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Tommy is THE pinball wizard, that people somehow devote their lives to worshiping. This is probably the first musical we watched based on a band and what better choice than The Who. Like most things from the 1970s, certain aspects of this movie don't age well. But holy cow is it a sight to behold. We're going to be explaining some things in this episode that honestly don't make much se...

Pulse is a Japanese horror film that came out in 2001 and of course, had an American remake in 2006. Maybe it was a good idea to remake this movie because it absolutely does not hold your hand. In fact, we're not sure we put together the complete story on this one. It's so vague, so bleak, so damn unsettling. Just listen to the episode. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to he...

Child's Play is a classic horror movie franchise that somehow bypassed both of us. Well, I guess the reason was is we were afraid of our toys coming to life and killing us. What can we say, we have trust issues. Now this movie turns out to be a lot like Toy Story in a lot more ways than we expected. First off, the kid's name is Andy! Who knows how old Andy is, but I like to think that the...

Housebound doesn't have anything to do with Southbound. No this is a horror movie about a lady who is confined to her house for being a criminal and there's a ghost in it! It's also a horror-comedy from New Zealand not created by Taika Waititi. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://red...

We're starting Spooktacular month with a throwback, Who Slew Auntie Roo? A horrifying spin on Hansel and Gretel, where the witch is just a sad American lady who is extremely lonely. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-other-half/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: http...

Logan's Run is a classic sci-fi movie where you live in a utopia, but you'd had to die at 30. Is it worth it? Maybe it's better to live outside where people have great taste in musicals. This is definitely one of the better older sci-fi movies out there. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — h...

Waiting to Exhale was pitched to us as a good/bad movie that every mom and auntie saw in the '90s. I'm going to say that's extremely accurate. It's not a well-made movie, but it has a lot of heart and features some fantastic acting from Angela Bassett. Can anyone give these poor women a break? Men are trash. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show a...

Blank Check has been on our list since the day this podcast started. There's a reason people kept suggesting it. There's a dark secret in this Disney movie that you'd never guess from either the title of the movie or the premise. Listen to find out. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https:...

It's time once again for us to join the family with F9: The Fast Saga. Another entry in the Fast and Furious franchise. Does it finally change Mike's mind? Does Ethan like it better than Hobbs and Shaw? Will Dom finally show emotion? Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-...

Miss March is The Whitest Kids You Know's first movie. It was also their last. We take a look at the late Trevor Moore's movie and see if it's worth remembering with the rest of his comedic works. Or should it be left back in 2009. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/th...

As we move onto Resident Evil: Afterlife, the sheen of the Resident Evil movies is wearing thin. No matter how crazy the last movie ended, they always find a way to make the next movie a fairly boring concept. It's starting to feel like sitcom TV. For example, what if we retcon everything cool and interesting from Resident Evil: Extinction? Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to he...

We're hitting some difficulties as we move into the third movie of the Resident Evil franchise, known as Resident Evil: Extinction. This movie attempts to take its characters much more seriously than the other movies and in the process becomes just a little more boring. Also, it doesn't make sense at all? Like so much of it. All of it. My brain isn't functioning too well. Check out htt...

We've made it to the second Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Apocalypse! Finally, our favorite characters start showing up.... Jill Valentine and... Nemesis? We'll take them. This movie echos the events from the 3rd Resident Evil game and maybe not in the best way. Perhaps someone should have given these poor ladies some clothes. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help s...

Resident Evil is one of those franchises where they just keep coming. Both in terms of movies and in video games. We're starting off a new series called Watch 'till You Can't, where we watch a series of movies until both of us agree to stop it. We begin with the classic Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich series, Resident Evil, which is loosely based on the Capcom franchise. Check ou...

Reflections in a Golden Eye is drama on a military base. Everyone in this movie is a bad person so you just feel bad for Colonel's wife. Sorry no James bond in this movie. Only a super mumbly Marlon Brando. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-other-half/exclusive-content Ad...

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is one of Bette Davis' and Joan Crawford's most famous movies. It's the story of a former child star abusing her sister while her sister is trapped in her own house. It's creepy and it's great seeing Bette Davis become jokerfied. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this...

M is one of the first police procedurals ever made as it follows a child serial killer's effect on an entire city. It somehow gets grimmer. Made in 1931 in Germany, this movie was considered too progressive and was banned by the Nazi party. It's absolutely wild watching a movie that's about 90 years old and see how human nature doesn't really change. Check out https://shop.theother...

We're starting off The Other Half's Summer Classic Movies with A Street Car Named Desire! A movie that's been on our list almost since we started this podcast, we're finally getting around to watching it! Does this nearly 70 year old movie hold up? That's such a long time. Marlon Brando is was handsome and loves to slur his words. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/...

It's the end of ladies month, so it's time to watch 1990's Mermaids, a coming-of-age tale starring Winona Ryder, Cher and Bob Hoskins. Oh you haven't heard of this movie? Neither had we. It's ultra '90s and very strange. We had a blast talking about it though. Sure the movie may sound boring, but our discussion of it is anything but. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodca...

My Best Friend's Wedding is one of Julia Robert's most famous films. After watching the movie, we realize it's because she plays a selfish psychopath trying to ruin her best friend's wedding. This is one of the strangest movies we watched for Ladies Month. It's so tonally opposed to itself it is fascinating to watch and talk about. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com...

What better way to celebrate Ladies Month than with the feminist Coyote Ugly! Unless the film isn't actually feminist and they filmed a raunchy sex scene to release later 5 years later. The movie is definitely of its time and is actually awful, but it's a fun little time capsule of the end of the '90s. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get you...

Our second film in our themed, Ladies Month, is Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. A comedy about two 28-year-old women about to go to their high school reunion who haven't been "successful" in life What's a lady to do? Make up a lie about it! This movie is all about sticking up for your friends during thick and thin. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help...

Josie and the Pussycats was a major bomb at the box office, plus it was for girls so Mike and I skipped it in our youth. We take a trip back to 2001 to see if the movie deserves its recent cult status. Plus we watched a lot of Riverdale so we know all about the Archiverse backstory. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support th...

It's the 6th Transformer movie, yet somehow Bumblebee became the best Transformers movie by a mile. This isn't the normal trajectory for movie sequels, but here we are with the heart warming tale of how Bumblebee got his voice. Now, it's a good Transformers movie, but is it a good movie on its own? You'll just have to listen to find out! Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.c...

Shrek is back for his fourth main adventure in Shrek Forever After! We find out if the fourth installment is as bad as some other number forth or if Dreamworks can keep the magic of the first movie going. Originally Shrek Forever After was marketed as Shrek: The Final Chapter in movie theaters. Domestic life bores Shrek. He finds Rumpelstiltskin, who grants him the wish of being a scary ogre again...