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Kino Klash

by Kino Klash

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.

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  1. 36. Round of 32 - Part 4

    THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE OF KINO KLASH SEASON 2 ALL MY FRIENDS KNOW THE LOW RIDER

  2. 35. Round of 32 - Part 3

    Oh! It's the 3rd!

  3. 34. Round of 32 - Part 2

    Part 2 of the Home Stretch!

  4. 33. Round of 32 - Part 1

    HERE WE GO! It's the final stretch!

  5. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E7 - Theodore Rex/Fat Albert/VHS Beyond

    "If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm." - Warren W. Wiersbe

  6. (Bonus)Kino Stats: Season 2!

    Happy Friday Klashers! As we move into the final few episodes of Season 2, we went ahead and recorded another one of our FAVORITE bonus eps - a Kino Stats Episode! That being said, stay tuned for the final 5 (I think?) episodes of Kino Klash Season 2. And who knows? Maybe Kyle will one day upload...

  7. 32. Now You See Me v. Another Round

    The FINAL matchup in the the round of 32!

  8. 31. The Living Daylights v. Jaws

    In this episode James Bond squares off against Jaws, but not in the way you think! ;)

  9. 30. The Act of Killing v. Ikiru

    Yo! What's happening Klashers?! You ready get this party TURNT UP?! That's right we've got one movie about the violent sociopaths who commit state sanctioned horrors and another about how bureaucracy can only function in spite of the people within it! YAY!!! WE ARE SO HAPPY IN THIS ONE!!! As a…

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  10. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E6 - Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2/5 Children & It/VHS 85

    "Of course, not all desires lead to happiness. Desires can and do lead to pain and frustration." - Rod Stryker

  11. 29. Infernal Affairs v. Being John Malkovich

    Psst... Hey... One of us had a completely corrupted audio file. Can you guess who? I'll never tell... And i'll never tell of the dark magics I had to conjure and the devil's bargains I had to make to restore it... Happy listening Klashers. *witch cackle*

  12. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E5 - The Christmas Light/The Shaggy Dog/VHS 99

    “Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now" - Sue Monk Kidd

  13. 28. American Beauty v. Collateral

    Blonde Tom Cruise squares up against a slightly more in-shape than usual Kevin Spacey. KLASHERS WHOEVER WINS, WE LOSE

  14. 27. Grey Gardens v. The Whale

    Let's just say we all wrote something honest in this one.

  15. 26. Dog Day Afternoon v. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse

    Piping HOT new episode with piping HOT takes!

  16. 25. The Big Short v. Blue Velvet

    Coming at ya with another episode of ORIGINAL RECIPE

  17. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E4 - Zolar/Igor/VHS 94

    “Pain was a fascinating horror” - Aldous Huxley

  18. 24. Howl's Moving Castle v. The Lighthouse

    Original Recipe is back for the New Year, but believe you me these were all recorded in 2025. Time's a funny thing like that, eh?

  19. (Bonus) The 2025 Christmas Special

    The episode image is us waking up in mid January and remembering we still need to record this. Kyle - A Charlie Brown Christmas Brenden - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Ryan - Brazil Alex - Home Alone 2: Pig in the City

  20. (Bonus) The Nightmare Before the Christmas Special

    Oh BOY everybody! Us here at Kino Klash HQ got walloped by an incredibly busy holiday season. Brenden - Micheal Jackson's Halloween Kyle - Arthur: Malediction Ryan - Scooby Doo: Zombie Island Alex - V/H/S/HALLOWEEN Happy Belated Halloween!

  21. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E3 - How I Saved the President/Bob the Butler/VHS VIRAL

    "In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty. And that's the way new leaves grow." - Amit Ray

  22. 23. Belle v. Jurassic Park

    So, to my understanding, Alex makes the argument this episode that having CheatGPT decide his ranking is ultimately "a wash" because having good movies at the bottom of his list harms him in the long run. Let me explain how this is just another CLASSIC Alex falsehood - If good movies are at the...

  23. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E2 - Ratz/Shorts/VHS 2

    "In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets." - Statius

  24. 22. Memories of Murder v. Millennium Actress

    Alex is NOT damp this episode. He is just as dry as the next guy.

  25. (Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E1 - Pixel Perfect/Arthur and the Minimoys/VHS

    “Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.” ―Bob Dylan

  26. 21. John Wick: Chapter 4 v. Inherit the Wind

    "Hmmm... I just brushed my teeth but BOY does that orange juice look refreshing!" - Us, every episode.

  27. (Bonus) Nasty Stash Season 2 Episode 0

    "Ah sh--, here we go again." - Carl "CJ" Johnson

  28. 20. Burn After Reading v. Sunshine

    "Oops all garbage!" We let our broken disassociations get the better of us this episode and spend maybe 25 minutes total talking about the movies. Oops!

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

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

  30. 19. Skyfall v. The Last Emperor

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

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

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

  32. 18. The Lion in Winter v. Hereditary

    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)?

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

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

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

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

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

    "Turn your wounds into wisdom." - Oprah Winfrey

  36. 16. Evil Dead 2 v. A Most Violent Year

    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.

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

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

  38. (Bonus) Christmas Special 4: Once Upon a Krampus

    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.

  39. 15. Sexy Beast v. Police Story

    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!

  40. 14. Matrix v. Blowout

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

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

    "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

  42. (Bonus) Halloween Special III: Season of the Witch

    OOPS! All good movies!

  43. (Bonus)The One Where They Talk About Friends

    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!

  44. 13. Parasite v. The Wedding Banquet

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

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

    "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

  46. 12. High Noon v. La La Land

    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…

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

    "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

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

    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.

  49. 10. Arrival v. End of Evangelion

    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?

  50. (Bonus) Christmas in July

    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!!

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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.

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