CRUSHED Podcast

Ricky and Sarah holler at the new Jamie Foxx Netflix joint, PROJECT POWER, and other movies put out by the streaming giant such as DA FIVE BLOODS starring Chadwick Boseman, THE OLD GUARD, ROMA, and... BIRD BOX! Ricky also gets up close and personal with a harrowing tale of back pain in the time of quarantine and Sarah admits she doesn't know how to quit DOWNTON ABBEY... 

Next episode... later this week... BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC!!!

This week at the QuaranCinema! When Sarah and Ricky aren't helping Rosie Perez fulfill her destiny to triumph magnificently on Jeopardy, they play a little 2-on-2 bball against Woody and Wesley in the L.A. sports classic White Men Can't Jump (available to rent on VOD). Plus, a somber ass Brad Pitt teaches them the rules of Moneyball (currently streaming on Starz). Sarah and Ricky also welcome the historic VP nomination of Kamala Harris, give even MORE props to the legend Elizabeth Peña, and last pero tambien not least they reveal which one of their mother's is an astronaut! And don't forget about next week, when Sarah and Ricky will be talking about PROJECT POWER, the new Jamie Foxx Netflix joint, so tune into that before listening, ya heard?

This week at the QuaranCinema, Sarah and Ricky get some "ganas" from Kemo AKA Jaime Escalante AKA Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips in STAND & DELIVER (currently streaming on Netflix). Then, why stop after a taste of just a lil' Diamond Phillips? Answer, you don't! They follow it up with the LDP joint LA BAMBA (currently streaming on Starz). Sarah and Ricky also holler about...

This week at the QuaranCinema, it's out with the new guard and, in with The Old Guard (currently streaming on Netflix)! Sarah and Ricky also take a little time off to Palm Springs (currently streaming on Hulu) all whilst never leaving the couch. They did leave their couch this week though, safely and wearing the dopest of masks, for a trip to the Mission Tiki Drive-In. Plus they talk about the dopeness that is Kiki Layne, Cloud Atlas, Inception, Interstellar, Groundhog Day, The Graduate, and arresting the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor. 

It's been a minute, good people, but the QuaranCinema has reopened! This week Sarah and Ricky discuss DA FIVE BLOODS, Spike Lee's new Netflix joint. They also holler about...

-Aspect ratios!

-Oliver Stone

-Delroy Lindo

- Chadwick Boseman

-Muhammad Ali

-Angela Davis

-MALCOLM X

-Dave Chappelle

-KING OF STATEN ISLAND

-FROM DUSK TIL DAWN

This week, good people, we talk ABOVE THE RIM and PERMANENT MIDNIGHT. Sarah calls herself out for own her comments on racism during our DJANGO UNCHAINED discussion (episode 6) and Ricky continues to holler about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. They also sing A LOT in this episode... 

Here are some other dope ass movies, books and people we mention in this episode:

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

WHITE FRAGILITY by ROBIN DiANGELO

WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

THE LAST DANCE

PHIL JACKSON

DENNIS RODMAN

LA BAMBA

PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

BOOMERANG

METRO

NEW JACK CITY

BOOTY CALL

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY

CJ SULLIVAN

SPACE JAM

MEAN GIRLS

This week at the QuaranCinema—aka Ricky and Sarah's couch—We talk about John Carpenter's 1981 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and the second film in the Bill & Ted franchise: 1991's BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY. Both movies are currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

This week at the QuaranCinema, oh my! Sarah and Ricky decided to have some Cafe Bustelo before they talked into microphones and people, Cafe Bustelo energia is the truth! When they weren't tweaking Sarah and Ricky discuss Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED, currently streaming on Netflix, and the Pam Grier classic FOXY BROWN, currently streaming on the Criterion Channel. Plus, Ricky and Sarah talk about the best Christmas Day present is a Christmas Day movie release, revenge movies and which Foxy Brown outfit to exact your revenge in, and did we mention they were sweating coffee bullets during this recording? Stay safe, stay inside, and stay hydrated on more than just pure Cuban liquid gold!

This week at the QuaranCinema, Ricky and Sarah breakdown Sydney Pollack's 1975 THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, currently streaming on Criterion Channel, and Nicholas Meyer's 1982 sci-fi classic STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. Sarah discovers Spock is Jewish and Ricky ponders more diverse casting what-ifs for predominantly white films. They also discuss Brad Pitt vs. Redford, Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford, the Chicago White Sox, and how they brought the MLB to their living room for a safer-at-home day at the ballpark since baseball has been canceled due to the pandemic. 

This week's double feature is a fun one: Stephen Chow's 2004 KUNG FU HUSTLE and Bong Joon-Ho's 2006 THE HOST. Ricky and Sarah also discuss "The Last Dance," the new Michael Jordan doc on ESPN, Mike Rapaport (where you at, Rapaport!), Kathleen Turner, and PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED versus BACK TO THE FUTURE. It's a dope one, check it out and stay safe under lockdown!