FITWR Volume 2

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FITWR Volume 2 episodes

February 05, 2015 57 – David Returns From Sundance With Thoughts
Should the Oscars Be in January?
This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches are subject to a brisk Ehrlich discussion about Sundance and what it all means. first, a tidbit about the festival and it’s changing perception. Is the old promise of Sundance preserved in virtual reality filmmaking and Sundance Next? Then, a brief interlude to discuss if the Oscars should be in January, because David can’t believe we’re talking about stuff like American Sniper still after Sundance. Then, David saw Jupiter Ascending at Sundance, and he can’t review it, but wants to talk about how original science fiction films might be doomed.
Follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
Follow Jordan Hoffman on Twitter @jhoffman
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Favorite BOMBS.
01:53 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 57! Review!
3:12 – David’s Tidbit: Sundance’s Place
15:13 – Mini Segment: Should the Oscars be in January?
20:56 – Segment 3: Current Original Science Fiction Via Jupiter Ascending
40:41 – Outro

45 min
January 29, 2015 56 – Theme Parks, Awards Shows and Sundance 2015 Report!
With returning guest Jordan Hoffman!
This week, Kate and Da7e stay in the War Room to talk about what interests them. Katey avoided a massive blizzard and watched the SAG Awards and Dave is reading a book that compares and contrasts Universal Theme Parks against Disney Theme Parks. It’s an alternate theater discussion and we also wonder if it’s time to end live award shows. THEN – the main event! David and Patches have been at Sundance with The Guardian‘s Jordan Hoffman and bring us a lengthy and detailed report!
Follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
Follow Jordan Hoffman on Twitter @jhoffman
Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear!
FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Race Movies
00:57 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 56!
2:00 – Katey’s Tidbit: SAG Awards
12:09 – Da7e’s Tidbit: Alternate Theater in Theme Parks
24:27 – David, Patches and Jordan Hoffman from SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL!
1:03:02 – Outro

1 hr 4 min
January 23, 2015 REVIEW – American Sniper (w/ Joe Reid and Nick Davis)
With Special Guests Joe Reid and Nick Davis from The Film Experience Podcast!
This week, Katey’s boys are in the Mountain Time Zone, so she’s pulled in professional help from Joe Reid (The Atlantic) and Nick Davis (NicksFlickPicks.com) to run down Bradley Cooper’s aggressive beard in the record-setting Clint Eastwood film that is American Sniper.
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Joe (@joereid) and Nick (@nicksflickpicks)!
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44 min
January 21, 2015 55 – Is Bradley Cooper Just Jai Courtney With A Monkey’s Paw? And Other American Sniper Questions
Plus each hosts one Oscar Noms Highlight Story
This week, we’re late an abbreviated because of Martin Luther King Day, just like [semi-offensive political event reference]! American Sniper has been setting records in January and Katey, Matt, Da7e and David want to know why. Is it Bradley Cooper? Is it Clint Eastwood? Are Americans just hungry for heroes? Then, each host briefly talks about an Oscar Nomination story from the previous week, highlighting some fun picks and snubs. Follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Essential Facial Hair
01:31 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 55! REVIEW!
5:17 – Patche’s Tidbit: American Sniper Seems Popular
21:44 – Mini-Segment: Oscar Talk 2015 Part 1
27:01: Outro

30 min
January 13, 2015 54 – Things Are Bad, Except Maybe ‘Black Mirror’
Plus a mini review of Appropriate Behavior!
This week, Katey’s been replace by Joanna, and everyone should be happy, but that doesn’t stop Patches, David, and Da7e from taking a bleak view of things. First, everyone wants to talk about Black Mirror, the British Import Sci-Fic anthology show and how it might be great, then David wants to tell you about a Sundance movie he enjoyed that is finally seeing release, then FINALLY DAVID CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE. The world is depressing and writing about film doesn’t seem to be helping anyone. Can the other hosts convince David to go on? Follow the show (@FITWR), Joanna (@jowrotethis) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Unexpectedly Enjoyed
01:43 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 54! REVIEWS! Sexy Katey Reviews!
4:05 – David’s Tidbit: Black Mirror
18:21 – Mini-Segment: Appropriate Behavior mini-review
22:16 – Segment 3 – Everything is s****
45:15: Outro

48 min
January 09, 2015 REVIEW – Selma
Plus Taken 3 and Predestination!
This week, Patches, David, and Katey look at Ava DuVernay’s Selma, a docudrama portrayal of the protests that helped enact the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The film is anything but a striaghtforward Dr. Martin Luther King biopic, making for a complicated and entertaining film to grapple with. After that, short reviews of Taken 3 and Predestination, plus answers to this week’s lightning round questions.
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Patches (@misterpatches) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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This week’s music:
“Been in the Storm” by Bernice Johnson Reagon
“Back in Time” by Huey Lewis & The News
“Loquasto Interational Film Festival” by Mark Mothersbaugh
38 min
January 06, 2015 53 – Nostalgia Is Killing Us and 2015 isn’t like Back To The Future Part II
Plus what we watched over break!
This week, Katey, Patches David and Da7e are in 2015, the Year of our Time Lord Doctor Emmett Brown and where the **** are our hoverboards and self-fitting jackets in Thriller-ready red? This year there’s an unusual amount of movies coming up designed to pull on the old nostalgia heart-strings (otherwise how do you justify a Point Break remake?). The gang tackles this while also applying fast-acting nostalgia to the things they watched at the tail end of 2014. Some of them deserve your consideration!
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@KateyRich), Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Americans Abroad
01:23 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 53! REVIEW!
3:28 – Katey’s Tidbit: What You Watched Over Break
16:25 – Mini-Segment: Must Revisit From 2014
23:27 – Segment 3 – Nostalgia is Killing Us
47:02: Outro

This week’s music:
“Not a Robot, but a Ghost” by Andrew Bird
“Doubleback” by ZZ top

50 min
December 23, 2014 Top Tens 2014
The Fifth Annual Top Ten Show!
It’s that time of year again: time to make a list! Katey, Patches and David all have their top ten films of the year and Da7e will host a countdown episode while throwing in his list of “2014 movies that I will pay money to rewatch multiple times.”
We’ve previously mentioned or reviewed most of these films and they’ve all been tagged at our website as Top Ten 2014 episodes!
CLICK HERE or point your browser to http://fightinginthewarroom.com/tag/top-ten-2014/ for those episodes.
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@KateyRich), Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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FORMAT
00:00 – Introduction and Format
2:11 – #10s
14:12 – #9s
28:18 – #8s
38:14 – #7s
54:16 – #6s
1:05:56 – #5s
1:17:50 – #4s
1:29:46 – #3s
1:41:00 – #2s
1:54:24 – #1s
Lists

KATEY
1. Foxcatcher
2. Boyhood
3. Wild
4. Selma
5. Two Days, One Night
6. Obvious Child
7. The Babadook
8. Citizenfour
9. We are the Best!
10. Under the Skin
PATCHES
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
3. Obvious Child
4. Inherent Vice
5. The River of Fundament
6. Locke
7. Ida
8. Citizenfour
9. Snowpiercer
10. Still Alice
DAVID
1. Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Inherent Vice
3. Under The Skin
4. Nymphomaniac parts 1&2
5. Gone Girl
6. Only Lovers Left Alive
7. The Double
8. God Help the Girl
9. Force Majore
10. The Tale Princess Kaguya
2 hr 14 min
December 18, 2014 REVIEW – The Interview – because America.
With Returning Guest Jordan Hoffman!
This week, Katey, Patches, David, and The Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman defy North Korea and the bigwigs at Sony by reviewing The Interview, a movie that will never see the light of day. Drowned in controversy over its depiction of Kim Jong-un, Sony buried the latest from Seth Rogen and This Is the End co-director Evan Goldberg after hacker terrorists threatened to attack theaters showing the picture. Which is too bad… because the movie is pretty damn funny. Hoping that one day, listeners will be able to this lowbrow-highbrow gem, the FITWR crew decided a review was still in order. A brief mention of Sony truly offensive holiday offering, Annie, and answers to this week’s lightning round question rounds out this week’s review episode.
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman), the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Patches (@misterpatches) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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This week’s music:
“Firework” by Katy Perry
“Tomorrow” by Quvenzhané Wallis
56 min
December 16, 2014 52 – It’s About Ethics In Entertainment Journalism
Plus 2014 TV in Review!
This week, Katey, Patches and Da7e are down a guy named David and push on to bring YOU a discussion on how 2014 changed Television as we know it. Da7e has another round of trivia prepared called “Cinematic Consumerism” focusing on products in film, then the trio delve into a discussion of this month’s GOP hacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment and the ramifications thereof.*
*This was recorded before the terrorist threats. Audio disclaimer included in episode.
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@KateyRich), Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
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Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear!
FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Crappy Kids Songs!
00:43 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 52! REVIEW!
3:39 – Da7e’s Tidbit: Television 2014
14:56 – Mini-Segment: TRIVIA! Cinematic Consumerism
21:49 – Segment 3 – The Sony Hack
44:33: Outro

This week’s music:
Jingle All The Way Trailer
“Close Your Eyes (And Count To F*ck)” by Run the Jewels

48 min

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