The Other Half

Happy Saint Patrick's Day y'all! It's time to watch all of the Leprechaun movies until we can't! We start the series with the first movie, which you'd expect to be good enough to spawn at least seven other movies. It stars Jennifer Aniston before she became famous on Friends. Warwick Davis plays a crafty little leprechaun who just wants his gold back and will do anything to fin...

Ethan and Mike wrap up Oscar season with American Fiction! Jeffery Wright stars in a movie where he can't get a book sold because the books are just not black enough. So in a drunken rage, he starts writing a book that goes against everything he believes in while using a fake name. The book sells like crazy and hilarity ensues! A strange Oscar movie choice, but hey it calls out previous Oscar...

For Ethan and Mike, maybe their ancestors knew each other in their Past Lives. Maybe this podcast was inevitable. Maybe our ancestors were also discussing various forms of cave paintings before microphones were invented. Past Lives is another Oscar-nominated movie depicting two folks who separated when they were young and are reconnecting over the years. But things get sticky when 24 years later,...

Mike and Ethan continue Oscar Month with Killers of the Flower Moon. The latest in Martin Scorsese's extensive filmography. While not directly a mob, it shares some absolute core DNA with what Scorsese is known for. The movie follows Ernest who marries an Osage Native American woman, Mollie, who just happens to be part of a family RICH with oil money. Ernest's uncle is Robert DeNeiro so yo...

Mike and Ethan kick off Oscar month with Maestro! Bradly Cooper stars and directs a movie about the life of famous conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felica! It's a biopic about someone related to the movie industry so you know Hollywood went crazy for it! Is it worth the nomination though? Remember to join our Discord for movie nights and further podcast discussions! Check...

Mike and Ethan finish up Shelly Winter's Wonderland with What's the Matter with Helen along with special guest NotTheHoneyBees ! While we worked through their suggestions for Shelly Winters movies we wanted to hear a little Shelly Winters lore straight from the source. What's the Matter with Helen is a horror exploitation movie set around two moms who are trying to escape from their mu...

Mike and Ethan meet with Bloody Mama, also known as Ma Barker a real-life crime lord! Ethan wants out immediately, but Mike is sympathetic to Ma and her boys. Ma Barker loved her boys maybe a little too much and they all became psychopaths and wreaked havoc on whatever local communities were nearby. Will this crime family have a happy ending? Shelly Winters plays Ma Barker. She originally played a...

Mike and Ethan catch a subway to Next Stop, Greenwich Village on their Shelly Winter's journey. What was this famous part of New York like in 1951? We follow an eclectic group of artists living in Greenwich Village who go through relationships, breakups, and Shelly Winters as their mother. Shelly gives the performance of a lifetime. Plus we spot a few big actors in some of their earliest roles...

We're kicking off our month of Shelly Winters, best known for Who Slew Auntie Roo? , with A Place in the Sun! A classic movie that's in America's Congressional library. We're giving her the spotlight she may or may not deserve, but at the end of this month, we'll know for sure. Welcome to a Shelly Winters Wonderland!! Remember to join our Discord for movie nights and further po...

The boys ring in a new year with the New Year movie, Holiday! Starring Katherine Hepburn and Carey Grant, Johnny and Julia meet on a holiday in Lake Placid and fall quickly in love. They get engaged, much to the delight of Julia's family! However, when he meets them for the first time, things get weird when Julia's sister, Linda, starts revealing her worldview more aligns with Johnny's...

To close out this holiday season, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in the romantic movie, Carol, which is mostly set during Christmas! They have a thing for each other, but it's the '50s so any same-sex relationship is going to be treated as puppy love or even worse, a mental disorder. How are these two lovebirds going to make it out of this one?? Oh, Cate Blanchett also has a dang husb...

The Family Stone feels like a Hallmark movie if it had actual star power behind it. You got Diane Keaton, Racheal McAdams, Claire Danes, Sarah Jessica Parker and more! Let's see what happens when a fun free-spirited guy brings home a conservative girl for Christmas. The drama is like a real Christmas movie because all of the actors sell the drama. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com...

It's been a while since we've had a truly bad holiday movie on this podcast, but finally, Deck The Halls is here. Starring Matthew Brodrick (Lillard?) and Danny DeVito, this movie centers around someone who just wants to have Christmas a particular way and another person who is an egomaniacal monster. Who is the villain? It's hard to tell if you listen to movie logic! Check out https:/...

Oh no, Bad Santa said the F-word! This movie has been wiped from Ethan's mind so it's time to watch it as we kick off our holiday special. This movie is a dark comedy about a professional thief, Willie, who, along with his partner Marcus, poses as a department store Santa Claus during the holiday season to rob malls on Christmas Eve. Also, did you know this movie was produced by the Coen b...

Any Given Sunday you'll either win or you'll lose, but The Other Half podcast can be listened to every day, making YOU a winner. We watch the Oliver Stone movie about the game of football and the absolute brutality it takes on the human body and mind. In a stacked movie, Al Pachino plays an aging coach who has to help motivate a young quarterback played by Jamie Foxx, who is incredible in...

Happy Hanksgiving everyone! What's better than gathering around the table with friends and microphones and chatting about Tom Hanks? Almost Plausible 's Tomas joins the boys to talk about the movie sendup of the TV show Dragnet. It's a comedy-mystery film from the late '80s that follows two mismatched detectives, Sgt. Joe Friday (Dan Akaroyd) and his new partner, Pep Streebek (Tom...

Mona Lisa Smile focuses on an all-girls college in the '50s and to help us guide us through there is Ethan's partner, Lindsay. We picked this movie having literally no knowledge of what it's about. Just the title of the film is enough to pique our curiosity. Is Mona Lisa actually in this movie??? Well, other famous artist's works do show up, but none of the characters are in the fi...

"Sweet Home Alabama" is a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon. The story is about Melanie Smooter, a successful New York City fashion designer who is about to marry the city's most eligible bachelor, Andrew Hennings, played by Patrick Demsey. He's honestly a catch, but actually, there's a catch to her soon-to-be marriage. She has to go down south to finalize he...

"Practical Magic" is a 1998 film that is a blend of romantic comedy and magic! The plot centers around the Owens sisters, Sally and Gillian, who come from a long line of witches with a family curse that causes any man who falls in love with an Owens woman to meet an untimely death. Things get wacky! But the question is, what's the most practical form of magic? Is it using a spoon to st...

Our final entry for Scream Kings is the 1986 film Maximum Overdrive, which was written AND directed by Stephen King. It's also the last film he ever directed. The plot is about the Earth passing through the tail of a comet, which has an evil effect on machines, gas pumps, and electronic devices. They in some way revolt leading to widespread chaos and destruction. A group of people finds themse...

Our third entry for Scream Kings is the 1995 film The Mangler, which was NOT written by Stephen King, but was based on one of his short stories. The plot is about an industrial laundry press possessed by an evil spirit??? Which causes a series of murders/accidents within the laundry facility. Officer John Hunton and Mark work together to uncover the dark secret behind the malevolent machine and st...

Our second entry for Scream Kings is the 1992 film Sleepwalkers, which was written by Stephen King himself!! The plot revolves around a mother and son, Mary and Charles Brady, who are shape-shifting, energy-feeding creatures known as Sleepwalkers. They move to a new town in Indiana from California, away from Mark Hamill, and prey on young virginal girls to sustain themselves. However, their life t...

Step aside Ready Player One , The Lawnmower Man was the original VR movie. Starring Pierce Brosnan as the hot scientist, The Lawnmower Man is a wild ride about chimps, becoming too smart, and of course mind control! It's the perfect way to kick off an entire month of Stephen King movies. Even if this one is barely related to Stephen King. Welcome to the start of Scream Kings!! Check out https:...

Porky's is an '80s teen comedy that I'm sure most people are familiar with at least the poster of. Comedies age like milk, but maybe there's a nugget of this movie actually having funny moments. There has to be a reason why it was such a mega-hit back in the day. It wasn't just because there was the possibility of seeing naked women on screen was there? Be sure to join The Othe...

John Wayne stars in a 3D western called Hondo, based on The Gift of Cochise!! When you close your eyes and picture a movie about the Wild West, this is precisely what you imagine. Warts and all. John Wayne is such a curious star in Hollywood. He feels like he's made out of a heavily tenderized steak. Come for our description of 1950s masculinity and stay for the excellent John Wayne impersonat...