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OWM kicks off HALLOWEEN 2026 with CARRIE, Brian De Palma's 1976 horror classic. Celebrate 50 years of alienation, fanaticism, high school cruelty, and the worst prom night ever with Sissy Spacek and early Travolta, and Mrs. White in white at Carrie White's wedding. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OWM sheds new light on Sunshine. Wes and Iris dig into Reese Witherspoon's production company, from its Blackstone deal and film catalogue to the potentially complicated business behind the book club. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Or Whatever Movies too inside baseball? Wes and Iris debate whether the show's personal references, spoilers, and producer-level movie talk make it harder for casual listeners to jump in, while Iris argues that the loose, conversational format is exactly the point. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris quizzes Wes on one of cinema's most quietly chaotic questions: when a movie title has a number, is it spelled out or written as a numeral? Wes puts his movie-title instincts to the test with surprisingly strong results. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's OWM's 7th annual Halloween spooktacular! Tune in every day in October for scary movie discussions, including this year's new collection of genre-defining horror movies spanning 50 years! Thanks for listening. And Happy Halloween! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH goes out with a bang with Academy Award Best Picture winner THE HURT LOCKER, a movie about the kind of reckless adrenaline junkie the world apparently needs. Find out why one sibling is an alpha when it comes to movies at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Next up: Halloween 2026!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who gets your money sight unseen? Wes and Iris debate the actors and filmmakers worth a full-price ticket on name alone, from Daniel Day-Lewis and Bradley Cooper to Nolan and Cameron. Plus, Mystery Movie Monday trauma and the Jack Black movie that may have cost Emily Blunt BLACK WIDOW. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Chandler, Jeremy Strong, or Bradley Cooper: who would you marry, box, or have babysit your kids? Wes and Iris take F, Marry, Kill way past its logical endpoint, including apple-picking with Mom, a Dracula tour, and replacing Wes as OWM co-host. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once you notice them, you can't unsee them. Wes and Iris identify the signature moves (tics?) actors keep bringing from movie to movie, from Leonardo DiCaprio's shaky finger and Brad Pitt's busy mouth to Seth Rogen's laugh, Nicolas Cage's hoot, and Ryan Gosling's panicked yelp. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever love a movie enough to buy the DVD, then never watch it again? Wes and Iris confront the movies they had to own but apparently didn't need to open, including MASTER AND COMMANDER and BLACK BOOK, still shrink-wrapped decades later. Plus, the performances that make Hollywood ask, “Who is that?” Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens to the movie after the movie couple breaks up? Wes and Iris revisit Hollywood romances that outlived their films, from Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman to James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, plus the curious case of FERRIS BUELLER's parents. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH gets strange with STRANGE DAYS, her raw, sinewy, greasy, confetti-filled VR trip through the final hours of 1999. Find out why this wildly ambitious sci-fi noir feels uncomfortably ahead of its time at orwhatevermovies.com. Now available on Disney+. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do female-led reboots of male-driven franchises keep struggling? Wes and Iris debate GHOSTBUSTERS, OCEAN'S 8, and whether the problem is gender swapping itself or something more un-original. Plus, the female DIE HARD we might actually want to see. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are fan conventions joyful celebrations of the things we love… or kind of sad? Wes and Iris debate fandom, $400 autographs, celebrity economics, and the strange power of the superfans who keep entire corners of pop culture alive. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What food becomes absolutely disgusting the second it gets cold? Wes and Iris tackle one of life's least important but surprisingly divisive questions, only to discover that one inconvenient food may undermine the entire debate. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can Iris identify a movie from nothing but a seven-character vanity plate? Wes puts her movie knowledge to the DMV test with increasingly ridiculous clues, a surprising number of correct answers, and one plate even he can't crack. Plus, Iris turns the tables with a little “hidey-ho” of her own. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How well does Iris know the people in movies they've already covered? Wes quizzes her on the full names of supporting characters, from Arthur Lee Allen and Benjamin Buford Blue to Angelo Pappas and Eric Draven, with a few hints and a surprising number of correct answers along the way. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH gets deeply uncomfortable with DETROIT, her harrowing account of the 1967 uprising and the nightmare inside the Algiers Motel. If THE HURT LOCKER hurts and STRANGE DAYS is strange, DETROIT is… unpleasant. Find out why that may be exactly the point at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens to movie titles when they cross international borders? Wes quizzes Iris on some of Hollywood's strangest foreign retitlings, from the overly literal to the completely inexplicable, while discovering that some countries apparently consider the title an excellent place to reveal the plot. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do artists get worse with age, or do they just stop caring about hits? Wes confronts his own age through Spielberg, Mark Wahlberg, and Paul Simon's observation that “hits are for young people.” Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when the movie you can't wait to see turns out to be the movie you wish you hadn't? Wes revisits disappointments from TERMINATOR 3, which literally melted his shoe before it could disappoint him, to THE PREDATOR, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, INCREDIBLES 2, and the LORD OF THE RINGS sequels. Iris is less helpful, having somehow enjoyed THE PHANTOM MENACE. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would Iris sign a permission slip letting her daughter watch INTERSTELLAR, JOJO RABBIT, AMADEUS, or TOP GUN: MAVERICK? Wes puts her to the test as they debate what kids should be allowed to watch, America's curious comfort with violence over sex, and the inevitable truth that they're going to see all this stuff eventually anyway. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much movie can one person carry alone? Iris and Wes dig into isolation movies like CAST AWAY, ALL IS LOST, 127 HOURS, and BURIED. Plus, claustrophobia and the questionable high-school practice of riding in car trunks. Contains spoilers! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KATHRYN BIGELOW MONTH begins in the shadows with special guest Mark Netter of Film Generations and a movie about a cipher obsessed with finding a cipher. You guessed it: ZERO DARK THIRTY. Join us as we dig into obsession, intelligence, ambiguity, and the decade-long hunt at the center of Bigelow's relentless thriller. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes a male movie character hot? Or Whatever Movies asks in the name of science, while weighing confidence, sensitivity, solemnity, accents, hair, and the apparently crucial ability to be emotionally available. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who do Iris and Wes imagine listening when they record? Stephen King writes for his wife, Wes has Kelly Rae, and Iris has filmmakers she'd still like to work with. Plus, the dreaded “What did you think?,” 450 episodes of AI training data, and Iris tells Wes “do you” with predictable results. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Waititi to AI, which movie, or movie-adjacent, trends will fade or stay in this today's dose of whatever? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not only are the options bad but they are also increasingly absurd in today's daily dose of whatever. Shout out to all the thumb choker-wearing Uncle Jerry's! Contains spoilers.  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Alan from THE HANGOVER not quite what he seems? Gain a new appreciation for a darker version of this beloved comedy in today's Change My Mind. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take a moment to celebrate the late, great Bill Paxton by recognizing the monsters that have killed his characters, as well as the man's humility and lasting impact as an actor who left an indelible mark on cinema. Contains spoilers. orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OR WHATEVER MOVIES flies directly into the sun with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's SUNSHINE, the capstone of SCIENCE MONTH with the Captain, Capa, and Captain America. Find out what the godnut reigns supreme at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the obvious to the controversial, today's brutal rankings cover Matt Damon, senior citizens, Draculactors, and iconic movie cars. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes and Iris debate the ethics of unfaithful novel adaptations, exploring cases like Alex Garland basing Annihilation on a "dream" of Jeff VanderMeer's novel and Forrest Gump diverging so wildly from Winston Groom's book. Contains spoilers.  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in for mind-blowing revelations from movies favorites like STAND BY ME and TOMBSTONE, the discussions for which are available at orwhatevermovies.com or wherever you get podcasts. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings continue their PULP FICTION quote quiz with even more obscure dialogue. A blueberry muffin and banana slug shirt to whoever can get them all right! Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Science Month sling shots a frick'n black hole with this week's discussion of Christopher Nolan's INTERSTEALLAR. The siblings dissect the tesseract and whether the movie's big emotional payoff matches its ambitious setup. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris quizzes Wes on his claimed ability to quote the entirety of PULP FICTION, including the famed Ezekiel 25:17 passage and Royale with Cheese exchange. Can he ace part one and level up to part two? Contains spoilers.  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to OR WHATEVER MOVIES' Brutal Rankings of Four game, where Iris ranks four related movie things, including Batman actors, Ridley Scott films, and iconic movie cars. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Test your movie title precision with this quiz: To the or not to the, complete with second-guesses, IMDb checks, and AI mistakes. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seven characters, 400+ movies to choose from! Try out OWM's first-ever vanity license plate movie quiz. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OR WHATEVER MOVIES ranks all 13 of CHRISTOPHER NOLAN's films in today's daily dose of whatever. How do the siblings compare to Rotten Tomatoes? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find out why APOLLO 13 is bros bro-ing down in space, including a never-before-heard real life encounter with none other than Buzz Aldrin (AKA the second dude), and a space history quiz. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inspired by a rewatch of BACK TO THE FUTURE, Wes and Iris debate what they'd do with a single-use, one-week time travel button in today's daily dose. orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When was your best screening of Jurassic Park? Bet it wasn't thanks to a crowd of die-hard fans shouting lines, cheering for shirtless Jeff Goldblum, and fireworks literally overhead. RIP Sam Neill. orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dream of the day when you can sit down and watch your favorite movie with your kid? When is the right age to watch THE HANGOVER? Is there ever a right age for ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE? Find out at orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes spirals into an existential crisis over fake movie franchise GAIL DAUGHTRY, furious that a marketing stunt tricked him into IMDb-searching Jon Hamm's dong. Bonus: mom out-Netflixes him in today's daily dose of whatever. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's daily dose puts the whatever in OR WHATEVER MOVIES, where the siblings discuss, of all things, self-control and digestive health. Read: FARTS. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Portmanteaus: Best and Last. Even more portmanteau titles that you didn't know you needed! Contains spoilers!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings kick off SPACE MONTH, with Andy Weir and Ridley Scott's Matt-Damon-rescuer THE MARTIAN, a kind of mathy space-family movie, complete with a quadfecta of movie nerd references. Contains spoilers!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More portman-titles, featuring movies covered at orwhatevermovies.com or wherever you get podcasts! Is Iris any good at determining Wesley's bad titles?  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes and Iris play a "movie portmanteau" game, where Wes describes plots of two films combined and Iris tries to guess the mashed-up titles (Martha Marcy May Mar-Lean On Me, anybody?). This and more in this almost spoiler-free daily dose of whatever.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices