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This week, Chris makes a highly calculated ploy to win Brie over with a film specifically engineered to elicit delight. The discussion is shorter than usual (because many of the plot points don't matter much and many of the specific cultural references fly right over the hosts' heads), but this live-action cartoon still packs enough charm into every punch to keep the peace for another week.

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This week, Chris and Brie bring in their friend Poppy, both to keep things fresh for the audience and to get some respite from loathing each other's film selections. Poppy rises to the task admirably by being sweet and charming in general, and specifically by proposing a movie in which Cher and Olympia Dukakis soar to the absolute highest heights. Nicolas Cage is also discussed, albeit with less reverence.

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Robots? Check. Monsters? Check. Goofball humor? Check. Trauma? Check. Parallels to environmental collapse and other global tragedies? You betcha. There's a little something for everyone in this week's episode, and our hosts have a lot of love and a healthy dose of critique for absolutely all of it.

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If you liked how much Chris hated Better Off Dead, then you're going to get a real kick out of how torturous Brie found this week's selection. Despite many compelling counter-arguments (including Holly Hunter's voluminous hair, Ewan McGregor's dynamic musical performance, and a shirtless Stanley Tucci), she's burying this one under the trash can and never looking back. Well, maybe one more peek at Stanley.

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Somehow, Brie proposed a dumb, fun, uncomplicated movie and Chris thought about it so hard he almost broke himself. As usual, there's laughter at something that wasn't intended to be funny, tears at a scene that didn't earn it, fawning over a supporting actor to the extent that the lead gets mostly overlooked, and a deep dive into a historical detail that the film barely grazes. All of which is a big swing from two hosts who routinely fail to learn even basic information like character names.

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Remember being a preteen and staying home sick from school to watch a series of grisly murders? Chris does! This week, he gets to talk about wigs and false lashes AND inflict his childhood trauma on Brie, who is, as ever, here to chime in with knowledge of concurrent news stories and logistical questions about how exactly these murders went down. (She's a planner.)

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This week, our cohosts do things that surprise each other but probably won't surprise you: Chris describes openly weeping twice during a children's movie (and, if you listen closely, nears tears again both times just talking about it), while Brie once more explains how the country's mood in the wake of a major tragedy helped shape the narrative of this film. (Conversely, she would throw the whole plot in the trash for the chance to watch more dogs, who care nothing for sociopolitical analysis.)

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Mysteries abound this week. What is Audrey wearing? What is she eating? What is she thinking? Join us on this trip to a bygone era where nobody asks questions and the answers are lies half the time anyway.

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Our intrepid hosts have an animated, inquisitive discussion about lead characters who are not nearly animated and inquisitive enough. At least this detour into the fantasy realm means that Chris has to talk about something other than wigs and Brie has to talk about something than the geopolitical context in which our characters operate.

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Chris and Brie are only so-so at making a podcast, but their incessant nitpicking of this movie's take on spycraft suggests that they believe they'd be A+ government assassins. Maybe last week's selection gave them an undue level confidence. Regardless, enjoy our two would-be agents as they dissect something this project actually has left them decently qualified to explore: what intense women in the '80s looked like.

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