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'Nomadland' drives towards its inevitable Oscars wins.

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The guys put all their stuff in storage lockers, rent an RV and hit the road to talk about what they’ve been watching- including a British comedy, a Danish serial killer show and ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’ (2:36)- before discussing their feelings on the runaway favourite of this year’s Oscars, ‘Nomadland’ (5:18) the heartwarming sense of community amongst America’s van-dwellers/Nomads that the movie depicts (15:53) and also share a quick ponder on the meaning of life (19:42). You know, basic stuff. Then our ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ correspondent drops by to talk about the series-shaking Episode 4 of the Marvel/Disney+ show (39:57).Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora IfeachoGuest: Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji

Apr 12, 20211h 7m

'One Night in Miami': Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown walk into a room...

The boys meet in a Miami hotel room to first discuss the Mount Rushmore of famous glasses (1:00) before bestowing high praise upon Regina King’s feature film directorial debut, ‘One Night in Miami’ (03:07).They then discuss the movie’s central question of the responsibility of famous Black people in showing up for our continuous fight (10:04).Later, Emmanuel stops by to chat with Bankole about Amazon’s new Robert Kirkman adaptation, the very pleasing, ‘Invincible’ (41:44) with spoilers from (47:46).Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora IfeachoGuest: Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji

Apr 7, 202159 min

Daniel Kaluuya is magnetic in 'Judas and the Black Messiah'.

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The boys engage in an all-encompassing discussion about one of the best films of the year, 'Judas and the Black Messiah' (04:50) including high praise for the two main performances, including a close friend of the pod (12:45), how we're meant to feel about William O'Neale (16:55), then Bankole sheds more light on how/why both Laketih Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya were nominated for Best Supporting Actor (30:00) and they then ponder the quite incredible dedication of Fred Hampton to the struggle (35:35).Later Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji drops by to talk about Episode 3 of 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' (46:40)Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede & Obiora IfeachoGuest: Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji

Apr 5, 20211h 9m

'Soul' and the Magic of Animation

Bankole is joined by an old friend, Zikora Agbapu, to talk about the power of animation and then discuss two of their favourite animated films in recent years: ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ (3:16) and 'Inside Out' (08:21).Later, one of our producers- Chinedu Iheji- joins for a very wholesome conversation about two of his favourite animated films (16:59), whether he had imaginary friends growing up (23:23), and crying at animated films (28:51).Then they take a deep dive into Pixar’s latest, the beautiful ‘Soul’ (32:43) and what gets them in “the zone” (52:41)Host: Bankole ImoukhuedeGuests: Zikora Agbapu & Chinedu Iheji

Apr 1, 202157 min

Monarchy, 'Metal', 'Minari' & Marvel

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The boys engage in a largely spoiler-free discussion about two of the best performances of the year in two of their best films of the year- Riz Ahmed in 'Sound of Metal' (7:44) and Steven Yeun in 'Minari' (22:27), including some much deserved praise for super-producer Brad Pitt (30:51). Bankole is then joined by our FAWS correspondent, Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji, to discuss the first trailer for James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad' (37:51) and the first two episodes of 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' (44:15)Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede & Obiora IfeachoGuest: Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji

Mar 29, 20211h 10m

Cut for Time- Even Sorkin couldn't fit all this in

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In these clips cut for time from the episode, Obiora and Bankole debate whether Aaron Sorkin is too naively optimistic in his writing and whether that should even matter (00:03). They then discuss the very different attitudes to change exhibited by both Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) in ‘The Trial of Chicago 7’ (12:20) plus Keaton (16:55)!!!! Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede & Obiora Ifeacho

Mar 25, 202118 min

The AARON SORKIN Top 3 plus Walking and Talking with The Chicago 7

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YOU CAN’T HANDLE THIS POD!On the heels of the 6 Academy Awards Nominations for his film, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’, we’ve decided to dedicate an entire episode (and a bit) to the pen- and now lens- of the great Aaron Sorkin. The boys list their respective Sorkin Top 3s, then discuss and praise ‘Moneyball’ (07:43) and ‘A Few Good Men’ (12:55) with Bankole gladly defending his love of ‘The Newsroom’ (10:41).They then head to a lonely Harvard dorm room after a terrible date and unpack The BEST FILM OF THE LAST DECADE, ‘The Social Network’ (18:24) including just how well the movie has aged (21:24), how much truth is needed when telling a ‘true story' (25:28), why it deserves the crown of Best Film of the Decade (37:36), their best scenes (45:03) and best quotes (1:08:41).Finally, they discuss Aaron Sorkin’s latest- the biographical ensemble courtroom drama, ‘The Trial of the Chicago (48:23).Not all of their discussion made it into the episode and there are some nuggets in the Bonus episode.Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede & Obiora Ifeacho

Mar 25, 20211h 14m

99 takes with Fincher, Mank and...Orson Welles Plus The DAVID FINCHER Top 3

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It's our 10th episode!! David Fincher's 'Mank' just received a leading 10 Oscar nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards, so there was no way the boys weren't going to discuss the new film from one of the patron saints of the podcast. They look at Fincher's earlier filmography with a deep dive into his 2007 masterpiece, Zodiac (18:43), before discussing Orson Welles' 1941 classic, 'Citizen Kane' and its continued impact on modern cinema (34:51), then rounding off the discussion by going all-in on Fincher's 10 times Oscar-nominated film, 'Mank', about the other co-writer of 'Citizen Kane'- the notorious Herman J. Mankiewicz (46:22).There may or may not be some mention of another Fincher classic from 2010. Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora Ifeacho

Mar 22, 202158 min

We actually...liked this year's Oscar Nominees? Plus 'The Falcon and Winter Soldier' Preview

The nominees for the 2021 Academy Awards have been announced and Bankole and Obiora, surprisingly, are really fond of a majority of the nominations. They try to make some sense of both Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya being nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for 'Judas and the Black Messiah' (02:29) and discuss the almost inevitable posthumous Oscar win for the late, great Chadwick Boseman for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' (13:45).They also discuss more snubs, surprises and silly decisions before Obiora mentions why he couldn't finish 'Coming 2 America' (38:58). Then Bankole is joined by Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji to preview the upcoming Marvel/Disney+ series, 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' (43:35)Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede & Obiora IfeachoGuest: Emmanuel Pius-Ogiji

Mar 16, 202152 min

All our 'WandaVision' reactions- Episodes 1-9

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The comprehensive compilation of our reactions, thoughts and feelings to and about 'WandaVision', including Bankole's very positive initial thoughts for the first 4 episodes (00:10), before being joined by Eyo and Victor to discuss the show post Episode 7 (06:21) before they all reconvene to give their final thoughts after the finale (26:21)Host: Bankole ImoukhuedeGuests: Eyo Ndem and Victor Dama

Mar 9, 202153 min

Discussing 'Your Honor', 'Snowfall', 'WandaVision' and so much more

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In this wide-ranging episode, Bankole is joined by Eyo Ndem and Victor Dama to discuss Bryan Cranston's new limited series, 'Your Honor' (03:35), the return of the truly great and under-appreciated 'Snowfall' (16:00), including an intriguing 'Snowfall' vs 'The Wire' discussion (29:40), before finally giving a post-mortem on 'WandaVision',especially the last two episodes- Episodes 8&9 (43:20).They also name-drop A LOT of shows (new, old & classics), you know, just in case you were looking for even more shows to watchHost: Bankole ImoukhuedeGuests: Eyo Ndem & Victor Dama

Mar 8, 20211h 10m

Cut for Time- Denzel: The GOAT of GOATs

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In this clip cut from the Denzel episode, the boys delve into just what sets Denzel apart from the other GOATs.Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora IfeachoGuests: Mark Kerri and Robert Ezigbo

Mar 1, 20214 min

The DENZEL WASHINGTON Action Top 3

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In this special episode honouring the GOAT, the boys are joined by Mark Kerri and Robert Ezigbo to discuss when they first became aware of Denzel (01:28) before going straight into discussing 3 of his classic crime films- 'Man on Fire' (06:13), the Spike Lee joint, 'Inside Man' (21:10) and the truly incredible 'Training Day' (38:13) plus they debate whether Alonzo Harris from 'Training Day' would have been #TeamKong or #TeamGodzilla for 'Godzilla vs Kong'. Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora IfeachoGuests: Mark Kerri and Robert Ezigbo

Mar 1, 20211h 10m

'WandaVision' plus just what the hell are the Golden Globes?

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In an excerpt from an upcoming episode, Bankole is joined by Eyo Ndem and Victor Dama to discuss their feelings on ‘WandaVision’ (1:05)and its most recent episode. Then Bankole tries to explain awards season (21:04) and most especially the Golden Globes and its little racism problem (22:12).Host: Bankole ImoukhuedeGuests: Eyo Ndem & Victor Dama

Feb 25, 202133 min

A little bit on 'Euphoria' and a lot on 'Host' with one of its stars, Emma Louise-Webb

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Bankole and Obiora get together to discuss the two 'Euphoria' holiday specials (03:24) and then are joined by one of the stars of 'Host', Emma Louise-Webb to delve into the smash hit of 2020 and everything around the zoom based horror film including how Bankole blew his chance to be in it (12:30). Enjoy!Hosts- Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora IfeachoSpecial Guest- Emma Louise-Webb

Feb 22, 202155 min

The sheer brilliance of Michaela Coel & ‘I May Destroy You’.

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In this second instalment of our bumper two-parter, our special guest star, Chinasa Anukam practically begs Michaela Coel to adopt her. Then, her, Ebuka and Bankole heap praise on Michaela’s magnum opus, ‘I May Destroy You’, discussing the show’s impressive range in depicting sexual assault (03:10), THAT doomed trip to Italy (17:19), what makes Biaggio, and not Ebuka or Bankole, a real, grown, man (24:26) and SO MUCH MORE. Hope you enjoy it!Host: Bankole ImoukhuedeGuests: Ebuka Nnamani & Chinasa Anukam

Feb 15, 202157 min

Jesus or Drugs and the price of genius with 'The Queen’s Gambit'

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In this first part of a bumper two-parter, Bankole is joined by our often-silent producer, Ebuka Nnamani and our first ever special guest, Chinasa Anukam to drink some alcohol, (pop some tranquiliser pills) and talk about one of the best shows of 2020, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’.Host: Bankole ImoukhuedeGuests: Ebuka Nnamani & Chinasa Anukam

Feb 8, 202156 min

TV, TV and more TV recommendations plus 'WandaVision'

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Time to update your watchlists; this episode is all about TV! The guys discuss some shows that Obiora is eagerly anticipating returning in 2021 and those shows that narrowly missed out on Bankole's Top 10 of 2020, including Line of Duty (02:32), 'Succession' (06:15), 'Sex Education' (14:31), 'Industry' (17:03), 'Gangs of London' (36:34) & more. Plus Bankole discusses the very pleasing first four episodes of 'WandaVision' (40:30)Hosts: Bankole Imoukhuede and Obiora George Ifeacho

Feb 1, 202148 min

Cut for Time- Pilot's Bonus Content (I've got Jen on my mind)

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In this bonus content cut from the pilot, Bankole delves into his psyche to examine his relationship with/to actress, Jennifer Lawrence.

Jan 25, 20213 min

PILOT- Hey, look at us. Who would have thought?

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It's the Pilot episode!In this episode, Bankole and Obiora discuss Netflix' exciting 2021 movie lineup (08:05), Bankole's TV Top 10 from 2020 (28:00) and their thoughts on 'The Last Dance' & 'All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur' (34:04)

Jan 25, 202148 min

Trailer

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Since everyone keeps asking what we're about, here you go.

Jan 19, 20211 min