TJ, David, and Brent get together to talk about the nominees for the upcoming Oscars. Listen along as we decide who should win each statuette. Enjoy, and happy Oscar weekend! >Direct Podcast RSS feed: here! > Contact: email!> Review us on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere! 

Your mission, shoul- ok, fine, I’ll stop. There’s a new Mission: Impossible film, so David and Brent review it (this time keeping spoilers relatively minimal), and then dive into ranking elements of the series. They talk about their favorite villains, female leads, macguffins, set pieces, and cold opens, and try to figure out exactly what … Continue reading "Talkie Talk #227: Mission: Impossible (1996-2023)"

The last one was fun, so we figure, why wait 3 years for another? In this episode, Brent, David, and TJ do a double review, first discussing Season 2 of Hulu’s The Bear, and then moving on to Netflix’s Chris Hemsworth-helmed action sequel. We’ve cooked up a great episode (WINK!) and we’re going to extract … Continue reading "Talkie Talk #226: The Bear S2 (2023) | Extraction 2 (2023)"

224 episodes oughta do it, don’t you think?You think we need one more? We don’t have a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, even one Jethroe, a Leon Spinks, and certainly nothing close to the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever, but we do have Brent, David, and TJ to revisit Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 Vegas heist … Continue reading "Talkie Talk 225: Ocean’s Eleven (2001)"

Now we have a new podcast. Ho-Ho-Ho. Come back to TMBU, plug in the headphones, have a few laughs. In HatN’s first episode, Brent and David look back at John McTiernan’s action classic. Does Die Hard, a longtime favorite of ours, stand up to the test of time and a more critical look? Where do … Continue reading "Here Are the Nominees Episode 1: Die Hard (1988)"

The good folks at The Media By Us who brought you Talkie Talk have another podcast for you, Here Are the Nominees. From the depths of quarantine and worldwide panic comes a teaser trailer that will tell you all you need to know — for movie and awards fans, this sounds like just the ticket. … Continue reading "Here Are The Nominees: Teaser Trailer"

We watch stuff.We talk stuff.And recommend stuff. It’s a winning formula. Please seek out film and media from black filmmakers and about black lives:– Criterion Channel offers a number of films from black filmmakers for free– 10 black protest films to stream (via IndieWire) Brent: The Good The Bad and the Weird, Gamer, Best in … Continue reading "Talkie Talk #224: Hamilton / A Mighty Wind / Paths of Glory / Rashomon"

The four likely lads talk about what they’ve been watching (a mix of new releases and classics), discuss some reality competition shows, dish on recent media news and then recommend a new streaming title for the weekend. It’s wild. Please seek out film and media from black filmmakers and about black lives:– Criterion Channel offers … Continue reading "Talkie Talk #223: Da 5 Bloods / 8:46 / Artemis Fowl / Stalker / A Randomized Link to the Past / PS5"

The four likely lads talk about what they’ve been watching (a mix of new releases and classics), discuss some reality competition shows, dish on recent media news and then recommend a new streaming title for the weekend. It’s wild. Please seek out film and media from black filmmakers and about black lives:– Criterion Channel offers … Continue reading "Talkie Talk #222: Just Mercy / Shirley / Studio Ghibli / Survivor / Inside Man"

In a first for the podcast, the four likely lads talk about what they’ve been watching (a mix of new releases and classics), discuss some reality competition shows, dish on recent media news and then recommend a new streaming title for the weekend. It’s wild. Brent: Emma, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before P.S. … Continue reading "Talkie Talk #221: Emma / The Vast of Night / Nausicaa / Vivarium / HBO Max Launches"