Phrankly Speaking - Reel Talk

This weeks episode is another solo dolo pod - taking a look at some of the recent offering in movies and streaming that I’ve checked out over the last few months. The Batman, A24’s X and Everything Everywhere All At Once, HBO shows and more. Phrankly Speaking Style Of Course! Check it out and remember to subscribe so you can get your listen on weekly for the dopest in movies and pop culture entert...

And now back to the regularly schedule programming. Back at it with Libby B on part 2 breaking down the 10 Best Picture nominated movies at the Academy Awards. But first Phrankly Speaking goes deep dive with the last word on our fascination with celebrity, the saturation of violence in our society, the constant juggling of trauma and the way we talk about things - in light of the shocking incident...

Three times dope as my movie buddy Libby B returns to the podcast for the annual Oscar time look at our favorite movie and trends from the nominated films and the year that was. And what a year 2021 was for the return of movies post Covid’s cinema sleeperhold. And the Oscars ceremony ended up being one of the most memorable for all time due to the slap heard round the world. Discussing the best te...

Finally got to go face to face with The Good Brother Neez live from Houston for a potpourri of topics from black history to NOT black history movie viewing to music and hip hop icons. Full of the OG shenanigans that can only be expecting when best friends and brothers get on the mic with beers in hand and hilarity on the brain!

Winter is here. Fall is in the books. And Frankly Speaking, it’s time for a look back at a quite memorable Fall 2021 movie season. From massive blockbusters to super weird art house movies to the mighty Netflix movie industrial complex, a long list of movies from the last few months get a sizable holiday scoop of snark, shade and shoutouts Frankly Speaking style of course. Reel Talk!

Guess who’s bizzack. Yup Frankly Speaking is back at it after losing my mojo along with my last podcast. And absolutely thrilled to be joined by my sister Frances aka Frosty Freeze aka Karmenjay aka FranSis as we break down the newest phase of Marvel, post End Game. Tying up old ends. Opening up new loops. Reaching audiences in new ways. And moving mad units from Disney Plus subscriptions to movie...

Libby B returns for part 2 of the Reel Talk season 2 debut - continuing on with the friends and associates movie swap. It’s on to my list so we have a little bit more machismo and high octane energy not to mention car chases, inappropriate jokes and OMG moments galore. Reel Talk! So strap in for part two of the Friends and Associates movie swap - including all the thoughts, laughs, analysis, takes...

Libby B returns for the debut of season 2 - dropping HOT fire in the Hygge CLT studio for a Frankly Speaking movie collab BANGER! We converse and hand out awards to everyone involved in a diverse slate of phenomenal films, bursting with superstars - especially HOF women with apex talent and prestige that constantly set movies ablaze. Reel Talk! So strap in for part one of the Friends and Associate...

Welp, here we go again. Covid spun the block and now we are at another crossroads despite HAVING THE FRICKEN COVID VACCINE READILY AVAILABLE! See, it’s time to get out one last PSA and one last rant, and then move back to the comforting podcast waters of Reel Talk, chopping up the history, impact, analysis and overall magic of the great medium that is film. So for the time being, enjoy a last look...

We’re back with a sequel! After a quick solo dolo post Oscars intro, fellow cinema junkie and movie club buddy buddy Libby, returns to the podcast. It’s a hindsight look at the challenging and game changing year of movies with no movies at the movies. We discuss what that was like and what it might mean going forward. Then we give our Oscar predictions, analysis and bold takes in advance of the re...

As shots go in arms we hope to return to normal. But that’s not a good thing if the new normal is the same as the old normal with mass shootings, police killing citizens, white supremacist political affiliations, widespread mental and physical illness and constant proof that Black Lives Don’t Matter. Heavy stuff but it’s heavy times and Phrankly Speaking - straight shooting on all of it. Quickly,...

Giving a shoutout to March 2021 as it comes to an end while vaccines go in arms (including mine). After a bit of lamenting the chaos caused 1 year ago when Covid shut the world down and the imprint it still has on the world and one of my favorite months, March; - I pivot and throw some shade at awards season, show CPT love to Black History Kings and Queens past and present, shoutout Women’s Empowe...

Glad to have Sis to help cut into the insanity with the Hindsight 2020 series. We begin the post mortem autopsy on the craziest year in modern history with the first incisions on the most Jumanji-est of shenanigans from UFOs and ghost love to the fireworks madness and demon sperm, not to mention all kinds of other wacky detours and side notes from the year that was and some of its crazy 2016 and 2...

Its a new year and Frankly Speaking is FINALLY back from the campaign trail and in the booth for a new season dropping shoutouts to ATL, Dr. King, Stacey Abrams, the new president and the 2 new GA senators Ossoff and Rev. Warnock. Then it’s time for an razor sharp autopsy of the FORMER administration and the carnage left in its wake. This one is a heater!

Dropping a few quick nuggets about the runoff and the sore loser in the White House while in between movie watching at the Starlight Drive In in Hotlanta Georgia.

Back at it with the real talk and the real talk. Gonna be combining real talk about Summer 2020 with some reel talk about the Summer movies I grew up with. This episode covers the diversity and beauty of blackness in today’s America as well as in the various movies that graced summer movie screens through the years; including a review of the relevance and brilliance of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thi...

Phrankly Speaking taking a quick break from the Reel Talk for some REAL TALK about more of the recent murders of black citizens at the hands of the police, police brutality/harassment at large, the resulting protests and occasional riots, white supremacy, and why BLACK LIVES MATTER!

Coming off the top of the dome with the 90s high school movie review. Swirling glasses of wine on the 2020 tip. Dope movies! Dope analysis! “The style is fantastic!”

This episode starts (and ends) with the latest in stay your butt at home entertainment including the superb ESPN doc Michael Jordan: The Last Dance. Then we hop in the Ferrari and joyride through the incredible catalog of the late great Chicago writer/director John Hughes including his impressive writing credits, his collaborations with John Candy (RIP) and of course his iconic high school movies...

Shoutout to all my 4/20 peeps. The 420 Reel Talk episode is passing out phat bags of weed comedy commentary and stoner buddy suggestions. Check for the jokes and rambling and get some history with lots of movie talk and 420 shoutouts and safety tips. Be safe and smart y’all!

Come for the Tiger King takes stay for a comprehensive list of excellent documentaries. Some of the all time greats. Some of my personal favorites. Recommendations, spoiler free, summaries and personal thoughts covering a veritable buffet of documentaries on so many different yet interesting topics, for any and all tastes. Politics to history, social issues to great people with a focus on ones tha...

Reel Talk debuts with an in-depth look at the great Harrison Ford and his super dope catalogue - with a focus on movies that are currently streaming and the 411 on where to find them. Starting with a look at how he started, my personal relationship to him and his films and some alternate history. Then it’s deep cut and ala carte suggestions from his library of bangers. And finally the main course...

After a lengthy delay Frankly Speaking says goodbye to its first season of political and social commentary, pop culture, entertainment and sports shenanigans with a look at the current state of affairs in regards to Covid 19 and our political dynamics. Don’t fret the return is just around the corner with a soft pivot to entertaining takes on movies movies movies with season 2: THE REELNESS, a time...

Happy to be joined by my long time homeboy, fellow politics junkie and attorney at law Sahr, making his podcast debut, to discuss the start of the 2020 election season including the Iowa disaster, the impeachment of President Trump, the current lineup of Democratic contenders and their various strategies of defeating President Trump, and the flaws of the progressives vs moderates narrative instead...

Fellow cinema junkie, movie club member and viewing partner Libby, joins the podcast for the first time to take a hindsight look at the movies of 2019 from the duds to the snubs to the movies we love and then give our 2020 Oscar predictions & choices in advance of the recent Academy Awards ceremony. Spoiler Alert - Parasite won big! Bong! Bong!