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

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

• 04.18.2024

  471 – Bluey, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Civil War

  This 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...

  
• 04.10.2024

  470 – Ripley, Eclipse 2024, Girls State

  This 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...

  
• 04.03.2024

  469 – Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Katey’s Vanity Fair Exit, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

  This 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,...

  
• 03.28.2024

  468 – Da7e’s Semicolon Story, Summer Movie Preview, Road House

  This 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...

  
• 03.22.2024

  467 – 3 Body Problem, Girls5Eva, What We Talk About When We Talk About Movies Being Back

  This 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...

  
• 03.14.2024

  466 – Kung Fu Panda 4, X-Men ’97 Preview, The Academy Awards

  This 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...

  
• 03.06.2024

  465 – Kids These Days, Kids Talk About Breath of the Wild, Dune: Part 2

  This 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...

  
• 02.28.2024

  464 – Curb Your Enthusiasm, SAG Awards on Netflix, Cruel Intentions

  This 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...

  
• 02.22.2024

  463 – This is Me…Now: A Love Story, True Detective Night Country, Madame Web

  This 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...

  
• 02.14.2024

  462 – Lisa Frankenstein, Super Bowl Trailers, One Day

  This 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...

  
• 02.08.2024

  461 – The Greatest Night in Pop, Disney x Epic, Orion and the Dark

  This 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,...

  
• 02.01.2024

  460 – Sundance 2024, Dark Universe Lives!, Society of the Snow

  This 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...

  
• 01.25.2024

  459 – Traitors, Oscar Nominations, All of Us Strangers

  This 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...

  
• 01.19.2024

  458 – Critic’s Choice Awards, Echo, The Zone of Interest

  This 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...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Top Tens 2023

  The 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)....

  
• 01.03.2024

  457 – 2024 Holiday Hangover Grab Bag

  This 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,...

  
• 12.20.2023

  456 – Godzilla: Minus One, The Iron Claw, The Holdovers

  This 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...

  
• 12.13.2023

  455 – The Boy and the Heron, Golden Globe Nominations, Poor Things

  This 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...

  
• 12.06.2023

  454 – Wonka, Indie Spirit Awards Nominations, May December

  This 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...

  
• 11.28.2023

  453 – Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Justin Timberlake, Saltburn

  This 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...

  
• 11.22.2023

  452 – Pandemic Check In Grab Bag!

  This 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...

  
• 11.16.2023

  451 – What’s Up With Marvel?, The Coyote Vs. Acme Debacle, The Killer

  This 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...

  
• 11.08.2023

  450 – The “Not For You On Paper” Quell

  Making 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...

  
• 11.03.2023

  449.5 – HBO and Gen Z, The Woman In Me by Britney Spears, When Evil Lurks

  This 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...

  
• 10.25.2023

  449 – Spider-Man 2 on the PS5, Siskel & Ebert Memories, Killers of the Flower Moon

  This 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....

  
• 10.20.2023

  448 – We Went To New York Together and The Burial

  This 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...

  
• 10.05.2023

  447 – Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl Shorts, Exorcist: Believer, Astroid City

  This 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,...

  
• 09.28.2023

  446 – No One Will Save You, Books!, Past Lives

  This 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...

  
• 09.21.2023

  445 – Dumb Money, Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League, A Haunting in Venice and Branagh’s Poirot Films

  This 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...

  
• 09.14.2023

  444 – Taylor Swift, One Piece, Toronto International Film Festival 2023

  This 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...

  
• 09.06.2023

  443 – David on Telluride, Katey Has A Question, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

  This 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...

  
• 08.29.2023

  442 – “Feel Good” Movies, Boxcar Bertha and Salt of the Earth, The Eight Mountains

  This 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,...

  
• 08.23.2023

  441 – Patches Has A Question, Only Murders in the Building S3, Red White and Royal Blue

  This 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...

  
• 08.17.2023

  A David and Da7e Mini-Sode

  This 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...

  
• 08.09.2023

  440 – Personal Archives, Movie Bumpers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

  This 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...

  
• 08.02.2023

  439 – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Katey on Barbie, The Haunted Mansion and an UnHaunted Box Office

  This 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,...

  
• 07.27.2023

  438 – Gerwig Movies, Barbie

  Of 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...

  
• 07.20.2023

  437 – Nolan Movies, Oppenheimer

  This 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...

  
• 07.13.2023

  436 – Hijack and The Bear, Elemental, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One

  This week, everyone is back in the war room. David has watched Apple TV’s Hijack and loves the smooth brain action. Everyone else is getting through The Bear season 2 and all four hosts discuss how the binge model is...

  
• 07.06.2023

  New Episode Next Week

  Since Twitter might have imploded and we don’t know if we’re on Bluesy or threads, just a little message from Da7e on the main feed letting you know we’ll be back next week.

  
• 06.29.2023

  435 – Return of the Sophisticast (Dial of Destiny, Secret Invasion)

  This week, David and Katey are out for summer reasons, so Da7e and Matt Patches convene to discuss a variety of random topics, including big questions and mini-reviews trying not to cancel the show or each other. Da7e gives a...

  
• 06.22.2023

  434 – Extraction 2 and “Long Takes,” Missing Submarine, The Flash

  This week, David watched Extraction 2 which has a very long single take, prompting a conversation about why “long takes” are getting popular in action films. Then, the hosts briefly touch on the missing Titan submarine dominating the news cycle....

  
• 06.15.2023

  433 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Spoiled, Tony Awards 2023, The Road to Wellville

  This week, we kick off the show with Da7e going FULL SPOILERS on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. It is in theaters now. It’s fine. The plot doesn’t really matter, as Da7e will illustrate. Then, Katey has thoughts on this...

  
• 06.08.2023

  432 – What Should Da7e See In Theaters?, Summer Snacks, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

  This week, we definitely all saw and want to talk about Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse for the main segment of the show, but otherwise ideas and recommendations fly freely in this week’s episode. Da7e is looking for something to see...

  
• 06.01.2023

  431 – Tears of the Kingdom, Hardy Boys, Spring TV Wrap-Up

  This week, we finally get to talk about that Nintendo game the three guys have been playing – it’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! Then, Katey needs book recommendations for young readers, and all four hosts jump...

  
• 05.25.2023

  430 – Mrs. Davis, David and Ella Kemp from Cannes, Fast X (with special guest Chris Rosen!)

  This week, we’re joined by Christopher Rosen from GoldenDerby.com and the Golden Derby podcast who tries to convince Katey to finish Mrs. Davis (on Peacock!) and to talk to Da7e about Fast X, the newest Fast and Furious movie (PLEASE...

  
• 05.17.2023

  429 – Worrisome A.I., Sad/Bad Politics, Fast Five Revisited

  This week, David’s off seeing movies in Cannes, so Da7e, Patches, and Katey assemble in the War Room to talk about a very important entry in the Fast & Furious franchise that directly leads into this weekend’s Fast X: 2011’s...

  
• 05.11.2023

  428 – Pandemic Check-In, Traitors, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

  This week, major organizations have declared the pandemic over, so we halt our count with a (hopefully) final Pandemic Check-In that covers movies, television, books, and video games. Then, Katey Rich has returned to watching reality TV with Traitors on...

  
• 05.03.2023

  427 – WGA Strike Begins, Jedi Survivor, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

  This week, The Writers Guild of America has called for a strike and all four hosts speculate on what that means and have memories of the 2007/2008 writer’s strike. Then, all the boys have been playing the new Respawn game...

  
• 04.28.2023

  426 – Beau is Afraid, Peter Pan & Wendy, Beef

  This week, David manages to join Da7e for a review of Beau is Afraid before a child asks him to stop. Then, Katey and Patches review Peter Pan & Wendy, the new Disney Plus movie before Da7e, Patches, and Katey...