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

Because neither Aidan nor Lily felt like watching Toy Story 5 (2026), they instead discuss the latest horror movie to hit theaters, Gay It Follows— sorry, I mean Leviticus (2026). Also on the docket is *another* indie movie that deals with teen angst and features the music of Frank Ocean: the lushly shot, psychotically-soundtracked Waves (2019).

(Recorded before Mexico was eliminated from the world cup :(...)

INTRO/LILY’S DREAM/WORLD CUP: 00:00

LEVITICUS: 13:54 

WAVES: 45:34

Hosts: Aidan Barrett & Lily Ritterman-Peña

Editor/Producer: Max Van Hosen

Old wounds are reopened and new ones are formed as Aidan and Lily trade blows in heated debates over Backrooms (2026) and Annette (2021). Max contributes a bit in this episode, too — whoopee!

INTRO/ETHAN SLATERRR: 00:00

BACKROOMS: 15:15 

ANNETTE: 55:26

Hosts: Aidan Barrett & Lily Ritterman-Pena

Producer/Editor: Max Van Hosen

Things kick off with a recap of the glorious box office triumph of Backrooms (2026) over the Great Satan a.k.a. Walt Disney Studios. After that, Aidan & Lily cater to both sides of the aisle with a back-to-back discussion of Boots Riley’s wacky leftist romp I Love Boosters (2026) and conservative “movie” Sound of Freedom (2023).

INTRO: 00:00

I LOVE BOOSTERS: 19:07

….SOUND OF FREEDOM :( : 49:26

Hosts: Aidan Barrett & Lily Ritterman-Peña

Producer/Editor: Max Van Hosen 

Lily and Aidan unpack their thoughts on actor Timothée Chalamet: his career, his public image, and the Mulholland Drive-esque psychosis he has unknowingly inflicted on one of the hosts. (You’ll never guess which one.) Then, they chat about cult classic Frankenhooker (1990) and recent hit Obsession (2026), two horror movies that both dare to ask: “What if men controlling women’s bodies is… wait for it… bad?”

INTRO/TIMOTHEE CHALAMET: 00:00 

FRANKENHOOKER: 26:37

OBSESSION: 54:55

PRODUCER MAX’S THOUGHTS: 1:18:39

Hosts: Aidan Barrett & Lily Ritterman-Peña

Producer/Editor: Max Van Hosen 

For their inaugural episode, Aidan and Lily briefly introduce themselves before discussing two equally harrowing films that explore communal trauma and mankind’s capacity for cruelty: Come and See (1985) and The Sheep Detectives (2026).

INTRO: 00:00

COME AND SEE: 16:56

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES: 46:26

Hosts: Aidan Barrett & Lily Ritterman-Peña

Producer/Editor: Max Van Hosen