Ever pondered the delicate dance between laughter and tears in the bittersweet waltz of life? Join us, Phil the Filipino and Mr. Eric Almighty, as we traverse the intoxicating narrative of "Another Round," where Mads Mikkelsen's Martin and his band of high school teachers test the limits of alcohol's influence on their mundane existence. Oscillating between the flickering sparks of revitalization and the looming shadows of excess, this episode promises to whisk you through an emotional labyrinth, where the lines of dark comedy and drama blur into a resonant reflection on the human condition.
The power of a shared performance can transform simple scenes into a reflection of our own lives, and the cast of "Another Round" exemplifies this artistry. As we dissect the palpable chemistry and the riveting journey of these teachers-turned-social-experimenters, you'll be invited to consider their quest for happiness. We delve into the final act's dance sequence—a moment both triumphant and ambiguous, where Martin's fate hangs in the balance, leaving us to question the true cost of seeking joy in the bottom of a glass.
Don't just take our word for the stirring potency of Vinterberg's masterpiece; the film's accolades speak volumes, with Oscar nods and critical acclaim echoing its impact. Yet, our gratitude extends beyond the screen to you, our listeners, whose engagement and support elevate our discourse to new heights.
IMDb Synopsis: Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
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Ever pondered the delicate dance between laughter and tears in the bittersweet waltz of life? Join us, Phil the Filipino and Mr. Eric Almighty, as we traverse the intoxicating narrative of "Another Round," where Mads Mikkelsen's Martin and his band of high school teachers test the limits of alcohol's influence on their mundane existence. Oscillating between the flickering sparks of revitalization and the looming shadows of excess, this episode promises to whisk you through an emotional labyrinth, where the lines of dark comedy and drama blur into a resonant reflection on the human condition.
The power of a shared performance can transform simple scenes into a reflection of our own lives, and the cast of "Another Round" exemplifies this artistry. As we dissect the palpable chemistry and the riveting journey of these teachers-turned-social-experimenters, you'll be invited to consider their quest for happiness. We delve into the final act's dance sequence—a moment both triumphant and ambiguous, where Martin's fate hangs in the balance, leaving us to question the true cost of seeking joy in the bottom of a glass.
Don't just take our word for the stirring potency of Vinterberg's masterpiece; the film's accolades speak volumes, with Oscar nods and critical acclaim echoing its impact. Yet, our gratitude extends beyond the screen to you, our listeners, whose engagement and support elevate our discourse to new heights.
IMDb Synopsis: Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
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Speaker 2:This is the Wait for it podcast. Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Wait for it podcast. I am your co-host, phil Smith, aka Phil the Filipino, and joining me, as always, is your other co-host, mr Eric Almighty. And Eric, here we are with the March edition of the International Feature and changing it up, as the first two months of the year have been a show and a film that I recommended. You are now back in control of the International Feature and, you know, boy, we are off to a really solid start here in the year of 2024.
Speaker 2:As you know, it generally has been, you know, a really, really good experience when it comes to these international films. You know, we're just coming off of the Oscars, where a whole bunch of international films were represented. Godzilla minus one took home an Oscar, which is just fantastic. Shout out to that team. And we have a film that won an Oscar just a few years ago in the spirit of the Academy Award season. So, eric, glad that she would come across this one Because, honestly, even though it has that acclaim, has so many awards and recognition I'd never heard of this. And, of course, it stars one of our favorite actors here today.
Speaker 1:That was the whole reason behind it, phil. I've had this movie on my radar for a while and I understand last year I did a lot of heavy duty international films so I took the feedback. Me and Phil had a conversation. He got us on some lightheartedness and while this is still in the spirit of what I think a lot of international films bring, which is a serious undertone and an interesting story to tell, sometimes a dark story to tell I feel like Phil has had enough of that fun element or comedic element that made it interesting, right, also, it being a nice brisk, two hours, really, I think, help.
Speaker 1:But it's all I would say the glue of this story. It's all glued together by Mads Mickelson, who is the main actor for this movie and who we are huge fans of. From Hannibal, the television show and basically any movie he's in, he's always on top as far as his performance. He's always hitting the mark and I just think that this was a recipe for success and I'm glad that we ended up putting it on our radar because otherwise I don't know when we would have ever seen this movie if we hadn't done this series. Yeah, it is perfect for this series.
Speaker 2:It is another film, you know, comparing it to what we watched last month in the big sick, you know a darker comedy, and another film that does not stray away from really tough situations and tough discussions and that always, you know, just makes for, I think, a better film. So we're going to jump into all of that here in just a moment, want to welcome in any brand new listeners that may be checking out the podcast for the first time. Maybe we just met you this past weekend at Collective Cotton. Thank you so much for everybody that stopped by the table, said hi for the first time, introduced ourselves for the first time, people that we have seen over and over again in these conventions. Just honestly, even though there were some frustrations, seeing you guys and interacting with you guys was a blast. And obviously, eric, everybody that came to our panel and made it so, so fun. So it just felt like 45 minutes wasn't enough. We could have hung out with you guys for a couple more hours, but we wanna thank you so much. So for anybody that's listening, whether you're new or if you've been here for a while, make sure you stick around to the end of the episode to let you know where you can find all the rest of our content. But, eric, with that being said, let's go ahead and just jump right in to this episode Once again.
Speaker 2:This film is called Another Round, came out in 2020, and very short synopsis here from IMDB, per usual. Four high school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. It was directed by Thomas Vinterberg and, as you mentioned, eric Starr is a Mads Mickelson but, not to be overshadowed, the rest of the cast, which we will get into here in just a moment, also very, very solid. We'll probably talk about them as we go on, eric, and also kind of wanna go a little bit more into the premise of this film, so I talked about the synopsis there. So, basically, they discuss a scientist who, in their studies and correct me, eric, if I'm a little, I'm really just kind of going off the cuff with this but the scientists believe that we were all born with a certain blood alcohol level that 0.5, and that we should be pretty much be operating at that level all the time for the sake of peak human ability, and they are going to test that theory over the course of days, weeks, months, however long this experiment is going to go on, and I think it makes it made for a really, really interesting premise.
Speaker 2:Each one of these characters, eric, is in a different stage of their life. Some of them are happy, some of them are pretending to be happy and some of them, you know, are not doing a very good job at masking some of that darkness that we kind of alluded to just a moment ago. So I think because I wanna talk about the cast here right up front it just this really felt like if you told me this was just a documentary following four friends around, I would have believed you. Like I would have believed that these four have known each other for years and you know they probably have, but I'm talking about, like, if they had been friends all the way through childhood and you know they all stayed in the same town and they've known each other for decades. I would have believed you because the chemistry is that good.
Speaker 2:Honestly, I saw a lot of ourselves in these characters and when they were spending time together and busting each other's balls and, you know, just having a good time, I saw a lot of that in this film and I think, honestly, right off the bat. That is what hooked me right away.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the movie is not only relatable, but it's just a very human story. It felt like, with all the elements, all the themes, all of the situations that it was carefully and delicately balancing. I think it was done very, very well, phil, I'll leave some of the performances and the highlights there to talk for you to kind of highlight, but I want to definitely shout out the director, thomas Winterberg, who I was not familiar of his work, and he also worked with Mads Mickelson in a 2012 movie called the Hunt, which I've also heard about in these same circles that I heard about this movie. So just don't be surprised. You know, this is kind of interesting, phil. We have, like a Danish film in our library of international feature. Now Don't be surprised if not only we come back to this director, but again also another Mads Mickelson film as well, so definitely gotta shout that out. I thought the movie was very, very well done, cinematography, again, very, very good, and the performances, phil, as you're gonna mention, absolutely stand out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we have, of course, Mads Mickelson as Martin, who is essentially our main character, but we also want to shout out Thomas Bolasen, who played Tommy, magnus Malang, who played Nicolage and I'm gonna put in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine clip here Nicolage it's pronounced Nicolage and Lars Rant as Peter. Apologies if I mispronounced any of those names, but yeah, just a natural chemistry there. Again, at its core, a very normal, mundane story, you might even say. You know, it's not like these guys are rock stars or public figures or anything like that. They're high school teachers, their job is, and their lives are very monotonous, they're very repetitive.
Speaker 2:And I think we have all been there where we feel like we are stuck in a rut and we are looking back at our past selves, maybe even our past relationships, whether that be a relationship we used to be in or a relationship we are currently in.
Speaker 2:I think we've all been to that point where we're kind of reevaluating everything and you're looking for that spark and they come across this very interesting premise and they decide to test it out and it follows that story where it's like, hey, this is going pretty well, things are all clicking, they're coming together, especially for our main character in Martin, and you really kind of get the sense of like, oh, maybe they're onto something here. And then, of course, it takes a turn, because I don't think that this science was a really really checked out for the longest. I would like to know how long the scientist really went with this theory before coming to the conclusion. Maybe that our main characters did a little bit later. But Eric the ride itself, because at first it kind of seemed like they were all grouped together, it was all going relatively evenly for all of them, and then man, the twist and turns that each one of them take throughout this journey was very, very interesting to watch.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and they all run parallel to the main character's story. So, martin, we really see the I would say, a majority of the effects, if not all the effects, how it affects him, his family, his daily interactions. I think this movie really does a great job of just simply putting these characters in a world, in a situation, and seeing what happened. And that's the most interesting part, phil, because obviously with anything that goes well, you want it to go a little bit better. For everything that's good, you want it to be great, right.
Speaker 1:And unfortunately, when it comes to alcohol, there is a real addiction problem that can come along with that and sometimes it's unintentional. And while this story isn't necessarily an addiction story, there were elements of that where it's like where do you draw the line from wanting to push the envelope to where it gets out of control? And they blur those lines so clearly for us as an audience that it was just a really good time as a viewer, even though, again, while we won't get into spoilers for this episode necessarily, this definitely does spiral out of control for these characters. For the most part, there's a lot of consequences that come into play and it's sad. But again, unlike some of the movies we've seen before. There are those comedic undertones and that sense of a human story here that just kind of make it all work.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's the exact opposite of some a lot of films, you see, where it's very bit heavy or very ad lib heavy. You know these are real conversations from real people and I think again, just to harken back to the big sick, you know there's nothing over the top really in that. You know it's all everyday humor. You know there's no laugh track or anything like that. So, while we are in the midst of what is a dark comedy, you know that is exactly that is mentioned in the Wikipedia page. There's so much there to to chuckle about.
Speaker 2:You know, I wasn't like rolling on the floor or anything like that, that with anything that happened here, but it's all very believable, again, grounded in reality, and sometimes, and unfortunately, like you said, like this is a very real problem. These are things that we have seen in people that we know, whether we're really close to them or we have watched from afar because we know them somehow. So this is a story that I think everybody is going to have some sort of connection to and they're all going to also. They're also going to generate a attachment to a different character. I think, I think you could, you could show this people to 10 to 10 friends and each one of you know, and you would get a bunch of different answers and combination, combinations of their favorite character was, and I think that's great.
Speaker 1:Do not, do not throw combinations in here, so so, just like it took me out completely for what we're doing, do I listen? To be fair, I was trying to add it in here for context. Now Probably the other thing you're going to have to add in yeah Well to the video portion God Phil. That threw me off so much and doesn't really transition well to what I was going to do. Does it transition?
Speaker 2:That's my bad.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so this is unfortunate. I'm just going to hold on to this for like a second. I'm going to hold on to what I was going to mention. Phil, are there any other? Let me ask you, this is the.
Speaker 1:The one thing I was worried about with recommending this film to you was that dark theme, right, and that the car, the comedy is dark comedy and it's not exactly like belly aching laughing, you know, like with banshees of an isheer, and we had a hell of a time we really laughed at that movie. But this wasn't that type of dark comedy. That was a little bit darker than comedy. So I was just kind of curious Did it help that the movie was just a brisk two hours? Because I do feel like we spent more time with the fun times with these characters versus the times where shit hits the fan and their lives are basically being ruined, right Again, that that's the the good and bad, the Dr Jekyll, mr Hyde side of this story. You know, did that help with your viewing experience at all, or what do you think kind of made those elements work the most together? I think?
Speaker 2:that certainly helped because, well, here's the thing, because I knew going into this. Obviously, you know, just watching the trailer and hearing about it from you, you know it's not a, you know, bang bang bang film Like it's. It's a slow burn. And whenever you get storytelling like this and characters like this and also music, we the music, the music plays a big part in this film and it's really really great here as well. You know, as long as you're prepared for that kind of experience, then you'll be all set.
Speaker 2:If you go in again expecting a, just because it's a foreign film, expecting a similar experience to a Banshee's of an Asherin, you're going to be disappointed, like you're setting yourself up for failure. This is a totally different type of dark comedy. Same thing with. You know, if we just talk about in the rom-com space like we said with with the big sick and comparing it, it is a rom-com but it's also a very dark comedy. So if you're not in the right mindset, I think maybe you'll be in for a little bit of a shock. But once you get like settled into the story and get used to the characters, I think you'll be perfectly fine.
Speaker 2:I think one thing I mean honestly, and I don't know if maybe you take away from something else. Like you said, you spend a lot, with a lot of time on the highs and not maybe not enough time on the lows. And then maybe there's one character in there who has an unfortunate ending that maybe we could have seen a little bit more of that. I mean, would you have liked to maybe follow that character a little bit more, eric, or are you glad we obviously primarily stuck with Martin?
Speaker 1:I do think it was good that we stuck with Martin for the most part. Again, matt Mickelson's performance here is excellent, one of the best performances, probably, of his career that I followed so far. He's such a great actor, not only when it comes to dialogue, but also specifically with his eyes, his motions, his movements those things are really top notch as an actor. I mean, there's a subtlety to him.
Speaker 2:There's a subtlety, there's a subtlety.
Speaker 1:There's a grace We've seen him in roles where he can be an absolute menace with that same subtlety, which is extremely scary Doctor Strange, yeah, yeah. Again, even in Doctor Strange, even in Doctor Strange.
Speaker 2:Your name is Doctor, doctor.
Speaker 1:Again, even in Doctor Strange, not awful. We just we knew he could have been more right, like we absolutely knew that was a wasted role for him, but everything has been in. He has that subtlety too. And, phil, I don't know that I would have wanted to spend more time in this movie because this movie already had a lot of sad things around it. I don't know if you knew this. I didn't until tonight, so this is post watching the movie. But when another round, obviously there was an Oscar acceptance that was happening.
Speaker 1:The story is heavy topics that a lot of that had to do with not necessarily directly, but it was so correlated to what happened in real life to the director.
Speaker 1:Vindenburg's daughter actually died four days into shooting another round due to a highway accident and she was supposed to be in the film as Martin's daughter and there were supposed to be some of those elements there. So that was definitely something that sucked to find out afterwards. And I'm sure, leading into the movie, just filming it, you could see a lot of the comments. You know you can look at this online, obviously, but a lot of the comments were she would have wanted us to continue filming. You know he wanted to do it in her honor and I think that's why this movie feels so humanized, is because there was a lot of heart put into it and obviously in her honor. So absolutely sad to hear that and to read that for the first time tonight. But yeah, I just happened to pull it up and it kind of makes sense why the movie's tone was what it was, and now that I know it's kind of an ode to his daughter it makes me enjoy what I saw even more.
Speaker 2:There can be a lot of beauty and tragedy, which is, you know, it's unfortunate how we have to get there, but it can result and it has resulted in some of the best storytelling and that we have ever seen.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, that's definitely devastating to hear, but beautiful that they were able to rally together and still make the film. You know, I can't even imagine what it would be like on set. This is a film where there's not really a whole lot of go-tos when it comes to like a YouTube documentary or YouTube recap. There was like a very short one that I watched regarding the ending, which we may or may not discuss here, kind of up in the air, about how people kind of what's the word that I'm looking for? How they depict the ending. You know, it could go one of a few different ways, but yeah, that's definitely sad to hear. But I mean, again, I am happy they got the recognition that they deserved and they were able to honor her in a very special way obviously the very peak when it comes to recognition in the film world.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and this movie really really deserved the praise that it got. Again, the Oscar nomination, the acceptance, the award, like all of that Well deserved shocked. I don't think Mads was even nominated for Best Actor, so would have been really interesting to see who was up for Best Actor that year. But again, really great performance from him and the rest of the supporting cast. Just a really wonderful movie overall, Phil, and I'm glad. I'm glad you enjoyed it, because again, this was one of those things where I wanted to make sure it wasn't too dark. It wasn't just like you want to go curl up and do something, you want to go curl up in a ball and go to sleep after type of movie. And it didn't help. We had a three day con before you ended up watching it. So I also was very worried how that was going to go.
Speaker 2:Emotions were all over the place this weekend, so could have gone either way.
Speaker 1:You made it through, but is there anything else you do want to talk about regarding the film? If you want, we can talk about that ending. I would just put a clear spoiler warning for everybody here, verbally and on the screen. You know we're going to talk about how the movie ends. I wouldn't say it would spoil the experience for you, but it is an ending A lot of people I've heard really like and that there is a lot of deep meaning behind it, and I think you're about to dig into that. So if you want to completely miss that, this will probably be our last topic of the episode Watch it and come back for the rest of the conversation. But, phil, if you don't have anything else, I'm cool jumping into that here.
Speaker 2:I'm definitely going to put that video back in. We're like get out. That's going to be the spoiler video that's the official spoiler video.
Speaker 1:Stop, no, get out.
Speaker 2:But yeah. So the way that it was interpreted on the YouTube video that I had watched is, you know, obviously we are some time removed from the loss of their friend and obviously all the kids are. You know, the high school kids are celebrating after graduation, the teachers go out, celebrate with them and we finally get to see, you know, martin Dazzalos with these dance moves. He is killing it out there. I had no idea he could move like that. Eric, I had. It was incredible to see. But the person that I had watched the YouTube video that I had watched, and you know what I'll put it in the. I'll give them a shout out, I'll put them in the show. I said this episode I can't remember the name of the channel, but the way that they, that they had interpreted it is that this is coming from Martin's perspective, which is why it's a lot more lively, you know he's, that's why he's doing all these moves, that's why it's so extravagant and, again, this is highlighting the highs of what they went through. You know, this is the positive of what they went through. They were, they're kind of straying away from, obviously, what they had just lost, what it cost them, right, and they were lucky, honestly, like Martin was lucky to have just lost, you know, possibly you know his family, and that might only be temporary.
Speaker 2:You know he that might be on the men's, we're not sure. So he is highlighting the good that came out of this, which is which may not be the right thing. He may end up back on that dark path again after this, you know, or whatever is actually happening. So I guess, how did you decide for the ending, eric? Do you think that it was again all of his mind? Obviously, we get the final freeze frame shot, which I think is excellent. The music again here is very, very good. Do you think he is, he has turned a corner and things are going to go really, really well for him? Or do you think he is heading again back down a bad path and he is going to lose it all after essentially escaping maybe a tragedy himself?
Speaker 1:I think it's definitely up for interpretation, but I do think it's going to be hard now to come off of that. I mean to be that person that you started to really like Again. He essentially was going through life, going through the motions and then once he figured out he didn't like the person he had turned into and he was in love with this person that he became, you know, he really liked the person he was being. He liked how that made him feel. I do feel like my interpretation was that he is going to have a battle in front of him, you know, probably for the rest of his life.
Speaker 1:Like that definitely did a lot of damage because that's not a character for him from the beginning of the film. You know he absolutely he didn't want to dance, he didn't want to do any of that complete 180. And you know what? Drinking hand right. So I think that absolutely was something. If he wasn't drinking maybe I would take that interpretation differently. But I think, because you know he had a drink in hand at points during that ending you know sequence I definitely think that was something to note.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's a good point. It's a totally different ending if he is like you know, no thank you, but still is having a great time. So, yeah, what was your interpretation of it? If you have watched the film, you know if you have now come back after taking a couple hours to watch another round. It is available on Hulu. So if you have a subscription, you can watch it as part of your Hulu subscription. So it was very easy to get to. I believe it may also be available on Prime, but I didn't 100% check.
Speaker 2:But again, eric, fantastic performances, really great chemistry between the cast, again, just to highlight the music, continuing to do so and then finding the beauty and the heartbreak in the mundane. You know you brought up a good point there where he was on cruise control, and you know he found a person that he liked and it seemed like his significant other liked, and also his students. You know that whole kind of like I don't know if you want to call it a intervention in the beginning of the film. As far as his teaching goes, you know that that obviously weighed very heavy on him. And then having a whole new relationship with him, yeah, it was brilliantly done and a lot of people think so as well as will transition into the reception of this film.
Speaker 2:Obviously, eric, it won an Oscar, so it has quite a. It has the highest praise. There's no, there's no bit of praise that we can lump on this film where they're like man, I got this trophy. But did you hear that podcast of those two guys in Jacksonville, florida? They really enjoyed the movies. So let me just throw this Oscar Oscar away and I'm going to play this episode on loop.
Speaker 2:But as far as rod and tomatoes goes, 93% tomato meter score from critics, 90% audience score and then over on Letterbox, eric, it has an average score of 4.1 from the fans and I'll go first here. As far as Letterbox grades, that's where I landed essentially a four. I gave it a four out of five and certainly one of my favorite movies that I've seen this year and, you know, in 2020, eric, we were like we were watching Parasite and Squid Game, so we had just like turned the corner a train to Busan. We had just turned the corner into our international film journey. So, unfortunately, this wouldn't have even been in our radar really back then. So happy that we had that you would come across it, you know, all these years later and we got a chance to discuss it, talk about it and hopefully, give other people the opportunity to check it out as well. Where did you land on your letterbox grade?
Speaker 1:We're in sync here. Four out of five Again, could, could it be somewhere in the middle of a three and a half and a four? Because I don't necessarily see me bringing a friend along to watch this movie, sure, but I do think it warrants enough to be a four, very much in the same sense that another international film we've covered in the past year that was also Oscar nominated past live. I do think that movie as well. Would I bring a friend to it? Probably not because I don't want them to see me cry, but could I? Could it be the right person?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and if this movie was on, I would watch it. I would watch it. I don't know that. I would just like think about it twice, and that's kind of what gives it the small edge to be like as close to a four as possible. So that's where, where it's landing, and that's not a detriment at all. Again, this is the type of movie that is really good. But are you going to have repeat viewings? Not unless you absolutely think this is a masterclass. And if you do too and I know I've definitely heard people say this is like one of their favorite international films ever that makes sense, but for me it was just what it was and that was a fantastic film. So I wanted to show it that appreciation with my score and I hope I did that with a four out of five.
Speaker 2:Oh man, we can now make a international film list on Letterbox.
Speaker 1:We should have another at this time, and I think we should. That's something I would like us to try to do this year is to have an open letterbox list for late to the party for international feature. That would be really, really fun. And then, of course, you know we're keeping track of our 2024 movies. Phil has like 50 already and I'm at like two, so March is going to fix a lot of that for me.
Speaker 2:I've slacked off a little bit after Madam Web, which is maybe not want to go to the cinema, so luckily Eric is putting together Dune Day, so hopefully I can redeem myself in a case. You're wondering, eric, above real steel. So since this is how we're going, I rank this higher than real steel. So just to let art, so that people are continuing to keep up with the, with the actual scoring system that we really care about, it's really good Real steel.
Speaker 1:No, real steel is not even an international film. Ok.
Speaker 2:I'm just talking about movies that I've seen in 2024 in general, so I also also.
Speaker 1:Hugh Jackman is Australian, so yeah, no, no, that's where I draw the line. This is where I draw the line, phillip.
Speaker 2:Great international films from Hugh Jackman, such as Logan, the greatest showman, all international films you couldn't think of any.
Speaker 1:I couldn't.
Speaker 2:I was like what else is he in Mama Mia? Is that him? No, that's Pierce Brosnan.
Speaker 1:That's the complete opposite. Yes, Hugh Jackman has had a wonderful combination of films. Yeah, combination.
Speaker 2:We should probably end there, huh.
Speaker 1:You probably. Yeah, real steel will do that to you. That's what it happened we talked about this.
Speaker 2:We're ending on a real steel high every single time? No, we don't mention it last month, so I had to continue so like every single month and be like was this better than real steel? So the people want to know that. People want to know Eric.
Speaker 1:I'll tell you this this is totally off topic. As we end the episode, if you say Dune Part Two is not as good as real steel, I'm telling you now we're not going to do this anymore. I can't. I can't do this seriously anymore. You know what I mean. Like it will be a problem.
Speaker 2:Dune Part One five three, three out of five Severe lack of robot fighting. And Australians severe lack of Australians robot fighting and Evangeline Lilly three out of five. Is there another Evangeline Lilly movie with robots? Oh, probably Avengers or Ant-Man or something All right.
Speaker 1:Well, we've completely lost, lost control of the film.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know, one thing I know we want to do a little bit more is kind of promote the next episode for the series and we're starting to now get into the habit now with this new schedule that we've done for the podcast. We've got that. So for next month's international feature, before we get into where you can find future episodes of the podcast, next episode is going to be Bell, which is a anime film, basically a modern day retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I think it'll be really interesting to see and I definitely want to throw some more anime type movies, films, shows, things of that nature, like we did with Blue-Eye Samurai. I definitely want to do more of that on this particular series. So look forward to that for next month. But, phil, where can people catch up to our catalog in the meantime?
Speaker 2:Yeah, for any of those brand new listeners that are still here. Make sure to check out the link tree link of our show notes, so not only you know you can find other episodes of international feature. You can find our other series late to the party, the game room where it happens, our bonus episode of what Did I Miss and, of course, creator Spotlight. If you are a gaming fan, our next episode will be the game room where it happens, where we will be talking about Helldivers. So if you have been itching for more Helldivers content, we will have that for you here very, very soon. Also, in that link tree link, you will find all of our social media pages, the two are the three that you should keep up with the most, being Instagram, tiktok, as well as our growing Discord community.
Speaker 2:If you want to support the show, you can do a couple of things. One, share it on your social media. Tag us, let people know that you're listening, let us know that you are listening. We always appreciate it when you guys reach out and you can also head on over to Apple Podcasts, spotify, wherever you can Leave us a five star review. It really shoots up the charts. It makes a huge difference in terms of exposure, things of that nature. You know podcast algorithm, all that boring shit. So that all is very, very helpful. But if you find yourself wanting to support the show, maybe just a little bit extra, go the extra mile. Eric will actually let you know how to do that.
Speaker 1:And, like Phil mentioned, we have a ton of free options.
Speaker 1:For example, you could join our community that we're building on Discord and, of course, all of our social media.
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