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Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0talk about the 1986 movie\xa0Aliens, starring Sigourney Weaver. It\u2019s still one of their\xa0faves\xa0and holds up really well. Probably why it won\xa0a bunch of awards\xa0for special effects (including an Oscar). Here, Ripley (Weaver) is back on Earth after 57 years in\xa0cryo-stasis (following the end of the 1979\xa0Alien) but agrees to go back to the moon where she initially encountered the\xa0xenomorphs\xa0when a terra-forming colony\u2019s\xa0comms\xa0stop. She accompanies a band of Marines and a corporate shill thinking they\u2019re going to destroy the\xa0xenomorphs\xa0but one of the themes this movie explores is\xa0enemies\xa0external and internal. Also includes major women\u2019s and girls\u2019\xa0badassery, and for that time, that was rare.\xa0

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Shout-outs!\xa0

Lise\xa0would like to shout-out\xa0 the\xa0new series\xa0Truth Seekers, with\xa0awesome British comedy duo Simon\xa0Pegg\xa0and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, which Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0talked about\xa0HERE\xa0and\xa0Shaun of the Dead). Here, Frost is a paranormal investigator\xa0whose team goes\xa0ghost-hunting\xa0but may have stumbled onto something bigger (available on Amazon Prime). Andi shouts out season 2 of\xa0The\xa0Mandalorian, but is bummed that one of the actors in it whose career she\u2019s enjoyed over the years turns out to be problematic (Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0discussed problematic\xa0faves\xa0HERE). Find\xa0The\xa0Mandalorian\xa0on Disney Plus.\xa0