Black On Black Cinema

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" starring Eddie Murphy returning as Axel Foley in this action comedy franchise that has now officially spanned 40 years. The movie follows Foley as he returns to Beverly Hills after his daughter's life is threatened. He is joined once again by his old pals John Taggert and Billy Rosewood to uncover a conspiracy. The random topic this week is about a new Pew Research study that shows an ever-increasing mistrust that Black people have with the medical community. The hosts discuss the reasons this is likely happening but also what the ramifications of not seeking proper medical care has on the community as well.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the third film in the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The film follows Mike (Smith) and Marcus (Lawrence) once again as wild Miami cops fighting against a mother and son team that is terrorizing their city.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed. The 2020 sequel "Bad Boys For Life." The third film in the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence taking on a Mother and Son team of drug lords wreaking havoc in their beloved city of Miami. The random topics this week are connected through the idea of an odd need for some to move the goalposts on Black people when their standard for others remains the same. The crew disgusts sport commentators (specifically Stephen A. Smith) giving over the top coverage of Caitlin Clark playing a rookie in the WNBA. The second topic is on Sam Forster, a Canadian author, who decided to write a book on racism against Black Americans. The hook is that he disguised himself as a Black person to get a "true" understanding of what Black people go through in America.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2006 film, "ATL" starring T.I., Lauren London, and Evan Ross. The film follows a group of friends in their last year of high school trying desperately to meet girls, avoid the more dangerous trappings of Atlanta, and just have a good time at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "ATL" starring T.I. Harris in a coming of age comedy-drama. The random topics this week are surrounding our show's origin story, videotape of Diddy brutally assaulting Cassie Ventura in a hotel, his pathetic faux apology, Rep. Jasmine Crockett's devastating clapback against Republican Marjorie Taylor-Greene's personal attack, and joking conversation as to why Red Lobster is shutting down.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2024 film, "The American Society of Magical Negroes" starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, and An-Li Bogan. The film follows a young man (Aren) who joins a clandestine group of magical Black Americans committed to enhancing the lives of White individuals, satirizing the Magical Negro trope.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "The American Society of Magical Negroes." The film follows a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier. The random topic this week is about the rap beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. However, as there are so many other shows talking about the lyrical contest, we decided to take a different angle on what this beef means in a larger context. Frankly, how it and many other rap beefs tend to squeeze women in the middle as named victims, weaponized sexual encounters, and even the stripping of their humanity to be used as merely objects for these men to manipulate for the end goal of winning the contest in the court of public opinion.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns with special guest, Juwan, from the "Edit That Out" Podcast. The hosts tackle in-depth the 2023 Ava DuVernay directed film, "Origin." DuVernay's film explores author Isabel Wilkerson's tremendous personal tragedy that sets her on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history. The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Audra McDonald, Vera Farmiga, Blair Underwood, and Nick Offerman. 

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film that will be explored. Next week the movie will be the director Ava DuVernay's 2023 "Origin" based on the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson's nonfiction book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." The film itself is described as "The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions."  The random topic of the week is about Steven A. Smith's controversial comments about how he believes that Black Americans are sympathetic to what Donald Trump is going through as he is dealing with the American justice system.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2003 relationship comedy, "Deliver Us From Eva" starring Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Duane Martin, Essense Atkins, Meagan Good, Mel Jackson, Dartanyan Edmonds, Robinne Lee, and Kym Whitley. The film follows three sisters who's lives are overseen by their overbearing older sister to the dismay of the men who they are in relationships with. The men hire a known ladies' man to date and distract the overbearing sister in hopes of getting their own relationships back on tract.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Deliver Us from Eva." The film follows Eva who doesn't let her 3 sisters' men push them around. She's always butting in. How to pacify Eva? Find her a man. The men pay a playboy to be that man. The problem is - he falls in love with Eva. The random topic this week is all about more accusation about Sean "Diddy" Combs after having his two mansions raided by the Feds. Is Diddy the monster we think he is, are we focused on the right parts of this story as a community, lionizing celebrities, and much more.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 comedy drama film, "American Fiction." The film follows a novelist named Monk (Jeffrey Wright) who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment and decides to use a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. The conversations around the film deal with issues of stereotyping, appropriation, balancing the types of stories that are told of Black people by Black people in media, and much more.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "American Fiction." The film follows a novelist (Jeffrey Wright) who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. The random topic for discussion this week is about the singer Lizzo making her views known on wanting a return to cultural gatekeeping when it comes to stopping white people from using Black language. We discuss Lizzo's point and the reasons why things are the way they are, and what the ramifications are of promoting gatekeeping...good and bad.Article with Lizzo's comments: https://www.blackenterprise.com/lizzo-white-people-stop-talking-black/

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss director Tyler Perry's latest legal thriller "Mea Culpa." The Netflix film stars Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Sean Sagar, Nick Sagar, and RonReaco Lee. The movie follows a lawyer, Mea, who is takes on a case where an artist is accused of killing his girlfriend. However, lines get crossed when Mea begins to fall for her own client.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, Mea Culpa, starring Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes. The film follows an attorney who is decides to take a controversial case of an artist who is suspected of murdering his girlfriend. The random topics this week are on the career and legacy of the late great Carl Weathers, Killer Mike's dangerous plan to "help" young Black people, and former boxer Floyd Mayweather speaking on the supposed sexual assault allegations surrounding Sean "Diddy" Combs.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 film, Rye Lane, starring David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah. The film follows to 20-somethings who both are recovering from recent breakups who happen to meet at a mutual friends art exhibit and hit it off.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Rye Lane" (can be found on Hulu). The film follows to 20-somethings who are both going through separate bad situations who find each other during on fateful day. The random topic this week is just a discussion on the fever pitch of anger that seems to be dominating online, and how we, especially as Black folks, can overcome this and start enjoying life again. The last thing we want is to be aging like milk!

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew delves back into the urban stories of writer, Carl Weber, most known for "The Man in 3B" and "The Preacher's Son." This time the film, "Influence" tells the story of the Hudsons, a family of Black lawyers led by famed attorney Bradley Hudson. They are handed the task to defend Grammy Award Winning singer Savannah who has been charged with the murder of her husband Kyle Kirby.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Influence" (2020). The film follows the Hudsons, a family of African-American lawyers lead by famed attorney Bradley Hudson. They are handed the task to defend Grammy Award Winning singer who has been charged with the murder of her husband. The random topics of the week surround two conversations, the first about the first interview from actor Jonathan Majors since his domestic violence trial on Good Morning America, and the other is on the explosive, yet hilarious, interview with comedian Katt Williams on Shannon Sharpe's Club Shay Shay podcast on his his rivals, friends, and what its really like being in Hollywood according to him.

This week on the Black on Black Cinema podcast, the crew returns to discuss "Almost Christmas" the 2016 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by David E. Talbert. The story revolves around the Meyers family, who gather for their first Christmas since the mother's death. Walter, the patriarch, hopes his family can spend five days together under one roof, a challenging feat due to their individual struggles and conflicts. The family navigates personal dilemmas, sibling rivalries, and secrets, striving for unity and the spirit of the holiday.