The Home Video Hustle

It's been so long that i've wanted to get Beat Street on the show! Even more fun is that Anita and Chris have never seen it before. Very curious to see if it does anything for people who weren't there in the 80s and aren't big fans of old school hip hop like me. You know I got my nerd on and dropped knowledge as much as possible, you know I played some music and I may have just made Anita a Kool M...

It's Black History Month and the marathon starts now am I don't know why it took us this long to do Shaft but i'm fixing that now. Even better is that Anita and Chris have never seen this before! I definitely get my nerd on with some movie and music trivia this week, we talk about those dudes in the mall that really want to clean your shoes, we are all in agreement about shower sex being overrated...

This is it! We reached the end of the Harry Potter series and I was told that this would be my favorite in the series. We also got some notes from a die hard Potter fan listener and i found out that Chris and Anita had been lying to me about some things! Anita gives her quick thoughts on Scarface and the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Chris tries his hand at a tongue twister and unfortunately as we reco...

I'm another year older and to celebrate, I went back home to Ohio to visit family and friends and of course, got them on the microphone. It's a stacked line up this week, PJ is here, Anita is here, Chris is here, Cameron is here, Tiffany is here and for the first time ever, my dad is here! We had all been drinking, a lot and because of the subject matter of the film and all of us being Black, we g...

We're finally getting to the end of the Harry Potter series but still not quite there yet since they decided to make this a two parter. After all these movies, all these mulligans i've given it, this one finally had me start asking questions about how stupid the Wizarding World may be. On top of that Anita and I have a debate on just how grimey Harry Potter can be. Was it innocent or was Harry out...

Happy New Year! The Hustle continues as we head back to Hogwarts after major listener demand! Since Goblet of Fire i've been warming up on this series, the last one was a slight drop but can this some pick the pace back up? Also in this episode, Chris shows love to Domino's, Anita shocks me by revealing that she's seen Paranormal activity and for the first time in a long while, we all agree on the...

To wrap up 2023 and end The Christmas Hustle, I watched my first Madea movie AND got incredibly drunk while doing it! Anita thought that this movie would make for a fun discussion, and she was right! We talk about all the weird stuff in this film, Chris lets his country accent slip really hard, Anita is making sound effects in the background, Brent is telling stories and referencing surprising sho...

It was my turn to pick a movie and I had to set us into Christmas the right way! There is no way you can tell me that this one isn't a Christmas movie. Anita had never seen this one before and it's been a long time since I saw it last. I finally got to experience just how many sexual innuendos are in this film, we debate about Batman killing people, Chris gives his opinion on The Killing Joke movi...

As a Christmas present to the Patrons, I let them come together and pick a movie for us to watch. We almost had to watch The Christmas Light thanks to So Wizard Podcast but with 50% of the total vote, we got to watch Scrooged and i got to rewatch a childhood favorite. Chris and Anita had never seen this joint before. Anita also got some wild responses to her opinions on Jamie Lee Curtis, I tell st...

Oh we gettin' jolly now! Chris got to pick a movie for us this time and I guess he wanted to be funny with this one but the joke may have been on him. Joke was on Anita too because she purposely got me tipsy off of spiked hot chocolate to get the old school HVH experience and oh yeah, she got it and I had so much fun this episode. We all had various hot takes to give this week, but you'll have to...

HO! HO! HO! Oh yeah, the Christmas Hustle has begun and since i'm such a nice guy, i'm letting Anita, Chris and the Patrons pick a movie for us to watch and This Christmas was chosen by Anita. I had never seen this one before, Chris didn't have fond memories of it but with this cast, it can't be bad right? We also give out a lot of PSA's this week, Chris vents his Black Friday work anger, Anita an...

The Halloween Hustle for 2023 is at it's end today and thanks to our 49th Patreon pick, Chris is now introduced to the world of Italian Horror films! Mike Streeter really wanted us to check this out and this is now the second time Lucio Fulci has been featured on the show. We get right at it this week because we both had to bring our heads together to try and figure out what the fu-k even happened...

It's been a while since we last went to Crystal Lake but Trade Voorhees has returned to talk about Part four of the Friday the 13th saga! This is usally regarded as one of the best in the series but one of us highly disagrees, can you guess which one? We also discuss Adam Sandler films, our love for Little Caesars pizza, Corey Feldman, Lucio Fulci movies, all the plot holes in these Friday the 13t...

We actually watched a newer movie?!? WHAT? Crazy right but honestly, I had been wanting to see this one for a while and I actually heard good things so let's see if doing something modern makes those download numbers go up baby! Chris and I had way different opinions on M3GAN and one of us may have to run from some pitchforks. I also lament Anita not digging MST3K, we discuss Halloween costumes, I...

The Halloween Hustle continues into November and to start, we went back to The Last Drive In and I had to pick this movie in particular because I want the "Chris Squeal" to be part of official HVH canon. The movie doesn't have a lot going on so convos also ended up being had about Ray J, ketchup on hot dogs, I try to figure out if anyone remembers Treet, Chris tries to remember some HVH trivia and...

Let's end the first month of The Halloween Hustle with a certified hood classic! Like Bad Boys 2, this was another of those DVD's that you'd see in every Black family household, including mine. Will it hold up though? That is the real question because not every parody of this era has held up in all these years. Cameron joins us for this episode and battles it out with Chris at the end of the episo...

Third time is the charm! Three times i've tried to get someone to watch this movie on the podcast with me! Anita stepped out for this one but Chris is here with me and not only did we watch this horror classic, we watched "The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs version. Oh yeah, I turned Chris into a member of The Mutant Fam! This movie holds a special place with me and i'm hoping Chris can show it...

Oh you didn't read that wrong! PJ is back for one night only and we had to celebrate it by doing something special. We went to Tubi, found some Maverick movies and couldn't decide which one to do so we said screw it and for the first time ever, we cover two movies in full! The Halloween Hustle is in strong effect this week! Of course since it's been a while, we got hype, we got drunk and the convo...

Oh yeah, Harry Potter is going away for a while because it's time for the Halloween Hustle baby and this is a film that i've wanted to get on the show for a long, long time! Sugar Hill is the fun story of a woman who gets revenge on a bunch of racist gangsters who killed her boyfriend by summoning Baron Samedi and killing them with voodoo magic! I was hype this week, I wont lie. There is some sing...

It's year five at Hogwarts and man, I hope we keep the momentum up from last movie because I still have like three movies left after this! I heard good things though, so let me grab my wand, see what the sorting hat got to say about me and go practice my Avada Kedavra spell! I also give my quick thoughts so far on the new Mortal Kombat game and show some love to Star Trek Online. Chris has beef wi...

Puppers, Doggos and satire, oh my! Yeah. this is one I was concerned about going in. Like Death to Smoochy, this is a film that I would skip past on TV all the time. Thanks to Izzy over at Everything I Learned from Movies, I have to finally sit down and watch this one too. Anita and Chris also have never seen this before so at least I wasn't alone. Chris and I also reminisce the hype old days of w...

We're back at Hogwarts for year 4 and i'm hoping I can finally break the 6/10 trend that has been going on with these films! Unlike the last film, Anita and Chris seemingly have different views on the quality of this installment, so my interest is there but will the enjoyment be there? That is the question. We also have good hearty laughs at the terrible CGI of that baby from Twilight, we discuss...

For so many years I would see this DVD in the discount bins at video stores, I would see it come on after watching something on Comedy Central and turn the channel, now thanks to Brandy G, I can no longer escape Smoochy! I can't lie, I wasn't looking forward to this one so I hoped it would be a pleasant surprise. We also talked about Space Jam 2, Scooby Doo, the Cowboy Bebop Netlfix show, old kids...

It's the third year over at Hogwarts and I hope it's a more eventful year than the last! Anita and Chris both think this is top tier with the Harry Potter movies but i'm gonna go into this level headed and with tempered expectations. Like the good 'ol days, the convo went all over the place as we also discussed the new Wonka movie, the Trump mugshot, Yogi Bear, The Flash TV series, old Nickelodeon...

Thank you Mike Bagford! It's been far too long since we last talked James Bond and this is well known as one of the best films in the series! I've only seen it once all the way through so this is going to be fun to give it full attention, take notes and see how well Mr. Bond can entertain me. I also give my PSA's to the film industry about spending too much money on over bloated budgets, we invest...