Fighting In The War Room

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 […]

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: […]

This week, all four co-hosts make it to the war room, but not at the same time. First, Katey, David, and Da7e break down how Awards Season is going and some hot takes on Golden Globe nominations and other award season gems. Then, David is out and Patches steps in as Da7e claims the Star […]

This week, David had to interview someone important for another thing, but Da7e, Patches and Katey convene for the Moana 2/Conclave episode nobody asked for! First, they dig into Conclave including some SPOILER discussion at the end of the episode. Then, they each describe their “Most Disappointing” movie of 2024 before all three talk about […]

This week, everyone but Patches was able to catch Wicked: Part One (ironically as Patches is probably the biggest Wicked fan) and both David’s are on the Women Talking war path of “this movie looks horrible” but this time joined by Katey Rich! Also, David, Patches, and Katey talk about Jessie Eisenberg’s A Real Pain […]

This week, David is struck down with an illness, so it’s up to Katey, MAD PATCHES, and Da7e to enter the war room and talk Heretic where Hugh Grant shit talks religion, they check in with the FITWarriors in the Vulture Movie Fantasy League before diving into Ridley Scott’s newest…thing…Gladiator II! Take a listen, embed […]

This week, Patches is struck down by illness, but Katey was able to rally through strep and stress so David, Da7e, and Katey jump back into the safe space of the War Room to talk about Bluesky and re-orienting our phones to serve less doom. Then, Katey and David (who have seen Emilia Pérez, now […]

Katey, Patches, David, and Da7e report from the War Room the Wednesday after Donald Trump won the popular vote and a second presidential term in the United States.

This week, everyone is back in the War Room after Jizz Fest ’24 and there are movies to discuss. First, Da7e and David have seen Venom: The Last Dance, and – ya know – it is what it is, which is a movie with Venom in it. Then, Da7e needs to warn you off Here, […]

Happy 40th birthday, David Ehrlich. We tried to make a podcast…

This week, David is still absent, so Katey, Patches, and Da7e talk about superhero TV with Penguin on Max and Agatha All Along on Disney Plus, then Patches wonders if we have to endorse an American political candidate before Katey and Da7e break down the surprising and kind of beautiful(?) Pharrell documentary in Lego: Piece […]

This week, David has to sit the week out, leaving Patches and Da7e to describe the new Salem’s Lot adaptation (streaming on Max) to Katey before Patches tells the other two hosts about the Ryan Murphy series Doctor Odyssey. Finally, Da7e and Katey both made a mistake and saw the second Joker in theaters. Take […]

This week, Da7e is back but David has a migraine from watching the Vice Presidential debate. All four hosts dig into His Three Daughters which made festival rounds last year but is now on Netflix. The Davids attempt to explain Megalopolis when David liked it and Da7e didn’t. Then, Patches broaches October with some recommendations […]

This week, Da7e has to tap out, but Patches, Katey, and David talk about gettin’ old and changing bodies starting with My Old Ass (in theaters now!), moving into Katey’s take on the new documentary Will and Harper (on Netflix this weekend!), and finally Katey and David talk about The Substance (also in theaters now!). […]

This week, everyone is back from their festivals and in the war room to talk about the Vulture Movie Fantasy League. It’s a yearly fantasy movie draft that three of your host participated in last year (Katey won the podcasters league), and this year we have a mini league of our own: the FITWarriors. This […]

This week, the boys are in the War Room since David is back though Katey was still in transit. Patches and Da7e disagree about the success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice before Katey checks in about TIFF though she’s actually home from TIFF and talks about liking Saturday Night and movies we’ll be talking about later in […]

This week, David is out at festivals, but we caught Katey Rich right before she left! Patches and Da7e talk about playing Ubisoft’s new game Star Wars: Outlaws, then Da7e praises the look of Blink Twice if not the plot. Finally, Patches curates a Katey Vs Da7e Fall Movie Preview Trivia (Patches Matches)! Take a […]

This week, Da7e is out but the podcast rolls on as Patches and Katey kick off the podcast with a discussion of Strange Darling (in theaters this weekend) and need to spoil it a little bit, so there’s some SPOILER DISCUSSION STARTING AT 16 mins and 42 seconds. Then, the hosts discuss the theatrics of […]

This week, Da7e is out but the podcast rolls on as Patches and Katey kick off the podcast with a discussion of Strange Darling (in theaters this weekend) and need to spoil it a little bit, so there’s some SPOILER DISCUSSION STARTING AT 16 mins and 42 seconds. Then, the hosts discuss the theatrics of […]

This week, David eventually makes it to the podcast as the group discusses Industry which seems like the new fun HBO show upgraded to Sunday nights this season. Then Katey lets you know about Daughters a documentary you can watch on Netflix before David has to answer for A.I. topping IndieWire’s Best Movies of the […]

Patches and Da7e are the two FITWR hosts back from August vacations so they get together to discuss a number of topics like: Dave’s BirthdayPatches Has No TattoosDave’s Twin Peaks TattooLilo And StitchDeadpool & WolverineMarvel PanicTrapWhat is M. Night Shamalayn doing? Twilight of the Warriors: Walled InBorderlandsWhy don’t people like House of the Dragon? Rings of Power […]

This week, Patches is still away, so Katey lets David and Da7e know about Lady in the Lake on Apple TV Plus – can this mystery draw them in? Then, Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con and had a panic attack that Da7e has to tell you about. Finally, some books to read like […]

This week, Patches and Katey had better things to do than see if Marvel Studios can rebound in theaters during a Comic-Con Weekend. David and Da7e face off against each other in the war room as Da7e pulls the saddest David into his timeline to talk about David’s Phase 4 and Phase 5 Marvel reviews […]

This week, Patches is out gallivanting, so Da7e and David try to invest Katey in the idea of Longlegs before getting to question her about the recently released Emmy nominations (yes, the Emmys are back again!). Finally, they all talk about Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s sequel to the 1996 tornado chasing movie. Take a listen, […]

This week, Da7e and Katey took in A Quiet Place: Day One in theaters and were pleasantly surprised. Katey took her kids to Despicable Me 4 and David took his kid to Inside Out 2, did either of these movies play better to the younger crowd? Finally, the dudes took in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel […]