On Cinema On Demand's second episode features engaging discussion for the thinkers in the room from hosts T. Amato and Joey P., with reporting from Kaili Amato, and guests G. Amato and Gregg Turkington. This week, OCOD discusses The Book of Clarence and the 2024 remake of Mean Girls.

T. gives a shoutout to the podcast, which has been doing well, and announces that it is now also available on Deezer. T. asks Gregg, dressed in just a Warcraft (2016) promotional t-shirt, to wear a blazer or something more professional next time. T. also welcomes “dad”, G. Amato, thanking him again for saving him after his breakdown in March. He thanks G. for giving him a job in “the warehouse”, getting his forklift certificate, and for letting him get his 10 hours of sunlight on his roof and working at the warehouse at night. T. plugs ”caseclosed, and states that the fate of Dekkar is unknown and that Axiom and Manuel Giusti have not talked to T. since the fotage released. He pleads for them to contact him to get back together and play some more music.

T. asks G. about any updates on the funding of T.'s Baboon and Gregg's Untitled Pep Boys cinematic universe film, G. announces they have been unified into one project. Gregg asks if that means the Pep Boys go to baboon country or vice versa, T. says that's talk for another time. G. also announces new projects, having licensed Jim Jetson's Sesame Street puppets, including Elmo and Big Bird. Gregg says that would be cool, and Joey says “I.P. is what it's all about.”

Reviewing The Book of Clarence, Gregg notes the runtime is the same as The Ten Commandments (1923), and hope it gets remade in the future by the same director the same way The Ten Commandments did in 1956. For “Joey's Take”, Joey praises the family values, the music by Jay-Z, the dancing, and suggests Hollywood should stop making endless sequels and focus on Biblical stories. Gregg, still unable to see “Joey's Take” while recording, tries to ask Joey what he rated the film, with T. telling Gregg to be quiet.

Reviewing Mean Girls, Gregg laments the fact that the extra 22 minutes compared to the original film were used for music, with him thinking that some of the songs could have been rewritten as scenes. T. tries to move on before Gregg can rate the film, with Gregg chastising him for doing so. “Joey's Take” is that it was a bad idea for a sequel, with lame jokes and woke-ness commonly seen in other modern films. Gregg complains again about not being able to see “Joey's Take”, as well as for Joey's scores not being on the popcorn scale; T. tells him sternly to move on as Gregg continues to complain.

Kaili's “Hollywood Spotlight” segment begins, discussing the family lives of the past stars of the Harry Potter franchise. T.'s mic remains un-muted as he tells Gregg to behave and to wear a suit and tie next episode. Gregg compliments the segment, unaware Kaili was a Potter-head. T. ends the episode by plugging the encore, and over the fade-out talks about getting him, Gregg, and G. together to talk about how they'll be combining the Pep Boys and Baboon films together.

The Book of Clarence (2024, 136 mins.)
Joey: 3.5 stars (4.375 bags of popcorn)
Gregg: 5 bags of popcorn

Mean Girls (2024, 112 mins.)
Joey: 1.5 stars (1.875 bags of popcorn)
Gregg: 5 bags of popcorn

• The audio podcast is a whopping 11 minutes longer than the video version.
  • Like last episode, the extra minutes consist of ads.
• Deezer is a music streaming platform that, similar to Spotify, has podcasts available to stream.
  • As of premiere day, On Cinema on Demand is not available on Deezer, despite T.'s claims.
• G. Amato incorrectly calls Jim Henson “Jim Jetson” and the Muppets puppets, which Gregg notes for the latter.

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