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The Drama

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:59 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Drama, written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Together, in a spoiler-heavy episode, they discuss how to discuss this particular film, Zendaya’s career to date, what the worst thing Bray ever did was, bad friends, just how great the cast filling out the smaller parts of the film were, hectic weddings, and much, much more!

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They Will Kill You (Teaser)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:00:52 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering They Will Kill You, directed by Kirill Sokolov, written by Kirill Sokolov and Alex Litvak, starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’la, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette. Together, they discuss sequel naming conventions, what goes on in the crossword world, Bray managing the bits this episode, where Zazie’s been, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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The Burial

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:00:47 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are getting back their unfinished discussion of The Burial (2023), directed by Maggie Betts, screenplay by Dough Wright and Maggie Betts, story by Doug Wright, based on “The Burial” by Jonathan Harr, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jamie Foxx, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed, and Bill Camp. Together, they cover their experiences with jury duty, their reluctance to fully talk about the movie, James tipping his rating for The Cause extremely early, seeing Jurnee Smollett across the room, and much, much more!

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2026 Oscars Recap + The Burial (Teaser)

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:00:51 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon START covering The Burial (2023), directed by Maggie Betts, screenplay by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts, story by Doug Wright, based on “The Burial” by Jonathan Harr, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jamie Foxx, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed, and Bill Camp, before pivoting to recapping this year's Oscars ceremony. Together, they discuss The Burial being a good movie for lines, how Jerah knows Michael B. Jordan’s family, Ryan Coogler's Original Screenplay win, his Directing and Best Picture losses, how amazing it was to see Michael B. Jordan's win for Best Actor, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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2026 Oscars Predictions

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:00:26 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are making their Oscars predictions in advance of the 98th Academy Awards ceremony. Together, they discuss what they expect to happen with the first ever Casting Oscar, where all the Oscars for comedic performances are, the head-to-head between Sinners and One Battle After Another, which shorts they dug, what they felt was snubbed, what Elio is doing in the mix, how many nominated films James caught up with, and much, much more!

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The Six Triple Eight (Teaser)

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:14 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering The Six Triple Eight (2024), written and directed by Tyler Perry, based on “Fighting a Two-Front War” by Kevin M. Hymel, starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, and Oprah Winfrey. Together, they discuss what they’d do on the admin side of war, Jerah being out sick, Bond songs' success rate at The Oscars, the music of Diane Warren, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Relationship Goals

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:26 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering Relationship Goals, directed by Linda Mendoza, written by Michael Elliot, Cory Tynan, and Laura Lekkos, starring Kelly Rowland, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Robin Thede, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, and Matt Walsh. Together, they discuss when they clocked that the film was based on a book, controversial pastors, being proud of marrying someone you met in high school, Jerah’s texting life, James auditioning for the film, and much, much more!

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Goat (Teaser)

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:09 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering Goat, directed by Tyler Dillihay, screenplay by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley, story by Nicolas Curcio and Peter Chiarelli, starring Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jennifer Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino, Bobby Lee, and Stephen Curry. Together, they discuss who knew when which Avatar would come out, Goat’s extensive voice cast, what it lost out to at the box office its opening weekend, the politics of Jelly Roll, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Loving w/ Tim Barnes

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:00:29 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon are joined by writer and comedian Tim Barnes (Judge Travis, Maurice on Mars) to cover Loving (2016), written and directed by Jeff Nichols, starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, and Michael Shannon. Together, they discuss how this Black History Month hasn’t quite been feeling like Black History Month, Brian Cox’s work as the voice of McDonald’s, being surprised by Nick Kroll, Will Smith’s music, how Loving is like Avatar, and much, much more!

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The Wrecking Crew (Teaser)

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:00:17 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering The Wrecking Crew, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, written by Jonathan Tropper, starring Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, and Morena Baccarin. Together, they discuss pairing Drax and Aquaman, recent trailers they’ve been loving, whether or not leaving the record registers for listeners, having a Brat summer, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Unstoppable

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:00:38 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering Unstoppable (2024), directed by William Goldenberg, screenplay by Eric Champnella, Alex Harris, and John Hindman, based on the book of the same name by Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy, starring Jarrell Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Don Cheadle, and Jennifer Lopez. Together, they discuss the kind of wrestling they’re discussing this episode, what happened to Black-led studio releases, how to get on a podcast, what they think about film festival standing ovations, how many days Don Cheadle spent working on the film, and much, much more!

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Night Patrol w/ Brandon Collins (Teaser)

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:00:37 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon are joined by the great comedian, writer, and podcaster Brandon Collins (Drunk Black History) to cover Night Patrol, directed by Ryan Prows, written by Shaye Ogbonna, Ryan Prows, Tim Cairo, and Jake Gibson, starring Jermaine Fowler, Justin Long, Freddie Gibbs, RJ Cyler, YG, Nicki Micheaux, Flying Lotus, CM Punk, and Dermot Mulroney. Together, they discuss seeing the film in theaters, whether or not this is Jermaine Fowler's first time being first-billed, how well the show's audience knows Freddie Gibbs, why James' camera is off, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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F1 (Teaser)

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:00:44 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are covering F1, directed by Joe Kosinski, screenplay by Ehren Kruger, starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem. Together, they discuss James' ongoing vacation, whether or not Damson’s a lead of the film, what quote they would do if they were doing quotes, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Play Dirty

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:00:32 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Play Dirty, directed by Shane Black, written by Shane Black, Charles Monday, and Anthony Bagarozzi, starring Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key, Chukwudi Izumi, Nat Wolff, Gretchen Mol, Thomas Jane, and Tony Shalhoub. Together, they discuss the episode being a mess, James’ absence, the film’s deceptive LaKeith-centric marketing, where all the Black men-led films are of late, what they should discuss next, and much, much more!

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REPLAY: The Best Man Holiday

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:00:47 +0000

While the show is on break for the holidays, we're replaying some classic holiday episodes!

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This week we get into the spirit with Malcom D. Lee's The Best Man Holiday (2013). A tightly constructed romantic comedy with Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard. Oh you haven't heard of it? Why is that!? Instead of Love Actually for the 10th time, give this a look!

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REPLAY: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey w/ Tessa Claire Hersh

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:00:29 +0000

While the show is on break for the holidays, we're replaying some classic holiday episodes!

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It’s the Holiday Season! James, Jerah, and Jonathan are joined by Tessa Hersh to discuss David E. Talbert’s 2020 instant classic, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” The musical follows a toymaker who rediscovers that everything is possible, if you believe. It stars Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Madalen Mills, Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Davina Phillip, and Rick Martin.

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Dashing Through the Snow (Teaser)

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:00:57 +0000

PRODUCTION NOTE: The show is taking the next two weeks off for the holidays—we will be back with new episodes in January!

This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Dashing Through the Snow (2023), directed by Tim Story, screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, starring Lil Red Howery, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Teyonah Parris, Oscar Nunez, Madison Skye Validum, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Together, they discuss Scott Rosenberg’s career, whether or not Bray’s losing it, where James is, what Dashing Through the Snow is, the other Black-led holiday films they’ve covered, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Being Eddie w/ Ian Edwards

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:17 +0000

This week, James and Jon welcome comedian and writer Ian Edwards (Untitled: The Comedy Special You Didn’t Know You Needed) to cover Being Eddie, directed by Angus Wall, starring Eddie Murphy, Dave Chapelle, and Jerry Seinfeld. Together, they discuss where Jerah is, how you even rate a documentary like Being Eddie, what it’s like seeing someone with such extreme talent come into their own, Eddie's peers' feelings about him, his house, their personal Eddie histories, and much, much more!

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Wicked: For Good w/ Moni Odeyepo and Tessa Claire Hersh (Teaser)

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:09 +0000

This week, Jon is joined by actors and writers Moni Odeyepo (Who All Gon’ Be There?, Peacock) and Tessa Claire Hersh (Younger, Desus & Mero) to cover Wicked: For Good, directed by Jon M. Chu, screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, starring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Together, they discuss what James and Jerah DON’T have to contribute to the conversation, whether or not they should all sing, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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INTERVIEW: Ernie Hudson

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:00:22 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon welcome the legendary Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters, Boston Blue) for a special interview episode. Together, they discuss the ongoing legacy of his turn as Winston Zeddemore, the ups and downs of his decades-long career, that now-famous tee-shirt photo, where he’s seen progress in the industry on Black creatives, where he hasn’t, the surprising impact Roots had on the industry, and much, much more!

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Predator: Badlands (Teaser)

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:00:29 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg, screenplay by Patrick Aison, story by Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg, starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. Together, they discuss their feelings about lore both Predator-related and not-Predator-related, being Dan Trachtenberg fans, liking homework, finding Bray’s intro offensive, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Frankenstein

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:44 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Frankenstein, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz. Together, they discuss their respective histories with Mary Shelley’s novel, the material being every kid's first opportunity to be pedantic re: who actually is Frankenstein, the film being verified “hot” on the popcorn meter, what they’d do in a cloning situation, just how strong Frankenstein's monster is, how the film compares to Nosferatu, and much, much more!

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Hedda (Teaser)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:01 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Hedda, written and directed by Nia DaCosta, based on Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler, starring Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss. Together, they discuss experiencing the turn of a century, life in the Willenium, why they’re talking about Will Smith so much in the teaser for the Hedda episode, other Hedda Gabler adaptations, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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A House of Dynamite

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:00:05 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering A House of Dynamite, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, written by Noah Oppenheim, starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, and Tracy Letts. Together, they discuss how often they think of nuclear armageddon, how familiar the score felt, the film’s resemblance to Contagion (without spoilers), the film’s resemblance to Paradise (WITH spoilers, be warned, for roughly the 23:10–38:30 area (but really, kind of throughout, so, if you want to avoid Paradise spoilers, watch that, THEN watch A House of Dynamite, and THEN listen to this episode), the way the film works for Halloween watching, and much, much more!

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Leprechaun in the Hood (Teaser)

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:00:21 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Leprechaun in the Hood (2000), directed by Rob Spera, screenplay by Doug Hall and Jon Huffman, story by William Wells, Alan Reynolds, Rob Spera, and Doug Hall, starring Warwick Davis and Ice-T. Together, they discuss how they’ve never managed to cover any Leprechaun films before, Bray’s annual tradition of mainlining a horror franchise, silly horror, when Chucky got funny, how many Leprechauns made it to theaters, the film’s spot-on recreation of the 1970s, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Slice

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 07:00:05 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Slice (2018), written and directed by Austin Vesely, starring Zazie Beetz, Chance Bennett, Rae Gray, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Katherine Cunningham, Will Brill, Y’Ian Noel, Hannibal Buress, Tim Becker, Joe Keery, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer. Together, they discuss their plans for watching horror movies this October, not wanting to hear about the Final Destination movies at all, drunk crossing guards, whether or not $66,000 is a solid amount of money for Slice to’ve made on VOD, who Slice’s protagonist is, its perfect runtime, witch logic, whether or not Chance the Rapper should have been credited as “Chance the Actor” on the film, the frustration of there only being one Freddy vs. Jason, Bray's side podcast about The Floor, and much, much more!

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The Smashing Machine (Teaser)

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:00:43 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Smashing Machine, written and directed by Benny Safdie, based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr, starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksander Usyk. Together, they discuss the best way to do an impression of The Smashing Machine himself, just how visceral the sound design of the film is (in the right theater), what Jerah does and does not see, in what circumstances they’d all be caught in an MMA fight, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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One Battle After Another

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 07:00:30 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering One Battle After Another, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Together, they discuss this not being a political podcast, daddy daughter games, the complexities of the Perfidia Beverly Hills character, what was going on with Junglepussy’s styling in the film, seeing Christmas Adventurers in the wild, the film’s Oscar chances, how great Benicio del Toro is, car chases, and much, much more!

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Him (Teaser)

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:00:04 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Him, directed by Justin Tipping, written by Skip Bronkie, Zack Akers, and Justin Tipping, starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, and Tim Heidecker. Together, they discuss the setup everyone expected, how well Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle’s doing at the box office, the bait-and-switch feel of Him’s marketing campaign leaning so heavily on Jordan Peele producing it, what was lost between the film’s development and ultimate production, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Back In Action

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:00:26 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Back in Action, directed by Seth Gordon, written by Seth Gordon and Brendan O’Brien, starring Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, Kyle Chandler, and Glenn Close. Together, they discuss The Emmys, how much of the film they actually remember, James’ feeling about a good IP, who’s using Facebook nowadays, elder Gen-Xers, just how famous Kyle Chandler is, why a person might have to pull double duty, and much, much more!

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Highest 2 Lowest (Teaser)

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 07:00:26 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Highest 2 Lowest, the latest film directed by Spike Lee, from a screenplay by Alan Fox, based on Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, starring Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, and ASAP Rocky. Together, they discuss how Patreon episodes work, being peanut butter and jealous, what James drank this morning, the film’s oddball theatrical/streaming release, Spike Lee’s recent turn to working with streamers, whether or not to trust standing ovation time records, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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The Longshots

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Longshots (2008), directed by Fred Durst, written by Nick Santora and Doug Atchison, starring Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Dash Mihock, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, and Matt Craven. Together, they discuss the ways The Longshots is like King Richard, Fred Durst’s directing career, which disaster movie Jerah’s never seen, what should’ve been in The Longshots based on the true story that was the basis for the film, whether or not there’s anything else to say, Garrett Morris’ career, and much, much more!

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The Pickup (Teaser)

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:00:45 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering The Pickup, directed by Tim Story, written by Matt Miner and Kevin Burrows, starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Eva Longoria, and Keke Palmer. Together, they discuss Jerah not being on to hate on Bray’s intro, other titles that might have worked for the film, what’s available behind the paywall, how many stand-up specials Eddie Murphy's done, the critical/audience agreement on the film, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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War of the Worlds w/ Kobi Omenaka

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:00:12 +0000

This week, actor and writer Kobi Omenaka (The Wire Stripped podcast, Flixwatcher) joins Jerah and Jon to cover War of the Worlds, directed by Rich Lee, screenplay by Kenneth A. Golde and Marc Hyman, story by Kenneth A. Golde, starring Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, Iman Benson, Henry Hunter Hall, Devon Bostick, Michael O’Neill, and Andrea Savage. Together, they discuss the length of animated shows’ production timelines, the film’s meteoric rise from a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score to a 4% Rotten Tomatoes score, just how reliable streaming numbers are, kind of loving the movie, thumb drives, the power of Amazon Air, and much, much more!

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40 Acres (Teaser)

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:00:04 +0000

This week, James and Jerah are covering 40 Acres (2024), directed by R.T. Thorne, story by R.T. Thorne and Lora Campbell, screenplay by R.T. Thorne and Glenn Taylor, starring Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O’Connor, Michael Greyeyes, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, and Leenah Robinson. Together, they discuss the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, just how many of Danielle Deadwyler’s roles have been in extremely stressful movies, things they’ve been told to watch but haven’t yet, whether or not the show’s covered Time Cut, Wikipedia summaries, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Crash

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:00:59 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Crash (2004), directed by Paul Haggis, screenplay by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco, starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Ryan Phillippe, and Larenz Tate. Together, they discuss just how much so things have gotten worse since the film came out, the arc Crash’s reputation has gone on since winning Best Picture, where they diverge on the film, how exhausting movies about racism are, and much, much more!

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KPop Demon Hunters (Teaser)

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:30:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering KPop Demon Hunters, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, screenplay by Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, and Chris Appelhans, story by Maggie Kang, starring Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong, and Lee Byung-hun. Together, they discuss K-Pop generally, where they know the film’s voice cast from, Bray seeing demons on his television, whether or not KPop Demon Hunters' plot is very straightforward, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Opus w/ Moni Odeyepo

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:00:38 +0000

This week, actor and writer Moni Odeyepo (Who All Gon’ Be There?, Peacock) joins James and Jon to cover Opus, written and directed by Mark Anthony Green, starring Ayo Edibiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Tatanka Means, Young Mazino, Stephanie Suganami, Tamera Tomakili, and Tony Hale. Together, they discuss getting obsessed with a musician, when the film came out, Opus' hair and makeup departments nailing it, thinking of The Bear when someone mentions Beef, bean bag revelations, if dinosaurs gave Jurassic World Rebirth's Rotten Tomatoes score a bump over Opus', and much, much more!

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Heads of State (Teaser)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:00:04 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Heads of State, directed by Ilya Naishuller, screenplay by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Harrison Query, story by Harrison Query, starring Idris Elba, John Cena, Priyanka Chopra, Carla Gugino, Jack Quaid, Stephen Root, and Paddy Considine. Together, they discuss what their wives both thought of the trailer, liking cinematic bickering, the discrepancy in Rotten Tomatoes scores between Heads of State and another recent John Cena movie, Jackpot!, Bobby Lee, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Jurassic World Rebirth

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:00:45 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Jurassic World Rebirth, directed by Gareth Edwards, written by David Koepp, starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Ed Skrein. Together, they discuss who’s to blame for only one movie in the Jurassic Park franchise completely working, who’s reincarnating what kind of animal, whether or not we’re ready to accept hybrid dinosaurs, when the last time Bray saw a man jump a car off the Hoover Dam was, what’s going on with Mahershala Ali’s career lately and much, much more!

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Elio (Teaser)

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:00:16 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Elio, directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee She, and Adrian Molina, screenplay by Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, and Mike Jones, story by Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian, Domee She, and Julia Cho, starring Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Brandon Moon, Brad Garrett, and Jameela Jamil. Together, they discuss Pixar’s recent rough creative patch, where the word of mouth on this movie was, how much of Disney’s money is coming from the space garbage industry, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Get on the Bus

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:00:17 +0000

CORRECTION: In the discussion this week, we erroneously referred to Andre Braugher being gay. He was not, and we apologize for the mistake.

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Get on the Bus (1996), directed by Spike Lee, written by Reggie Rock Bythewood, starring De'aundre Bonds, Andre Braugher, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Hill Harper, Harry Lennix, Bernie Mac, Wendell Pierce, Roger Guenveur Smith, Isaiah Washington, Steve White, Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, and Richard Belzer. Together, they discuss what Jerah encountered at the West Hollywood No Kings Protest, where Bernie Mac's character went in the film, Randy Quaid's uncredited appearance, Jerah attending the Million Man March as a kid, just how rough 2025 feels relative to the era the film depicts, loving talky movies, the film's continuing relevance today, and much, much more!

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1992 w/ Carl Tart (Teaser)

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, actor and writer Carl Tart (SNL, Grand Crew) joins James and Jerah to cover 1992 (2024), directed by Ariel Vroman, screenplay by Sascha Penn and Ariel Vroman, story by Sascha Penn, starring Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood, and Ray Liotta. Together, they discuss getting more cautious on podcast appearances over time, not believing in Rotten Tomatoes scores, when the movie was, in fact, released, who they all know from LA, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Heart Eyes

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Heart Eyes, directed by Josh Ruben, written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy, starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, Yoson An, and Jordana Brewster. Together, they discuss Slasher Summer, horror films serving as the hot way to introduce new actors to wide audiences, having excitement for love, Mason Gooding's character's resilience in the Scream movies, how unafraid Heart Eyes is to be gross, crossbows, where all the rom-com sequels are at, and much, much more!

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Lilo & Stitch w/ Lucy Dolly Claires (Teaser)

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, actor Lucy Dolly Claires (Billions, @lucydshoes on YouTube) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover Lilo & Stitch (2025), directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, screenplay by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, starring Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, Courtney B. Vance, Zach Galifianakis, and Maia Kealoha. Together, they discuss the live action Disney remakes they liked, which ones put them to sleep, Jerah's drums, just how big a hit they expect the movie to be, whether or not Stitch is a murderer, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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The Karate Kid

Thu, 29 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering The Karate Kid (2010), directed by Harald Zwart, screenplay by Christopher Murphey, story by Robert Mark Kamen, starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Taraji P. Henson. Together, they discuss their personal experiences with karate, the way the Karate Kid franchise resembles the Child's Play franchise's continuity, whether or not John Voight's going to save Hollywood, where this film fell in the trajectory of Jaden Smith's acting career, Bray's rollercoaster reaction to the film, why Jada Pinkett Smith didn't play the Taraji P. Henson role, sponge metaphors, just how brutal these twelve-year-olds get with each other, off-shoring of the auto industry, and much, much more!

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Home (Teaser)

Thu, 22 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jerah are covering Home (2015), directed by Tim Johnson, screenplay by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, starring Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Matt Jones, and Jennifer Lopez. Together, they discuss Phil Lamarr's voice work, how many people can fit in Australia, what this movie is, what happened to its follow-up TV series, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Elevation

Thu, 15 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Elevation (2024), directed by George Nolfi, written by John Glenn, Jacob Roman, and Kenny Ryan, starring Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, and Maddie Hasson. Together, they discuss just how well the film industry is doing at the moment, whether or not stars are back, where this film came from, the many films it resembles, the set pieces that worked, the set pieces that didn't work, the ups and downs of Anthony Mackie's career, magic bullets, and much, much more!

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G20 w/ Rasheda Crockett (Teaser)

Thu, 08 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, comedian, writer, and actor Rasheda Crockett (The Changeling, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, @RashedaCrockett on IG and all socials) joins James and Jon to cover G20, directed by Patricia Riggen, screenplay by Caitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss, Logan Miller, and Noah Miller, story by Logan Miller and Noah Miller, starring Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, Clark Gregg, and Antony Starr. Together, they discuss which president solved racism, who's to blame for the film's Rotten Tomatoes score, Homelander memes, the other recent-ish projects G20 reminded them of, where James dropped off with Atlanta, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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REPLAY: Fruitvale Station ft. Mamoudou N'Diaye

Thu, 01 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

With Sinners continuing to crush at the box office, this week, we're running back our 2018 episode on Ryan Coogler's breakout debut film, Fruitvale Station! We'll be back next week.

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In anticipation of Black Panther, we review the 2012 film that jump started the career of Ryan Coogler and turned Michael B. Jordan into a leading man: Fruitvale Station. Special guest Mamoudou N'Diaye (Mic) joins as we talk about the brilliance of Coogler, why this film was snubbed by The Oscars, police brutality, racism... hell we talk about all of it, just listen!

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Sinners

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Sinners, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Buddy Guy, Delroy Lindo, and Li Jun Li. Together, they discuss Easter, getting bit by a vampire early, how exciting it's been to watch Ryan Coogler promoting the film, the coverage of the film's production deal with Warner Brothers in which the copyright returns to Coogler after 25 years, how few Black filmmakers are currently working on the scale Coogler's working on, Tommy guns, 2025 being the "Year of the Oner," how damn hot everyone in the film is, and much, much more!

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Little Man (Teaser)

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Little Man (2006), directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, written by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans, starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. Together, they discuss what James typically does in the cold opens, the Wayans' recent induction into the NAACP Awards' Hall of Fame, where Keenen was during the ceremony, Little Man's creative debt to Bugs Bunny, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Mufasa: The Lion King

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), directed by Barry Jenkins, screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Boone, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Anika Noni Rose, Blue Ivy Carter, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Together, they discuss what the film's actual title is, Barry Jenkins' history with The Oscars, whether or not Timon and Pumbaa were well-used, characters ending up in ditches, prequels they're into, prequels they're not into, James' current feelings on improv, and much, much more!

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The Woman in the Yard (Teaser)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Woman in the Yard, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Sam Stefanak, starring Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahilla, and Russell Hornsby. Together, they discuss each of their experiences with the marketing, M. Night Shyamalan's Trap, the film beating Death of a Unicorn at the box office, what's going on with A24 at the moment, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Moana 2

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Moana 2 (2024), directed by Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller, and David Derrick Jr., screenplay by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, story by Jared Bush, Dana Ledoux Miller, and Bek Smith, starring Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson. Together, they discuss whether or not the show ever covered the first film, where diversity and representation are at in Hollywood in 2025, the vibe that might be missing from this episode due to Jerah's absence, the winding path Moana 2 took to becoming the feature film it is, what they did like about the film, what they didn't, islands, way-finding vs. way-faring, and much, much more!

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Lilies of the Field w/ Ben Arogundade (Teaser)

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, writer Ben Arogundade (Hollywood Blackout) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover Lilies of the Field (1963), directed by Ralph Nelson, screenplay by James Poe, based on the novel The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett, starring Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, and Stanley Adams. Together, they discuss Ben's new book, the lack of progress on representation at The Oscars, how the limited number of leading Black actors led to the creation of Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood], the social currents that led to small steps forward in the Oscars' history, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Tangerine w/ Quei Tann

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This week, actor and comedian Quei Tann (American Horror Story, Bruh) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover Tangerine (2015), directed by Sean Baker, written by Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karragulian, Mickey O'Hagan, Alla Tumanian, and James Ransome. Together, they discuss the financial decision-making of of the sex worker characters across Tangerine and Anora, some of this episode's pre-record scheduling dramas, where its crediting may've failed its cast, what stage Justin Timberlake's at in his career in 2025, the line between representation and appropriation Tangerine walks, Anora's intimacy coordinator controversy, and much, much more!

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Brown Sugar (Teaser)

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Brown Sugar (2002), directed by Rick Famiyuwa, screenplay by Michael Elliot and Rick Famiyuwa, story by Michael Elliot, starring Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe, and Queen Latifa. Together, they discuss what they think James might've thought of the movie, the likely upcoming episode on The Woman in the Yard, The Lady in the Yard, some of the things in Bray's field of vision, whether or not Sanaa Lathan's a listener of the show, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Captain America: Brave New World

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Captain America: Brave New World, directed by Julius Onuh, screenplay by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onuh, and Peter Glanz, story by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, and Dalan Musson, starring Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Zosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford. Together, they discuss where they're all at with the MCU these days, actors taking superhero roles to leverage for other projects, being scared, what worked about the film, what didn't, if there was enough shield combat, great superhero viewing experiences, whether or not the film's ties to the Ed Norton Incredible Hulk worked for everyone, the moment they knew there would be issues with the film as a whole, who remembers covering Luce, and much, much more!

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Oscars 2025 (Teaser)

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are previewing the 2025 Oscars. Together, they discuss who's seen the most nominated films this year, who's seen the fewest, whether or not they've had special intro music for the Oscars episodes in the past, The Jamals, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Emilia Pérez w/ Sara Caplan and Lou Gonzalez

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, actor and improviser Sara Caplan (UCB) and comedian Lou Gonzalez (The Other Two) join James and Jon to cover Emilia Pérez, written and directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, and Édgar Ramírez. Together, they discuss their general feelings on movie musicals as a form, how clunky they found the whole film, their favorite absolutely wild lines, why the characters do... just about everything they do, whether or not Saldaña's character is actually a good lawyer, the film's many controversies, and much, much more!

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Nickel Boys (Teaser)

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross, screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Jimmie Fails, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Together, they discuss where Jerah is, what listeners want to hear, the show's plans for covering more Oscar-nominated movies this year, the Oscar nominations Nickel Boys oddly missed out on, Fred Hechinger's improv background, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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One of Them Days w/ Shakira Ja'nae Paye

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, actor and improviser Shakira Ja'nai Paye (House Party, Will Trent) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover One of Them Days, directed by Lawrence Lamont, written by Syreeta Singleton, starring Keke Palmer and SZA. Together, they discuss the state of theatrical comedies, just how close the film came to winning its opening weekend, whether or not they've softened in their coverage over the years, Kat Williams, what everyone's experiences seeing the film in theaters were like, and much, much more!

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Sing Sing (Teaser)

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar, screenplay by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John "Divine G" Whitfield, starring Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San José, and Paul Raci. Together, they discuss Timothée Chalamet, what's going on with Sing Sing's Rotten Tomatoes score, its awards prospects, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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REPLAY: Sonic the Hedgehog

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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This week, James, and Jerah are covering Sonic the Hedgehog, directed by Jeff Fowler, written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, starring James Marsden and Jim Carrey. Together, they discuss creepy Sonic's scary eyes and physique, the sheer number of Easter eggs, video game adaptations they'd like to see, who, on this episode, is Jonathan Braylock, the film being the UCB movie, just how exactly the Patreon episodes work, and much, much more!

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Transformers One

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Transformers One, directed by Josh Cooley, screenplay by Eric Pearson, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari, story by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, starring Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm. Together, they discuss the sheer number of Transformers films, Transformers One's great Key & Peele bit, the new year, the Medal of Freedom, why in the world the film was released in September, Rotten Tomatoes' new "verified hot" badge, and much, much more!

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The Piano Lesson (Teaser)

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Piano Lesson, directed by Malcolm Washington, screenplay by Virgil Williams and Malcolm Washington, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Danielle Deadwyler, and Corey Hawkins. Together, they discuss Rotten Tomatoes' new "Popcorn Meter," popular issues with play adaptations, the state of the Oscar race, August Wilson adaptations, Jerah's love of the Snyder-verse, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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INTERVIEW: O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000

As a special holiday bonus, this week, Jerah and Jon are joined by actor O'Shea Jackson Jr. in advance of the release of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. Together, they dive deep on O'Shea's roles in Straight Outta Compton, Ingrid Goes West, and Swagger, the surprising role Twitter played in connecting him to projects, the positives of doing indies and shorts, and much, much more! See Den of Thieves 2: Pantera in theaters on January 10th!

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Red One (Teaser)

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Red One, directed by Jake Kasdan, screenplay by Chris Morgan, story by Hiram Garcia, starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J.K. Simmons. Together, they discuss it being the holiday season, how few Christmas movies have Black leads, holiday films being holiday films, whether or not there's ever been a Black Scrooge, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Gladiator II

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, screenplay by David Scarpa, story by Peter Craig and David Scarpa, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Roz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington. Together, they discuss 'Sexiest Men Alive' of years past, the best voice to use to order drinks at the bar, being in the "and Denzel Washington" era, where everyone landed on one of the movie's central plot devices, Pedro Pascal aging like a fine wine, and much, much more!

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Wicked w/ Tessa Claire Hersh (Teaser)

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, actor, poet, and writer Tessa Claire Hersh (Younger, Desus & Mero) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover Wicked, directed by John M. Chu, written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Together, they discuss who did and did not do any research, who Jerah is, the disrespect of Tessa's initial intro, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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REPLAY: Soul Plane

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving! We're taking today off for the holiday, so enjoy this episode from the archives! We'll have a new episode next week.

Original description: This week we review 2004 comedy Soul Plane with Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, and Sofia Vergara. Crude racial stereotyping, Islamophobia, baffling misogyny, and plot holes you could fly a plane through... but did it help the cause though?

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Dìdi w/ Chuck Maa (Teaser)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, actor and writer Chuck Maa (Leverage: Redemption) joins Jon to cover Dìdi, written and directed by Sean Wang, starring Izaac Wang and Joan Chen. Together, they discuss never disrespecting their mothers, the movie's critical reception, its performance at the box office, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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White House Down

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering White House Down (2013), directed by Roland Emmerich, written by James Vanderbilt, starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, and James Woods. Together, they recount the movies they covered in the wake of other recent historical disasters, the phenomenon of two similar but distinct movies getting released close to one another, whether or not McG directed the film, what Olympus Has Fallen does right, James Vanderbilt's writing career, whether or not Emmerich's lost his touch, how crappy the movie is in its depiction of a Black president, Nuclear Football best practices, who the hell's manning security at the White House, and much, much more!

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The Gutter (Teaser)

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Gutter, directed by Yassir and Isaiah Lester, written by Yassir Lester, starring Shameik Moore, D'Arcy Carden, Paul Reiser, and Susan Sarandon. Together, they discuss whether or not bowling is, in fact, a "sport," the video game Super Bowling, getting strikes, the movie's immensely impressive production design given its small budget, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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It's What's Inside

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering It's What's Inside, written and directed by Greg Jardin, starring Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Gavin Leatherwood, Nina Bloomgarden, Alycia Debnam-Carrey, Reina Hardesty, Devon Terrell, David W. Thompson, and Madison Davenport. Together, they discuss the pros and cons of body swapping, the film's wild blend of genres, its incredible editing, the trouble with casting a hot person to play a not-hot character, and much, much more!

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Mr. Crocket (Teaser)

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Mr. Crocket, directed by Brandon Espy, written by Carl Reid and Brandon Espy, starring Jerrika Hinton, Ayden Gavin, and Kristolyn Lloyd. Together, they discuss the Jordan Peele-feel of the film, which—if any—Black filmmakers are getting blank checks nowadays, where they've seen the cast before, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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I Saw the TV Glow

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering I Saw the TV Glow, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard, Lindsay Jordan, Connor O'Malley, Emma Portner, Ian Foreman, Fred Durst, and Danielle Deadwyler. Together, they discuss just how wild it is that A24 has such an identifiable house style, how complicated all of their initial thoughts about it are, some of the casting choices, where its trans allegory did and didn't feel clear, Buffy, and much, much more!

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The Deliverance w/ Shakira Ja'nai Paye (Teaser)

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, actor and improviser Shakira Ja'nai Paye (House Party, Will Trent) joins James and Jon to cover The Deliverance, directed by Lee Daniels, written by David Coggeshall and Elijah Bynum, starring Andra Day, Glenn Close, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Mo'Nique. Together, they discuss the movie's already memed Glenn Close line, what audiences seem to be taking issue with re: the movie's fairly standard horror movie set-up, demons, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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The Wild Robot

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Wild Robot, written and directed by Chris Sanders, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. Together, they match the actors to the characters they voiced, when Jerah started sniffling, whether or not it'll have staying power at the box office, getting WALL-E'd, what it was like for James to watch it as a parent, whether or not Jerah messes with flying birds, and much, much more!

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Rebel Ridge (Teaser)

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Rebel Ridge, written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, and James Cromwell. Together, they discuss where they know Aaron Pierre from, how handsome Aaron Pierre is, who auditions the most, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice w/ Taylor Ortega

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, comedian, actor, and writer Taylor Ortega (Welcome to Flatch, Jackpot!) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Seth Grahame-Smith, screenplay by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe. Together, they say Beetlejuice's name an unsafe number of times, break down "with" and "and" crediting, talk their current feelings on the unending stream of remakes and reboots, get into the "Soul Train" sequence, litigate Jenna Ortega's being Burton's new spooky actor of choice, cover Beetlejuice's general importance, and much, much more!

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White Chicks (Teaser)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering White Chicks (2004), directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, screenplay by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden, and Xavier Cook, story by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans, starring Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, and John Heard. Together, they discuss where the cast's careers have gone since the movie was released, whether or not White Chicks is peak-Wayans, where to see White Chicks today, Terry Crews' breakout performance, if we can expect a Little Man episode, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Jackpot! w/ Sierra Katow

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are joined by comedian, actor, and writer Sierra Katow (Sierra Katow: Funt, The Sex Lives of College Girls) to cover Jackpot!, directed by Paul Feig, written by Rob Yescombe, starring Awkwafina, John Cena, Ayden Mayeri, Donald Elise Watkins, Sam Asghari, and Simu Liu. Together, they discuss their personal histories playing the lotto, the loss of the movie's working title, where James is, how well the comedy in the movie works, if it's biting enough as satire, how much Atlanta does or doesn't resemble LA, and much, much more!

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Blink Twice (Teaser)

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Blink Twice, directed by Zoë Kravitz, screenplay by Zoë Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum, starring Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat. Together, they discuss the trope of movies that use their titles in in-film dialogue, where they've seen Adria Arjona before, whether or not they're here to talk about Star Wars, the odd online reaction to the film's trigger warning, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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The Union

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Union, directed by Julian Farino, screenplay by Joe Barton and David Guggenheim, story by David Guggenheim, starring Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, Mike Colter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw, Alice Lee, Jackie Earl Haley, and J.K. Simmons. Together, they discuss Netflix's strangely lacking marketing campaign for the film, how best to describe its genre, where the hell its kissing was, whether or not any of the guys are excited about future Union films, that, for whatever else can be said about The Union, there's no denying: the guys watched it, and much, much more!

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Borderlands (Teaser)

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Borderlands, directed by Eli Roth, screenplay by Eli Roth and Joe Crombie, story by Eli Roth, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Together, they discuss their personal video game histories, Zombie mode, whether or not either of them had played Borderlands the game, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, directed by Zack Snyder, screenplay by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten, story by Zack Snyder, starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam, and Anthony Hopkins. Together, they discuss Zack Snyder's body of work, the distinctions between the 28 Days Later zombies and the Dawn of the Dead zombies, the movie's extensive use of slo-mo, whether or not there will ever be a disaster quite like Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire again, what the thinking possibly could have been re: the zero-subtlety design of the movie's villains, the dense plot, the sidelining of Jimmy the robot, and much, much more!

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Deadpool & Wolverine (Teaser)

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Deadpool & Wolverine, directed by Shawn Levy, written by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, and Matthew Macfadyen. Together, they discuss colorism, spoiler warnings, the established arcs of the Deadpool comics, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Love Lies Bleeding w/ Rochée Jeffrey

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by writer and director Rochée Jeffrey (SMILF, Grown-ish) to cover Love Lies Bleeding, directed by Rose Glass, written by Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska, starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris. Together, they go deep on body building, steroids, what literally and figuratively happens at the end of the movie, violence, how the movie's erotic beats work with its vengeance beats, Glass' eye for detail and skill at crafting images, going gloveless when unclogging a toilet, how bad fashion was in the 80s, why the Wayans haven't made an A24 parody movie, and much, much more!

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Divorce in the Black (Teaser)

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Divorce in the Black, written and directed by Tyler Perry, starring Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict. Together, they run down the sheer number of Tyler Perry movies they've covered on the podcast, the cast's careers to date, Tyler Perry's own dating situation, whether or not people watched Divorce in the Black, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:30:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, written and directed by Mark Molloy, screenplay by Will Beall, Tom Gormican, and Kevin Eten, story by Will Beall, starring Eddie Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, Bronson Pinchot, and Kevin Bacon. Together, they cover the state of sequels as a whole, the Beverly Hills Cop franchise's weird naming conventions, Axel's completely rocking theme, how this director got the keys to the franchise, what stage we're at in Eddie being back, and much, much more!

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A Quiet Place: Day One w/ Brittany Ingram (Teaser)

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by production designer Brittany Ingram (Astronomy Club) to cover A Quiet Place: Day One, written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, story by John Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolf, and Djimon Hounsou. Together, they cover the brothers Wolf, the career of the director to date, where to start, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Atlas

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Atlas, directed by Brad Peyton, written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite, starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, and Mark Strong. Together, they go deep on J. Lo's acting career, the degree to which actors other than J. Lo are, in fact, in the movie, where its reported $100 million production budget possibly went, how soon we can expect the first robo-soldier, their preferred A.I. war-movies, and more!

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Babes (Teaser)

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Babes, directed by Pamela Adlon, written by Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz, starring Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bernhard, Stephan James, and Hasan Minhaj. Together, they cover their connections to the cast and creators, how well the film captures New York, how fun it is to see a splashy comedy in theaters, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Bad Boys: Ride or Die, directed by Adil & Bilall, written by Chris Bremner and Will Beall, starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nuñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Rhea Seehorn, Tasha Smith, Tiffany Hadish, and Joe Pantoliano. Together, they cover the franchise's odd naming conventions, how much action the film does, in fact, have, its big opening weekend, how it stacks up against the other three Bad Boys, how well its comedy works, when the bad boys will finally retire, and more.

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Godzilla Minus One w/ Teruko Nakajima (Teaser)

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon are joined by comedian Teruko Nakajima (Made in America) to cover Godzilla Minus One (2023), written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki. Together, they cover which Godzilla movies they've seen, which Godzilla series they've seen, the Godzilla Minus One's stunning, Oscar-winning visual effects, and much, much more. Listen to the full episode on Patreon and Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Madame Web

Thu, 30 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Madame Web, directed by S.J. Clarkson, written by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, and S.J. Clarkson, story by Kerem Sanga, Matt Sazama, and Burke Sharpless, starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, and Adam Scott. Together, they cover what Madame Web means re: movies being back, what the choice to set the film in 2003 ultimately does for the plot, what we do and don't know about the spider-people, how much of the film takes place in a cab, if it's the worst superhero movie, and much, much more!

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The American Society of Magical Negroes (Teaser)

Thu, 23 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The American Society of Magical Negroes, written and directed by Kobi Libii, starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, and An-Li Bogan. Together, they cover the first time they heard of the trope of the Magical Negro, the Black Eyed Peas both pre and post Fergie, all before Bray makes a big transition to start the show. Listen to the full episode on Patreon and Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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Talk to Me

Thu, 16 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are covering Talk to Me (2022), written by Danny Philipou and Bill Hinzman, directed by Danny Philipou and Michael Philipou, and starring Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio, Marcus Johnson, and Alexandria Steffenson. Together, they cover the types of horror movies they're fans of, that this movie is not the 2007 Don Cheadle/Kasi Lemmons film of the same name, the degree to which it feels like an A24 movie despite being an A24 acquisition, just how (effectively) annoying the kid performances are, the film's depiction of possession as a social media phenomenon, scary hands, and more!

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Get Rich or Die Tryin' w/ Shawtane Bowen (Teaser)

Thu, 09 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are joined by writer and director Shawtane Bowen (Astronomy Club) to cover Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), written by Terence Winter, directed by Jim Sheridan, and starring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Terrence Howard, Joy Bryant, Bill Duke, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller, and Viola Davis. Together, they cover the disconnect between the critical and popular consensus around the movie, the Drake/Kendrick beef, the status of the "hood classic," getting hit with baseballs, the movie's dicks, which performances work, 50 Cent's career as a producer, the experience of seeing the film in the theater in 2005, and more!

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Challengers w/ Caroline Martin

Thu, 02 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are joined by writer and actor Caroline Martin (Astronomy Club, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) to cover Challengers, written by Justin Kurtizkes, directed by Luca Guadagnino, and starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist. Together, they cover everybody's tennis experiences, what exactly the deal is with Pickleball, the film's complicated timeline, if the sexy tennis movie has enough sex, how windy it actually is in Atlanta, Zendaya's career as a leading actor, what everyone thought of the ending, and much more!

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Mea Culpa w/ Mariah Smith (Teaser)

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by writer and radio host Mariah Smith (Grown-ish, Smith Sisters Live) to cover Mea Culpa, written by Tyler Perry, directed by Tyler Perry, and starring Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Nick Sagar, Sean Sagar, RonReaco Lee, and Shannon Thornton. Together, they cover Tyler Perry's constant output, the movie's cheekage, its tangled web of a plot, mixture of tones, and depiction of colorism, the power of Trevante Rhodes on the red carpet, "deviant behavior," paint... everywhere, and more!

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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (2024)

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering the 2024 remake of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, screenplay by Chuck Hayward, story by Chuck Hayward, Neil Landau, and Tara Ison, directed by Wade Allain-Marcus, and starring Simone Joy Jones, Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams, Jermaine Fowler, June Squibb, and Nicole Richie. Together, they cover the film's oddly underwhelming promotion, why it landed an R rating, what audience it's exactly pitched to, if 25 is or is not old, what the Tyra Banks/Nicole Richie casting swap was about, and more!

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Monkey Man w/ Rekha Shankar (Teaser)

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by writer and actor Rekha Shankhar (Digman, Grand Crew) to cover Monkey Man, screenplay by Dev Patel, Paul Angunawela, and John Collee, directed by Dev Patel, and starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, and Adithi Kalkunte. Together, they cover the film's winding road to a theatrical release, just how exciting it is to see Dev Patel debuting as an action director, the incredible look of the film, the cache Jordan Peele brought to the mix, its brutal fight beats, the considerable amount of biting, whether or not movies are, again, back, and much more!

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Screenplay by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jeremy Slater, story by Terry Rossio, Adam Wingard, and Simon Barrett, directed by Adam Wingard, and starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen. Together, the guys debate whether or not the movies are back, who are/aren't, in fact, the "big two," the specifics of Hollow Earth, the kaijus' general relationship with humanity, Mothra, just how elaborate the Godzilla franchise as a whole is, which of the recent kaiju films has the best cast, and more.

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Big Momma's House (Teaser)

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Big Momma's House, the 2000 crime comedy written by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer, directed by Raja Gosnell, starring Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, and Terrence Howard. Together, they cover the importance of Lawrence's career to the podcast, who did and didn't pop in comedy films in the 2000s and 2010s, what still works about the movie, what doesn't, just how much Madea owes to Big Momma, Kat Williams, and more.

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Blue Beetle

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Blue Beetle, one of the last movies made before DC's James Gunn era. Written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, and starring Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez, the film released in August of 2023. Together, the guys cover the strong performances, whether or not origin stories can land at this late stage of the comic book movie boom, the host of factors that ultimately hampered its box office run, the family dynamic anchoring the plot, what the Scarab means for Jaime's sex life, and more.

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Oscars 2024 (Teaser)

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering the 2024 Oscars. Together, they talk about Bray's experience attending in-person, the awards they were surprised by, the awards they weren't, the stage banter that worked, John Cena's naked presenting, what it was like to see certain films pick up momentum while others didn't, their viewing experiences, Wes Anderson the short filmmaker, and more.

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Dune: Part Two

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Dune: Part Two, the follow-up to 2021's Dune. Written by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaights, directed by Denis Villeneuve, and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, and Austin Butler, the film came out in March of 2024. Together, the guys cover how this latest installment pairs with the first, Zendaya's role as a lead, upcoming Zendaya projects, the power of spice, the intricate politics of Arrakis, worms, the franchise's relationship to religion, bald Austin Butler, and more.

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Gran Turismo (Teaser)

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Gran Turismo, a reworking of the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a British Gran Turismo video game player who went on to become a professional race car driver. Written by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin, directed by Neil Blomkamp, and starring David Harbor, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe, and Darren Barnet, the film came out in July of 2023. Together, the guys cover how the script plays with the facts of Jann and his team's actual story, why anyone would get into car racing in the first place, the etiquette of Instagram Stories, how fast they've driven, Zach Baylin's incredible run of scripts, DDR, and more.

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Bob Marley: One Love

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah and Jon dive deep on Bob Marley: One Love, written by Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin, and Reinaldo Marcus Green, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, and James Norton. Together, they cover the film's awards prospects despite its February release, its much better-than-projected opening at the box office, the strong performances, where it sits among the likes of other recent music biopics such as Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, just how handsome Kingsley Ben-Adir is, wigs, and a whole lot more.

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Passing w/ Lo Howard (Teaser)

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James and Jon are joined by writer Lo Howard (Grown-ish) to tackle Passing, an adaptation of Nella Larsen's 1929 novel of the same name. Written and directed by Rebecca Hall and starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, and Bill Camp, the film premiered on Netflix in 2021. Together, they talk Hall's adaptation choices, the surprising backstory to her taking on the book, both the practical and story logic to the film's use of black and white, whether or not the cast totally works for the material, how successful the project is in its consideration of colorism and racial passing in Harlem in the 1920s, and a whole lot more.

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CB4

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, Jerah and Jon dive deep on the 1993 rap world mockumentary CB4, written by Chris Rock, Nelson George, and Robert LoCash, directed by Tamra Davis, starring Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D, Charlie Murphy, Khandi Alexander, and Phil Hartman. Together, they cover why CB4 doesn't have the lasting cultural reputation of Spinal Tap, its many great bits, the GRAMMYs, Charlie Murphy, and what has and hasn't aged well about the film.

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They Cloned Tyrone (Teaser)

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon dive deep on the 2023 sci-fi comedy They Cloned Tyrone, written by Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier, directed by Taylor, and starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx, and Keifer Sutherland. Together, they cover how the film connected with audiences despite premiering on Netflix, talk through its dense, fun story logic, and dive into the filmmaker's technical approach to the material.

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The Book of Clarence w/ Sasheer Zamata

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

James, Jerah, and Jon are once again joined by Sasheer Zamata (The First Woman, Home Economics, SNL, @thesheertruth) to discuss The Book of Clarence, written and directed by Jeymes Samuel, starring LaKeith Stanfield, Omar Sy, RJ Cyler, and Anna Diop. Together, everyone explores whether or not the film might land for Christian audiences, what's going on with its promotion, the notion of Jesus as a superhero, Jeymes Samuel's directorial signatures, and more.

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2023 Year in Review (Teaser)

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are diving into 2023 in TV and film—what they loved, what they hated, and everything in between. Together, they go long on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives, The Flash, The Emmys, and a whole lot more.

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The Color Purple (2023) w/ NaTonia Monét

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by NaTonia Monét (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, PonyBoi) to discuss the 2023 musical adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule from a script by Marcus Gardley. Bazawule's version stars Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., and Halle Bailey. Together, James, Jerah, Jon, and Natonia explore the numbers that resonated, the staging that worked, the controversy around the film's production, and its awards prospects.

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American Fiction (TEASER)

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are diving into the new film from writer/director Cord Jefferson, American Fiction. Adapted from Percival Everett's 2001 novel Erasure, the film tracks the novelist Thelonius 'Monk' Ellison (Jeffrey Wright)'s turn from a struggling writer and academic into an overnight sensation when his latest book, a send up of stereotypical "Black pain" narratives published under a pseudonym a la Sapphire's Push, lands him the biggest success of his career. The film also stars Tracee Ellis-Ross, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown.

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Candy Cane Lane

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000

We're back! James, Jerah, and Jonathan celebrate their first new episode in months by taking a trip to Candy Cane Lane, the new Amazon Prime Christmas feature directed by Reginald Hudland starring Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, and more. Together, everyone explores the film's complicated, packed plot, what was likely improvised and what wasn't, a new Golden Globes category, math, and the logistics of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" coming to life.

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REPLAY: Girls Trip w/ Monique Moses

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000

With the show still on hiatus in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike, we're replaying one of our favorites: 2017's Girls Trip!

Original Description: Special guest Monique Moses (IFC Sports Court, Astronomy Club) joins the boys to review the new film Girls Trip starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish. In a year where Rough Night and Snatched "disappointed expectations", we discuss the significance of the box office success of Girls Trip, the breakout performance of Tiffany Haddish, whether or not there is such a thing as "boy humor" and if this film helped the cause!

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INTERVIEW: The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks w/ Ahmed Best and Dylan Marron

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000

It's a special, off-format episode in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike! This week, Jon, Jerah, and James interview Ahmed Best and Dylan Marron about their new podcast, The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks.

Together, everyone gets into the vitriolic backlash to Jar Jar in The Phantom Menace, what the response to Jar Jar led to for Black actors in performance capture film making, and what brought Ahmed and Dylan together to make the podcast. Find the show below!

https://www.ted.com/podcasts/the-redemption-of-jar-jar-binks

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REPLAY: Hollywood Shuffle

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 07:00:00 +0000

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: In solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA Strike, the show is hitting pause on new release coverage. Follow for updates and listen to the Hollywood Shuffle episode in the meantime, out from behind the paywall!

Original description: Our 100th episode is here and we are looking back 30 years with a review of the 1987 Robert Townsend film, Hollywood Shuffle. How far has Hollywood come in thirty years? Do the sketches hold up today? Is our podcast the new Hollywood Shuffle? All this and more on our 100th episode!

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White Men Can't Jump (2023) w/ Andrew Dismukes (TEASER)

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:00:00 +0000

James and Jonathan are joined by Andrew Dismukes (SNL) to discuss the 2023 White Men Can't Jump remake, directed by Calmatic from a script by Kenya Barris, Doug Hall, and Ron Shelton. The film reworks Shelton's 1992 Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, and Rosie Perez vehicle of the same name. Calmatic's version stars Sinqua Walls, Jack Harlow, and Lance Reddick. James, Jon, and Andrew explore the comedy beats that land, the comedy beats that don't, and what such a major remake skipping a theatrical release to go to Hulu says about the state of movies.

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Elemental w/ Taryn Englehart (TEASER)

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

James and Jonathan are joined again by Taryn Englehart to review the Disney Pixar film Elemental. The movie is set in a world where the four classical elements of fire, water, air, and earth are alive and coexisting. The story follows Ember, a fiery young woman, and Wade, a go-with-the-flow guy, as they discover that they have more in common than they thought. The film explores themes of friendship, family, and finding your place in the world.

It was directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, written by Sohn, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh with Pete Docter serving as executive producer. The film stars the voices of Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Catherine O'Hara.

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Post Production Sound by Coco Llorens

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The Blackening w/ Tessa Claire Hersh

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

James and Jonathan are joined again by Tessa to discuss The Blackening. The Blackening is a 2023 American horror comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins. The film follows a group of seven Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no game.

The film explores themes of race, identity, and the role of Black people in horror films. It has been praised for its humor, its social commentary, and its performances from the cast, which includes Yvonne Orji, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, Grace Byers, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, and X Mayo.

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Post Production Sound by Coco Llorens

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) w/ Will Martinez (TEASER)

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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James, Jerah and Jonathan are joined by special guest Will Martinez to review the prequel “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”. We land in 90s New York City to find Noah Diaz struggling to make ends meet. When he reluctantly agrees to steal a Porsche 911 with a friend, he releases the Optimus Prime along with the other Autobots. Together, they team up with a new powerful kind of Transformers called the Maximals to save the planet from a new threat. The film is directed by Steven Caple Jr. and stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy, Tobe Nwigwe, Cristo Fernández, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Colman Domingo, Lauren Vélez, and Tongayi Chirisa.

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Post Production Sound by Coco Llorens

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse w/ Justin Jordan

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

James, Jerah, and Jonathan are joined by special guest Justin Jordan to review the 2023 computer animated superhero sequel, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” It follows Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood spider, Miles Morales who reunites with fellow hero Gwen Stacy as they weave through the Metaverse and encounter even more Spider-People and disagree over how to control a new threat. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson and written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and David Callaham. The film stars Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Daniel Kaluuya, and Oscar Isaac.

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The Little Mermaid (2023) w/ Jordyn Rolling (TEASER)

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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