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Avatar: The Way of Water Dec 19, 2022

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Guest host Nichole Hill reviews Avatar The Way of Water with special guest Chioke I’anson...
Nic Hill and Chioke (and Amaya) talk about whether or not this over 3-hour movie actually did anything to move the larger plot along.
Chioke - 2 of 5 stars
Nic Hill - 3 of 5 stars
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Follow Nichole Hill on IG - @nicholewthanh and Twitter - @NicHill732
Check out Nic’s show The Secret Adventures of Black People available everywhere you listen to podcasts and using the link below:
https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/
For more information about Chioke I’anson check out the links below:
https://icavcu.org/communitymedia/
https://www.npr.org/people/1006763492/chioke-ianson https://robertson.vcu.edu/directory/faculty/media-production/ianson.html
Available in Theaters
Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, and Edie Falco
Directed by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver
For more information about Avatar: The Way of Water check out the link below:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/
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The Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special Dec 12, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews The Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special…on the couch
Ronald talks about the merits of a good television Christmas special and where this one fits into the canon of Christmas classics.
4 of 5 stars
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Available on Disney Plus
Starring Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Kevin Bacon
Written and Directed by James Gunn
For more information about The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special check out the link below:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623136/
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Violent Night (w/ JC Howard) Dec 05, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Violent NIght with JC Howard
RYJ and JC talk through this movie and where it belongs in the hall of Christmas cult classics.
RYJ - 3 of 5 stars
JC - 3.25 of 5 stars
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Find out more about JC by checking out his website:
http://www.thejchoward.com/
Available in Theaters
Starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Cam Gigandet, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, and Beverly D’Angelo.
Directed by Tommy Wirkola
Written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12003946/
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Andor (w/ Kelly Jones) Nov 28, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Andor with Kelly Jones...
Kelly and RYJ discuss the difference between being chosen to fight the emperor vs working with a community to overthrow the empire.
RYJ - 4 of 5 stars
Kelly Jones - 5 of 5 stars
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Available on Disney Plus
Starring Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgard, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, and Genevieve O’Reilly
Created by Tony Gilroy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/
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Atlanta Nov 21, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Atlanta...on the couch
RYJ goes on the Atlanta journey and talks about the run of the show as well as the impact and tone.
4 of 5 stars
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Check out Ronald doing another longer review of Atlanta on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour:
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/15/1136784019/donald-glover-seems-mad-at-us-but-we-mostly-embrace-atlanta-anyway
Available on Hulu
Created by Donald Glover
Starring Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4288182/
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Black Panther Wakanda Forever (w/ Mass Potential) Nov 14, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Black Panther Wakanda Forever with Mass Potential aka Michael Jefferson...
RYJ and MP discuss the movie and marvel's tendency to start several plot lines in one title that are the origins of another. Does this work? Do we need this?
RYJ - 3.5 of 5 stars
MP - 3 of 5 stars
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Follow Michael Jefferson on IG and Twitter - @masspotential and on TikTok - @masspobeats
Check out more of Michael’s work here:
https://www.masspobeats.com/
Available in Theaters and eventually on Disney Plus
Starring Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyongo, Danai Guirra, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, and Tenoch Huerta
Directed by Ryan Coogler
Written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9114286/
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Love is Blind Nov 07, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Love is Blind (Season 3)...on the couch
RYJ should be reviewing this show but it kind of just turns into a light recap of the season with a rating. Which we know isn’t exactly the mission of this podcast. But stick with us, Black Panther Wakanda Forever is next week, and don’t act like you don’t like dating reality shows! They’re amazing! THE DRAMA!
3.25 of 5 stars
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Available on Netflix
Created by Chris Coelen
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11704040/
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Ticket To Paradise (w/ Nichole Hill) Oct 31, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Ticket to Paradise with Nichole HIll…
RYJ and Nic Hill talk about the levels of rom-coms, Meghan Markle, Joe Rogan, the Daily, and whether or not this should have been a streaming film or not.
Nic Hill - 2.9 of 5 stars
RYJ - 3 of 5 stars
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Check out Nic’s show The Secret Adventures of Black People available everywhere you listen to podcasts and using the link below:
https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/
Available in Theaters
Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Maxime Bouttier, and Lucas Bravo
Directed by Ol Parker
Written by Ol Parker and Daniel Pipski
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14109724/
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Black Adam (w/Diana Veiga) Oct 24, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews… African American Adam with Diana Veiga
RYJ and Diana get into a legitimate debate over whether or not people who defend the status quo are villains or not.
RYJ - 2.99 of 5 stars
Diana - 3.25 of 5 stars
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Follow Diana Veiga on IG - @dianaveigatells and Twitter - @dianaveiga
Check out more of Diana’s work by visiting the website below:
https://dianaveiga.com/
Available in Theaters.
Starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Cinteneo, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan and Mohammed Amer
Directed by Jaume Collet Serra
Written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6443346/
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Hocus Pocus 2 Oct 17, 2022

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Ronald Young Jr. reviews Hocus Pocus 2…on the couch
RYJ muses on how men write witches and how women write witches. It makes for quite different films.
3 of 5 stars
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Available on Disney Plus
Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Sam Richardson, Doug
Jones, and Tony Hale
Directed by Anne Fletcher
Written by Jen D’Angelo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11909878/
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