Red Team Reviews

IT’S OUR 100TH EPISODE! DO NOT @ ME! Strap in for all of the references because we’re about to FLOOR IT! Welcome to the (slightly delayed) 2023 March Madness Tournament, where we welcome back legacy tourney guest Krista Grevas to simply bathe in the wonder that is the show that defined the humor of a generation: SpongeBob SquarePants. We’re taking 76 of the best, most memed, most heart-stopping episodes and going back into the arena once more, only this time it’s Trevor who's agonizing over the bracket, and TJ who's gonna win! Join us in supporting women’s wrongs, fearing TJs inevitable board game mania, anti-Patrick sentiments, and a lack of enrichment in Trevor’s enclosure. 

Welcome back to another Reject or Renew where everything’s made up and the numbering of episodes doesn’t matter. This episode is kinda like if Trevor half heartedly played the keep-the-balloon-in-the-air game, and TJ had a knife (insert Vine reference here). Today we cover the Big Mouth of DC properties, the Harley Quinn animated series to close out our Ladies Who Punch series. Join us for Trevor’s stress dreams, Little TJ in a Can, and (shudders) … Mr. Whiskers.

While it is not the month of his people, Trevor still manages to eke out yet another Marvel episode. He can’t keep getting away with this. In any case, welcome back to our second week of Women's Comic Movie History Month! TJ continues to fawn over our guests, Julienne Bailey (said guest) continues to fawn over women (who can blame her) and we all fawn over Florence Pugh (who can blame us). This time around, we tackle the two women-led solo MCU entries: Captain Marvel & Black Widow. The wounds cut deep, there's super analytical voices in our heads, and Trevor goes to get a popsicle. Truly the stakes have never been higher. Join us for Carol Danvers: Nissan Sales Rep, Yon Rogg vs. WAP, and absolutely letting Yelena use us as a human shield.

It's Women's History Month, and we're doing something very unusual for us and spotlighting ladies who punch. I’m shocked we never thought to do this before. Please welcome the return of our perennial stage manager Julienne Bailey as we dive deep into 2017's Wonder Woman and 2020's Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (or is it the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn? We don't know! Neither does Warner Brothers. Fuck you for cancelling Batgirl and for making WW84).  Join us for Halle Berry's OnlyCats account, TJ finally getting a sponsor, Ares' punk ass, and finally putting the sandwich in the fridge for the good of women and Jason Todds everywhere.

We're going back to school, listeners! We're closing out Black History Month with the first season of Quinta Brunson's trope-encyclopedic sitcom, Abbott Elementary. Meanwhile, TJ and Trevor have war flashbacks to their time as teaching artists. Man, those third graders really do a number on a person. Join us for HOT LUNCH, Elizabeth-Olsen-hands, three first names, and the three pillars of Chicago network television: cops, doctors, and firefighters.

Is this a microphone we see before us? Come, let me podcast into thee. Welcome to another exciting artist spotlight, this time around for a man who can go from noble to crazy in 30 seconds: Denzel Washington. Moving past his award-winning performance in Malcolm X (see episode 24!), this week we are looking at a pair of films that are emblematic of the smooth-talking, cop-adjacent, Magneto-like gravitas that Denzel so effortlessly exudes: Inside Man & The Tragedy of Macbeth. Also, with a little Remember the Titans on the side. Because what's more indicative of Black History Month than white people romanticizing a story from the Civil Rights era to make them feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Join us for super spit, incredible eyebrows, babies becoming biblical, and Ken Leung being a VERY grumpy boy.

WE DEFY YOU, HEART MAN! Welcome back to the kissiest, goo-goo-iest episode of the year, as TJ and Trevor tackle two romance movies with subtitles ahead of Valentine's Day (listen, it's not a strong theme, but to be fair, it's not exactly a strong holiday). Equality will be a pleasant feeling, as you tune in to hear our thoughts on 2019's Portrait of a Lady On Fire, and you'll wonder if you've woken up in another body as we discuss the 2016 anime film, Your Name. Just... Try not to grope yourself, alright? Join us for AI generated actors, relationships based in sloth, and the wondrous world of Japan: where every town has a mascot!

We're Bla-- I mean, we're back! Welcome to the SIXTH (Jeez, the sixth...) season of Red Team Reviews, as we embark on yet another Black History Month of content. And who better to smash through the litany of gangster movies and trauma porn than someone that very well may traumatize a few folks with his thrillers, Jordan Peele himself. This week we take a big ol' slurp of Rogaine for Henry Selick's newest project, Wendell & Wild, followed by a refreshing serving of nickels and car keys with 2022's Nope. Join us for Joanne's tasteless naming conventions, a vague reminiscence of Space Jam, and parental character development that can never live up to the true king, Mufasa!

Well this is going just peachy for SOME of us. We bring you the second part in our thrilling onslaught against television mediocrity with the continuation of the Reject or Renew Survivor Series. The stakes are incredibly high as we finish our negotiations on Schitts Creek, as well as decide the fates of Scrubs, Game of Thrones, Sgt. Frog, and Stranger Things. Who will come out on top? Will Trevor finally win??? Join us for the dramatic, and definitive conclusion of not just this ruthless purge, but of the very season itself!

Season 5? The tribe has spoken. Our slate of renewed shows for our Reject or Renew segment has gotten just crowded enough that we thought, Hey, why not get a good ol’ purge goin? It's the first ever edition of the Reject or Renew Survivor Series, where TJ and Trevor cull the herd by coming to a resolution on the future of each show. They *must* come to an agreement, all bets are off and everything, EVERYTHING is on the table. This two-parter will ruin friendships. Featuring the fate of: Friends, Infinity Train, The Good Place, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, & She-Ra & The Princesses of Power.