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Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
Katey, Matt, Da7e and David
149 episodes
2 weeks ago
Prolific film and culture critics Katey Rich, Matt Patches, Da7e Gonzales and David Ehrlich take on pop culture topics, film and TV reviews and interview very special guests in bi-weekly installments.
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Prolific film and culture critics Katey Rich, Matt Patches, Da7e Gonzales and David Ehrlich take on pop culture topics, film and TV reviews and interview very special guests in bi-weekly installments.
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Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
531 – Avatar: Fire and Ash





This week, everyone is back in the War Room one more time in 2025 to talk about the third Avatar film from James Cameron – Avatar: Fire and Ash. We all recommend you see this movie if you are worried about spoilers, because we freely talk about everything, including the end of the film. The good news is spoilers don’t really matter this time around.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Most Rewatched



02:59- Intro – Welcome to Episode 531 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!



14:54 – Avatar: Fire and Ash



1:07:20 – Outro
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 9 minutes 47 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
530 – Box Office 2025, Zootopia 2, Wake Up Dead Man





This week, David is… somewhere. Katey, Patches, and Da7e get together in the War Room to talk about the 2025 Box Office pre-Avatar, Zootopia 2 going down easy like hot chocolate, then they talk about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery which is in some theaters and definitely on Netflix. There is a spoiler gong at 1 hour, nine minutes, and forty-six seconds in, but we DO NOT GIVEAWAY THE WHODUNNIT, WHAT ARE WE, MONSTERS??!?!



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Best James Cameron Effect



02:52- Intro – Welcome to Episode 530 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review!



10:49 – Tidbit – Box Office 2025



32:05 – “Mini Segment” – Zootopia 2



47:04 – Segment Three – Wake Up Dead Man (Light Spoilers at 01:09:46)



1:17:42 – Outro
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 20 minutes 12 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
529 – The Warner Bros Sale and Moderating Awards Conversations





This week, we have a bifurcated episode between pairs of hosts. Katey and David take main hosting duties with an intro and a listener e-mail, then they hand to Patches and Da7e to talk about how the sale of Warner Bros is going to change Hollywood. Then, Katey and David Heroically return to talk about moderating all these awards conversations with people promoting their movies, and also why Timothée Chalamet told David Ehrlich to be nice about Marty Supreme because his mom was there.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Holiday Comfort Watch



01:51- Intro – Welcome to Episode 529 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! E-mail!



14:42 – They’re Selling Warner Bros Again and The Options Are Worse This Time



38:10 – Moderating Awards Conversations



1:11:17 – Outro
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 13 minutes 37 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
528 – Slow Xmas 5, Chainsaw Man: The Movie: Reze Arc, Hamnet (w/ Ben Hosley!)





This week, we have replaced a still-absent David with Ben Hosley from the Blank Check podcast and producer/creator of the Slow Xmas music project or “bit” that we also discuss on this episode.



If you want to buy a vinyl copy of SLOW XMAS 5 head to madebymutant.com



You can also buy it digitally at outlets like Bandcamp!



Ben also saw (pun not intended) the Chainsaw Man movie and informs Katey, Da7e, and Patches about this anime hit that beat out Bugonia at the box office when it was released. Then, your three regular co-hosts talk about Hamnet and if their hearts were ripped out of their bodies by pure emotion or not. We talk about the end, I guess, but even the director Chloe Zhao says this movie can’t be spoiled.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Best Deployed Christmas Song



02:41- Intro – Welcome to Episode 528 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review! E-mail!



15:30 – Tidbit –Slow Xmas 5



32:11 – Mini-segment – Ben saw Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc



42:28 – Segment 3 – Hamnet



1:10:49 – Unboxing and Outro
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1 month ago
1 hour 18 minutes 14 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
527 – PTA vs. ICE, Who Will Make More Avatar?, Bugonia





This week, David is out but Katey is back in, even after spending a stressful week reorganizing her community to respond to the governments immigration enforcement thugs. For a mini-segment, Patches is anticipating another AVATAR movie this year and is wondering if that kind of blockbuster motion-capture movie can be replicated after James Cameron is done. Finally, the three members of the podcast who liked Bugonia the most take advantage of David Ehrlich’s absence to talk about what they liked about it.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: It Was All A Dream (Word Up Magazine, Etc)



02:19- Intro – Welcome to Episode 527 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! E-mail!



13:04 – Tidbit – PTA Vs. ICE



24:25 – Mini-segment – Who Will Make More Avatar (We Love James Cameron)



37:50 – Segment 3 – Bugonia (Spoilers start at gong – 53:46)



1:03:54 – Outro




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1 month ago
1 hour 7 minutes 24 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
526 – Predator: Badlands, Why Don’t We Remake Bad Movies?, Frankenstein (2025)





This week, Katey had to be out to see movies, but the boys return to the virtual war room to talk about Predator: Badlands (in theaters now!) and Frankenstein (on Netflix now!). David also asks why we only seem to remake movies that were okay to begin with. Slight spoilers for Badlands and Frankenstein sprinkled throughout, but nothing ruining as we’re just praising Badlands and talking about a Frankenstein story that is pretty well known at this point.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: How Long, Running Man?



16:48- Intro – Welcome to Episode 526 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!



16:48 – Tidbit – Predator: Badlands



39:48 – Mini-segment – Why don’t we remake bad movies?



53:48 – Segment 3 – Frankenstein on Netflix



1:13:23 – Outro
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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes 5 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
Live From The 48th Denver Film Festival





This week, Patches and Katey flew out to Denver to join Da7e, Denver Film Festival Artistic Director Matthew Campbell, and Denver Film Festival CEO Kevin Smith to have a conversation about fighting about movies in front of a live audience. We haven’t done that in over a decade!



This week’s episode was recorded live, but the pauses when the audience was speaking that were not picked up by the mics were deleted.



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).



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2 months ago
1 hour 20 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
525 – The Movies About Subjects That Scare Us Quell





We didn’t say they were good movies.



It’s another Fighting in The War Room Quarter Quell! But the FIRST one since being named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time…



For this edition of a FITWR Quarter Quell, each host brought a movie about a subject that actually scares them. Katey confronts her fear that her kids might get hit by cars with 1989’s Pet Semetary, David is worried about gun violence in schools with 2003’s Elephant, Da7e is worried about his inner monsters with 1980’s The Shining, and Patches is concerned about colon cancer with 2011’s A Little Bit of Heaven.



If you would like to attend FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM LIVE AT THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL on Tuesday November 4th at 3PM Mountain Time at The Tattered Cover on Colfax, get tickets here!



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



0:00 – Welcome and Da7e Attempts an Intro



05:19 – Katey – Pet Semetary (1989)



23:47 – David – Elephant (2003)



50:32 – Da7e – The Shining (1980)



1:09:43 – Patches – A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)



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.
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2 months ago
1 hour 34 minutes 57 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.8 – Black Phone 2 and Roofman





This week, Patches was tired and David hadn’t seen the movies, so Katey and Da7e DARE TO GO OFF FORMAT for this really-really-really last episode before next week’s Quarter Quell. For the first half of the show, David, Katey and Da7e announce FITWR’s next two weeks (Quarter Quell! Live Show in Denver!), read your reviews and answer an e-mail from Brazil. Then, David checks out to work on his book while Da7e and Katey talk Black Phone 2 and Roofman, two things you can see in theaters right now.



NOVEMBER 4th, 2025 – DENVER, CO – 3PM – The Tattered Cover Bookstore on Colfax – FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM LIVE PODCAST RECORDING!Stay tuned and keep an eye on FightingInTheWarRoom.com for details as they develop.



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).



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Spooky Movie



03:24 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.8 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!



34:05 – Black Phone 2 (Spoilers for The Black Phone)



45:29 – Roofman



59:55 – Outro




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2 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 8 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.7 – Mr. Scorsese, The Brady Bunch, Tron: Ares





This week, Da7e was off seeing Black Phone 2 where Ethan Hawke stalks the snowbound dreams of Colorado teens, and the other co-hosts make fun of him for it. First, Katey wants to talk about one of her favorite TV shows of the year, the five-part series Mr. Scorsese on Apple TV Plus. Then, Patches has his kids watching The Brady Bunch – how do we feel about that? Finally, the boys ventured back to the grid for the third time in 43 years with Tron: Ares – did Nine Inch Nails make the outing worth it? They saw Tron: Ares so you didn’t have to (and – judging from the box office – didn’t).



NOVEMBER 4th, 2025 – DENVER, CO – FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM LIVE PODCAST RECORDING!Stay tuned and keep an eye on FightingInTheWarRoom.com for details as they develop.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Julia Roberts



02:14 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.7 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews!



11:36 – Tidbit – Mr. Scorsese



22:38 – Mini-Segment – The Brady Bunch



32:15 – Segment 3 – Tron: Ares



54:07 – Outro
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2 months ago
57 minutes 34 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.6 – Nightmare in Horror Films, K-Pop Demon BBQ, The Smashing Machine





This week, Patches and Da7e have been watching the old Nightmare on Elm Street sequels on HBO Max and Patches wonders if we’re missing something in modern horror. Then, Patches and David got to meet the stars of K-Pop Demon Hunters in New York, did they earn more cred with their kids? Finally, Katey, David, and Da7e have seen The Smashing Machine and debate the movie’s high aspirations as a character piece with a puzzling execution.



“Golden” in the style of System of a Down by Anthony Vincent



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: KB Toys Kids



02:24 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.6 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!



14:13 – Tidbit – Nightmare in Horror Films



29:57 – Mini-Segment – K-Pop Demon BBQ



40:21 – Segment 3 – The Smashing Machine



58:52 – Outro
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2 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.5 – Alien: Earth, Rod Patches Reports From the Sphere, One Battle After Another





This week, everyone is back in the war room! The guys talk about Season 1 of Alien: Earth which has recently concluded on Hulu and it seems like they’re mostly positive on it. Then, we get a dispatch from Patches’ father who has seen The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Finally, in a long segment that assumes you have also seen One Battle After Another, the hosts discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest. AGAIN – SPOILERS – SEE ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER FIRST IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT PLOT SPOILERS.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Just Quit



01:56 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.2 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review! E-mail!



14:04 – Tidbit – Alien: Earth



34:17 – Mini-Segment – Rod Patches Reports From The Las Vegas Sphere



40:32 – Segment 3 – One Battle After Another (Spoilers)



1:25:49 – Outro
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3 months ago
1 hour 29 minutes 24 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.4 – Disney’s Panic, Predators, The Aggression Dichotomy





This week, David’s solo-parenting attempt left him unable to podcast, so we decided to save our discussion of Alien: Earth and One Battle After Another until next week. Katey, Patches, and Da7e get together this week to discuss seemingly nonsense that quickly boils over. First, we attempt to talk about one studio’s panic in the face of the government and that quickly spirals out, then Katey’s seen the new documentary Predators, it’s about the old reality series To Catch A Predator and is about entrapment by the police (partially). Finally, Patches is playing a game that is aggressively annoying to play and loving it, he wants to know if there are other extremely aggressive movies that fail (HIM) or succeed (A Serbian Film? – just kidding, don’t subject yourself) – We’re calling it The Aggression Dichotomy – can you attract someone by media that is constantly daring them to walk away?



THURSDAY 9/25 is the last day to Sign up and join the FITWarriors in the Vulture Fantasy Movie League and still get full points!



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Car and Chase



02:17 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.4 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review! E-mail!



14:59 – Tidbit – Disney’s Panic



42:11 – Mini-Segment – Predators



50:45 – Segment 3 – The Aggression Dichotomy



1:11:07 – Outro
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3 months ago
1 hour 15 minutes 16 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.3 – Silksong, MegaDoc, Vulture Movie Draft and Festival Reactions





This week, David’s coming in hot and is mad that Da7e saw HIM over doing this podcast. Katey listens as Patches and David inform her about the Hollow Knight sequel Silksong before talking about Megadoc, the Megalopolis documentary with David. Then, Everyone talks about the VULTURE MOVIE LEAGUE and what they’re picking this year. Sign up and join the FITWarriors!



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Doors



02:13 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.3 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review!



09:54 – Tidbit – Silksong



22:16 – Mini-Segment – Megadoc



32:32 – Segment 3 – Vulture Movie Fantasy League



1:02:06 – Outro
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3 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes 33 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.2 – The Long Walk, Katey’s Covered TIFF, Is Paramount Buying Warner Bros?





This week, Katey is still in Toronto, but the boys get together to talk about The Long Walk, this year’s third Stephen King movie, and discuss the breaking news that Paramount/Skydance is considering putting in a bid on Warner Bros. While the boys worry, Katey calls in with (her new fancy Tik Tok microphone that she went into the Criterion Closet with) a report from TIFF and how, yes, Hamnet rips out your soul (apparently).



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Bad Future Teens



01:31 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.2 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! E-Mail!



14:44 – Tidbit – The Long Walk



31:46 – Mini-Segment – Katey’s Toronto International Film Festival Check-In



38:23 – Segment 3 – Is Paramount Buying Warner Bros?



57:21 – Outro
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3 months ago
59 minutes 42 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524.1 – David Went To Telluride, Sophisticate Mini, Summer Movie Review





This week, Da7e has to go see a dumb demon movie to round out the summer, so Katey and David of FITWR’s Prestige coverage meet Matt Patches, he of random prompts. First, David reports from this year’s Telluride Film Festival. Then, Patches has some general questions for his co-podcasters before all three move into a review of Summer 2025’s movies and they…weren’t all Weapons.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: FITWR-POP DEMON HUNTERS



01:32 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.1 of one of the best podcasts of all time!!



14:05 – Tidbit – David Went To Telluride



30:40 – Mini-Segment – A Sophisticate Mini



40:02 – Segment 3 – Summer Movies in Review



1:00:01 – Outro




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4 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
524 – The Future of Star Trek, The Roses, Relay





This week, David has begun his festival run for the season so it’s up to Katey, Patches, and Da7e to hold down the podcast. First, the boys talk the future of Star Trek, a major priority for the new Paramount. Then, Da7e tells Katey and Patches how much he would have liked The Roses if someone else directed it. Then, Katey and Da7e talk Relay the Riz Ahmed/Lily James thriller that is currently in some theaters, if movies for discerning adults is your bag.



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Shark Tale



01:32 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Email!



12:41 – Tidbit – Star Trek And Paramount’s Plans



29:14 – Mini-Segment – The Roses



43:44 – Segment 3 – Relay



57:04 – Outro
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4 months ago
59 minutes 31 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
523 – Ne Zha II, K-Pop Demon Hunters in a theater, Highest 2 Lowest





This week, David is so busy he only wanted to be on the Spike Lee/Denzel segment, but before David joins us for a review of Highest 2 Lowest, it’s an animation-palooza! First, Da7e and Katey both took in the highest grossing movie of the year Ne Zha II and we’re cooked! Then, Patches took his family to a K-Pop Demon Hunters singalong screening in a real theater and we debate how Netflix kinda screwed the pooch on this 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.bsky.social), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Animated Dragon



01:11 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 523 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Email!



15:59 – Tidbit – Ne Zha II



31:15 – Mini-Segment – K-Pop Demon Hunters in a theater!



44:00 – Segment 3 – Highest 2 Lowest



1:02:28 – Outro
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4 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes 49 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
522 – Taylor Swift The MCU, What is Vanity Fair Doing?, Weapons (Spoilers!)





This week, we’re having a great time laughing at movies, some of them comedies! First, Da7e inspired Patches to watch Universal’s DISASTROUS War of the Worlds (on Prime Video) that might be one of the worst movies ever. Then, Da7e downloads about enjoying Freakier Friday 22 years after the original. Finally, everyone saw The Naked Gun and liked The Naked Gun!



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).



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Elevators



02:20 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 522 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Email!



10:18 – Tidbit – Taylor Swift The MCU



25:00 – Mini-Segment – What is Vanity Fair Doing?



34:30 – Segment 3 – Weapons (SPOILERS START AT 40:01)



1:09:23 – Outro
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4 months ago
1 hour 11 minutes 23 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
521 – War of the Worlds (2025), Freakier Friday, The Naked Gun (2025)





This week, we’re having a great time laughing at movies, some of them comedies! First, Da7e inspired Patches to watch Universal’s DISASTROUS War of the Worlds (on Prime Video) that might be one of the worst movies ever. Then, Da7e downloads about enjoying Freakier Friday 22 years after the original. Finally, everyone saw The Naked Gun and liked The Naked Gun!



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).



One of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Podcasts of All Time



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Best Spoof



1:36- Intro – Welcome to Episode 521 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! Email!



09:14- Tidbit – War of the Worlds (2025)



22:47 – Mini-Segment – Freakier Friday



36:57 – Segment 3 – The Naked Gun (2025)



56:44 – Outro
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5 months ago
1 hour 1 minute 52 seconds

Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
Prolific film and culture critics Katey Rich, Matt Patches, Da7e Gonzales and David Ehrlich take on pop culture topics, film and TV reviews and interview very special guests in bi-weekly installments.