DCOMmentaries

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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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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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 byDan 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 byPeter 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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Al & Val hop on their dirt boards for the follow-up to Johnny Tsunami, EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING! 

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (June 8, 2007)

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Directed by Eric Bross (TV Movie Director)

Written byAnn Austen & Douglas Sloane (Johnny Tsunami & Motocrossed), Max Enscoe (Return to Halloweentown)

Starring: 

Brandon Baker as Johnny "Pono" Kapahala (Johnny Tsunami, One World, stopped in 2015)

Jake T. Austin as Chris (Wizards of Waverly Place, Go Diego, Go!, The Fosters, 

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Grandpa (Johnny Tsunami, Man in the High Castle, character actor, voice actor)

Robyn Lively as Carla (character actor)

Mary Page Keller as Melanie Kapahala (Johnny Tsunami, character actor)

Yuji Okumoto as Pete Kapahala (Johnny Tsunami, Cobra Kai, character actor)

Jonathan McDaniel as Sam Sterling (That’s So Raven, Raven’s Home)

Andrew James Allen as Jared (character actor)

Rose McIver as Val (Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Masters of Sex, A Christmas Prince, iZombie, Ghosts)

Phil Brown as Troy (Avatar: The Way of Water, character & voice actor)

Akoni Kama as himself (professional skateboarder)

Synopsis: Johnny Kapahala is back in Hawaii, hoping to catch some surf and also attend the wedding of his grandfather, the legendary surfing hero. All he really wants to do is get on the mountain boarding team, but life quickly gets complicated for Johnny as he meets his 12-year-old uncle (his step-grandmother's son), and gets involved in a turf war between rival boarding shops.

Fun Facts: 

Jake T. Austins first Disney production

Chris plays the same video game featured in Stuck in the Suburbs and Life is Ruff

Next Movie:High School Musical 2

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Al & Val jump into the world of Double Dutch with Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer - will they win regionals? Or will they get KNOCKED OUT?

Jump In! (January 12, 2007)

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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Cheetah Girls, Read it and Weep, Dadnapped, Camp Rock 2, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written byDoreen Spicer (Proud Family creator), Regina Y. Hicks (Sister Sister, Camp Rock, Camp Rock 2, Girlfriends, showrunner on The Upshaws & Central Park), Karin Gist (Camp Rock, Camp Rock 2, Girlfriends, showrunner on Mixed-ish, Our Kind of People, Mike)

Starring: 

Corbin Bleu as Isadore "Izzy" Daniels (HSM 1-3, HSMTMTS, One Life to Live, character actor)

Keke Palmer as Mary Thomas (Akeelah & the Bee, True Jackson VP, Winx Club, Scream Queens, Hustlers, Lightyear, Nope, Proud Family, Human Resources, musician)

David Reivers as Kenneth Daniels (character actor, HSM 3)

Shanica Knowles as Shauna Lewis (Hannah Montana, character actor)

Laivan Greene as Keisha Ray (All of Us, stopped in 2009)

Kylee Russell as Karin Daniels (Zombies 1-3)

Mazin Elsadig as Chuck Coley (Degressi: The Next Generation, Stoked)

Jajube Mandiela as Yolanda Brooks (Degressi: The Next Generation, Murdoch Mysteries)

Synopsis: A young boxer fills in when a member of his friend's skipping team drops out at the last minute, and he finds a passion for this new sport. He starts to question whether boxing is what he really wants to do, and has to decide to follow his heart.

Fun Facts: 

Next Movie:Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

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Al & Val pack up and move into their dorms at Witch U to see if anyone can truly replace KJB (spoiler: they can't)

Return to Halloweentown (October 20, 2006)

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Directed by David Jackson (Buffalo Dreams, Miami Vice, 21 Jump Street, Swamp Thing, Nash Bridges, The District, One Tree Hill)

Written byMax Enscoe (Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board), Annie DeYoung (Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, Princess Protection Program, Starstruck), Juliet Giglio (TV Christmas movies)

Starring: 

Sara Paxton as Marnie Piper & Young Aggie (Hounded, Darcy’s Wild Life, Aquamarine, character actor)

Lucas Grabeel as Ethan Dalloway (Halloweentown High, HSM 1-3, music videos, Milk, Switched at Birth, voice acting ie Family Guy, HSMTMTS)

Joey Zimmerman as Dylan Piper (All 4 Halloweentowns and basically nothing else)

Summer Bishil as Aneesa (The Magicians)

Judith Hoag as Gwen Piper (All 4 Halloweentowns, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Armageddon, Big Love, Nashville, The Magicians)

Kristy Wu as Scarlett (Flight 29 Down, did some voice work - stopped acting in 2016)

Katie Cockrell as Sage (HSM 3, Camp Rock 2, Yellowstone)

Kellie Cockrell as Sapphire (Minutemen, Camp Rock 2, Yellowstone)

Keone Young as Silas Sinister (Rip Girls, character actor: Alias, Deadwood, NCIS + Voice Actor: Star Wars, Avatar)

Leslie Wing as Chancellor Goodwin (character actor, HSM 1-3, stopped acting afterward)

Millicent Martin as Professor Priscilla Persimmon Periwinkle (character actor since 1957, Days of Our Lives, Frasier, Grace & Frankie)

Debbie Reynolds as Agatha "Aggie" Cromwell (All 4 Halloweentowns, Singing in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Debbie Reynolds Show, Rugrats, Will & Grace)

Scott Stevenson as Dr. Ichabod Grogg (Poof Point)

Christopher Robin Miller as Burp-Urp-Snurt-Pfsfsfsfst III (Going to the Mat, Buffalo Dreams, Hatching Pete, Professor Layton, Mythica, The Wingfeather Saga)

Synopsis: Marnie Piper arrives at the Halloweentown University - known to everyone as Witch U. Her best friend Aneesa is a student there too, and before you can say `abracadabra' the bewitching pair find themselves in magical mischief and mayhem.

Fun Facts: 

Millicent Martin was going to be playing Aggie because Debbie had scheduling conflicts. When she became available, they made a new part for Millicent

Next Movie:Jump In!

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AL AND VAL ARE BACK! The strikes are over and that means the podcast is back on, returning with Read it and Weep, the story of a girl who finds out fame and influence aren't all they're cracked up to be.

Read it and Weep (July 21, 2006)

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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Cheetah Girls, Jump In, Dadnapped, Camp Rock 2, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written byPatrick J. Clifton & Beth Rigazio (Go Figure, Raising Helen) and Julia DeVillers (only credit)

Starring: 

Kay Panabaker as Jamison "Jamie" Bartlett (Life is Ruff, Summerland, Phil of the Future, No Ordinary Family, stopped in 2012)

Danielle Panabaker as Isabella "IS" (Stuck in the Suburbs, Sky High, Shark, a couple Hallmark movies, The Flash)

Alexandra Krosney as Harmony (Stuck in the Suburbs, character actor)

Marquise C. Brown as Lindsay (Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, character actor)

Allison Scagliotti as Sawyer "Myrna" Sullivan (Drake & Josh, Warehouse 13, Stitchers, Raven’s Home)

Jason Dolley as Connor Kennedy (Complete Savages, Cory in the House, Hatching Pete, Good Luck Charlie)

Chad Broskey as Marco Vega (1 ep of a couple Disney shows then stopped in 2016)

Tom Virtue as Ralph Bartlett (Under Wraps, Brink, Horse Sense, Even Stevens, character actor, Big George Foreman)

Robin Riker as Diana (Brink, Don’t Look Under the Bed, character actor, Brothers, Get a Life, Thunder Alley, soap operas)

Nick Whitaker as Lenny Bartlett (High School Musical, HSM 3, Hatching Pete)

Falisha Fehoko as Jennifer #1 (High School Musical)

Malinda Money as Jennifer #2 (Pixel Perfect, HSM)

Joyce Cohen as Miss Gallagher (Wish Upon a Star, Pixel Perfect, HSM)

Synopsis: A schoolgirl's (Kay Panabaker) private journal becomes a best-seller after she accidentally hands it in as a homework assignment.

Next Movie:Return to Halloweentown

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Al and Val are joined by some of members of the Improvised DCOM cast to break down the highest rated DCOM of 2006! Let's wish on a shooting star and head to Barcelona!

We know we were supposed to do Read It and Weep...Al got Covid so our recording schedule got a little wonky! But we'll get to that next!

***TWO SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THIS EPISODE - ONE AT THE BEGINNING AND ONE TOWARD THE END***

Improvised DCOM Cast featured in this episode:
Caleb Gibson
Elizabeth Fulton
Taryn Gomez
Shane Tolomeo
Jordan Zelvin
Ziv Haikin
Taka Hana Miller
(Michael Erickson)

Cheetah Girls 2 (August 25, 2006)

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Directed by Kenny Ortega (started as a music video director, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, HSM 1-3, Descendants 1-3)

Written byBethesda Brown (1 other credit), Alison Taylor (Cheetah Girls, Married with Children, Just Jordan, lots of Disney shows), Deborah Gregory (Cheetah Girls 1-3)

Starring: 

Raven-Symoné as Galleria "Bubbles" Garibaldi (Zenon, Cheetah Girls 1&2, That’s So Raven, Raven’s Home, Tinkerbell series)

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)

Belinda as Marisol Durán (Camaleones, Music Videos, Welcome to Eden)

Kim Manning as Lola Durán (Manos a la obra)

Lynn Whitfield as Dorothea Garibaldi (Cheetah Girls, Heartbeat, The Cosby Mysteries, Stepmom, A Time for Dancing, Greenleaf)

Lori Alter as Juanita Simmons (Cheetah Girls, Power Play, Family Biz)

Golan Yosefas Joaquin (first movie)

Peter Vives as Angel (Velvet, La Riera, Night & Day, Jo també em quedo a casa, Supernormal, Sentimos las molestias

Abel Folk as Luc (Secrets de família, Laura, Raquel busca su sitio, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Ventdelplà, 

Synopsis: A teenage vocal group, whose members are also best friends, continue their crusade to become a top pop group. One member decides to enter the group in a Barcelona music festival, and the girls are thrilled. It's Viva Espana as they set off for the adventure of a life-time.

Fun Facts: 

Their premiere outdid HSM with 8.3MM viewers

Peter Vives Newey (Angel) is an accomplished pianist, but for the film he had to learn to play the guitar which took him three weeks to practice.

The entire movie was filmed in Spain, even the NYC scenes

Next Movie:Read it and Weep

Al and Val fight the return of the evil Yan Lo alongside Wendy Wu in this homage to Kung Fu comedy! Will they beat him AND win Homecoming Queen?! Listen to find out.

***RECORDED PRIOR TO SAG-AFTRA STRIKE)***

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (June 16, 2006)

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Directed by John Laing (Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson, Power Rangers, Go Girls)

Written byVince Cheung & Ben Montanio (The Steve Harvey Show, Wizards of Waverly Place, Baby Daddy), B. Mark Seabrooks (In Living Color, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Surviving R. Kelly)

Starring: 

Brenda Song as Wendy Wu (Ultimate Christmas Present, Get a Clue, Phil of the Future, Stuck in the Suburbs, Suite Life, The Social Network, Station 19)

Shin Koyamada as Shen (The Last Samurai, The Yokai King)

Susan Chuang as Nina Wu (Dharma & Greg, Miss Congeniality 2, Cold Case, character actor)

Justin Chon as Peter Wu (Just Jordan, Twilight, Dr. Ken, Deception, Dramaworld)

Tsai Chin as Grandma Wu (character actor since 1957 - Joy Luck Club, The Interpreter, Memoirs of a Geisha, Casino Royale, Now You See Me 2, Shang-Chi)

Michael David Cheng as Kenny Wu (character actor)

Andy Fischer-Price as Austin (character actor - this was his first movie)

Ellen Woglom as Jessica Dawson (character actor - Californication, Outlaw, Inhumans)

James Gaylyn as Mr. Medina (You Wish, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Power Rangers, Xena, Bridge to Terabithia, Avatar)

Sally Stockwell as Coach Gibbs (You Wish)

Michael Saccente as Mr. Garibay (Zequel)

Synopsis: Wendy Wu is a teenager who seems to have the perfect life: she's beautiful, popular and one of the two candidates to be voted Homecoming Queen. However, her life is changed when Shen, a monk from China, imparts to her the shocking truth about herself- she is a reincarnated Yin Warrior, whose destiny is to battle the evil Yan Lo.

Fun Facts: 

Brenda song did all her own martial arts - she has a Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do

Shin Koyamada is U.S.A. Shaolin Kung Fu Champion in real life

Next Movie:Read it and Weep

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FINALLY! Al and Val get to bop to the top with the original High School Musical! Joined by special guest, Phylicia McLeod (of Unlearning Podcast), will they be able to win the big game AND make it to their audition? Listen to find out.

High School Musical (January 20, 2006)

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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 byPeter 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)

Joey Miyashima as Dave Matsui (Karate Kid II, Double Teamed, Right on Track, HSM 3, character actor)

Joyce Cohen as Ms. Falstaff (Read it and Weep)

Anne Kathryn Parma as Susan (Go Figure)

Nick Whitaker as Alan (Read It and Weep, Hatching Pete)

Falcon Grace as Cyndra (Pixel Perfect)

Synopsis: Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), the star athlete at a small-town high school, falls for nerdy beauty Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) at a holiday karaoke party. When they return to campus, Troy and Gabriella audition for the upcoming school musical. Meanwhile, the jealous Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) conspires to squelch their chances. The two must struggle to make it to auditions while also meeting their existing obligations to the basketball team and the academic decathlon.

Fun Facts: 

Drew Seeley sang for Zac Efron

Ashley Tisdale auditioned for Gabriella

HSM was the working title, but they couldn’t come up with anything better before time ran out

Corbin planned to audition for Ryan, but saw Lucas’s audition and thought he was better for it

This was the Disney Channel's most successful movie at its time with 7.7 million viewers in the premiere broadcast. The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) broke this record with 8.3 million viewers on its premiere night. High School Musical 2 now stands as the highest rated Disney Channel original movie premiere with more than 17.2 million viewers.

Originated from a 1999 script for Grease 3, which would have featured JT, Brittany, and Christina.

They filmed at a real high school WHILE CLASS WAS IN SESSION

Soundtrack was the best selling album in 2006

Originally casted Cassie Steele for Gabriella, but her schedule on Degrassi prevented her from doing it

Lucas and Ashley didn’t like each other during the first movie’s filming

Next Movie:Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

Al & Val thoroughly enjoy Stu Krieger's last film in the DCOM cinematic universe. Ali & AJ show their true colors and there's MUSIC!

Cow Belles (March 24, 2006)

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Directed by Francine McDougall (Go Figure - stopped directing films in 2013 - does commercials)

Written byStu Krieger(Zenon (1999), Smart House (1999), Phantom of the Megaplex (2000), Rip Girls (2000), Zenon: The Zequel (2001), The Poof Point (2001), Tru Confessions (2002), Gotta Kick it Up (2002), 

Going to the Mat (2004), Zenon Z3 (2004), Now You See It… (2005))  and Matt Dearborn (Secret Life of Alex Mack, Even Stevens, Zeke & Luther)

Starring: 

Alyson Michalka as Taylor Callum (Now You See It…, Aly & AJ, Phil of the Future, iZombie, Easy A, Hellcats) 

Amanda (AJ) Michalka as Courtney Callum (Aly & AJ, Super 8, Schooled, She-Ra and the Princess of Power, The Goldbergs)

Jack Coleman as Reed Callum (Days of Our Lives, Dynasty, Heroes, The Office - character actor)

Sheila McCarthy as Fran Walker (Richard Scary, Emily of New Moon, Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Murdoch Mysteries, Umbrella Academy, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3)

Michael Trevino as Jackson Meade (Vampire Diaries, Roswell New Mexico)

Christian Serratos as Heather Perez (Ned’s Declassified Survival Guide, Twilight, Selena, Walking Dead)

Von Flores as Nick Perez (Earth: Final Conflict - character actor)

Paula Brancati as Sarah Van Dyke (Jump In, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Being Erica, Slasher)

Michael Rhoades as Bob Fenwick (character actor)

Duane Murray as Pete "Big Pete" (character actor)

Jean Yoon as Corrine (Kim’s Convenience)

Synopsis: Two spoilt sisters are made to work in the family business in the absence of their father, but when someone empties the company accounts, they must track down the culprit to save the business.

Fun Facts: 

Premiered the same day as Hannah Montana (2006) on Disney Channel.

Aly Michalka got her permit just to do the driving scenes.

https://findtheinvisiblecow.com/

Next Movie:High School Musical

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Al and Val discovered they were twins with magic powers in this Mowrie sister classic! 

Twitches (October 14, 2005)

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Directed by Stu Gillard (Scream Team, Full Court Miracle, Going to the Mat, Twitches Two, Charmed, 90210)

Written byMelissa Gould (Beverly Hills 90210, Lizzie McGuire), Dan Berendsen (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Stuck in the Suburbs, Halloweentown High, Twitches Two, Cheetah Girls: One World, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Camp Rock 2, Sabrina the Teenage Witch), HB Gilmour (Twitches & Twitches Two)

Starring: 

Tia Mowry as Alexandra "Alex" Nicole Fielding / Artemis DuBaer (Twitches Two, Sister Sister, Bratz, The Game, Instant Mom, Christmas movies, Family Reunion)

Tamera Mowry as Camryn "Cam" Elizabeth Barnes / Apolla DuBaer (Twitches Two, Sister Sister, Strong Medicine, Christmas movies)

Kristen Wilson as Miranda DuBaer(Dr. Doolittles, Dungeons & Dragons, Stopped acting in 2011)

David Ingram as Aron DuBaer (Anne with an E)

Patrick Fabian as Thantos DuBaer (character actor, Joan of Arcadia, Better Call Saul, 

Jennifer Robertson as Ileana Warburton (Comedy, Inc., Wingin’ It, Schitt’s Creek, Ginny & Georgia)

Arnold Pinnock as David Barnes (Tru Confessions, New York Minute, Life with Derek, The Listener, Travelers, Murdoch Mysteries)

Karen Holness as Emily Barnes (Ultimate Christmas Present, Cashing In, Make it Pop, Christmas/Hallmark movies, 

Synopsis: Reunited on their 21st birthday, twin sisters (Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry) use their magic powers to save their kingdom from the forces of darkness.

Fun Facts:Originally, Tia was supposed to play Camryn and Tamera was supposed to play Alex, but the two wanted their roles to be switched.

Next Movie:Cow Belles

Al & Val FINALLY enjoy a DCOM dog movie! 

Life is Ruff (July 15, 2005)

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Directed by Charles Haid (TV Director - Doogie Howser, Nip/Tuck, ER, Criminal Minds + Actor - Hill St Blues) 

Written byEddie Guzelian (Almost exclusively a cartoon writer until Walking Dead)

Starring: 

Kyle Massey as Calvin Wheeler (That’s so Raven, Cory in the House, Fish Hooks, Millennials)

Kay Panabaker as Emily Watson (Read it and Weep, Summerland, Phil of the Future, No Ordinary Family, stopped in 2012)

Mitchel Musso as Raymond Figg (Hatching Pete, Hannah Montana, Phineas & Ferb)

Carter Jenkins as Preston Price (Bad News Bears, Valentine’s Day, Famous in Love)

Mark Christopher Lawrence as Calvin’s Dad (Tiger Cruise - character actor)

Judith Moreland as Calvin’s Mom (character actor)

Yolanda Wood Strange as Rondel’s Mom (Read it and Weep, HSM 3)

Synopsis: Calvin is a likeable, bright 13-year-old who has almost everything he could want in life - except a prized rare copy of a comic he collects. When he hears about a dog show with a $5,000 prize, he decides to get a dog and enter, to win the money and buy the comic. However, he doesn't bargain for the fact that he comes to love Tyco, the accident prone, lovable mutt he rescues from the pound.

Fun Facts: 

No Wikipedia AT ALL

Tyco’s real name is Jed

Next Movie:Twitches

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Al & Val are joined by Damon Royster to ROAST this confusing sports DCOM. PARTY PARTY!

Go Figure (June 10, 2005)

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Directed by Francine McDougall (Cow Belles - stopped directing films in 2013 - does commercials)

Written byPatrick J. Clifton & Beth Rigazio (Read it and Weep, Raising Helen) 

Starring: 

Jordan (Hinson) Danger as Katelin Kingsford (Eureka, Kevin from Work)

Brittany Curran as Pamela (13 Going on 30, Men of a Certain Age, Dear White People, Chicago Fire, The Magicians)

Whitney Sloan as Amy "Hollywood" Henderson (stopped in 2007)

Cristine Rose as Natasha Goberman (Ferris Beuller TV Show, Ellen, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother)

Ryan Malgarini as Bradley Kingsford (Freaky Friday, Gary Unmarried)

Tania Gunadi as Mary "Mojo" Johnson (Pixel Perfect, Enlisted, a lot of voice acting)

Amy Halloran as Ronnie (Surviving Christmas, In Her Shoes) 

Sabrina Speer as Shelby Singer (her last movie)

Jake Abelas Spencer (The Lovely Bones, Percy Jackson, Love & Mercy, Supernatural, Walker)

Kristi Yamaguchi as Herself (D2, On Edge, Fresh off the Boat)

Jodi Russell as Linda Kingsford (Right on Track)

Curt Dousett as Ed Kingsford

Paul Kiernan as Coach Reynolds (Luck of the Irish, Double Teamed)

Anne Sward as Ginger (Johnny Tsunami, Buffalo Dreams)

Synopsis: Katelin's a 14-year-old girl who's determined to make it in the world of figure skating. When she discovers that famous Russian skating coach Natasha Goberman is coming to teach at a local private school she's determined that Natasha will be her coach, even though it's an expensive school. Katelin decides to try to get a scholarship.

Fun Facts: 

Go Figure was nominated in the Young Artist Awards for Best Television Movie or Special.

Soundtrack:

Everlife - "Go Figure" 

Bowling for Soup - "Greatest Day"

Caleigh Peters - "I Can Do Anything" 

Brie Larson - "She Said"

Hope 7 - "I Want Everything"

Superchic(k) - "Anthem" 

Raven-Symoné - "Life Is Beautiful" 

Cadence Grace - "Crash Goes My World" 

Junk - "Life Is Good" 

Next Movie:Life is Ruff

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Al & Val went to the Buffalo Preserve and sang a little Bill Withers to get through Buffalo Dreams. This flick is a little tough to get through, but the cast is star studded, and this episode is silly.

Buffalo Dreams (March 11, 2005)

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Directed by David Jackson (Miami Vice, 21 Jump Street, Swamp Thing, Nash Bridges, The District, One Tree Hill)

Written byMarjorie Schwartz Nielsen (wrote 5 total things, this was the last)

Starring: 

Reiley McClendon as Josh Townsend (Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, The Kid, Pearl Harbor, The Fosters) 

Simon R. Baker as Thomas Blackhorse (North of 60, Shanghai Noon, I Robot, Murdoch Mysteries, Outlander)

Graham Greene as John Blackhorse (Dances with Wolves, The Green Mile, Snow Dogs, The Red Green Show, Man on the Train, Defiance, Wind River, Molly’s Game, Longmire, Red Dead Redemption, The Last of Us)

Tessa Vonn as Scout Blackhorse (stopped acting in 2008)

Max Van Ville as Moon (Big Momma’s House 2, Drillbit Taylor, Mr. Woodcock, stopped acting in 2012)

Chris Hunter as Kyle (The Amanda Show, That’s So Raven, Phil of the Future, South of Nowhere, stopped acting in 2009)

Adrienne Bailon Houghton as Domino (Cheetah Girls 1-3, Coach Carter, 3LW Music Videos, mostly music videos)

Geraldine Keams as Abuela Rose (Skinwalkers, Edge of America, Rutherford Falls, Reservation Dogs)

Christopher Robin Miller as Virgil (Going to the Mat, Return to Halloweentown, Hatching Pete, Professor Layton, Mythica, The Wingfeather Saga)

George Newbern as Dr. Nick Townsend (Adventures in Babysitting, It Takes Two, Father of the Brides, Bull, Providence, Justice League cartoon, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Scandal) 

Jane Sibbett as Blaine Townsend (Santa Barbara, Herman’s Head, It Takes Two, Friends, Snow Dogs, 

Seth Packard as Wylie (Dadnapped, Hatching Pete)

Chris White as J.G. (Read it and Weep)

Synopsis: In this thought-provoking story, two teenage boys struggle to become friends despite their different racial and cultural backgrounds. Josh has relocated to New Mexico where his father works in a research lab. Native American Thomas Blackhorse allows Josh to join his group of friends, but the boys will have to work hard to bridge the cultural gap and make their friendship work.

Fun Facts: 

Disney Channel's one of the most unknown movies after The Jennie Project (2001) and Ready to Run (2000).

Land Acknowledgement: Shikaakwa, traditional land of the Potawatomi, Odawa, Sauk, Ojibwe, Illinois, Kickapoo (Kiikaapoi), Miami (Myaamia), Mascouten, Wea, Delaware, Winnebago, Menominee, and Mesquakie 

Next Movie:Go Figure

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Al & Val sit down with a chat with everyone's favorite Aunt, Holly Fulger. Holly, who played Aunt Judy in all three Zenon films, discusses her career, her experience working on Zenon, and her current projects. And she just turns out to be the nicest person ever!

Holly's IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298104/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_holly%2520fulger

Holly on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/holly_fulger

Holly's Non-Profit: True Beauty Discovery - https://www.truebeautydiscovery.org/about

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Al and Val do some magic tricks to get to the bottom of the magical mystery, Now You See It. Will they be the next great kid magician? Listen to find out.

Now You See It… (January 4, 2005)

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Directed by Duwayne Dunham (Little Giants, Halloweentown, The Thirteenth Year, Ready to Run, Double Teamed, Right on Track, Tiger Cruise, Clone Wars + Edited Return of the Jedi)

Written byBill Fritz (mostly a producer on Real Housewives) (and STU!)

Starring: 

Aly Michalka as Allyson Miller (first movie, Aly & AJ, Cow Belles, Phil of the Future, iZombie, Easy A, Hellcats) 

Johnny Pacar as Danny Sinclair (Flight 29 Down, Make it or Break It)

Frank Langella as Max (Dave, Junior, Eddie, Sweet November, Frost/Nixon, Robot & Frank, Muppets Most Wanted, Captain Fantastic, The Americans, Trial of the Chicago 7)

Chris Olivero as Hunter (Double Teamed, Kyle XY)

Gabriel Sunday as Brandon (Year One, Hanukkah, O Hanukkah (A Magical Time of Year), Passover.Gay)

Amanda Shaw as Zoey Cunningham (Stuck in the Suburbs)

Deneen Tyler as Ms. McAllister (Stuck in the Suburbs, Runaway Jury, Benjamin Button, Treme, 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club, Logan Lucky, Billionaire Boys Club, Looking for Alaska)

Spike Spencer as Paul (voice actor - mostly anime)

Patricia French as Madame Susette (Army Wives, The Change Up, Wanderlust, Anchorman 2, Dumb & Dumber To, Squidbillies, The Thing About Pam) 

Devyn A. Tyler as Linking Rings Girl (Stuck in the Suburbs, Glory Road, Great Debaters, Benjamin Button, 12 Years a Slave, Underground, Watchmen, Antebellum, The Underground Railroad, Deep Water, Snowfall)

Synopsis: An ambitious student producer uncovers a real wizard who is just learning the extent of his incredible powers during the filming of a reality TV show.

Fun Facts: 

Aly Michalka’s debut

Stu always calls this World Greatest Magician - I wonder if they changed the name at one point

A large portion of this movie was filmed in an abandoned bank in New Orleans, Louisiana. Crew had to evacuate the Louisiana set because of Hurricane Ivan.

The only magic tricks that were not actually performed by the cast were the ones involving generated special effects, such as the floating card trick that Max uses to rate the first trick the students perform.

Next Movie:Buffalo Dreams

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Al and Val are joined by pal Sam to return to Halloweentown...oops no go to Halloweentown High...oops they're not at Halloweentown High...what is happening in this movie? We don't know, but Lucas Grabeel is in it.

Halloweentown High (October 8, 2004)

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Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé (Pixel Perfect - mostly VFX credits)

Written byPaul Bernbaum (Halloweentowns) & Dan Berendson (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Stuck in the Suburbs, Twitches, Twitches Two, Cheetah Girls: One World, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Camp Rock 2, Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Starring: 

Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie Piper (Halloweentown, Quints, a lot of soaps)

Debbie Reynolds as Agatha "Aggie" Cromwell (Singing in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Debbie Reynolds Show, Rugrats, Will & Grace)

Judith Hoag as Gwen Piper (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Armageddon, Big Love, Nashville, The Magicians)

Joey Zimmerman as Dylan Piper (mostly stopped acting)

Emily Roeske as Sophie Piper (doesn’t act)

Finn Wittrock as Cody Trainer (Unbroken, My All American, The Big Short, La La Land, Landline, American Crime Story, If Beale Street Could Talk, Judy, American Horror Story, Ratched)

Clifton Davis as Principal Phil Flannigan (Amen, Any Given Sunday, Max Keebles Big Move, Madam Secretary, Godfather of Harlem)

Lucas Grabeel as Ethan Dalloway (Return to Halloweentown, HSM 1-3, Milk, Switched at Birth, Family Guy, HSM the Musical the Series)

Eliana Reyes as Cassie (almost no other credits - stopped in 2006)

Michael Flynn as Edgar Dalloway (Halloween 4, Everwood, one ep of HSMTMTS)

Olesya Rulin as Natalie (Hounded, Poof Point, HSM 1-3, Greek, NCIS LA) 

Todd Michael Schwartzman as Pete (HSM is only other credit)

Frank Welker provided special vocal effects (Fred on Scooby Doo, Dr. Claw on Inspector Gadget, Megatron on Transformers, Hefty & Poet on The Smurfs, Ducktales, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Talespin, The Real Ghostbusters, Kermit on Muppet Babies, Darkwing Duck, Tiny Toon Adventures, Garfield & Friends, Pocahontas, Mortal Kombat, Aladdin TV Series, Captain Planet, Independence Day, Space Jam, Mars Attacks, George of the Jungle, The Mask TV Show, 101 Dalmations TV Show, Animaniacs, Mulan, Pinky & The Brain, Hercules TV Series & Video Game, Timon & Pumba TV Show, Buzz Lightyear Star Command, Recess, Tarzan TV Shows, The Mummy Returns, Dexter’s Laboratory, House of Mouse, New York Minute, Johnny Bravo, Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, Lilo & Stitch TV Show, Kim Possible, George in Curious George, McDonaldland, Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, World of Warcraft, Futurama, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, The Simpsons)

Synopsis: Marnie organises a student exchange programme between her mortal school and the Halloweentown High. The first students to participate in this programme are a witch, a warlock, a troll and an ogre.

Fun Facts: 

Made it more family friendly when II got criticism for being too dark

Emily Roeske’s last film / Lucas Grabeel’s first film

Next Movie:Now You See It

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Al & Val joined loved ones on a Naval cruise that gets...complicated due to world events
CW: September 11, 2001

Tiger Cruise (August 6, 2004)

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Directed by Duwayne Dunham (Little Giants, Halloweentown, The Thirteenth Year, Ready to Run, Double Teamed, Right on Track, Now You See It, Clone Wars + Edited Return of the Jedi)

Written by Anna Sandor (TV biopics & American Girl Doll movies), Bruce Graham (Ring of Endless Light, Right on Track, Anastasia, Dunston Checks In) 

Starring: 

Hayden Panettiere as Madeline "Maddie" Dolan (Remember the Titans, Heroes, Nashville) 

Bill Pullman as Commander Gary Dolan (Spaceballs, A League of Their Own, While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day, The Sinner)

Bianca Collins as Tina (Unfabulous, Gigantic)

Nathaniel Lee, Jr. as Anthony (stopped in 2015)

Mercedes Colon as Grace (Character Actor)

Mehcad Brooks as Kenny (Glory Road, Desperate Housewives, Necessary Roughness, Supergirl, Law & Order)

Jansen Panettiere as Joey (some voice acting)

Lisa Dean Ryan as Diane (Doogie Howser, character actor)

Troy Evans as Chuck Horner (China Beach, ER, Bosch)

Ty O'Neal as Danny Horner (Mighty Ducks, stopped in 2005)

Chris Ellis as Captain Anderson (My Cousin Vinny, Apollo 13, Armageddon, October Sky, Catch Me If You Can, McFarland USA)

Gary Weeks as Lieutenant Tom Hillman (character actor)

Barbara Nivenas Kate Dolan (character actor)

Jennette McCurdy as Kiley Dolan (iCarly, 

Mark Christopher Lawrence as Pop (character actor)

Brian Teeas MA2 Chen (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wolverine, Jurassic World, Chicago Med)

Synopsis: Cmdr. Gary Dolan (Bill Pullman) is in charge of a naval carrier that is on a "tiger cruise," which involves family members joining their seafaring relatives out on the ocean. Dolan's precocious young daughter, Maddie (Hayden Panettiere), is along on the cruise, partially to convince her father to take a position that involves less travel. However, family dynamics suddenly take a backseat when word reaches the ship that the September 11 attacks have occurred.

Fun Facts: 

TV PG rating

Filmed on an actual Naval vessel

Next Movie:Halloweentown High

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Al & Val are joined by Val's Pal, Mad, an expert on being Stuck in the Suburbs and on the filming location, New Orleans. 

Stuck in the Suburbs (July 16, 2004)

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Directed by Savage Steve Holland (Better of Dead, One Crazy Summer, TV/TV Movie Director - Lizzy McGuire, Even Stevens, etc.)

Written by Wendy & Amy Engelberg (TV Writers - Clueless, Lizzy McGuire, Drop Dead Diva, Fuller House), & Dan Berendson (Up Up and Away, Scream Team, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Halloweentown High, Twitches, Twitches Two, Cheetah Girls: One World, Hannah Montana movie, Wizards of Waverly Place the movie, Camp Rock 2, Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Starring: 

Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons (Sky High, Shark, a couple Hallmark movies, The Flash)

Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz (Ultimate Christmas Present, Get a Clue, Phil of the Future, Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, Suite Life, The Social Network, Station 19)

Taran Killam as Jordan Cahill (Big Fat Liar, The Amanda Show, Just Married, SNL, 12 Years a Slave, The Awesomes, Single Parents, Nature Cat, American Crime Story, The NFL Pile On)

Ryan Belleville as Eddie (Life on a Stick, Murdoch Mysteries, Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong, Workin’ Moms)

Amanda Shaw as Kaylee Holland (Now You See It)

Cici Hedgpeth as Ashley Simon (Stopped in 2008)

Jennie Garland as Olivia Hooper (Stopped in 2010)

Todd Stashwick as Len (character actor, The Riches, Heroes, 12 Monkeys, Kim Possible Movie, The Way Back) 

Kirsten Nelson as Susan Aarons (The Fugitive, Psych, character actor)

Corri English as Jessie Aarons (mostly does voice work on video games, Skyrim, Star Wars: Old Republic, Final Fantasy, Mass Effect)

Patrick Stogner as Cooper Aarons (stopped in 2012 and now has a credit in 2021)

Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old Brittany Aarons and her friends are bored with their suburban lives until America's National Icon Jordan Cahill, a new pop singing/dancing sensation, arrives in town and his Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) falls into their hands.

Fun Facts: 

Songs performed by Taran Killam were credited to his character, Jordan Cahill, both in the movie and on the soundtrack.

First DCOM with an official soundtrack

Filmed at Madeleine’s HS

Next Movie:Tiger Cruise

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