Kino Klash
Kino Klash is a single-elimination tournament podcast where four hosts pit their favorite movies against each other in a bracket-style competition. Featuring sixty-four films from diverse tastes, matchups range from blockbusters to cult classics. The hosts discuss and debate each matchup, culminating in a vote to determine which movie advances. It's a fun and chaotic exploration of cinema through friendly competition.
Episodes
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*
(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
28. American Beauty v. Collateral
Blonde Tom Cruise squares up against a slightly more in-shape than usual Kevin Spacey. KLASHERSWHOEVER WINS, WE LOSE
27. Grey Gardens v. The Whale
Let's just say we all wrote something honest in this one.
26. Dog Day Afternoon v. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
Piping HOT new episode with piping HOT takes!
25. The Big Short v. Blue Velvet
Coming at ya with another episode of ORIGINAL RECIPE
(Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E4 - Zolar/Igor/VHS 94
“Pain was a fascinating horror” - Aldous Huxley
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?
(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 ChristmasBrenden - Merry Christmas Mr. LawrenceRyan - BrazilAlex - Home Alone 2: Pig in the City
(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 HalloweenKyle - Arthur: MaledictionRyan - Scooby Doo: Zombie IslandAlex - V/H/S/HALLOWEENHappy Belated Halloween!
(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
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 bottom of your list, then they will be paired up against equally heavy hitters from other people's top 5.
(Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E2 - Ratz/Shorts/VHS 2
"In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets." - Statius
22. Memories of Murder v. Millennium Actress
Alex is NOT damp this episode. He is just as dry as the next guy.
(Bonus)Nasty Stash S2E1 - Pixel Perfect/Arthur and the Minimoys/VHS
“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.” ―Bob Dylan
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.
(Bonus) Nasty Stash Season 2 Episode 0
"Ah sh--, here we go again." - Carl "CJ" Johnson
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!
(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
19. Skyfall v. The Last Emperor
"Boomer Computer Safety PSA" v. "Guy Exclusively on the Wrong Side of History."
(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
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)?
(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
17. The Wrestler v. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
"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
"Turn your wounds into wisdom." - Oprah Winfrey
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.
(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
(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.
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!
14. Matrix v. Blowout
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
"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
OOPS! All good movies!
(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!
13. Parasite v. The Wedding Banquet
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
"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
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
"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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
8. The Wind Rises v. Oppenheimer
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
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
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
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
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
If anyone is curious - Mad Max is up against the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Not the other Life Aquatic.
2. Platoon v. Twelve O'Clock High
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.
1. The Thing v. The Grand Budapest Hotel
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
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
This episode has nothing to do with Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
44. The Whole Enchilada
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 t
43. Her v. Paddington 2
1 seed Her v. 9 seed Paddington 2
42. Bo Burnham: Inside v. City of God
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
4 Seed Children of Men v. 5 seed Steve Jobs
40. Akira v. Moon
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
3 seed Whiplash v. 6 seed Interstellar
A rare Alex v. Alex matchup!
38. The Green Mile v. Push
6 seed The Green Mile v. 14 seed Push
I'm tired boss.
37. Leon: the Professional v. In Bruges
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
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
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.
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34. Alien v. Good Time
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
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!
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
32. Magnolia v. Paddington 2
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
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30. Eye in the Sky v. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
We pit Alex's 5 seed Eye in the Sky up against Ryan's 12 seed Dr. Strangelove
29. 1917 v. Black Swan
We pin Kyle's numer 1 seed 1917 vs. Ryan's 16 seed Black Swan. There's also a special guest caller.
28. The Cat Returns v. In Bruges
We pit Brenden's 3 seed The Cat Returns up against Ryan's 14 seed In Bruges.
27. Interstellar v. Talladega Nights
It's Kyle's 11 seed Talladega Nights v. Alex's 6 seed Interstellar
26. Lost city of Z v. Better Luck Tomorrow
Well I certainly didn't stick to that once a week too good. TIME FLIES MY BOYS. We're back on it though don't you worry. Gonna set up automatic recordings. Something I should have been doing the whole time I suppose.
Anyway it's Alex's 4 seed Lost City of Z v. Brenden's 13 seed Better Luck Tomorrow.
(Bonus) Christmas Special 2: The Return of Krampus
Merry Christmas Everybody! Don't you just love Christmas Time? Don't you just feel it can last was long as you want it to? Why it's completely understandable for someone to post a Christmas Special on the 14th of January.
During this magically merry season we THREE kino klashers like to gather around and discuss the high art of Christmas movies. Each of increasing caliber, we'll start with a
25. Citizen Kane v. Metropolis (2001)
Kyle's 8 seed Citizen Kane v. Brenden's 9 seed Metropolis (2001)
24. Bo Burnham: Inside v. Shin Godzilla
We're back from hiatus klashers! And as an apology for INSULTING you all so we're gonna switch to a weekly release rate for a little while (we'll see how long that lasts). Any way Brenden and Ryan are dumb doo doo heads and are really mean in this one. Shame them next time you see them!
Halloween Special (Bonus Episode)
Well it's been a long time coming but the next Kino Klash Bonus Episode is here - this time with special guest star Alex!
We went a bit of a different route this time and chose semi-respectable movies instead of the GODTIER movies we chose in the Christmas Special.
Brenden - Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Kyle - Beetlejuice
Ryan - Scream
Alex - V/H/S 2
And for old time's sake this
23. Apollo 11 v. Moon
The one where the boys talk about space again.
We were tired of space. That's how much space we'd done.
22. Inception v. Operation Avalanche
Special guest Christopher Nolan and Matt Johnson join!
21. Gump v. Who f*cking cares
Time for Gumption
That's right its the Gump episode ladies and germs. In this match up it's Ryan's number one seed Forrest Gump v. some sorry sack of a movie that's about to get impaled by the man from Alabama. I personally voted we end the bracket at the very start of this episode, but the others wanted to create the illusion of fairness for all who dare stand in the way of this behemoth of film.
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