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.



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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

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.



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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

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.



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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!



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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.

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.



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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

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.



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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

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



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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

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.



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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

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!



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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

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!



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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

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).



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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

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.



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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

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.



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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

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.



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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

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!



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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

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!



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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

This week, being named one of TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST 100 PODCASTS OF ALL TIME has driven everyone into the War Room, from parent’s houses to Canadian hotel rooms. This week, Katey got some of us to watch Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix. Then, Da7e tries to explain how the TV show he most consistently watched this summer was a YouTube vlog. Finally, the boys dive into Fantastic Four: First Steps so enthusiastically that spoilers happen basically from the beginning. SEE THE MOVIE FIRST (Steps) IF THAT BOTHERS YOU.



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Best Spoof



1:45- Intro – Welcome to Episode 520 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review! Email!



10:11- Tidbit – Happy Gilmore 2



26:49 – Mini-Segment – Ryan Trahan’s 50 States Series



36:03 – Segment 3 – Fantastic Four: First Steps (FULL SPOILER DISCUSSION)



54:36 – Outro

This week, Katey Rich has gone to the beach (hopefully not the Old beach), leaving the three guys in the War Room where they try to figure out if budget or politics rules at CBS/Paramount, Patches is having a lot of fun breaking everything in Donkey Kong Bonanza on his Switch 2, and Da7e can admit Eddington is a good movie but he didn’t like how it made him feel, so David tries to talk him back to just “good.”



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: Fourth Time’s The Charm



2:11- Intro – Welcome to Episode 519!! Reviews! Emails!



21:26- Tidbit – What is Happening With Paramount?



41:14 – Mini-Segment – Donkey Kong Bonanza



50:30 – Segment 3 – Eddington



1:06:02 – Outro

This week, David “suddenly” was on vacation (?), so Da7e, Patches, and Katey head into the War Room. Patches tries to sell the group on the very popular (and Patches says better-than-Superman) K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix. Katey tries to sell Da7e who has no kids on Phineas and Ferb, then all three of them go deep on Superman WITH SPOILERS. EITHER SEE THE MOVIE OR EMBRACE THE SPOILERS.



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: 1997



1:58- Intro – Welcome to Episode 518!!



10:04- Tidbit – K-Pop Demon Hunters



31:56 – Mini-Segment – Phineas and Ferb returns



41:54 – Segment 3 – Superman (WITH SPOILERS)



1:24:09 – Outro

This week, everyone is back in the War Room and Katey’s seen all the things. First, everyone finally takes on Sorry, Baby an indie debut that is rolling out across the nation this week. Then, Katey and Da7e were the only two who didn’t give up on Hulu’s The Bear (Season 4). Finally, everyone tries to figure out why Old Guard 2 on Netflix feels weird.



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FORMAT



00:00 – Lightning Round: SUUUUUUPEEEERRRMMMAAANNN



2:34 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 517!! Review! E-mail!



17:58- Tidbit – Sorry, Baby



32:16 – Mini-Segment – The Bear S4



44:26 – Segment 3 – Old Guard 2



1:03:03 – Outro