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Wes and Iris wonder if their own podcast suffers from the ATJ Effect, and whether one viral episode could finally bring them the Tom Cruise sponsorship they deserve. Or if it's just tech issues that keep them from fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards-months bounces into the big leagues with MARTY SUPREME, a swaggering spectacle of confidence and chaos, equal parts victory lap and cautionary tale. Plus, did Timmy Chammy really get  paddled by the guy from Shark Tank? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is fame worth chasing? Can careers recover from awkward nosedives? And does it even matter if you disappear, as long as you're still making a living? This and more in an (almost) spoiler free daily dose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you love to hate movies? This daily dose of OWM is  all about criticism, authenticity, and the art of reviewing movies Wesley desperately wanted to love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you're a subtitle skeptic or a closed-captioning devotee, this (almost) spoiler-free discussion will have you reconsidering how you watch movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Interview Style, a daily dose of Or Whatever Movies! Where the sibs talk about the international box office sensation Ne Zha 2 and the state of animation in this weird entertainment landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, the siblings talk James Cameron's AVATAR FIRE AND ASH, including MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, UNFORGIVEN, and what's new with blue. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening and your support of OR WHATEVER MOVIES! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turn off the Black Sabbath and stick your finger into this week's discussion of ANEMONE, a movie by father-son duo Ronan Day-Lewis and Daniel Day-Lewis that reminds us how tough it is to be Irish. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab your McCafe and check out this week's discussion on ROOFMAN, aka Doofman, a movie that understands a simple truth: people exist, they have dongs, and they make bad decisions. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards season continues with a thoughtful look at JAY KELLY, George Clooney's sad, lonely, kind of unlikable tittitular character in Noah Bombach's movie, with some refreshingly honest dialogue and cool practical effects. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's discussion of PTA's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER keeps the tension high with war putys, Christmas Adventurers, and Leo Finger galore! Check out the discussion on this season's leading Best Picture contender at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 | orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards Season continues with MATERIALISTS, where romance, rationalism, and self-sabotage collide in a story that proves chemistry isn't always scientific. Find out why bad casting, subversive writing, and stoic performances make Celine Song's sophomore effort worthy of discussin–and poking holes. Contains spoilers. 818-835-0473 | orwhatevermovies@gmail.com | www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards season storms to life with the thunderous new re-imagining of Mary Shelley's classic—FRANKENSTEIN—a gothic techno-horror where innovation meets monstrosity and absolutely nothing goes as planned… until everything goes terrifyingly wrong. Expect brooding laboratories, questionable ethics, and creature-sized spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards season kicks off with the bleakest and blackest of bleak black comedies, Ari Aster's EDDINGTON, named after a cozy small town where nothing bad ever happens… until absolutely everything bad happens. Contains Pan-Tarantino spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sibs hit the track with F1: THE MOVIE, discussing Apple's formulaic hit, Joseph Kosinkski high-octane storytelling, and Brad Pitt's butt. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON like TOP GUN MAVERICK? Is it possible that this is maybe (MAYBE!) Wes' favorite animated movie? Does Toothless eat legs? Find out in this week's discussion and at orwhatevermovies.com! Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If BARBARIAN made you go, “what the f!!!” then Zach Cregger's WEAPONS will make you be, like, “what the f???” Check out this week's discussion as the sibs talk a movie where stuff keeps happening to people's faces and Paul has a bad day. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Halloween treat with this OWM X RLP collab, where Wes and Iris are joined by James and Anthony Deveney from the hit Raiders of the Lost Podcast show, to talk all things Dracula and vampires—in honor of the debut of the POWERS OF DARKNESS podcast. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing screams Halloween like A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, where it's all great, practical and scary–execpt for maybe the long arms and studio ending. Check out this week's discussion for info on Arnold Schwarzenegger's cameo and other Dude Bros. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Halloween 2025 continues with a cult classic discussion on THE EXORCIST III, where the siblings ask the big questions: What's scarier—demonic possession, physics-defying jump scares, or George C. Scott's perpetual jadedness? Contains spoilers (and possibly evil). Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Halloween 2025 goes classic with this week's discussion on ROSEMARY'S BABY, where the siblings discuss what's scarier–the Satan coven, Mia Farrow's haircut, or being a dude talking about BROSmary's Baby? Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Philip strikes again in the unrelenting nightmare that is WHEN EVIL LURKS. Set in a Pueblo where your kids have a good time, your dad rants butt-naked, and your Rotten is everywhere, this story is just the descent into horror needed to kick off Spooky Season at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vampire month concludes with a sad party at Oskar's house with Sweden's LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Find out why this quiet, chilling, and unforgettable modern classic flips the vampire myth on its pale, acid-soaked head at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Haint Month, and the siblings are diving fang-first into this gritty take on good vs. evil. Was it the best or worst night? Are you with the humans or the vampires? Is the movie beautiful or scary? Find out how redemption gets messy, sin gets stylish, and why not all monsters hide in the dark at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's vampire month and the siblings are serving up THE LOST BOYS with a side of garlic bread and holy water. Find out how the Frog Brothers get geared up, Kiefer Sutherland gets mulleted, and Santa Carla earns its title as the murder capital of the world at orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes and Iris kickoff VAMPIRE MONTH in honor of the forthcoming POWERS OF DARKNESS podcast with the most-dude-bro'n vampire crime spree ever, FROM DUSK TIL DAWN. Find out if the siblings love giant albino pythons (hi, Lemon) and Dong Guns (that's not how guns work). Or if the cool of this movie bounces right off of them. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the siblings don their sparkliest battle gear for the K‑pop‑meets‑exorcism extravaganza, KPOP DEMON HUNTERS! One thought it was a genre-bending blast of pop power and supernatural fun… the other thought it was hell on Earth. Can demon-slaying idols save the world and the movie? This and more at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!

This week, the siblings log on and launch global thermonuclear war on the prequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, WARGAMES! What's more genius? The method David Lightman used to get the school password? Or the method Mr. Lightman used to butter his bread? This and more at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!

This week, the siblings ditch school and dive headfirst into Ferris's iconic day! Has anyone ever recreated it? Do the Bears play baseball? What's better: computer or hose? Find out at www.orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the siblings take flight with James Gunn's SUPERMAN, the latest reboot of the Man of Steel! Expect epic showdowns, existential questions, and a lot of Iris's “ya boys.” Contains spoilers and strong opinions about CGI dogs. Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab your Brazilian BBQ and join the siblings for BRIDESMAIDS, the movie that made Melissa McCarthy. Expect gushing, uncomfortable speeches, and a lot of heart…in this week's discussion. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hold onto your butts (again)—this week, the siblings head back to Isla Nublar for JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, the latest dino-sized installment in the never-extinct franchise. Expect cloned chaos, moral quandaries, and a sense of wonder. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab your whiteboards and prep your protein boxes—this week, the siblings are diving headfirst into Shane Carruth's mind-bending indie masterpiece, PRIMER. It's a journey through time loops, garage-built tech, Weepuls, and some serious nosebleeds. Contains spoilers (and maybe paradoxes). Thanks for listening! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calling weirdos from every galaxy, this week, the siblings are beaming into the unknown with Pixar's cosmic coming-of-age tale, ELIO. It's time for intergalactic diplomacy, misunderstood Earthlings, and out-of-this-world parenting! Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Independence Day, the siblings are celebrating with Tim Burton's offbeat American odyssey, PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. It's time for RED bicycles, WHITE clogs, and BLUE jumpsuits! Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening, rebels! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fuhgeddaboudit! The siblings go deep cover to talk DONNIE BRASCO, where Pacino's saddest-mob-guy-ever is totally not blind (shoutout SCENT OF A WOMAN). It's about loyalty, identity, and why cops can't actually become wise guys. Contains spoilers.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings are finally talking MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING. Ethan Hunt is back (again), the stakes are higher (again), and yes—Tom Cruise still does his own stunts. Let's dive (get it?) into rogue AI, loyalty, and the fate of the IMF. Everything but frickin' Ilsa Fuast. Contains spoilers. This blurb will self-destruct unless you contact 818-835-0473 or orwhatevermovies@gmail.com. Thanks for listening, disavowed agents! www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab your notebooks and get ready to obsess over ciphers, suspects, and one terrifying phone call—this week, we're diving deep into David Fincher's chilling masterpiece: ZODIAC. Journalism, obsession, and Jake Gyllenhaal's puppy dog eyes. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening, amateur sleuths! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready for a Colombian cartel-grade wet willie in this week's discussion of Denis Villenuev's masterpiece, SICARIO. No worm riding, just bleak revenge. Contains spoilers! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paddle up and join us for a wild ride down the Cahulawassee river as the sibs talk hairy nude photos, dueling banjos, and leg guts in this week's episode on DELIVERANCE. Contains spoilers! Thanks for listening! Drew was shot! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saddle up and join us for a wild ride through Hill Valley, 1885, as the siblings break down the final chapter of the BTTF trilogy with BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III! To all the fans, happy 35 years! To all the Clara haters, come at us bro. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening, time travelers! www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does this movie have in common with SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER? Want to know the best robot burns? Grab your shrimp toast and cavi-R and listen to this week's discussion on SHORT CIRCUIT! Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean? The siblings discuss this and more in their listener-requested discussion of Kafka's Orson Welles's THE TRIAL, also known as the pine cone jam of classic Cinema. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know whose jugs are bigger than their neck? Who is a dancing machine and dancing to win? What it means to be a defective typewriter? These answers and more in this week's discussion on the classic, Wesley's #2 musical, GREASE. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you get THE chills when you think about MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS? Wes and Iris do because these characters speak the truth. Revisit the FOREST GUMP of music movies in this week's discussion, the culmination of TEACHER MONTH at OR WHATEVER MOVIES! Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Joe Clark from LEAN ON ME Mr. Miyagi, Rocky, and Anton Chigurh all rolled into one? Relive Wesley's second favorite Morgan Freeman-goes-to-prison movie in this, the penultimate discussion of TEACHER MONTH. Because we all need someone to lean on, or whatever. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the height of Kids Are Idiots Month–also known as Teacher Month–here at OR WHATEVER MOVIES with DEAD POET'S SOCIETY, a movie, not about desk sets, but throwing desk sets and letting desk sets find their intended purposes. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the movie WHIPLASH your tempo? Do you hate JK Simmons because of Fletcher? Do you love musical iterative torture? It doesn't matter because you are going to listen to this second episode of TEACHER MONTH if you want to stay in Shaffer core. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings kick off TEACHER MONTH at OR WHATEVER MOVIES with a Danish flick that will shake you up, THE HUNT.  Who threw the rock through the window? Killed the dog? Took a shot? These questions and more in this week's discussion and www.orwhatevermovies.com! Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this week's discussion about a movie that–though not gorey, still–yucked Iris's yum, HERETIC.  In the gap between award's season and this OWM Teacher month, the sibling's discuss this PowerPoint from Hell. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening!  www.orwhatevermovies.com 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the siblings close out awards season at OR WHATEVER MOVIES with a little low-budget, Academy Award-winning talkie where a lot is happening – A REAL PAIN, the only movie that Wesley watched twice. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices