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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

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

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

Who writes these things? Play along with OWM's movie tagline guessing game. Brilliant, baffling, misleading, or surprisingly perfect, these taglines all belong to films covered on orwhatevermovies.com. Contains spoilers!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can long and involved setups really pay off in satisfying ways like in ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION? Contains spoilers!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can Iris change Wesley's mind in today's daily dose of whatever? Find out her response to some of the Internet's greatest complaints about her favorite movie. Contains spoilers!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nobody is fast or furious yet the movie endures. How did a chaotic production, off-screen tensions, and last-minute rewrites turn an assembly-line movie into a classic with enduring appeal? Find out in this week's discussion of CASABLANCA. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do story telling conventions work because we're used to them? Or are we used to them because they work? The siblings debate deeply ingrained cultural frameworks and formulaic commercial filmmaking in today's interview style.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's daily dose, Wes sounds off on box-office flops, past and future. Could he be the first at-home executive? Find out in today's daily dose of whatever.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings may disagree about fantasy movies, but ultimately connect over how relatable, self-award humor makes fantasy work well. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It may come as no surprise that a perfect day at OWM involves–well–watching a movie! But how would you round out the 24 hours on your own?  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this week's discussion of the PG-rated TOY STORY 5: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, the quintological follow-up in the Pixar franchise, including the Jessie/Emily nut punch, Blaze's innovation, and the usual spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe you can sell a movie on a mashup concept–BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 2, anyone? But can high concept pitches support their own weight in execution? Find out in today's daily dose of whatever. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don't have to love the world in order to love the movie. But do you sometimes have to experience the world in order to fully appreciate it? This and other questions about movies and their worlds in today's daily dose of whatever!   818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Though–spoiler–the siblings don't make any progress on the topic, check out this daily dose on women flirting and the movie SINGLES.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is story important to making a quotable movie? Or is it just elevated nerd-speak? Which is the most quotable between JURASSIC PARK, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, and DIE HARD?  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you guess the movies described by these IMDb-style synopses? Hint: they're all of movies the siblings have covered at orwhatevermovies.com or wherever you get podcasts. Iris gets about 8 out of 12 for the record.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hug your mom, follow the Nine Steps, and dance like everyone is watching while listening to this week's episode of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, where there's a little bit of something for everybody, unexpectedly. Contains spoilers. Thanks for listening!  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does shielding children from spooky content only leave them unprepared for the real world's darkness? This and other movie-adjacent debates in today's daily dose of whatever.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's businesses first, tax write-offs second, and art third when it comes to BATGIRL and the forthcoming  COYOTE VS. ACME.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The siblings debate which celebrity would best survive a zombie apocalypse in today's daily dose of whatever.  818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following his retirement announcement, let's take a moment in today's daily-dose of whatever to celebrate Clint Eastwood's prolific, take-risks career… because #YOLO. 818-835-0473 orwhatevermovies@gmail.com www.orwhatevermovies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris recaps her Goonies-themed summer roadtrip to Astoria, Oregon with a shoutout to the Blue Scorcher Bakery. Check out the siblings' discussion of THE GOONIES 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