Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
The Film and Pop-Culture Podcast
Episodes
August 7, 2025 • 61 mins
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 […]
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July 29, 2025 • 57 mins
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 […]
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July 23, 2025 • 68 mins
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 […]
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July 15, 2025 • 88 mins
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 […]
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July 10, 2025 • 65 mins
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 […]
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July 3, 2025 • 36 mins
This week, Katey and Patches are off on vacation as Da7e and David Ehrlich convene on a Wednesday evening to talk about last weekend’s big box office win: F1 ® The Movie. Then they talk about this weekend’s upcoming box office win (if you believe the tracking): Jurassic World Rebirth. Finally, Da7e and David fix […]
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June 26, 2025 • 88 mins
This week, Katey and Patches both had children who had seen Pixar’s Elio in theaters but were home sick, so as responsible parents, they were used for content – this week’s mini segment! Also, David Ehrlich has played more Death Stranding 2: On the Beach than most people on Earth at this point, and he […]
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June 19, 2025 • 56 mins
This week, Da7e is out seeing movies, so Katey, Patches, and David slam together to talk about Tom Cruise getting an Honorary Academy Award this year, Katey’s kids kinda MEH’d the new How To Train Your Dragon, then Katey and David go at Materialists, Celine Song’s follow-up to Past Lives. There’s a SPOILER GONG in […]
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June 12, 2025 • 65 mins
This week, Da7e and David get to weigh in on Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme (and are pretty nice to it, maybe?), then a very tired Patches reports back from this year’s Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles (the only thing happening in that city is Summer Game Fest, right?), then Katey and Da7e talk […]
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June 7, 2025 • 69 mins
This week, let’s talk about some movies. NOW STREAMING on Hulu is the animated Predator: Killer of Killers, which Patches and David greatly enjoyed and tell Da7e and Katey about. Then, Katey got Da7e and Patches to watch Mountainhead on Max for the podcast and despite four good performances, the movie makes Da7e really mad […]
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May 29, 2025 • 63 mins
This week, everyone is back in the war room, and you’d think we’d do a Cannes check-in as a movie and pop culture podcast, but you’d be wrong. First, the dudes talk about The Rehearsal season two on HBO with SPOILERS because if you know you were watching it and if you don’t know it’s […]
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This week, David is seeing movies in France so Da7e, Katey, and Patches got together to talk about Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning and Andor Season 2. One of which they really liked and the other they mostly did not like. There was supposed to be a segment in the middle where David reported from […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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