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

This week, everyone’s in the war room and we kick it off by talking about On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, a Rungano Nyoni film that is slowly rolling out in theaters finally. Then, Katey and David talk about their children seeing Paddington In Peru (AKA Paddington 3). Finally, it’s time to see and talk about the oft-delayed Mickey 17 from director Bong Joon-Ho. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches.bsky.social), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Band Could Kill You 1:24 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 503!! Review! E-Mail! 12:49 – Tidbit – On Becoming A Guinea Fowl 22:41 – Mini-Segment – Taking the Kids to Paddington 3 34:13 – Segment 3 – Mickey 17 56:48 – Outro

This week, everyone is back in the War Room to talk about The Academy Awards. First, Da7e and Patches take a James Bond argument from Bluesky and port it over to the podcast, then we talk about the Oscars Broadcast (and Katey being in attendance!). Finally, the Hulu show Paradise has ended and hooked three out of four of our hosts. If you want to talk about the first season or don’t care about spoilers, the last segment is for you. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches.bsky.social), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: CLONES! 2:50 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 502!! E-mails! 24:30 – Tidbit – James Bond Sold To Amazon 34:27 – Mini-Segment – Reactions to the Oscars 1:00:58 – Segment 3 – Paradise Season 1 (SPOILERS!) 1:22:04 – Outro

This week, everyone is back in the War Room for the same format. If it ain’t broke… I guess! First, Da7e saw Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey and was not expecting it to be what is was, so he’s going to try and explain it. Then, Da7e has questions for his co-workers about boycotts that is mostly based out of curiosity. Finally, everyone has some TV they are excited about and we talk mostly about The Pitt before briefly touching on some other shows (and promising to loop back to Paradise and White Lotus). Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches.bsky.social), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Gundam 2:50 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 501!! Reviews! E-mails! 20:25 – Tidbit – The Monkey 35:52 – Mini-Segment – On Boycotts 52:05 – Segment 3 – TV! (The Pitt, Severance, Yellowjackets – No spoilers!) 1:22:56 – Outro

We didn’t cancel the podcast It’s another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell!  We did it, we finally recorded a 500th episode! It’s our third call in show (Episode 300 was a Call-In Show, episode 400 was a call in show, then Katey let us use her Riverside so here’s a new one!). Take a listen as we listen to you and answer your questions a good decade and a half into doing this thing (without ads as some of you mention) Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches.bsky.social), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear!  Format 00:23 – Intro 04:19 – Amy 10:22 – Coby 17:50 – Jordan Hoffman 25:41 – Shruti 34:27 – Warpstone 40:11 – Chris Rosen 46:55 – Tyler 57:07 – Jeremiah 1:03:24 – Failed Imitator 1:12:11 – Joe Reid 1:19:25 – Jeff 1:28:04 – Jeff (a different Jeff) 1:36:25 – Henning Fog 1:44:47 – Ben 1:56:06 – Liam 2:03:00 – Best Captain K 2:13:57 – Andy 2:20:29 – Bennett 2:26:40 – Sasha 2:37:59 – William 2:48:41 – Wrap-up!   Previous Quarter Quells: OpKino Classic: First Quarter Quell (August 26th 2011) OpKino Classic: The 2nd Quarter Quell (Feb. 22nd 2012) OpKino Classic: Storytelling Quarter Quell (Aug 10th 2012) OpKino Classic: Family Interview Full Quell (Feb 8th, 2013) FITWR 025 – The Filmmaking Quarter Quell (June 3rd, 2014) FITWR 050 – QQ2: Movies for the Moment (Dec. 2nd 2014) FITWR 075 – QQ3: Movies We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up. FITWR 100 – Significant Other Full Quell FITWR 125 – Movies We Want to Show (Our) Children FITWR 150 – Movies That Represent What We Want For America FITWR 175 – Revisiting Previous Infamous Discussions FITWR 200 – Foriegn Netflix Quell FITWR 225 – The Lifelong Evolving Obsession Quell FITWR 250 – The New York Movie Quell FITWR 275 – Movie of the Decade Quell FITWR 300 – The Call-In Show FITWR 325 – The Exceeded Expectations Quell FITWR 350 – The Summer Movie Quell FITWR 375 – The Anniversary Quell FITWR 400 – Call in Show 2 FITWR 425 – The Date Quell FITWR 450 – The “Not For You On Paper” Quell FITWR 475 – The Elder Millennial Canon Quell

NEXT MONDAY 2/17 at 9PM EST we are recording EPISODE 500 as another CALL IN SHOW!Links to watch us record it live and ways to participate will be in a pinned post at fightinginthewarroom.com This week, we tried to do a “short one” since Patches is on vacation and Katey was just regaining her voice. However, there were a lot of listener e-mails and then Da7e and David want to talk about Captain America: Brave New World a little bit (with spoilers, I guess, if you haven’t seen the trailers). It was not a short one. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! We get email at fitwr.podcast(at)gmail(dot)com FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Worst Fictional President 2:50- Intro – Welcome to Episode 499.7!! Reviews! E-mails! 40:28 – Captain America: Brave New World 1:09:58 – Outro

This week, everyone shows up in the war room to delay the Quarter Quell yet another week. After Patches and Da7e both felt like January was wasted, Katey organizes a host wellness check-in. Then, Katey and Patches are both into Paradise, the new Hulu show that has a twist at the end of the pilot (they WILL talk about the twist, and they should). Finally, Sundance Online is probably gonna go bye-bye after some piracy issues around a sex scene and a Selina documentary. Time to talk about Piracy again. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: 2/Two/Too 3:14- Intro – Welcome to Episode 499.6!! E-mails! 26:47 – Tidbit – Host Wellness Check-In 46:56 – Mini-Segment – Paradise 58:08 – Segment 3 – Piracy 1:23:32 – Outro

This week, David is back from Sundance but Matt Patches has a (lah-dee-dah) dinner he has to get to answer skips out. First, Da7e notices that they have more emails than normal and suggests they stop skipping and read them. Then, Katey curates a conversation with the guys about Academy Award nominations even though that’s what she’s been doing all week for her job. Then, David leads a conversation about some notable Sundance movies even though that’s what he’s been doing all week for his job. Da7e has a grand old time. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Too Much Trailer 2:14- Intro – Welcome to Episode 499.5!! READING THE E-MAILS! 33:13 – Tidbit – Oscar Nomination Reactions 54:15 – Segment 3 – Sundance 2025 Movies! 1:21:38 – Outro

This week, David has to fly off to Sundance, so we’re postponing whatever our 500th episode (numerically) would be to talk about pop culture in America in 2025. First, somehow Trump returned, so our hosts talk about what they have been ingesting media wise to cope with, ignore, or confront that reality. Then, Katey Rich has a quiz for Patches and Da7e to collaborate on about this year’s upcoming films. Finally, Katey’s husband asks why she doesn’t make new guy friends and Da7e and Patches try to help answer. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social),  Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: BOOOOOOO! 1:41 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 499.25!! E-Mails! 24:34- Tidbit – Trump x2 Coping Media 48:48 – Mini-Segment – New Movies 2025 Quiz 1:12:05 – Segment 3 – Making New Friends as an Adult 1:27:53 – Outro

“It’s a bad podcast!” – David Ehrlich, FITWR 499 We’re sorry for delaying the beginning of 2025 by holding off on our Top Tens 2024 podcast. You know the format – Katey, David, Patches and Da7e take their time describing all the films on their four TOP TEN 2023 lists and number at a time (full lists below the timestamps). 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 ). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear!  FORMAT 00:00 – Introduction 1:17 – Preambles 9:24 – #10s 18:40 – #9s 35:10 – #8s 47:41 – #7s 53:26 – #6s 1:01:21 – #5s 1:16:32 – #4s 1:28:19 – #3s 1:38:59 – #2s 1:57:22 -#1s 2:18:46 – Outro Lists DAVID 10. I Saw The TV Glow9. Nosferatu8. The Beast7. Challengers6. A Different Man5. Do Not Expect Much From The End Of The World4. Anora3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2. No Other Land1. Nickel Boys PATCHES 10. The Beekeeper9 Love Lies Bleeding8. Challengers7. Evil Does Not Exist6 Red Room5. Look Back4. Hard Truths3. Anora2. Rebel Ridge1. Hundreds of Beavers KATEY 10. Thelma9. Blitz8. Flow7. Hard Truths6. I’m Still Here5. Nickel Boys4. Challengers3. A Different Man2. Anora1. The Brutalist DA7E 10. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga9. Flow8. A Real Pain7. Anora6. Challengers5. The Substance4. No Other Land3. A Different Man2. Nickel Boys1. I Saw The TV Glow

This week, everyone’s back in the War Room in 2025 but not quite ready for Top Ten Movies 2024 (that’s coming up next week!), instead they decompress about spending the holidays largely away from new movies, debate Sonic 3 Vs. Mufasa, revisit Black Doves, and felt okay about Squid Game 2. It’s a “special” because it’s long and has no format, right? Donate to David’s Year End Fundraiser – Help Support the Palestine Red Crescent Society! 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: Animals Again 2:42 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 499!! Reviews! E-mails! 17:27 – Holiday Catch-Up Special Content 1:19:30 – Outro