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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 HalfAlita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel is James Cameron's technology baby, but does it hold up even when he can't direct the movie? Robert Rodriguez brings us the American…
The Other HalfVenom
Sony takes their shot at one of the most popular Spiderman villains Venom. It was critically panned, but critics aren't always right! The boys reexamine the…
The Other HalfRepo Man
A classic American punk, bizarre movie, Repo Man defines genres to create a movie that could have only been made during the '80s. We follow suburban punk Otto…
The Other HalfBonnie and Clyde
The boys watch a bit of classic American movie making Bonnie and Clyde. Does this movie still hold up in 2021? The answer may be more shocking than a tommy gun…
The Other HalfBlue Valentine
Won't you be my Blue Valentine? The boys watch the "romantic" Blue Valentine for Valentine's Day. It stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as two…
The Other HalfLocked Down
Locked Down is the first "full" movie to be released during the COVID-19 pandemic. Did you notice how I mentioned during and not after? This movie…
The Other HalfWe Can Be Heroes
We Can Be Heroes is the latest kids movie from Robert Rodriguez and is actually a sequel/set in the same universe as Sharkboy and Lavagirl. (which we watched!)…
The Other HalfTenet
Tenet is the first Christopher Nolan movie we watched for the podcast. Just like Tenet, the episode about it is an overloaded, bloated mess! We hope you enjoy…
The Other HalfSteel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias has been on our watch list since we started the podcast. It's time to finally dive into a movie that's bound to make anyone cry.... unless you…
The Other HalfFirst Cow
First Cow was one of the most critically acclaimed movies to come out last year. Does it hold up to our two critic's discerning eyes? The movie, much like this…
The Other HalfNew Year, New You
New Year, New You is a holiday horror movie all about how popularity and influencers can corrupt a friend group. It comes from the same director as Black…
The Other HalfThe Knight Before Christmas
The Knight Before Christmas broke our streak of descent to good Christmas movies. Now we descend into the madness known as the Netflix Christmas Cinematic…
The Other HalfBlack Christmas (2019)
We reviewed the first Black Christmas movie for the podcast a whole four years ago. We decided to take a look at the third remake and much like our original…
The Other HalfJingle Jangle
Jingle Jangle is the best Christmas present we can ask for! Not only is this not an abysmally bad Christmas movie, Jingle Jangle actually may have the chops to…
The Other HalfThe Other Half
For our 300th episode, we watched The Other Half. We had no idea what this movie was going into it. Even afterward, we're not quite sure what it was about…
The Other HalfYou’ve Got Mail
You've Got Mail is not only an extremely dated phrase, it's an extremely dated movie. It's a fascinating relic on how relationships have changed with the…
The Other HalfThe Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep was well regarded when it came out, but we're here to see if it aged well. Turns out, it hasn't. In fact, it's got some massive 500 Days…
The Other HalfFinding Forrester
We swear we didn't pick Finding Forrester to honor the late Sean Connery. It was just a happy little coincidence. Now this movie has some serious Good Will…
The Other HalfThe Witches (2020)
It's been over two years since we saw the original The Witches, but now we're back with The Witches from the mind of Robert Zemeckis. This time it has a little…
The Other HalfLa Llorona
We close out our Halloween Spooktacular with La Llorona, a genuinely terrifying movie. It follows a leader of Guatemala who had just been found guilty of war…
The Other HalfCrawl
The tagline of this movie, Crawl, is not "Later Gator". I'm upset. This week Mike and Ethan dive into the modern monster movie where gators go wild!…
The Other HalfThe Legend of Hallowaiian
Time for us to take a look at The Legend of Hallowiian, a movie Ethan only heard about because he was eating at King's Hawiian in Torrance once. Turns out…
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Episode 292: Fantasy Island
We celebrate the first week of Spooktacular with Blumhouse's Fantasy Island! It's based on the old TV show of the same name from the '70s. Below you can see…
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Episode 291: Giant
In honor of James Dean's death, Ethan and Mike watch the last movie he starred in, Giant. Clocking in at 3 hours and 21 minutes, Giant tells the story of a…
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Episode 290: Sunset Boulevard
Ethan and Mike watch the CLASSIC movie Sunset Boulevard. Does this movie made all the way back in the '50s still hold up? Turns out it's one of the best movies…
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Episode 289: #Alive
The writers behind this movie were not exactly #Alive while writing this paint by numbers zombie flick. Ethan and Mike watch a South Korean zombie movie set in…
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Episode 288: Radio Rebel
If we told you Radio Rebel, a made for TV Disney movie, was an allegory for rising up against your oppressors, you'd probably say, "Yeah it has Rebel in…
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Episode 287: Infamous
We regret to bring you Infamous. Bella Thorne and Jake Manely star as "influencers" who gain their fame through robbing dispensories. The moral of this…
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Episode 286: Hook
To end '90s month, the boys watch a Steven Spielberg classic, Hook! We'll be honest, we were not looking forward to this movie at all, but it turns out it's…
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Episode 285: My Girl
My Girl is Boomer catnip. At least that's what we thought the movie was about at first. After discussing more of the plot deals, we still believe this movie…
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Episode 284: Fried Green Tomatoes
In our second week of '90s month, the boys talk about Fried Green Tomatoes. Eating fried unripe tomatoes could be considered a southern past-time, but you know…
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Episode 283: Only Yesterday
It felt like Only Yesterday Mike was born. Okay, 1991 was quite a long time ago, but in the honor of Mike's birth year, we're watching movies from 1991 all…
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Episode 282: The Package
To round off Netflix month we end on the raunchy comedy, The Package. The story of the package is a guy accidentally cuts off his own penis. The joke of The…
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Episode 281: I Lost My Body
I Lost My Body is a French animated film that was modeled in 3D beforehand and then painted over. It's like rotoscoping! It's right up Ethan and Mike's ally…
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Episode 280: Swiped
Swiped may be the most poorly written, poorly acted, poorly delivered movie since we watched Love on a Leash. It's about a nerd who made a hook-up app that he…
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Episode 279: A Whisker Away
While watching A Whisker Away, it dawns on Ethan and Mike, they are finally not watching masterpiece level anime for the podcast. A Whisker Away centers around…
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Episode 278: Dolemite Is My Name
The boys dive into a biopic about Rudy Ray Moore's quest to make a movie in Dolemite Is My Name. It's like The Disaster Artist if the main character was…
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Episode 277: Scoob!
Ruh-roh, what if the Hanna Barbera cinematic universe is doomed because Scoob! released during a global pandemic? Or what if it's doomed because Scoob! isn't a…
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Episode 276: Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas is a depressing movie. It was maybe a rough watch to see Nicolas Cage playing an alcoholic in what be his most perfectly cast role. Elisabeth…
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Episode 275: What a Girl Wants
Phelan joins the podcast to talk about What a Girl Wants! It's one of those movies where a clumsy American girl goes to Britain because she wants to find her…
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Episode 274: Serenity
Serenity is absolutely wild and we love it. What's wild in a bad way and something we don't love is police brutality. Here is a Google doc full of donation…
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Episode 273: Once
For this episode of May-usical, the boys traveled to Ireland in the modern musical Once! Made on a shoestring budget with musicians playing as actors, Once…
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Episode 272: Annie (1982) and Annie (2014)
Double the Annie! For this episode of May-usical, we decided to have a little fun and pull a gimmick off that we did for the Miracle on 34th Street! We watched…
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Episode 271: Cabaret
The next episode of May-usical features special musical expert guest Lindsay who brought the extremely influential 1972 Cabaret. The movie follows Sally Bowles…
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Episode 270: Guys and Dolls
Let's start off May-usical with Guys and Dolls! May is now an entire month of musicals! Guys and Dolls was made in 1955 and it shows. The movie follows two…
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Episode 269: Heartbeeps
That 1981 film Heartbeeps asks the question, what would robots do on a fun adventure? Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters dressed up in horrifying robot…
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Episode 268: The Platform
The Platform is a high concept sci-fi film from Spain. Each day a large platform comes from the ceiling with food on it. It starts fully furnished at the top…
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Episode 267: My Dinner With Andre
The 1981 film, My Dinner With Andre, features Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn playing themselves. The entire movie consists of them talking to each other for…
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Episode 266: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The French film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, took film Twitter by storm when it released at the end of 2019 in select theaters. Now the boys watch the movie…
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Episode 265: Showgirls
Mia and Harrison from the Rewind and Reconsider podcast brought the boys Showgirls to watch! Like the film, not real life showgirls... that'd be kind of weird…
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QUARANTINE SPECIAL: Cats (2019)
Okay, so we have to talk about the Cats movie. This is a movie Mike and Ethan have seen over 5 times each and for some reason, they just NEED to talk about it…
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Episode 264: Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator is another one of those Disney+ movies. Hopefully, it's more like a Return to Oz and less like a Can of Worms. This movie is clearly a…
The Other HalfEpisode 263: Can of Worms
Can of Worms more like Can of Penises! In one of our most phallic episodes ever, the boys lose their minds over what appears to be one of the worst movies on…
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Episode 262: Return to Oz
Return to Oz is as if Dorthey stepped into the Dark Crystal universe while walking down the yellow brick road. Dorthey returns back to the land of Oz after…
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Episode 261: George of the Jungle 2
Not sure if we've ever been as divided about a movie as George of the Jungle 2. A sequel that clearly had almost no budget or notable (in-person) talent, but…
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Episode 260: Beaches (1988)
Beaches is a classic hit movie about a couple of life long friends. With such different lives, they shouldn't probably be life long friends, but hey life is…
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Episode 259: The Fanatic
The Fanatic is a movie that proves that John Travolta has some sort of eternal debt he has to pay off by taking awful and humiliating movie roles. John…
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Oscar Nominations Best Picture 2020
In this podcast, we discuss our general disappointment in this year's Oscar nominations. We also rank the best picture nominations and talk a little bit about…
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Episode 258: Ford v Ferrari
Wake up your dad it's time for Ford V Ferrari! Starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, this movie is about two dudes who just love racing and working on cars…
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Episode 257: Marriage Story
The second entry into our Oscar month is Marriage Story! Marriage Story is a semi-autobiographical movie from Noah Baumbach starring Scarlett Johanson and Adam…