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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
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Episode 139: Anaconda
This Anaconda is just hungry. It always feels weird when humans enter an area inhabited by wild animals and get mad when they attack them. It's like dude we'd…
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Episode 138: Sleepaway Camp
We should all try to be Ricki in life. Protect those who are important to you and swear profusely at anyone who tries to take them away. Check out…
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Episode 137: Dr. Giggles
Phelan brings the laughs! Ermmm Phelan brings the painkillers! Uhhh Phelan makes a house call? I'm bad at this, I'll just say Phelan brings an enjoyably corny…
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Episode 136: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Ray joins the boys to kick off the Spooktacular! This is the best Friday the 13th movie since the first one....maybe even better than the first! Why is it so…
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Episode 135: Getaway
There's one movie to Getaway from it's this one. Even Ethan Hawke looks like he doesn't want to be in it. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to…
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Episode 134: Before Sunrise
I'm so glad they got me to pose for this movie poster. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool…
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Episode 134: Before Sunrise
I'm so glad they got me to pose for this movie poster. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool…
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Episode 133: Gattaca
We continue Ethan month with his most well known Sci-fi movie! Mike becomes very confused watching the second half, but both are still wondering why a place…
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Episode 132: Explorers
Mike is out Ethan is in! This month is all about watching movies with Ethan Hawke in them. Let's start with baby Ethan Hawke and Ethan saying things that…
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Episode 131: Magic Mike XXL
The first movie ended so definitely when Mike said, "I'm done stripping! I'm going to only make custom furniture." But they always find a way to bring…
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Episode 130: Micheal Clayton
The most serious white people movie about white people we've ever seen. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your…
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Episode 129: Micheal
Mike and Ethan question if this is really a rip off of Wizard of Oz. Also, Mike saw this movie once as a kid and doesn't remember anything about it. I have no…
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Episode 128: Like Mike
Who doesn't want to be like Mike? He has a great laugh, he knows a ton about movies, he's tall and most importantly he hates this movie. Now I feel like Mike!…
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Episode 127: Magic Mike
Welcome to Mike Month! We like to kick our Mike's Birthday month by watching the sexiest movie with Mike's name on it. I sure this movie is just fun and…
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Episode 126: A Dirty Shame
It's a dirty shame this was rated NC-17, but I guess if you just see that it's from John Waters, why would you bother taking the time to watch it? They should…
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Episode 125: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Phelan comes by to drop another teenage girly movie on the boys, but this is by far the worst one yet. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help…
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Episode 124: Leonard Part 6
Just something else Bill Cosby wishes he never did. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool art!…
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Episode 123: Independence Day 2
All of your favorite characters are here! So are a bunch of other people for some reason! It's just like all my favorite 4th of July BBQs. Ethan and Mike lose…
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Episode 122: The Little Prince
Ethan definitely didn't cry during this movie one bit. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support the show and get your room some cool…
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Episode 121: Sideways
It's summer time and that means it's time to pop open a bottle of wine and become a neurotic mess. Mike and Ethan pop open a bottle of wine while talking about…
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Episode 120: Harry and the Hendersons
What came first, the Harry or the Hendersons? They have to have started with Harry first, that just makes the most sense. Wonder how they came up with…
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Episode 119: A Scanner Darkly
Ray joins us for another strange and weird movie. Arguably one of the most incomprehensible movies we've ever seen! It's got drugs, Orange County and Keanu…
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Episode 118: Dirty Dancing
Ethan really has no idea what this movie is about. He goes in blind. He completely thinks a sub-plot is something else. This is the essence of The Other Half…
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Episode 117: Step Brothers
Happy National Brothers Day! It's time we watch what is considered one of the best Will Ferrel movies of all time. Is it actually good? Does it make Ethan wish…
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Episode 116: Lassie Come Home
This is the first Lassie movie ever! Made back in 1943, see the original Lassie and Roddy McDowall. It's the original Homeward Bound, but without all that…
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Episode 115: Street Fighter
Find all of your favorite Street Fighter characters in one place! Some are well represented, M. Bison, Zagat, Ryu and Ken, others not so much, Dhalsim and…
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Episode 114: Tammy and the T-Rex
Listen, I don't think anyone has heard of this movie. This is going to be a hard pitch, but here goes. Imagine being Denise Richards and finding out your…
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Episode 113: The Devil Wears Prada
What better way to top off an adrenaline-fueled franchise than with an anxiety filled movie like The Devil Wears Prada? The boys get some help from Mia to…
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Episode 112: The Fate of the Furious
Finally, this long franchise comes to an end.... for now. How is the first movie without Paul Walker in it? Is Charlize Theron a good villain? At this point…
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Episode 111: Watership Down
The boys take a break from "the family" to meet a new family made up of bunnies! Just in time for Easter. Turns out, this family is even more damaged…
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Episode 110: Furious 7
Jason Statham enters the movies! He's fine. He's no Rock. Luckily, the Rock is still in these movies and he's an awesome drone destroying machine. Somehow this…
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Episode 109: Fast and Furious 6
Look man, these episodes are getting kind of long, but it's because it's hard to explain what exactly is happening in this plot. Like is Michelle Rodriguez…
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Episode 108: Fast 5
We called for help. We needed someone with some knowledge of cars and the Fast and Furious franchise. Enter Horacio, who knows the ins and outs of street…
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Episode 107: Fast and Furious
Okay, so now the gang is all back together (even Han!), no CGI cars, the action is competent, this is where the movies start getting good right? Clearly not…
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Episode 106: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Where are we? Who are these people? Oh please bring Paul Walker back! This new guy makes Paul Walker look like an Oscar winner. There's a lot of drifting in…
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Episode 105: 2 Fast 2 Furious
"Let's take the best part of the last movie and remove it. The kid will carry the movie." - Every movie producer ever before making a bad decision…
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Episode 104: The Fast and the Furious
It's franchise time everybody! Mike and Ethan attempt to watch every single Fast and the Furious movie. Vin Diesel has them on lock once again! Let's go steal…
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Episode 103: Shame
Fassbender plays a sex addict in Steve Mcqueen's 2011 drama. This episode is definitely NSFW. Check out https://shop.theotherhalfpodcast.com/ to help support…
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Episode 102: Wild Hogs
William H. Macy is better than this. We as a society is better than this. We don't need another awful movie that has completely unlikeable characters as the…
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Episode 101: Ishtar
Look at how terrible this poster is. You might as well have just put a sign on the front that just said, "Do not watch" on the poster. Well, we ignored…