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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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

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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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

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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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:

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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

This week, Patches and Da7e convene in the War Room because Patches has A.I. concerns now that Google is giving into the bubble. Da7e saw Mandalorian and Grogu, and they talk about how little cultural impact it seems to be having. Da7e does not spoil any plot points or twists, so don’t worry!

Then, David and Katey check in from Cannes at 10:30PM last Monday. Seems like a light year, but Katey saw Club Kid, which A24 picked up! David liked Paper Tiger and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Katey also talks about her takeaways from her first Cannes Film Festival and her screening of Hope, a movie she thinks will work for a lot of people. Finally, the President of Global Cinema of Neon makes the mistake of walking past our hosts late at night on a street in France and mistakenly appears on the podcast.

If you want to skip directly to the Cannes dispatch, jump to 50:43

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