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It's been a long weekend between She-Hulk Episode 4 and the D23 news, but we of course had to come back with our normal episode of the week after seeing a couple of movies this weekend. A new and original horror film has hit theaters titled "Barbarian" (38:03). "Orphan: First Kill" (47:28) has premiered on Paramount+, and "Elvis" (57:16) has made its way to HBO Max. Which speaking of HBO Max, we also do our weekly discussion and breakdown of episode 4 of "House of the Dragon" (1:24).

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There is so much to talk about this week that everything couldn't even fit into the title lol. First and foremost, Queen Bey is back!!! It's been 6 years since Beyoncé has come out with a solo studio album, and this weekend she released her seventh studio album "Renaissance" (1:38). We got the chance to catch up on quite a bit in the movie and TV worlds as well over the week. In the movie world we got a chance to checkout "DC League of Super-Pets" (19:05), the latest animated family adventure featuring the pets of our favorite DC superheroes, "Green Lantern: Beware My Power" (33:47) a new DC animated film starring John Stewart's Green Lantern, and "The Bob's Burgers Movie" (41:42), the feature film based off the tv show with the same name. So, a lot of animation. In the TV world, we have some premieres. The first 3 episodes of "Harley Quinn" (48:15) season 3 are now on HBO Max! After a 2 year hiatus due to the pandemic, it's time for some more Harley and Ivy shenanigans. Also a brand new show from Issa Rae, "Rap Sh!t" (55:46) premiered last week on HBO. Only the first 3 episode of the series are out so far, but what kind of tone does it set for the show? We also got the chance to checkout a couple of documentaries including "Milestone Generations"(1:05:31), about the making and ongoing legacy of Milestone comics, and "Light & Magic" (1:13:41), a docuseries about the history of the special and visual effects division of Lucasfilm. We also do a brief rundown of one of the biggest wrestling events of the year, WWE's "SummerSlam" (1:22:23).

News of the Week (1:37:49)

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Only a couple of episodes left in this season of 2 Black Nerds and today we're ranking every MCU Phase Four project. It's been Marvel's biggest (and most controversial) phase yet. So join as we rank the films and also give out some awards!

With "The Penguin" and "Agatha All Along" approaching the end of their first seasons, we have some important episodes to discuss this week. But before we get into it we also have some quick Marvel news (1:16) to discuss now that the dates for the 2025 releases have been announced.

The Penguin

Spoiler Free Review (10:54)

Episode Breakdown (15:56)

Agatha All Along

Spoiler Free Review (51:01)

Episode Breakdown (55:33)

"Venom: The Last Dance" the final (??) film of the Venom franchise has been released in theaters! In this episode, we give our recap (17:13) about Venom as a character and as a franchise, discuss the box office, and get into our spoiler-free (40:57) and spoiler-filled (51:35) breakdown of the film. But right before our review, we discuss some Marvel news (1:14) about "Blade" and "Spider-Man 4".

The sequel to Smile, the highest-grossing horror film of 2022, hit theaters this past weekend, and we discuss whether Smile 2 (1:20) lived up to the hype of the first. We also do our normal weekly reviews of Agatha All Along (10:21), this week's episode titled "Familiar by Thy Side", and The Penguin (39:33), with this week's episode titled "Homecoming". We both attended New York Comic Con (1:09:06) this past weekend and did a quick rundown of the weekend and some of our favorite panels.

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The latest episode of The Penguin titled "Cent'Anni" has been released and it's time to discuss how we feel now that we're at the half way point of the show.

Spoiler Free Thoughts (1:08), Episode Breakdown (3:29)

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It's time to catch up on some movies! In this episode, we review 6 new and very anticipated films released in theaters recently.

Terrifier 3 (1:22), Piece by Piece (19:54),

Saturday Night (33:33), Megalopolis (45:15),

The Wild Robot (1:04:23), The Substance (1:15:35)

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Agatha All Along

Spoiler Free Review(12:52), Episode Breakdown (17:11)

The Penguin

Spoiler Free Review (47:54), Episode Breakdown (51:43)

News of the Week (1:15): Lanterns Casting, Dynamic Duo

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Happy 5th Anniversary to 2 Black Nerds!!! In this episode and 5-year celebration, we are discussing the sequel to the film that kickstarted all of this. Back in 2019, our first episode was reviewing "Joker" (2019) and in this episode, we'll be doing a deep dive and review of "Joker: Folie à Deux". Before we get into it we have an important announcement (1:33)

Recap (9:20), Spoiler Free Thoughts (37:16), Movie Breakdown (52:01)

(Song: Anniversary x Tony! Toni! Tone!)