The Postscript Podcast

The boys are joined by their good pal and local Solo salesman, Dylan Smith, to get back in the Falcon and revisit this film. They discuss the prejudice towards the film that existed before its release and as a result of following The Last Jedi before rewatching the film with fresh eyes and assessing what it truly brought to the Star Wars Universe and whether it deserved the treatment it received.

The boys book another AirBnB on Scarif and kick off Star Wars month by revisiting Rogue One. They discuss the production woes of the film as well as how it's become the most popular selection as "Best Disney Star Wars film" before rewatching the movie and assessing the true merit of the film all these years removed and whether the seams from the reshoots are still an issue.

The trio are joined by their good friend and most valiant soldier of the second Pirates of the Caribbean film, Chance Freytag, who has brought with him a jar of dirt with a three-hour pod inside of it. They discuss the film’s more muted reception as compared to the modern classic of The Curse of the Black Pearl as well as the film’s sublimely chaotic production before rewatching the movie (42:52)...

Double feature time! The trio is joined by their friend and resident Alien expert Owen Ward to shine a well-deserved light on Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel duology of Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017). They analyze the films’ muted receptions in an age of legacy sequels and prequels and what makes these movies such anomalous blockbusters before watching the films and discussing why these...

Chris, Seb, and Mateo can’t seem to get any shut-eye as they watch Christopher Nolan’s first studio film, Insomnia (2002). They discuss (spoiler-free) this film’s place as the most (and only) forgotten Chris Nolan movie and the paradoxical reality that even people like Seb and Mateo haven’t seen it before. They then watch the movie and analyze (33:20) where Nolan’s DNA comes through most and how i...

The trio de-ages in real-time as they revisit David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - the first film covered on the pod that not a single one of them had seen previously. They talk about how this is the least-discussed Fincher film even though it’s not his most underseen (and also garnered great success upon release). They watch the film and analyze how it fits into Fincher’s...

Chris, Seb, and Mateo potentially put their credibility on the line and stop by the Murray Franklin Show once more to revisit Joker (2019). They analyze the deeply polarizing and tumultuous discourse cycle this film underwent as well as what it means to borrow from other films before rewatching the movie (40:10) and deciding if it fully deserved the treatment it received.

The Postscript boys journey back into The Shimmer with their good friend Nick to rewatch Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial effort from 2018,  Annihilation . They discuss the parallels between Garland’s and Jordan Peele’s first two films and why audiences left both of their second features less satisfied. They then rewatch  Annihilation  (31:40) and assess all of its most enigmatic and brain-wri...

Chris, Seb and Mateo take a trip back to Ashecliffe Hospital and revisit Martin Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND (2010). They analyze the inverted relationship between the critical and audience response to this movie before seeing how this movie fares on a rewatch (25:27) and determining whether Scorsese should have felt the regret he's expressed about making the movie.

Chris, Seb, and Mateo pay their good friend Wade Wilson a visit and rewatch 2016's DEADPOOL. They discuss the long-winded development journey of this film and how this movie's reputation has shifted in direct correlation with movie audiences' view of Ryan Reynolds. They then rewatch the film and assess how it holds up when the novelty the movie had upon release is removed.

Chris, Seb, and Mateo are joined by their friend Vance to face their doppelgangers once more as they revisit Jordan Peele’s sophomore effort, Us. They discuss the expectations placed on this film as a follow up to Get Out before rewatching the movie (29:26) and analyzing Peele’s progression as a filmmaker and how this film truly stands compared to the rest of Peele’s filmography. 

Chris, Seb and Mateo revisit Gareth Edwards' GODZILLA (2014) and discuss the critcisms surrounding the film upon release and the way it’s become inextricably associated with its sequels and cinematic universe. They then rewatch the movie (24:16) and assess what Edwards was really going for and whether people remember the film properly. 

Chris, Seb, and Mateo dive back into the 2014 Best Picture Winner, “Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).” They discuss what made the film such a hotly debated topic in the first place before rewatching (27:02) and assessing how well this film has aged and what its merit is beyond its impressive oner. 

Screenslaver awaits Chris, Seb, and Mateo as they revisit the once-heavily anticipated sequel, Incredibles 2. The trio discusses the overwhelming expectations for this film and the shadow cast over this film by the first before rewatching the movie (23:25) and determining what this movie truly brought to the table and how it fares compared to its superhero contemporaries in 2023. 

Chris, Seb, and Mateo revisit Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed space opus “Gravity.” The trio discusses (spoiler-free) the rapturous response to the film upon release and the increasingly lukewarm atittude towards it since. They analyze why this is the case before rewatching the film and beginning their deep dive into the film (32:14), where they debrief what they thought about the film, what stuck out...