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240 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAlex and Max take you on a journey through film with this discussion podcast about movies.
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Live From the Gig Harbor Film Festival
September 24, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBA compilation of interviews recorded on site at the Gig Harbor Film Festival. Actors, producers, writers and directors join Alex and Max to talk about their films. Also featured is a conversation with the Festival Programmer and Executive Director. Hosts: Alex MacAulay and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Support the show
Gig Harbor Film Fest Preview + Marc Bernardin
September 14, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBAlex and Max take a look at the upcoming slate for the GHFF. They then sit down with writer, director, and podcaster Marc Bernardin to talk about his new short film Splinter. Hosts: Alex MacAulay and Max Fosberg Special Guest: Marc Bernardin Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Patreon Exclusive Preview - The VVitch Commentary
September 07, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBThis episode is an example of what you can expect from ETI if you sign up for our Patreon. This is a bonus episode from April 2022. Please consider subscribing, we love creating the extra content. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
August Movie Roundup
August 31, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBThe guys sit down and discuss August movie releases. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
3 Year Anniversary - Fun and Games
August 24, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 105 MBOn this special anniversary episode the guys celebrate the podcast's birthday with some fun movie games. A SPECIAL THANK YOU to all of you, our listeners! We would not be here without you! Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Shark Movie Hall of Fame
August 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBWhich ten shark movies will be inducted into the ETI hall of fame? Everything from Jaws to Meg 2: The Trench is up for consideration as the gang dives into this wild sub-genre of film. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Live from the West Sound Film Festival
August 07, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBGrant, Alex and Max sit down with some wonderful filmmakers to talk about their projects at this years West Sound Film Festival hosted in downtown Bremerton, WA. Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The West Sound Film Festival Preview Show
August 03, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBMax, Alex and Grant are back together in the studio and sit down to highlight films they are excited to see this weekend at the film festival. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Nuclear Fallout: Just Chatting
July 24, 2023 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBAlex and Max sit down to talk about stories from the road and the box office numbers from one of the biggest movie weekends of all time. Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Barbenheimer Part Two: Oppenheimer
July 22, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBLive from Modesto, California! Max and Alex give a straight out of the theater, non spoiler review of Christopher Nolans new film, Oppenheimer Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Barbenheimer Part One: Barbie
July 21, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBMax and Alex are on the road in Eugene, Oregon where they just stepped out of the Broadway Metro Theater after seeing a packed premier of Barbie. They give their spoiler free instant reaction. Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Amy Camp and The West Sound Film Festival
July 19, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBMax and Alex sit down with the mind behind The West Sound Film Festival to discuss this years fest, the importance of film in the community, and independent film. Hosts: Alex MacAulay and Max Fosberg Guest: Amy Camp Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The Tom Cruise Hall Of Fame
July 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBIt is officially blockbuster season at the movies and that can only mean one thing that Tom Cruise is back with another action packed Mission Impossible movie. Max and Alex give a spoiler free review of the new flick and then all three of the guys sit down go through the 40 year career of the biggest movie star in the world and build his ten movie Hall of Fame. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The Harrison Ford Batting Lineup
July 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBIn honor of one of the great action actors of our time, and the MLB All Star game coming to Seattle the guys sit down to conduct a new exercise. They each create a batting order based on the characters of the great Harrison Ford. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Asteroid City + The Wes Anderson Rankings
June 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThe guys sit down and discuss the latest Wes Anderson release and then rank all 11 of his films. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
June 16th Release Weekend
June 22, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBWith a packed release weekend here in the middle of June the guys sit down to talk about what new movies they checked out this past weekend. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts + Franchise Rankings
June 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBAlex, Grant, and Max discuss the new release, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, then in what might be the most divided rankings to date on ETI, they place all seven films in the franchise from worst to best. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Movies We Missed in May
June 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBAfter a long road trip, the guys look back at some new releases that slipped by in May. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five Seattle Movies
June 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBMax, Alex and Grant are joined by the lovely Amelia Samson from The Hoely Hour podcast to talk about movies set here in our very own backyard of Seattle, WA. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Special Guest Host: Amelia Samson Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five San Francisco Movies
May 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBThe guys stop in the Bay Area and pick up a familiar guest to discuss the great movies centered around the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, the Redwood Forrest and so much more in San Francisco. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Special Guest Host: Chad Opitz Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five Las Vegas Movies
May 18, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBThe wolf pack grows to four on this episode as the guys welcome Chris Pike onto the pod. They talk about the lights, the parties, new Vegas vs old Vegas and of course the gambling in Sin City. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Special Guest Host: Chris Pike Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five Philadelphia Movies
May 11, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBNext stop on the ETI Roadtrip this year is the City of Brotherly Love, in this episode the guys talk twist endings, boxing matches and long lost treasures hidden by the Masons. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five Detroit Movies
May 04, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBThis year on the ETI roadtrip, the boys stop in the Motor City along with their friend Andrew VanCamp. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Special Guest Host: Andrew VanCamp Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Beau Is Afraid + Auteur Visionboard
April 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBAlex and Grant discuss the polarizing new film from writer/director Ari Aster, and then take a look at the current landscape of auteur filmmakers by highlighting a few visionary directors. Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Spring Movie Roundup
April 20, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBThe boys sit down and discuss the state of movie news, what they each have been up to and six different spring movies they have watched lately. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Art, Culture, and Movies with Dazjon Johnson
April 13, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 83.6 MBDaz joins the show to speak about Above The Brim headwear, Watermelon Sundae, and his recent partnership with The Grand Cinema, The Black Film Series. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, and Grant Colombini Guest Host: Dazjon Johnson Produced by: Max Fosberg https://excuse-the-intermission.myspreadshop.com/all Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Inside the Grand Cinema with Wade Neal
April 06, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBOn this special episode of ETI, Max, Grant and Alex get to sit down with the Assistant Executive Director of the Grand Cinema and talk all about running a theater in the Pacific Northwest. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Guest Host: Wade Neal Produced by: Max Fosberg https://excuse-the-intermission.myspreadshop.com/all Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
John Wick 4 + Top Five Assassin Movies
March 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBHosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five International Horror Movies + The Horror Movie Landscape
March 23, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBThis week Max, Grant and Alex sit down to list each of their five favs in the international horror genre and they discuss the state of horror movies as a whole. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Scream VI and the Scream Movie Rankings
March 16, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBMax and Alex touch on their feelings 24 hours after the Oscars (1:08). Then they go deep in on Scream VI (9:26). Followed by ranking each Scream movie(33:38). Hosts: Alex MacAulay and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
95th Oscar Reactions
March 13, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBGrant, Max and Alex jump on the mics immediately after this years oscars to discuss the show, the winners and the losers. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
ETI's Picks for the 95th Oscars
March 09, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBThis week Max, Grant and Alex sit down and do their yearly duty of picking winners in every category for the Oscars on Sunday. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Creed 3 + Top Five Sports Movies
March 07, 2023 23:00 - 2 hours - 102 MBMax, Grant and Alex discuss the newest installment in the Creed franchise and then assemble their very own super team of podcast hosts to dive into each of their top five sports movies. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Special Guests: Ryan Sandberg and Morgan Chunn Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Cocaine Bear + Animal Movies
March 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBMax and Alex are joined by Bob Vehon from Drinking and Talking Animals (DATA) to discuss the newest animal vs man action comedy, Cocaine Bear. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, and Max Fosberg Special Guest: Bob Vehon Produced by: Max Fosberg https://thechatternetwork.com/drinking-and-talking-animals/ Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Antman, Marvel and the BAFTA Winners
February 23, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBMax, Alex and Grant have a roundtable talk about the new Antman movie, the state and direction of Marvel and the BAFTA winners. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Super Bowl Spots and Dumpuary
February 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBA day after a ton of trailers dropped during the big game Alex, Grant and Max dive into what they are looking forward to this summer and then recommended some "Dumpuary" movies they've seen in the past month. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Stuntman Extraordinaire: Richard Cetrone
February 09, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week the guys have the pleasure of interviewing one of the best in the business. Stuntman Richard Cetrone joins the show to talk all about stunts in the world of film. Including his work on Batman v Superman, The Underworld Series, and many more. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini Special Guest: Richard Cetrone Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Dissecting the 2023 Oscar Nominations
February 02, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBThis week Max, Alex and Grant dive into the oscar nominations this year and call out surprises, stand outs and snubs. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The John Carpenter Movie Rankings
January 26, 2023 08:00 - 2 hours - 82.9 MBThis week Max, Alex and Grant dive into one of the unsung heroes in the filmmaking world, John Carpenter. They take a look at four decade long career, and then rank all eighteen theatrical released movies. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Most Anticipated Movies of 2023
January 19, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBGrant, Alex and Max sit down and look over the upcoming slate of movies for the new year. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Top Five of 2022
January 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBMax, Alex and Grant each bring their five favorite films from this past year and talk about all the highs and lows of 2022. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The 2003 Movie Draft
January 05, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 74 MBThe Draft is back! The guys celebrate the new year the only way they know how looking back 20 years in the past and drafting movies from the 2003 slate. Make sure to vote for your favorite lineup on Instagram and Twitter. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Avatar: The Way of Water Review
December 22, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBBig Jim cometh, and the guys are here to dive into the newest Avatar blockbuster out in theaters right now. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The Darren Aronofsky Mount Rushmore
December 15, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAlex, Max and Grant get prepped for the highly anticipated release of The Whale by going through Aronofsky's filmography and selecting 4 of his films to be chiseled in stone. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Movies We Missed
December 08, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBMax, Alex and Grant sit down take a look back at some of the movies that slipped through the cracks this year on the pod. With over 20 recommendations that maybe you have not yet seen either. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
The Fabelmans + The Spielberg HOF
December 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBMax, Alex and Grant sit down to discuss The Fabelmans and then dive into one of the greatest American Film Directors, Steven Spielberg and create his Hall of Fame. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review
November 17, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBMax, Alex and Grant all sit down and discuss the newest film from Marvel. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Wendell and Wild Review + Top Five Animated Movies
November 10, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBGrant and Alex sit down to discuss the new stop motion film Wendell and Wild from filmmaker Henry Selick. Then they share their top five favorite animated films. Hosts: Alex MacAulay and Grant Colombini Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.
Nine Exciting Upcoming Films
November 03, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBThe gang is back together! For the first time in a month Max, Alex and Grant sit down in the recording studio and each talk about three films they are most excited for coming out in the next two months. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Support the show
Nine Exciting Upcoming Films
November 03, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBThe gang is back together! For the first time in a month Max, Alex and Grant sit down in the recording studio and each talk about three films they are most excited for coming out in the next two months. Hosts: Alex MacAulay, Grant Colombini and Max Fosberg Produced by: Max Fosberg Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.