Comedy

This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Red One, directed by Jake Kasdan, screenplay by Chris Morgan, story by Hiram Garcia, starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J.K. Simmons. Together, they discuss it being the holiday season, how few Christmas movies have Black leads, holiday films being […]

This week, James and Jon are joined by writer and actor Caroline Martin (Astronomy Club, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) to cover Challengers, written by Justin Kurtizkes, directed by Luca Guadagnino, and starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. Together, they cover everybody’s tennis experiences, what exactly the deal […]

We’re back! James, Jerah, and Jonathan celebrate their first new episode in months by taking a trip to Candy Cane Lane, the new Amazon Prime Christmas feature directed by Reginald Hudland starring Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, and more. Together, everyone explores the film’s complicated, packed plot, what […]

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, […]

James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by NaTonia Monét (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, PonyBoi) to discuss the 2023 musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule from a script by Marcus Gardley. Bazawule’s version stars Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., […]