Or Whatever Movies podcast is a weekly entertainment discussion between real-life brother and sister duo, Wesley and Iris Ichishita. At under 30-minutes a pop, each episode is a quick, no-holds-barred discussion of a movie, television show, or video. The siblings mix the water cooler chat with the…

Are you a completionist that has to see every Jurassic or Terminator movie? Do movies that spinoff sequels? Or do they fall into a movie grey area? Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are the Razzies a humanizing, roast-like, institution, where fun-loving, self-effacing celebrities can play along? Or are they just plain mean? Let's discuss in today's daily-dose of whatever. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two people. The passage of time. Stories about identity and emotional tragedy. No, this episode is not about OR WHATEVER MOVIES. It's about BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN! A movie where much is left unsaid, in a podcast that says it all! Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This movie-adjacent daily dose of whatever is about the mysterious disappearance of one Patrick Kim McDermott, partner of the late, beloved Olivia Newton John. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After mocking Wesley's movie impressions one too many times, it's Iris's turn to do her best Daniel Day-Lewis, Kristen Wiig, and Ron Thomas in this not at all spoiler-free daily dose. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes takes Iris through a movie quiz walk down memory lane. Test yourself on how well you know the OWM back catalogue of discussions! Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This daily-dose of movies-that-are-intimidating-to-discuss leads, unexpectedly, to THE GODFATHER installation at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. Thanks for listening, liking, and subscribing! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Shia LaBeouf electric in his first feature leading role? What mys-torious movie is responsible for INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL? Find out in this discussion of the 2003 movie ‘favorite,' HOLES. Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes shares his list of standout performances in otherwise boring or nope movies in this daily dose of whatever. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The question is not if Iris is a Big Nerd, but how she is a Big Nerd in this daily-dose about cinematic Nerdom. We're looking at you True Believers and Muad'Wibs. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wesley makes up names for celebrity fan clubs. But are they fanclubs Iris would join? Find out in this ridiculous daily dose of whatever. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With some generous scoring Iris does pretty well in part two of this mostly spoiler-free one-word movie quiz! Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn Durald Arkapaw makes history as the first woman to win Best Cinematography in the Oscar's history and more on the 97th annual Academy Awards in this belated recap. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are there VHS's just never worth giving up? Did they ever find the guy collecting SPEED tapes? Can Michael's Manpowers squash the last of the THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS original theatrical cuts? Find out in today's daily dose. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corruption and control take center stage with this movie favorite, TRAINING DAY– a uniquely LA descent into power and morality, where Denzel convincingly wins fights and Ethan Hawk convincingly loses them. Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A well-made movie? A serene movie? A layered movie? A bros bro-ing down movie? What would you choose to watch for 24-Hours? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes and Iris break down celebrity backlash, cancel culture, and unnecessary attacks in this daily-dose, recorded prior to this year's Academy Awards. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See how you do in this one-word movie quiz. Spoiler: Iris gets 17-18 out of 23 movie favorites right. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What movies make you feel like you're hanging out with your friends? What is a ‘hang' movie? Find out in this almost spoiler-free daily dose. Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What movie genre do you want to see come roaring back? And can we even recapture freedom-on-the-Back Harlow Road? Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PROJECT HAIL MARY, the Ryan Gosling-led adaptation of Andy Weir's beloved novel, where science, survival, and friendship take center stage, is a film to melt an icy heart like Stratt's–or even Iris's. Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do watching any and all movies at a young age make you better? Is GROUNDHOG DAY a family movie? Find out in this almost spoiler free daily dose. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do Ian McKellen and Halle Berry have in common? We haven't discussed their movies at OR WHATEVER MOVIES. Until now! In this almost spoiler-free interview style! Contains spoilers. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes interviews Iris about her brief history as a background actor and production assistant on some really big (and not so big) movies! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are Gen Alpha's defining movies? Who knows! But Iris's girls sure did like FROZEN, MOANA, and K-POP DEMON HUNTERS when they first came out! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does Iris score better with movie song lyrics than with movie quotes in this daily-dose of whatever? Find out at www.orwhatevermovies.com–and don't miss a thing, babe! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even if the documentary BEING EDDIE doesn't impart much that is new for Eddie Murphy fans, it is nevertheless fun to just be awash in Eddie Murphyness, because we love Eddie Murphy here at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In addition to the Powers of Darkness podcast and Vampire Month at Or Whatever Movies, the sibs follow up on this Dracula mystery in this daily-dose. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No prep, no rehearsal, Wes tries to impress Iris with his Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, minus the Bacon. Mmmmmm bacon. Thanks for listening! @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subliminal stuff. Is it cheap, is it manipulation, or is it artistry? And how much does the answer depend on how good a movie is? Find out in almost spoiler-free daily-dose. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is a Nope Moment? Find out in this entirely NOT SPOILER FREE daily dose of whatever. And let the siblings know your Nope Moments. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you do when you go through a bad breakup? You don't go into the spotlight to die. Unless you are WILL ARNETT in IS THIS THING ON? Come to the comedy club for some good dregs as the siblings wrap up Awards Season 2026. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should you watch movies made by cancelled people? Do the siblings still watch Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Kevin Spacey, or Woody Allen–to name a few–movies? Find out in today's dose of whatever. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether your jam is catchy pop songs or thematically integrated songs, the best ones enhance a movie's meaning. Wes shares his favorite movie song. What's yours? @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Criticism or critical acclaim, accents–good and bad–get noticed in this almost spoiler-free daily dose of whatever. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you disappointed by Denzel Washington's perceived disrespect for cinema–despite his legendary career? Iris is in the unenviable position of defending a curmudgeon. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris gets 6 out of 10 movie quotes correct in this almost spoiler-free daily dose of movie quotes. Bonus: Wesley's Werner Herzog. @orwhatevermovies 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do THE MATRIX and THE BIG SHORT have in common? And have you seen SHAPE OF WATER? Let the siblings know @orwhatevermovies, 818-835-0473, orwhatevermovies@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danger danger danger danger! It's the last gasp of Awards Season here at OR WHATEVER MOVIES, and the siblings couldn't have a more stressful closer than IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrate the Matts and Bens in your life, including Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who have maintained their friendship from sharing a bank account as nobodies to becoming household names who can do whatever they want. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes and Iris agree on concessions, disagree on things to sink into for their home movie watching setups. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris scores 91%, including those quotes for which she needed a few hints, in this daily dose of Movie Quotes! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's daily dose is a–hopefully–thoughtful and balanced discussion of a controversial person, who has played beloved characters, and is the forthcoming Ebenezer Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards Season closes on a hopeful high note with SONG SUNG BLUE, a scrappy love story about Neil Diamond tribute singers and their walk off the long biker bar stage. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the greatest contributions of ScarJo, George Cloony, and Francis Ford Coppola? Spike Lee? Meryl Streep? Find out what the sibs think in today's daily dose. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A daily dose, almost-spoiler-free discussion, of the “best,” non-human, non-robot sidekicks. We're looking at you, Brandy the Dog. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We lost the likes of Robert Duvall, Catherine O'Hara, and James Van Der Beek too soon, as discussed in today's daily dose, of whatever. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes's nerdy-thing that he is absolutely obsessed with: CG in the original JURASSIC PARK. Watch The T. rex Escapes the Paddock in 4K HDR | Jurassic Park to follow along for this daily dose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc_i5TKdmhs www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris gets 6-7 out of 9 movie quotes right from this random but quality selection of movie quotes all delivered by Wes without inflection. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings trust no one, and understand nothing as they dissect the shark in this week's discussion of THE SECRET AGENT, the final Best Picture-nominee of Awards Season at Or Whatever Movies. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.

Impractical, irrelevant, or trivial knowledge can equal real intelligence in this week's almost spoiler-free daily dose of whatever. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices