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 changed how it operated entirely. And finally, to even things out a bit, in Season 8 JT Kelly (former guest on numerous episodes) climbed aboard the ship as the part-time comptroller and cemented how the podcast operates: JT trying to keep the three hosts on topic and the runtime of the episode under 90 minutes (it often times doesn't work.) 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.
