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The Other Half
Join Ethan Hawkes and Mike Trujillo as they watch two halves of the same movie and try to piece it all together. Sometimes we learn about filmmaking, but most of the time we learn about ourselves. Have a suggestion for a movie? Email us at email@theotherhalfpodcast.com.
Episodes
The Other HalfHalloween Ends
Another Spooktacular ends, and what better way to close it out than with Halloween Ends—the final movie in the reboot trilogy. This time, we're talking about…
The Other HalfPinocchio Unstrung
Oh yes, Pinocchio Unstrung is finally a movie just for us. This is strangely enough the second Pinocchio horror movie we watched for the podcast. Maybe, just…
The Other HalfIt Ends
Continuing our Gen Z horror trip we watch It Ends. A movie that's all about life and existential dread. But mostly it's about if you must choose two options to…
The Other HalfObsession
Happy Halloween Spooktacular and we are starting off with a BANG! Obsession is one of the most profitable movies ever released and hugely popular. But does…
The Other HalfLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Legend of the Guardians was a movie with maybe one of the longest titles of all time. I'm not even going to write it out in this description because it would…
The Other HalfKingdom of the Planet of the Apes
After finishing up the Maze Runner series, we can't get enough of Wes Ball. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was his latest movie before he gears up to make…
The Other HalfMaze Runner: The Death Cure
Look it wasn't a hard Watch 'Til You Can't, but we completed another series! Maze Runner: The Death Cure shows what happens when a major city still stands…
The Other HalfMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Watch 'Til You Can't, continues with the second Maze Runner movies, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. What lies beyond the maze? Turns out it's Gustavo Fring and…
The Other HalfThe Maze Runner
By popular request, the boys watch The Maze Runner series for Watch 'Til You Can't! Plus honor has been restored to Watch 'Til You Can't. We're no longer…
The Other HalfThe Huntsman: Winter's War
It's the end of this a'Mazin month with the boys watching The Huntsman Winter's War. A prequel/sequel to Snow White and The Huntsman, but without the snow…
The Other HalfSenseless
We're just cravin' more Mazin, with Senseless! This is one of his earliest movies and stars Marlon Wayans and David Spade. Marlon is struggling at college and…
The Other HalfIdentity Thief
Mike and Ethan continue their journey of this special month of Dog Days of Mazin. This week, the boys split the 2013’s box-office hit Identity Thief, starring…
The Other HalfThe Hangover Part III
Hungover from Canada month we try another dubiously themed month (we're addicted!!). The creator of Chernobyl and The Last of Us (the show not the game!)…
The Other HalfDallas Buyers Club
This week on The Other Half, we’re closing out our annual Canada Month series with our wonderful friend Madison to tackle 2013's Dallas Buyers Club. A movie…
The Other HalfGoon
This week on The Other Half, Mike and Ethan near the finish line of Canada Month by tackling the cult classic sports comedy Goon. Join us as we navigate an…
The Other HalfBlue Heron
Okay let's get a little timely, a little Canadian and a little Letterboxy, with Blue Heron. A relatively new director, Sophy Romvari, puts out a semi-auto…
The Other HalfCanadian Bacon
Canada month wouldn't be complete unless the USA got in the way! This week Mike and Ethan dive headfirst into Michael Moore’s only scripted narrative feature…
The Other HalfOh, Canada
Happy Canada Month, let's watch Oh, Canada! despite admittedly knowing very little about Canada besides Trailer Park Boys, Letterkenny, Scott Pilgrim, and the…
The Other HalfThe BFG
We close out Steven Stinkers with one of his latest stinkers, the BFG. Now we want to mention that The BFG is a silly name. Because compared to other giants…
The Other HalfWar Horse
Steven is back with a movie about a horse that goes into war. Imagine World War I but through the eyes of a horse. It actually kind of feels like a Disney…
The Other Half1941
We continue our Steven Stinker's month with another one from his collection of flops, 1941! A movie he had made fairly soon after Jaws. Which is a curious…
The Other HalfThe Sugarland Express
What's up y'all, Steven Spielberg is in the house with our new month of Steven Stinkers! These are all the movies that the most prolific man in Hollywood made…
The Other HalfByzantium
We say goodbye to Mays Days with Byzantium, which is like if Twilight was for emotionally immature adults! Daniel Mays is in this movie as a young man who is…
The Other HalfNanny McPhee Returns
Nanny McPhee Returns stars Emma Thompson and is also written by Emma Thompson who apparently loves a cheeky fart joke. Mike says F them kids as they're so mean…
The Other HalfMr Nobody
Mays Days continues with Mr Nobody and more than ever are we regretting our decision. Mr. Nobody follows Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto) as he goes through his…
The Other HalfThe Thursday Murder Club
Okay so we're starting something strange. We're going to be dedicating a whole month to looking at Daniel Mays, the character actor, and seeing where his…
The Other HalfRegretting You
For our final Rom Com month movie, we watch a recent film called Regretting You. It's about two lover who well... actually you know it's best if you don't know…
The Other HalfSay Anything
Say Anything is a classic romance movie with the famous boombox scene. But we never knew anything else about the movie. We thought it could end up being…
The Other HalfRunaway Bride
Runaway Bride is a romantic comedy that is a real trip. What if they used the same cast as Pretty Woman and made it about a bad columnist and just a small town…
The Other HalfFour Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral is like a Rom Com for the apathetic Gen X generation. It feels similar to Saint Elmo's fire, but stars a group of friends who are…
The Other HalfShakespeare in Love
Welcome to Rom Com month! We're kicking this off with Shakespeare in Love. A movie that won Best Picture back when it was released because Harvey Weinstein…
The Other HalfGran Turismo
Ethan got Gran Turismo, a video game movie, into racing month?! He sure did and to his surprise, it's very very similar to F1, but with a key difference. It's…
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Racing Stripes
Oh boy, a talking animal movie counts as a racing movie? Of course it does! Racing Stripes stars Frankie Muniz as a Zebra who thinks he's a race horse. He…
The Other HalfBONUS: Oscar 2026 Talk + BINGO
Now that we've seen (basically) all of the Oscar-nominated best picture movies and the Academy Awards for 2026 are only a few days away, it's time to talk…
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Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire marks when Oscar season bleeds into our new month all about racing movies! This movie won Best Picture in 1982, but Mike's dad said the movie…
The Other HalfF1
ZOOM ZOOM It's F1 time! Dad movies are back in the Oscars!! A script written by AI, shallow characters, mediocre cinematography, and Brad Pitt phoning it in…
The Other HalfThe Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is a movie about the dictatorship in Brazil, similar to I'm Still Here from last year, that's often funny, irreverent, but at the same time…
The Other HalfTrain Dreams
All about Train Dreams! A movie that starts off kind of normal, but then becomes Tree of Life? It's all about being a forrester. Wait a second. This movie is…
The Other HalfSentimental Value
Continuing our 2026 Oscar run with Sentimental Value! The Norwegian movie starring Stellan Skarsgard and that lady from The Worst Person in the World. This is…
The Other HalfHamnet
Queue the Oscar music, it's time for Hamnet! We're recording this before the Oscars are annouced so we hope it's the correct choice. Hamnet is an attempt to…
The Other HalfPerfect Days
Time to warm up before Oscar month with Perfect Days! A movie by Wim Wenders about a guy who cleans toilets in Tokyo. It's a meditative little piece about what…
The Other HalfSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
"Extra Extra! Read all about it!" The Movie, could be the actual title of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The Transatlantic nostalgic vibes for…
The Other HalfJames Bond Retrospective
So, after dedicating almost an entire year to James Bond movies, we thought the best way to send them off was to do a final retrospective on this experience…
The Other HalfQuantum of Solace
We took a little break from Bond and Mike brought us back to watch Daniel Craig's second outing in Quantum of Solace. This is the movie Ethan hated, but maybe…
The Other HalfY2K
Y2K is like Stranger Things for the Millennial generation who grew up on Windows 95! Well, at least that's how it's pitched. Directed by Kyle Mooney, the movie…
The Other HalfSingle All the Way
Single All the Way is an odd Christmas movie. It feels like it wants to be a Hallmark movie with a gay dude in the center of it all, but it just has such an…
The Other HalfThe Mistle-Tones
I feel like Santa has brought us a varied list of movies this year, including a musical called The Mistle-Tones. Starring Tia Mowry from Sister Sister, The…
The Other HalfWindow Wonderland
It's not Christmas time unless we're watching a Hallmark movie, and this year we have Window Wonderland. But is it a good one of those? Or is it a huge flop? I…
The Other Half8-bit Christmas
Ho-ho-ho we've gotten ourselves into a little predicament! Ethan and Mike have to save Santa by watching a bunch of Christmas movies! Luckily, they were…
The Other HalfA Hologram for the King
Happy Hanksgiving, everyone! Tomas from Almost Plausible once again joins us for another Tom Hanks movie. This time, one of the lowest-grossing movies of his…
The Other HalfCasino Royale 2006
Okay, now that the joke is over, we finally watch Casino Royale, where Daniel Craig takes the reins of the James Bond role and tries to put a new spin on it…
The Other HalfCasino Royale
Finally, the boys get to a whole new James Bond, but this one is grittier and in black and white. In fact, there's something weird about this one. Something…
The Other HalfDie Another Day
Die Another Day means we're back to Bond from our latest Halloween break! But the question remains, how many more of these are we going to have to watch? At…
The Other HalfBring Her Back
Bring Her Back, one of the latest Danny and Michael Philippou horror movies to hit the streets! Sally Hawkins plays an adoptive mother who has just gotten two…
The Other HalfTogether
Together is just like this podcast. We can't stop being away from each other, so that's why we have 553 episodes now. Although we wouldn't drink water from a…
The Other HalfDude Bro Party Massacre III
Dude Bro Party Massacre III is the first in a trilogy of movies (that never existed) about Delta Bi! Created as a parody movie by 5-second films back in 2015…
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The Gingerdead Man
It's been a while since we've seen just a straight-up poorly made movie, but we've finally arrived at The Gingerdead Man for this Halloween season. Still…
The Other HalfPlayroom
We're taking a break from our Bond marathon and are diving into our annual Spooktacular series for October! We can't let Bond hold back from our scary movies…
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The World is Not Enough
For their final appearance, NotTheHoneyBees had to chat about The World is Not Enough. This movie has maybe the biggest gap in quality between the two Bond…
The Other HalfTomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is where we're told that Pierce Brosnan's golden era ends. It was super short-lived, apparently! This movie has Bond take on a giant…