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

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

The Film and Pop-Culture Podcast

Episodes

An Afternoon With Katey and Patches

May 14, 2025 • 16 mins
Katey Rich and Matt Patches do their very best in the middle of the afternoon to talk about some stuff including being ready for the next Tom Cruise era (after one of them saw Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning), when Matt first saw the final cut of The Departed, wondering if Brad Pitt can be […]
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510 – Trump’s “Film Tariffs,” Golden Globe for Podcasts, Thunderbolts*

May 8, 2025 • 67 mins
This week, everyone’s in the war room to look towards the news. First, the President of the United States got on his Truth Social media platform and announced film tariffs that will never happen, but what might actually change with this new attention towards American production? Then, Katey has news about the Golden Globes opening […]
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509 – The Shrouds, More Minecraft Takes, Havoc and Stunts

May 1, 2025 • 61 mins
This week, Da7e and David attempt to explain The Shrouds, the latest David Cronenberg film, which is great but complex. Then, Katey managed to see The Minecraft Movie for herself, finally, and has some adult takes. Finally, Patches has the team watch Havoc on Netflix and talk about the current state of stunt-based action cinema! […]
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508 – Steven Soderbergh is Sad, Changes in the Oscar Rules, Sinners

April 24, 2025 • 72 mins
This week, everyone is back in the War Room. First, Patches shared and Guardian article about Steven Soderbergh bemoaning the state of current “movies for adults” and we wonder if it might not be a little overblown (check out the article here). Then, Katey updates the boys on the new Oscar voting rules (and the […]
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507 – What We’re Watching, Weird Week of “Harry Potter” News, The Legend of Ochi

April 17, 2025 • 87 mins
This week, it is only Katey and Da7e in the War Room but those two like structure and legacy so this is a full episode of Fighting In The War Room that avoids the Manosphere…sort of. Katey and Da7e catch up on what they have been watching which includes The Pitt Season 1, Daredevil: Born […]
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506- White Lotus S3, Katey’s Kids Review Minecraft, Can Video Game Movies Finally Be Blockbusters?

April 10, 2025 • 78 mins
This week, everyone is back in the War Room! The group rebounds from the Manosphere by talking about White Lotus Season 3, which aired on HBO/through Max, with full spoilers. Then, Katey has a report from the family trip to Legoland and a review from Charlie and Sam of A Minecraft Movie since Katey didn’t […]
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Patches and Da7e: Into the Manosphere

April 4, 2025 • 120 mins
This week, David and Katey are out doing important family and movie business, but not Da7e and Matt Patches, who assemble in the War Room not to fight but to have a little free-form media chat that lasted way too long. At least we didn’t cancel the podcast. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; […]
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505 – Marvel’s Cast Reveal Chair-Stream, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Severance S2 Wrap-Up

March 27, 2025 • 70 mins
This week, everyone is back in the War Room. First, Patches and Da7e try to explain Marvel’s Avengers Doomsday chair-centric live stream that happened Wednesday. Then, Patches and David catch up with the newest entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, then they all dive in on the 2nd season of Severance (SPOILERS for everything that’s […]
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504 – The Electric State, The Pirate (1948), Black Bag

March 19, 2025 • 61 mins
This week, Patches is out at some game developer conference, so better time than ever for Katey, Da7e, and David to go hard on The Russo Bros’ Netflix offering The Electric State and how maybe the Russos shouldn’t give interviews anymore. Then, Da7e’s girlfriend watched The Pirate (1948) again, have you all seen The Pirate? […]
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503 – On Becoming an Guinea Fowl, Taking the Kids to Paddington 3, Mickey 17

March 12, 2025 • 60 mins
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 […]
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502 – James Bond, Oscars Reactions, Paradise Season 1 (Spoilers!)

March 6, 2025 • 84 mins
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 […]
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501 – The Monkey, Boycotts, The Pitt and Other TV

February 27, 2025 • 88 mins
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 […]
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500 – Call-In Show 3

February 19, 2025 • 169 mins
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 […]
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499.7 – E-Mails and Captain America: Brave New World

February 13, 2025 • 73 mins
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. […]
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499.6 – Wellness Check-In, Paradise, Piracy hits Online Sundance

February 6, 2025 • 87 mins
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 […]
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499.5 – Cleaning out the Mailbag, Oscar Nomination Reactions, Sundance Movies!

January 30, 2025 • 85 mins
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 […]
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499.25 – Trump x2 Coping Media, 2025 New Movie Quiz, Making New Friends as an Adult

January 22, 2025 • 91 mins
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 […]
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Top Tens 2024

January 15, 2025 • 141 mins
“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 […]
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499 – Holiday Catch-Up Special

January 9, 2025 • 84 mins
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 […]
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498 – Nickel Boys, Best TV 2024, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim

December 19, 2024 • 72 mins
This week, everyone’s back in the War Room at the same time for the final episode of 2024. Since Nickel Boys is out on the coasts, Katey, David, and Da7e dive in with a review. Each host brings their favorite TV show from 2024, then Patches leads the conversation about the Lord of the Rings: […]
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