Micheaux Mission

A sci-fi movie from the 50s that stars a black man and a white woman, mixed in a triangle of passion with a white man and they’re possibly the last people on the Earth - sounds like a job for Harry Belafonte! Fans of heated Vince vs Len debates will love this one.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you t...

Star Trek Discovery serves up a doozy of story finale for THE RED ANGEL SAGA that includes Section 31 intrigue, Spock adjaceyting all over the place, Georgiou high kicking, Tilly not clicking, Culper cleans up, Ash guttings, Burnham choking and a time traveling visitor from 'The Wire'. Good stuff!   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and mone...

Vince and Len are stunned - no - flabbergasted by their guest, Philly news lady Denise James' disrespect for THE COLOR PURPLE (1985) or shall we say, her lack of regard for ONE WEAK LINK among the stellar cast of Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover et al.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you t...

Vince and Len are mixed on a Prince biopic but all in for everything about What's Love Got To Do With It?, the Tina (and Ike) Turner biography starring Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne and apparently Phyllis Stickney's back.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for ou...

Star Trek uncorks another ‘bottle episode’ of exquisite taste as we learn more about Section 31 and crewman Airiam and the Spock/Burnham upbringing. But a bit of bad news from the media bums out one of the Micheaux Men very much.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for...

Ossie Davis directs J.E. Franklin's Off-Broadway critically acclaimed family drama, touching on multiple generations of black womanhood under one roof. A good story let down by poor direction.    *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information...

Vince and Len play catch up and review eps 7 & 8 of Star Trek Discovery S2 just when the show goes FULL SPOCK! Plus more nostalgia ret-con to tickle your Trek bone.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, a...

Diana Ross gives an Academy Award nominated performance, Bill Dee Williams smolders on screen and Richard Pryor crackles in the only biopic of the legendary Billie Holiday. That’s what the critics say. Vince and Len have ‘other thoughts’ on the matter.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the...

Summer Willow and Caren Jones of the Ladies Luv Hip-Hop podcast sit down to 'dissect LIFE (1999)to death' from two opposite sides of the coin. Plus, is this Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence's best cinematic work.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter f...

Discovery returns to Kaminar, Saru's homeward, to complete the journey begun 2 episodes ago as Saru confronts his past and his people's future.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more i...

TIA WHITFIELD of Millennial High Radio loves THE BEST MAN (1999) even though she has some definitive feelings about the motivations of some of the characters. There's something about a lady wearing a choker that makes the Mission really sing!   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website an...

The Men rejoice at the return of Ensign Tilly and the unexpected return of Doctor Culber (Wilson Cruz)as ST DISCOVERY continues to turn back the clock on S1 machinations.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launc...

Vince and Len are transported to a jazzy loft in 1960s London where the intellects dwell and the music percolates around this snazzy rendition of 'Othello' starring Paul Harris, Marti Stevens and Patrick McGoohan.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter...

Vince and Len appreciate the chemistry of Sonequa Martin-Green (Burnham) and Doug Jones (Saru) in an episode that has the feel of classic TOS Trek with touch of DS9.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches,...

Multimedia journalist BOBBI BOOKER was only too happy to hop onto the Mission to talk about Cleavon Little, Mel Brooks, race, beans and one of her favorite movies - 1974's BLAZING SADDLES.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information abou...

The Men review Discovery's return to Klingon intrigue and political backbiting. How do they fare against TNG-DS9's storied history?   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information o...

The Men of Micheaux answer a ton of listener mail about hip-hop, someone else doesn't like 'Play' and eventually they get to their review of the 1997 rom-com SPRUNG, writer/director Rusty Cundieff's earnest attempt at a urban love story that misses the mark by................that much.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcas...

The Men of Micheaux are back reviewing STAR TREK: DISCOVERY as it boldly heads into its sophomore season on CBS All-Access. Stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones and the 'captain' Anson Mount shine in both premiere episodes but the emphasis on the surrounding crew has Vince deeply admiring actress Oyin Oladejo in the role of bridge crewman Lt. Joann Owosekun.   *** This show is a part of the Podg...

The Men of Micheaux review the Academy's selections for the 2019 Oscar nominees, eagerly looking for slots to stick in the woefully under appreciated 'If Beale Street Could Talk.'   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our sho...

Music journalist TOYA HAYNES joins the Men for a full throated 'Best Emcee Ever' debate and a fond return to their teen years with Kid n Play in Reggie Hudlin's HOUSE PARTY - a movie ahead of its time in more ways than one.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our n...

Vince and Len start off 2019 in style and with much class, reviewing director Barry Jenkins' adaptation of the late James Baldwin's mesmerizing novel IF BEALE STREET TALK, featuring Stephen James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Micheal Beach and the debut lead of Kiki Layne.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encour...

Vince and Len close out their celebration of THE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING with an appreciation of Jeffrey Wright in 2008's Cadillac Records, with Adrian Brody, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short and Mos Def. Oh yeah -- and Beyonce.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for...

The Men celebrate the career and influence of TV character actor Helen Martin who makes one of her rare big screen appearances in Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle. Also featuring Ann Marie Johnson and Keenan Ivory Wayans.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our...

December presents THE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING and we kick things off with Don Cheadle in his scene-stealing performance as ‘Mouse’ in DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995), the Carl Franklin film noir adaptation of Walter Mosley’s pulp crime novel starring Denzel Washington as reluctant private eye Easy Rawlins.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes,...

Vince and Len spend an awful lot of time on emails, The Five Heartbeat rumors, Widows, Thanksgiving stuffing and whole lot of other stuff but eventually they have no choice but to stand toe-to-toe with The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger from 1978.  PARENTAL ADVISORY - Adult Content at the end of the broadcast after the credits.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that prod...