We are back in your feed to discuss three movies we watched this past weekend. We were honored to be approved as media for the 7th Annual Micheaux Film Festival, the first of many to come! Here's what we saw:
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Flight 182
Starring: Gurinder Sindher, Sundeep Morrison, and Naysa Shokeen
Additional Cast: Yuvi Grewal and Rupak Ginn
Directed by: Rippin Sindher
Written by: Rippin Sindher
Quick Synopsis: A husband must choose between visiting his dying mother or heeding warnings from a separatist group threatening to attack Air India Flight 182, in a story based on the deadliest terrorist attack before 9/11.
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The Interview
Starring: Leonard Robinson
Additional Cast: Leslie Stevens, Timothy Davis, Gale Hansen
Directed by: Kai Kim
Written by: Kai Kim and Leonard Robinson
Quick Synopsis: Desperate to prove himself a reformed citizen, Tyson Babineaux's history of violence plagues any chances of landing a normal job. Pressured by the threat of losing his family, Tyson unwittingly takes an unconventional interview at a private security firm. There, he's enticed by an offer that can give him a fresh start. But there's a caveat - he has to kill the other candidates to win the job.
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I'm in Love
Starring: Havilah Malone
Directed by: Roberta Sparta
Written by: Havilah Malone
Quick Synopsis: A mysterious voice and intimate gifts lead a woman on an enigmatic quest, where she discovers the delicate balance between desire and freedom.
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In this episode, Mike and Toy talk about the new movie: Good Boy. A horror movie told from the perspective of a dog. This movie generated a lot of buzz in the festival circuit and we were hoping it lived up to the hype.
Starring: Indy
Additional Cast: Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Stuart Rudin
Directed by: Ben Leonberg
Written by: Alex Cannon and Ben Leonberg
Quick Synopsis: A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.
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In this episode, Mike and Toy discuss the hottest movie of the fall: One Battle After Another. Many are calling it the movie of the year. Do we agree? Tune in to find out.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti
Additional Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson, inspired by the novel "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon
Quick Synopsis: When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.
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We are super late with this one, but it was too important not to review. My mic died during this recording, so the audio might be a little low in the middle, but hopefully it's not too bad.
Enjoy!
Starring: Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin
Additional Cast: Sean San Jose and Paul Raci
Directed by: Greg Kwedar
Written by: John H. Richardson (based on "The Sing Sing Follies"), Brent Buell (based on "Breakin' The Mummy's Code"), Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin (story), John Divine G Whitfield (story)
Quick Synopsis: Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
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Mike and Toy actually recorded this episode on August 30th but the upload was delayed. Please enjoy.
Starring: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch
Additional Cast: Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, and Zoe Chao
Directed by: Jay Roach
Written by: (novel "The War of the Roses") Warren Adler, Tony McNamara
Quick Synopsis: A tinderbox of competition and resentments underneath the façade of a picture-perfect couple is ignited when the husband's professional dreams come crashing down.
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Toy and Mike review the new movie Bang Bang from Sunrise Films. This is a boxing movie that gives you some of the traditional boxing movie setup, but does not follow the trajectory you'd expect. We both enjoyed this film and detail why.
Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, and Andrew Liner
Additional Cast: Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda, Erica Gimpel, and Daniella Pineda
Directed by: Vincent Grashaw
Written by: Will Janowitz
Quick Synopsis: Tim Blake Nelson stars as 'Bang Bang' Rozyski, an eccentric retired pugilist obsessed with rectifying the sins of his past.
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For these two episodes, Toy and I tried something different. I bought those mics that the influencers who do the on-street interviews use, and we recorded while driving home from the movies. During the first review, I had some movement in the mic, so I apologize for that. The second time, I held the mic, but when I moved my head, the mic didn't go with me. This is a work in progress, so please forgive me if the audio isn't as crisp as you're used to.
Highest 2 Lowest
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky, Aubrey Joseph
Additional Cast: Ilfenesh Hadera, Elijah Wright, Rick Fox
Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: Evan Hunter (novel King's Ransom as Ed McBain), Akira Kurosawa (based on the film high and low, written by), Alan Fox (screenplay by)
Quick Synopsis: When a titan music mogul is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Nobody 2
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Greg Munroe, Paisley Cadorath
Additional Cast: Christopher Lloyd, John Ortiz, RZA, Sharon Stone, Colin Hanks
Directed by: Timo Tjahjanto
Written by: Derek Kolstad (based on characters by / story by / screenplay by), Aaron Rabin (screenplay by)
Quick Synopsis: Suburban dad Hutch Mansell, a former lethal assassin, is pulled back into his violent past after thwarting a home invasion, setting off a chain of events that unravels secrets about his wife Becca's past and his own.
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Toy and Mike are back in your feed with the hottest movie in theaters, Zach Cregger's "Weapons." Cregger brought back a storytelling device that worked well in Barbarian but took it to another level in this film by shifting perspectives several times.
This took the movie to another level in terms of suspense and the fun of the ride from start to finish.
Before we talked about the movie, the random movie topic generator gave us the prompt "Did Not Age Well."
Weapons
Starring: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich
Additional Cast: Cary Christopher, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan
Directed by: Zach Cregger
Written by: Zach Cregger
Quick Synopsis: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
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Mike and Toy are back in your podcast feed with a deep dive into the latest Marvel film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Each has a different history with the MCU and a differet history with these characters in general so they get into their feelings about these characters coming in, and how they felt about their portrayals in this film. They also discuss favorite scenes and things they perhaps didn't like.
First, they broke the ice with a random topic generator and the topic of "Old" movies.
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn
Additional Cast: Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Sarah Niles
Directed by: Matt Shakman
Written by: Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer, Kat Wood. Based on comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Quick Synopsis: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.
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This should have been posted long ago, but it's better late than never over here. Mike and Toy finally sat down to discuss the film of the year, Sinners. There were so many things to discuss with this film that it was hard to decide where to start, but we think we found a good place and feel like this was our best episode yet!
We hope you agree.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton
Additional Cast: Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Hailee Steinfeld, Omar Miller, Wunmi Mosaku
Directed by: Ryan Coogler
Written by: Ryan Coogler
Quick Synopsis: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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Mike and Toy are back in your feed with another review. This time it's Marvel's Thunderbolts*. We give you our MCU backgrounds, then get into the details of the movie, before finishing with what we're thinking about the future of the MCU
Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lewis Pullman
Additional Cast: David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Geraldine Viswanathan, Wendell Pierce
Directed by: Jake Schreier
Written by: Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo, (Thunderbolts created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley), (Avengers created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby), (Captain America created by Joe Simon), (The Sentry created by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee),
Quick Synopsis: After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must go on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
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The rebrand is official, Mike and Toy present "Brown Butter Popcorn." Buttered Popcorn is good, Brown Butter Popcorn is better. We explain the name at the beginning of the show.
In the first episode after the rebrand, Mike and Toy discuss the films that shaped their movie tastes as a little introduction to who they are. Then we jumped into reviews.
First up was Punching Bag, an indie short film that we received through our friends at Candid Broads Productions.
Then we jumped into Nickel Boys, a movie that received two Oscar nominations and is now available on streaming.
Finally, we discussed the latest A24 movie, Opus which features Ayo Edibiri.
Timestamps
(00:00) Introduction
(06:25) The Movies That Shaped Us
(26:20) Punching Bag Review
(38:53) Nickel Boys Review
(51:50) Opus Review
Movies Discussed
Punching Bag
Starring: Michael Ajih
Additional Cast: Dywayne Thomas, Larry Olubamiwo, and Lynn Thomas
Directed by: Rob Ayling
Written by: Rob Ayling
Quick Synopsis: An amateur boxer battling his demons as well as his opponent in what could prove to be the fight of his life.
Nickel Boys
Starring: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Additional Cast: Ethan Cole Sharp, Sam Malone, Hamish Linklater, and Daveed Diggs
Directed by: RaMell Ross
Written by: RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Colson Whitehead (wrote the book)
Quick Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "Nickel Boys" chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Opus
Starring: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich
Additional Cast: Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Melissa Chambers, Tony Hale, Stephanie Sugnami, Amber Midthunder, Peter Diseth, Tamera Tomakili, and Aspen Martinez
Directed by: Mark Anthony Green
Written by: Mark Anthony Green
Quick Synopsis: A writer travels to the compound of a pop icon who disappeared years ago. Surrounded by his cult of sycophants, as well as a group of fellow journalists, she soon discovers his twisted plans for the gathering.
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The first episode of 2025 is here! Bibs is back with a special guest to talk about the best shows they watched in 2024 and the hottest new film in theaters, One of Them Days.
The best things we watched in 2024 is not just a list of 2024 releaeses, but also shows that we introduced each other to which may have been older. We hope you'll find something to watch from the shows named.
As for One of Them Days, we both were anticipating this releasae and the creators delivered. From the cast, to the story, to the pace, it's hard to find a flaw with this film.
Starring: Sza, Keke Palmer
Additional Cast: Joshua David Neal, Katt Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Gabrielle Dennis, Amin Joseph, Janelle James, Aziza Scott, Tony Baker, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Patrick Cage II
Directed by: Lawrence Lamont
Written by: Syreeta Singleton
Quick Synopsis: When best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.
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In this episode of Have you Scene, I welcome back Shad from The Uncool Urban podcast and welcome in Reese, my cohost on the Mavs Outsiders podcast and host of the Mind of Reese podcast. We discuss the sequel to the classic Coming to America, interestingly titled Coming 2 America. Eddie brought back almost everyone he could from the original while introducing some new characters as well.
As always, we do a spoiler-free discussion in the first part of the podcast and then dive into the spoilers on the back half. We definitely had fun with this one.
01:16 - 33:15 Non-spoiler conversation
33:45 - End: Spoiler conversation
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Enjoy!
In this Have you Scene episode, I welcome Reese and Shad back to talk about the new Candyman movie. We get into everything in this conversation and had fun with it. The original Candyman was a classic, so how would we all feel about the new one? Tune in to find out.
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Today we bring you our first documentary review of the year with the Ol' Dirty Bastard documentary A Tale of Two Dirtys. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage, family interviews, and testimonials from familiar faces.
Whether you're a long-time fan or know the name and want to know more about the man, this documentary has you covered.
It premiers Sunday August 25, 2024 at 9 PM ET on A&E.
Genre: Documentary
Starring: Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface, Mariah Carey
Additional Cast: Damon Dash
Directed by: Jason Pollard and Sam Pollard
Guest:
Shad Miller: @ShadMiller13 and @TheUncoolUrban on Twitter, @ShadMiller on Instagram, @UncoolUrban on every other platform
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I'm back in your feed with another review. This time it's in the Romance department but it's a movie with a message. For this review, I brought along a special guest. My fiancee (and hopefully my future cohost) Latoya joined me and we had a robust conversation about It Ends With Us.
Enjoy!
00:00 - 07:00 Intros
07:00 - 14:00 Movie background info
14:00 - 36:00 Non-Spoiler Conversation
36:00 - End Spoiler Conversation and Ratings
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni (Jane the Virgin), Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj
Additional Cast: Brandon Sklenar, Kevin McKidd, Amy Morton, Alex Neustadter (Colony), Isabela Ferrer
Directed by: Justin Baldoni
Written by: Christy Hall, Colleen Hoover
Guests:
Latoya
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M. Night Shyamalan is BACK and yet again he has a great premise on his hands. The well of good ideas always delivers but the execution has left us wanting for years. Has he finally broken through with this one? I brought Reese on to discuss.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill
Additional Cast: Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, Kid Cudi, Russ
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Written by: M. Night Shyamalan
Quick Synopsis: A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event.
Guests:
Reese Williams: @MofR25 on Twitter, @MindofReese on Youtube and Instagram, and @MindOfReeseReviews on TikTok.
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When I said I was back, I meant it. This time for a big review of the movie of the summer, Deadpool & Wolverine.
Reese is back for this one and I brought Shad along too. There was a lot to talk about so we went longer than the hour I've been trying to stick to.
Enjoy!
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen
Additional Cast: Jon Favreau, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Written by: Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Shawn Levy. Based on characters by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza
Guests:
Reese Williams: @MofR25 on Twitter, @MindofReese on Youtube and Instagram, and @MindOfReeseReviews on TikTok.
Shad Miller: @ShadMiller13 and @TheUncoolUrbon on Twitter, @ShadMiller on Instagram, @UncoolUrban on every other platform
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Did you think I was just dropping one review? Nope! Two for the price of one. I made you wait a long time so it's the least I could do.
The second of the two is also from the horror genre and was another highly anticipated movie. Longlegs was also heavily hyped with people calling it the scariest film in the past decade. You know I had to bring Tyler back for this one.
So did it live up to the hype?
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood
Additional Cast: Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Kiernan Shipka
Directed by: Oz Perkins
Written by: Oz Perkins
Quick Synopsis: In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.
Guests:
Tyler Lennon: @Tyler_Lennon on Instagram and Twitter. @DownAndOut903 on Instagram and Twitter
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