MEET THE BOYS

Dustin "Goes To Hollywood" Campbell

Mallie Moore

Nathan Simmons

Founder and host

Co-founder and co-host

Co-host

TSLP is a weekly podcast where host Dustin "Goes To Hollywood" Campbell and co-hosts Mallie Moore and Nathan Simmons discuss a film that ends with the viewer or even the characters themselves not feeling very well. We'll talk about what we like about the movie, what we don't, and any inside info we can dig up. At the end of the show, we'll attempt to find a silver lining for the characters or viewer once the credits start to roll. Some films have easier silver linings to find than others, but we will always find something.

Our goal is to build the ultimate playlist of films with downer endings for the cinematic masochist in all of us. What separates us from every “Top 10 Movies With Depressing Endings” blog post (besides being a podcast) is that we offer hope for the audience when it’s all said and done. Things may appear bleak once the movie fades to black, but every movie has a silver lining; you just have to know where to look. That’s our credence, and we consider ourselves archeologists of optimism when it comes to film. We may not be great at it, but we do our best every episode to find a silver lining.

That being said, we are driven to have as many laughs per episode as we can pack in. We don't take ourselves too seriously and don't expect our listeners to either. We cover schlocky horror movies, prestigious dramas, and everything in between.

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ABOUT THE SHOW

WHO WE ARE

Dustin and Mallie are two film industry professionals (once film students) that have a deep love not only for cinema, but for films that typically subvert the Hollywood expectations on how a movie should end. In other words, they live for depressing endings. They met in 2016 and quickly became friends during a discussion where they attempted to try and find something positive for the characters at the end of a film they both loved dearly: 2010's Buried. It was that discussion that led Dustin, a former podcast host, to found a new show where together they would, for each episode, find a silver lining for the end of the film of the week. In Season 5, they brought Nathan Simmons into the fold. Nathan - Dustin's good friend and a pop culture connoisseur - brought a new dynamic to the show that has since cemented how the podcast operates: the host trying to keep the show moving ahead, the comptroller "yes, and"-ing as much as possible, and the villain trying to derail the whole thing (we'll let you guess who's who). It's these unique perspectives and personalities that separates TSLP from other film review podcasts: actual filmmakers and entertainment industry workers coming together to talk movies.

If you're a fan of other comedy focused film review podcasts such as We Hate Movies, Blank Check, and How Did This Get Made, you'll probably enjoy us as well.