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In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina, C.C. Lilford, Sommerleigh Pollonais, Julien Neaves and I look back at the summer blockbuster/ superhero movie extravaganza that was 1995's "Batman Forever". 01:45 - R.I.P. Denny O'Neil  03:38 - Individual histories with Batman and "Batman Forever"  16:58 - "Batman & Robin" and the subsequent reboot of the franchise   30:31 -...

In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, I review "Copwatch", the Black Lives Matter-themed, Tribeca Film Festival entry in the recently-held We Are One online film festival, and discuss Spike Lee's masterful - and still relevant - third feature film - 1989's "Do the Right Thing" - with Ricardo Medina and special guests Tracy J. Hutchings and Claude Lilford. 02:26 - Copwatch  16:16 - Individual...

In this episode of Beers, Beats and Bailey, special guest Ashton Menzies and I talk about the first seasons of the AMC anthology drama "Dispatches from Elsewhere", the Amazon Prime sci-fi comedy/drama "Upload" and the Netflix comedy "Space Force", along with the VOD-released comedy-drama "The High Note".  04:18 - Dispatches from Elsewhere (Season 1) 11:57 - Upload (Season 1) 34:21 - Space For...

In this week's episode, Ricardo and I talk about a lot of things. So much in particular, I couldn't fit all in the episode title. See the timestamps section of this episode description for more info!  02:58 - Beenie Man vs Bounty Killer VERZUZ 16:01 - Justice League Snyder Cut OFFICIAL 25:27 - Tenet 2nd Trailer 30:54 - Ruby Rose leaves 'Batwoman' 35:58 - Supergirl (Season 5) 54:57 - Stargirl...

In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, rapper/producer Micwise and I do a track-by-track review of rap icon Eminem's critically-acclaimed, controversial, career-defining and culturally-impactful third album: "The Marshall Mathers LP".  01:17 - Pre-ramble (Our individual thoughts on Eminem's discography - excluding "MMLP" - up to "Music to be Murdered By") 1:01:18 - Album Review 1:58:02 - Clos...

In this week's episode,  Ricardo reviews the final season of Netflix's animated series "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Final Season)", I discuss the Josh Trank-written-and-directed biopic "Capone" and we review the VOD-released Scooby-Doo reboot film "Scoob!" and the sixth season of the CW superhero series "The Flash".  04:00 - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Final Season) 11:21...

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back", Ricardo, C.C. Lilford, Sommerleigh Pollonais, Julien Neaves, special guest Tracy J. Hutchings and I decided NOT to retrospectively review that film, but look back at arguably the most underrated and impactful entry in the Star Wars movie franchise: Episode III – "Revenge of the Sith" 03:15- Individual histories with "The Empire Str...

In this week's episode,  I share on my thoughts on rapper 6ix9ine's latest Instagram video based on his latest music video "Gooba", the British hood movie "Blue Story" and the jazz-centered, Netflix-released mini-series "The Eddy", Ricardo reviews the Netflix stand-up comedy special "Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill" and we talk about the first season of Hulu's adult animated comedy series "S...

In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, Sommerleigh Pollonais (MovieJunkie ForLife), Julien Neaves (Redmangoreviews) and I look back at the influential 1980 slasher film "Friday the 13th", the movie franchise (and TV series) it spawned, the controversy its earlier films sparked and its iconic, hockey-mask-wearing, machete-wielding flag-bearer Jason Voorhees. 03:52 - Friday the 13th: The Series&nbsp...

In this episode,  we pay respect to the late, great Trinbagonian playwright Tony Hall, Bollywood/Hollywood actor Irrfan Khan, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor and Hollywood/TV actor Sam Lloyd. Afterwards, we talk about the recent online reunions of the cast members of the beloved sitcoms "Parks and Recreation" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and the HBO Films comedy-drama "Bad Education", Ricar...

In this week's episode,  Ricardo reviews the first two episodes of the ESPN docu-series "The Last Dance" and the first season of the surreal adult animated series "The Midnight Gospel", I discuss the final, abruptly-concluded season of FOX's "Empire" and the Netflix-released action thriller "Extraction", and we talk about the hyper-violent Mortal Kombat animated movie "Mortal Kombat Legends:...

In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, rappers/producers Micwise and Doe Boi team up with yours truly for a track-by-track review of the 1995 East Coast hip hop masterpiece: Mobb Deep's second album "The Infamous".  ** This was recorded via Skype on the night of Bronx rapper Fred the Godson's untimely passing **  00:50 - Thoughts on Fred the Godson's death 06:04 - Pre-ramble (Our individ...

In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, I, along with special guests Julien Neaves and Sommerleigh Pollonais, look back at the 1995 cult comedy / stoner film that is F. Gary Gray's debut feature "Friday". 04:10 - PRE-RAMBLE (Our individual introduction to "Friday" and its sequels "Next Friday" and "Friday after Next") 19:31 - MOVIE REVIEW 1:41:26 - CLOSING THOUGHTS AND RATING AUDIO CLIPS COURTESY O...

** Forgive the audio quality of this episode in advance. Recording within full, self-quarantined houses wasn't as easy as it sounded on Easter Monday when we did this. ** In this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, I team up with rappers/producers/Hostility Podcast founders Micwise and Doe Boi to break down the songs played during the recent Verzuz battle between the legendary East Coast...

In this week's episode,  Ricardo reviews the first-person shooter video game "Doom Eternal", the Disney Plus animated series "The Owl House" and the Netflix limited series "Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker", and we discuss the outrageous Netflix docuseries "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness", the first season of "Star Trek: Picard" and the 'controversial' thriller "T...

In this week's episode,  we talk about the re-scheduling of the MCU's Phase 4 slate of movies, WrestleMania36's KICK-ASS Boneyard Match between The Undertaker and A.J. Styles and the Season 2 premiere of DC Universe's "Harley Quinn". In addition, Ricardo shares his thoughts on the Season 3 premiere of "DuckTales" and the Chinese animated film "White Snake", while I review the Spanish sci-fi t...

In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo and I discuss the 2000 martial-arts action film "Romeo must Die", best known for the first lead performance by action movie icon Jet Li in a Hollywood movie and the first of two movie performances by the late, great R&B songstress Aaliyah.  02:00 - PRE-RAMBLE (Influence of martial-arts films on black culture, Jet Li's impact in the 90s, "Rome...

In this episode,  we pay respect to the late, great actor Max Von Sydow, discuss the impact of the COVID-19 virus fmovies, TV shows and sports (with a couple of surprise hip hop album releases alleviating the frustration), and how it will impact the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast going forward. Afterwards, I review Season 3 of the CW's "Black Lightning", Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series...

In this week's episode,  we discuss the re-scheduling of movies, movie productions and events due to the Coronavirus epidemic, the recently green-lit "The Last of Us" TV series, the new Jadakiss album "Ignatius", the Netflix stand-up comedy special "Pete Davidson: Alive in New York", Season 3 of the dark fantasy/horror animated series "Castlevania", the latest Disney/Pixar feature "Onward" an...

In this episode,  we talk about the first trailer for the upcoming sequel to the 1992 horror classic "Candyman", the irresistible first season of DC Universe's animated series "Harley Quinn", the mostly faithful feature film version of the beloved "Superman: Red Son" graphic novel, the gleefully violent grindhouse tribute film "VFW" and, in a spoiler-ish (i.e. not that heavy on spoilers) revi...

In this episode,  we discuss the first trailers for Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch" and the upcoming A24 dark fantasy "The Green Knight", the first look at Robert Pattinson as "The Batman", the return of E!'s clip show "The Soup", the animated family movie "A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon", the thriller/dark comedy "Come to Daddy", the Netflix documentary "Uppity" and the 6-part doc...

In this post-Academy Awards episode of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, Ricardo mentions the recent 4K upscale of a classic 1896 short film entitled Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station) , and we share our thoughts on both the Harley Quinn-helmed DC Extended Universe feature "Birds of Prey" and the recently-held 92nd Academy Awards ceremony.  01:53 - Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat S...

In this episode,  we talk about the first trailer for the NINTH entry in the "Fast and Furious" movie franchise, the final seasons and series finales of CW's "Arrow" and Netflix's "Bojack Horseman" and the sci-fi horror flick "Color Out of Space", in addition to sharing our picks and predictions for the upcoming  2020 Academy Awards ceremony.  13:08 - Fast and Furious 9 (1st Trailer...

In this episode, we pay our respects to the iconic basketball superstar Kobe Bryant,  and review the Trinbagonian crime drama "Zesser: The Movie", the Tyler Perry-helmed thriller "A Fall From Grace", the series premiere of CBS All Access' "Star Trek: Picard",  writer/director Greta Gerwig's latest Oscar contender "Little Women", Season 4 of the Netflix documentary series "Hip-Hop Evoluti...

In this episode, we voice our early opinions on the Academy Awards nominees for 2020, discuss the last 2 parts of CW's superhero crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Eminem's surprise album "Music to be Murdered By", the legal drama/thriller "Dark Waters" and the long-awaited follow-up to 2003's "Bad Boys II": "Bad Boys for Life".  03:24 - 2020 Oscar Nominations list 27:39 - Crisis on...