The Other Half

The Science of Sleep was well regarded when it came out, but we're here to see if it aged well. Turns out, it hasn't. In fact, it's got some massive 500 Days of Summer vibes going on. Directed and written by Michel Gondry, the movie follows a down on his luck artist who decided (coerced) to move back home with his mom. He then meets a lady neighbor and becomes obsessed with her. That b...

We swear we didn't pick Finding Forrester to honor the late Sean Connery. It was just a happy little coincidence. Now this movie has some serious Good Will Hunting vibes in it. It's almost like it's the same director making almost the same movie. It also has Sean Connery making some classic memes. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your roo...

It's been over two years since we saw the original The Witches, but now we're back with The Witches from the mind of Robert Zemeckis. This time it has a little American twist! It's (for some reason) set during Jim Crow America. Should we throw this one back into the cauldron? Make sure to listen to the original The Witches episode so you can find all the differences! Check out https://...

We close out our Halloween Spooktacular with La Llorona, a genuinely terrifying movie. It follows a leader of Guatemala who had just been found guilty of war crimes, which he is haunted by. This movie deals with classism and racism in a haunting manner. Check it out! Also, check out this podcast. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool a...

The tagline of this movie, Crawl, is not "Later Gator". I'm upset. This week Mike and Ethan dive into the modern monster movie where gators go wild! This movie stars relatively minor actors, who are being hunted by (CGI) gators in Florida! Is it a spooky creature feature? Gotta listen to find out! Also listen for stories about Mr. Ed and some fun gator facts! Check out https://shop.the...

Time for us to take a look at The Legend of Hallowiian, a movie Ethan only heard about because he was eating at King's Hawiian in Torrance once. Turns out, it's King's Hawiian's first movie! Let's dive in and see how this movie is. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — https://redcircl...

We celebrate the first week of Spooktacular with Blumhouse's Fantasy Island! It's based on the old TV show of the same name from the '70s. Below you can see the intro to this wonderfully forgotten TV show. We can only hope people will forget about 2020s Fantasy Island as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x_QbVDlLbI Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the...

In honor of James Dean's death, Ethan and Mike watch the last movie he starred in, Giant. Clocking in at 3 hours and 21 minutes, Giant tells the story of a rancher family and how even the best-laid plans may go awry. Oh, it takes place in Texas so even for a movie in the 1950s, there's gonna be a touch of racism. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and...

Ethan and Mike watch the CLASSIC movie Sunset Boulevard. Does this movie made all the way back in the '50s still hold up? Turns out it's one of the best movies we've seen for the podcast in a while. Don't worry we still get up to our weird shannaigains because the '50s are ripe for making fun of! Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get y...

The writers behind this movie were not exactly #Alive while writing this paint by numbers zombie flick. Ethan and Mike watch a South Korean zombie movie set in our modern social media times. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like #Alive does anything new with the use of technology. In fact, this may be the most egregious error in this otherwise competent zombie movie. Apparently this movie was bi...

If we told you Radio Rebel, a made for TV Disney movie, was an allegory for rising up against your oppressors, you'd probably say, "Yeah it has Rebel in the title." This movie has aged soo poorly, but fighting for the lower class to rise up and take charge never goes out of style. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art!...

We regret to bring you Infamous. Bella Thorne and Jake Manely star as "influencers" who gain their fame through robbing dispensories. The moral of this story is crime doesn't pay...or is it? This is a movie punching high above what its actors, script and director are capable of handling. So it's bad, but is it fun bad? Listen to the podcast to find out! Come for the hot takes and s...

To end '90s month, the boys watch a Steven Spielberg classic, Hook! We'll be honest, we were not looking forward to this movie at all, but it turns out it's actually not as bad as we thought it would be.* Grab your pixie dust, stan for Rufio, and download our latest episode. There's only one requirement.... don't grow up! *Okay it wasn't fun to watch. Why is this movie so l...

My Girl is Boomer catnip. At least that's what we thought the movie was about at first. After discussing more of the plot deals, we still believe this movie was mostly beloved for its portrayal of "the good old days." That being said, it has a poorly fleshed-out surface-level coming of age tale. Also if you know nothing about this movie like Ethan did, please don't look anything up...

In our second week of '90s month, the boys talk about Fried Green Tomatoes. Eating fried unripe tomatoes could be considered a southern past-time, but you know what's also southern? Racism when you least expect it. Who knew this movie about two women's friendship (or maybe love?!) would also have a half-assed racism subplot? It's a weird clumsy movie but has a lot of heart even if...

It felt like Only Yesterday Mike was born. Okay, 1991 was quite a long time ago, but in the honor of Mike's birth year, we're watching movies from 1991 all month! Only Yesterday came out in Japan in 1991, but didn't actually make its way over to the states until 2016. One reason is that the Japanese voice acting was so critical to the animation process. You'll have to listen to thi...

To round off Netflix month we end on the raunchy comedy, The Package. The story of the package is a guy accidentally cuts off his own penis. The joke of The Package is a guy accidentally cut off his own penis. The quality of The Package makes us want to cut off our own penis'. From the studio that brought you Workaholics, The Package is one of the worst films we've seen this year. Check ou...

I Lost My Body is a French animated film that was modeled in 3D beforehand and then painted over. It's like rotoscoping! It's right up Ethan and Mike's ally, but are they going to enjoy the tale of Naoufel's hand trying to get back to his body? How could they not? Even the Academy gave it a nomination for the best-animated movie! Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to h...

Swiped may be the most poorly written, poorly acted, poorly delivered movie since we watched Love on a Leash. It's about a nerd who made a hook-up app that he later regrets! You should honestly just go watch it on Netflix. It's cheap, the premise makes no sense and none of the characters act like real people. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get...

While watching A Whisker Away, it dawns on Ethan and Mike, they are finally not watching masterpiece level anime for the podcast. A Whisker Away centers around a spunky girl who just can't make a friend at school. She wishes her crush would like her, but maybe if she became a cat, her crush would like her more..... This is something that would only make sense to a middle school student. This a...

The boys dive into a biopic about Rudy Ray Moore's quest to make a movie in Dolemite Is My Name. It's like The Disaster Artist if the main character was actually likable and you rooted for him. Rudy Ray Moore, played by Eddie Murphy, is a black entertainer who makes a name for himself in the independent comedy scene after creating a character named Dolemite. Honestly, it's a heartwarmi...

Ruh-roh, what if the Hanna Barbera cinematic universe is doomed because Scoob! released during a global pandemic? Or what if it's doomed because Scoob! isn't a good movie?! The boys both have differing opinions on previous Scooby-Doo iterations, but they seem to find common ground on this newly released animated feature. Despite a brand new cast doing a pretty good job and some great visua...

Leaving Las Vegas is a depressing movie. It was maybe a rough watch to see Nicolas Cage playing an alcoholic in what be his most perfectly cast role. Elisabeth Shue playing a sex worker is also an amazing performance. What's even more depressing is the writer of this movie's life. Man it's a fantastic movie though, but the plot is certainly a bummer. Check out https://shop.theotherhalf...

Phelan joins the podcast to talk about What a Girl Wants! It's one of those movies where a clumsy American girl goes to Britain because she wants to find her dad. Turns out dad is not only Colin Firth, but dad is also royalty! But poor Amanda Bynes doesn't fit in with British royalty so that's where the conflict comes in. Does she stay true to herself or blend in to make her new dad ha...

Serenity is absolutely wild and we love it. What's wild in a bad way and something we don't love is police brutality. Here is a Google doc full of donation links to your area. If you can't find one in your area donate to The Bail Project: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project It's wrong for innocent protesters standing up to tyranny to have to sit in jail because th...