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Westley and Iris tackle Rob Reiner's beloved fairy tale classic, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, including albino villain tropes, Peter Falk's fake eye, and whether Fred Savage is secretly the greatest actor of the '90s. Complete with Andre the Giant impressions. Inconceivable? No. Just Thursday at OR WHATEVER MOVIES. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn mo...

The first superfan interview-style appreciates a super villain–the late, great Alan Rickman. Which of his infamous characters should be in the George Washington spot of Mount Rickman? Find out! Contains spoilers!  818-835-0473 ⁠orwhatevermovies@gmail.com⁠ ⁠www.orwhatevermovies.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Int Style | Six Degrees of Whatever | 121 Can Wesley perform under the bright lights and pressure of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? Can you connect these four actors before he does? Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who plays Lieutenant Dan’s fiancee in FOREST GUMP? The siblings know. Who plays the InGen worker on Isla Nublar in JURASSIC PARK? They don’t know! So help OR WHATEVER MOVIES out! 818-835-0473, orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have any truly great, rewatchable, quotable movies been made in the last 10 years? Join the siblings for a cocktail of nostalgia and existential dread in today’s daily dose. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALMOST FAMOUS, CAMERON CROWE’S MONTH’S big finale, unpacks Penny Lane’s tragic orbit, Russell Hammond’s ongoing bad decisions, William Miller’s impossible innocence, and why this honest, earnest time capsule feels both timeless and completely impossible to make today. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! orwhatevermovies.com @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more...

While traditional Hollywood is contracting, streaming continues and YouTube-style creators boom. How else should the siblings face the bleak landscape — editors driving Uber, documentary arms shutting down, and teams disappearing — except with dark humor? Thanks for supporting indie podcasts!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The siblings debate which movie holds the record for the highest on-screen death toll, considering SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, the Marvel Snap, and recent Best Picture nominees. Contains spoilers! Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes points out a JURASSIC PARK (1993) continuity gaffe that has haunted him for years. Not to put too fine a point on it, but it will now haunt you too. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To prove he truly absorbs movies even when not glued to the screen, Wes submits to a blind quiz on–surprise–NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. Does Iris prove her point, even if Wes's overall knowledge is impressively deep? CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s almost spoiler-free daily dose, Wes reveals his dream of doing an ALIEN-themed Bathroom of Terror — complete with black trash bags, KY Jelly, lasers, and alien eggS, though when (or if) it'll happen remains unconfirmed. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CAMERON CROWE MONTH is all about Crowe’s most adult movie, VANILLA SKY. Does its Hollywood polish justify the remake’s Life Extension? Find out at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes and Iris turn the mic on themselves, cataloguing each other's most annoying audio habits in this daily-dose of whatever. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s almost spoiler free daily-does Wes and Iris debate whether kids in movies are lazy plot devices or a necessary storytelling tools. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes cites, of all movies, the SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT movie to argue that movies teach kids what parents don't have time to say, urging listeners to watch movies intentionally before the next generation is lost to YouTube. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes makes a passionate case for film editors as the unsung heroes of cinema, highlighting legendary editors like Thelma Schoonmaker and Sally Menke who shaped the visions of Scorsese and Tarantino respectively. Editors are just like the unsung music producers of Pearl Jam and Creed.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Wes and Iris dig deeper into The Devil Wears Prada 2, unpacking the strategic genius behind the cafeteria ambush scene and arguing that the real protagonist is Nigel — the quiet puppet master whose arc from the first film finally gets its triumphant resolution. The episode ends with Wes posing the movie's most pressing unanswered question — what exactly is wrong with Andy's eyebrows — and Iris del...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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