Volume 1 – Fighting In The War Room
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75 – Quarter Quell 3 – Movies We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up
June 23, 2015 17:29 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBEach Host Brings A Film That Influenced Who They Are This week, we’re changing up the format for our 75th Episode Quarter Quell Special! It’s our third Quell as Fighting in The War Room, and we’re getting all nostalgic again. Katey, Da7e, David and Patches have each brought a film that they wanted to be […]
REVIEW – Inside Out
June 19, 2015 20:37 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIs Pixar really back? This week, Katey (Joy), Patches (Sadness), and David (Anger) navigate the mind of Pixar’s latest, Inside Out, to understand what makes it tick. Or just enjoy how lovely it is. Plus, a brief review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more […]
REVIEW – Jurassic World
June 12, 2015 14:45 - 53 minutes - 37.5 MBAwe? No. This week, Katey and Patches swap out Daves for a review of Colin Trevorrow’s new Jurassic Park movie, the fourth one, Jurassic World. Will the three hosts be able to look past the groundbreaking original and enjoy this action movie that tries to comment on itself, or is this Spielberg riff to riff-y […]
74 – Too Many Crowdfunds, Not Enough Effort
June 10, 2015 19:20 - 41 minutes - 43.3 MBAnd isn’t Jurassic Park the best? This week, Katey, Patches and David have sent Da7e to Jurassic World, so they soldier on without him. Cut off from the outside, Katey wants to discuss Sundance’s The Wolfpack and the boys help her out, a mini-segment on Jurassic Park wonders if it’s perfect. Finally, in honor of […]
73 – No Fighting in the Entourage
June 02, 2015 20:00 - 58 minutes - 63.7 MBAnd which host is which Game of Thrones character? This week – Oh YEAH (Oh Yeah (oh yeah (ohyeah))) it’s an all dude ‘cast as Patches, Da7e and David are down a Katey. It’s appropriate that this is also the week an Entourage movie comes out, so these three guys talk about why the series […]
72 – Disaster Movies Kill Our Future
May 26, 2015 21:38 - 55 minutes - 56.7 MBAnd we round up Cannes so you don’t have to This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David want to take Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland bait and wonder if liking disaster cinema is feeding into a gross human part of all of us that is cynical and dying. Granted, that’s not what all four hosts believe…let’s just […]
REVIEW – Tomorrowland
May 24, 2015 16:14 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBTouch the pin. This week, David, Katey, and Patches are deemed Minus Ultra, and banned from the parallel universe of Tomorrowland. So they settle for the movie version, directed by Brad Bird and written by Damon Lindelof. That and answers to our Mad Men-themed lighting round question on this week’s Fighting in the War Room […]
71 – Mad Men in Review
May 20, 2015 15:39 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBAnd our favorite Mad Men quotes Audio Note: This week Katey had to phone it in, but does NOT phone it in. If you get our drift. This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David say goodbye to AMC’s Mad Men, a show we’ve spent almost a decade watching, writing about and thinking about. Which […]
REVIEW – Mad Max: Fury Road
May 15, 2015 03:36 - 39 minutes - 26.7 MBAcca-pocalypse It’s a lovely, lovely day for a drive, listeners. This week Katey, Patches and David are joining the War Boys, the Doof Warrior, Immortan Joe, and of course Furiosa in a journey across the wasteland, as we review Mad Max: Fury Road. For those of you convinced David hates every blockbuster, you really might […]
REVIEW – Avengers: Age of Ultron
May 01, 2015 04:42 - 59 minutes - 41.5 MBAll four hosts review their seventh Marvel movie together in the regular fashion. It’s that time of the year again, folks: time for the newest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Avengers: Age of Ultron is a super-packed sequel sure to leave you bewildered but pleased, says Da7e. Patches got quoted in a television ad […]
69 – Long Takes, Big Stakes
April 29, 2015 14:59 - 48 minutes - 42.4 MBPlus Kirsten Wiig in Welcome to Me This week, Katey, Patches and David are down a Da7e. Patches takes the reigns and wants to talk about director Shara Piven’s Welcome to Me starring Kirsten Wiig before pummeling Katey and David with a round of TRIVIA (it’s been awhile!). Finally, the trio talks about long single takes in […]
REVIEW – Age of Adaline
April 24, 2015 15:40 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBWith special guests Kate Erbland and Richard Lawson! This week Katey is thrilled to announce the Fighting in the War Room spinoff dedicated solely to Blake Lively, called Reserved for Preserve. Or she could also just be reviewing The Age of Adaline, with special guests Kate Erbland (@Katerbland) and Richard Lawson (@rilaws). Starring Blake […]
68 – If Star Wars Was Streaming, Why Go Anywhere Anymore?
April 22, 2015 04:32 - 51 minutes - 55.2 MBAnd why the answer might be film festivals. This week, Katey, Da7e, David and Patches are coming off that week with the Star Wars trailer. OK, Patches isn’t watching any Star Wars publicity, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t everywhere. Katey, Patches and David go to Tribecca Film Festival and only physically share the same […]
67 – We Talk About Superhero Movies Too Much
April 15, 2015 00:48 - 50 minutes - 54.5 MBAnd their villains are uninteresting This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches are at the whims of THE EHRLICH, who thinks we talk about superhero movies too much online, on social media and in publications. He wants to discuss why and not so much the upcoming superhero films. Then, on a stay-cation with his girlfriend, David […]
REVIEW – Ex Machina
April 11, 2015 16:06 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBWith returning guest Jordan Hoffman! This week, Katey, David, and Patches summon Guardian and New York Daily News film critic Jordan Hoffman to conduct a Turing Test, to see they really have the brains for this sorta thing. The results are debatable. But, hey, at least this review of Ex Machina is fun! That, a […]
66 – It’s ‘Always’ a Mad Mad Mad Men World
April 07, 2015 18:28 - 51 minutes - 46.3 MBAnd our wants for Game of Thrones This week, Katey, Da7e and THE EHRLICH are at the whims of astral dog Patches, who watched Steven Spielberg’s Always recently and wants to talk about this oft-forgotten entry in the Spielberg canon. After putting out those fires, Patches wants out ghosts to whisper in his ear the […]
REVIEW – Furious 7
April 04, 2015 16:45 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBVroom Vroom. Family. This week, Patches, Katey, and David ride or die into the latest installment of Vin Diesel’s bros-with-cars-and-guns franchise, Torque. Wait, no, Furious 7. We’re reviewing Furious 7. Plus reading your answers to this week’s lighting round question on child stars we’re waiting to see break out! All that on this week’s review […]
REVIEW – Serena
March 28, 2015 18:12 - 34 minutes - 24.4 MBAnd some Get Hard This week Katey and Patches journey to the wild mountains of western North Carolina in search of timber fortunes, beautiful 1930s hairdos, and a falcon that lands on your wrist. Can they solve the mystery of how a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper went straight to VOD? Find out […]
64 – Physical Media March Madness Goosebumps
March 25, 2015 02:33 - 48 minutes - 47.1 MBWhat do you keep and what goes to the loser’s bracket? This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are reunited to talk about…Scholastic’s Goosebumps Bracket, rating the original RL Stine books. Da7e’s read most of them, but is wondering who this Tumblr poll is for. Then, Katey shames the guys for not following through with […]
Review – Gunman and Insurgent
March 21, 2015 16:13 - 30 minutes - 21.7 MBNo Glass Can Stop Us This week, Katey and Patches shatter reality by entering a world where bullfighting is still legal in Barcelona. It’s a review double feature, a little Gunman here, a little Insurgent there. That, and answers to this week’s lighting round on glass-breaking spectacle, on this week’s FITWR review episode. Take a […]
63 – The St. Patrick’s March Madness Jinx
March 19, 2015 18:36 - 44 minutes - 49.4 MBWhat would a Garry Marshall St Patrick’s Day movie look like? This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e are down a David. Patches is inspired by his job’s TV Reboot Tournament and wants to know what TV shows we’d reboot (Da7e has the best answer), then all three hosts group-pitch their version of a Garry Marshall St. […]
Review – Cinderella
March 13, 2015 14:30 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBPlus Run All Night This week, Katey and Patches close their eyes and wish to escape the hellish world they call home. They don’t, but their fairy godmother does arrive, to bippity boppity boop them into worthy patrons of Kenneth Branagh’s live-action Cinderella adaptation. Can they deliver their thoughts before the stroke of midnight? It’s that, […]
62 – The Unbreakable Sunshine of a Ehrlich Mind
March 11, 2015 01:52 - 49 minutes - 43.5 MBWho You Gonna Call? This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are all back. First up, a more personal story from David about his weekend with his girlfriend re-creating some moments from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but this segment has an ending you won’t want to forget! Then, it’s time to talk about […]
61 – Visiting Grey Gardens
March 04, 2015 02:33 - 39 minutes - 39.8 MBPlus: David Goes to A Porn Festival This week, Katey, Da7e and David are down a Patches, so we’ll never know what Matt thinks about Grey Gardens, the 1979 documentary about a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale and the documentarians who discovered their…odd…reclusive lifestyle. The doc is being re-released and Katey just saw it […]
60 – Goodbye Parks And Recreation
February 24, 2015 21:34 - 51 minutes - 56.4 MBPlus: Oscar Reactions and BOOOOOOKS This week, Katey, Da7e and Patches are down a David, so we’ll never know just how pleased he was when Birdman took home the Best Picture Oscars. Patches and Katey have some words for the NPH-hosted telecast, then a mini-segment where we semi-annually talk about stuff we’re reading (usually when […]
2015 Oscar Prediction SPECIAL!
February 20, 2015 15:58 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MBBut not a Review! This week, we hold off reviewing movies for essential prognostication. Katey, David, and Patches assemble for Oscar talk, predicting winners, raising eyebrows at snubs, and namedropping for the sake of namedropping. Plus, your answers to our Hot Tub Time Machine 2-themed lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; […]
59 – Powerful Stories That Might Be Fictional
February 18, 2015 17:26 - 48 minutes - 43.9 MBPlus: Actually Inspiring Sports Movies This week, Katey, Da7e, David and Patches quickly want to go over this Sunday’s SNL40. Not the greatest SNL, not the worst SNL, but SNL for SNL’s sake, so they have to break down what that means. Then: When is it news, when is it entertainment and when is it […]
REVIEW – Fifty Shades of Grey and The Kingsman
February 13, 2015 15:36 - 46 minutes - 33 MBWhich Host(s) Fell For The Red Room? This week, Katey, Patches, and David combine two secret lives to become some of the only super spy/sadomasochists in the world. Or they just review Fifty Shades of Grey and Kingsman: Secret Service. One of those. Find out which on this week’s review episode. Take a listen, embed […]
58 – Instances When Referencing “An Affair to Remember” Is Appropriate
February 10, 2015 21:13 - 39 minutes - 39 MBAnd Empire: Literally the Super Bowl for African American Women? This week, Katey, Da7e, David and Patches respond to and debate around Devin Faraci’s BadAssDigest.com post “What Are ‘The Movies’ Anyway?”. With television and internet video as prevalent and accessible as it is, what place does defining a “feature film” have any more? What will […]
REVIEW – Jupiter Ascending
February 07, 2015 22:16 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBHOVER BOOTS! This week, Patches, Katey, and David embark on a cross-universe journey in search of the Earth’s rightful owner. Hover boots are worn, giant lizards are fought, and half-elephant/half-man people are admired. Yes, we’re talking Jupiter Ascending, the latest from the Wachowskis. Is it the next Matrix or the next Battlefield Earth? That and brief gushing over the Magic […]
57 – David Returns From Sundance With Thoughts
February 05, 2015 08:21 - 44 minutes - 44.7 MBShould the Oscars Be in January? This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches are subject to a brisk Ehrlich discussion about Sundance and what it all means. first, a tidbit about the festival and it’s changing perception. Is the old promise of Sundance preserved in virtual reality filmmaking and Sundance Next? Then, a brief interlude to […]
56 – Theme Parks, Awards Shows and Sundance 2015 Report!
January 29, 2015 15:58 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBWith returning guest Jordan Hoffman! This week, Kate and Da7e stay in the War Room to talk about what interests them. Katey avoided a massive blizzard and watched the SAG Awards and Dave is reading a book that compares and contrasts Universal Theme Parks against Disney Theme Parks. It’s an alternate theater discussion and we […]
REVIEW – American Sniper (w/ Joe Reid and Nick Davis)
January 23, 2015 20:22 - 43 minutes - 37.1 MBWith Special Guests Joe Reid and Nick Davis from The Film Experience Podcast! This week, Katey’s boys are in the Mountain Time Zone, so she’s pulled in professional help from Joe Reid (The Atlantic) and Nick Davis (NicksFlickPicks.com) to run down Bradley Cooper’s aggressive beard in the record-setting Clint Eastwood film that is American Sniper. Take […]
55 – Is Bradley Cooper Just Jai Courtney With A Monkey’s Paw? And Other American Sniper Questions
January 21, 2015 21:10 - 29 minutes - 24 MBPlus each hosts one Oscar Noms Highlight Story This week, we’re late an abbreviated because of Martin Luther King Day, just like [semi-offensive political event reference]! American Sniper has been setting records in January and Katey, Matt, Da7e and David want to know why. Is it Bradley Cooper? Is it Clint Eastwood? Are Americans just […]
54 – Things Are Bad, Except Maybe ‘Black Mirror’
January 13, 2015 22:28 - 47 minutes - 46.7 MBPlus a mini review of Appropriate Behavior! This week, Katey’s been replace by Joanna, and everyone should be happy, but that doesn’t stop Patches, David, and Da7e from taking a bleak view of things. First, everyone wants to talk about Black Mirror, the British Import Sci-Fic anthology show and how it might be great, then […]
REVIEW – Selma
January 09, 2015 18:48 - 37 minutes - 26.3 MBPlus Taken 3 and Predestination! This week, Patches, David, and Katey look at Ava DuVernay’s Selma, a docudrama portrayal of the protests that helped enact the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The film is anything but a striaghtforward Dr. Martin Luther King biopic, making for a complicated and entertaining film to grapple with. After that, short […]
53 – Nostalgia Is Killing Us and 2015 isn’t like Back To The Future Part II
January 06, 2015 21:17 - 49 minutes - 40.6 MBPlus what we watched over break! This week, Katey, Patches David and Da7e are in 2015, the Year of our Time Lord Doctor Emmett Brown and where the **** are our hoverboards and self-fitting jackets in Thriller-ready red? This year there’s an unusual amount of movies coming up designed to pull on the old nostalgia […]
Top Tens 2014
December 23, 2014 19:27 - 2 hours - 115 MBThe Fifth Annual Top Ten Show! It’s that time of year again: time to make a list! Katey, Patches and David all have their top ten films of the year and Da7e will host a countdown episode while throwing in his list of “2014 movies that I will pay money to rewatch multiple times.” We’ve […]
REVIEW – The Interview – because America.
December 18, 2014 16:12 - 55 minutes - 39.6 MBWith Returning Guest Jordan Hoffman! This week, Katey, Patches, David, and The Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman defy North Korea and the bigwigs at Sony by reviewing The Interview, a movie that will never see the light of day. Drowned in controversy over its depiction of Kim Jong-un, Sony buried the latest from Seth Rogen and This […]
52 – It’s About Ethics In Entertainment Journalism
December 16, 2014 20:38 - 47 minutes - 42.7 MBPlus 2014 TV in Review! This week, Katey, Patches and Da7e are down a guy named David and push on to bring YOU a discussion on how 2014 changed Television as we know it. Da7e has another round of trivia prepared called “Cinematic Consumerism” focusing on products in film, then the trio delve into a […]
REVIEW – Wild
December 13, 2014 18:45 - 39 minutes - 27 MBPlus Top Five! This week, Katey and Patches embark on a spirit journey to reach higher understanding of Wild, the latest film from Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Reese Witherspoon as memoirist Cheryl Strayed, whose real hike across the Pacific Crest Trail is chronicled in an Oscar-friendly new biopic. Is the movie worth the trek or does […]
51 – JuxtaposEpisode: Exodus and The Best of 2014’s Not-Movies
December 09, 2014 20:29 - 48 minutes - 49.8 MBPlus 2014 Gift Guide! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e are back with some 2014 clean-up activities. First, Patches wants to know what media or narrative experience from 2014 we’d put on our Top Ten lists if we weren’t so strict about the “only movies” rule. Then, each host takes on a good idea […]
50 – Quarter Quell 2: Movies For The Moment
December 02, 2014 20:06 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBEach Host Brings A Film On Their Mindset This week, we’re changing up the format for our 50th Episode Quarter Quell Special! It’s been a long time podcasting for Katey, Da7e, David and Patches, so each host brought a film that timestamps something about their mindset right now. Newly married Katey sees marriage in Neighbors, […]
REVIEW – The Imitation Game
November 29, 2014 02:22 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MBAnd fear Babadook! This week, David, Katey, and Patches work tirelessly to create their own Christopher Machine, a proto-computer capable of cracking the code within the new biopic The Imitation Game. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as scientist Alan Turing in this WWII-themed espionage drama, but does his gravitas bring enough life to the straightforward biopicisms? Find […]
49 – From Game Theory To Ectoplasm Twinkie: Science In Movies
November 25, 2014 21:47 - 49 minutes - 40.7 MBPlus Katey Rich’s Movie Quote Trivia Returns! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e have heard tell the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser is going to be in a select number of theaters and are all pretty much in favor of the theatrical trailer experience. Then, inspired by Babadook, each host recommends some performances […]
REVIEW – Hunger Games Mockingjay: Part 1
November 22, 2014 20:25 - 34 minutes - 25 MBAnd a brief review of A Girl Walks Home Alone This week, Patches, David, and Katey incite revolt against (or in the name of?) the latest Hunger Games installment, Mockingjay – Part 1. Is Katniss still the hero we need? #TeamPeeta or #TeamGale? Can David name any of the characters in the movie? All this and […]
REVIEW – Foxcatcher
November 14, 2014 19:16 - 35 minutes - 25.3 MBPlus Dumb and Dumber To and Beyond The Lights This week, Patches, Katey and David head to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seuol to wrestle with Foxcatcher, the latest drama from Moneyball and Capote director Bennett Miller. A grueling match for some, a blood-pumping challenge for others, Foxcatcher arrives to prestige season as one […]
48 – This Podcast’s Theme Is “America”
November 11, 2014 17:36 - 50 minutes - 57.9 MBPlus Katey Rich’s Movie Quote Trivia Returns! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e throw down in another installment of movie quote trivia in the mini-segment! These quotes were pulled from the years #50-100 grossing movies, so it’s a bit more tough on our hosts. The real meat, though, is a discussion of HBO’s Miniseries […]
REVIEW – Interstellar
November 08, 2014 17:12 - 47 minutes - 33.8 MBAnd Big Hero 6 is mentioned. This week, David, Patches, and Katey blast off on a three-year mission to the furthest reaches of our universe, where space-time becomes so warped, that even a heady, composed blockbuster like Interstellar can come into existence. We’ll talk about the latest from Christopher Nolan in non-spoiler and spoiler-heavy sections, […]
47 – “The Big Wave and The Sadness”
November 04, 2014 19:34 - 46 minutes - 52.8 MBFeaturing Katey Rich and Elizabeth Taylor’s Corpse In Space This week, Joanna Robinson takes the reigns to bring her residency to a climactic happy ending, much like romantic comedies. That’s right, Manhattan Love Story and A to Z failed at bringing serialized rom-com to the TV screen so it’s time to examine this genre: can […]