Endslate: a Movie, TV and Streaming Podcast

2021… the year in which a Korean death game took the world by storm, a beloved drama about wealthy assholes came back, and the MCU dominated series debuts. With over 400 scripted shows that aired this year, which ones made it in our Top 10 lists? Some shows mentioned: For All Mankind Yellowjackets On the Job: The Missing 8 Station Eleven Dave Wandavision Mare of Easttown Attack on Titan Succession...

From zero releases in 2020 to an avalanche of movie and TV titles in 2021, how did the MCU fare in COVID year 2? Major Marvel fanboy Jiggy Cruz joins our trio for a 2021 Marvel Phase 4 Performance Review, which includes our deep dive on Spider-Man: No Way Home. Warning: SPOILERS ABOUND! (08:13) Marvel’s Disney+ talk (Spoilers!) (21:10) Marvel movies talk (Spoilers!) (34:56) Spiderman: No Way Home...

We bring good vibes during these Omicron times by recapping the Best in Pinoy Entertainment news! ABS-CBN entertainment reporter MJ Felipe returns to take us through 2021's biggest showbiz headlines - hookups, breakups, babies, and cancellations. Enjoy an hour full of Showbiz Kachipan to start the year right. Endslate is an Anima Podcast. Follow us on Twitter @endslatepod , or join our Facebook gr...

It’s that time of the year when streaming platforms bombard us with prestige films all vying for Oscar gold. We sift through the hopefuls and review Being The Ricardos (7:25), Don’t Look Up (20:12), and The Power of the Dog (36:17). Which one is your awards season manok ? Enjoy unlimited possibilities with Globe Postpaid's 5G services so that you can chase and achieve the life you want - like watc...

Consider this as our Holiday Special because of the gift of going back to the cinema! We review tentpole releases No Time to Die (03:22), Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (34:06), and Eternals (47:32). PLUS our interview with director Carlo Francisco Manatad, the force behind MMFF entry and Locarno Film Festival winner Kun Maupay Man It Panahon (1:08:42), showing only in cinemas starting...

We kick off our annual Best Of episodes with our faves in Korean entertainment. Guests Francine Putong (of the Dramabuds podcast), Anton Holmes (CNN Life contributor), and Endslate fave, GMA reporter Shai Lagarde help recap the year and list down the k-dramas and k-pop acts that captured their hearts. Did your faves make the cut? Fighting! Endslate is a Globe Studios podcast. Follow us on Twitter...

It's an ANIME EXTRAVAGANZA with longtime fans, comic book artist Rob Cham and photographer/ad man Carlo Casas. We delve deep into #WorldsWithin different anime titles, genres, and experiences, from Voltes V to Haikyu to Ghibli to our latest obsession, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (streaming on iQiyi). Get your fill of larger-than-life stories, relatable heroes, and surprising twists by subs...

Mel feels the BTS blues because she wasn't able to fly out for their upcoming onstage dates (02:00), Quark delights in Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta (17:58) and Finch (25:27), Mel and Ramon go deep into Cowboy Bebop the anime and the much-hyped live action adaptation (32:21), and the trio debate the merits of The Harder They Fall (43:36). PLUS - an interview with Roo Powell, the woman behind discover...

Ramon and Mel finally saw Dune! In the cinema! In the flesh! And are aliivvveeee! Listen to our third Endslate episode talking about Dennis Villeneuve's latest sci-fi epic that deserves to only be seen on the big screen (19:44). Plus -  Quark's kwentos about being back in the movie director's seat fresh from lock-in. And our takes on discovery+'s Introducing Selma Blair (09:44), The Many Sain...

It’s a meeting of deviant minds! A tete-a-tete on gore, suspense, and jump scares! We invited our nearest and dearest from the Dead Air Podcast (hosts Chris Costello, Aryn Cristobal, and Miguel Nacianceno) for the best HORROR of 2021 thus far. Did YOUR hair-raising faves make the cut? Enjoy this Endslate Dead Air crossover - we sure did! Warning: Mel spoils The Host without warning (whoops!) Dead...

What a time to be alive! Netflix's biggest show EVER is from Korea, Dave Chappelle is causing quite the controversy, and an all-time Endslate pod fave is about to return to HBO. Enjoy our mega deep dive into Squid Game (including our nominees for next Squid Game games)(29:51), some Dave Chappelle's The Closer reactions (12:08), and our first spoiler-free impressions of Succession S3 (1:05:00). L t...

It's our On the Job: The Missing 8 special! What a treat to have director Erik Matti and actors John Arcilla and Dennis Trillo sit down with Quark, Ramon, and Mel to dish about the making of The Missing 8, meeting Bong Joon Ho and Chloe Zhao in Venice, and their love for their craft. It's an Endslate masterclass on acting, directing, and even background acting! Note: Spoilers abound. (0:47) John A...

Quark is back alright! The holy pop culture trinity is complete once again! Listen to our Squid Game hot takes (3:35), Free Guy thoughts (16:26), and Quark on future awards contender gems from the Venice Film Fest: Spencer, Parallel Mothers, and of course, Dune (24:07). We also sit down with Glenn Barit, the director behind Cleaners - one of the decade's best Filipino films - that is finally strea...

Quark joins us from Europe for some Venice International Film Festival chiz (04:00) - does Maggie Gyllenhaal bathe? Does Bong Joon Ho know CLOY? Does Timothee Chalamet look like Alan Peter Cayetano in person? PLUS, writer/director Mihk Vergara of Trese and Patintero fame goes deep into Evangelion lore with Ramon (27:06). ALSO - Mel and Ramon go HAM with their Reply 1988 thoughts and feelings (55:3...

Joining us for a grand ol' time discussing what we've seen and what we're excited to see in the BER months is friend of the pod and the king of hot takes - Dead Air Podcast's Miguel Nacianceno. There's a little Ted Lasso (4:52), D.P. (13:53), The Green Knight (20:52), and CODA (24:22), and a preview of what's to come (32:57). Endslate is a Globe Studios podcast. Follow us on Twitter @endslatepod ,...

ECQ Part 3 means more time to watch content at home - except for Quark, who made it out to a face shield-free Europe unscathed for the festival premieres of Kun Maupay Man It Panahon and OTJ: The Missing 8. Hear our unsolicited opinions on the much-awaited The Green Knight (8:15), Mark Ronson's Watch the Sound (15:57), and perhaps the best movie of the year thus far, PIG (22:05). Plus - RAMON WATC...

Wild Pokemons RA Rivera, Erwin Romulo, and Jun Sabayton came out of their mancaves and apocalypse bunkers to talk about their new Youtube 2-part series Ang Fraile, the marriage of art and politics, political and historical satire then and now, the cesspool that is the comments section, and why RA has been reluctant to (re)release Strange Brew out into the world. A timely episode, if we do say so o...

It's been awhile since we last dished about what we've been seeing (and loving). Enjoy this catch-up episode on Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (8:39), little-seen gems For All Mankind (4:47) and Starstruck (3:06), John Krasinki's A Quiet Place 2 (34:37), Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers (28:53), and Questlove's Summer of Soul (17:15). Endslate is a Globe Studios Podcast hosted by Quark Henar...

Alexa Miro, Rob Gomez, Rosh Barman, and Sarah Holmes are the stars of Erik Matti's new movie, A Girl and A Guy. They gamely sat down with the Endslate team to talk about making the film, doing sex scenes, and love and ligawan in this day and age - with a little Showbiiiiz Kachipan in the mix. Endslate is a Globe Studios Podcast hosted by Quark Henares, Ramon De Veyra, and Mel Lozano-Alcaraz. Follo...

We still have more Trese talks - this time a roundtable discussion with Trese Showrunner and Director Jay Oliva, co-creator Budjette Tan, Executive Producer and Writer Tanya Yuson, and even Alexandra Trese herself, Liza Soberano! If you love to geek out about scene breakdowns, the business of voice acting, squeezing creative juices, and which kpop group Jay is into, then press play. (This episode...

Welcome to another Writing Masterclass - this time on comic book adaptations with Team Trese! Creator Budjette Tan, Executive Producer and writer Tanya Yuson, and writers Zig Marasigan and Mihk Vergara sat down for a hilarious, free-wheeling convo about bringing Trese to Netflix: the years of pitching the concept, the many Filipinos who helped bring the anime to life, and the differences between t...

It’s a smorgasbord of summer releases! There’s BTS’s new comeback hit single, Butter (1:04), new seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale (7:55) and Master of None (18:45), Amazon's fantastic The Underground Railroad (13:46), and two HBO heavy hitters - Friends: The Reunion (27:00) and Mare of Easttown (47:46). Get it, let it roll! Endslate is a Globe Studios Podcast. Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/gr...

Rockstar, DJ, director/writer, restauranteur, and certified Zombie expert and Zombie apocalypse prepper Diego Castillo joined us for this RIOTOUS episode on another Zack Snyder release, Army of the Dead. Listen to us dissect this zombie-heist-impossible mission movie and throw in other excellent Zombie film suggestions if Army of the Dead left you wanting more guts and gore.  Endslate is a Gl...

We're finally free from awards season so we've been watching a variety of content from all our favorite streamers. Enjoy our mini reviews of Amazon's Without Remorse and Invincible (2:42), HBO's Mare of Easttown (52:35), Netflix's Vincenzo, The Circle, Attack on Titan, Shadow and Bone (18:48), and the first great movie of the year, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines (57:58). Join our Facebook group! F...

And the award for most experimental awards show goes to... Steven Soderbergh's 93rd Academy Awards! Quark, Ramon, and Mel talk about what went right (and wrong), their fave and weirdest WTF moments of the show, and give their final words on THAT octopus.  Join our Facebook group! Facebook.com/groups/Endslate . Follow us on Twitter @endslatepod . And for any questions or suggestions, email us...