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With Special Guest Neil Miller! This week, Katey Rich finally has Charlie Gul'Dan and David's on assignment, so Matt Patches and Da7e invite Film School Rejects' Neil Miller over from the Citadel of Crazytown to fight in our war room. This week, the guys all like Swiss Army Man, the Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe […]
It's our fifth Quell as Fighting in The War Room, and one of us is super pregnant. With Katey Rich's due date passed, each host picks a movie that they would pass on to the next generation, even if that generation isn't biologically theirs. We go in the order of "most likely to have children in wedlock" […]
Each Host Replaced By The Person Who Puts Up With Them It’s our fourth Quell as Fighting in The War Room (and our 2nd 100th episode as a foursome), and we’ve all stopped going it alone. It’s time to meet the significant others, the people who have put up with us podcasting multiple times a week […]
Let’s Talk Literal Escapism This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David kick things off with Finding Nemo and it’s upcoming sequel Finding Dory. Patches doesn’t remember liking Nemo and is suspcious of Dory, so David tries to help. Then, Patches has two documentaries he wants to pimp in the mini segment Tickle, about an online tickling group […]
Katey Played Warcraft before seeing Warcraft This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David want to talk about Zoos as entertainment and/or cruelty. Some news items have Patches wondering if documentaries or even virtual reality provides the same connection to the other things in the world while Da7e “well, actually”s the premise. Before all that, Katey saw […]
We ALL Want a Do-Over Please Note: Da7e suffered from verbal dyslexia during Fighting In The War Room Episode 120 and knows that he said “Casual” every time he meant “Causal.” Rest assured his soul has died 1000 deaths since then and he’s eternally sorry. Thank you for letting us know, you can stop now. […]
X-Men: Part 9 This week, David, Katey, and Patches graduate from Xavier’s School for Gifted Film Snobs and take on X-Men: Apocalypse, the latest installment of the 2CFMCU (20th Century Fox Marvel Cinematic Universe). Is it… the apocalypse?? That and your answers to our mutant related lightning round question in this week’s review episode. Take […]
It’s Not A Paradox This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David fix their audio and deliver a whole show! AMC has finally brought a Preacher adaptation to screen? Is it working for our hosts, who didn’t read the graphic novel (except for Da7e, who did)? Then, Independence Day: Resurgence released an almost 5 minute trailer. That is too long. […]
Smoking Joints, Talking About Life This week, David, Patches, and Katey tackle a double feature: Shane Black’s Nice Guys and Nicholas Stoller’s Neighbors 2. Both involve smoking joints and talking about life. But do they both work? That and answers to our Neighbors 2-themed lightning round question on this week’s review episode. Take a listen, […]
When Segment 3 Got Deleted This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David suffer some technical difficulties, so this week’s segment 3 about hte “Game of Thrones” phenomena had to get cut (it was full of static and pauses, you would have hated it). After a now ironic couple of reviews that include audio quality knocks, the team […]
With returning guest Jordan Hoffman! This week, Dave, Katey, Patches, and special guest Jordan Hoffman of The Guardian invest all their critical thoughts into two cinematic options: Money Monster, the latest from director Jodie Foster, and High-Rise, Ben Wheatley’s dystopian fever dream. Are George Clooney and Julia Roberts feeling bullish? Did Tom Hiddleston charm their […]
Plus, David is a Fanboy about Radiohead This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David hear you: That Captain America: Civil War review last Friday was divisive. Our comments and Twitters felt the force of Civil War fans who felt David and Patches went too hard on the film, so this week as a way of using […]
It’s 2 vs. 2 in the battle of the newest MCU installment This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e assemble again to review yet another Marvel movie. You know what it is, how could you avoid it? It’s Captain America: Civil War! Two hosts liked/loved it, two hosts dislike/hated it. It’s our very own Civil War. Take […]
With Special Guest Chris Plante! This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are joined for a third segment by Chris Plante of TheVerge.com because David was forced to see video game film adaptation of Ratchet and Clank and we thought maybe an expert video game opinion was required to answer some of the deeper questions of the film’s mere existence. […]
Queen Bey in the North This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David celebrate a weekend where even non-subscribers had access to HBO. That means everyone got to check out the Season 6 premiere of Game of Thrones, maybe television’s last great watercooler show. They reflect on the loss of Prince in a mini-segment, then dig into Beyoncé’s […]
With returning guest Joe Reid of Decider! This week, Katey, Patches, and special guest Joe Reid of Decider and the Extra Hot Great podcast gaze into the magical mirror of their local AMC multiplex and wonder, “Mirror, Mirror, on the 60-foot wall, which fantasy franchise is the fairest of them all?” The answer is not […]
We’re alive, dammit. This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David pour over the second season of Netflix’s The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and its reception. Then, David is on the ground at the Tribecca Film Festival 2016 and has some quick hits from the ongoing fest. Finally, the success of The Jungle Book has the gang looping around […]
It’s a review menagerie! This week, Kitty Rich, Matt Pooches, and David Ehrliphant brave the wild for Disney’s reimagined Jungle Book. Jon Favreu’s live-action take wants to be like the original, wants to walk like the original, and wants to talk like the original. FITWR’ll see if it’s true. Plus, answers to our talking animal lightning round […]
Plus, David breaks down and watches OJ This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David all unite to talk about movies once again, except for a mini-segment where David breaks his No Ryan Murphy Rule because he has a subway commute, that’s about TV. Girlfight director Karyn Kusama is back with The Invitation, a suspense/horror/dinner-party movie that is […]
Hardcore. This week, Da7e heads to the West Coast for business, so Katey, David, and Patches bring their East Coast Bernie Sanders impressions to the war room. What trash TV are we watching? Are video games more influential than movies to today’s modern filmmakers? Who’s The Boss? All questions answered on this week’s show. Take […]
With Returning Guest Joanna Robinson!! This week, Katey, Patches, and special guest Joanna crack open some beers and head back to their college days for a raucous review of Richard Linklater’s new hang out movie, Everybody Wants Some!! Plus, we pick your answers to our spiritual sequel lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or […]
There are no small parts, just small…whatever. This week, David Ehrlich takes a sudden vacation to switch jobs, so Katey, Patches and Da7e have run of the war room. After a review that asks for fewer political opinions, the group unwisely decides to talk about the Tribecca Film Festival scheduling the anti-vaccination documentary Vaxxed: From Cover-Up […]
God Vs. Knight. Day Vs. Night. Dust Vs. Night. This week, Patches, David and Da7e finally get to see Zack Snyder’s sequel to Man of Steel, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, after being aware that it was coming since 2013. What does Warner Bros’ biggest super-franchise gamble actually end up looking like? Turns out […]
Each Host Replaced By The Person Who Puts Up With Them This week, we’re changing up the format for our 100th Episode Full Quell Special! It’s our fourth Quell as Fighting in The War Room (and our 2nd 100th episode as a foursome), and we’ve all stopped going it alone. It’s time to meet the significant others, the […]
Back to the bunker. This week, Da7e and Patches both saw Zootopia and Da7e’s crazy animation brain got spinning on anthropomorphized animals by Disney and how being “on style” can help and hurt in 3D animation. Them, Katey’s pretty sure there’s a Divergent movie coming out an no one cares, should we care? Finally a follow […]
Monsters come in many forms. One of those is man. This week, Patches, Katey, and David wake up in a bunker and are told that a second Cloverfield movie exists. This time, it’s not a found footage movie about a giant monster from the ocean but a three-handed thriller between John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and […]
The other thing is Venom. This week, Patches and David kick things off with a review of Terrence Malik’s newest, Knight of Cups, because there wasn’t a review episode last Friday (Patches was stuck on a train). Then, Katey asks Da7e what’s up with Sony annoucing that they’ve rebooted the solo Venom movie, because she’s […]
This week, Katey phones in from California where she was covering The Academy Awards for Vanity Fair! Da7e, Patches and David also watched the ceremony and discuss the telecast after some harsh reviews. Then, Katey spills on the Vanity Fair after-party before all four hosts comment on every award . Take a listen, embed and/or […]
Episode VIII has begun. The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It’s time to fight in the galactic war room for the foreseeable future! We’ll never see STAR […]
Plus The Mermaid and a segment called “Alex Proyas: Good Director?” Katey has disappeared to prepare for Oscar coverage, so Da7e, Patches and David strike up another Brocast. First, With Gods of Egypt coming to theaters this week, Patches wants to ask: “Alex Proyas: good director?” Then, David catches Patches and Da7e up on China’s […]
The Witch, Deadpool’s success, and a Listener-prompted segment! Absent a Patches, Katey, Da7e and enemy of Fox news David Ehrlich are free to hear David’s thoughts on A24’s first wide release The Witch that comes out this Friday and discuss with Da7e how Deadpool could have become such a massive financial hit. Then, a comment […]
And the Best Picture Oscar is still up for grabs. This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David all watched the Broncos from Da7e’s home state of Colorado defeat the Carolina Panthers but were pretty disappointed in the way that 2016’s upcoming blockbuster movies were advertised, except for David, who liked the Batman V. Superman: Dawn of […]
It’s Coen time. This week, Patches, Katey, and David put on their tap shoes, adjust their flapper caps, and head back to the golden age of Hollywood to review the latest Coen brothers movie, Hail, Caeser. Plus, your answers to our actors-playing-actors lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from […]
Ya-The-Wan-Tha-I-Whant. Hoo. Hoo. Hoo. Honey This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are all reunited in the War Room to discuss Fox’s Grease: Live! and how it changed the game as far as broadcast live musicals go. Then, because Pride, Prejudice and Zombies is finally coming out, the gang wonders how Seth Grahame-Smith happened. Finally, when […]
David and Patches are in Park City, Utah This week, another Sundance Film Festival has Patches and David off in the snowy mountains, watching a ton of movies most of us won’t get to see for months. As per usual, we have a dispatch from the festival as the main segment on this episode. Meanwhile, back […]
It sure was hard to make This week, Katey, Patches, and David review The Revenant—the perfect blizzard listening. Do they seek revenge against one another or all curl up inside a dead horse? That, and a bunch of other nonsense. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: […]
10 Cloverfield Lane and the state of True Crime This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e discuss what the new Bad Robot surprise movie 10 Cloverfield Lane could be about, if it relates to the previous surprise movie with Cloverfield in the title and what Katey thought about it since we finally made her watch […]
With returning guest Jordan Hoffman! This week, David, Katey, Patches, and special guest Jordan Hoffman move the war room to a secret CIA base in Libya to fight about 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, the ripped-from-headlines action movie from director Michael Bay. Where do they stand? Find out, along with answers to this week’s […]
What we've learned about the universe since The Force Awakens The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It's time to fight in the galactic war room for the […]
R.I.P. David Bowie This week, Katey, Patches and Da7e have recovered David to give their reactions to the 73rd Annual Golden Globes, the maybe-doesn’t-matter awards presentation put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press. Also, Katey is wondering if maybe the dumping ground of January has shortened itself and all four hosts mourn the passing of […]
Nobody wins. This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and Joanna all traveled to real theaters to see an Ultra Panavision 70 movie shot and projected on honest-to-God celluloid: The Hateful Eight 70mm Roadshow. Quentin Tarantino’s latest is a Western potboiler in two acts with a bunch of characters who are trapped together in a snowstorm inside […]
With returning host Joanna Robinson! This week, Katey, Patches and Da7e have swapped out a David for often requested podcast co-host Joanna Robinson! First, Patches and Joanna discuss MTV’s new (and crazy sounding) fantasy adaptation, The Shannara Chronicles. Is the duo sold on the concept? Can they convince Da7e or Katey to tune in? Then, Patches wants everyone’s […]
The Sixth 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 Top 5 of the year. If we've previously mentioned or reviewed these films they've […]
An All FORCE AWAKENS Episode The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It's time to fight in the galactic war room. In the third Star Wars Special, Katey […]
Fighting in the Star Wars Room This week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey have all seen J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. You probably have too! If you have, you want to talk about it. If you haven't, prepare to pause this episode or delve into spoilers. Yes, spoilers. The first 29 minutes […]
Plus The Force Awakens speculations The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It's time to fight in the galactic war room. In the second Star Wars Special, Matt […]
The financial sky is falling This week, David, Patches, and Katey bet against the banks, make a billion dollars, then quit the podcasting business. Just kidding. They made a billion dollars and decided to review The Big Short. They also pick answers to a lightning round question about celebrity cameos. Take a listen, embed and/or […]
The Phantom Menace > Return of the Jedi The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It's time to fight in the galactic war room. In the first of […]
Circling back to Spotlight and listening to critic's circles This week, the podcasters have lost Da7e to a galaxy far, far away, so Katey, Patches and David talk about the "Best of" lists that have been released thus far and if they have captured 2015's year in movies. Then, Patches has an odd question for […]
Really good or the best? This week, Katey, David, Patches and Da7e convene to talk about what is most likely David Ehrlich's number one movie of the year: Carol. The Todd Haynes directed lesbian love story is set in the 1950s and features Rooney Mara meeting Cate Blanchett's Carol. You seen the tweets, now hear […]
Plus Indie Spirits and Transparent Returns to Amazon. This week, the podcasters have lost David to what they can only assume is Carol-related madness. Katey, Patches and Da7e kick off the final month in the Year of Our Time Lord Dr. Emmett Brown by discussing the Independent Spirit Award nominees that came out this week […]
With Arms Wide Open This week, Katey and David strap on boxing gloves to duke it out over Creed, the seventh, reboot-ish installment of the Rocky franchise. Plus, they read answers to a Stallone-themed lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), […]
With returning guest Joanna Robinson! This week, Netflix has finally released their second Marvel series of the year, Jessica Jones from showrunner Melissa Rosenberg and star Kristen Ritter. David Ehrlich totally liked it, so we brought in a contrarian to face off against David's unexpected Marvel love: Vanity Fair's Joanna Robinson! Jo sticks around […]
For Prim? This week, Katey and Patches grab their bows, strap on their leatherish armor, and set out to revolutionize cumbersome titles by reviewing The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. Did the YA phenomenon go out with a bang? They also pick your answers to a Carol-themed lightning round question. Take a listen, embed […]
And get out your sorting hat! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e stop to consider ACTUAL CANNIBAL Shia Labeouf, who just watched #AllMyMovies (well, his movies) at the Angelika in New York while a camera was pointed at him. Was this art? Are we feeling good about Shia now? Then, Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda has declared […]
Do we still say Brangelina? Or van we finally switch to Angelrad? This week, David, Patches, and Katey travel down by the sea to… oh, you get the joke. Plus the answers to our lighting round question on actor couples who should make movies together. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from […]
This podcast is made up of Jacks and a Jill of all trades. This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e have hopped on the newest Netflix season-long show drop, Aziz Ansari's Master of None. It turns out that the makes on this podcast like it a lot and Da7e and Katey share their pre-Parks and […]
For Your Ears Only This week, David, Patches, and Katey renege their 00-status to go rogue and review Spectre, the 24th installment of the James Bond franchise. Did Sam Mendes license to kill it or should you expect it to die? Find out in our review, where we also answer your lightning round questions on […]
Plus: STAR TREK is coming back to sorta-TV This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e ponder the announcement from this Monday that CBS is launching a new Star Trek TV series that will air on broadcast television before all new episodes being banished to a CBS pay for VOD service. This week also saw the […]
This week, Patches and Katey broadcast from the thick of the Bolivian presidential campaign trail to review Our Brand Is Crisis, the new film from David Gordon Green and Sandra Bullock. They also answer your lightning round questions about which male-starring movies Bullock should remake. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from […]
Did Steve Jobs just bomb? This week, in honor of both Adele's "Hello" and Drake's "Hotline Bling," Katey, David, Patches and Da7e unite to talk about music videos and their purpose in the new audio-visual landscape. Are they a gateway into the narrative film industry or more style over substance and how has this changed […]
Katey, Patches and David have been in this room since forever. This week, Katey, Patches, and David go to Room. They watch Room. They talk Room. They debate Room. They say goodbye to Room. They answer lightning round question in Room. Room. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us […]
And if there's anything out there right now making the case for theater-going This week, Katey, David and Patches are down a Da7e, but still manage to bring the heat with a discussion about David's mysterious dog-related tweet review of the Carrie Mulligan movie Suffragette, then Katey prompts everyone to recommend something they are catching […]
A story with ghosts. This week, David, Katey, and Patches stay a night in the most haunted movie of the year: Crimson Peak. Can they survive the ghastly sights within? Yes. Yes they can. Because they also have to review Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies and answer your Goosebumps-themed lightning round question answers. Take a […]
And renewed debate on The Martian This week, Katey, Da7e and David are at the whim of Patches, who wants them to ask themselves if Ridley Scott's The Martian is a movie of the moment, and if they can agree on what that is. Then, The second season of FX's Fargo has debuted and pushes […]
Way too late for iReview jokes This week, David, Katey, and Patches review Steve Jobs, the latest look at the life of the "Mac Lord" directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin. Michael Fassbender plays the titular character for three scenes before product launches that define his life, but does it work? Katey […]
And everyone's favorite Bond song This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e are in the October and Autumn mood. First off, that means that there is a new season of network television invading our sets and streaming services. Why, with so much good TV on, is it so hard to find something worthy of time […]
(It's between two tall buildings) This week, David, Katey, and Patches teeter on the edge of intelligent and troll-like to review The Walk, the latest spectacle from director Robert Zemeckis. Is it a high-wire act of cinematic proportions or does it stumble and fall? That and answers to our documentary-turned-narrative lightning round question on this […]
And everyone calls their Best Picture shot way too early. This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e are all together although they all haven't watched the same amount of HBO's Project Greenlight. All four of them have at least seen an episode, so they talk about producing a film and representation and if Effie Brown […]
Is good movie season on? This week—oh no! Da7e's stranded on Mars! It looks like David, Patches, and Katey will have to go rescue him. But first, they'll review Ridley Scott's The Martian. That and answers to The Intern-themed lighting round question on this week's review episode. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more […]
And Emmy Streaks discussed. This week, Katey, Patches and David are here to debate the merits of Ryan Adam's cover of Taylor Swift's 1989 album and how this cover album should be followed by a Mandy Moore cover album of Katey Perry. Then: The Emmys were this week and unlike the Oscars, the Emmys are […]
And David mentions Carol even though it's not playing there. This week, Katey, Patches and David are in Toronto. Katey skipped a party to record, Patches has been there about a week, David has been there about three hours, but has pre-screened some awesome films and is fresh off Telluride. Da7e sits out the week […]
And will we remember them later? David has gone to Telluride as Katey, Patches and Da7e stay behind to talk about these dregs of the summer movie season. First, this weekend sees the release of foreign horror movie Goodnight Mommy, Patches and Da7e have both seen it and want to ask Katey if a twist […]
And a short bit on Wes Craven's greatness Katey is back with Da7e, Patches and David and not only did she survive her vacation, she survived the VMAs. This year's MTV Video Music Awards had Da7e feeling old and Miley Cyrus comes up. We lost Wes Craven this weekend, so everyone takes a moment to […]
And is the new Carly Rae Jepsen all we needed it to be? David and Da7e and Patches/Said are BROCASTING once again as Katey goes on vacation. Patches happened to be driving this week, which got him wondering if summer music is easier than blockbuster summer film. Then, Da7e smokes a J while Patches and David […]
Can Disney make Lupita Nyong'o happen? Katey, David and Da7e are down a Patches/Said and instead take some time to reflect on D23 and the the apparent attempt of Disney to increase representation in their films. Then, Katey has some summer movie quote trivia one David is more prepared for than the other. Finally, in […]
Straight Outta straight outta jokes. This week, Katey, David, and Patches go straight out of Compton to the Italian cost to record their new spy-themed rap album. Wait, no. They're reviewing Straight Outta Compton and Man from U.N.C.L.E.. But it'll be just as fun. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all […]
The lost versions of Ant-Man, Fantastic Four and studio-run blockbusters Katey, Patches, David and Da7e form their own Fantastic Four once again to talk about "shadow movies" or films that have been passed off during production or tampered with by the studio. That way we can talk Edgar Wright's scars on Peyton Reed's Ant-Man or […]
What happened to 2015's superhero bomb? In a special review episode, Da7e and Patches convene to discuss the absolute mess that is 20th Century Fox's newest take on The Fantastic Four. Both agree the movie isn't good, but Da7e attempts to talk his way through what happened while Patches gauges just how much fun – […]
The one with the long Jimmy Stewart impression at the top Katey, Patches and Da7e ride without a David this week and on Da7e's actual birthday so everyone is a bit nicer to him and his topics. First, Da7e thought he was going to see Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation this weekend, but couldn't bring himself […]
This podcast will self destruct in 42 minutes and 15 seconds This week, Patches, Katey, and David accept the impossible mission of reviewing Tom Cruise's fifth Mission: Impossible installment, Rogue Nation. Was it a rabbit's foot or is it desperate need of a face (mask) lift? Then, Katey and David head off for Wally World […]
Plus: Is that David Foster Wallace movie a travesty? Katey, Patches and Da7e and David are back to talk about how authors and famous people an how they are portrayed in film. First, everyone but Da7e has seen the David Foster Wallace book-tour movie The End of the Tour and debates what this movie is about […]
Kevin James is an illiterate US President, just to set the mood. There's a new Adam Sandler movie out and it's about video games. The aliens that pretend to be video games probably don't win the day, but can Pixels survive Patches, David and Katey giving it an actual critical reckoning? How was LAST […]
What TV shows did you give up on? Katey, Patches and David continue their amazing pleasant conversations without Da7e around talking about Ant-Man. Katey is watching Friday Night Lights and hit the ever-difficult second season, prompting a conversation about True Detective Season 2 and when we pull the rip-cord on a series that isn't doing […]
Get small and stop drinking? All four hosts are on hand to guide you through this week's releases in the theater (it's summer, we know you're at least considering escaping to the movies). First, David, Katey and Patches throw down about Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow's Trainwreck, for real this time. Then, Da7e speaks up […]
And We Love Paul Rudd Katey, Patches and David soldier on and podcast as Da7e got small and was absent this week. That may have something to do with this week's two film releases, Marvel's Ant-Man and Trainwreck, both discussed on this podcast via our love for Paul Rudd and how we view authorship in […]
Musings from San Diego Couch-Con 2015 This weekend was San Diego Comic-Con and everything that entails. While David quietly rages somewhere and Katey attends a wedding, Da7e and Patches don't have any sane person from holding them back from fully geeking out over Comic-Con's movie fair this year. Da7e describes the Star Wars panel to […]
And the gang solves sexism. In the summer of revolving hosts, Katey is out, the dudes are in and Da7e wants to talk about the theater of going on a good dark ride at an amusement park and how that's like what we want from movies. Then, Patches and David get to get in on […]
Magic Mike and Terminator add sequels this week In this double-stuffed episode, Patches, Katey, and David grind on Magic Mike XXL in the hottest, heaviest fashion. Do we get it up for this studly sequel? Then, Da7e and Patches change the FITWR timeline forever by reviewing Terminator Genisys, the franchise's fifth installment. That and answers […]
And the gang solves sexism. This week, Katey, Patches and David have sent Da7e to 1984 to sire Patches, his future son, so they decide it is high time to talk about male objectification in a mini segment in honor of the upcoming Magic Mike XXL. Also, Patches has watched and ranked every Arnold Schwarzenegger […]
Each Host Brings A Film That Influenced Who They Are This week, we’re changing up the format for our 75th Episode Quarter Quell Special! It’s our third Quell as Fighting in The War Room, and we’re getting all nostalgic again. Katey, Da7e, David and Patches have each brought a film that they wanted to be […]
Is Pixar really back? This week, Katey (Joy), Patches (Sadness), and David (Anger) navigate the mind of Pixar’s latest, Inside Out, to understand what makes it tick. Or just enjoy how lovely it is. Plus, a brief review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more […]
Awe? No. This week, Katey and Patches swap out Daves for a review of Colin Trevorrow’s new Jurassic Park movie, the fourth one, Jurassic World. Will the three hosts be able to look past the groundbreaking original and enjoy this action movie that tries to comment on itself, or is this Spielberg riff to riff-y […]
And isn’t Jurassic Park the best? This week, Katey, Patches and David have sent Da7e to Jurassic World, so they soldier on without him. Cut off from the outside, Katey wants to discuss Sundance’s The Wolfpack and the boys help her out, a mini-segment on Jurassic Park wonders if it’s perfect. Finally, in honor of […]
And which host is which Game of Thrones character? This week – Oh YEAH (Oh Yeah (oh yeah (ohyeah))) it’s an all dude ‘cast as Patches, Da7e and David are down a Katey. It’s appropriate that this is also the week an Entourage movie comes out, so these three guys talk about why the series […]
And we round up Cannes so you don’t have to This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David want to take Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland bait and wonder if liking disaster cinema is feeding into a gross human part of all of us that is cynical and dying. Granted, that’s not what all four hosts believe…let’s just […]
Touch the pin. This week, David, Katey, and Patches are deemed Minus Ultra, and banned from the parallel universe of Tomorrowland. So they settle for the movie version, directed by Brad Bird and written by Damon Lindelof. That and answers to our Mad Men-themed lighting round question on this week’s Fighting in the War Room […]
And our favorite Mad Men quotes Audio Note: This week Katey had to phone it in, but does NOT phone it in. If you get our drift. This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David say goodbye to AMC’s Mad Men, a show we’ve spent almost a decade watching, writing about and thinking about. Which […]
Acca-pocalypse It’s a lovely, lovely day for a drive, listeners. This week Katey, Patches and David are joining the War Boys, the Doof Warrior, Immortan Joe, and of course Furiosa in a journey across the wasteland, as we review Mad Max: Fury Road. For those of you convinced David hates every blockbuster, you really might […]
All four hosts review their seventh Marvel movie together in the regular fashion. It’s that time of the year again, folks: time for the newest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Avengers: Age of Ultron is a super-packed sequel sure to leave you bewildered but pleased, says Da7e. Patches got quoted in a television ad […]
Plus Kirsten Wiig in Welcome to Me This week, Katey, Patches and David are down a Da7e. Patches takes the reigns and wants to talk about director Shara Piven’s Welcome to Me starring Kirsten Wiig before pummeling Katey and David with a round of TRIVIA (it’s been awhile!). Finally, the trio talks about long single takes in […]
With special guests Kate Erbland and Richard Lawson! This week Katey is thrilled to announce the Fighting in the War Room spinoff dedicated solely to Blake Lively, called Reserved for Preserve. Or she could also just be reviewing The Age of Adaline, with special guests Kate Erbland (@Katerbland) and Richard Lawson (@rilaws). Starring Blake […]
And why the answer might be film festivals. This week, Katey, Da7e, David and Patches are coming off that week with the Star Wars trailer. OK, Patches isn’t watching any Star Wars publicity, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t everywhere. Katey, Patches and David go to Tribecca Film Festival and only physically share the same […]
And their villains are uninteresting This week, Katey, Da7e, and Patches are at the whims of THE EHRLICH, who thinks we talk about superhero movies too much online, on social media and in publications. He wants to discuss why and not so much the upcoming superhero films. Then, on a stay-cation with his girlfriend, David […]
With returning guest Jordan Hoffman! This week, Katey, David, and Patches summon Guardian and New York Daily News film critic Jordan Hoffman to conduct a Turing Test, to see they really have the brains for this sorta thing. The results are debatable. But, hey, at least this review of Ex Machina is fun! That, a […]
And our wants for Game of Thrones This week, Katey, Da7e and THE EHRLICH are at the whims of astral dog Patches, who watched Steven Spielberg’s Always recently and wants to talk about this oft-forgotten entry in the Spielberg canon. After putting out those fires, Patches wants out ghosts to whisper in his ear the […]
Vroom Vroom. Family. This week, Patches, Katey, and David ride or die into the latest installment of Vin Diesel’s bros-with-cars-and-guns franchise, Torque. Wait, no, Furious 7. We’re reviewing Furious 7. Plus reading your answers to this week’s lighting round question on child stars we’re waiting to see break out! All that on this week’s review […]
And some Get Hard This week Katey and Patches journey to the wild mountains of western North Carolina in search of timber fortunes, beautiful 1930s hairdos, and a falcon that lands on your wrist. Can they solve the mystery of how a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper went straight to VOD? Find out […]
What do you keep and what goes to the loser’s bracket? This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are reunited to talk about…Scholastic’s Goosebumps Bracket, rating the original RL Stine books. Da7e’s read most of them, but is wondering who this Tumblr poll is for. Then, Katey shames the guys for not following through with […]
No Glass Can Stop Us This week, Katey and Patches shatter reality by entering a world where bullfighting is still legal in Barcelona. It’s a review double feature, a little Gunman here, a little Insurgent there. That, and answers to this week’s lighting round on glass-breaking spectacle, on this week’s FITWR review episode. Take a […]
What would a Garry Marshall St Patrick’s Day movie look like? This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e are down a David. Patches is inspired by his job’s TV Reboot Tournament and wants to know what TV shows we’d reboot (Da7e has the best answer), then all three hosts group-pitch their version of a Garry Marshall St. […]
Plus Run All Night This week, Katey and Patches close their eyes and wish to escape the hellish world they call home. They don’t, but their fairy godmother does arrive, to bippity boppity boop them into worthy patrons of Kenneth Branagh’s live-action Cinderella adaptation. Can they deliver their thoughts before the stroke of midnight? It’s that, […]
Who You Gonna Call? This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are all back. First up, a more personal story from David about his weekend with his girlfriend re-creating some moments from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but this segment has an ending you won’t want to forget! Then, it’s time to talk about […]
Plus: David Goes to A Porn Festival This week, Katey, Da7e and David are down a Patches, so we’ll never know what Matt thinks about Grey Gardens, the 1979 documentary about a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale and the documentarians who discovered their…odd…reclusive lifestyle. The doc is being re-released and Katey just saw it […]
Plus: Oscar Reactions and BOOOOOOKS This week, Katey, Da7e and Patches are down a David, so we’ll never know just how pleased he was when Birdman took home the Best Picture Oscars. Patches and Katey have some words for the NPH-hosted telecast, then a mini-segment where we semi-annually talk about stuff we’re reading (usually when […]
But not a Review! This week, we hold off reviewing movies for essential prognostication. Katey, David, and Patches assemble for Oscar talk, predicting winners, raising eyebrows at snubs, and namedropping for the sake of namedropping. Plus, your answers to our Hot Tub Time Machine 2-themed lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; […]
Plus: Actually Inspiring Sports Movies This week, Katey, Da7e, David and Patches quickly want to go over this Sunday’s SNL40. Not the greatest SNL, not the worst SNL, but SNL for SNL’s sake, so they have to break down what that means. Then: When is it news, when is it entertainment and when is it […]
Which Host(s) Fell For The Red Room? This week, Katey, Patches, and David combine two secret lives to become some of the only super spy/sadomasochists in the world. Or they just review Fifty Shades of Grey and Kingsman: Secret Service. One of those. Find out which on this week’s review episode. Take a listen, embed […]
And Empire: Literally the Super Bowl for African American Women? This week, Katey, Da7e, David and Patches respond to and debate around Devin Faraci’s BadAssDigest.com post “What Are ‘The Movies’ Anyway?”. With television and internet video as prevalent and accessible as it is, what place does defining a “feature film” have any more? What will […]
HOVER BOOTS! This week, Patches, Katey, and David embark on a cross-universe journey in search of the Earth’s rightful owner. Hover boots are worn, giant lizards are fought, and half-elephant/half-man people are admired. Yes, we’re talking Jupiter Ascending, the latest from the Wachowskis. Is it the next Matrix or the next Battlefield Earth? That and brief gushing over the Magic […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Plus Top Five! This week, Katey and Patches embark on a spirit journey to reach higher understanding of Wild, the latest film from Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée. Starring Reese Witherspoon as memoirist Cheryl Strayed, whose real hike across the Pacific Crest Trail is chronicled in an Oscar-friendly new biopic. Is the movie worth the trek or does […]
Plus 2014 Gift Guide! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e are back with some 2014 clean-up activities. First, Patches wants to know what media or narrative experience from 2014 we’d put on our Top Ten lists if we weren’t so strict about the “only movies” rule. Then, each host takes on a good idea […]
Each Host Brings A Film On Their Mindset This week, we’re changing up the format for our 50th Episode Quarter Quell Special! It’s been a long time podcasting for Katey, Da7e, David and Patches, so each host brought a film that timestamps something about their mindset right now. Newly married Katey sees marriage in Neighbors, […]
And fear Babadook! This week, David, Katey, and Patches work tirelessly to create their own Christopher Machine, a proto-computer capable of cracking the code within the new biopic The Imitation Game. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as scientist Alan Turing in this WWII-themed espionage drama, but does his gravitas bring enough life to the straightforward biopicisms? Find […]
Plus Katey Rich’s Movie Quote Trivia Returns! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e have heard tell the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser is going to be in a select number of theaters and are all pretty much in favor of the theatrical trailer experience. Then, inspired by Babadook, each host recommends some performances […]
And a brief review of A Girl Walks Home Alone This week, Patches, David, and Katey incite revolt against (or in the name of?) the latest Hunger Games installment, Mockingjay – Part 1. Is Katniss still the hero we need? #TeamPeeta or #TeamGale? Can David name any of the characters in the movie? All this and […]
Plus Dumb and Dumber To and Beyond The Lights This week, Patches, Katey and David head to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seuol to wrestle with Foxcatcher, the latest drama from Moneyball and Capote director Bennett Miller. A grueling match for some, a blood-pumping challenge for others, Foxcatcher arrives to prestige season as one […]
Plus Katey Rich’s Movie Quote Trivia Returns! This week, Katey, Patches, David and Da7e throw down in another installment of movie quote trivia in the mini-segment! These quotes were pulled from the years #50-100 grossing movies, so it’s a bit more tough on our hosts. The real meat, though, is a discussion of HBO’s Miniseries […]
And Big Hero 6 is mentioned. This week, David, Patches, and Katey blast off on a three-year mission to the furthest reaches of our universe, where space-time becomes so warped, that even a heady, composed blockbuster like Interstellar can come into existence. We’ll talk about the latest from Christopher Nolan in non-spoiler and spoiler-heavy sections, […]
Featuring Katey Rich and Elizabeth Taylor’s Corpse In Space This week, Joanna Robinson takes the reigns to bring her residency to a climactic happy ending, much like romantic comedies. That’s right, Manhattan Love Story and A to Z failed at bringing serialized rom-com to the TV screen so it’s time to examine this genre: can […]
With Returning Guest Jordan Hoffman! This week The Guardian and New York Daily News film critic Jordan Hoffman joins David and Patches for a ride into the underbelly of movie podcasting. It’s not as glittery as it looks. Sometimes you’re ambulance chasing the latest DOA blockbusters. Sometimes you’re looking to get off on the sweet, […]
The Mystery Of Missing Robinson This week, Katey, Patches, and David are at the whims of crazy horror, monster and dubstep-obsessed Da7e who wants to revisit American Horror Story in honor of their fourth anthology entry Freak Show and wants to dive deep into Hollywood’s portrayal of movie monsters from the golden age of the […]
Plus John Wick, The Heart Machine and CITIZENFOUR This week, Patches and David wander in one continuous take around the animated, existentially empowered Birdman. The new comedy from 21 Grams and Biutiful director Alejandro González Iñárritu has a lot on its mind — or does it? — and the Fighting in the War Room guys suit […]
Plus Foreign Comedies That Are Still Funny This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e, Joanna and David discuss The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a book about autism that Patches recently saw adapted into a Broadway play, then the gang each has a pick of a foreign language film that didn’t lose it’s comedy […]
TankMan LaMoustache This week, David, Patches, and Katey strap into a Sherman tank to take on Fury, the latest from End of Watch director David Ayer. Starring Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, and Shia The Beef, Fury is a muscle-laden WWII movie with action and broship on its mind. Does it storm into battle or peter […]
Animation 2014: Such A Good Year? This week, Katey, Patches, Joanna and David delve into a conversation about NYFF’s documentary that’s all the buzz: Laura Poitras’ CITIZENFOUR. After everyone sinks their teeth in, David wants to talk about how good 2014 has been for animation since he saw The Book of Life. Finally in honor of Fury and […]
DRUMS! This week, Katey, Patches, and David rush and drag and rush and drag to find the right beat to drum for Whiplash, the Miles-led musical drama that wowed at festivals and finally hits theaters this week. Before they bang it out, Katey and Patches yell some drunken, Brooklyn-style profanity at St. Vincent, the latest […]
The Judge, Inherent Vice and Film as a way of Getting Butts into Theaters This week, Katey, Patches and David all got to see Inherent Vice and talk amongst themselves while Da7e bides his time until December when he gets to see it with the rest of you. Katey’s Tidbit questions if Robert Downey Jr […]
And All We Found Was This Trusty Diary This week, David, Patches and Katey dig into David Fincher’s newest airport novel adaptation, Gone Girl with Ben Affleck and Rosamond Pike. Oh, and Tyler Perry. Is it the deliciously elevated schlock David has been hinting at? Let’s find out! Take a listen, embed and/or download below; […]
Emma Watson’s UN Speech, The Boxtrolls and “Airport Books” This week, Katey returns to find Da7e, Patches, Joanna and David still chillin, talking about things like Ello that she’ll never understand. Instead, the group all dives into Emma Watson’s speech about Feminism at the UN and the reaction to it, then they wonder if Laika’s […]