About this podcast
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 protected].
Episodes
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- The Invite · 1 h 23 min · Episode 608The Invite stars Seth Rogan and Oliva Wilde (who directed this btw) as a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Two mysterious alluring neighbors are invited over for dinner. Who…
- Disclosure Day · 1 h 21 min · Episode 607We can't get away from Spielberg. This may be another Steven Stinker, but is the general public just not ready for a movie all about aliens and Emily Blunt's creepy voice? We…
- Halloween Ends · 1 h 15 min · Episode 606Another 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 Corey and how he's…
- Pinocchio Unstrung · 55 min · Episode 605Oh 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 maybe, it might…
- It Ends · 1 h 17 min · Episode 604Continuing 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 defend you and the…
- Obsession · 1 h 35 min · Episode 603Happy 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 this little indie…
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole · 57 min · Episode 602Legend 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 make it too long…
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes · 1 h 14 min · Episode 601After 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 Legend of Zelda…
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure · 1 h 29 min · Episode 600Look 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 during apocalyptic…
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials · 1 h 31 min · Episode 599Watch '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 Alita Battle…
- The Maze Runner · 1 h 12 min · Episode 598By 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 doubling up. We're…
- The Huntsman: Winter's War · 1 h 11 min · Episode 597It'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 white part (Kristen…
- Senseless · 1 h 11 min · Episode 596We'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 takes and…
- Identity Thief · 1 h 22 min · Episode 595Mike 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 Jason Bateman and…
- The Hangover Part III · 1 h 2 min · Episode 594Hungover 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!), Craig Mazin, has a very…
- Dallas Buyers Club · 1 h 54 min · Episode 593This 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 that qualifies for…
- Goon · 1 h 14 min · Episode 592This 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 opening ten minutes…
- Blue Heron · 1 h 11 min · Episode 591Okay 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 biographical banger…
- Canadian Bacon · 1 h 2 min · Episode 590Canada 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, Canadian Bacon. A…
- Oh, Canada · 56 min · Episode 589Happy Canada Month, let's watch Oh, Canada! despite admittedly knowing very little about Canada besides Trailer Park Boys, Letterkenny, Scott Pilgrim, and the film My Winnipeg…
- The BFG · 1 h 20 min · Episode 588We 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, he's actually pretty…
- War Horse · 1 h 8 min · Episode 587Steven 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 movie that way it all…
- 1941 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 586We 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 choice considering this…
- The Sugarland Express · 55 min · Episode 585What'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 that made the least…
- Byzantium · 1 h 15 min · Episode 584We 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 down on his luck and…
- Nanny McPhee Returns · 59 min · Episode 583Nanny 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 to our boy Daniel…
- Mr Nobody · 1 h 31 min · Episode 582Mays 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 memories and all of the…
- The Thursday Murder Club · 1 h 0 min · Episode 581Okay 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 career takes us. We did…
- Regretting You · 1 h 24 min · Episode 580For 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 at all what…
- Say Anything · 1 h 6 min · Episode 579Say 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 another one of those…
- Runaway Bride · 55 min · Episode 578Runaway 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 woman who can't…
- Four Weddings and a Funeral · 1 h 0 min · Episode 577Four 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 not so miserable…
- Shakespeare in Love · 54 min · Episode 576Welcome 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 poured a ton of money…
- Gran Turismo · 1 h 14 min · Episode 575Ethan 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 actually based off…
- Racing Stripes · 1 h 13 min · Episode 574Oh 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 finds a found family at…
- BONUS: Oscar 2026 Talk + BINGO · 1 h 2 minNow 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 about our predictions…
- Chariots of Fire · 1 h 9 min · Episode 573Chariots 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 was just about a…
- F1 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 572ZOOM 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, we're ready to…
- The Secret Agent · 1 h 32 min · Episode 571The 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 has heart and throws…
- Train Dreams · 52 min · Episode 570All 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 kind of like Forrest…
- Sentimental Value · 1 h 13 min · Episode 569Continuing 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 basically what I…
- Hamnet · 1 h 13 min · Episode 568Queue 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 tell the story of how…
- Perfect Days · 1 h 19 min · Episode 567Time 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 it means to find…
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · 1 h 13 min · Episode 566"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 30s are STRONG in this…
- James Bond Retrospective · 1 h 38 min · Episode 565So, 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. And that includes…
- Quantum of Solace · 60 min · Episode 564We 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 this movie with an…
- Y2K · 1 h 0 min · Episode 563Y2K 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 follows a loser…
- Single All the Way · 1 h 8 min · Episode 562Single 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 odd atmosphere to it…
- The Mistle-Tones · 60 min · Episode 561I 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 Mistle-Tones follows a…
- Window Wonderland · 1 h 7 min · Episode 560It'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 gotta say, there's…
