movies. Bought a bar! But we just couldn't get our hearts into it. So in one last grand explosion, we just went for it. Episode 44 is the finale of Kino Klash season 1.  On a more genuine note for anyone who reads these, it really does mean a lot to us (probably not Alex) that anyone listen to these. We're really proud of what we've been able to do, and have had a tremendous time doing it. See you in the next season!

    43. Her v. Paddington 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 36:21


    1 seed Her v. 9 seed Paddington 2

    42. Bo Burnham: Inside v. City of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 32:16


    5 seed Inside v. 14 seed City of God Should be v. The Sisters Brothers but everyone is a coward. SMH

    41. Children of Men v. Steve Jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 44:14


    4 Seed Children of Men v. 5 seed Steve Jobs

    40. Akira v. Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 35:57


    10 seed Akira v. 15 seed Moon Don't worry gang, now that we started doing these shorter episodes, you can tell we're really cooking! We can keep this up forever!

    39. Whiplash v. Interstellar

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 41:58


    3 seed Whiplash v. 6 seed Interstellar A rare Alex v. Alex matchup!

    38. The Green Mile v. Push

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2023 47:13


    6 seed The Green Mile v. 14 seed Push I'm tired boss.

    37. Leon: the Professional v. In Bruges

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 31:58


    11 seed Leon: The Professional v. 14 seed In Bruges Still in the Bar and still having a great time!

    36. 1917 v. Citizen Kane

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 35:56


    1 seed 1917 v. 8 seed Citizen Kane A VERY rare Kyle v. Kyle matchup. But more importantly, with all the proceeds we've made from the podcast (which is to say, a lot) the four of us got together and founded the Kino Klash Bar (a working title). Now it's not the easiest place to find, but all of our true fans got there in no time. Looking at you Chris Nolan!

    35. Inception v. Donnie Darko

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 110:56


    1 seed Inception v. 9 seed Donnie Darko Listeners, I acted poorly in this episode. I value you your time and experience. Please forgive me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . psyche

    34. Alien v. Good Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 73:06


    7 seed Alien v. 15 seed Good Time In hindsight, perhaps we were a bit premature in our last description...

    33. Better Luck Tomorrow v. Dr. Strangelove

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 84:27


    Weeeeerrrrrrrreeeee Baaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccckkkkkkkk We been lazy but got quite a back log for ya! And let me be the first to say the Round of 32 is off to an interesting start. We pin Ryan's 12 seed up against Brendans 13 seed.

    (Bonus) Kino Stats!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 91:14


    With the round of 64 concluded, we take a stroll down memory lane and look back at how far we've come. We talk about how our records have shaken out, how we've faired against each other, our most watched directors, and so much more. Thank to Letterboxd, who's certainly not a sponsor (although it'd be pretty cool if they were) for providing us the majority of these statistics under their Letterboxd Pro Membership.

    32. Magnolia v. Paddington 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 126:09


    In our final match up of the round of 64 we pit Ryan's 8 seed Magnolia up against Kyle's 9 seed Paddington 2.

    31. SPEED JOBS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 112:16


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    30. Eye in the Sky v. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 112:02


    We pit Alex's 5 seed Eye in the Sky up against Ryan's 12 seed Dr. Strangelove

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