Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast

This week: don't bet against James Cameron. For our 420th episode and final installment of 2022, all four hosts dig into Avatar: The Way of Water (NOT THE WAY OF THE WATER) and critically examine James Cameron's latest film that showed us some things we hadn't seen before. ALL spoilers this week, because the movie is long and has some stuff in it we had to talk about. Re-join us in the first week of the new year for our TOP TENS 2022! Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Holiday Song 2:39 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 420! Reviews! 9:20 – Avatar: The Way of Water 1:16:20  – Outro  

This week, everyone finally digs into Sam Mendes' Empire of Light, then transition into Women Talking (no spoilers), then a full discussion of The White Lotus Season 2, spoilers throughout, that is so shocking Patches up and disappears off the podcast. Somehow, next week is Avatar: Way of the Water episode and it's…episode 420? Hell yeah. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Underwater Creature 1:56 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 419! Review! 5:24 – Tidbit – Empire of Light 21:55 – Mini-Segment – Women Talking 40:19 – Segment 3 –  The White Lotus Season 2 1:06:37  – Outro  

This week, everyone had a week of chaos last week either due to family or work obligations, so we thought we'd take it easy on the format with another PANDEMIC CHECK-IN. After a review heavy start, this show without a format barrels through some movies we've all been watching trying to catch up for the end of the year. Armageddon Time! Aftersun! Bones and All! Living! and some other random topics like briefly touching on the new Sight and Sound poll. CHAOS IS A LADDER. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Theatrical Memory Redux 5:16 – Episode 418!  1:22:18  – Outro  

This week, the whole crew is back in the War Room so Katey and Da7e can talk about The Menu (in theaters!), the odd theatricial run of Glass Onion (not in theaters anymore) and convene for the newest Spielberg, The Fabelmans (in theaters!). Since these things were in theaters, NO SPOILERS in this discussion! Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  A Santa 1:35 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 417! Review! 10:53 – Tidbit – The Menu 23:56 – Mini-Segment – Galss Onion Was In Theaters 39:19 – Segment 3 –  The Fabelmans 1:08:32  – Outro  

This week,  Da7e, Katey, and special returning guest Joanna Robinson (Don't tell anyone, it's our secret!) jump into a War Room while the Patches and Ehrlich Clans take a sick week. The three friends get together to discuss the freshest pop culture topics from their various areas of expertise including Disney's Bob Switch, The Crown, and…sigh…Twitter.   Format: Chaos_Reigns_Antichrist_Fox.gif (this is not a GIF you are missing, it is a text-based GIF joke)

This week, we're talking a lot of Marvel! First, Patches leads David, Katey and Da7e through a quiz-like competition to remember all the Marvel Cinematic Universe post-credits scenes. Then, because there is so much to talk about, the foursome spends the rest of the episode discussing Wakanda Forever, jumping into spoilers at 57 mins and 32 seconds in. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Best Meal 2:06 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 415! NO REVIEWS: PUNISHMENT 9:22 – Tidbit – Marvel Post-Credits Trivia 41:11 – Segment 3 –  Wakanda Forever (Spoilers start at 57:32) 1:09:48  – Outro  

This week, are we going to be friends after this? That's a question asked by Banshees of Inisherin (in theaters now) and the group dives in to review it. Then, a mini-segment about TV certain hosts are not watching (featuring pleas to watch Andor and The Crown Season 5), before finally the hosts dive into Weird: The Al Yankovic Story which you can watch on The Roku Channel. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Who Plays Us? 2:34 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 414! Reviews! 19:29 – Tidbit – Banshees of Inisherin 33:32 – Mini Segment –  What We Don't Watch 45:24 – Segment 3 –  Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 1:09:48  – Outro  

This week, Henry Selick's newest stop motion movie (the first since Coraline) has been dropped on Netflix and it is A LOT, and that includes beautiful. Everyone discusses the movie, then drifts off into other pop culture when Patches asks for gift ideas and then everyone dives into "the discourse" around if we're leaving Twitter in the Musk Era. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Add a Trump 1:11 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 413! Review! 6:33 – Tidbit – Wendell and Wild 25:54 – Mini Segment –  A Patches Question 37:36 – Segment 3 –  Are we leaving Twitter? 1:04:13  – Outro  

This week, Patches, Da7e, and David all saw Black Adam and try to warn you off of it. Then, it's spooky season and David went to a cabin in the woods, so everyone talks about what they're watching for Halloween. Finally, FINALLY!, Katey, David, and Da7e have seen Tár and we finally get to talk about it! Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Da7e (@da7e)  Patches (@misterpatches), and  David (@davidehrlich) . Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round:  Classical Drop 2:28 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 412! Mobile Gaming Madness! 9:22 – Tidbit – Black Adam 32:26 – Mini Segment –  Halloween Watches 44:28 – Segment 3 –  Tár​ 1:07:48  – Outro