Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast

This week, the whole crew is back together to catch up on some e-mails (opinions expressed by Da7e in the e-mail response section do not represent the opinions of other Fighting In The War Room hosts or anyone previously associated with the podcast or who may appear on the podcast in the future) then dive […]

This week, David has to sit a week out of the War Room, but it’s just because of visiting in-laws – he is safe and fine! Katey, Patches, and Da7e convene so Patches and Da7e can talk about the not-good, but also not-bad Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, then Katey updates everyone on her […]

This week on a slightly longer than usual episode, Da7e is back to catch up on your e-mails and explain to everyone exactly what happened last week that landed him in the hospital (and how he’s going to be missing movies in theaters for the time being because of an open wound). Then, Patches gets […]

This week, Da7e’s body has revolted against itself, so Katey, Patches and David rally in the War Room. All three hosts are intrigued by 3 Body Problem on Netflix, even though Patches is probably the most into it. Then, although it started on Peacock, Girls5Eva has also moved to Netflix for its third season! Finally, […]

This week, all four hosts get together to talk about last weekend’s Oscars ceremony, but first! – Katey and Da7e talk about Kung Fu Panda 4 (now in theaters) and its place in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Patches psyches up the other hosts for the impending debut of X-Men ’97 on Disney Plus. And, […]

This week, we all learn about Patches’ recent directing project: a segment of a school play for Kindergarten thru fifth graders and discover that kids these days really know how to use their laptops. Then, because no one sent in reviews (or by popular demand, you chose), Katey’s two kids tell us about some Divine […]

This week, Patches and David catch us up with the latest and PROBABLY last season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Katey speculates about how The SAG Awards on Netflix could inform future award shows on non-linear TV platforms, and the whole group dives into 1999’s Cruel Intentions and tries to remember if they were ever as […]

This week, everyone is back on the podcast. Patches, Katey, and David talk the puzzling Jennifer Lopez project This is Me…Now: A Love Story, Da7e and David are mixed positive on True Detective Night Country (there is one SPOILER question about the finale signaled by your trusty SPOILER GONG), and all four hosts went to […]

This week, it’s Matt Patches who has to sit an episode out (apparently because of snow and children), bt Katey, Da7e, and David convene in the War Room to talk about Lisa Frankenstein (currently in theaters), the big trailers that debuted during the Super Bowl (including Twisters!). Then, the three dig into the Netflix series […]

This week, with David out sick, Patches, Katey and Da7e get together to discuss two movies you can currently stream on Netflix: The Greatest Night in Pop about the making of “We Are The World” and Orion and the Dark, a Charlie Kaufman-written children’s movie. One is a straightforward documentary about one night in the […]

This week, we all watched JA Bayona’s Society of the Snow on Netflix, but also have a bunch of fun movie related stuff to talk about. In our first segment, David and Katey break down some of their favorites from this years Sundance Film Festival, which they both attended remotely. Then, it finally happened, Universal […]

This week, everyone finally caught up with All of Us Strangers, a movie that might be in a theater near you right now! But first, David has lured Katey, Patches, and Da7e into the world of the reality TV competition Traitors and all the hosts give some cheers and jeers to the Academy Awards nominations. […]

This week, January scheduling is already upon us as David has to sit this one out for film festival duties and Katey has just returned from an L.A. Trip. Katey, Da7e, and Patches jump into the War Room to hear about Katey’s trip and talk about The Zone of Interest (and feeling bad). In the […]

The Best Movies of 2023 The year of 2023 had some big surprises at the cinema, and because of that your hosts might have liked the same movies, but there are many one-list outliers this year (and not just from David). You know the format – Katey, David, Patches and Da7e take their time describing […]

This week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey were thinking about doing their Top Tens but realized vacation brain had caught up with them all. Instead, they engage in a media grab bag discussion covering Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, the Netflix charts fronting Leave the World Behind, the rentable Taylor Swift Eras Tour, Patches picking […]

This week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey are rounding out the year talking about three more movies! First, it’s time for the guys to weigh in on Toho’s newest Godzilla incarnation in Minus One. Then, all four hosts jump into this week’s big wrestling movie release: The Iron Claw. Finally, everyone scraps over The Holdovers […]

This week, David, Patches, Da7e and Katey assemble in the War Room once more. First, a review of the current Miyazaki movie in theaters – The Boy and the Heron! – before Katey walks us all through the Golden Globe Nominations and everyone dives in to talk about Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo […]

This week, David, Patches, and Katey have all gotten to see Wonka (coming to theaters December 15th!) and give you a lengthy preview of this at-first-misunderstood musical. Then, all four hosts react to the Independent Spirit Award Nominations before they dive into a review of a funny and disturbing film – Todd Haynes’ newest May […]

This week, all four hosts finally get to talk about Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the Scott Pilgrim not-a-remake anime that is currently on Netflix, and they manage to do it without heavy spoilers (though they do talk about the premise of the series). Then, what’s up with Justin Timberlake? What happened there? Finally, all four […]

This week, because of the American holiday week and the upcoming award season, your hosts all watched different things (or things they can’t talk about yet), so it’s the return of the PANDEMIC CHECK IN FORMAT! Each host talks about a thing (or things) they ingested this week in the pop culture sphere without spoiling […]