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Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] Forever Dog
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- TV & Film
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] is a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors of color and analyzes them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues. Hosted by Jonathan Braylock, Jerah Milligan, and James III. BMCJ is an iTunes Editor's Choice podcast and has reached #2 on the iTunes Film/TV charts. BMCJ has also been covered by multiple websites including Huffington Post, Splitsider, Salon, The Daily Dot, and more.
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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)
This week, Jerah and Jon are joined by comedian Teruko Nakajima (Made in America) to cover Godzilla Minus One, 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
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)
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
This week, James and Jon are covering Talk to Me, 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)
This week, James and Jon are joined by writer and director Shawtane Bowen (Astronomy Club) to cover Get Rich or Die Tryin', 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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