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- Int Style | Hits Are for Young People | 172
Do artists get worse with age, or do they just stop caring about hits? Wes confronts his own age through Spielberg, Mark Wahlberg, and Paul Simon’s observation that “hits are for young people.” Contains spoilers!
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8 min - Int Style | Big Movie Disappointments | 171
What happens when the movie you can’t wait to see turns out to be the movie you wish you hadn’t? Wes revisits disappointments from TERMINATOR 3, which literally melted his shoe before it could disappoint him, to THE PREDATOR, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, INCREDIBLES 2, and the LORD OF THE RINGS sequels. Iris is less helpful, having somehow enjoyed THE PHANTOM MENACE. Contains spoilers!
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8 min - Int Style | Movie Permission Slips | 170
Would Iris sign a permission slip letting her daughter watch INTERSTELLAR, JOJO RABBIT, AMADEUS, or TOP GUN: MAVERICK? Wes puts her to the test as they debate what kids should be allowed to watch, America’s curious comfort with violence over sex, and the inevitable truth that they’re going to see all this stuff eventually anyway. Contains spoilers!
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7 min - Int Style | Isolation Movies | 169
How much movie can one person carry alone? Iris and Wes dig into isolation movies like CAST AWAY, ALL IS LOST, 127 HOURS, and BURIED. Plus, claustrophobia and the questionable high-school practice of riding in car trunks. Contains spoilers!
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8 min - ZERO DARK THIRTY | Or Whatever Movies | 352
KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH begins in the shadows with special guest Mark Netter of Film Generations and a movie about a cipher obsessed with finding a cipher. You guessed it: ZERO DARK THIRTY. Join us as we dig into obsession, intelligence, ambiguity, and the decade-long hunt at the center of Bigelow’s relentless thriller. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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34 min - Int Style | What Makes Dude-Actors Hot? | 168
What makes a male movie character hot? Or Whatever Movies asks in the name of science, while weighing confidence, sensitivity, solemnity, accents, hair, and the apparently crucial ability to be emotionally available.
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9 min - Int Style | Who Are You Talking To? | 167
Who do Iris and Wes imagine listening when they record? Stephen King writes for his wife, Wes has Kelly Rae, and Iris has filmmakers she’d still like to work with. Plus, the dreaded “What did you think?,” 450 episodes of AI training data, and Iris tells Wes “do you” with predictable results.
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7 min - Int Style | Fade or Stay? | 166
From Waititi to AI, which movie, or movie-adjacent, trends will fade or stay in this today’s dose of whatever? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.
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10 min - Int Style | Only Bad Options | 165
Not only are the options bad but they are also increasingly absurd in today’s daily dose of whatever. Shout out to all the thumb choker-wearing Uncle Jerry’s! Contains spoilers.
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11 min - Int Style | Change My Mind: The Hangover | 164
Is Alan from THE HANGOVER not quite what he seems? Gain a new appreciation for a darker version of this beloved comedy in today’s Change My Mind. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.
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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.