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

By Katey, Matt, Da7e and David

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03.30.2023

This week, Katey, Patches, and Da7e have three movies for three segments. First, Katey has seen Sundance winner A Thousand And One with a breakout performance from Teyana Taylor and encourages you to see it this week when it goes ...

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

03.30.2023 424.85 – A Thousand and One, Born to Raise Hell, John Wick 4 This week, Katey, Patches, and Da7e have three movies for three segments. First, Katey has seen Sundance winner A Thousand And One with a breakout performance from Teyana Taylor and encourages you to see it this week when it goes ...
03.23.2023 424.8 – John Wick Revisited, What Do You Remember About Yellowjackets?, Shazam! Fury of the Gods This week, Katey, Patches, and Da7e reconnect in the War Room to talk about the first John Wick (in honor of John Wick 4 coming out this weekend), which the guys convinced Katey to watch for the first time! Then, ...
03.15.2023 424.7 – 95th Oscars in Review, Katey Checks In From LA, Scream VI This week, Katey had to fly out to cover the Academy Awards for Vanity Fair, so Patches and Da7e convene in the War Room. First, the boys talk about the Oscars ceremony, then Katey sends in a voice mail from ...
03.11.2023 424.6 – The Slap Again, Patches Matches, Creed III This week, Katey and Patches have to hold down the War Room as a duo. First, Katey wants to know if Patches has also noticed that The Slap has re-entered the Oscars conversation a whole year later (is there anything ...
03.02.2023 424.5 – Babylon, TV Catch-up, When Do Franchises End? This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches finally get around to talking about Babylon (currently streaming on Peacock), and try to make sense of over three hours of fictionalized old Hollywood. Then, each hosts mentions some excellent TV they are watching ...
02.23.2023 424.25 – Titanic Re-Release, Was High School The Worst?, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Re-Release This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches are back to look at some older movies that returned to theaters last week. First, Katey took two CHILDREN to see Titanic in 3D. Then, Patches has a question about high school for a ...
02.17.2023 424 – Poker Face, Mr. Skin’s Hottest Sex Scenes, Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania Into the Quantum Realm Again This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches hold down the War Room as Ehrlich has successfully expanded his family. First, all three talk about Poker Face, the crime and lies series currently airing its first season ...
02.09.2023 423 – The new DC movies, How do you wipe?, Knock At The Cabin Knock At The Cabin With Returning Guest Host Jordan Hoffman! This week: Ehrlich’s out having a child, so Jordan Hoffman returns to Fighting In The War Room to NOT cancel the podcast. First, Da7e attempts to lay out the new ...
02.02.2023 422 – All Quiet on the Western Front, Infinity Pool, The Last of Us (on HBO) The Last of Us (HBO/HBO Max) This week: it’s the final David Ehrlich week for awhile as his family expands, but Katey, Da7e, and Patches kick off this episode with a review of Oscar hopeful All Quiet on the Western ...
01.25.2023 421 – Oscar Nominations, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Whale This week: your hosts are back on the usual schedule after kicking off the new year with a couple special episodes to talk about movies. However, illness has come for Ehrlich, leaving Katey, Patches, and Da7e to talk about the ...
01.19.2023 420.5 – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Oscar Trivia Featuring FITWR This week – Fighting In The War Room is fighting outside the War Room FOR THE THIRD TIME as all four hosts return to the Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Podcast! Annie and David host a pub-quiz style trivia show centered ...
01.06.2023 TOP TENS 2022 A Long Podcast About The Best Movies of 2022 It was a tough year at theaters in 2022, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a handful of standout films that worked incredibly well for the majority of your four hosts. ...
12.22.2022 420 – Avatar: The Way of Water This week: don't bet against James Cameron. For our 420th episode and final installment of 2022, all four hosts dig into Avatar: The Way of Water (NOT THE WAY OF THE WATER) and critically examine James Cameron's latest film that ...
12.15.2022 419 – Empire of Light, Women Talking, White Lotus Season 2 This week, everyone finally digs into Sam Mendes' Empire of Light, then transition into Women Talking (no spoilers), then a full discussion of The White Lotus Season 2, spoilers throughout, that is so shocking Patches up and disappears off the ...
12.08.2022 418 – Pandemic Check-In (Screeners Edition) This week, everyone had a week of chaos last week either due to family or work obligations, so we thought we'd take it easy on the format with another PANDEMIC CHECK-IN. After a review heavy start, this show without a ...
12.01.2022 417 – The Menu, Glass Onion Was In Theaters, The Fabelmans This week, the whole crew is back in the War Room so Katey and Da7e can talk about The Menu (in theaters!), the odd theatricial run of Glass Onion (not in theaters anymore) and convene for the newest Spielberg, The ...
11.24.2022 416 – Rambling in the War Room This week, Da7e, Katey, and special returning guest Joanna Robinson (Don't tell anyone, it's our secret!) jump into a War Room while the Patches and Ehrlich Clans take a sick week. The three friends get together to discuss the freshest ...
11.17.2022 415 – Marvel Post-Credits Trivia, Wakanda Forever This week, we're talking a lot of Marvel! First, Patches leads David, Katey and Da7e through a quiz-like competition to remember all the Marvel Cinematic Universe post-credits scenes. Then, because there is so much to talk about, the foursome spends ...
11.10.2022 414 – Banshees of Inisherin, What We Don’t Watch, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story This week, are we going to be friends after this? That's a question asked by Banshees of Inisherin (in theaters now) and the group dives in to review it. Then, a mini-segment about TV certain hosts are not watching (featuring ...
11.03.2022 413 – Wendell and Wild, A Patches Question, Are we leaving Twitter? This week, Henry Selick's newest stop motion movie (the first since Coraline) has been dropped on Netflix and it is A LOT, and that includes beautiful. Everyone discusses the movie, then drifts off into other pop culture when Patches asks ...
10.27.2022 412 – Black Adam, Halloween Watches, Tár This week, Patches, Da7e, and David all saw Black Adam and try to warn you off of it. Then, it's spooky season and David went to a cabin in the woods, so everyone talks about what they're watching for Halloween. ...
10.20.2022 411 – She-Hulk, Halloween Ends, The School For Good and Evil (Not Tar) This week, Patches and Da7e get two segments to try and draw Katey and David into She-Hulk (which completed its first season on Disney Plus) and Halloween Ends (which completes David Gordon Green's Halloween Trilogy), then they're all too tired ...
10.13.2022 410 – Hellraiser (2022), RIP Angela Lansbury, Why Don’t Live Action Family Movies Come to Theaters? This week, David is out for parenting reasons, so Katey, Patches and Da7e convene in the War Room. First, Patches and Da7e dig into the new Hellraiser movie that went directly to Hulu. Is this reboot better than the horrible ...
10.05.2022 409 – Hocus Pocus 2, Rings of Power Vs. House of the Dragon This week, everyone's running around, so a two-segment show was devised. First, Da7e and Katey dig into Hocus Pocus 2 (now on Disney Plus!) and if it lives up to the original. Then, David, Patches, and Da7e talk about the ...
09.29.2022 408 – Barbarian, Avatar Re-Release, Don’t Worry Darling This week, let's talk about some MOVIES. First up, Da7e and David finally get to talk about Barbarian, a horror movie in theaters that you should NOT BE SPOILED ON, so we don't. Then, Katey reports back from the re-release ...
09.22.2022 407 – Wild Oscar Predictions, Pinocchio looks…bad?, The Woman King This week, everyone is back in the War Room! Katey, Da7e, David, and Patches start a low-stakes Oscars pool for four categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress) in a manner that will surely lose most of them ...
09.15.2022 406 – Hugging In The War Room This week, everyone is tired from travelling, film festivals, fantasy shows, and children, so an attendence-optional War Room Free For All ropes in Da7e, Katey, and special returning guest Joanna Robinson (Don't tell anyone, it's our secret!). The three friends ...
08.31.2022 405 – Fall Preview, Only Murders In The Building S2, Three-Thousand Years Of Longing This week, there's not a ton in theaters, so we look ahead (peering at the upcoming glut of film festivals) to give you a "Fall" preview that actually goes through the rest of the year. Then, Katey, Patches, and Da7e ...
08.25.2022 404 – The Rehearsal S1, BeReal, Poseidon Adventure This week, everyone is back in the War Room! Da7e, David and Patches all watched The Rehearsal on HBO Max and NEED to talk about it (SPOILERS ABOUND!), then, Katey, David and Patches have been sharing real moments with the ...
08.18.2022 403 – She-Hulk, Better Call Saul, Best Movies of the 1990s This week, Da7e is out, so Katey, Patches, and David convene in the War Room for a show that TECHNICALLY has segments. First up, Patches likes She-Hulk! And because David thinks all Marvel TV is a waste of time, the ...
08.12.2022 402 – Thirteen Lives, Sandman Season 1, Prey This week, Katey, Patches, and David all got to see each other on the East Coast and Patches and Katey even got to watch Thirteen Lives together! For the mini-segment, Da7e and Patches try to entice you to check out ...
08.03.2022 401 – John Wickification, Bluey, Nope This week, we're back to normal episodes as we march to FITWR 500 with somewhat regular topics. First, based of Bullet Train and The Princess (on Hulu) your hosts debate what "John Wickification" of action movies means. Then, Da7e (childless) ...
07.27.2022 400 – The Call-In Show 2 Eric B—— is the Zodiac? It's another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! It has been 100 episodes since our last Call-In Show that we hosted on Zoom, but this time we got to live stream it to YouTube ...
07.20.2022 399.75 – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Summer Blockbuster Trivia featuring FITWR This week – Fighting In The War Room is fighting outside the War Room ONCE AGAIN for a return appearence on Quiz Quiz Bang Bang! Annie and David host a pub-quiz style trivia show centered around Summer Blockbusters with your ...
07.13.2022 399.5 – All About TV This week, in honor of Emmy nominations and some good spring TV that went overlooked, we spend the whole episode talking about current and future TV. Katey, Patches, and Da7e cover Ms. Marvel, The Bear, and Westworld in addition to ...
07.08.2022 399 – Brocast – Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 and Thor: Love and Thunder This week, Katey is on vacation with her family, and Patches has been reading comics, so Da7e does a lot of talking, first about Stranger Things 4 Volume 2, which dropped on Netflix July 1st and sort of points to ...
06.30.2022 398 – Pandemic Civil Rights Check-In, Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe, Elvis This week, everyone is back in the War Room and has seen the main move: Baz Luhrman's Elvis, which is in theaters now and is…a lot. Before Katey, Patches, Da7e and David dive into this week's long review segment, they ...
06.22.2022 397 – Lightyear, Leo Grande’s Release Strategy, Cha Cha Real Smooth This week, David's on vacation, so Patches, Katey, and Da7e convene to talk about Pixar's newest theatrical release Lightyear, which is…strange. Strange enough that they have to talk about the end (Listen for the spoiler gong to hop off and ...
06.15.2022 396 – Hustle, Mailing Decisions, Jurassic World Dominion (with Matt Singer from ScreenCrush!) This week, there's a rotating door on this War Room, and Da7e is your constant. First, Katey and David tell Da7e about Hustle, the new Adam Sandler Netflix movie that is…good! Then, Katey and David leave the pod for Patches, ...
06.08.2022 395 – Obi-Wan and Cinematic Television, Green Energy $, Fire Island This week, David is not-COVID sick, so Katey, Da7e, and Patches convene in the War Room. Da7e and Patches face off over Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ and the scaling up of television to "cinematic television." Then, Patches wants to know ...
06.01.2022 394 – Stranger Things 4 Vol 1, Mona Lisa, Top Gun: Maverick This week, the whole gang is back in the War Room! Everyone has questions about the newest binge-model dump of episodes on Netflix for Da7e, who is the one still watching Stranger Things 4. Patches, Katey, and David hash out ...
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 ...

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

424.85 – A Thousand and One, Born to Raise Hell, John Wick 4

424.8 – John Wick Revisited, What Do You Remember About Yellowjackets?, Shazam! Fury of the Gods

424.7 – 95th Oscars in Review, Katey Checks In From LA, Scream VI

424.6 – The Slap Again, Patches Matches, Creed III

424.5 – Babylon, TV Catch-up, When Do Franchises End?

424.25 – Titanic Re-Release, Was High School The Worst?, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Re-Release

424 – Poker Face, Mr. Skin’s Hottest Sex Scenes, Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania

423 – The new DC movies, How do you wipe?, Knock At The Cabin

422 – All Quiet on the Western Front, Infinity Pool, The Last of Us (on HBO)

421 – Oscar Nominations, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Whale

420.5 – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Oscar Trivia Featuring FITWR

TOP TENS 2022

420 – Avatar: The Way of Water

419 – Empire of Light, Women Talking, White Lotus Season 2

418 – Pandemic Check-In (Screeners Edition)

417 – The Menu, Glass Onion Was In Theaters, The Fabelmans

416 – Rambling in the War Room

415 – Marvel Post-Credits Trivia, Wakanda Forever

414 – Banshees of Inisherin, What We Don’t Watch, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

413 – Wendell and Wild, A Patches Question, Are we leaving Twitter?

412 – Black Adam, Halloween Watches, Tár

411 – She-Hulk, Halloween Ends, The School For Good and Evil (Not Tar)

410 – Hellraiser (2022), RIP Angela Lansbury, Why Don’t Live Action Family Movies Come to Theaters?

409 – Hocus Pocus 2, Rings of Power Vs. House of the Dragon

408 – Barbarian, Avatar Re-Release, Don’t Worry Darling

407 – Wild Oscar Predictions, Pinocchio looks…bad?, The Woman King

406 – Hugging In The War Room

405 – Fall Preview, Only Murders In The Building S2, Three-Thousand Years Of Longing

404 – The Rehearsal S1, BeReal, Poseidon Adventure

403 – She-Hulk, Better Call Saul, Best Movies of the 1990s

402 – Thirteen Lives, Sandman Season 1, Prey

401 – John Wickification, Bluey, Nope

400 – The Call-In Show 2

399.75 – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Summer Blockbuster Trivia featuring FITWR

399.5 – All About TV

399 – Brocast – Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 and Thor: Love and Thunder

398 – Pandemic Civil Rights Check-In, Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe, Elvis

397 – Lightyear, Leo Grande’s Release Strategy, Cha Cha Real Smooth

396 – Hustle, Mailing Decisions, Jurassic World Dominion (with Matt Singer from ScreenCrush!)

395 – Obi-Wan and Cinematic Television, Green Energy $, Fire Island

394 – Stranger Things 4 Vol 1, Mona Lisa, Top Gun: Maverick

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

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