After The Hype

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This week we talk about the largely unimpressive Ocean's 8 and try to figure out where it went wrong given all the talent involved. Special thanks to Justine Gendron and Libby Ward for joining us to talk about the film! SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU’VE BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Lost JON - The City Stained Red, Overdrive SAM - My Dad Wrote A Porno JUSTINE - Chihuly Garden and Glass LIBBY - Journey THEME MUSIC COURTESY BRADLEY DAVID PARSONS

This week we do the Kessel Run in twelve pod'secs as we talk about Solo, the Star Wars film that finally gives us the answer to the age old question of "how did Han get his last name?" Special thanks to Jeff Elster for joining us. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - The Nikki & Paulo episodes of Lost JON - Tusk JEFF - Diablo 3 EMILY - Halloween costume: Chirrut and Jyn Erso CHEWIE - Taxi Driver THEME MUSIC COURTESY BRADLEY DAVID PARSONS

This week we're going back to that special time in our lives where everything was awkward and awful and just awkwardly awful and we were figuring out who we were, which was also awkward. That's right, we're talking about the movie Eighth Grade, the coming-of-age "comedy" from Bo Burnham. Special thanks to Eric Stolze for joining us and recommending the movie! SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - New Halloween movie JON - The Good Place SAMANTHA - The Grinch, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina EMILY - The Norseman ERIC - Haunting of Hill House THEME MUSIC COURTESY BRADLEY DAVID PARSONS

This week it's a dinosaur of an episode because we're talking about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, a movie that doesn't have nearly as many dinosaurs as it should unless you count evil white guys in suits, in which case it has a lot of dinosaurs. Special thanks to Justin Thiele for joining us. SHOWNOTES: BRYAN - Bad Times at the El Royale CHEWIE - Lost in Space EMILY - Rebirth Wonder Woman, Greg Rucka JON - Colors, Beck JUSTIN - Wonder Woman

You've heard of our Secret Santa episodes, but have you heard of our Secret Pumpkin episode? Sure you have. It's literally this episode. We've gone and assigned each other some fun horror films to round out our horror month. Special thanks to After the Hype alumn Nick Friedemann for joining us this week. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Venom SAM - Bad Times at the El Royale EMILY - Secret Order: Marvel Rising JON - Haunting of Hill House NICK - Pokémon Rom hack, Survivor MOVIES AT THE TABLE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) - BRYAN DEAD ALIVE - SAM DRAG ME TO HELL - EMILY WISH UPON - JON DOOM - NICK

This week’s episode tackles what it means to be angry like a girl, meddling in friends’ affairs, and those convenient eagles. The new feed is not quite ready yet. We've submitted it to the Council of Elrond and await their blessing. To have your question answered, email sam.wise.ath@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at (608)561-2755. Instagrams to follow: Samantha: @samijane613 Laddi: @saint_laddi After the Hype: @athpodcast Music by Bradley David Parsons

This week it's serial killers and social media as we tackle the surprisingly fun horror comedy Tragedy Girls, directed by Tyler MacIntyre. Special thanks to friend of the show Elizabeth Anne Hanley for the recommendation. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Great British Bake Off EMILY - Golden Job JON - Persona 5 ELIZABETH - American Horror Story THEME MUSIC COURTESY BRADLEY DAVID PARSONS

In this episode, Sam answers questions about job changes, dishes, and relationships! As we find our feet, we’ll be appearing in the After the Hype podcast feed every Tuesday at 10:00am. To have your question answered, email sam.wise.ath@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at (608)561-2755. Instagrams to follow: Samantha: @samijane613 Laddi: @saint_laddi After the Hype: @athpodcast Don’t forget to visit athpod.com! Music by Bradley David Parsons

This week on the podcast we talk about Hereditary, the feature film debut of Ari Aster. It stars the amazing Toni Collette and features some impressive miniatures. Special thanks to Tom Ford for taking a break from his fashion career (see our Nocturnal Animals episode) to join us. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - American Horror Story: Hotel EMILY - Wild Wild Country JON - As Above So Below TOM - Venture Bros Podcast / Venture Bros show. THEME MUSIC COURTESY BRADLEY DAVID PARSONS

In this episode, Sam answers questions about dogs, lots and lots of dogs! As we find our feet, we’ll be appearing in the After the Hype podcast feed every Tuesday at 10:00am. To have your question answered, email sam.wise.ath@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at (608)561-2755. Instagrams to follow: Samantha: @samijane613 Laddi: @saint_laddi After the Hype: @athpodcast Music by Bradley David Parsons

Shhh! This week we're not talking about A Quiet Place. I mean, we are, but non-verbally. That's not true either, because this is a podcast and podcasts are primarily audio. Friend of the show Elliot Campos joins us to discuss the film and discuss what worked, and boy does a lot of this work! SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - American Horror Story SAM - Why Won’t You Date Me? EMILY - The Great Battle / Police Story JON - Metric / Art of Doubt ELLIOT - Battle Of The Sexes THEME MUSIC COURTESY BRADLEY DAVID PARSONS

In this episode, Sam answers questions about politics, iPhones, and even Tinder! As we find our feet, we’ll be appearing in the After the Hype podcast feed every Tuesday at 10:00am. To have your question answered, email sam.wise.ath@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at (608)561-2755. Theme music provided by Bradley Parsons.

We're at it again with another battle episode! We're fighting for spinoffs this week and we've got quite the lineup. If you want to follow along, we've got Minions, Lego Batman, Rogue One, and Chronicles of Riddick. Special thanks to Riley Jess Silverman for joining us. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Batman Damned CHEWIE - Golden Compass EMILY - Bojack Horseman Season 5 JON - Nightwish / Decades RILEY - A Simple Favor

In this episode, Sam answers questions regarding children, new jobs, indoor plumbing and even trolls! As we find our feet, we’ll be appearing in the After the Hype podcast feed every Tuesday at 10:00am. To have your question answered, email sam.wise.ath@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at (608)561-2755. Theme music provided by Bradley Parsons. A special thanks to Bryan Dressel for help with editing.

This week we're checking out Pixar's latest and taking a deep dive into its handling of Mexican culture. That's right, we're talking about Coco and we brought on special guests Nathaly Lopez and Luis Bordonada to walk us through the movie and give us some serious insight into what the movie got right! SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Persona 5 CHEWIE - Jack Ryan NATHALY - Gone With The Wind EMILY - Murder on the Orient Express JON - Supergirl s1: 2-4 LUIS - Marvelous Ms Maisel OUR INTRO MUSIC COURTESY CROSSCOUNTRY312 ON FIVERR

This week on the show we're talking about Steven Spielberg's The Post, which details the mad dash to publish the Pentagon Papers that put The Washington Post on the map. To celebrate this Tom Hanks vehicle we brought back Elvis Kunesh to join us. It's an interesting dive into an interesting film released in an interesting time. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - The Good Place SAM - The Nun EMILY - Wynonna Earp JON - Into the Badlands ELVIS - Anime Crimes Division OUR INTRO MUSIC COURTESY CROSSCOUNTRY312 ON FIVERR

This week we're talking about the big franchise event of the year, featuring a stellar cast and the culmination of years' worth of buildup. It's Infinity War! Get ready to see your favorite characters experience CONSEQUENCES and possibly exit the franchise...except not really because holy frick did the upcoming release slate spoil who lives, and this is Marvel we're talking about so.... SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Incredibles 2 CHEWIE - Tag EMILY - Disenchanted JON - Doctor Who 2005 SAM - Crazy Rich Asians OUR INTRO MUSIC COURTESY CROSSCOUNTRY312 ON FIVERR

This week on the podcast we're talking about Annihilation, the next film from Alex Garland - the writer and director of Ex Machina. It's quite the doozy of a film that asks a lot of interesting questions about the nature of humanity and the world at large. Joining us on this trippy extravaganza is special guest and friend of the show Johnny Recher, who transforms into a shrieking skull bear and consumes us all. Just kidding. We actually spend a good chunk of the episode making bear jokes and references. SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Phantasm Movies CHEWIE - Cloak and Dagger EMILY - Blackkklansman, The Spy Who Dumped Me JON - Camping Trip JOHNNY - The Alienist, Just Float OUR INTRO MUSIC COURTESY CROSSCOUNTRY312 ON FIVERR

We've got the battle episode to end all battle episodes, except we aren't ending these any time soon. It's a battle of Puppet Movies. In one corner we have Emily with a Muppet Family Christmas. In the next corner we have special guest and friend of the show Johnny Recher bringing Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas to the ring. Next is Jon with Team America: World Police, and then Sam with Child's Play. It's an eclectic mix of puppetry you won't want to miss! SHOWNOTES: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? BRYAN - Watchmen: Directors Cut on Amazon JON - Octopath Traveler EMILY - Sense8 SAM - Rape Jokes by Cameron Esposito JOHNNY - LA Puppet inprov. Puppet up

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! We're back from our hiatus. Unfortunately that's where the good news ends because this week we're talking about Disney's A Wrinkle In Time, directed by Ava DuVernay, written by Jennifer Lee, and starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Michael Peña, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, and Chris Pine. Joining us this week to talk about this cinematic "mess"terpiece is special guest and author Allison Fagundes. There's a lot here and you won't want to miss any of it!