Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
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480 – Longlegs, Emmy Nominations, Twisters
July 19, 2024 02:47 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis week, Patches is out gallivanting, so Da7e and David try to invest Katey in the idea of Longlegs before getting to question her about the recently released Emmy nominations (yes, the Emmys are back again!). Finally, they all talk about Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s sequel to the 1996 tornado chasing movie. Take a listen, […]
479 – A Quiet Place: Day One, Inside Out 2 vs Despicable Me 4, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
July 12, 2024 16:22 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis week, Da7e and Katey took in A Quiet Place: Day One in theaters and were pleasantly surprised. Katey took her kids to Despicable Me 4 and David took his kid to Inside Out 2, did either of these movies play better to the younger crowd? Finally, the dudes took in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel […]
478 – Kinds of Kindness, Trigger Warning, The Bikeriders
June 28, 2024 01:15 - 56 minutes - 52 MBThis week, Da7e and David kick off the podcast trying to describe Yorgos Lanthimos newest Emma Stone movie (now with Jesse Plemons!), Kinds of Kindness, in theaters this weekend. Then, Patches and David try to decide just how bad Jessica Alba and Trigger Warning are, before Katey and Dave jump back into the fray to […]
477 – Scavenger’s Reign, New Zelda Game Announced!, Inside Out 2
June 21, 2024 00:03 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBThis week, David is back and he’s taken up the cause of the animated series Scavengers Reign, so he and Patches make the case why this show should get a second life on Netflix after being cancelled by Max. There’s a new Legend of Zelda game called Echoes of Wisdom coming out in September! Are […]
476 – Movie Business Check-In, The Acolyte, Hit Man
June 14, 2024 15:58 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBThis week, we lost David again as the remaining co-hosts dive into some new business developments around Hollywood. Sony has bought the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain (vertical integration, here we come!) and no one has bought Paramount yet – what’s happening!?! Then, Patches and Da7e try to describe what’s happening on Disney Plus with The […]
475 – The Elder Millennial Canon Quell
June 06, 2024 17:12 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBWhat movies define our generation? It’s another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! For this edition of a FITWR Quarter Quell, each host brings a movie they think belongs in the “Elder Millennial Canon” of films. After a brief discussion of what that could possibly mean and a clarification that each movie needs at least […]
474.5 – Cannes Report, Loot Season 2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
May 28, 2024 16:14 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThis week, David is back from the Cannes Film Festival and is ready to report back to the podcast (From Megalopolis to Anora)! Also, Katey has seen Season 2 of Loot on Apple TV Plus and deemed it a worthy sitcom. Finally, all four hosts dig into Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga after this weekend’s […]
474.25 – Galactic Starcruiser, Google AI, I Saw The TV Glow
May 24, 2024 15:15 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBThis week, Katey returns from The Ankler’s Los Angeles to re-focus Patches and Da7e in the War Room while David keeps Cannes-ing. She only has mild success as the podcast transforms a “what we’re watching” segment into one about Disney’s “Star Wars Hotel” and the 4-hour takedown video about it. Then, Patches guides us through […]
A Fighting In The War Room Show (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes)
May 15, 2024 20:45 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBThis week, Patches and Da7e have been left alone again, so they invite returning guest Jordan Hoffman back onto the show for a free-form discussion about recasting Gilligan’s Island, Starcrash and torrent ethics, Unfrosted again, cereals (and hot cereals), Blue Angels and Deep Sky in IMAX, solar flares and go bags, Kingdom of the Planet […]
474 – Unfrosted, Under the Bridge, The Fall Guy
May 09, 2024 15:53 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBThis week, all four hosts are together (pre-Cannes) to fight in the war room. First, Patches and David dig into opposing views of Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted on Netflix. Then, Katey recommends Hulu’s Under the Bridge series before Da7e joins in on the conversation so everyone can discuss The Fall Guy and why the box office […]
473 – Fallout on TV, Phantom Menace is back!, Challengers
May 02, 2024 17:43 - 1 hour - 61 MBThis week, Katey and David are both attempting to watch Amazon Studios Fallout adaptation and Matt Patches, who has seen the whole thing, tries to manage their expectations. Then, Da7e is going back to the theaters to watch Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace this weekend and suggests some reasons why. Finally, everyone saw […]
472 – Netflix’s Blockbuster Problem, Bluey’s “Surprise,” Shogun
April 26, 2024 16:31 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBThis week, in a slightly later podcast than usual, the whole gang gets together in the War Room. First, Patches and David both saw Rebel Moon: The Scargiver (that’s part two of Rebel Moon) and neither liked it very much, which has us all debating what Netflix’s blockbuster movie strategy is. Then, Bluey had a […]
471 – Bluey, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Civil War
April 18, 2024 15:57 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBThis week, everyone jumps in to check in on Bluey (streaming on Disney Plus) in honor of the series longest episode to date “The Sign,” which functions as a possible finale (but likely isn’t). Then, David reports back from director Guy Richie’s very busy period with some thoughts on The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare before […]
470 – Ripley, Eclipse 2024, Girls State
April 10, 2024 21:24 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBThis week, the whole crew is back together to catch up on some e-mails (opinions expressed by Da7e in the e-mail response section do not represent the opinions of other Fighting In The War Room hosts or anyone previously associated with the podcast or who may appear on the podcast in the future) then dive […]
469 – Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Katey’s Vanity Fair Exit, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
April 03, 2024 16:01 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBThis week, David has to sit a week out of the War Room, but it’s just because of visiting in-laws – he is safe and fine! Katey, Patches, and Da7e convene so Patches and Da7e can talk about the not-good, but also not-bad Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, then Katey updates everyone on her […]
468 – Da7e’s Semicolon Story, Summer Movie Preview, Road House
March 28, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBThis week on a slightly longer than usual episode, Da7e is back to catch up on your e-mails and explain to everyone exactly what happened last week that landed him in the hospital (and how he’s going to be missing movies in theaters for the time being because of an open wound). Then, Patches gets […]
467 – 3 Body Problem, Girls5Eva, What We Talk About When We Talk About Movies Being Back
March 22, 2024 17:59 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThis week, Da7e’s body has revolted against itself, so Katey, Patches and David rally in the War Room. All three hosts are intrigued by 3 Body Problem on Netflix, even though Patches is probably the most into it. Then, although it started on Peacock, Girls5Eva has also moved to Netflix for its third season! Finally, […]
466 – Kung Fu Panda 4, X-Men ’97 Preview, The Academy Awards
March 14, 2024 19:27 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBThis week, all four hosts get together to talk about last weekend’s Oscars ceremony, but first! – Katey and Da7e talk about Kung Fu Panda 4 (now in theaters) and its place in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Patches psyches up the other hosts for the impending debut of X-Men ’97 on Disney Plus. And, […]
465 – Kids These Days, Kids Talk About Breath of the Wild, Dune: Part 2
March 06, 2024 17:56 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBThis week, we all learn about Patches’ recent directing project: a segment of a school play for Kindergarten thru fifth graders and discover that kids these days really know how to use their laptops. Then, because no one sent in reviews (or by popular demand, you chose), Katey’s two kids tell us about some Divine […]
464 – Curb Your Enthusiasm, SAG Awards on Netflix, Cruel Intentions
February 28, 2024 17:41 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBThis week, Patches and David catch us up with the latest and PROBABLY last season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Katey speculates about how The SAG Awards on Netflix could inform future award shows on non-linear TV platforms, and the whole group dives into 1999’s Cruel Intentions and tries to remember if they were ever as […]
463 – This is Me…Now: A Love Story, True Detective Night Country, Madame Web
February 22, 2024 21:14 - 1 hour - 66 MBThis week, everyone is back on the podcast. Patches, Katey, and David talk the puzzling Jennifer Lopez project This is Me…Now: A Love Story, Da7e and David are mixed positive on True Detective Night Country (there is one SPOILER question about the finale signaled by your trusty SPOILER GONG), and all four hosts went to […]
462 – Lisa Frankenstein, Super Bowl Trailers, One Day
February 14, 2024 17:44 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBThis week, it’s Matt Patches who has to sit an episode out (apparently because of snow and children), bt Katey, Da7e, and David convene in the War Room to talk about Lisa Frankenstein (currently in theaters), the big trailers that debuted during the Super Bowl (including Twisters!). Then, the three dig into the Netflix series […]
461 – The Greatest Night in Pop, Disney x Epic, Orion and the Dark
February 08, 2024 17:34 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThis week, with David out sick, Patches, Katey and Da7e get together to discuss two movies you can currently stream on Netflix: The Greatest Night in Pop about the making of “We Are The World” and Orion and the Dark, a Charlie Kaufman-written children’s movie. One is a straightforward documentary about one night in the […]
460 – Sundance 2024, Dark Universe Lives!, Society of the Snow
February 01, 2024 18:05 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBThis week, we all watched JA Bayona’s Society of the Snow on Netflix, but also have a bunch of fun movie related stuff to talk about. In our first segment, David and Katey break down some of their favorites from this years Sundance Film Festival, which they both attended remotely. Then, it finally happened, Universal […]
459 – Traitors, Oscar Nominations, All of Us Strangers
January 25, 2024 17:54 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBThis week, everyone finally caught up with All of Us Strangers, a movie that might be in a theater near you right now! But first, David has lured Katey, Patches, and Da7e into the world of the reality TV competition Traitors and all the hosts give some cheers and jeers to the Academy Awards nominations. […]
458 – Critic’s Choice Awards, Echo, The Zone of Interest
January 19, 2024 17:45 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBThis week, January scheduling is already upon us as David has to sit this one out for film festival duties and Katey has just returned from an L.A. Trip. Katey, Da7e, and Patches jump into the War Room to hear about Katey’s trip and talk about The Zone of Interest (and feeling bad). In the […]
Top Tens 2023
January 11, 2024 19:27 - 2 hours - 117 MBThe Best Movies of 2023 The year of 2023 had some big surprises at the cinema, and because of that your hosts might have liked the same movies, but there are many one-list outliers this year (and not just from David). You know the format – Katey, David, Patches and Da7e take their time describing […]
457 – 2024 Holiday Hangover Grab Bag
January 03, 2024 17:48 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBThis week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey were thinking about doing their Top Tens but realized vacation brain had caught up with them all. Instead, they engage in a media grab bag discussion covering Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, the Netflix charts fronting Leave the World Behind, the rentable Taylor Swift Eras Tour, Patches picking […]
456 – Godzilla: Minus One, The Iron Claw, The Holdovers
December 20, 2023 17:21 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThis week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey are rounding out the year talking about three more movies! First, it’s time for the guys to weigh in on Toho’s newest Godzilla incarnation in Minus One. Then, all four hosts jump into this week’s big wrestling movie release: The Iron Claw. Finally, everyone scraps over The Holdovers […]
455 – The Boy and the Heron, Golden Globe Nominations, Poor Things
December 13, 2023 17:43 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBThis week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey assemble in the War Room once more. First, a review of the current Miyazaki movie in theaters – The Boy and the Heron! – before Katey walks us all through the Golden Globe Nominations and everyone dives in to talk about Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo […]
454 – Wonka, Indie Spirit Awards Nominations, May December
December 06, 2023 16:36 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBThis week, David, Patches, and Katey have all gotten to see Wonka (coming to theaters December 15th!) and give you a lengthy preview of this at-first-misunderstood musical. Then, all four hosts react to the Independent Spirit Award Nominations before they dive into a review of a funny and disturbing film – Todd Haynes’ newest May […]
453 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Justin Timberlake, Saltburn
November 28, 2023 18:09 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBThis week, all four hosts finally get to talk about Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the Scott Pilgrim not-a-remake anime that is currently on Netflix, and they manage to do it without heavy spoilers (though they do talk about the premise of the series). Then, what’s up with Justin Timberlake? What happened there? Finally, all four […]
452 – Pandemic Check In Grab Bag!
November 22, 2023 17:42 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBThis week, because of the American holiday week and the upcoming award season, your hosts all watched different things (or things they can’t talk about yet), so it’s the return of the PANDEMIC CHECK IN FORMAT! Each host talks about a thing (or things) they ingested this week in the pop culture sphere without spoiling […]
451 – What’s Up With Marvel?, The Coyote Vs. Acme Debacle, The Killer
November 16, 2023 01:11 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThis week, David Ehrlich is out seeing the rest of this years big movies, but the other three dive into the War Room with gusto. Thanks to The Marvels underperforming in the theaters and the season finale of Loki season 2 on Disney Plus, it’s finally time to ask: “What’s Up With Marvel?” Then, Warner […]
450 – The “Not For You On Paper” Quell
November 08, 2023 17:53 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBMaking the hosts watch movies they wouldn’t like on paper It’s another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! For this edition of a FITWR Quarter Quell, each host had a movie assigned to them by the three other hosts that “they wouldn’t like on paper” to investigate both how well we all know each other […]
449.5 – HBO and Gen Z, The Woman In Me by Britney Spears, When Evil Lurks
November 03, 2023 16:41 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBThis week, we convinced Katey to watch When Evil Lurks on Shudder! Stay tuned until Segment 3 to see how one of the more extreme movies of the year went over. Before that, the gang questions what HBO has to offer for Gen Z (who is not watching television), and Katey and Da7e dig into […]
449 – Spider-Man 2 on the PS5, Siskel & Ebert Memories, Killers of the Flower Moon
October 25, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThis week, everyone’s back in the war room for a good old fashioned episode of weirdness. First, Da7e and David are hot off their absent week having both completed Spider-Man 2 on the Playstation and want to sing its praises. Then, in honor of the new book Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel and Ebert Changed Movies […]
448 – We Went To New York Together and The Burial
October 20, 2023 01:16 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBThis week, Da7e and David both can’t make it down to the War Room, so Patches and Katey fill you in on the most recent FITWR meet-up and New York Comic Con (not a wedding this time!), memories of past adventures and new movies. Then, they review The Burial (now on Amazon Prime). Take a […]
447 – Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl Shorts, Exorcist: Believer, Astroid City
October 05, 2023 18:20 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBThis week, we’re circling back to Astroid City for Segment 3, both because it’s readily available to stream and Netflix released FOUR Wes Anderson short films based off Roald Dahl stories. The group talks The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Poison, The Swan, and The Rat Catcher, then takes a break to hear from Da7e […]
446 – No One Will Save You, Books!, Past Lives
September 28, 2023 16:25 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBThis week, everyone finally caught up with Past Lives, the Celine Song movie that is now available to rent and we talk about it in Segment 3! Also discussed this week is what we’ve been reading (The Outsider, Honey Baby Mine, and – AHEM – TheMCUBook.com) and the episode kicks off with another Hulu sensation […]
445 – Dumb Money, Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League, A Haunting in Venice and Branagh’s Poirot Films
September 21, 2023 15:45 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBThis week, nobody can pronounce anything correctly as the whole team gathers in the War Room. Da7e and Katey have both seen Dumb Money (about the GameStop short squeeze) and give it a little review. The gang attempts to help a listener with documentaries in Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League, then Patches and Da7e have seen […]
444 – Taylor Swift, One Piece, Toronto International Film Festival 2023
September 14, 2023 21:43 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThis week, everyone’s back in one Zoom War Room at the same time! Patches has a question about the continued and amazing popularity of Taylor Swift (who is releasing a concert movie into theaters next month), everyone tells what they know about Netflix’s Manga adaptation One Piece, then Katey and David report back from this […]
443 – David on Telluride, Katey Has A Question, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
September 06, 2023 15:58 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThis week, schedules got scrambled as hosts came back from Telluride and head off to Toronto for Fall Film Festival season. Through the magic of editing, David joins Patches and Da7e to preview some of the movies he saw at the Telluride Film Festival (Poor Things, All The Strangers, The Royal Hotel, The Bikeriders, Saltburn), […]
442 – “Feel Good” Movies, Boxcar Bertha and Salt of the Earth, The Eight Mountains
August 29, 2023 17:18 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBThis week, David is off beginning the fall festival run, so Katey, Patches, and Da7e convene in the war room. First, Katey wants to know what a “Feel Good” movie is and how it’s different from a comfort watch. Then, all three hosts talk UNION MOVIES with Katey watching Boxcar Bertha, and Patches and Da7e […]
441 – Patches Has A Question, Only Murders in the Building S3, Red White and Royal Blue
August 23, 2023 16:15 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis week, everyone is back in the war room for one week (fall festivals incoming!). We kick it off with a question from Matt Patches about SAG waivers for promoting non-AMPTP produced films, then Katey and Da7e check in on the new season of Only Murders in the Building on Hulu, and finally get to […]
A David and Da7e Mini-Sode
August 17, 2023 15:16 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week, an expected vacation and an unexpected storm leaves only David and Da7e in the War Room for a loose, not-even-numbered episode where David reviews Blue Beetle, Da7e recommends Al-Mummia (AKA The Night of Counting the Years), there’s some talk about Love Island and then more talk about Marvel Snap.
440 – Personal Archives, Movie Bumpers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
August 09, 2023 15:49 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThis week, Patches is back in the War Room with Da7e and Katey! This week, Katey’s discovery of an old hard drive has the hosts debating how to deal with personal archives. Then, Katey saw Seth Rogan on screen before Turtles started and wonders why these pre-movie bumpers became a thing. Finally, Da7e and Katey […]
439 – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Katey on Barbie, The Haunted Mansion and an UnHaunted Box Office
August 02, 2023 17:14 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBThis week, summer vacations and child illness strikes again, leaving the War Room just for Katey and Da7e this week. Katey took some spare time to check out Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and Da7e watched it recently, so they both sing the praises of this under-appreciated gem. Then, Katey wasn’t here last […]
438 – Gerwig Movies, Barbie
July 27, 2023 16:12 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBOf course Katey is on vacation for the Barbie episode. This week, Da7e, David, and Patches jump into the War Room to talk about the trajectory of actor/director Greta Gerwig’s films before jumping into a review of Barbie and the various reactions to the massive hit of a film that is also a Mattel ad. […]
437 – Nolan Movies, Oppenheimer
July 20, 2023 18:17 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBThis week, Katey, David, and Patches jump into the War Room to talk about the trajectory of director Christopher Nolan’s films before jumping into a lengthy review of Oppenheimer, which includes “The Oppenheimer Game” where your hosts go round robin attempting to remember the stacked cast. Also, more info on Katey’s Marvel Snap deck! Take […]