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Al & Val are joined once again by members of the Improvised DCOM cast to break down the third and final (for now...?) installment of the Cheetah Girls franchise.
Cheetah Girls: One World (August 22, 2008)
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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Read it and Weep, Dadnapped, Camp Rock 2, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written by  Dan Berendsen (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Stuck in the Suburbs, Halloweentown High, Twitches, Twitches Two, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Camp Rock 2, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) Jen Small (only writing credit) Nisha Ganatra (mostly a director)

Starring: 
Adrienne Bailon Houghton as Chanel "Chuchie" Simmons (Cheetah Girls 1-3, Coach Carter, Buffalo Dreams, 3LW Music Videos, mostly music videos)
Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda "Do" Thomas (Cheetah Girls 1-3, random things)
Kiely Williams as Aquanette "Aqua" Walker (Cheetah Girls 1-3, 3LW Music Videos, The House Bunny, Stomp the Yard 2)
Michael Steger as Vikram (90210, character actor)
Rupak Ginn as Rahim, the lead actor in Namaste Bombay (Royal Pains, Late Night, character actor)
Kunal Sharma as Amar (Hawaii 5-0, character actor)
Roshan Seth as Uncle Kamal Bhatia (Indian Summers, character actor)
Deepti Daryanani as Gita (stopped acting in 2009)
Vinod Nagpal as Swami Ji (Hum Log, Buniyaad, character actor)

Synopsis: The Cheetah Girls (Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan) go to India to appear in a Bollywood musical, but the director can choose only one of them for the role.

Fun Facts: 

Raven wasn’t in the movie and didn’t tour with the group on their first non-soundtrack album bc she was working on her solo album

They celebrate Holi in the movie, but it’s at the wrong time of year (should be in spring)

Next Movie: Dadnapped
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Val Agnew - Host
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Al and Val are joined by DCOMmentaries superfan, Zach Roberts, to rock out with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato in Camp Rock! It's REALLY good!
Camp Rock (June 20, 2008)
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Directed by Matthew Diamond (Family Ties, Gold Girls, Gilmore Girls, General Hospital)

Written by Regina Y. Hicks (Sister Sister, Jump In!, Camp Rock 2, Girlfriends, showrunner on The Upshaws & Central Park), Karin Gist (Jump In!, Camp Rock 2, Girlfriends, showrunner on Mixed-ish, Our Kind of People, Mike), Julie Brown (Camp Rock 2, Clueless TV show)

Starring: 
Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres (Camp Rock 2, Barney & Friends, music videos, Smurfs)
Joe Jonas as Shane Gray (Camp Rock 2, Jonas, music videos) 
Meaghan Martin as Tess Tyler (Camp Rock 2, 10 Things I Hate About You show, Awkward, Kingdom Hearts)
Alyson Stoner as Caitlyn Gellar (Camp Rock 2, Cheaper by the Dozen, Suite Life, Ghost Time, Kingdom Hearts, Phineas & Ferb, music videos)
Maria Canals-Barrera as Connie Torres (Camp Rock 2, The Tony Danza Show, Justice League, The Proud Family, Wizards of Waverly Place, Cristela)
Daniel Fathers as Brown Cessario (Camp Rock 2, Murdoch Mysteries, Snatch show, character actor)
Julie Brown as Dee La Duke (Animaniacs, Clueless show, Strip Mall, The Middle, character actor)
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Ella Pador (Camp Rock 2, Hannah Montana) 
Jasmine Richards as Margaret "Peggy" Dupree (Camp Rock 2, Naturally Sadie, Overruled, RedaKai, Bomb Girls, stopped in 2013)
Jordan Francis as Barron James (Camp Rock 2, Da Boom Crew, Carl^2, Connor Undercover, A Christmas Serenade)
Roshon Fegan as Sander Loyer (Camp Rock 2, Shake it Up, Greenleaf, Dragons: Rescue Riders)
Nick Jonas as Nate Gray (Camp Rock 2, Jonas, music videos, Smash, Scream Queens, Kingdom, Midway, Jumanji 2)
Kevin Jonas as Jason Gray (Camp Rock 2, Jonas, music videos)

Synopsis: A teenage girl desperately wants to spend her summer in a rock camp, but the only way she can get in is by working in the kitchen. When a teen pop star overhears her singing, he sets out to find the girl behind the voice.

Fun Facts: 

They created Nate and Jason once Joe was cast, wanting to launch the Jonas Brothers’ careers with the movie

Renee Sands is Peggy's singing voice
Next Movie: Cheetah Girls: One World
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Al and Val go back to the future in Disney Channel's Minutemen. Will they make it in time to save the world...and maybe their social lives?!
Minutemen (January 25, 2008)
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Directed by Lev Spiro (TV Director - Cousin Skeeter, Arrested Development, Weeds, Everybody Hates Chris, UnReal)

Written by John Killoran (only written two other things), David Diamond (Old Dogs, stopped in 2010), David Weissman (The Family Man, Evolution, Old Dogs, also stopped in 2010)

Starring: 
Jason Dolley as Virgil Fox (Complete Savages, Cory in the House, Read it and Weep, Hatching Pete, Good Luck Charlie)
Luke Benward as Charlie Tuttle (We Were Soldiers, Because of Winn Dixie, Dear John, Good Luck Charlie, Girl Meets World, Criminal Minds)
Nicholas Braun as Zeke Thompson (Sky High, 10 Things I Hate About You show, Poor Paul, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Succession)
Chelsea Staub Kane as Stephanie Jameson (Starstruck, Jonas, Fish Hooks, Baby Daddy, Hot Streets, 9-1-1)
J. P. Manoux as Vice Principal Tolkan (Galaxy Quest, Emperor’s New Groove, Ocean’s Eleven, Scooby Doo, Knocked Up, ER, Aaron Stone, Veep) 
Steven R. McQueen as Derek Beaugard (Everwood, Chicago Fire, Vampire Diaries)
Dexter Darden as Chester (Maze Runner, Saved by the Bell)
Kellie Cockrell as Jocelyn Lee (Return to Halloweentown)
Synopsis: Three high school kids invent a time machine intended to save fellow students from embarrassing situations. Unfortunately, they discover that turning back the clock can have its consequences. Now the Feds are after them and there's the slight problem of a black hole to deal with.
Fun Facts: The principal is named after the principal in Back to the Future
Next Movie: Camp Rock
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Allie Ring - Host


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Al & Val return to Coventry with the Mowry twins in Twitches Too! Will they solve the "mystery" and save the day again? Probably, cause it's the same mystery...
Twitches Too (October 12, 2007)
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Directed by Stu Gillard (Scream Team, Full Court Miracle, Going to the Mat, Twitches, Charmed, 90210)

Written by Written by Dan Berendsen (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Stuck in the Suburbs, Halloweentown High, Twitches, Cheetah Girls: One World, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Camp Rock 2, Sabrina the Teenage Witch), HB Gilmour (Twitches & Twitches Too), Randi Reisfeld (Twitches & Twitches Too)

Starring: 
Tia Mowry as Alexandra "Alex" Nicole Fielding / Artemis DuBaer (Twitches, Sister Sister, Bratz, The Game, Instant Mom, Christmas movies, Family Reunion)
Tamera Mowry as Camryn "Cam" Elizabeth Barnes / Apolla DuBaer (Twitches, Sister Sister, Strong Medicine, Christmas movies)
Kristen Wilson as Miranda DuBaer(Dr. Doolittles, Dungeons & Dragons, Stopped acting in 2011)
Patrick Fabian as Thantos DuBaer (character actor, Joan of Arcadia, Better Call Saul)
Kevin Jubinville as Aron DuBaer (character actor - Doc, Rabbit Fall, Ice Princess, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Murdoch Mysteries)
Pat Kelly as Karsh (Twitches)
Leslie Seiler as Ileana (Comedy, Inc., Second City Toronto person)
Chris Gallinger as Demitri (Cow Belles, stopped acting in 2018)
Arnold Pinnock as David Barnes (Twitches, Tru Confessions, New York Minute, Life with Derek, The Listener, Travelers, Murdoch Mysteries)
Karen Holness as Emily Barnes (Ultimate Christmas Present, Twitches, Cashing In, Make it Pop, Christmas/Hallmark movies) 
Jackie Rosenbaum as Beth Fish (Twitches, stopped acting in 2010)
Nathan Stephenson as Marcus Warburton (Radio Free Roscoe, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Pearlie, stopped acting in 2012)
Jayne Eastwood as Norseng (character actor/voice actor - King of Kensington, Care Bears, ALF, Babar, Material World, Busy World of Richard Scarry, Noddy, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1-3, Chicago, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Murdoch Mysteries)
Synopsis: Twin sisters and twin witches Alex and Camryn didn't meet until they were 21, but their combined power managed to save their home from the forces of darkness. Since then they have been working together to strengthen their magic powers.

Fun Facts: 

Just like in the first Tia stepped in the play Tamera's part for a small scene when Camryn's party started. Tamera stepped in the play Alex when Camryn sees Marcus studying with Alex and gets jealous.
Next Movie: Minutemen
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Al and Val make their triumphant return and are joined by special guest Phylicia McLeod to break down High School Musical 2! This one's going to be good! You can Bet On It!
High School Musical 2 (August 17, 2007)
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Directed by Kenny Ortega (started as a music video director, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, Cheetah Girls 2, HSM 2&3, Descendants 1-3)

Written by Peter Barsocchini (HSM 1-3, HSMTMTS)
Starring: 
Zac Efron as Troy Bolton (HSM 1-3, 17 Again, New Years Eve, The Lucky One, Neighbors, Baywatch, The Greatest Showman, Down to Earth with Zac Efron)
Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez (HSM 1-3, music videos, Sucker Punch, Spring Breakers, Gimme Shelter, Powerless, The Princess Switch 1-3, The Knight Before Christmas, Tick Tick Boom)
Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans (HSM 1-3, Suite Life, music videos, Phineas & Ferb, Skylanders Academy, Carol’s Second Act)
Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans (Halloweentown High, Return to Halloweentown, HSM 1-3, music videos, Milk, Switched at Birth, voice acting ie Family Guy, HSMTMTS)
Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth (HSM 1-3, Jump In, music videos, Flight 29 Down, One Life to Live, HSMTMTS)
Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie (HSM 1-3, horror stuff, HSMTMTS)
Bart Johnson as Jack Bolton (HSM 1-3, Hyperion Bay, character actor, HSMTMTS)
Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen (Hounded, Poof Point, Halloweentown High, HSM 1-3, Greek, NCIS LA) 
Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus (A Chorus Line, Ghostwriter, character actor, HSM 1-3, Ad Astra, HSMTMTS)
Chris Warren Jr. as Zeke Baylor (Love & Basketball, Men of Honor, The Bold & The Beautiful, HSM 1-3, Sistas)
Mark L. Taylor as Thomas Fulton (The Other Me, character/voice actor, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Homeward Bound, The Mask cartoon, Melrose Place, Saving Grace)
Jessica Tuck as Darby Evans (HSM 3, Judging Amy, Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live, True Blood, General Hospital, For All Mankind)
Robert Curtis Brown as Vance Evans (Zenon: The Zequel, HSM 3, Search for Tomorrow, Trading Places, Handmaids Tale, CSI: Vegas, Station 19) 
Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross (HSM 1-3)
Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox (HSM 1-3)

Synopsis: It's summer break and the kids of East High are out for some fun in the sun. Unfortunately, they are all broke and must get jobs in order to be able to afford to enjoy themselves. Troy thinks his problem is solved when he gets a job at Sharpay's family resort, but doesn't realise she has an ulterior motive for hiring him. Luckily, some of his fellow Wildcats have jobs there too.

Fun Facts: 

Miley Cyrus makes a cameo

The premiere drew 17.6 million viewers, making it not only the most-watched Disney Channel Original Movie in history, but the most-watched in cable history, even more than NFL Monday Night Football

Filmed again while classes were in session

This was the first Disney Channel Original Movie to be released on Blu-ray.
Next Movie: Twitches 2
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Val shows Al Star Wars: A New Hope for the very first time! Listen to find out what she thinks in this previously Patreon-exclusive episode! 
ALSO, a special announcement from Val!
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