BREAKING NEWS: Illumination Animation released a movie that *isn’t* focus-tested slop? Aidan and Lily dive into whether the hype around Minions & Monsters (2026) is deserved, then look back to one of the many silent-era classics it pays homage to: Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940).

INTRO: 00:00

MINIONS & MONSTERS: 13:26

THE GREAT DICTATOR: 51:35

Hosts: Aidan Barrett & Lily Ritterman-Peña

Editor/Producer: Max Van Hosen