Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

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 betwee...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 c...

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...

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 c...

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...

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: movi...

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 P...

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 20...

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...

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 time...

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,...

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 pr...

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 i...

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&...

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 t...

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 n...

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,...

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...

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...

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 st...