The Other Half

The newcomer on the block, Disney+ is here to bring the holiday cheer with Noelle! Noelle stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Claus who is just there to help her brother, Nick played by Bill Hader, learn to become Santa after real Santa died of mysterious causes. Apparently, this movie was too bad to release in theaters so to the streaming service dumping grounds it goes. Check out https://shop.theother...

Sometimes you have to just Let It Snow. Season's Streamings! It's time to dive into the dumpster fire of movies made to keep you using *insert streaming service here* through the holidays! We start with Netflix's Let It Snow. It's a cross between White Christmas and Love Actually. The plot revolves around high school kids who get snowed in on Christmas Eve. This movie features a fa...

Perhaps, our podcast episode on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood went a little long, but we absolutely couldn't contain our love of this movie. A lot of biopics are dry, predictable and sappy. This movie, starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers, focuses on a jaded journalist, who doesn't quite believe Rogers is as good as he seems. This movie takes a huge risk by framing the story as an actua...

Arguably John Hughes' most famous movie, the boys grab a seat to hang out with The Breakfast Club. We dive in to find out if this movie age as poorly as Sixteen Candles. The short answer is "no it holds up." *mostly 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/exc...

The boys take a dive back into Bollywood with Andhadhun! "The Blind Melody" is a rough English translation of Andhadhun. This fantastic black comedy crime movie took both of the boys by surprise when watching it for the podcast. You can find it for free on Netflix right now which we highly recommend watching beforehand because man some of the places this movie goes are wild. Check out http...

Mike and Ethan reexamine Doctor Who: The Movie and test their knowledge on one of the oldest franchises. In this episode, we question, what is a Timelord, who is the master, how many TARDIS are there, and why do British people think Americans like gummies so much? As you can see.... we are no experts on the matter. Turns out it's more like Doctor...Who? Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodca...

Ray returns to round out 2019's Spooktacular podcasts with cult classic Jason X. This may be our best Spooktacular episode yet. Ray thought we'd hate this movie, but he was dead wrong. How could we not love a man in a hockey mask, murdering teens in space? Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — htt...

Andy returns to the podcast to bring a classic horror movie, The Wicker Man. He saw it as a kid and just had to bring it on to reevaluate if it was still good. He didn't think it held up, but perhaps Mike and Ethan will think differently. The story is simple. A policeman goes to a strange island town to investigate reports of a missing girl. Only he finds out that the town is not quite what it...

After burning bridges by suggesting Madea month, Mia has returned to the podcast to redeem herself with The Awakening. It's a British horror movie that starts off pretty scary actually, but then it turns into bat-shit insane territory. This movie stars Rebecca Hall a skeptic ghost hunter who is called to a charter school when a young boy ends up dead. There's also Dominic West, you may kno...

Dolls feature a goofy lookin' dude who looks like Sean Austin protecting a child from own evil parents. Phelan joins the boys to bring them this spookily off-beat movie. This campy horror film is brought to you by the same director of notoriously campy movie Reanimator. Stop motion dolls moving around like an old King Kong movie is scary and actually kind of cool looking. Also, there's lot...

We kick off the 2019 Halloween Spooktacular with a modern indie film called Darling, which was made in 2015! Ray is the first on our frightening guest list and he recommended this movie to us because he thought it was kinda spooky. It's a movie about a lady who has to take care of the oldest house in New York. Of course, she's driven to madness. But what is the cause behind this madness? C...

Dennis Quaid plays a knight with a dragon friend in the classically corny, Dragonheart, which actually spawned a franchise that continues to run until this day! The dragon is played by none other than Sean Connery. But the dragon doesn't look as good as Sean Connery. In fact, this dragon doesn't look great by today's standards at all, but it was impressive enough to win the Academy Awa...

If you're enjoying a walk on the beach with a loved one or doing taxes alone on a Friday night, you should always stop and think, what about Bob? This is a weird screwball comedy straight from the '90s. This is back when going to a therapist was for seriously ill people. Not just for someone doing a routine mental health check-up. The movie centers around Bob (Bill Murray) and his brand ne...

Hell or High Water is the most divisive movie we have watched for this podcast. The way we describe both halves of this movie, it sounds like we were watching completely different movies. Hell or High Water stars Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges and examines the life of two Texas outlaws. CAPITALISM is the true enemy of this movie as well as obvious metaphors. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast...

The boys got together to watch the most famous and universally loved Star Trek film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. How does this 1982 movie fair under the scrutiny of a couple of non-Trekkies? Well, Ethan is a big fan of the bug designs and Mike likes Khan a lot. That's all I can say, for more opinions, you have to listen to the episode! Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to he...

Don Bluth is here with his last movie ever, Titan A.E.! This experimental movie blends 3D environments with traditional 2D animation. Featuring the talents of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, and John Leguizamo, Titan A.E. asks the question, what if the earth was wiped out by a crazy evil alien force made out of pure energy? If that doesn't sound enticing to you, then I don't think you'll l...

The Crow inspired a generation of goths and even WWF superstar Sting and it paved the way for the original Hot Topic before Funko Pops! This cult classic is a corny revenge tale with a lot of heart. But it's also brutal and over the top for no reason, which Ethan is surely down for. But how does this movie live up to today's standards? Does it deserve to be highly regarded or is it on famo...

How does the cultural phenomenon, Sixteen Candles hold up in 2019? We can tell you from a cultural standpoint, not well. The famous John Hughes coming of age movie stars Molly Ringwald as Samantha who is crushing on this guy named Jake. They both are not the best so it makes sense that maybe they would work together! Don't worry though the side characters totally make up for it... Check out ht...

Is this the Batman and Robin of the Fast and Furious franchise? Or the Antman and Wasp? Look we know Mike always hated these movies so this one is probably no exception, but what does Ethan, a casual fan think of the latest spinoff of the franchise? Let's just say Mike and Ethan got into a heated shouting match and the whole podcast is in jeopardy of continuing! It is weird to think that the R...

I have been in the habit of writing some lengthy descriptions in these podcasts to help with SEO. But Baby's Day Out doesn't deserve a good description. It deserves a description on the same level as the movie itself: So mediocre and boring it'll even make Google spit it out of its monolithic mouth. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your r...

Some Like It Hot is a 60-year-old movie with crossdressing. You wouldn't think it would hold up to 2019's standards right? Clearly, even some movies portrayals of homosexual characters the '90s don't hold up today. You may be surprised about how the movie portrays love and romance between the sexes. Sure it may not be progressive by today standards and cross-dressing is still mostl...

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood wacky movie with an absurdly long title. We went in with extremely low expectations but were pleasantly surprised when this movie took Airplane! comedy style to Boyz n the Hood and Menace II Society. It's a goofy movie that doesn't actually have much of a plot so enjoy Mike and Ethan praise a movie unabashedly in...

Ricardo joins the podcast for an in-depth discussion on 2016's Shin Godzilla Ricardo has been on the podcast many times, but now he finally has a chance to display his full Godzilla knowledge. He's seen nearly all bad Godzilla movies so it's somewhat surprising that he brought us one of the best recent Godzillas. This movie was directed by Hideaki Anno, who is the creator of the famous...

Let's have some complicated feelings about America while watching Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July! Unfortunately, Mike thought this movie was a romantic comedy, but that theory couldn't have been farther from the truth. Born on the Fourth of July is the true story of Ron Kovic. He was an ultra-patriotic Marine who came back from the Vietnam war paralyzed from the waist down....

The boys bring Julia on to add a little flavor to the podcast with Spice World! The hit all-girl band from the '90s, Spice Girls, made an absolutely bizarre movie with cameos of all of your favorite British pop-culture icons. What's the plot? WE DON'T NEED PLOT! WE HAVE SPIRIT AND SPUNK! In this episode, Julia tells Ethan and Mike what Spice Girl they would be, Ethan keeps mixing up th...