The Other Half

In celebration of the longest day of the year, summer solstice, we watched Nymphomaniac. It is the longest movie we've ever seen for the podcast! This movie, directed by Lars von Trier, it two whole movies split into one. It's all about sex addiction and artistic dread, so if you don't want to listen to Ethan and Mike describing sexual acts, then you should skip this one. Check out htt...

DAD! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. While you're out tie shopping for you D-ahd, listen to our podcast on the 1989 movie, Dad. It stars Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, and Ethan Hawke! It's the movie that holds the record for the most dyads on screen ever! (citation needed) WARNING: This movie may contain sympathy for your dad. So if you're trying to give the cold shoulder to your dad this holiday b...

After what feels like every single listener begging them to watch The Birdcage, Ethan and Mike finally watch it. The movie stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a long time gay couple. Robin Williams owns "The Birdcage" which is a club Nathan Lane performs at in drag. The tension arrives when Robin Williams' son asks his father to not be gay when he meets his son's fiancee's...

We decided to watch Madea's Family Reunion as a send off to the nightmare month that has been MAY-dea. Also, it's the sequel to the movie that started it all. Don't worry nothing much has changed from his modern movies. All of the character's problems are because of a single tragedy that happened to them. Tyler Perry says, "Just get over it and all your problems and PTSD will g...

In the fourth episode of MAY-dea, the boys get a little help for Boo! A Madea Halloween. They are joined by Mia, who originally introduced them to the idea of watching Madea movies for an entire month. As you can imagine, she has a lot of explaining to do. This episode and movie contain all your favorite characters. Aunt Bam, Madea, Brian and Uncle Joe all return to wreak havoc on a local fraterni...

In the third episode of MAY-dea, the boys are on life support during Madea's Big Happy Family. They're only halfway through the month and it's getting harder and harder to see the fun in Tyler Perry's Madea Cinematic Universe. This man's only message is to get you to start hitting your kids because that's the reason for all of today's problems apparently? Be sure to als...

In the second episode of MAYdea, we see how well Madea does with random rich white people living in her house in Madea's Witness Protection. Tyler Perry recruits Eugene Levy and Denise Richards to impart some of Madea's timeless wisdom to them. It boils down to man-up and traumatize your kids. Be sure to also watch our first Madea episode, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Check out https://shop...

Get ready for MAYdea, an entire month to watching Madea movies! We begin Madea's first movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. The boys have absolutely no idea what they're getting into. They didn't have any idea about the Madea universe's rich characters such as Uncle Joe. Kevin Feige move over! It's time for Tyler Perry to take the spotlight and spout his weird views on relationsh...

The boys watch the 2018 Indian movie Tumbbad! With its oppressive atmosphere and brooding tone, it's a stark departure you'd typically expect from most Indian Bollywood style movies. Despite it being a massive industry, the only other Indian movie we watched was Happy New Year. This movie is NOTHING like that one. It surprisingly shares more in common with modern American horror movies suc...

It took a lot of convincing, but eventually, Ethan convinced Mike to watch M Night Shyamalan's latest, Glass. Mike was right and this podcast contains many reasons why you should avoid this movie starring Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, and Samuel L Jackson. The scenes in this movie have to be heard to be believed. Be sure to listen to our other podcasts about the same movie universe Unbreakable a...

Straight from Sweden, dripping with existential dread, comes the famous film, The Seventh Seal. This movie is considered one of the greatest of all time, but it came out in the '50s! Does it still hold up today. Despite our positive talk, this episode is NOT sponsored by the Criterion Channel. If you're hungry for us, talking about well-regarded classic movies in the history of cinema you...

Phelan joins the podcast to do what she does best, bring awful girly movies to the podcast! John Tucker Must Die is of the time and that time is 2006. Surprisingly, a lot has changed since then, but girls bonding together to bring down an awful man still resonates today. Let's just hope he learns his lesson. Check out some of Phelan's other girl movies such as The Lizzie McGuire Movie and...

Cool Runnings is based on the true story of the first Jamaican Bobsled team to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics. It's a Disney sports movie like Miracle! But how true is it? Don't worry, Mike is on the case! 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-co...

It's time to watch, Grave of the Fireflies, which is considered one of the saddest films of all time. Somehow the boys work some laughs into this Studio Ghibli film, but boy was it a rough watch. Just listen to our episode on the movie and it will take a lot of sting out of this absolutely devastating motion picture. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and...

Surprisingly, this episode won't feature the sound of music, but us talking about the hit musical The Sound of Music! We watched the classic Julie Andrews movie to see if it holds up and were just shocked by how much of an impact on it made on modern culture. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — http...

Somehow even the action movie, 48 Hrs, makes this podcast bring up Green Book. We can't escape that movie no matter how hard we try. Shame on us and shame on me. Look, it's a buddy cop movie set in the '80s with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, can you image how this will go? Surprisingly, this movie is far more serious than you may expect! Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ t...

From the people who brought you "Angels in the Outfield," comes The Big Green. Perhaps the blandest sports movie to ever exist. The director, Holly Goldberg Sloan, went on to direct this insane movie called Heidi 4 Paws, which I've included at the bottom of these show notes. Look The Big Green is a mess. This podcast episode just goes into detail how speeding up action shots don't...

Y'all ready for the Oscars?!?! We are because we can finally be done with these episodes . In this bonus podcast, we talk about all the other best picture Oscar nominations and create a bingo board for your own watch party! Find a link to our bingo cards here! A PDF to a single one can be found here. Shout out to myfreebingocards.com for allowing us to cut corners and not make bingo cards ours...

Spike Lee brings power to the people in Blackkklansman. Green Book preaches racism was bad but sure is good that it's dead, while this movie spits directly in the face of that idea. Also, this movie totally has Steve Buscemi in it. Not his potentially evil twin. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art! Support this podcast at — h...

A Star is Born saved Ethan and Mike from what's been a dismal Oscar season. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga carry the show in the fourth remake of this tragic love story. One thing never changes over time, musicians can be a handful! 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-h...

It's time for us to watch a little political movie called Vice! It's all about how Dick Cheney came out of nowhere and became the most powerful man in the free world. But more importantly it's almost two hours for director and writer Adam McKay to ravage your sense! Remember when he just did Step Brothers and didn't try to say anything smart besides don't put your balls on your...

Our Green Book podcast takes aim at one of the weirdest Oscar nominees. Green Book has Viggo Mortensen learn from Mahershala Ali that racism is bad and just because you're rich, it doesn't mean you can avoid it. It also has little to do with the actual Green Book, which is deeply disappointing besides the fact that most of this movie is probably fake. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpod...

The boys begin their Oscar podcast month (two months?) with Bohemian Rhapsody! Basically, it's an acting showcase for Rami Malek to get his Oscar with a little story of the band Queen for good measure! 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 Adverti...

Ethan and Mike watch the very '90s movie GO. It's got bad hair, Katie Holmes and a nonlinear drug/crime plot. 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: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pr...

The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel is a weird movie. It's like three different movies all crammed into one. Tonally, it's all over the place and at the end of the movie it's kind of revealed to be a propaganda piece for the good old days. Plus that CGI blood is atrocious, but there's never a dull moment hanging out with the four protagonists. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodc...