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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss their once a year tradition of reviewing a Tyler Perry movie. This year's review is on his newly released film (direct to Netflix), "A Fall From Grace." The film stars Crystal Fox, Bresha Webb, Phylicia Rashad, and ashtray demanding Mehcad Brooks. Synopsis: Disheartened since her ex-husband's affair, Grace Waters feels restored by a ne...

This week the guys announce the next film, but it's a surprise so you will have to wait until the end of the preview episode for that! The random topic of conversation this week is all about the pretty obvious revelation that Tyler Perry doesn't have a writers' room for all of his projects. The guys discuss why this ultimately hurt his work and the implications of not hiring more Black and POC wri...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 2019 biographical film, "Dolemite is My Name" starring Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. The film follows the unlikely rise of now-famous comedian Rudy Ray Moore as he goes from unsuccessful entertainment everyman to embodying the onstage persona of Dolemite. We see the creation of his first...

This week the guys return to announce the next film to be reviewed, "Dolemite is My Name." This is, of course, the newly released film starring Eddie Murphy about the creation of the cult classic, "Dolemite" back in 1975 (on Netflix). The random topic of the week is about the backlash on some dudes for attacking Ari Lennox, Blue Ivy, and Teyanna Taylor for their looks at the start of 2020. The guy...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 2019 film, "Luce." Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Luce, an A+ high school student who was born in war-torn Eritrea, and later adopted by two liberal white parents (Naomi Watts and Tim Roth). Luce, the model student and kid, eventually runs up against a stern teacher (Octavia Spencer) who makes an alarming discovery that threatens...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to introduce the next film, Luce. The film follows a white married couple that is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student. The random topic of the week is about Senator Kamala Harris failed presi...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss director Jordan Peele's sophomore project, "Us," starring Lupita Nyongo'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and newcomer Evan Alex. The horror film follows a family during a serene beach vacation that turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featurin...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to introduce the next film, the 2019 horror thriller, Us, directed by Jordan Peele. The random topic of the week is all about the comments coming from newfound gospel musician Kanye West. Now the former rapper is born again, he has some words for Black folks and even his wife. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Bla...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to do their Halloween special episode on the 1992 film, Candyman, starring Tony Todd. The film follows a murderous soul named "The Candyman" with a hook for a hand who is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to preview the next film, Candyman. The 1992 horror film starring Tony Todd as the ghost/hook hand murderer, Candyman, who terrorizes the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago whenever someone speaks his name in the mirror 5 times. The random topic fo the week is on the premiere episode of "Watchmen" on HBO. The guys discuss their thoughts on...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the cult classic, Dolemite, that was originally released in 1975. Starring comedian Rudy Ray Moore, the film follows Dolemite after he is released from jail, who then takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie revie...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to announce the next film to be reviewed, "Dolemite." On the heels of the newly announced Eddie Murphy biography on Rudy Ray Moore, the guys decided to head back to 1975 and check out the very first Dolemite film which is largely considered a cult classic. The random topic of the week is all about the verdict in the Botham Jean murder case, how t...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 2018 film, Fast Color, starring Gu Gu Mbatha-Raw. The film tells the story of a woman who is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home. She works to reconnect with her family, and possibly control her abilities when a ne...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to announce the next film to be reviewed, "Fast Color." The movie follows a young woman (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is on the run when it is discovered that she has superhuman abilities. This is one of the few Black films playing in the new genre of superpowered people and looks to take a more serious tone with this woman confronting her past. The random t...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the sequel to Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married" that they previously reviewed. This time, the couples meet up for their annual Why Did I Get Married getaway retreat in the Bahamas. Each couple continues their specific journies that we saw in the first movie.  Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to preview the next film, "Why Did I Get Married Too." This is the sequel to Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married" film that we previously covered, and admittedly enjoyed quite a lot. The preview topic this week is that we didn't really have one so we did a shotgun approach to a number of random stories that hit the news over the past week or so....

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to begin the rough and honest discussion surrounding the Ava DuVernay directed series, "When They See Us." The four-part series, available on Netflix, is a narrative version of the events often referred to as the Central Park Five. "When They See Us," tells the story of five young boys in New York City in 1989 as they were wrongfully accused, jai...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to announce the next full review episode. Continuing off the back of episode 157, the guys will recap and review the 3rd and 4th episodes of the Ava Duvernay mini-series, "When They See Us" available right now on Netflix. The random topic of the week is all about Black Fatherhood. Both Jay and Micah are new dads of a 2.5-month-old and 7 month old...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to begin the rough and honest discussion surrounding the Ava DuVernay directed series, "When They See Us." The four-part series, available on Netflix, is a narrative version of the events often referred to as the Central Park Five. "When They See Us," tells the story of five young boys in New York City in 1989 as they were wrongfully accused, jai...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to FINALLY announce the next film, "When They See Us" (Part 1 and 2). The mini-series deals with the events surrounding the Central Park Five aka The Exonerated Five. The preview topic this week is all about Trump's trifflin' ass attacking Baltimore City because of his beef with Elijah Cummings. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast fea...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 1996 film, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, which was directed, co-written, and starring Martin Lawrence. The film follows Lawrence as he plays a known womanizer who gets caught up with an older woman (Lynn Whitfield) who ends up being a bit more than he can handle after their relationship sours. Black on Black Cinema is a long-r...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to announce the next movie coming up, "A thin line between love and hate" starring Martin Lawrence. A film about revenge when a relationship goes sideways. The topic for the preview episode is just a series of questions from our fan group ( www.blackonblackcinema.com/fans ) about a myriad of things happening in the news as well as more behind the...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 2017 thriller, "'Til Death Do Us Part" starring Annie Ilonzeh, Stephen Bishop, and Taye Diggs. The film follows a seemingly perfect couple, Madison (Ilonzeh) and Michael (Bishop) who's marriage take a violent turn when Madison ends up pregnant by her husband (ummmm ok).  Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to announce the next film, "'Til Death Do Us Part" and we discuss the "controversy" around Tyler Perry's speech about how he built his own table while others worked to get a seat at the table. The speech was largely well received but some found the speech was taking shots at certain groups and individuals. We discuss why Perry (for all his faults...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to review the hip hop musical "Carmen: A Hip Hopera" starring Beyonce Knowles and Mekhi Phifer. This is a VERY 2001 modern take on the Carmen Jones story. The film follows a cop (Phifer) who is seduced away from his girlfriend by an aspiring actress named Carmen (Knowles). The two find themselves on the run from the law as they move to Hollywood...