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Aliens The Rewatchables August 31, 2026

Ten best sequels: the list and the hosts’ additions

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The hosts introduce a list of the ten best sequels, with an explicit caveat that it may not be complete.
The opening selections are The Godfather Part II, Terminator 2, The Dark Knight, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back, and John Wick: Chapter 2.
The John Wick exchange includes an objection followed by a correction distinguishing the second film from the third.
Lethal Weapon 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers follow; the mistaken “Twin Towers” wording is corrected.
Before Sunset is included. The tenth spot is left between The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and Taboo II.
A participant proposes judging immediate follow-ups to the original and adds From Russia with Love.
Bride of Frankenstein and Toy Story 2 are proposed as additional great sequels.
Rocky II is praised for its final stretch but qualified by the slower earlier portion.
The Dark Knight and Batman Returns are cited as strong immediate follow-ups; Friday the 13th Part 2 is also raised and favored over the original.
The Godfather Part II is the answer to the follow-up question about a favorite sequel.

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The Good Son The Rewatchables June 26, 2026

A ranked list of movies about dangerous children places The Exorcist first, The Shining second, Orphan third, We Need to Talk About Kevin fourth, The Omen fifth, The Bad Seed sixth, The Good Son seventh, Brightburn eighth, Late Night with the Devil ninth, and Village of the Damned tenth.

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The segment is introduced as a top-ten list of movies in which something is wrong with a child.
Village of the Damned is number ten, covering both the 1960 film and the 1995 remake.
Late Night with the Devil is number nine for its possessed girl on live television.
Brightburn is number eight and is described as an evil-Superman premise.
The Good Son is number seven.
The Bad Seed is number six and is identified as a major influence on The Good Son.
The Omen is number five.
We Need to Talk About Kevin is number four, ahead of The Omen.
Orphan is number three.
The Shining is number two, with Danny initially framed as a possible source of danger.
The Exorcist is number one for the observed Reagan.
Children of the Corn and Mikey are proposed as omissions after the ranked ten.

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Goodfellas The Rewatchables January 4, 2022

A participant presents ten life lessons drawn from Goodfellas; the machine transcript skips the fourth ordinal and then adds a bonus lesson.

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The segment is introduced as the ten best lessons from Goodfellas, with the list deferred until after an ad break.
Lesson number one is not to kill a made man.
After a large heist, the advice is to avoid buying anything conspicuous and to lie low.
Another lesson says to rob an airport when money is needed.
The machine transcript jumps from lesson number one to an explicit lesson number five; no fourth ordinal is inferred.
Lesson number five is not to make a mob boss a silent restaurant partner because the partner will steal from the business and ultimately destroy it.
A later lesson says not to use cocaine while also selling cocaine.
If someone is going to be murdered, the list grimly advises preventing an open-casket funeral.
The list repeats the rule never to inform on friends and always to keep quiet.
Seeing a new boyfriend assault someone is offered as a reason not to remain with him.
A crew member is warned that nobody announces a plan to kill them.
A bonus lesson advises against divorce and says to make the relationship work.

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