Brown Butter Popcorn

A few months ago, Mike and Toy recorded an episode after watching Brown Sugar. Toy loves Rom Coms and this is one of her favorites. She mentioned this review during the You, Me, and Tuscany review so it felt like the time to release it. **Note** This should be the last episode we release that wasn't recorded on the studio mic. Unless we do special immediate reaction episodes. Starring:  Taye D...

Mike and Toy return with a big one. Discourse online about You, Me, and Tuscany made it clear that the industry may be impacted by the performance of the Black-led romantic comedy. Stakes or not, we planned to see the film. We were unable to see it during the weekend but good word of mouth encouraged us to get to it mid-week so we could put our two cents in. Light, funny, entertaining. We had a lo...

Paradise is one of the hottest shows out there, and we were watching it religiously. This was a fun conversation, recapping the season and speculating about the show's future. We have very different takes on Sinatra, so stick around for that near the end of the pod. Starring:  Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Enuka Okuma, Thomas Doherty, and Shailene Woodley Additional Cast:  Sarah Shahi...

Mike and Toy are back in your feed with an overdue review of His and Hers. The show spent a while in Netflix's Top 10 and was a hot topic of conversation when it released. We were late to watch, but that just gave us enough time to forget the spoilers. What a ride! Starring:  Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson Additional Cast:  Pablo Schreiber, Marin Ireland, Sunita Mani, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Cry...

Mike and Toy are back with their first episode after the rebrand, and it is a big one. The pair reviewed the upcoming release from AMC's ALLBLK, "Long Time Listener," and interviewed director Danielle Nicolet ( The Flash, Central Intelligence ). This was Nicolet's feature directorial debut, so we talked about her transition behind the camera- the good and the bad. At the end, we...

Our first episode of 2026 is here! This was unplanned, but we are glad we had the opportunity to do it. Primate is a movie that caught our attention when we saw the first trailer, and it was better than expected. Starring:  Johnny Sequoyah, Jess Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Gia Hunter Additional Cast:  Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, Tienne Simon, Miguel Torres Umba (as Ben) Directed by:...

We are back in your feed to discuss three movies we watched this past weekend. We were honored to be approved as media for the 7th Annual Micheaux Film Festival, the first of many to come! Here's what we saw: (02:00) Flight 182 Starring:  Gurinder Sindher, Sundeep Morrison, and Naysa Shokeen Additional Cast:  Yuvi Grewal and Rupak Ginn Directed by:  Rippin Sindher Written by:  Rippin Sindher Q...

In this episode, Mike and Toy talk about the new movie: Good Boy. A horror movie told from the perspective of a dog. This movie generated a lot of buzz in the festival circuit and we were hoping it lived up to the hype. Starring:  Indy Additional Cast:  Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Stuart Rudin Directed by:  Ben Leonberg Written by:  Alex Cannon and Ben Leonberg Quick Synopsis:...

In this episode, Mike and Toy discuss the hottest movie of the fall: One Battle After Another. Many are calling it the movie of the year. Do we agree? Tune in to find out. Starring:  Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti Additional Cast:  Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn Directed by:  Paul Thomas Anderson Written by:  Paul Thomas Anderson, inspired...

We are super late with this one, but it was too important not to review. My mic died during this recording, so the audio might be a little low in the middle, but hopefully it's not too bad. Enjoy! Starring:  Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin Additional Cast:  Sean San Jose and Paul Raci Directed by:  Greg Kwedar Written by:  John H. Richardson (based on "The Sing Sing Follies"), Brent Buell (base...

Mike and Toy actually recorded this episode on August 30th but the upload was delayed. Please enjoy. Starring:  Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch Additional Cast:  Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, and Zoe Chao Directed by:  Jay Roach Written by:  (novel "The War of the Roses") Warren Adler, Tony McNamara Quick Synopsis:  A tinderbox of competition and resentments underne...

Toy and Mike review the new movie Bang Bang from Sunrise Films. This is a boxing movie that gives you some of the traditional boxing movie setup, but does not follow the trajectory you'd expect. We both enjoyed this film and detail why. Starring:  Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, and Andrew Liner Additional Cast:  Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda, Erica Gimpel, and Daniella Pineda Directed by:  Vincen...

For these two episodes, Toy and I tried something different. I bought those mics that the influencers who do the on-street interviews use, and we recorded while driving home from the movies. During the first review, I had some movement in the mic, so I apologize for that. The second time, I held the mic, but when I moved my head, the mic didn't go with me. This is a work in progress, so please...

Toy and Mike are back in your feed with the hottest movie in theaters, Zach Cregger's "Weapons." Cregger brought back a storytelling device that worked well in Barbarian but took it to another level in this film by shifting perspectives several times. This took the movie to another level in terms of suspense and the fun of the ride from start to finish. Before we talked about the mov...

Mike and Toy are back in your podcast feed with a deep dive into the latest Marvel film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Each has a different history with the MCU and a differet history with these characters in general so they get into their feelings about these characters coming in, and how they felt about their portrayals in this film. They also discuss favorite scenes and things they perhaps d...

This should have been posted long ago, but it's better late than never over here. Mike and Toy finally sat down to discuss the film of the year, Sinners. There were so many things to discuss with this film that it was hard to decide where to start, but we think we found a good place and feel like this was our best episode yet! We hope you agree. Starring:  Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton Additi...

Mike and Toy are back in your feed with another review. This time it's Marvel's Thunderbolts*. We give you our MCU backgrounds, then get into the details of the movie, before finishing with what we're thinking about the future of the MCU Starring:  Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lewis Pullman Additional Cast:  David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olg...

The rebrand is official, Mike and Toy present "Brown Butter Popcorn." Buttered Popcorn is good, Brown Butter Popcorn is better. We explain the name at the beginning of the show. In the first episode after the rebrand, Mike and Toy discuss the films that shaped their movie tastes as a little introduction to who they are. Then we jumped into reviews. First up was Punching Bag, an indie sho...

The first episode of 2025 is here! Bibs is back with a special guest to talk about the best shows they watched in 2024 and the hottest new film in theaters, One of Them Days. The best things we watched in 2024 is not just a list of 2024 releaeses, but also shows that we introduced each other to which may have been older. We hope you'll find something to watch from the shows named. As for One o...

In this episode of Have you Scene, I welcome back Shad from The Uncool Urban podcast and welcome in Reese, my cohost on the Mavs Outsiders podcast and host of the Mind of Reese podcast. We discuss the sequel to the classic Coming to America, interestingly titled Coming 2 America. Eddie brought back almost everyone he could from the original while introducing some new characters as well. As always,...

In this Have you Scene episode, I welcome Reese and Shad back to talk about the new Candyman movie. We get into everything in this conversation and had fun with it. The original Candyman was a classic, so how would we all feel about the new one? Tune in to find out.  You can follow me on Twitter @HaveYouScenePod and you can follow Reese on Twitter @MofR25 and Instagram @MindofReese. He also has a...

Today we bring you our first documentary review of the year with the Ol' Dirty Bastard documentary A Tale of Two Dirtys. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage, family interviews, and testimonials from familiar faces. Whether you're a long-time fan or know the name and want to know more about the man, this documentary has you covered. It premiers Sunday August 25, 2024 at 9 PM...

I'm back in your feed with another review. This time it's in the Romance department but it's a movie with a message. For this review, I brought along a special guest. My fiancee (and hopefully my future cohost) Latoya joined me and we had a robust conversation about It Ends With Us. Enjoy! 00:00 - 07:00 Intros 07:00 - 14:00 Movie background info 14:00 - 36:00 Non-Spoiler Conversation 3...

M. Night Shyamalan is BACK and yet again he has a great premise on his hands. The well of good ideas always delivers but the execution has left us wanting for years. Has he finally broken through with this one? I brought Reese on to discuss. Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill Additional Cast: Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, Kid Cudi, Russ Directed by: M. Night S...

When I said I was back, I meant it. This time for a big review of the movie of the summer, Deadpool & Wolverine. Reese is back for this one and I brought Shad along too. There was a lot to talk about so we went longer than the hour I've been trying to stick to. Enjoy! Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew Macfadyen Additional Cast: Jon Favreau, Morena Baccarin, Rob De...