Wesley and Iris Ichishita
Or Whatever Movies
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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Wesley and Iris Ichishita
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Latest episode
Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
SINGLES | Or Whatever Movies | 340 11.06.2026 32:05
OR WHATEVER MOVIES dons a flannel in honor of CAMERON CROWE MONTH’s discussion of SINGLES, a happy-crappy love story featuring a lot of music and the world’s most upsetting rotten salad. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! orwhatevermovies.com @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Banned Books | 108 11.06.2026 7:36
Do banned books make good movies? TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE COLOR PURPLE, and LORD OF THE FLIES seems to suggest so. Find out why great stories survive the movie game of telephone? 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Failing the 80s | 107 10.06.2026 5:42
Which of the highest-grossing films of the 1980s does OR WHATEVER MOVIES cover in its 400+ episodes? Help the siblings find their blind spots! Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Facing Mortality | 106 09.06.2026 7:01
Wes confronts Iris about a growing preoccupation with mortality in today’s daily dose of truly whatever. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | OWM's Superpower | 105 08.06.2026 5:38
OR WHATEVER MOVIES podcast’s “superpower” is its ability to inspire people to watch more movies, which enables them to listen to more podcasts, which enables the siblings to watch more movies and make more episodes! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | The Art of Movie Posters | 104 05.06.2026 10:36
What makes a onesheet or movie poster work? Can it really make or break a movie opening? Shoutout to the late, great Drew Struzan, the man behind some of the best art in the biz. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SAY ANYTHING | Or Whatever Movies | 339 04.06.2026 33:29
Wes and Iris hoist their boomboxes to Cameron Crowe’s heartfelt classic about one of cinema’s all-time good guys, SAY ANYTHING. Lloyd Dobler, all right. Find out why this endlessly quotable coming-of-age romance still hits harder than a kickboxing match at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your...
Int Style | The Dark Night of the Soul | 103 04.06.2026 7:13
Iris remains skeptical while Wes justifies watching movies everyday via his dubious “controversial naked diagram theory.” @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Yes, Wes Watches Movies | 102 03.06.2026 8:39
Iris remains skeptical while Wes justifies watching movies everyday via his dubious “controversial naked diagram theory.” @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Roadtrip Movie Food | 101 02.06.2026 6:56
The siblings have genuine food enthusiasm, real recommendations, and some movie tourism tips in today’s daily dose of whatever. Thanks for listening! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | The Shifting Tide of Popularity | 100 01.06.2026 10:38
How do celebrities like Anne Hathaway, Keanu Reeves, and Jared Leto navigate the shifting tides of popularity and ride the waves back to prominence? @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Stars with Punchable Faces | 99 29.05.2026 9:49
The sibs define the “punchable face” in today’s daily dose of whatever, working through a list of actors and dissecting what makes their faces “punchable.” OR WHATEVER MOVIES does not condone actually dissecting or punching faces. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH | Or Whatever Movies | 338 28.05.2026 32:12
CAMERON CROWE MONTH kicks off with the Cameron Crowe-written, “based on his book,” high school classic, CLUELESS precursor, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. Cue the Nic Cage trivia. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Missing Bygone Eras | 98 28.05.2026 7:06
What are you nostalgic for? The simpler era of STAND BY ME? The pre-tech era of SINGLES? Or the pure 90s cluelessness of CLUELESS? @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | CGI Ahead of its Time | 97 27.05.2026 8:53
Whether CGI was ahead of its time, ushered us into the future, or both, it sure did work for movies like JURASSIC PARK, SPACEBALLS, TOY STORY, FOREST GUMP, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and STARSHIP TROOERS. Contains spoilers! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | World-Changing Impact | 96 26.05.2026 6:27
Did THE HANGOVER ruin Vegas like JAWS ruined sharks? The siblings discuss movies’ world-changing impact on culture. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Undeserving Fates | 95 25.05.2026 9:37
There are movie characters that deserve to die and then there are those that don’t AND their deaths do NOT advance the plot. Contains an impromptu quiz and HEAVY SPOILERS. Thanks for listening! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Time and Place Movies | 94 22.05.2026 8:13
What is a “time and place” movie in OR WHATEVER MOVIES parlance? A movie with enormous cultural impact at the time of its release that may seem dated or unremarkable to younger viewers today. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999) | Or Whatever Movies | 337 21.05.2026 33:59
Slip into something sheer and expensive, revisit the 90s classic in anticipation of Michael B. Jordan’s forthcoming remake, and check out this week’s discussion on THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Movie Thought Experiment 2 | 93 21.05.2026 9:05
From notorious mondo films, to new-age cryptids, to the dominant 46th annual Razzie Awards-winner, this daily dose will take you wherever! Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | The Notorious Faces of Death | 92 20.05.2026 6:37
Wes and Iris discuss the notorious VHS series that ‘80s kids rented to prove their toughness before the Internet made shock content readily available. Find out why OWM will never cover it and other reveals. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Best Feature Debut | 91 19.05.2026 7:56
Special shoutouts to the directors of some of the best feature film debuts in this daily dose of whatever. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Arrive Anytime Movie Theaters | 90 18.05.2026 8:32
Find out how Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch used thier clout to change the theatrical movie-going and home video DVD experiences in this almost spoiler-free daily-does of whatever. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Int Style | Movie Soundtracks | 89 15.05.2026 7:23
Wes and Iris discuss their fav scores and soundtracks, debating classics–JURASSIC PARK, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS–with relentlessly dissonant modern films–UNCUT GEMS, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Then segue into…music as torture? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Int Style | Best Tom Hanks, Dude | 88 14.05.2026 4:27
There are two types of people in the world: ones that find naming 10 Tom Hanks movies easier than naming their favorite Tom Hanks movie. And then there’s Iris. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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