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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 HalfKate and Leopold
Kate and Leopold asks the question, can a working woman find love with her ex-boyfriend's great-grandpa? Kate & Leopold is a romantic comedy directed by James…
The Other HalfClifford (1994)
Clifford's basic premise is, what if PeeWee Herman was a horrible gaslighting monster? Clifford is a comedy film starring Martin Short as the main character, a…
The Other HalfFlash Gordon (1980)
FLASH! UUUUHHHH! It's time to watch pivotal Sci-Fi movie Flash Gordon! For better or for worse, they don't make them like they used to. Much to Ethan's…
The Other HalfMeet the Deedles
SURFS UP SKA IS ON THE HORIZON! Meet The Deedles is a movie about two white surfer dudes (Paul Walker and the guy who voices Maxi in Soul Calibur 6) from…
The Other HalfGreen Lantern
For our final Bombs Away, we're checking out Ryan Renold's movie Green Lantern. Don't worry we love comic books and will respect the source material as best as…
The Other HalfThe Mummy (2017)
For our third Bombs Away, we're diving into the somewhat successful The Mummy (2017). This movie performed so poorly for Universal that they ended the Dark…
The Other HalfThe Adventures of Pluto Nash
For our second Bombs Away, we're diving into The Adventures of Pluto Nash! It's an attempt to make Eddie Murphy a dang action hero! It wasn't successful. This…
The Other HalfWaterworld
Welcome to our new series for June, Bombs Away! We discuss movies with a massive budget that bombed BIG at the box office. We're starting off with a cult…
The Other HalfThe Towering Inferno
HoneyBees is back to discuss The Towering Inferno with Mike and Ethan. The movie depicts a grand opening celebration for the world's tallest skyscraper, the…
The Other HalfIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is our first, and probably last, Indiana Jones movie for the podcast! Harrison Ford, once again, picks up that whip and…
The Other HalfCocktail
Cocktail is all about showmanship and being a flashy bartender. It doesn't matter if your drinks taste terrible; people love the pizzaz! Tom Cruise brings the…
The Other HalfCloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger was released alongside The Last Starfighter as a way of tying video games into movies! How does the kid from E.T. fare in a spy movie where he…
The Other Half80 for Brady
It sounds like 80 for Brady is right up Ethan's alley. Ethan is satisfied with just an all-star cast of comedic women actors thirsting for Tom Brady in a movie…
The Other HalfLeprechaun: Origins
Okay so Lerepchaun: Origins we somehow missed. We apologize for this error and we're being punished for it by actually watching this abomination of a movie…
The Other HalfLeprechaun: Returns
The seventh entry in the Leprechaun series is a sequel to the very first leprechaun movie! Although Warwick doesn't return as the leprechaun, other characters…
The Other HalfLeprechaun Back 2 tha Hood
The sixth entry in the Leprechaun series and technically a sequel to Leprechaun in the Hood, Back 2 tha Hood takes a much more serious tone than its…
The Other HalfLeprechaun in the Hood (REMIX)
For the first time ever, we're watching a movie for The Other Half Podcast AGAIN! Let's see if Leprechaun in the Hood hits differently in 2024. Only 5 years…
The Other HalfLeprechaun 4: In Space
Leprechaun 4: In Space actually may have broken us. Just like NASA, the budget is gone. There are people you recognize, but no one you love. Everyone is just a…
The Other HalfLeprechaun 3
It's Leprechaun 3, which means we're heading to the city of sin, Vegas! Our first direct-to-video movie in our latest Watch Til You Can't Series. It was…
The Other HalfLeprechaun 2
Whew, we're back with Leprechaun 2! What will the sequel hold? Is this even the same Leprechaun? There's no star power in this, so here's hoping this lives up…
The Other HalfBONUS: Oscar 2024 Talk
After watching all of the Oscar 2024 movies nominated for best pictures, Mike and Ethan sit down to share their favorites and their predictions for the big…
The Other HalfLeprechaun
Happy Saint Patrick's Day y'all! It's time to watch all of the Leprechaun movies until we can't! We start the series with the first movie, which you'd expect…
The Other HalfAmerican Fiction
Ethan and Mike wrap up Oscar season with American Fiction! Jeffery Wright stars in a movie where he can't get a book sold because the books are just not black…
The Other HalfPast Lives
For Ethan and Mike, maybe their ancestors knew each other in their Past Lives. Maybe this podcast was inevitable. Maybe our ancestors were also discussing…
The Other HalfKillers of the Flower Moon
Mike and Ethan continue Oscar Month with Killers of the Flower Moon. The latest in Martin Scorsese's extensive filmography. While not directly a mob, it shares…
The Other HalfMaestro
Mike and Ethan kick off Oscar month with Maestro! Bradly Cooper stars and directs a movie about the life of famous conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and…
The Other HalfWhat's the Matter with Helen?
Mike and Ethan finish up Shelly Winter's Wonderland with What's the Matter with Helen along with special guest NotTheHoneyBees! While we worked through their…
The Other HalfBloody Mama
Mike and Ethan meet with Bloody Mama, also known as Ma Barker a real-life crime lord! Ethan wants out immediately, but Mike is sympathetic to Ma and her boys…
The Other HalfNext Stop, Greenwich Village
Mike and Ethan catch a subway to Next Stop, Greenwich Village on their Shelly Winter's journey. What was this famous part of New York like in 1951? We follow…
The Other HalfA Place in the Sun
We're kicking off our month of Shelly Winters, best known for Who Slew Auntie Roo?, with A Place in the Sun! A classic movie that's in America's Congressional…
The Other HalfHoliday
The boys ring in a new year with the New Year movie, Holiday! Starring Katherine Hepburn and Carey Grant, Johnny and Julia meet on a holiday in Lake Placid and…
The Other HalfCarol
To close out this holiday season, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in the romantic movie, Carol, which is mostly set during Christmas! They have a thing for…
The Other HalfThe Family Stone
The Family Stone feels like a Hallmark movie if it had actual star power behind it. You got Diane Keaton, Racheal McAdams, Claire Danes, Sarah Jessica Parker…
The Other HalfDeck the Halls
It's been a while since we've had a truly bad holiday movie on this podcast, but finally, Deck The Halls is here. Starring Matthew Brodrick (Lillard?) and…
The Other HalfBad Santa
Oh no, Bad Santa said the F-word! This movie has been wiped from Ethan's mind so it's time to watch it as we kick off our holiday special. This movie is a dark…
The Other HalfAny Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday you'll either win or you'll lose, but The Other Half podcast can be listened to every day, making YOU a winner. We watch the Oliver Stone…
The Other HalfDragnet
Happy Hanksgiving everyone! What's better than gathering around the table with friends and microphones and chatting about Tom Hanks? Almost Plausible's Tomas…
The Other HalfMona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile focuses on an all-girls college in the '50s and to help us guide us through there is Ethan's partner, Lindsay. We picked this movie having…
The Other HalfSweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon. The story is about Melanie Smooter, a successful New York City fashion…
The Other HalfPractical Magic
"Practical Magic" is a 1998 film that is a blend of romantic comedy and magic! The plot centers around the Owens sisters, Sally and Gillian, who come…
The Other HalfMaximum Overdrive
Our final entry for Scream Kings is the 1986 film Maximum Overdrive, which was written AND directed by Stephen King. It's also the last film he ever directed…
The Other HalfThe Mangler
Our third entry for Scream Kings is the 1995 film The Mangler, which was NOT written by Stephen King, but was based on one of his short stories. The plot is…
The Other HalfSleepwalkers
Our second entry for Scream Kings is the 1992 film Sleepwalkers, which was written by Stephen King himself!! The plot revolves around a mother and son, Mary…
The Other HalfThe Lawnmower Man
Step aside Ready Player One, The Lawnmower Man was the original VR movie. Starring Pierce Brosnan as the hot scientist, The Lawnmower Man is a wild ride about…
The Other HalfPorky's
Porky's is an '80s teen comedy that I'm sure most people are familiar with at least the poster of. Comedies age like milk, but maybe there's a nugget of this…
The Other HalfHondo
John Wayne stars in a 3D western called Hondo, based on The Gift of Cochise!! When you close your eyes and picture a movie about the Wild West, this is…
The Other HalfRemember Me
Remember Me came out at the height of Twilight. Robert Pattinson was quickly getting painted into a heartthrob weirdo instead of just an indie movie weirdo…
The Other HalfRocky Balboa
No longer joined by Ricardo, Ethan and Mike must find a new reason to continue recording. Just like how Rocky had to find himself in Rocky Balboa. A lot of…
The Other HalfRocky: V
Rocky V is the last Rocky movie before a long break in the series. It's an odd way to end the series. In this movie, Rocky takes Mick's place and starts…
The Other HalfRocky IV
Rocky IV is maybe the most iconic movie of the Rocky series. And maybe where the series should have stopped. Rocky faces off against Ivan Drago from the Soviet…
The Other HalfRocky III
Rocky is a champion in Rocky III! He has it all, cars, a nice house, a loving family, but something is missing. Oh that's right he's gonna have one more fight…
The Other HalfRocky II
Rocky is back for a rematch with Apollo Creed in Rocky II! We needed extra help with this episode so we called in long-time guest and massive Rocky fan Ricardo…
The Other HalfRocky
We can't stop with Stallone so let's dive into his most famous franchise, Rocky! Let's just say while this movie won an academy award, some parts of it are a…
The Other HalfOver The Top
For Sylvester Stallone's birthday, we went Over The Top and watched a movie that even he hates! How could it be bad? It's the most manly movie around! It's all…
The Other HalfBird Box
Shame Netflix doesn't put out its movies on physical media anymore, because it would be excellent to have someone rent Bird Box from Red Box. We watched Bird…
The Other HalfFast X
Finally, we watch the latest installment of the Fast and Furious franchise, Fast X. Apparently it's the beginning of the end. We hop back into Ethan's sedan to…
The Other Half1776
Happy 4th of July! What's more American than 1776? A time when a bunch of sweaty horney men got into a room and said they didn't wanna listen to King George…
The Other HalfRenfield
Renfield was the start of the whole "In the Nic of Time" month we've been doing. It's Nic's most recent film where he finally gets to play Dracula. A…
The Other HalfGuarding Tess
Guarding Tess was recommended by Pedro Pascal's character in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. "In the Nic of Time" continues with Nic Cage…
The Other HalfThe Old Way
"In the Nic of Time" continues with The Old Way! A western movie most people have never heard about. Most likely because it was only released in a few…