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- Int Style | Still in the Shrink-Wrap | 180
Ever love a movie enough to buy the DVD, then never watch it again? Wes and Iris confront the movies they had to own but apparently didn’t need to open, including MASTER AND COMMANDER and BLACK BOOK, still shrink-wrapped decades later. Plus, the performances that make Hollywood ask, “Who is that?” Contains spoilers!
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5 min - Int Style | When Movie Couples Break Up | 179
What happens to the movie after the movie couple breaks up? Wes and Iris revisit Hollywood romances that outlived their films, from Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman to James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, plus the curious case of FERRIS BUELLER’s parents. Contains spoilers!
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8 min - Int Style | Femakes and Feboots | 178
Why do female-led reboots of male-driven franchises keep struggling? Wes and Iris debate GHOSTBUSTERS, OCEAN’S 8, and whether the problem is gender swapping itself or something more un-original. Plus, the female DIE HARD we might actually want to see. Contains spoilers!
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7 min - STRANGE DAYS | Or Whatever Movies | 354
KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH gets strange with STRANGE DAYS, her raw, sinewy, greasy, confetti-filled VR trip through the final hours of 1999. Find out why this wildly ambitious sci-fi noir feels uncomfortably ahead of its time at orwhatevermovies.com. Now available on Disney+. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.
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31 min - Int Style | Fan Conventions | 177
Are fan conventions joyful celebrations of the things we love… or kind of sad? Wes and Iris debate fandom, $400 autographs, celebrity economics, and the strange power of the superfans who keep entire corners of pop culture alive. Contains spoilers!
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6 min - Int Style | The Worst Food to Eat Cold | 176
What food becomes absolutely disgusting the second it gets cold? Wes and Iris tackle one of life’s least important but surprisingly divisive questions, only to discover that one inconvenient food may undermine the entire debate. Contains spoilers!
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6 min - Int Style | More Movie Vanity Plates | 175
Can Iris identify a movie from nothing but a seven-character vanity plate? Wes puts her movie knowledge to the DMV test with increasingly ridiculous clues, a surprising number of correct answers, and one plate even he can’t crack. Plus, Iris turns the tables with a little “hidey-ho” of her own. Contains spoilers!
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9 min - Int Style | What’s My Name? | 174
How well does Iris know the people in movies they’ve already covered? Wes quizzes her on the full names of supporting characters, from Arthur Lee Allen and Benjamin Buford Blue to Angelo Pappas and Eric Draven, with a few hints and a surprising number of correct answers along the way. Contains spoilers!
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6 min - Int Style | Lost in Translation | 173
What happens to movie titles when they cross international borders? Wes quizzes Iris on some of Hollywood’s strangest foreign retitlings, from the overly literal to the completely inexplicable, while discovering that some countries apparently consider the title an excellent place to reveal the plot. Contains spoilers!
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6 min - DETROIT | Or Whatever Movies | 353
KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH gets deeply uncomfortable with DETROIT, her harrowing account of the 1967 uprising and the nightmare inside the Algiers Motel. If THE HURT LOCKER hurts and STRANGE DAYS is strange, DETROIT is… unpleasant. Find out why that may be exactly the point at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers.
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About Or Whatever Movies
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Or Whatever Movies podcast is a weekly entertainment discussion between real-life brother and sister duo, Wesley and Iris Ichishita. At under 30-minutes a pop, each episode is a quick, no-holds-barred…
discussion of a movie, television show, or video. The siblings mix the water cooler chat with the dinner table debate and invite you to listen in. Curious what others are saying about the latest release? Wes and Iris’ve got your back. Open, honest, unpretentious, and opinionated, they may change the way you think about movies.