
This week, Patches was tired and David hadn’t seen the movies, so Katey and Da7e DARE TO GO OFF FORMAT for this really-really-really last episode before next week’s Quarter Quell. For the first half of the show, David, Katey and Da7e announce FITWR’s next two weeks (Quarter Quell! Live Show in Denver!), read your reviews and answer an e-mail from Brazil. Then, David checks out to work on his book while Da7e and Katey talk Black Phone 2 and Roofman, two things you can see in theaters right now.
NOVEMBER 4th, 2025 – DENVER, CO – 3PM – The Tattered Cover Bookstore on Colfax – FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM LIVE PODCAST RECORDING!
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00:00 – Lightning Round: Spooky Movie
03:24 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.8 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!
34:05 – Black Phone 2 (Spoilers for The Black Phone)
45:29 – Roofman
59:55 – Outro
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This week, Da7e was off seeing Black Phone 2 where Ethan Hawke stalks the snowbound dreams of Colorado teens, and the other co-hosts make fun of him for it. First, Katey wants to talk about one of her favorite TV shows of the year, the five-part series Mr. Scorsese on Apple TV Plus. Then, Patches has his kids watching The Brady Bunch – how do we feel about that? Finally, the boys ventured back to the grid for the third time in 43 years with Tron: Ares – did Nine Inch Nails make the outing worth it? They saw Tron: Ares so you didn’t have to (and – judging from the box office – didn’t).
NOVEMBER 4th, 2025 – DENVER, CO – FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM LIVE PODCAST RECORDING!
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Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us, follow on BlueSky! Follow the show (@fitwr.bsky.social), Katey (@kateyrich.bsky.social), Da7e (@da7e.bsky.social), Patches (@misterpatches.bsky.social), and David (@davidehrlich.bsky.social).
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00:00 – Lightning Round: Julia Roberts
02:14 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.7 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews!
11:36 – Tidbit – Mr. Scorsese
22:38 – Mini-Segment – The Brady Bunch
32:15 – Segment 3 – Tron: Ares
54:07 – Outro
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This week, Patches and Da7e have been watching the old Nightmare on Elm Street sequels on HBO Max and Patches wonders if we’re missing something in modern horror. Then, Patches and David got to meet the stars of K-Pop Demon Hunters in New York, did they earn more cred with their kids? Finally, Katey, David, and Da7e have seen The Smashing Machine and debate the movie’s high aspirations as a character piece with a puzzling execution.
“Golden” in the style of System of a Down by Anthony Vincent
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00:00 – Lightning Round: KB Toys Kids
02:24 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.6 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Reviews! E-mail!
14:13 – Tidbit – Nightmare in Horror Films
29:57 – Mini-Segment – K-Pop Demon BBQ
40:21 – Segment 3 – The Smashing Machine
58:52 – Outro
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This week, everyone is back in the war room! The guys talk about Season 1 of Alien: Earth which has recently concluded on Hulu and it seems like they’re mostly positive on it. Then, we get a dispatch from Patches’ father who has seen The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Finally, in a long segment that assumes you have also seen One Battle After Another, the hosts discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest. AGAIN – SPOILERS – SEE ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER FIRST IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT PLOT SPOILERS.
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00:00 – Lightning Round: Just Quit
01:56 – Intro – Welcome to Episode 524.2 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review! E-mail!
14:04 – Tidbit – Alien: Earth
34:17 – Mini-Segment – Rod Patches Reports From The Las Vegas Sphere
40:32 – Segment 3 – One Battle After Another (Spoilers)
1:25:49 – Outro
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