We discuss summer movies--the films we want to watch with our kids and a few we’re planning to watch for date night. We cover our hopes for all the new installments of our favorite franchises including Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4, Descendants Rise of Red, Twisters, and even Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Plus, Katie taunts Deborah about the impending release of Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure.

Things we mention in this episode:

23 Summer Movies to Watch, Vanity Fair

Summer Movie Guide, AP News

Previous Episodes We Mention:

• IF
• The Garfield Movie

Check out Deborah’s post about rewatching Beetlejuice with her kids.

Here’s what we’re watching with our kids this week:

• Inside Out

Here’s what we’re looking forward to this summer for our grown-up screen time:

• Thelma
• Fly Me to the Moon
• Babes
• The Fabulous Four
• It Ends With Us

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In our review of The Garfield Movie, Deborah mourns the absence of the fundamental pathos of the Garfield comic strip in this zany animated take on everyone’s favorite lazy tabby. Katie betrays her co-viewing values and dares to suggest this would make a good solo watch for kids. We talk product placement and adapting dated but beloved material for a modern audience.

Previous episodes we mention:

• Kung Fu Panda 4
• The Super Mario Bros Movie

Garfield made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:

• Keanu
• Back to the Future trilogy

We cast the gritty HBO reboot of the movie with:

• Nick Offerman or Donald Glover as Garfield
• Kerry Washington as Liz
• Rebel Wilson as Arlene

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We discuss lawsuits filed by parents against video game companies for allegedly causing psychiatric disorders in children. Are lawsuits really the way forward in managing our anxieties about screens? We also catch up on what we’re watching during our grown up screen time.

Things we mention in this episode:

Kids Hooked on Video Games Prompt a Flurry of Lawsuits by Rachel Graf in Bloomberg Businessweek

Instead of watching TV or movies with our kids this week, we’ve been:

• Listening to Phineas and Ferb songs in the car
• Re-evaluating our streaming subscriptions

What we’re watching during grown-up screen time:

• Bridgerton
• Girls5Eva

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