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James Franco and Seth Rogen reunite in The Interview, starring as entertainment TV reporters. Looking to make the transition into covering hard news, they think their big break has come when they land an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. When the CIA finds out about the interview, Agent Lacey (Lizzy Caplan) tries to recruit Franco and Rogen to assassinate Kim Jong-un. But as the CIA quickly discovers, these two are pretty incompetent. The Interview has been causing controversy for months now, with North Korea stating that the film is an act of war. More recently, Sony was hacked — and the culprits demanded that the movie be pulled. We’re not sure what this all means for the movie’s release, but if the guys who made Pineapple Express get us attacked, well, we’d be pissed. The Interview is released nationwide Dec. 25.

JAIMIE: I have a girl-crush on Lizzy Caplan.

CHRISTINA: I do, too! I love Lizzy Caplan, especially in Party Down.

JAIMIE: She is so gorgeous. I loved Mean Girls, and Janis Ian was awesome. I would very much like to see this movie. Immediately.

JAMES: Wow. That’s the first positive review. Mark this date.

JAIMIE: It looks so funny.

JAMES: I like the feedback in the mic when he sticks the thing up his rear.

CHRISTINA: That part looked really dumb to me. I hate when comedies just rely on stupid bodily humor and try to make it funny — but it’s never funny.

JAMES: I don’t like it when they repeat the same thing over and over and over trying to drive a punchline home.

JAIMIE: I just hope that all of the scenes we just saw (in the trailer) are not the only funny moments. I hope they didn’t just shove everything into the trailer.

NICOLE: I don’t think it will be because (James Franco and Seth Rogen) do stupid funny, so they make every scene funny.

JAIMIE: That is the thing, though. Sometimes it is exhausting. The first time I watched Pineapple Express, I was like, meh. But I am going to rely on this one to be super funny because it involves North Korea.

NICOLE: But that guy doesn’t even look like Kim Jong-un. There are so many other people who could look like him.

JAIMIE: Like that lady who plays Kim Jong-un on Saturday Night Live. And sometimes Bobby Moynihan plays Kim Jong-un.

CHRISTINA: Apparently, North Korea came out with a statement and said that this movie is an act of war.

JAIMIE: Yeah, (Kim Jong-un) was really pissed about it. He wanted them to not air it, otherwise he was going to do something to the United States. But if he doesn’t realize that everyone in the world hates him and thinks he’s a joke already, then he is stupid.

NICOLE: I hope they took some lines from the Kim Jong-un Twitter account.

JAIMIE: YES! (quoting Twitter post from @KimJongNumberUn) “People say that North Korea has no food. I prefer to say we are gluten-free.”

NICOLE: (quoting @KimJongNumberUn) “The reason I haven’t been seen is that one of my superpowers is invisibility.”