This week – Fighting In The War Room is fighting outside the War Room FOR THE THIRD TIME as all four hosts return to the Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Podcast! Annie and David host a pub-quiz style trivia show centered around (difficult) Oscar Trivia with your four hosts operating as two teams: Patches and Katey and […]
A Long Podcast About The Best Movies of 2022 It was a tough year at theaters in 2022, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a handful of standout films that worked incredibly well for the majority of your four hosts. You know the format – Katey, David, Patches and Da7e take their time describing all […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week, Patches and Da7e get two segments to try and draw Katey and David into She-Hulk (which completed its first season on Disney Plus) and Halloween Ends (which completes David Gordon Green's Halloween Trilogy), then they're all too tired to talk about Tar this week, so the third segment becomes a review of The […]
This week, David is out for parenting reasons, so Katey, Patches and Da7e convene in the War Room. First, Patches and Da7e dig into the new Hellraiser movie that went directly to Hulu. Is this reboot better than the horrible sequels? Then, Patches leads an appreciation segment about Angela Lansbury who passed away this week […]
This week, everyone's running around, so a two-segment show was devised. First, Da7e and Katey dig into Hocus Pocus 2 (now on Disney Plus!) and if it lives up to the original. Then, David, Patches, and Da7e talk about the dualing prestige fantasy series currently dominating the TV conversation with Rings of Power Vs. House […]
This week, let's talk about some MOVIES. First up, Da7e and David finally get to talk about Barbarian, a horror movie in theaters that you should NOT BE SPOILED ON, so we don't. Then, Katey reports back from the re-release of Avatar, now in theaters and in 3D. Finally, Katey, Da7e, and David talk about […]
This week, everyone is back in the War Room! Katey, Da7e, David, and Patches start a low-stakes Oscars pool for four categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress) in a manner that will surely lose most of them money. Then, Katey has some questions about he new Pinnochio streaming on Disney Plus. Finally, […]
This week, everyone is tired from travelling, film festivals, fantasy shows, and children, so an attendence-optional War Room Free For All ropes in Da7e, Katey, and special returning guest Joanna Robinson (Don't tell anyone, it's our secret!). The three friends get together to discuss the freshest pop culture topics from their various areas of expertise. […]
This week, there's not a ton in theaters, so we look ahead (peering at the upcoming glut of film festivals) to give you a "Fall" preview that actually goes through the rest of the year. Then, Katey, Patches, and Da7e talk about Only Murders In The Building Season 2 without spoiling who did it, finally, […]
This week, everyone is back in the War Room! Da7e, David and Patches all watched The Rehearsal on HBO Max and NEED to talk about it (SPOILERS ABOUND!), then, Katey, David and Patches have been sharing real moments with the BeReal app, including an announcement about FITWR Generation 2. Finally, Katey, Patches and Da7e all […]
This week, Da7e is out, so Katey, Patches, and David convene in the War Room for a show that TECHNICALLY has segments. First up, Patches likes She-Hulk! And because David thinks all Marvel TV is a waste of time, the conversation bleeds into a plug for Better Call Saul, which wrapped up its run this […]
This week, Katey, Patches, and David all got to see each other on the East Coast and Patches and Katey even got to watch Thirteen Lives together! For the mini-segment, Da7e and Patches try to entice you to check out Sandman on Netflix, then all the guys discuss Prey, the new Predator movie streaming on […]
This week, we're back to normal episodes as we march to FITWR 500 with somewhat regular topics. First, based of Bullet Train and The Princess (on Hulu) your hosts debate what "John Wickification" of action movies means. Then, Da7e (childless) likes Bluey! Should you like Bluey? Finally, FITWR gets around to NOPE, a movie that […]
Eric B—— is the Zodiac? It's another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! It has been 100 episodes since our last Call-In Show that we hosted on Zoom, but this time we got to live stream it to YouTube so people in the waiting room weren't relegated to silence. Maybe you caught this one live […]
This week – Fighting In The War Room is fighting outside the War Room ONCE AGAIN for a return appearence on Quiz Quiz Bang Bang! Annie and David host a pub-quiz style trivia show centered around Summer Blockbusters with your four hosts operating as two teams in a REMATCH: President Merkin Muffley (featuring Patches and Katey) Vs. […]
This week, in honor of Emmy nominations and some good spring TV that went overlooked, we spend the whole episode talking about current and future TV. Katey, Patches, and Da7e cover Ms. Marvel, The Bear, and Westworld in addition to discussing the newest Emmy noms. SPOILER GONGS IN BOTH SEGMENTS FOR WHEN WE TRANSTION INTO […]
This week, Katey is on vacation with her family, and Patches has been reading comics, so Da7e does a lot of talking, first about Stranger Things 4 Volume 2, which dropped on Netflix July 1st and sort of points to the end of the series, then David and Da7e try to get Patches excited about […]
This week, everyone is back in the War Room and has seen the main move: Baz Luhrman's Elvis, which is in theaters now and is…a lot. Before Katey, Patches, Da7e and David dive into this week's long review segment, they dive into a general discussion about what happened in America with reproductive rights and the […]
This week, David's on vacation, so Patches, Katey, and Da7e convene to talk about Pixar's newest theatrical release Lightyear, which is…strange. Strange enough that they have to talk about the end (Listen for the spoiler gong to hop off and go unsullied). Then, Katey has a bone to pick with the release strategy of Good […]
This week, there's a rotating door on this War Room, and Da7e is your constant. First, Katey and David tell Da7e about Hustle, the new Adam Sandler Netflix movie that is…good! Then, Katey and David leave the pod for Patches, Da7e, and ScreenCrush's Matt Singer to answer Patches' very specific question from this week. Finally, […]
This week, David is not-COVID sick, so Katey, Da7e, and Patches convene in the War Room. Da7e and Patches face off over Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ and the scaling up of television to "cinematic television." Then, Patches wants to know about paying more for green energy in this week's Dumb Question mini-segment. Finally, everyone dove […]
