The one on the left looks like she is simultaneously sucking on a lozenge and trying to hold back vomit/contempt.

No kidding. I'm spending most of my holiday time alone (spouse working nights), and missing my other cheesy half aside, its the tits.

I don’t know for sure, but I think she was talking about a movie where a vehicle had to maintain a certain speed. If it didn’t keep up that speed, the vehicle would explode. So the speed of the vehicle was the important plot point. I believe it was called “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.”