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Bankole and Emmanuel dissect Marvel's recently released trailer for 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RIngs' (01:27) and the 'Secret Invasion' casting news before discussing Episode 5 (07:20) and Episode 6 (28:34) of 'The Falcon and The Winter Solider' and what could be next for the characters. Obiora and Bankole then give their predictions for the top 8 categories at this year's Oscars (1:00:1...

In this episode dedicated to the legendary Chadwick Boseman, the guys engage in spoiler-free conversations about his last two films, 'Da 5 Bloods' (06:35)   and 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' (21:57) including praising his Oscar-nominated performance in the latter (36:40). They then recount when they first came across Chadwick and the mind-blowing permanence of his legacy (39:47). Hosts: Bankole Imouk...

Special guest and host of the Film & TV podcast, Downtime with Hajer , Hajer Zubairu, joins the guys to discuss the trickiest movie involved in this year's Oscar race, Promising Young Woman . They recount their first introductions to the film and what they think it is ultimately about (05:15) before embarking on a spoiler-ridden conversation about every facet of the film. Hosts: Bankole Imoukh...

The guys put all their stuff in storage lockers, rent an RV and hit the road to talk about what they’ve been watching- including a British comedy, a Danish serial killer show and ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’ (2:36)- before discussing their feelings on the runaway favourite of this year’s Oscars, ‘Nomadland’ (5:18) the heartwarming sense of community amongst America’s van-dwellers/Nomads that the...

The boys meet in a Miami hotel room to first discuss the Mount Rushmore of famous glasses (1:00) before bestowing high praise upon Regina King’s feature film directorial debut, ‘One Night in Miami’ (03:07).They then discuss the movie’s central question of the responsibility of famous Black people in showing up for our continuous fight (10:04). Later, Emmanuel stops by to chat with Bankole about Am...

The boys engage in an all-encompassing discussion about one of the best films of the year, 'Judas and the Black Messiah' (04:50) including high praise for the two main performances, including a close friend of the pod (12:45), how we're meant to feel about William O'Neale (16:55), then Bankole sheds more light on how/why both Laketih Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya were nominated for Best Supporting...

Bankole is joined by an old friend, Zikora Agbapu, to talk about the power of animation and then discuss two of their favourite animated films in recent years: ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ (3:16) and 'Inside Out' (08:21). Later, one of our producers- Chinedu Iheji- joins for a very wholesome conversation about two of his favourite animated films (16:59), whether he had imaginary friends growing up (...

The boys engage in a largely spoiler-free discussion about two of the best performances of the year in two of their best films of the year- Riz Ahmed in 'Sound of Metal' (7:44) and Steven Yeun in 'Minari' (22:27), including some much deserved praise for super-producer Brad Pitt (30:51).  Bankole is then joined by our FAWS correspondent, Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji, to discuss the first trailer for James G...

In these clips cut for time from the episode, Obiora and Bankole debate whether Aaron Sorkin is too naively optimistic in his writing and whether that should even matter (00:03). They then discuss the very different attitudes to change exhibited by both Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) in ‘The Trial of Chicago 7’ (12:20) plus Keaton (16:55)!!!!  Hosts: Bankole Imou...

YOU CAN’T HANDLE THIS POD! On the heels of the 6 Academy Awards Nominations for his film, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ , we’ve decided to dedicate an entire episode (and a bit) to the pen- and now lens- of the great Aaron Sorkin. The boys list their respective Sorkin Top 3s, then discuss and praise ‘Moneyball’ (07:43) and ‘A Few Good Men’ (12:55) with Bankole gladly defending his love of ‘The News...

It's our 10th episode!!  David Fincher's 'Mank' just received a leading 10 Oscar nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards, so there was no way the boys weren't going to discuss the new film from one of the patron saints of the podcast. They look at Fincher's earlier filmography with a deep dive into his 2007 masterpiece, Zodiac (18:43), before discussing Orson Welles' 1941 classic, ' Citizen Kane'...

The nominees for the 2021 Academy Awards have been announced and Bankole and Obiora, surprisingly, are really fond of a majority of the nominations. They try to make some sense of both Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya being nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for 'Judas and the Black Messiah' (02:29) and discuss the almost inevitable posthumous Oscar win for the late, great Chadwic...

The comprehensive compilation of our reactions, thoughts and feelings to and about 'WandaVision' , including Bankole's very positive initial thoughts for the first 4 episodes (00:10), before being joined by Eyo and Victor to discuss the show post Episode 7 (06:21) before they all reconvene to give their final thoughts after the finale (26:21) Host: Bankole Imoukhuede Guests: Eyo Ndem and Victor Da...

In this wide-ranging episode, Bankole is joined by Eyo Ndem and Victor Dama to discuss Bryan Cranston's new limited series, 'Your Honor' (03:35), the return of the truly great and under-appreciated 'Snowfall' (16:00), including an intriguing 'Snowfall' vs 'The Wire' discussion (29:40), before finally giving a post-mortem on 'WandaVision' ,especially the last two episodes- Episodes 8&9 (43:20)....

In this clip cut from the Denzel episode, the boys delve into just what sets Denzel apart from the other GOATs. Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora Ifeacho Guests: Mark Kerri and Robert Ezigbo

In this special episode honouring the GOAT, the boys are joined by Mark Kerri and Robert Ezigbo to discuss when they first became aware of Denzel (01:28) before going straight into discussing 3 of his classic crime films- ' Man on Fire' (06:13), the Spike Lee joint, 'Inside Man' (21:10) and the truly incredible 'Training Day' (38:13) plus they debate whether Alonzo Harris from 'Training Day' would...

In an excerpt from an upcoming episode, Bankole is joined by Eyo Ndem and Victor Dama to discuss their feelings on ‘WandaVision’ (1:05)and its most recent episode. Then Bankole tries to explain awards season (21:04) and most especially the Golden Globes and its little racism problem (22:12). Host: Bankole Imoukhuede Guests: Eyo Ndem & Victor Dama

Bankole and Obiora get together to discuss the two 'Euphoria' holiday specials (03:24) and then are joined by one of the stars of 'Host' , Emma Louise-Webb to delve into the smash hit of 2020 and everything around the zoom based horror film including how Bankole blew his chance to be in it (12:30). Enjoy! Hosts- Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora Ifeacho Special Guest- Emma Louise-Webb

In this second instalment of our bumper two-parter, our special guest star, Chinasa Anukam practically begs Michaela Coel to adopt her. Then, her, Ebuka and Bankole heap praise on Michaela’s magnum opus, ‘I May Destroy You’ , discussing the show’s impressive range in depicting sexual assault (03:10), THAT doomed trip to Italy (17:19), what makes Biaggio, and not Ebuka or Bankole, a real, grown, ma...

In this first part of a bumper two-parter, Bankole is joined by our often-silent producer, Ebuka Nnamani and our first ever special guest, Chinasa Anukam to drink some alcohol, (pop some tranquiliser pills) and talk about one of the best shows of 2020, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’. Host: Bankole Imoukhuede Guests: Ebuka Nnamani & Chinasa Anukam

Time to update your watchlists; this episode is all about TV! The guys discuss some shows that Obiora is eagerly anticipating returning in 2021 and those shows that narrowly missed out on Bankole's Top 10 of 2020, including Line of Duty (02:32), 'Succession' (06:15), 'Sex Education' (14:31), 'Industry' (17:03), 'Gangs of London' (36:34) & more. Plus Bankole discusses the very pleasing first fo...

In this bonus content cut from the pilot, Bankole delves into his psyche to examine his relationship with/to actress, Jennifer Lawrence.

It's the Pilot episode! In this episode, Bankole and Obiora discuss Netflix' exciting 2021 movie lineup (08:05), Bankole's TV Top 10 from 2020 (28:00) and their thoughts on 'The Last Dance' & 'All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur' (34:04)

Since everyone keeps asking what we're about, here you go.