Episodes

  • Really Love (REVIEW): Love Also Requires Timing | Ep282

    Really Love (REVIEW): Love Also Requires Timing | Ep282
    May 16 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2020 film, "Really Love." Set in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected. The film is directed by Angel Kristi Williams and starring Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and Uzo Aduba. The conversation centers on not just romantic love but why timing and maturity are needed for a relationship to sustain long term.
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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • Raising Money Off Racism and White Women Crocodile Tears

    Raising Money Off Racism and White Women Crocodile Tears
    May 10 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to introduce the next film, (ON NETFLIX) "Really Love." Set in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected. The film stars Kofi Siriboe and Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing. The random topic of the week is about a white woman (Shiloh Hendrix) who was caught on camera calling an autistic 5 year old Black boy the N-word. She then decided to instead of apologize, she'd rather lean into her racism and began raising over $700,000 on a Christian crowd funding website.

    NOTE: The funds have been since frozen by the bank involved post our recording
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    34 mins
  • Magazine Dreams (REVIEW): Mental Illness Meets Obsession | Ep281

    Magazine Dreams (REVIEW): Mental Illness Meets Obsession | Ep281
    May 2 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 film, "Magazine Dreams" starring Jonathan Majors. The film follows a young man who is obsessed with becoming a top tier bodybuilder and is willing to push him body and his mental state to the brink to achieve his goals.
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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • Dear Shannon Sharpe, Age Ain't Just A Number

    Dear Shannon Sharpe, Age Ain't Just A Number
    Apr 29 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Magazine Dreams," starring Jonathan Majors. The film follows an amateur bodybuilder who battles both the limits of his physical body and his own inner demons to gain recognition. The random topic this week is all about the fallout of sexual assault allegations that have been dropped on Shannon Sharpe from a former fling who was approximately 19 years old Onlyfans "model" at the time while Sharpe was 53.
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    31 mins
  • Black and Blue (REVIEW): Balancing Being Black and Being a Cop | Ep280

    Black and Blue (REVIEW): Balancing Being Black and Being a Cop | Ep280
    Apr 18 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the film "Black and Blue." The film follows a rookie cop in New Orleans as she tries to navigate being a Black woman and being a cop. Her life becomes at risk with this balance is truly challenged as she witnesses a group of corrupt police officers commit a heinous crime unjustifiably. The film stars Naomi Harris, Tyrese Gibson, and Frank Grillo.
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Black People and Protesting Trump Disastrous MAGA Agenda

    Black People and Protesting Trump Disastrous MAGA Agenda
    Apr 11 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, the 2019 film, "Black and Blue" starring Naomi Harris, Tyrese Gibson, and Frank Grillo. The movie follows a rookie New Orleans police officer who is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder. The random topic this week is why Black people have largely sat out the major national protests that are happening in response to Donald Trump's disastrous first few months in office trying to implement his MAGA agenda. From financial upheaval to draconian immigration policies, the last few months have been nothing shy of awful. So why are Black people staying home? We give our thoughts.
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    52 mins
  • Tyler Perry's Duplicity (REVIEW): Trivializing Police Violence | Ep279

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (REVIEW): Trivializing Police Violence | Ep279
    Apr 2 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss "Tyler Perry's Duplicity." The film follows a high-powered attorney Marley who faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the shooting of her best friend Fela's husband. The crew discuss the implications of how and why this story is being handled by Tyler Perry, potential ramifications of the film of the larger narrative of police violence against Black people, and more.
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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • An Shocking Level of Ignorance On Blackness

    An Shocking Level of Ignorance On Blackness
    Mar 27 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is announced, "Tyler Perry's Duplicity." The film follows a high-powered attorney named Marley who faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the shooting of her best friend Fela's husband. The random topic this week is about some rather odd takes on Blackness from Malik Yoba's while sarcastic commentary on how Black people should refer to themselves in the wake of rising hatred toward us to Robert Griffin III's very serious statements on Black prominent figures' political importance that are seemingly so devoid of context and understanding of history that it would be impressive if it were not so utterly stupid.
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    43 mins