{"id":9102,"date":"2026-03-01T20:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/?p=9102"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:56:00","slug":"twins-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/twins-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins (1988)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40261615\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4706482\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"394\">This week, Shat The Movies tackles one of the most bafflingly successful high-concept comedies of the &#8217;80s: <em data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"233\">Twins<\/em>, the movie that asked, &#8220;What if Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito were genetically engineered brothers?&#8221; and somehow convinced the world to buy a ticket.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"977\">Gene and Big D revisit Ivan Reitman&#8217;s unlikely buddy comedy to examine Arnold playing against type as a naive, hyper-intelligent gentle giant, while DeVito leans hard into sleaze, scams, and short-man rage. 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