Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast

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This week, all four hosts assemble, but during the daytime to attempt to record a podcast. First, David and Patches report back on the newest Laika stop motion film Wildwood, which is in theaters now and gets the old millennial boys back together again talking about The Decemberists. Then, in the second segment of a two segment podcast, Katey, Da7e, and Patches talk about Wild Horse Nine, the new Martin McDonagh movie starring John Malkovich and and Sam Rockwell as CIA hitmen on vactation in 1973. If you’re wondering what our podcast title is about, both movies feature Tom Waits. *bad-dum-tiss.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: NY Crimes

01:36 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 562!! Reviews!

09:00 – Wildwood

30:43 – Wild Horse Nine

55:04 – Outro

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This week, three segments, three movies, three hosts. First up, Da7e saw Whalefall which is a movie that probably would have captured more of the adult audience if a certain documentary hadn’t devoured all the buzz at the box office. Then, Katey reports back from Wicker, a sexy romantasy about having relations with a basket man. Finally, all three hosts have see You Can See Everything and can finally talk about it now that the movie is in theaters. Most of the discussion is about the topics the movie brings up in general, so the “spoilers” for the mysterious second half don’t start until 57 and a half minutes into the podcast (there’s a gong for a warning).

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Sexy Textures

01:11 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 561!! Reviews!

09:22 – Whalefall

23:03 – Wicker

29:11 – You Can See Everything (Spoilers at 57:34)

1:12:16 – Outro

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This week, everyone is back in the war room so Da7e can go on vacation this weekend. First, everyone politely let’s Da7e refer to his notes on why The Social Reckoning isn’t just bad drama, but nobody should actually see it if they want to understand anything about humans, let alone Facebook or America. Then, Katey and David fill in the other two guys about what’s been going between Kelly Clarkson and the (Magic?) store Art of Play in Brooklyn. Finally, the Amazon Studios movie Love of Your Life is flitting in and out of theaters before going streaming which seems like a shame as the movie might deserve to be seen a little bit more

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: The Movie’s Gonna Be Bad

02:30 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 560!!0 E-mail!

11:46 – The Social Reckoning

26:06 – Kelly Clarkson Vs. Brooklyn Store

42:18 – Love Of Your Life

54:33 – Outro

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This week, Da7e was in a theater seeing Wild Horse Nine, but your other three hosts made it to the podcast despite being very sleepy! First, it’s time to talk about this past weekend’s domestic box office winner Verity with Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett and Anne Hathaway. Then, David hasn’t played Zero Company (last week’s episode) but has played Star Wars: Galactic Racer and reports back on the new racing game. Finally: Digger. The final movie released in theaters by an independent Warner Bros studio bombed, let’s talk about it.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Contort!

01:41 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 559!! Review! E-mail!

11:51 – Verity

27:11 – Star Wars: Galactic Racer

42:36 – Digger

01:05:35 – Outro

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This week, David is the one who can’t make the podcast, so Katey and Patches tell Da7e about the new Mahershala Ali hitman movie Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (it’s not out in Denver yet so Da7e literally can’t see it). Then, Patches has been playing Star Wars: Zero Company and Da7e is deep into the lore and bond farming. Then, Katey and Da7e weigh in on Primetime, a very sweaty very intense Rob Pattinson performance in a movie about 2006’s To Catch A Predator. Next week, we expect to go digging, just not this episode!

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Go Big Anne Hathaway Or Tom Crusie

01:41 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 558!! Review! E-mail!

11:51 – Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

27:11 – Star Wars: Zero Company

42:36 – Primetime

01:04:17 – Outro

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This week, Da7e can’t make the podcast because of cinema, so your other three hosts convene to talk about the Zach Cregger horror-comedy that’s gnawing on the American Box Office this week. But, before that, a check in with Matt Patches who has some thoughts about movies and nudes (separate topics) after coming home from France, and some more catch up if you haven’t joined the Fitwarriors in the Vulture Movie League quite yet.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Reality

02:02 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 557!! Review! E-mail!

8:05 – Patches in Paris

25:08 – More Awards Season Chat

40:23 – Resident Evil Review

01:07:10 – Outro

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Katey and David are home from TIFF with a not-numbered episode of the podcast where they discuss festival and family woes, getting screeners for festival movies versus seeing them in a theater, and the newest buzzy festival movies like The Debut,Elsinore, Possible Love, and Everytime. They also weigh in on Wild Horse Nine, Ink, and the strange, ongoing festival phenomenon of movies arriving with huge expectations and leaving with even bigger questions.

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This week, the podcast has its four hosts again, at least for one segment on the first three episodes of HBO’s Lanterns. Then, after David has to run, Da7e tries to explain the new movie Onslaught to Katey and Patches, then all three remaining hosts review Coyote Vs. Acme, a movie they actually got to see in theaters despite what we thought would happen when Warner Bros decided not to release it.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Get That Animal

1:40 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 556!! E-mail!

5:38 – Lanterns on HBOA

27:56 – Onslaught

40:19 – Coyote Vs. Acme Review

01:01:41 – Outro

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This week, remaining podcast hosts Patches, Katey, and Da7e jump onto…Netflix…to watch…GTA VI….? What the hell was that? Then, Patches and Da7e debate just how big this game is going to be come November. Then, Katey has a sophisticate question for us about our bed-making habits. Finally, Furious is a show on Hulu where Emmy Rossum plays a traumatized FBI Agent tracking a female serial killer – did your hosts like it? The final episode of Season 1 debuts next week.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: School Supply

1:40 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 555!! E-mail!

5:38 – GTA VI Preview

24:28 – Do you make the bed?

33:54 – Furious Review

56:59 – Outro

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This week, we assure you David Ehrlich is returning to this podcast. In a return to some sort of format, you left reviews and sent e-mails but it still takes Katey, Patches, and Da7e a good 20 minutes to get started this week. When they do, Katey and Da7e weigh in on the perfectly cromulent Tony, Da7e wonders what (if anything) his cohosts think of the new X-Men Disney announced at their Disney convention, then Katey fills in the boys on the newest Amblin-throwback dinosaur movie in theaters – The End of Oak Street. Patches sneaks in a stealth Paw Patrol segment.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Sex Joke Week

1:20 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 554!! Reviews!

21:41 – Tony Review

34:36 – Disney Cast New X-Men

48:27 – The End of Oak Street Review

01:05:14 – Outro

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This week, David can’t make it, but we have three hosts and three movies to review. First, Patches and Da7e dig into the Netflix sci-fi trapped-in-your-house movie The Last House (Spoilers!). then, Patches and Da7e revive some Republic City Dispatch talk to discuss Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, a movie streaming on Paramount Plus. Then, Katey rejoins the podcast to discuss Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma with Da7e. What are we, a movie podcast?

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: IMAX Experience

1:57 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 553!!

5:04 – The Last House Review

29:58 – Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender Review

50:22 – Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma Review

01:08:41 – Outro

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This week, whoops, there’s a new biggest movie in theaters and this one is setting records. Matt Patches and Katey Rich were unable to catch Spider-Man: Brand New Day in theaters, but Katey shows up to referee a discussion between Davids, one Ehrlich who did not like Brand New Day as much as one Da7e who thought it’s a new kind of Spider-Man installment that points towards some good tidings in Marvel’s immediate future. Will they return next week with a single topic show? Not intentionally, but don’t count us out.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Legislate something

02:07 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 552!

10:12 – Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review

01:08:14 – Outro

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This week, everyone is back in the War Room and not on vacation with multiple children and everyone has seen The Odyssey! We figured it was about time that we devoted an episode of one of TIME Magazine’s Best Podcasts of All Time to this all-timer cinematic experience (that nevertheless has nitpicks our hosts will nitpick). That’s all we had to talk about to fill a whole episode. MAKE SURE YOU’VE SEEN THE ODYSSEY FIRST IF YOU CARE ABOUT SPOILERS.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Worst Houseguest

02:07 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 551! Review! E-mail!

10:12 – The Odyssey Review

01:08:14 – Outro

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AKA NONE OF US ARE FIFTY YET BUT ALL THESE MOVIES ARE.

It’s another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell!

For this edition of a FITWR Quarter Quell, each host picked a movie that was released 50 years go in 1976 and was NOT one of the super popular ones (no Network, no Rocky). Katey finally watches the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version of A Star is Born, Da7e caught up on a Sherlock Holmes movie he had never seen with The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Patches picked the final Alfred Hitchcock film called Family Plot, and David exposes his cohosts to In Realm of the Senses .

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Format

0:00 – Welcome

04:56 – Katey – A Star Is Born

23:04 – Da7e – The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

40:51 – Patches – Family Plot

58:27 – David – In The Realm of the Senses

Previous Quarter Quells:

• OpKino Classic: First Quarter Quell (August 26th 2011)
• OpKino Classic: The 2nd Quarter Quell (Feb. 22nd 2012)
• OpKino Classic: Storytelling Quarter Quell (Aug 10th 2012)
• OpKino Classic: Family Interview Full Quell (Feb 8th, 2013)
• FITWR 025 – The Filmmaking Quarter Quell (June 3rd, 2014)
• FITWR 050 – QQ2: Movies for the Moment (Dec. 2nd 2014)
• FITWR 075 – QQ3: Movies We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up.
• FITWR 100 – Significant Other Full Quell
• FITWR 125 – Movies We Want to Show (Our) Children
• FITWR 150 – Movies That Represent What We Want For America
• FITWR 175 – Revisiting Previous Infamous Discussions
• FITWR 200 – Foriegn Netflix Quell
• FITWR 225 – The Lifelong Evolving Obsession Quell
• FITWR 250 – The New York Movie Quell
• FITWR 275 – Movie of the Decade Quell
• FITWR 300 – The Call-In Show
• FITWR 325 – The Exceeded Expectations Quell
• FITWR 350 – The Summer Movie Quell
• FITWR 375 – The Anniversary Quell
• FITWR 400 – Call in Show 2
• FITWR 425 – The Date Quell
• FITWR 450 – The “Not For You On Paper” Quell
• FITWR 475 – The Elder Millennial Canon Quell
• FITWR 500 – Call in Show 3
• FITWR 525 – The Movies About Subjects That Scare Us Quell

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This week, David can’t make it to the War Room, but is locked in with the rest of the hosts for next week’s QUARTER QUELL – 1976. On this episode, Da7e has questions for Patches about the no-good-very-bad news for the console gaming industry over the past couple of weeks. Then, Katey reports on Minions and Monsters, which sounds fun but is underperforming at the box office. Then, Katey and Da7e talk about The Invite, expanding to more theaters this weekend and though since they disclose the premise the trailer is hinting at, consider it LIGHT SPOILERS, I guess.

BACK NEXT WEEK WITH EPISODE 550, HE TYPES, JINXING THEM ALL.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Streaming Expectations

02:08 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 549! E-mail!

13:28 – Tidbit – The Death of Console Gaming?

30:00 – Mini-Segment – Minons and Monsters

39:04 – Segment Three – The Invite (Light Spoilers)

01:18:19 – Outro

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This week, everyone is back in the War Room, but David is very tired. Somehow, Supergirl is out this weekend and no one besides Da7e was planning to see it, so Da7e took that bullet for Patches, Katey and David. Then, Katey talks about seeing CATS: The Jellicle Ball, a new take on a “classic” and shames David for leaving a wedding without dancing. Finally, everyone who had kids brought them to Toy Story 5, which everyone enjoyed but Patches LOVED.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Best Jackass

02:08 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 548! Alan is Missing. E-mail!

13:28 – Tidbit – Supergirl

30:00 – Mini-Segment – CATS: The Jellicle Ball

39:04 – Segment Three – Toy Story 5 (Full Spoilers)

01:18:19 – Outro

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This week, all four hosts are back in the War Room (but still no guests). David, Da7e, and Katey discuss the new Hugh Jackman-starring The Death Of Robin Hood which is violent and melancholy. Then, Patches didn’t get to see Disclosure Day because of a malfunctioning IMAX projector but he did watch Heavenly Creatures at 5AM. Finally, your hosts that did see Disclosure Day (FULL SPOILERS) dig into it, with 2/3rds of the reviewers more positive than the remaining third.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Childhood Toy

02:22 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 547! KNICKS. E-mail!

09:44 – Tidbit – The Death of Robin Hood

36:04 – Mini-Segment – Patches Didn’t See Disclosure Day

48:49 – Segment Three – Disclosure Day (Full Spoilers)

01:06:35 – Outro

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This week, it was David’s turn to be felled by solo-parenting, so Katey, Patches, and Da7e convene in the War Room. First, an Instagram post from the art director of surprise hit Obsession intended to spur discussion about profit sharing and her low pay on the movie. For better or for worse, Da7e and Patches leap into that discussion. Then, Da7e and Patches try to explain to Katey how her Zelda-obsessed children are probably going to want to play the Switch 2 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time coming this year. Finally, Katey and Patches have really been enjoying Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay and talk about the high points in anticipation of the upcoming season conclusion.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: Real Aliens

02:22 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 546! Review! E-mail!

09:44 – Tidbit – Getting Paid For Obsession

36:04 – Mini-Segment – Ocarina of Time in 2026

48:49 – Segment Three – Widow’s Bay

01:06:35 – Outro

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This week, Patches was felled by solo-parenting, so Katey, David, and Da7e make it to the war room. Katey found a puzzling post on threads and Da7e and David try to speculate about just what a “90s Summer” would have actually been. Then, David has since seen Backrooms as have (checks box office numbers) a LOT of you, so Ehrlich gets to throw his thoughts into the endless hallways. Then, in Segment Three, Katey wants to talk about Pressure (which is NOT the one about aliens, Da7e learns) and Da7e wants to talk about I Love Boosters, so they slam them into one segment without pausing for a music break.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: 1987 Remake

02:05 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 545! Review! E-mail!

08:18 – Tidbit – What’s a 90’s Summer?

21:23 – Mini-Segment – Backrooms Revisited

38:16 – Segment Three – Pressure and I Love Boosters

01:01:32 – Outro

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This week, everyone is back in the war room and the numbered episodes resume! David, Patches, and Katey took the families to Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu, so the show must finally give it a full review. We swear we’re done talking about this movie, David’s son didn’t even want to stay to the end of the movie. Then, Da7e reports from having seen Backrooms and doesn’t spoil anything, if the movie explains anything, and if you know what Backrooms is at all. Finally, Patches has a big overarching question I have decided to summarize as “What’s Wrong with American Dramas?” because that’s a provocative part of it.

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FORMAT

00:00 – Lightning Round: movie WITH Found Footage

02:30 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 544! E-Mail!

15:50 – Tidbit – Mandalorian and Grogu

37:26 – Mini-Segment – Backrooms

51:20 – Segment Three – What’s Wrong With American Dramas?

51:16 – Outro