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…

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

What movie wisdom informs your daily life? The siblings know. And if you don't know for yourself, figure it out and don't hesitate! www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do Jeremy Strong, Christian Bale, Daniel Day-Lewis, Wesley Snipes, Jared Leto, and Heath Ledger have in common? Besides gobs of accolades, they are all infamous method actors! Let's talk about the process in this daily dose. www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are your dream sequels? Should the siblings cover THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2? Where is THE GOLDEN CHILDREN? Find out in this daily dose of whatever at www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sibs talk the evolution of home video special features and different approaches to commentary– Looking at you Arnie and Ben Affleck. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever get the dread-in-the-pit-of-your-stomach leaving-the-movie-theater feeling? Find out about the sib's most profound movie experiences in this daily dose of whatever at www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out death-slog-through-the-forest TRAIN DREAMS, about a sad, old-timey man, played by Joel Edgerton, in this sad, old-timey Academy-Award-nominated movie. Note: this discussion is not for the Perfidia Beverly Hillses of the world. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, the siblings have movie blindspots in this daily dose. Whether they're on the IMDb's popular movies list or from the Criterion Collection, everyone has them. Are you willing to admit yours? www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do the opening shots of THERE WILL BE BLOOD and JURASSIC PARK compare? Why is the opening of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN important? Find out in this daily-dose of whatever. www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Inside the Actors Studio to one of the greatest filmmakers (in Iris's opinion) of all time, Bradley Cooper is the whole package. Get it? Package? www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's a good plane movie? Do you watch comfort movies, familiar movies, b-movies, emotional movies while in the air? Find out the sib's go-to plane movies in this daily dose. www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this awards-season discussion on Wes's favorite Yorgos Lantimos film BUGONIA, where we get crazy–Emma Stone, Jesse Plemmons, and Yorgos Lantimos-style. Contains spoilers.Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does feedback impact a final film? Listen in as Wes talks about attending an INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS preview with Tarantino in attendance in this 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

Practicality vs. effectiveness? Revolver or sword? What is you apocalypse weapon from a movie? www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris gets 8 out of 12 movie quotes right. But how many without inflection? Find out in this daily dose of whatever. www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Though Iris may be terrible at spotting celebrities in the wild, she certainly is good at embarrassing herself in front of them, as discussed in this daily dose of whatever. www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While acknowledging Spielberg's right to choose collaborators, the sibs suggest those in power should use their influence responsibly in this almost-spoiler free daily dose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Family wounds and artistic ambition collide in this Awards-season pick, the Golden-Globe and Academy Award-nominated SENTIMENTAL VALUE–a film less about redemption and more about incremental understanding. Contains spoilers.Thanks for listening. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vampires should be cool, but what other rules apply to the princes of darkness? Find out in our daily dose and at www.orwhatevermovies.com. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that the story of William Wallace of BRAVEHEART fame is grossly inaccurate? Check out this daily dose of whatever and let the sibs know if you can think of any historical movie ladies. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know cryptids. The Bigfoots, Chupacabras, and Stink Apes of the world? Well, what is your favorite movie cryptid? And can you put a quarter in its buttcrack? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does reading the book first spoil the movie? Does watching the movie spoil the book? Or, maybe, do you just not care about spoilers? Find out in this almost spoiler-free daily dose of Interview Style! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris FTW in this almost spoiler-free discussion of movie titles. Can you guess the winner? Hintm it's a good movie which has suffered three bad titles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Coogler and SINNERS, and their record-breaking 16 noms, are here to BATTLE it out with PTA at this year's Oscars. Check you the siblings's analysis and why there aren't any surprises in this (almost-spoiler free) daily dose of whatever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices