Black Men Can"t Jump [In Hollywood]

11:59

The Gutter (Teaser)

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2024/11/07

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Gutter, directed by Yassir and Isaiah Lester, written by Yassir Lester, starring Shameik Moore, D'Arcy Carden, Paul Reiser, and Susan Sarandon. Together, they discuss whether or not bowling is, in fact, a "sport," the video game Super Bowling, getting strikes, the movie's immensely impressive production design given its small budget, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive

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88:43

It's What's Inside

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2024/10/31

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering It's What's Inside, written and directed by Greg Jardin, starring Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Gavin Leatherwood, Nina Bloomgarden, Alycia Debnam-Carrey, Reina Hardesty, Devon Terrell, David W. Thompson, and Madison Davenport. Together, they discuss the pros and cons of body swapping, the film's wild blend of genres, its incredible editing, the trouble with casting a hot person to play a not-hot character, and much, much

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20:54

Mr. Crocket (Teaser)

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2024/10/24

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Mr. Crocket, directed by Brandon Espy, written by Carl Reid and Brandon Espy, starring Jerrika Hinton, Ayden Gavin, and Kristolyn Lloyd. Together, they discuss the Jordan Peele-feel of the film, which—if any—Black filmmakers are getting blank checks nowadays, where they've seen the cast before, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND OUR BACK CATALOG OF 400+

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87:36

I Saw the TV Glow

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2024/10/17

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering I Saw the TV Glow, written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard, Lindsay Jordan, Connor O'Malley, Emma Portner, Ian Foreman, Fred Durst, and Danielle Deadwyler. Together, they discuss just how wild it is that A24 has such an identifiable house style, how complicated all of their initial thoughts about it are, some of the casting choices, where its trans allegory did and didn't feel clear,

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7:04

The Deliverance w/ Shakira Ja'nai Paye (Teaser)

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2024/10/10

This week, actor and improviser Shakira Ja'nai Paye (House Party, Will Trent) joins James and Jon to cover The Deliverance, directed by Lee Daniels, written by David Coggeshall and Elijah Bynum, starring Andra Day, Glenn Close, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Mo'Nique. Together, they discuss the movie's already memed Glenn Close line, what audiences seem to be taking issue with re: the movie's fairly standard horror movie set-up, demons, much, much more! Listen to the full episode on

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71:41

The Wild Robot

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2024/10/02

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Wild Robot, written and directed by Chris Sanders, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. Together, they match the actors to the characters they voiced, when Jerah started sniffling, whether or not it'll have staying power at the box office, getting WALL-E'd, what it was like for James to watch it as a parent, whether or not Jerah messes

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8:26

Rebel Ridge (Teaser)

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2024/09/26

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Rebel Ridge, written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, and James Cromwell. Together, they discuss where they know Aaron Pierre from, how handsome Aaron Pierre is, who auditions the most, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND OUR BACK CATALOG OF 400+

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86:55

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice w/ Taylor Ortega

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2024/09/19

This week, comedian, actor, and writer Taylor Ortega (Welcome to Flatch, Jackpot!) joins James, Jerah, and Jon to cover Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Seth Grahame-Smith, screenplay by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe. Together, they say Beetlejuice's name an unsafe number of times, break down "with" and

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11:39

White Chicks (Teaser)

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2024/09/12

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering White Chicks, directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, screenplay by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden, and Xavier Cook, story by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans, starring Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, and John Heard. Together, they discuss where the cast's careers have gone since the movie was released, whether or not White Chicks is

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70:09

Jackpot! w/ Sierra Katow

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2024/09/05

This week, Jerah, and Jon are joined by comedian, actor, and writer Sierra Katow (Sierra Katow: Funt, The Sex Lives of College Girls) to cover Jackpot!, directed by Paul Feig, written by Rob Yescombe, starring Awkwafina, John Cena, Ayden Mayeri, Donald Elise Watkins, Sam Asghari, and Simu Liu. Together, they discuss their personal histories playing the lotto, the loss of the movie's working title, where James is, how well the comedy in the movie works, if it's biting enough as satire, how

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14:28

Blink Twice (Teaser)

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2024/08/29

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Blink Twice, directed by Zoë Kravitz, screenplay by Zoë Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum, starring Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat. Together, they discuss the trope of movies that use their titles in in-film dialogue, where they've seen Adria Arjona before, whether or not they're here to talk about Star Wars, the odd online reaction to the film's trigger

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76:02

The Union

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2024/08/22

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Union, directed by Julian Farino, screenplay by Joe Barton and David Guggenheim, story by David Guggenheim, starring Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, Mike Colter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw, Alice Lee, Jackie Earl Haley, and J.K. Simmons. Together, they discuss Netflix's strangely lacking marketing campaign for the film, how best to describe its genre, where the hell its kissing was, whether or not any of the guys are excited about

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6:14

Borderlands (Teaser)

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2024/08/15

This week, James and Jon are covering Borderlands, directed by Eli Roth, screenplay by Eli Roth and Joe Crombie, story by Eli Roth, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Together, they discuss their personal video game histories, Zombie mode, whether or not either of them had played Borderlands the game, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive

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89:44

Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

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2024/08/08

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, directed by Zack Snyder, screenplay by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten, story by Zack Snyder, starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam, and Anthony Hopkins. Together, they discuss Zack Snyder's body of work, the distinctions between the 28 Days Later zombies and the Dawn of the Dead zombies, the movie's extensive use of slo-mo,

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10:27

Deadpool & Wolverine (Teaser)

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2024/08/01

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Deadpool & Wolverine, directed by Shawn Levy, written by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, and Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, and Matthew Macfadyen. Together, they discuss colorism, spoiler warnings, the established arcs of the Deadpool comics, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive

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83:17

Love Lies Bleeding w/ Rochée Jeffrey

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2024/07/25

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by writer and director Rochée Jeffrey (SMILF, Grown-ish) to cover Love Lies Bleeding, directed by Rose Glass, written by Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska, starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris. Together, they go deep on body building, steroids, what literally and figuratively happens at the end of the movie, violence, how the movie's erotic beats work with its vengeance beats, Glass'

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10:07

Divorce in the Black (Teaser)

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2024/07/18

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Divorce in the Black, written and directed by Tyler Perry, starring Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict. Together, they run down the sheer number of Tyler Perry movies they've covered on the podcast, the cast's careers to date, Tyler Perry's own dating situation, whether or not people watched Divorce in the Black, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND OUR

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71:14

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

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2024/07/11

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, written and directed by Mark Molloy, screenplay by Will Beall, Tom Gormican, and Kevin Eten, story by Will Beall, starring Eddie Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, Bronson Pinchot, and Kevin Bacon. Together, they cover the state of sequels as a whole, the Beverly Hills Cop franchise's weird naming conventions, Axel's completely rocking theme, how this director got the

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4:13

A Quiet Place: Day One w/ Brittany Ingram (Teaser)

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2024/07/04

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by production designer Brittany Ingram (Astronomy Club) to cover A Quiet Place: Day One, written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, story by John Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolf, and Djimon Hounsou. Together, they cover the brothers Wolf, the career of the director to date, where to start, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE

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78:19

Atlas

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2024/06/27

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Atlas, directed by Brad Peyton, written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite, starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, and Mark Strong. Together, they go deep on J. Lo's acting career, the degree to which actors other than J. Lo are, in fact, in the movie, where its reported $100 million production budget possibly went, how soon we can expect the first robo-soldier, their preferred A.I. war-movies, and more!SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE

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