Or Whatever Movies podcast is a weekly entertainment discussion between real-life brother and sister duo, Wesley and Iris Ichishita. At under 30-minutes a pop, each episode is a quick, no-holds-barred discussion of a movie, television show, or video. The siblings mix the water cooler chat with the dinner table debate and invite you to listen in. Curious what others are saying about the latest release? Wes and Iris’ve got your back. Open, honest, unpretentious, and opinionated, they may change the way you think about movies.
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Or Whatever Movies podcast is a weekly entertainment discussion between real-life brother and sister duo, Wesley and Iris Ichishita. At under 30-minutes a pop, each episode is a quick, no-holds-barred discussion of a movie, television show, or video. The siblings mix the water cooler chat with the dinner table debate and invite you to listen in. Curious what others are saying about the latest release? Wes and Iris’ve got your back. Open, honest, unpretentious, and opinionated, they may change the way you think about movies.
On today’s episode, the siblings talk James Cameron’s AVATAR FIRE AND ASH, including MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, UNFORGIVEN, and what's new with blue. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening and your support of OR WHATEVER MOVIES!
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Turn off the Black Sabbath and stick your finger into this week’s discussion of ANEMONE, a movie by father-son duo Ronan Day-Lewis and Daniel Day-Lewis that reminds us how tough it is to be Irish. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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Grab your McCafe and check out this week’s discussion on ROOFMAN, aka Doofman, a movie that understands a simple truth: people exist, they have dongs, and they make bad decisions. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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Awards season continues with a thoughtful look at JAY KELLY, George Clooney’s sad, lonely, kind of unlikable tittitular character in Noah Bombach’s movie, with some refreshingly honest dialogue and cool practical effects. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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This week’s discussion of PTA’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER keeps the tension high with war putys, Christmas Adventurers, and Leo Finger galore! Check out the discussion on this season’s leading Best Picture contender at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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Awards Season continues with MATERIALISTS, where romance, rationalism, and self-sabotage collide in a story that proves chemistry isn’t always scientific. Find out why bad casting, subversive writing, and stoic performances make Celine Song’s sophomore effort worthy of discussin–and poking holes. Contains spoilers.
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Awards season storms to life with the thunderous new re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s classic—FRANKENSTEIN—a gothic techno-horror where innovation meets monstrosity and absolutely nothing goes as planned… until everything goes terrifyingly wrong. Expect brooding laboratories, questionable ethics, and creature-sized spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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Awards season kicks off with the bleakest and blackest of bleak black comedies, Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON, named after a cozy small town where nothing bad ever happens… until absolutely everything bad happens. Contains Pan-Tarantino spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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The sibs hit the track with F1: THE MOVIE, discussing Apple’s formulaic hit, Joseph Kosinkski high-octane storytelling, and Brad Pitt’s butt. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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How is HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON like TOP GUN MAVERICK? Is it possible that this is maybe (MAYBE!) Wes’ favorite animated movie? Does Toothless eat legs? Find out in this week’s discussion and at orwhatevermovies.com! Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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If BARBARIAN made you go, “what the f!!!” then Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS will make you be, like, “what the f???” Check out this week’s discussion as the sibs talk a movie where stuff keeps happening to people’s faces and Paul has a bad day. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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It’s a Halloween treat with this OWM X RLP collab, where Wes and Iris are joined by James and Anthony Deveney from the hit Raiders of the Lost Podcast show, to talk all things Dracula and vampires—in honor of the debut of the POWERS OF DARKNESS podcast. Thanks for listening!
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Nothing screams Halloween like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, where it’s all great, practical and scary–execpt for maybe the long arms and studio ending. Check out this week’s discussion for info on Arnold Schwarzenegger's cameo and other Dude Bros. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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Halloween 2025 continues with a cult classic discussion on THE EXORCIST III, where the siblings ask the big questions: What’s scarier—demonic possession, physics-defying jump scares, or George C. Scott’s perpetual jadedness? Contains spoilers (and possibly evil). Thanks for listening!
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Halloween 2025 goes classic with this week’s discussion on ROSEMARY’S BABY, where the siblings discuss what’s scarier–the Satan coven, Mia Farrow’s haircut, or being a dude talking about BROSmary’s Baby? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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Black Philip strikes again in the unrelenting nightmare that is WHEN EVIL LURKS. Set in a Pueblo where your kids have a good time, your dad rants butt-naked, and your Rotten is everywhere, this story is just the descent into horror needed to kick off Spooky Season at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers.
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Vampire month concludes with a sad party at Oskar’s house with Sweden’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Find out why this quiet, chilling, and unforgettable modern classic flips the vampire myth on its pale, acid-soaked head at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers.
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It’s Haint Month, and the siblings are diving fang-first into this gritty take on good vs. evil. Was it the best or worst night? Are you with the humans or the vampires? Is the movie beautiful or scary? Find out how redemption gets messy, sin gets stylish, and why not all monsters hide in the dark at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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It’s vampire month and the siblings are serving up THE LOST BOYS with a side of garlic bread and holy water. Find out how the Frog Brothers get geared up, Kiefer Sutherland gets mulleted, and Santa Carla earns its title as the murder capital of the world at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!
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Wes and Iris kickoff VAMPIRE MONTH in honor of the forthcoming POWERS OF DARKNESS podcast with the most-dude-bro’n vampire crime spree ever, FROM DUSK TIL DAWN. Find out if the siblings love giant albino pythons (hi, Lemon) and Dong Guns (that’s not how guns work). Or if the cool of this movie bounces right off of them. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!
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Or Whatever Movies podcast is a weekly entertainment discussion between real-life brother and sister duo, Wesley and Iris Ichishita. At under 30-minutes a pop, each episode is a quick, no-holds-barred discussion of a movie, television show, or video. The siblings mix the water cooler chat with the dinner table debate and invite you to listen in. Curious what others are saying about the latest release? Wes and Iris’ve got your back. Open, honest, unpretentious, and opinionated, they may change the way you think about movies.
