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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 HalfGoldenEye
The boys have finally entered the Pierce Brosnan era with GoldenEye! After a long time, Mike and Ethan have finally gotten to a Bond movie they've both seen…
The Other HalfLicence to Kill
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watch the last Timothy Dalton film, Licence to Kill. It's weird that we just got Timothy Dalton and he's…
The Other HalfThe Living Daylights
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watch the first Timothy Dalton film, The Living Daylights. Bond is back and grittier than ever. We also got…
The Other HalfA View to a Kill
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys and HoneyBees watched the final Roger Moore movie, A View to a Kill! Roger Moore would have gone out with a…
The Other HalfNever Say Never Again
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched an unofficial Bond movie starring Sean Connery! He's back and showing that he can still keep up…
The Other HalfOctopussy
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of (sigh) Octopussy. It's time for the worst-named James Bond film we've ever…
The Other HalfFor Your Eyes Only
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of For Your Eyes Only! The movie where the Bond folks realized you gotta…
The Other HalfMoonraker
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of Moonraker! The movie where the producers saw how successful Star Wars was…
The Other HalfThe Spy Who Loved Me
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of The Spy Who Loved Me, a movie about a villain trying to monopolize the…
The Other HalfThe Man With The Golden Gun
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of The Man With The Golden Gun, which features Christopher Lee with three…
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Live and Let Die
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of Live and Let Die, which finally stars a new Bond, Roger Moore. Live and Let…
The Other HalfDiamonds Are Forever
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of Diamonds are Forever and are joined once again by the Bond expert…
The Other HalfOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the only movie George Lazenby stars as…
The Other HalfCasino Royale (1967)
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of Casino Royale, the weird parody Bond movie in the series. Watch Til You…
The Other HalfYou Only Live Twice
In this episode of The Other Half podcast, the boys watched two different halves of You Only Live Twice, the fifth Bond movie in the series. This is a movie…
The Other HalfThunderball
The boys were having it pretty good up until Thunderball appeared! This movie has it all. Jetpacks, goofy racks, shark tanks, and lots and lots of underwater…
The Other HalfGoldfinger
The boys tackle the next movie in the Bond franchise, Goldfinger! He loves gold! James Bond is tasked with finding out what's up with Goldfinger's Operation…
The Other HalfFrom Russia With Love
From Russia With Love is one of the most famous and well-regarded James Bond movies. There is even a 3rd person video game based on it! That's how you know it…
The Other HalfDr. No
Dr. No starts our biggest Watch Til You Can't yet. That's right, we're going to try to watch the entire James Bond series from the start! For those not in the…
The Other HalfArgylle
Argylle asks the audience an insane question: what if your books about spies could predict the future, so you got kidnapped to write more books about spies…
The Other HalfSnakes on a Plane
Alright, we've had it too good with movies. It's time to watch Snake on a Plane. The infamous 2006 movie starring Samuel L. Jackson and featuring a lot of CGI…
The Other HalfHead (The Monkees Movie)
Ages ago, we were suggested to watch Head, the movie about the hit 60s band The Monkees. What a trippy little movie this is. We learned a lot about what it…
The Other HalfBetter Man
Who is Robbie Williams, besides a monkey (chimp) who does drugs, drinks and sings? Well he made one of the biggest financial flops of 2024 and we decided to…
The Other HalfSophie's Choice
Women's History Month continues (?!) with Sophie's Choice. A (totally) real person who escaped the horror of the holocaust and now has to deal with one toxic…
The Other HalfMaria
To finish off our Women's History Month watches, we watch a movie about a figure neither of us knows about: Maria! So that's why we got the famed guest…
The Other HalfPriscilla
Priscilla, wife of Elvis Presley. Still alive to this day. Let's see what her relationship was like to the king of rock. Well it has guns, Graceland, mom…
The Other HalfSpencer
Women's History Month continues with Spencer and a special guest, Lindsay! Lindsay is an expert on all things related to the royal monarchy and teaches these…
The Other HalfJackie
Happy Women's History Month! We watched Jackie in honor of it and will be watching other movies with powerful women with one-name titles throughout the month…
The Other HalfBonus: Oscar Nominations 2025 Talk + Store Launch!
Now that we've seen (basically) all of the Oscar-nominated best picture movies, it's time to talk about our predictions and rank our favorites! It was a weird…
The Other HalfA Complete Unknown
We wrap up the Oscar season with A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic! Let's see how Timmy C and our friend James Mangold, who directed some previous…
The Other HalfI'm Still Here
Thanks to movie studios not releasing their movies on VOD, I'm Still Here is our first carcast this Oscar season! I'm Still Here is set in Brazil under the…
The Other HalfConclave
Conclave shines a light on the process of choosing a new Pope. Just like Oscar voting, it's a mysterious and grueling process full of politicking, even in the…
The Other HalfEmilia Pérez
It's Oscar season baby!! We recorded this before we knew the nominations, but we can bet this movie will be there. For some reason. This is a weird one…
The Other HalfUncle Buck
John Hughes has been hit or miss for us on this podcast, but we're watching another one of his classic movies, Uncle Buck! John Candy stars in the titular role…
The Other HalfDemolition Man
Demolition Man is a classic movie that we've somehow missed. Surprisingly, none of the many explosions in this movie were triggered by the famous Taco Bell…
The Other HalfSpace Truckers
Is Space Truckers a cheesy space romp with awful special effects and cornball dialogue? Roger that. Dennis Hopper stars in a movie about a space trucker who…
The Other HalfHow to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
In the new year, it's time to think about money. You know who has a lot of money? Grandmas. They are always giving away all that free candy, so they must be…
The Other Half200 Cigarettes
Happy New Year! (Sorry for the audio). 200 Cigarettes is a movie made in the late 90s about the early 80s and it doesn't even really feel like the 80s. Maybe…
The Other HalfRed One
Red One says, get that holiday spirit out of here! It's time for a militarized Santa! The Santa exists, and he’s American, and he's also jacked as hell. I…
The Other HalfSanta Mi Amor
Apologies about the audio quality, Mi Amor! Santa Mi Amor is about dating a guy who can pull off the look of a hot Santa. Things get tricky, though, when you…
The Other HalfChristmas Wedding Planner
It's not a Christmas wedding if you don't have a Christmas Wedding Planner! And it's not a real holiday movie watch unless you take time to view a…
The Other HalfRare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Ho ho ho! We're here to bring you a rare export: a genuinely good Christmas movie! Rare Exports is a Finnish movie about a young boy and his father who stumble…
The Other HalfEvery Time We Say Goodbye
Happy Hanksgiving, everyone! Like a true podcast family, we invited Thomas from Almost Plausible back to talk about a Tom Hanks film that, basically, no one…
The Other HalfThe Crow (2024)
Finally, the long-awaited reboot of The Crow is here! Can the guy who played Pennywise live up to Brandon Lee's iconic role? The trailers didn't look…
The Other HalfSpeak No Evil (2022 & 2024)
Did you know two horror movies with the same premise and name were released two years apart? That's right, Speak No Evil, whose trailer has greeted movie…
The Other HalfPinocchio's Revenge
We're out of the Halloween months, but that doesn't mean the horror has to stop. This week, we combine horror with our other love, Pinocchio. That's right…
The Other HalfHalloween H2O: 20 Years Later
In a mouthful of a movie title, Micheal Myers is back in Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later! Laurie now has a son, played by Josh Hartnett, and he just wants to…
The Other HalfNight Swim
What's a better movie to add to the Spooktacular list than a movie about a haunted pool? Night Swim follows a family who just recently bought a house with a…
The Other HalfCathy's Curse
This Spooktacular season continues with another recommended, so bad it's a good movie, Cathy's Curse. Her dad's dead sister curses poor little Cathy, I think?…
The Other HalfHello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
The Spooktacular season continues with a mouthful of a title: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II. This Canadian horror film is a sequel to Prom Night in name only…
The Other HalfThe Watchers
The Spooktacular season returns with The Watchers. It's time for M Night Shyamalan's daughter, Ishana, to direct a movie featuring Dakota Fanning! Would she…
The Other HalfThe Guilt Trip (2012)
We close out Streisand on the Beach with Honeybees returning for another episode, and this one is a bit of a pivot! The Guilt Trip stars Seth Rogan and…
The Other HalfFunny Girl (1968)
No other movie we've watched for Streisand on the Beach was on the Criterion channel until Funny Girl! This is the big movie. Streisand's breakout moment. She…
The Other HalfHello Dolly!
We're continuing Streisand on the Beach with the hit musical flop Hello Dolly! This movie had a massive budget and barely made any money at all. But is it just…
The Other HalfYentl (1983)
We're starting a very special month to end summer Streisand on the Beach, where we have an entire month of Barbera Streisand movies, starting with the film she…
The Other HalfLake Placid
We bring Summer Screaming to a close with Lake Placid. It's a movie about a giant crocodile that made it to Maine. It's a miracle of nature! But it did kill…
The Other HalfPiranha
Let's watch a classic summer horror movie from the 1970s: Piranha!! Just how did these Piranhas make it all the way to the States? This movie says, "Don't…
The Other HalfThe Meg
The Meg is here to continue our train of summer-vibe horror movies! Jason Statham stars in this massive blockbuster hit from 2018. Some people are here just to…
The Other HalfThe Final Girls
The Final Girls kick off our month of Summer Screaming! In August, we're talking about horror movies with summer vibes. What's more summer than a summer camp…
The Other HalfBlow Dry
The cover and the trailer seem quirky, but Blow Dry is a serious movie about a silly hair-styling competition. Alan Rickman stars as Phil, a distant dad to…