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Part II is so funny in all the wrong ways lil onions. This week we follow the Losers Club coming back to Derry to finally face off with the entity that has plagued them since childhood. The adults are here and the scares are not stopping. Ross is predictably full of piss and vinegar about how the recent movies are better, but there is still a wealth of meat here for the taking. Dealing with all the adult trauma is a bitch, and frankly yes, the Muschettis did it different. But this is what we're breaking down today

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Let's get SCURRY with TIM CURRY, lil onions! The time has come for the siblings to crack the proverbial tome of the 1990 made-for-television mini-series that attempted to adapt Stephen King's infamous novel, It. There is so much to unpack here: the history of the novel, the production of the mini-series, the long-term effects of this film on a FIVE YEAR-OLD. It follows the story of seven children in the community of Derry, Maine as they come together in a bond against a shapeshifting alien that feeds on their fear and innocence. There are deadly Stephen King bullies, apathetic adults, and enough creepy carnival music to make you skip the circus. 

This week, the siblings break down one of Ross's favorite cult classics, Horror Express (1972). Following the story of a geologist who digs a fossilized missing link out of a cave in Manchuria, Horror Express is a  melting pot of ideological concepts from evolutionism to religion to sexuality. What Carie initially dismissed as a cheesy B-movie has actually turned out to have some good meat on its bones. Ross can't get over the movie's haunting score, Carie is in love with all the women in the movie, and the siblings contemplate the Thing's origins with horrifying results. 

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Heavy topic this week, lil onions! This week, the siblings are looking at Ross' favorite Denzel movie, Flight (2012). Following the story of an alcoholic pilot's journey to recovery following a deadly plane crash he may or may not have miraculously have mitigated, Ross focuses very heavily on the decisions of major characters and how their paths divert following that near-death experience. Carie struggles with the high action that accounts for 10% of the movie, and the siblings reflect on how important it is to remember that people can change. 

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BIIIIIG trigger check on today's episode, lil onions. Lots of themes of body dysmorphia, depression, and self-hatred. The siblings are unpacking one of 2024's most jaw-dropping films, The Substance. Featuring Demi Moore in all her former and current glory alongside a stunning performance by Margaret Qualley as her other self (and Dennis Quaid is here doing his best Vince McMahon impression.) We follow one fading actress' desperate attempt to stay relevant when she buys a black market drug guaranteed to create a better version of the self. Carie is obviously very fascinated and disgusted by the body horror elements while Ross slows down on the body dysmorphia, and both siblings ruminate on the film's visual display of self-hatred, and the violence people do to their bodies to feel better about themselves without grappling with their own perspectives on that self. 

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WOOOOF. Anyone else feeling a little complacent in their relationship, lil onions? That's today's topic de jour. The siblings follow the story of a couple moving from the big city to the middle of East Jesus nowhere where they are beset upon by a mysterious force that compels them to be fused together for life. Ross is befuddled by the lack of McReadiness in the couples' misfortunes, Carie is mystified how a school teacher and out of work musician afforded a house in upstate New York. And the siblings discuss the age old question in many relationships: Do we really love each other, or are we just used to each other?

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Ross is underwhelmed, lil onions. For our last July coverage, Ross wanted to revisit an old favorite, Clint Eastwood's Absolute Power (1997). Today follows the story of Luther Whitney, a master jewel thief who accidentally witnesses a terrible crime committed by the most powerful man in the world (allegedly). Carie actually finds the movie more entertaining than she remembers, but only when characters aren't speaking. Ross is dismayed again to realize one of his childhood mainstays isn't the boner jam he remembers. And the siblings remark on the batshit bananas plot, and how the ending is unbelievably messy.

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It's an experiment today, lil onions. This audio comes to us from a test recording of a filmed episode with the help of our lovely friend, Bailey Shelton. Not sure what we're going to do with it just yet, but in the meantime, please enjoy our noise. Today the siblings break down one of the greatest American comedy classics, Eddie Murphy's Coming to America (1988). Eddie Murphy plays multiple roles for the first time in his career in telling the story of a young African prince who comes to America in search of a bride to avoid an arranged marriage. Between Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, Ross can't decide who's cuter. Carie feels sympathetic female rage for the lovely Lisa. And the siblings cannot believe how many warm and fuzzies they have about what is otherwise a fool ass film. 

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Happy Pride, lil onions! Raise your hand if you've ever been bullied because you can't dance. Now raise the other hand if it was at the hands of your own cult. That's right, the siblings are finally talking about Cats (1998). Carie and Ross break down the absolute fever dream that is Andrew Lloyd Webber's reimagining of T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Carie ragebaits Ross by bringing up the disastrous Tom Hooper adaptation. Ross puzzles over the real reason why Grizabella is ostracized from the kitty cat cult. And the siblings reflect on the message of the musical concerning mortality, regret, and grief over what life was like in youth. 

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This week, Ross introduces Carie to the absolute delight that is Sister Act (1992), a film about a lounge singer who witnesses a murder and is forced to hide out in a convent of nuns. Ross has a lot of feelings on the arrangements of Sister Mary Clarence's lounge tunes in the church choir. Carie's heart is stolen by a sweet young nun with a surprisingly big voice. And surprisingly, the siblings see the power that Catholic guilt has in taking on the mafia. 

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