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

By Katey, Matt, Da7e and David

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393 – Cannes 2022 Check-In,...

05.25.2022

This week, David checks in from France with some words about Decision to Leave, Crimes of the Future, Armageddon Time, Three Thousand Years of Longing, After Son, Top Gun: Maverick, Close, and being buzzed by fighter jets. Then, Katey has ...

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

05.25.2022 393 – Cannes 2022 Check-In, Questions about Volume and Crushes, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers This week, David checks in from France with some words about Decision to Leave, Crimes of the Future, Armageddon Time, Three Thousand Years of Longing, After Son, Top Gun: Maverick, Close, and being buzzed by fighter jets. Then, Katey has ...
05.19.2022 392 – A Patches-Driven Sophisticast This week, everyone is tired and David is still at Cannes, so Katey and Da7e jump into the War Room with Patches who has a smattering of general questions to explore like "Is Elmo a Muppet?" "Do men read novels?" ...
05.12.2022 391 – Patches Parental Leave Check-In, The Staircase, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness This week, we've lost a David to international film festivals and (maybe) vomit, but have gained a Patches who is back after a few weeks of being urinated on by his son. First, Da7e and Katey check in with Patches ...
04.27.2022 390 – Netflix, Back to Theaters, The Northman This week, still no Patches, but David, Katey and Da7e convene to discuss Netflix's failing fortunes, Katey going to theaters with her kids to see The Bad Guys, and director Robert Eggers new Vikikng Hamlet, The Northman. Take a listen, ...
04.20.2022 389 – Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, David the Elden King, Boogie Nights This week, new Patches baby is still keeping dad exhausted, so Da7e is left to tell Katey and David about The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (AKA The Nic Cage movie) and how it exceeded expectations. Then, David would like ...
04.13.2022 388 – Severance Finale, Our Flag Means Death, Everything Everywhere All At Once This week, Patches is out because of a new Patches joining the world, so Katey and the Davids revisit Apple TV's Severance, Katey reccommends Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max, and all three of them heap praise on Everything ...
04.06.2022 387 – Rachel Zegler Questions, WeCrashed, and The Bubble This week, Katey is back from the Academy Awards but we made her watch The Bubble on Netflix with the rest of us, so – sadly – this will be week two of Hollywood Bullshit. To bypass Morbius completely, Patches ...
03.30.2022 386 – The 94th Academy Awards This week, Katey is still in Los Angeles recovering from the Academy Awards broadcast and Vanity Fair afterparty, so the three guys get together to wonder…What the hell was that? Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from ...
03.23.2022 385 – Deep Water, Patches Versus Matches, Severance This week, everyone has seen Dark Water on Hulu, and you probably should too, because we talk about this very weird "erotic" thriller that is currently streaming in a way that probably spoils something (if that matters to you). For ...
03.15.2022 384 – Scream (2022), Hot Takes Roundtable, Turning Red This week, everyone piles into the War Room to talk some streaming movies and hot takes. First, Da7e is here to say Scream (2022), which is Scream 5 and therefore should be called 5Cream, is actually worth your streaming time. ...
03.08.2022 383 – The Batman, The Dropout and Portrayals True Stories, After Yang This week, Patches is back and we have a full War Room again! This week starts out with The Batman, which David, Da7e, and Patches have seen. Is this The Batman a good The Batman or is it too dark ...
03.02.2022 382 – Immersive Video Games, SAG Award Reactions, The Sky Is Everywhere This week, Patches is OUT of the War Room (he's fine, we swear), so David ropes Katey and Da7e into a discussion about how immersive video games compare to cinema and CGI's attempts to do similar things. Then, the guys ...
02.23.2022 381 – Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Oscars Move Categories Off Live Broadcast, Marry Me This week, Patches and Dave took in Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Netflix so you don't have to, Katey and David throw down over the Academy Awards Broadcast's decision to move some below-the-line winners off the live show, then everyne piles ...
02.17.2022 380 – Kimi, Doctor Strange 2 Trailer, Book of Boba Fett Wrap-Up This week, IT IS PANDEMIC 100 SOMEHOW. Katey, David, Da7e, and Patches start off by talking about the new Steven Soderbergh movie Kimi on HBO, which is…fun? Then, Da7e explains to Katey if we should be excited for Doctor Strange ...
02.10.2022 379 – Pandemic Check-In, Video Games (Pokémon), Station Eleven This week, we remember damage as David, Da7e, Katey, and Patches finally dig into Station Eleven, the HBO Mini-series that has aired all of its episodes. Light spoilers in segment three. BUT FIRST – It's time for another Pandemic Check-In ...
02.03.2022 378 – The Afterparty, Horror at Sundance, Yellowjackets Season 1 This week, there's television to talk about and Sundance to wrap up. First, Patches and Katey have been watching the genre comedy The Afterparty. which now has its first two episodes up on Apple TV Plus. Then, David revisits Sundance ...
01.26.2022 377 – Sundance 2022 Check-In, Goonies is Bad, Search Party Season 5 This week, back to the normal format for another year! David joins the podcast during a very busy week where his daycare is closed to talk with Katey abuout virtual Sundance 2022 and some early film highlights. Then, Katey tells ...
01.19.2022 Top Tens 2021, Part 2 of 2 The Cream of the Crop in Part 2. Miss Part 1? CLICK HERE. The Global Pandemic might not have let up during 2021, but that isn't stopping Fighting In The War Room from spotlighting last year's great movies. Some of ...
01.12.2022 Top Tens 2021, Part 1 of 2 So Many Good Movies, We Split the Podcast Into Two The Global Pandemic might not have let up during 2021, but that isn't stopping Fighting In The War Room from spotlighting last year's great movies. Some of us got to ...
01.06.2022 376 – Licorice Pizza, Matrix: Resurrections, Don’t Look Up This week, we're back for 2022, a year where we're going to have to prove to Time Magazine we're still a good podcast. Kicking off this year, we have three movies that a lot of Twitter seems to be getting ...
12.24.2021 375 – The Anniversary Quell Four Movies From 2011 ….ish It's another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! Instead of capping off the year with our annual Top Tens, we've pushed that episode back into January for film catch-up and instead delivered another Quarter ...
12.17.2021 374.95 – Nightmare Alley, Polar Express Still Bad, Spider-Man: No Way Home This week, on the final "normal" Fighting in the War Room of the year, we held the episode back until Spider-Man: No Way Home was in theaters so we could do a Segment 3 FULL OF SPOILERS as there's not ...
12.09.2021 374.75 – Power of the Dog, Big Star Performances, West Side Story This week, the podcast has learned it is one of Time Magazine's Top Ten Podcasts of 2021 and is unsure why. Join Katey Rich, David Ehrlich, Matt Patches, and Da7e Gonzales as they take on Power of the Dog (now ...
11.24.2021 374.5 – Tick Tick Boom, King Richard, Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop This week, only the boys are in the War Room to discuss Tick Tick…Boom! on Netflix and both Da7e and Patches were former theater kids, so you can guess how that might go. Then, David (who was also into Rent, ...
11.18.2021 374 – Taylor Swift’s All Too Well Video, Disney Plus Day, The Harder They Fall This week, Katey, David, Patches, and Da7e all weigh in on the new Taylor's Version of Taylor Swift's Red, which has released a short film and a music video. Then, Da7e wishes that Disney Plus Day's Twitter Thread PR was ...
11.11.2021 373 – The Beta Test, Spencer, Eternals This week, the men have seen Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe's The Beta Test, a satire erotic thriller available on VOD and in theaters, then Katey and David discuss Spencer where Kristen Stewart plays Princess Diana (out in limited release), ...
11.03.2021 372 – Passing, Succession Season 3, Only Murders in the Building This week, the podcast gives you a peek at Passing, which is in select theaters now and will soon be coming to Netflix. Then, Patches asks the group: Is Succession just Entorurage? (Succession season 3 is airing on HBO). Finally, ...
10.28.2021 371 – The Baby-Sitters Club, Lightyear Trailer Questions, Dune: Part One Reviewed This week, everyone is back in the War Room to discuss and dissect Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part One which hit theaters and HBO Max last weekend and was a big enough success to get a green light for Dune: Part ...
10.20.2021 370 – DC Fandome 2021, How Old Is FITWR?, Halloween Kills Oh no, Katey and David have left Patches and Da7e in charge of the War Room again, and when that happens sometimes they cancel the podcast. This time, they chat about last weekend's DC Fandome event and what non-Marvel superhero ...
10.13.2021 369 – Bergman Island, Titane, No Time To Die This week, Katey and David talk about the drama Bergman Island, David and Patches talk Palme d'Or winner Titane (now in theaters!), then everyone tries to convince Da7e that he liked No Time To Die, Cary Fukanaga's James Bond movie, ...
10.06.2021 368 – Venom: Let There Be Carnage, American Crime Story: Impeachment, The Many Saints of Newark This week, Da7e and Patches have a review of box office success Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Katey suggests actually tuning in to a television channel for American Crime Story: Impeachment, and then all your hosts chime in from various ...
09.29.2021 367 – Midnight Mass, Dear Evan Hansen, Foundation This week, everyone is back in the war room and gave Foundation on Apple TV a try. This science fiction TV show has big Game of Thrones aspirations. But before that: Da7e, Patches and David discuss Midnight Mass on Netflix ...
09.23.2021 366 – The Emmys, David Watched The Sopranos Again, Cry Macho This week, Katey has job-related places to be that are not the War Room, so the guys are left in charge. First, without their resident awards expert on hand, Da7e, Patches, and David talk through their thoughts about last weekend's ...
09.15.2021 365 – Malignant, Festival Movies, The Addams Family and Addams Family Values This week – David is back in the War Room and he and Katey Rich have been digesting more film festival movies. Patches and Da7e let them have a mini segment to highlight some good movies that are hopefully made ...
09.08.2021 364 – Telluride Film Festival Dispatch, Sneaky Sasquatch, A Pandemic Check-In with Shang-Chi This week – David sends a dispatch from the Telluride Film Festival touching on The Duke, The Power of the Dog, Netflix's The Lost Daughter, The Hand of God, Spencer, Belfast, The Rescue, and Cyrano. Back in the War Room, ...
09.02.2021 363 – Would This Character Be Vaccinated? Candyman, For Your Consideration This week – David is STILL out and about in the world and unable to join us in the War Room, so Katey has requested we all watch For Your Consideration on HBO Max. We did, and it was subtle ...
08.26.2021 362 – Would this character be Vaccinated?, What If…?, Annette This week – David is out and about in the world and unable to join us in the War Room, so first off Katey has a game for Patches and Da7e where they have to guess what fictional characters from ...
08.19.2021 361 – CODA, Da7e Yells About Theatrical Releases, The White Lotus This week – everyone watched all of HBO's limited series from Mark White called The White Lotus. You should really try watching it before listening to the third segment if you can, as we all liked it for various reasons. ...
08.11.2021 360 – Are Movies Going To Be Delayed? The Olympics Happened, The Suicide Squad Exercise and Teenagers Exercise is an important part of keeping teens healthy. Encouraging healthy lifestyles in children and teens is important for when they grow older. Lifestyles that are learned in childhood are more likely to stay with the child ...
08.04.2021 359 – Scarlett Vs. Disney, Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight This week – everyone's here and has seen The Green Knight, Da7e even went to a movie theater finally. We save reviewing The Green Knight, which is very good, until the end, because first we have to spend some time ...
07.28.2021 358 – The Exorcist Sells, Old, Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy This week – It's horror in July with all four hosts back in the War Room. First, Patches noticed that three Exorcist Movies sold for $400 million dollars to Universal and has questions about why. Then, David has seen M ...
07.22.2021 357 – AI Voiceover in Documentaries, Loki Season 1, Space Jam: A New Legacy This week – Katey is out, but the boys are around to talk about the controversy over the Roadrunner documentary using Artificial Intelligence (not the movie) to re-create Anthony Bourdain's voice, then Patches and Da7e break down Loki (David wouldn't ...
07.15.2021 356 – Black Widow, Cannes 2021 Update, No Sudden Move This week – David has a very special update from FRANCE where he is attending the Cannes Film Festival and missing his son. Katey, Patches, and Da7e convene in the War Room to talk about two new movies: Black Widow, ...
07.01.2021 355 – Zola, F9, Revisiting A.I. This week – Da7e takes his turn outside the War Room as Patches, David, and Katey discuss the once Sundance movie Zola (now in theaters!), the good-enough-to-go-back-to-theaters-but-not-actually-good F9 (now in theaters!) and end with a discussion revisiting Stephen Spielberg's A.I.: ...
06.24.2021 354 – Luca, The Disciple, Sweet Tooth This week – Katey is on vacation, leaving the boys in the War Room, and they DO NOT cancel the podcast, so things went okay. First, David and Patches saw Luca and want to discuss if it is "lesser Pixar." ...
06.17.2021 353 – Books! and In The Heights This week – Everyone is back in the War Room (don't get used to it, we have some vacations coming up – and somehow we're…reading? Time to check in with the all your hosts and books. Then, we forgo a ...
06.09.2021 352 – The Conjuring 3, Hacks, Flight of the Navigator This week – David's back out of the War Room, so Katey, Patches and Da7e get the privilidge of talking about Hacks, a Jean Smart show on HBO Max and Flight of the Navigator, a 1986 movie on Disney Plus. ...
06.03.2021 351 – Are Theaters Back?, Cruella, and Mare of Easttown This week – David's back to a War Room that was apparently WRECKED by discussion of C-3PO in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. All the hosts look at Quiet Place 2 doing pretty well at the box office and try ...
05.26.2021 350 – The Summer Movies Quarter Quell Four Movies From Summer Movie Seasons Past It's another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! If you're vaccinated and you feel safe, the 2021 summer movie season really wants you back! For this special Quarter Quell episode of the ...
05.20.2021 349 – Spiral, Next Week is a Quarter Quell!, The Woman in the Window This week – there's no David on this week because he needed to see a screening, so Katey, Patches, and Da7e have to suffer thorough The Woman in the Window, Joe Wright's latest on Netflix (Amy Adams needs new representation). ...

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

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

393 – Cannes 2022 Check-In, Questions about Volume and Crushes, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers

392 – A Patches-Driven Sophisticast

391 – Patches Parental Leave Check-In, The Staircase, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

390 – Netflix, Back to Theaters, The Northman

389 – Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, David the Elden King, Boogie Nights

388 – Severance Finale, Our Flag Means Death, Everything Everywhere All At Once

387 – Rachel Zegler Questions, WeCrashed, and The Bubble

386 – The 94th Academy Awards

385 – Deep Water, Patches Versus Matches, Severance

384 – Scream (2022), Hot Takes Roundtable, Turning Red

383 – The Batman, The Dropout and Portrayals True Stories​, After Yang

382 – Immersive Video Games, SAG Award Reactions, The Sky Is Everywhere

381 – Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Oscars Move Categories Off Live Broadcast, Marry Me

380 – Kimi, Doctor Strange 2 Trailer, Book of Boba Fett Wrap-Up

379 – Pandemic Check-In, Video Games (Pokémon), Station Eleven

378 – The Afterparty, Horror at Sundance, Yellowjackets Season 1

377 – Sundance 2022 Check-In, Goonies is Bad, Search Party Season 5

Top Tens 2021, Part 2 of 2

Top Tens 2021, Part 1 of 2

376 – Licorice Pizza, Matrix: Resurrections, Don’t Look Up

375 – The Anniversary Quell

374.95 – Nightmare Alley, Polar Express Still Bad, Spider-Man: No Way Home

374.75 – Power of the Dog, Big Star Performances, West Side Story

374.5 – Tick Tick Boom, King Richard, Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop

374 – Taylor Swift’s All Too Well Video, Disney Plus Day, The Harder They Fall

373 – The Beta Test, Spencer, Eternals

372 – Passing, Succession Season 3, Only Murders in the Building

371 – The Baby-Sitters Club, Lightyear Trailer Questions, Dune: Part One Reviewed

370 – DC Fandome 2021, How Old Is FITWR?, Halloween Kills

369 – Bergman Island, Titane, No Time To Die

368 – Venom: Let There Be Carnage, American Crime Story: Impeachment, The Many Saints of Newark

367 – Midnight Mass, Dear Evan Hansen, Foundation

366 – The Emmys, David Watched The Sopranos Again, Cry Macho

365 – Malignant, Festival Movies, The Addams Family and Addams Family Values

364 – Telluride Film Festival Dispatch, Sneaky Sasquatch, A Pandemic Check-In with Shang-Chi

363 – Would This Character Be Vaccinated? Candyman, For Your Consideration

362 – Would this character be Vaccinated?, What If…?, Annette

361 – CODA, Da7e Yells About Theatrical Releases, The White Lotus

360 – Are Movies Going To Be Delayed? The Olympics Happened, The Suicide Squad

359 – Scarlett Vs. Disney, Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight

358 – The Exorcist Sells, Old, Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy

357 – AI Voiceover in Documentaries, Loki Season 1, Space Jam: A New Legacy

356 – Black Widow, Cannes 2021 Update, No Sudden Move

355 – Zola, F9, Revisiting A.I.

354 – Luca, The Disciple, Sweet Tooth

353 – Books! and In The Heights

352 – The Conjuring 3, Hacks, Flight of the Navigator

351 – Are Theaters Back?, Cruella, and Mare of Easttown

350 – The Summer Movies Quarter Quell

349 – Spiral, Next Week is a Quarter Quell!, The Woman in the Window

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