Steel Magnolias was HUGE in 1989 when it came out. Matt was only 7 years old, so he can perhaps be forgiven for not watching it then. His parents may not have approved of him hearing some of Ouiser Boudreaux's colourful language...

There's a lot to talk about with this film! So many wonderful strong female characters, so many head-scratching decisions related to Easter eggs, so many times where the 1980s felt like the 1950s, and Shirley MacLaine...just give us all of the Shirley MacLaine. Get ready to line up for some bleeding armadillo cake!

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While she has seen many Pixar films, including most of the other ones released in the 2010s, Jess had never seen Inside Out. She was, however, very familiar with getting random songs and ad jingles stuck in her head for no good reason. Thankfully, this movie helped explain that! She felt seen...and attacked.

As you can imagine with a movie about our own emotions, she had all sorts of responses! She was wheeze-laughing less than 3 minutes in because of Sadness (the character, not the emotion...), she was perturbed at Riley's parents, she was annoyed at Joy (the character, not the emotion...) for being a control freak, and she was emotional at Riley's imaginary friend Bing Bong ("That Cotton Candy Elephant Dolphin Thing"). Who would be her voice of Anger (the character, not the...look, you get it), and would it be constantly reading the newspaper? We chatted about all these thoughts and more before they went off to be stored in long term memory!

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Despite growing up in the 90's, when Julia Roberts was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, Matt had never seen My Best Friend's Wedding. He was not prepared for the amount of musical/singing numbers in store for him. Will we have to say a little prayer for him?

Matt has questions, Jess is fascinated, everyone wants more Rupert Everett, and they both work to unpack this cultural touchstone of romantic comedies in the late 1990's. Get out your foam crab claws, stolen bread trucks, and Chicago White Sox hats, we're going to karaoke!

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