Movie Wars

About Movie Wars

A panel of stand-up comedians blends humor with deep film analysis, using their unique ‘War Card’ system to grade movies across key categories. Each episode delivers thoughtful insights and spirited debate, offering a fresh, comedic take on film critique. New episode every Tuesday!

Publisher

2-Vices Media

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

25 Mar 2021

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 138 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Conversation with Adam G. Simon | Shia LaBeouf, Hollywood Money Trail, and Adam G. Simon’s Directorial Debut

   Host Kyle Castro interviews screenwriter and producer Adam G. Simon about Shia LaBeouf's impact, Hollywood's inflated budgets, and Simon's directorial debut, offering insights into filmmaking realities.

2. 

   31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The American Psycho Reboot Problem

   Host Kyle Castro explores the challenges of adapting Bret Easton Ellis's "American Psycho" for a modern audience in this solo episode.

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   14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Mummy with Dustin Chafin!

   Tom Cruise. Brad Pitt. Matt Damon. Ben Affleck. They all passed. So we got Brendan Fraser and his perfect bangs, and somehow it made $400 million. This week Kyle and Seth bring back comedian Dustin Chaffin for a second round — and yes, they were already laughing before they hit record. The topic is The Mummy (1999), a movie that Roger Ebert himself said he couldn't defend on a single technical level and still couldn't stop enjoying. That about sums up the energy of this episode. We get into why Brendan Fraser plays every scene — the smart ones, the scary ones, the romantic ones — with the exact same expression, what it means that 0% of this movie was filmed in Egypt, and why the cat scene breaks the whole internal logic of the film. We also cover the genuinely wild production history: Clive Barker, George Romero, and Wes Anderson were all attached at various points, the Super Bowl ad that saved the box office, and the fact that Fraser spent seven years in and out of hospitals after the trilogy destroyed his body. Tom Cruise would've walked it off. Also: living in your car as a touring comedian, cruise ship audiences choosing between comedy and Harry Potter trivia, and one nighter and a Camry as a legitimate lifestyle. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one — and if you're enjoying Movie Wars, leave us a review. It genuinely helps.

Inside a recent episode

Conversation with Adam G. Simon | Shia LaBeouf, Hollywood Money Trail, and Adam G. Simon’s Directorial Debut

Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Like that's, that's, that's a better way to say it's funnier. It's whatever. Um, but also like the main character and under doesn't speak the entire film. So like, there's no dialogue for him and everything that he sees where there is dialogue is either memory or something that's currently happening to him. Um, and so he's experiencing these things in a, in a world that he's coming from and a world that's happening around him, but he's not speaking. Um, and, uh, so that, that was a unique thing. So after the writing's done, after it gets to a spot where I go, okay, I'm gonna put this in front of actors. […]

Who has been a guest on Movie Wars

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Adam G Simon
• Dustin Chafin
• Wolfgang Bodison
• Joel Beasley
• Marianna Barksdale

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

455,293

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

51 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

54 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

99

Social presence

97

YouTube

82

Engagement

92

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Books guests

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