Podcast appearances and mentions of Craig Brewer

On this episode of THE HOT MIC, Jeff Sneider and John Rocha discuss the big entertainment news of the week including Superman and Eddington trailers, James Gunn's updates on Wonder Woman, Batman 2 script and Superman changes, Robert Eggers directing a Christmas Carol movie with Willem Dafoe, Celine Song's next project, Brad Bird not directing Incredibles 3, what Ballerina's weak box office means for John Wick franchise, Ben Stiller directing a Twilight Zone movie, Snoop Dogg biopic updates, Harris Yulin tribute, Rachel Brosnahan for Presumed Innocent 2, Spaceballs 2 update and more!#MARVEL #StarWars #DC #superman #Disney #TheHotMic #JeffSneider #JohnRocha ____________________________________________________________________________________Chapters:0:00 Intro and Rundown2:21 Spaceballs 2 is Happening with Mel Brooks and Josh Gad9:47 Who Is Playing Dorothy in Wicked For Good?15:15 James Gunn Offers Wonder Woman, The Batman and Superman Updates21:56 New Superman Trailer Talk25:38 EDDDINGTON Trailer Discussion28:03 Ballerina, Thunderbolts Underperform - What Does This Mean for Marvel and John Wick?40:28 BALLARD Trailer Discussion42:30 Mia Goth in STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER45:30 Robert Eggers Doing A Christmas Carol Remake with Willem Dafoe47:52 Peter Sohn Tapped to Direct Pixar's The Incredibles 350:12 Jonathan Daviss Cast as Snoop Dogg in Craig Brewer's Biopic of Snoop55:21 Ben Stiller Developing a The Twilight Zone Movie to Direct59:40 Tributes for Harris Yulin and Brian Wilson1:03:11 Rachel Brosnahan to Lead Presumed Innocent S21:06:15 Celine Song Working on an E Sports Series for A24 and HBO MAX1:09:22 Streamlabs and Superchat Questions1:45:02 Jared Leto Accusations, Harvey Weinstein and Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively Updates1:49:52 Final Streamlabs and Superchat QuestionsFollow John Rocha: @therochasays Follow Jeff Sneider: @TheInSneider  PATREON: https://patreon.com/JohnRocha Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hot-mic-with-jeff-sneider-and-john-rocha--5632767/support.

On this episode of THE HOT MIC, Jeff Sneider and John Rocha discuss the big entertainment news of the week including Superman and Eddington trailers, James Gunn's updates on Wonder Woman, Batman 2 script and Superman changes, Robert Eggers directing a Christmas Carol movie with Willem Dafoe, Celine Song's next project, Once Upon a Time 2 updates, Brad Bird not directing Incredibles 3, what Ballerina's weak box office means for John Wick franchise, Ben Stiller directing a Twilight Zone movie, Snoop Dogg biopic updates, Harris Yulin tribute, Rachel Brosnahan for Presumed Innocent 2, Spaceballs 2 update and more!PLUS, John and Jeff answer all your questions. To send in a question or comment for Jeff and John, go to: streamlabs.com/johnrochasays/tipMARVEL #StarWars #DC #superman #Disney #TheHotMic #JeffSneider #JohnRocha ____________________________________________________________________________________Chapters:0:00 Intro and Rundown2:21 Spaceballs 2 is Happening with Mel Brooks and Josh Gad9:47 Who Is Playing Dorothy in Wicked For Good?15:15 James Gunn Offers WOnder Woman, The Batman and Superman Updates21:56 New Superman Trailer Talk25:38 EDDDINGTON Trailer Discussion28:03 Ballerina, Thunderbolts Underperform - What Does This Mean for Marvel and John Wick?40:28 BALLARD Trailer Discussion42:30 Mia Goth in STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER45:30 Robert Eggers Doing A Christmas Carol Remake with Willem Dafoe47:52 Peter Sohn Tapped to Direct Pixar's The Incredibles 350:12 Jonathan Daviss Cast as Snoop Dogg in Craig Brewer's Biopic of Snoop55:21 Ben Stiller Developing a The Twilight Zone Movie to Direct59:40 Tributes for Harris Yulin and Brian Wilson1:03:11 Rachel Brosnahan to Lead Presumed Innocent S21:06:15 Celine Song Working on an E Sports Series for A24 and HBO MAX1:09:22 Streamlabs and Superchat Questions1:45:02 Jared Leto Accusations, Harvey Weinstein and Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively Updates1:49:52 Final Streamlabs and Superchat QuestionsFollow John Rocha: @therochasays Follow Jeff Sneider: @TheInSneider  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hot-mic-with-jeff-sneider-and-john-rocha--5632767/support.

Hollywood insiders are abuzz over the upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic produced by Universal Pictures and Death Row Pictures. Directed by Craig Brewer and penned by Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther), the film will feature music from Snoop’s catalog, offering an in‑depth look at the legend’s life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s episode of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast, Mayor Karen Bass fires back against President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops during the LA anti‑ICE protests, labeling his move an overreach and politically motivated power grab. Bass imposed a curfew, declared a local emergency, and joined Governor Newsom in condemning the federal response as excessive. Claressa Shields, the decorated boxing champion and three‑time Sportswoman of the Year, expressed disappointment at being overlooked at the 2025 BET Awards. Despite her record-breaking achievements, she felt the honor this year should have been hers. Lastly, Hollywood insiders are abuzz over the upcoming Snoop Dogg biopic produced by Universal Pictures and Death Row Pictures. Directed by Craig Brewer and penned by Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther), the film will feature music from Snoop’s catalog, offering an in‑depth look at the legend’s life. Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/rickey-smiley-morning-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marty and Scott continue to survey and salute the Voice of Vader. This episode takes them through the nineties, a decade known for its Hollywood cannibals. What has James Earl been jonesing for..? Listen for answers!*If you build it, commentary on the following films will come:Field of Dreams (1989, Dir. Phil Alden Robinson) at 2:36The Hunt for Red October (1990, Dir. John McTiernan) at 24:38The Sandlot (1993, Dir. David Mickey Evans) at 40:37Coming 2 America (2021, Dir. Craig Brewer) at 1:01:34Also Continuity Boulevard (1:28:11) and Lightning Round (1:36:36)Man, do those boys know how to talk!*answers not likelyFollow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review, where this week we tackle one of the more provocative and unexpected Southern dramas of the 2000s: Black Snake Moan. Directed by Craig Brewer (coming off the back of Hustle & Flow), this 2006 film is a steamy, blues-soaked morality tale that's equal parts sweaty melodrama, redemption story, and twisted fairy tale.Set in the heat-hazed Deep South, the film centres around Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson), a recently heartbroken, God-fearing bluesman trying to make sense of his life after his wife leaves him. One morning he discovers Rae (Christina Ricci), a beaten, half-naked young woman, lying unconscious on the roadside outside his home.Rae, it turns out, is in the grip of a destructive form of hypersexuality, fuelled by childhood trauma and exacerbated by the departure of her boyfriend Ronnie (Justin Timberlake), who's been sent off to the military. Convinced that he's been given a sign from God, Lazarus decides to "cure" Rae of her demons—by chaining her to his radiator and keeping her indoors until she's healed.Yes, you read that right. Samuel L. Jackson gives one of his more underrated performances here, dialling down the swagger and leaning into quiet intensity. Christina Ricci is absolutely fearless—vulnerable, unhinged, and magnetic. Together, their dynamic is unpredictable and uncomfortable, but strangely compelling.Black Snake Moan is not one for a casual Friday night with the kids. It's adult in every sense—narratively, thematically, and visually. But for those looking for a film that gets under the skin, challenges moral assumptions, and leans into some serious swampy weirdness, it's worth the plunge.It's also a rare thing: a redemption story that's not afraid to be messy, ambiguous, and morally murky. You might not love it, but you probably won't forget it.Like the blues songs it honours, Black Snake Moan is raw, aching, and full of contradictions. It's about broken people trying to find healing in a world that doesn't offer easy answers. Misunderstood by some, championed by others, it's a film that howls with pain but hums with strange hope.

Website - https://zoeantona.comBioBased in Atlanta, GA, Zoe Antona is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores thenostalgic interplay between her heritage and connection to others through AbstractExpressionism. Inspired by her upbringing, the work delves into family lineage and youthfulmemories with intricate, sculptural 2D forms. Antona's pieces capture intimate momentswith a vivid focus on color, rekindling memories of life's simple pleasures. By blendingunconventional materials and 90% reclaimed materials, she acknowledges gaps in her storythrough 'voids' or 'lacunas,' challenging traditional norms from sculpture to painting.Underscoring her commitment to sustainability and innovative problem-solving.BioNoah Garret is a highly acclaimed and accomplished figure in the film industry, boasting an impressive resume as a 6x world champion Martial Artist with almost three decades of practice, turned versatile professional. With over a decade of experience in the film industry, Noah has excelled in various roles including Stunt Coordination, Fight Coordination, Stunt performing and Filmmaking. His portfolio includes more than 85 film credits with major studios, working with A-list actors such as Kevin Hart, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Timothée Chalamet, Pedro Pascal, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Driver, Tom Hanks, Robert Deniro and many others. Noah takes pride in working closely with renowned directors like Jeff Wadlow, Craig Brewer, Berry Levinson, Russo Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, James Gunn, Zack Snyder, Duffer Brothers, Mike Flanagan and Shawn Levy, and helping bring their visions to life with precision and creativity.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creator-to-creators-with-meosha-bean--4460322/support.

James Wynn and Craig Brewer, hosts of the ReReading Wolfe podcast, join us to discuss Gene Wolfe's classic novel The Urth of the New Sun, a sequel to The Book of the New Sun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello friends and familiars! This week, we discover that it is hard out here for a podcaster. That's right, we're looking back two decades on the Academy Award-winning film Hustle & Flow. This underdog story had modest success opening opportunities for Craig Brewer and putting the Academy Spotlight on the Three 6 Mafia. But, after 20 years, how does it hold up? And does it have anything poignant to say? We discuss film stock, protagonist development, and the film's approach to a number of various themes. Join us now as we discuss Hustle and Flow.

We are proud to announce our NEW Patreon is available: https://www.patreon.com/reviewinghistory We hope you sign up and enjoy the fun we're having over there. This week we're joined by our dear friend Chuck Staton from the podcast @funbearable! We're talking all about Blaxploitation this week, ya dig? We're watching 2019's Dolemite Is My Name, which is all about the career of comedian, actor, and Godfather of Rap, Rudy Ray Moore. This movie stars Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes and Craig Robinson, and it was directed by Craig Brewer. Come join us this week, because podcasting is our name, and making people laugh is our mother f-ing game. LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE PLEASE! Please give us a rating and a review on ApplePodcasts or Spotify. It helps potential sponsors find the show! Sign up for @Riversidefm: www.riverside.fm/?via=reviewi... Sign up for @BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/reviewinghistory Email Us: Reviewinghistorypod@gmail.com Follow Us: www.facebook.com/reviewinghistory twitter.com/rviewhistorypod letterboxd.com/antg4836/ letterboxd.com/spfats/ letterboxd.com/BrianRuppert/ letterboxd.com/brianruppert/list…eviewing-history/ twitter.com/Brianruppert #comedy #history #podcast #comedypodcast #historypodcast #blaxploitation #dolemite #blackhistorymonth #comedians #standupcomedy #eddiemurphy #netlfix #cinema #biographies #movies #moviereview #filmcriticisms #moviehistory #hackthemovies #redlettermedia #rlm #historybuff #tellemstevedave #tesd

James Wynn and Craig Brewer, hosts of the ReReading Wolfe podcast, join us to discuss Gene Wolfe's classic novel The Fifth Head of Cerberus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with filmmaker Craig Brewer on his career challenges and new series "Fight Night," on this week's episode of The Daily Memphian's "The Sidebar."

On today's show, Coach Prime starts his 2nd season at Colorado, Minnesota vs North Carolina is also tonight, VegasInsider Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show to give us picks for the weekend. Hollywood Director Craig Brewer has a new miniseries debuting on Peacock next week. He'll join the show in-studio to talk about it.3:00---Coach Prime's 2nd season at Colorado starts tonight17:42---VegasInsider.com Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show and has picks on Coastal Carolina/Jacksonville State, Minnesota/UNC, Georgia/Clemson, Vandy/VA Tech, TXAM/Notre Dame, and USC/LSU51:22---Director Craig Brewer joins the show in-studio to talk about a new miniseries he helped direct and produce coming next week on Peacock called "Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist" and it features Kevin Hart, Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and more. 

Host J.D. Reager talks with filmmaker Morgan Jon Fox, whose new film The Hobby is now streaming for free on Amazon Prime. They discuss the Memphis film community, the benefits of living in Chicago, working with Craig Brewer and Jemaine Clement, and the trading card boom that inspired The Hobby. For more episodes, music and other fine podcasts visit backtothelight.net

Welcome to an all-new Films for the Void, episode #80! In this episode, Eric and Landon find out if Ernest R. Dickerson's 1992 film JUICE is worth the squeeze, as well as take a look at a Memphis-based tale of hip-hop in Craig Brewer's 2005 film HUSTLE & FLOW, all on the latest episode of Films for the Void!TIME STAMPS00:01:38 Hustle & Flow00:16:11 Juice00:59:30 Eric's Recommendation for Next EpisodeTWITTER: @films_void$3/MONTH PATREON: patreon.com/films_voidLANDON'S TWITTER @igotdefevermanLANDON'S INSTAGRAM @duhfeverLANDON'S LETTERBOXD @landondefeverERIC'S TWITTER @ericwiththehairERIC'S INSTAGRAM @ericwiththebeardERIC'S LETTERBOXD @ericwiththehairArtwork by Annie CurleTheme Music by Meghan Gove

Amy Vincent, ASC did not originally set out to become a cinematographer. While studying veterinary medicine at UC Santa Cruz, she got a work study job hanging lights for the theater department. She fell in love with the creative art of lighting, and soon transitioned to the theater arts department. Amy found her natural affinity for math and science matched the skill set needed for technical theater production. She began making short films at UCSC, moving to Los Angeles after college to pursue a career in film. Amy's first job was as an assistant editor, but she really wanted to work in the camera department. So she began working her way up from camera intern to camera assistant, working with notable DPs such as Bill Pope on Clueless and Robert Richardson on Natural Born Killers. A few years into her career as a camera assistant, Amy decided to go to grad school at AFI. She shot many student short films for free before meeting writer and director Kasi Lemmons. Amy could tell from page one that the script for Eve's Bayou was something personal and special. They made the short film together, then over the course of three years, Lemmons raised enough money and interest to turn Eve's Bayou into a feature. It was Amy's first movie as a cinematographer and it became her first big breakout. One of Amy's frequent collaborators was director Craig Brewer. She was given a copy of his first film on VHS, then the two met to discuss making 2005's Hustle & Flow. “I think the beauty of where my collaboration with Craig and the process of making the movie was what the movie was about. The two folded over on each other. I mean, it's the idea of making music or making a movie by whatever means necessary. And there was something that became so apparent in the process. For example, we tried on a whole bunch of different formats, like, what are we going to shoot? At one point we were going to shoot Mini DV, because that's what Craig knew and then we settled into Super 16.” She and Brewer went on to work together on Black Snake Moan and the 2011 Footloose remake. Throughout her career, Amy has enjoyed collaborating with directors on smaller movies. Her most recent project, A Nice Indian Boy, had a very low budget and it had to be shot quickly before the actors strike. “It is so cool to have a really funny rom com that's gay and Indian. It would have been great to have more time and more money to make that movie, but I love all of the things that came together to make this simple little movie. It's really important to me to be able to make a movie that means something to a slightly different community.” Amy recently received the ASC Presidents Award, which recognizes her long career as a cinematographer and a mentor to new cinematographers. She's also an artist in residence at Loyola Marymount University, where she teaches film classes and mentors students making short films. You can see Amy's recent work on the show Parish with Giancarlo Esposito on AMC+. A Nice Indian Boy premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to critical acclaim, and is seeking distribution. Find Amy Vincent: https://www.amyvincentasc.com/ Instagram: @amyvvincent Sponsored by Hot Rod Cameras www.hotrodcameras.com The Cinematography Podcast website: www.camnoir.com Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Twitter: @ShortEndz

On today's episode, Michael is joined by his wife, Amanda Viers, to do a double feature of Herbert Ross and Craig Brewer's versions of FOOTLOOSE. The post The Shame List Picture Show S8E3 — FOOTLOOSE Double Feature feat. Amanda Viers appeared first on Cinepunx.

Join Kevin as he sits down with Writer and Director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Dolemite Is My Name)! Craig talks about the origins of the Academy Award winning movie, Hustle & Flow. And shares endless stories of how his art also imitates life.Like Gold Minds? SiriusXM subscribers get it a day early, plus Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Radio, his 24/7 comedy channel, with great talk shows and stand-up. 

On this episode of Blues In The Basement we are joined by special guest Craig Brewer as we take a deep dive into Blues' impact in film and TV and discuss the feature film, Black Snake Moan.

Shoutout to our special guest @KennEdwinTV Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. It also stars Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, Paula Jai Parker, Elise Neal, DJ Qualls and Ludacris. DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp living day to day on the tough streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Pushing 40, he's tired of the life he's living and dreams of something greater. When he meets up with an old friend who is now in the recording industry, he's inspired to turn his life around and uses his criminal life as an inspiration to create rap music. When he hears that a rap superstar is coming to town, Djay works a hustle to gain the rapper's attention and hopefully get signed by a label. BlackBusters is a podcast focused on reviewing, celebrating, re-living and critiquing Black film. From the movies we all know and love to those hidden gems, there is no movie too big or small to be praised or roasted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Friday & Saturday, Aug. 11-12, 2023, The Arkansas Cinema Society is hosting Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer to screen his Oscar-winning film HUSTLE & FLOW and his feature debut THE POOR & HUNGRY. Brewer will also give a workshop on writing and directing.Films by Arkansas filmmakers will screen as well, all at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Aug. 11 - 13.Craig Brewer was kind enough to join me on the podcast for an interview about his films, his obsession with music, and his love of the South.LinksInfo and tickets: ArkansasCinemaSociety.orgConnect with Arthouse Garage Support us on Patreon Arthouse Garage shop Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter: arthousegarage.com/subscribe Try Opopop popcorn! Get 10% off your first order Theme music by Apauling Productions

Welcome back to another episode of The Culture Garden Podcast! This week the conversation will focus on the 2005 film Hustle & Flow. We'll discuss Craig Brewer and his journey to make this film, how this movie could've been a disaster under a different genre, the incredible acting by everyone in the cast, the 2006 Oscars, and much more. Thank you as always for listening, please check the Linktree below for more content. We appreciate your support, love! #HustleAndFlow #TerrenceHoward #AnthonyAnderson #TarajiPHenson #Ludacris #TarynManning #DJQualls #PaulaJaiParker #EliseNeal #IsaacHayes #ThreeSixMafia #Film #Podcast  Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/theculturegardenpodcast⁠ Instagram: @theculturegardenpodcast E-mail: theculturegardenpodcast@gmail.com WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC OR CLIPS USED TO PRODUCE THIS PODCAST

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com--Series: 4 Biblical Ways to Escape the Comparison TrapDevotional: 2 of 4Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me. (Job 41:11)On April 7, 2019, Craig Arttez Brewer walked into a Waffle House and started handing out $20 bills to strangers. For whatever reason, Brewer chose not to extend his generosity to all the restaurant's patrons, only some. One customer who did not receive one of Brewer's generous gifts became furious and stormed out of the restaurant. A few minutes later, the customer returned with a gun, shooting and killing Brewer on the spot.This tragic true story illustrates an important truth: God is the creator of the universe. He created us and every good thing in this world, and thus, he is free to do with our lives whatever he pleases. Just as the angry Waffle House customer had no right to Craig Brewer's generosity, we have no right to God's. Because we sinned against our Creator, the only “claim” we have against him is the claim to eternal separation from him (see Romans 6:23). That is what we deserve. Everything else—from our salvation, to our jobs, to the breath in our lungs—is a good and merciful gift of grace.And it is that truth that can free us from soul-sucking comparison. Last week, we saw that confessing our pride is the first way to escape the comparison trap. Here's the second: Thank God for the goodness he has shown—to you and to others. Thanking God for the goodness he has shown you turns your focus away from what you want to what you have already been given. And thanking God for the goodness he has shown others helps you remember that their success too is a gift from God—even if they aren't followers of him!This is where many of us can get hung up. Let's say you're competing for a promotion at work and you lose out to a lying, womanizing colleague who hates the ways of the Lord. That can be a tough pill to swallow. But God's Word promises that “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father” (James 1:17) who “sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matthew 5:45). And so, we can trust that God knows what he's doing—even when he allows the “unrighteous” to prosper.This morning, I want you to think of just one person you tend to compare yourself to. Thank God for the goodness he has shown them—their talents, prosperity, health, etc.And thank him for the unmerited goodness he has shown you, joining Jacob in praying, “I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant” (Genesis 32:10).

Craig Brewer (Director/Producer) began his career as a filmmaker in Memphis, Tennessee. While working at Barnes & Noble, he learned camera and editing techniques from books he purchased with his employee discount. In 2000, he made his first feature film, THE POOR & HUNGRY, which won Best Digital Feature at the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival.Brewer's second film, HUSTLE & FLOW, starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, was produced by Stephanie Allain and the late John Singleton. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for Best Feature. The film secured a record-breaking acquisition deal by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films. It garnered an Academy Award nomination for lead actor Terrence Howard and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: Three 6 Mafia's "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp."Brewer's third film, BLACK SNACK MOAN, starred Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released in theaters by Paramount Pictures. In 2011, Brewer directed the remake of FOOTLOOSE for Paramount and produced the concert documentary KATY PERRY: PART OF ME. Moving into Television, Brewer directed the pilot to TERRIERS, which ran for one season on FX. He then re-teamed with Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, directing ten episodes on their hit TV series, EMPIRE.In 2018, Brewer began his collaboration with Eddie Murphy on two films. The first, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, based on the life of Rudy Ray Moore, won The Critic's Choice Award for Best Comedy, an NAACP Award for Best Independent Film, and earned Eddie Murphy a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actor.Next was the highly anticipated sequel, COMING 2 AMERICA. The film was produced by Paramount and released by Amazon Studios in 2020, becoming the most streamed movie for Amazon ever.Enjoy my conversation with Craig Brewer.

Craig Brewer (Director/Producer) began his career as a filmmaker in Memphis, Tennessee. While working at Barnes & Noble, he learned camera and editing techniques from books he purchased with his employee discount. In 2000, he made his first feature film, THE POOR & HUNGRY, which won Best Digital Feature at the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival. Brewer's second film, HUSTLE & FLOW, starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, was produced by Stephanie Allain and the late John Singleton. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for Best Feature. The film secured a record-breaking acquisition deal by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films. It garnered an Academy Award nomination for lead actor Terrence Howard and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song: Three 6 Mafia's "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp." Brewer's third film, BLACK SNACK MOAN, starred Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released in theaters by Paramount Pictures.In 2011, Brewer directed the remake of FOOTLOOSE for Paramount and produced the concert documentary KATY PERRY: PART OF ME. Moving into Television, Brewer directed the pilot to TERRIERS, which ran for one season on FX. He then re-teamed with Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, directing ten episodes on their hit TV series, EMPIRE. In 2018, Brewer began his collaboration with Eddie Murphy on two films. The first, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, based on the life of Rudy Ray Moore, won The Critic's Choice Award for Best Comedy, an NAACP Award for Best Independent Film, and earned Eddie Murphy a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actor.Next was the highly anticipated sequel, COMING 2 AMERICA. The film was produced by Paramount and released by Amazon Studios in 2020, becoming the most streamed movie for Amazon ever.Enjoy my conversation with Craig Brewer.

Host J.D. Reager talks to filmmaker Craig Brewer about his bi-monthly "Secret Screenings" at Crosstown Theater, his early attempts at making movies, breaking through with Hustle & Flow, the influence of John Singleton, the challenges of re-visiting beloved source material, collaborating with Eddie Murphy, the making of $5 Cover, and much more. This episode is dedicated to Max.

Original Airdate 7/06/2016 Robert Winfree and Mark Radulich review the latest attempt to reboot the Tarzan franchise, 2016's The Legend of Tarzan. The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 American action adventure film based on the fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by David Yates and written by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, its cast comprises Alexander Skarsgård as the title character, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz.

Original Airdate 7/06/2016 Robert Winfree and Mark Radulich review the latest attempt to reboot the Tarzan franchise, 2016's The Legend of Tarzan. The Legend of Tarzan is a 2016 American action adventure film based on the fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by David Yates and written by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, its cast comprises Alexander Skarsgård as the title character, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz.

I first met Howard Croston 14 years ago when I was hired by Hardy to help with their salt water rods and reels. Howard was their product developer and designer, and we instantly hit it off. His knowledge and experience in the fresh water world was profound. He'd competed in 16 fresh water World Championships, and was the individual World Champion in 2019 when the English won the Team Championships. Howard had also competed in casting competitions and lectured about the spectrum of his craft. The Hardy design team was rewarded with immediate success in our quest in the salt. Our very first prototype rod and reel won the biggest tarpon tournament in the world, The Gold Cup, with Thane Morgan and Craig Brewer. With Howard's tremendous knowledge, and Hardy's commitment to winning, the victories kept coming and products keep improving. You can find these rods and reels in many of the boats you see on the flats of the Florida Keys and around the world, and in 2021 the top seven placed teams of the Gold Cup Tarpon Tournament were throwing Hardy. As we celebrate our 150th Anniversary at Hardy, I'm proud to have my friend, Howard Croston, on the podcast today to help us understand the the differences in fishing, casting, and building fly rods & reels.

Scott Bomar – the musician, Emmy-award-winning film composer, record producer and more – joins Eric Barnes on this week's episode of The Sidebar to talk about how he became a musician, began to produce soundtracks for Craig Brewer's movies, his studio's upcoming move to the Sam Phillips Recording Studio, and much more.

Craig Brewer, director of movies Hustle And Flow, Coming To America 2, Footloose, Dolemite Is My Name, The Legend of Tarzan to name a few, says that Memphis has made a living winning by not always coming in 1st. Support the show: https://www.newstalk989.com/personalities/memphis-morning-news/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The blues is music for all time—past, present, and future—and few artists simultaneously exemplify those multiple temporal moments of the genre like North Mississippi's Cedric Burnside. The Mississippi Hill Country blues guitarist and singer/songwriter contain the legacy and future of the region's prescient sound stories. At once, African and American and southern and Mississippian, these stories tell about love, hurt, connection, and redemption in the South. His newest contribution to this tradition is I Be Trying, a 13-track album treatise on life's challenges, pleasures, and beauty. “Life can go any kind of way,” Burnside says. He would know with almost 30 years of performing and living blues in him. Burnside's blues inheritance, the North Mississippi Hill Country blues, is distinct from its Delta or Texas counterparts in its commitment to polyrhythmic percussion and its refusal of familiar blues chord progressions. Often, and especially in Burnside's care, it leads with extended riffs that become sentences or pleas or exclamations, rendering the guitar the talking drum like its West African antecedent. Riffs disappear behind and become one with the singer's voice, like the convergence of hill and horizon in the distance. Sometimes they become the only voice, saying what the singer cannot conjure the words for. Across some nine individual and collaborative album projects, Burnside's voice eases seamlessly into, through, and behind the riffs spirit gifts him, carrying listeners to a deep Mississippi well. There is a mirror there in the water of that well, in Burnside's music, that shows us who and what we have been, who we are, and what we might be if we look and heed. The 42-year-old Burnside was born in the blues as much as he was in funk, rock, soul, and hip-hop. These latter sensibilities are reflected across his work as he drives Hill Country blues into grooves that lend themselves readily to an urgent, modern moment. But he is also keenly his grandfather's grandson, who he studied so carefully over a decade playing with him that he came to know him better than his self. The elder Burnside bluesman, the hill country blues luminary RL Burnside, and his wife Alice Mae wrapped their Holly Springs land and family in warmth, joy, and music. RL Burnside, alongside collaborators and contemporaries from David “Junior” Kimbrough to Jessie Mae Hemphill and Otha Turner, cultivated the sound and feel of Black North Mississippi life and offered it up to the world. Cedric observed and absorbed this art world intently and with wonder as a child, declaring to himself, this is the music I want to play, and I want to do that for the rest of my life. Moreover, this was the offering he, too, wanted to make and the life of service to the spirit through blues that he wanted to live. By age 13, he was on the road with his “Big Daddy” Burnside, playing drums, being raised by the music and the road, and developing the next, electric generation of the Hill Country calling and sound. Burnside's two Grammy-nominated album projects— the 2015 Descendants of Hill Country and 2018's Benton County Relic—were capstone statements for a lifetime of musical labor channeling the blues spirit on drums, guitar, and vocals in the North Mississippi Hill Country tradition. I Be Trying, Burnside's second release with Alabama's Single Lock Records, is another unfolding of his influence and voice as an architect of the second generation of Hill Country blues. This album pushes just beyond his long-time roles as Hill Country blues collaborator, torchbearer, and innovator into the artist's inner life rooms. Written in reflection on and off the road in 2018, the album responds to the confusion and anger he felt in the years after a series of deaths in the family and a host of other interpersonal hurts, some he dished out and some he took. The album opens with an acoustic lament, “The World Can Be So Cold,” that encapsulates the tenderness of this pain and then quickly rallies and pleads with the Lord for help on the rousing second track and the album's first single, “Step In.” The title track, on which Burnside is accompanied on background vocals by his youngest daughter Portrika, is a plea for grace and forgiveness from a man “still learning and trying to be the best me.” Burnside's signature approach and contribution to the Hill Country genre—electricity, intention, and timeless timbre—is seamlessly complemented by star collaborators Alabama Shakes bassist Zac Cockrell, and North Mississippi All-Stars guitarist Luther Dickinson, and principal collaborator Reed Watson on drums. With lessons to impart, Burnside strips down the sound with precision so there can be no misunderstanding, allowing for space and breath where otherwise chords and reverb might be present. This portion of the offering is a guidebook for life's dark times, set to mostly minor riffs and pulsing bass and percussion rhythms that immediately set in the soul like the gospel. If you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, “Ask the Lord for revelation/so [you] can see clearer” and “keep on pushing as hard as [you] can,” he advises to a march on “Keep On Pushing”; “Be careful who you talk to/ain't no telling what they might do” he warns on “Gotta Look Out” over a menacing bass eighth-note couplet on the one and three. Recorded over a few sessions at Royal Studios in Memphis with lifelong friend and fellow North Mississippi descendant Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, I Be Trying is Burnside boiled down by a wave of fiery blue anger from descendant to relic to human. What is left, and this is everything, is a resonant kind of love. Buoyed by his readings of Lao Tzu and rumination on his own life choices and hurts, Burnside says he is “trying his best to implement love” in his life and relationships with others. “There's not enough love shown in the world. People have a lot of regrets. The world needs more love.” In the places where love glistens on the album's surface, like in the harmonies on the anthem groove “Love Is the Key” or in the smooth, purposeful falsetto sliding over the strings on the final track, “Love You Forever,” Burnside's desire for us all to “really just try to come closer” is palpable. But this is the blues, so love is necessarily double-edged. On two covers, one of RL Burnside's “Bird Without a Feather” and another of Junior Kimbrough's “Keep Your Hands Off Her,” which Burnside titles by its signature opening threat, “Hands Off That Girl,” there is hurt and fear, quiet menace, and outright danger. “Dark,” he admits, “but what people go through.” Flashing this side of love's sword, Burnside reminds us of the complex, raw, blues people legacy that undergirds his art. Still, he says on the soaring “Love Is Key,” which is his thesis as of late, “a life filled with love is the key/yes it is.” Blues is an embodied practice that frequently crosses the boundaries of reality and fiction, and as such, Burnside appears as himself in Bill Bennett's Tempted (2001), a New Orleans-set thriller; Arliss Howard's Mississippi-based romantic comedy Big Bad Love; and Craig Brewer's Tennessee-based drama Black Snake Moan (2006). However, he also can become something other than himself. In 2021, Burnside played the title character in Don Simonton and Travis Mills' story of Texas Red, a Franklin County, Mississippi juke joint owner who was hunted by a mob for a month after defending himself from an attack and eventually caught and killed. Burnside brings a bluesman's haunted gravitas to the role, balanced about life and death and freedom even in the most unspeakable moments. Like his music, this role is ancestral blues work that honors the dead and their legacies to teach and heal new generations. Burnside recalls chopping wood and hauling water as a child, and these days he is in his garden growing food and contemplating getting some chickens. This penchant for cultivation and innovation that has always characterized his music spills over to the land, especially in this moment of shift wrought by pandemic life. On a hunting trip to Montana, Burnside connected to nature and his interior life in a new way. This feeling, one of opening, was a revelation to him. It underscores his love strivings and, along with his studies of the Dao, even changes how he structures and writes songs. It is a process of “realizing what was already there,” he says, of remembering. Love is vital, and love is work. Burnside's turn inward has him considering his place in the family legacy of professional blues musicians. He is a proud father of three daughters, ages 22, 18, and 15, all of whom can play drums and guitar, and is looking forward to more collaborations like the one with the youngest Burnside daughter on “I Be Trying.” Striving for transparency with his children about his own life, he lets them know not to be too hard on themselves. He says Big Daddy always cared for his family, including his 13 children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Despite his touring schedule, Burnside is deeply grateful for his capacity to support and be present for his children. He says, “I have been there, and I will be there.” That's for sure about the past, present, and future of the North Mississippi Hill Country blues, too.

Glenn Flutie is one of our sports greatest fisherman with accolades few have. He won the prestigious Fall Fly Invitational Bonefish tournament when he was 16. His passion for them was relentless and when he found his footing with Tarpon, he became an obsessive predator. He would eventually win an unprecedented five Gold Cup Tarpon tournaments in five years. He was a prodigy, born with fisherman's blood. His father was an offshore Captain, but sea sickness kept Glenn in the bonefish's shallow water. Raised in the fishing capital of the world, Islamorada, he chased fish every day. With a fly rod in his locker for quick access he'd often be found casting to tailing bonefish instead of attending class. His friends, Timmy Klein and Craig Brewer, too were on the water daily and became iconic guides. On todays podcast, Glenn walks us through a gifted life of living on an island and chasing the greatest game fish in the world, his tarpon mentor Harry Spear, and his methodology on being one of the greatest tarpon anglers of all time.

We enjoy "Lars and the Real Girl" with some Almost Real Buffalo Wings with Amber Scott. We talk about how the filmmakers went all in on the vision this movie took, how a community can come together for a friend and Ryan Gosling's performance.

We enjoy "Lars and the Real Girl" with some Almost Real Buffalo Wings with Amber Scott. We talk about how the filmmakers went all in on the vision this movie took, how a community can come together for a friend and Ryan Gosling's performance.

In this episode we check out Netflix's one hundred and eighty-third film, the 2019 biographical comedy ‘Dolemite Is My Name' directed by Craig Brewer starring Eddie Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Titus Burgess and Wesley Snipes.   Please follow us at Flix Forum on Facebook or @flixforum on Twitter and Instagram and answer our question of the week, 'Are you interested in seeing ‘Dolemite?'   You can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podbean so please subscribe and drop us a review or 5 star rating.    If you're interested in what else we are watching, head on over to our Letterboxd profiles; Jesse  MJ   We also have our own Flix Forum Letterboxd page! Links to all our past episodes and episode ratings can be found there by clicking here.    Next week we have 'Rattlesnake', so check out the film before then. You can see the trailer here.   Flix Forum acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. 

For Jeanette's birthday episode she decided to break the rules and do a triple bill of Eddie Murphy films. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen and Dean Stockwell. Bowfinger (1999). Directed by Frank Oz. Starring Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Heather Graham, Terence Stamp, Christine Baranski and Robert Downey Jr. Dolemite Is My Name (2019). Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson and Tituss Burgess. Please review us over on Apple Podcasts. Got comments or suggestions for new episodes? Email: sddpod@gmail.com. Seek us out via Twitter and Instagram @ sddfilmpodcast Support our Patreon for $3 a month and get access to our exclusive show, Sudden Double Deep Cuts where we talk about our favourite movie soundtracks, scores and theme songs. We also have t-shirts available via our TeePublic store!

This week on THE MOVIE CONNECTION, we ask: What do a snarky high school girl, who is ostracized by the student body for what she chooses to do with hers, and an aging black comedian, who creates a flamboyant alter ego Dolemite to kickstart his career, have in common? KC watched DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (3:02) (Directed by, Craig Brewer. Starring, Eddie Murphy, Welsey Snipes, Da'Vine Joy Randolph...) Jacob watched EASY A (18:23) (Directed by, Will Gluck. Starring, Emma Stone, Aly Michalka, Amanda Bynes...) Talking points include: Eddie Murphy movies Nickelodeon shows Blaxploitation movies John Hughes movies "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne and more! You can follow us on Instagram Check out Jacob's profile on Letterboxd for more movie reviews. You can listen to us on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Cover art by Austin Hillebrecht and KC Schwartz Opening theme courtesy of TelevisionTunes.com

In 1964, in the small Florida Keys fishing village of Islamorada, a tournament was born, The Gold Cup, which would become the most prestigious fly rod Tarpon tournament in the world. All the great fly guides and anglers made it the most prized possession they could attain in their fishing. Over the next 57 years the names on the perpetual trophy were the famed celebrities of the sport. Ted Williams, Billy Pate, Steve Huff, Jimmy Albright, Harry Speer, Glen Flute.... and the late Jim Brewer. The efforts made to win were exceptional. The creativity changed and evolved the sport quickly. Fly designs, hooks, Lines, boats, push poles, everything was looked at as how to better their game to win the Gold Cup. I mentioned Captain Jim Brewer, after his win 1974 his passion to win was life changing. The following year he and good friend Bill Hagley went up in a small plane looking for fish they would target in the upcoming Gold Cup. Circling low and slow over a famed tarpon basin, they fell through the planes lift and crashed into the ocean and perished... Jim left behind two young boys Steve and Craig. At 14, Craig struggled as anyone would, but eventually found his way chasing his father's legacy of becoming a Gold Cup Champion. Thirty six years later in 2010, he and angler Thane Morgan had their names etched upon the perpetual trophy. They were the first father and son to win the super bowl of saltwater fly fishing... As a guide Craig found great success along the way winning other big events, but what sets him apart from his tournament wins is his wonderful way about him! He's effervescent, tall, loving, funny, loud, pure, truthful and caring. As a young man he was Islamorada's son and brother and now a hero to Islamorada and everyone who knows Craig Brewer!

The long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy class Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy – Murphy returns in this one which was directed by Craig Brewer, how does it compare to the original?     Host: Geoff Gershon         Producer: Marlene Gershon            www.livingforthecinema.com 

We're sure you've all said or heard, “Don't judge a book by it's cover”. That can logically be extended on occasion to “Don't judge a film by its poster art”.Welcome to episode 83 of See Hear Podcast.Tim is finally rejoining the show after having been absent since October 2020. We welcomed him back with his choice of a round-table film discussion. No interviews....just the “terrible trio”. He picked a film by director Craig Brewer, whose earlier film Hustle and Flow is part of See Hear lore (don't try looking the episode up, it ain't there).If you look at the poster art you will get the impression you're about to watch a sleazy tribute to early 70s grindhouse cinema. The truth is a little more complex than that. We advise you not to rage against the perception of what it is, but to absorb what it REALLY is...let us be your guides. Samuel L Jackson plays an ex-blues guitarist whose life is broken. He discovers a battered Christina Ricci outside his farm – she's also someone whose life is broken. Sam's character tries to heal her though chains, religion and the blues.The film has its detractors, but we believe it's more from THAT poster than the content. Tune in as we talk about anxiety, Christina Ricci's knack for acting in films where she's kidnapped, and dancing as catharsis.There's also a Welcome Back Kotter reference because....we had to.If you've been enjoying the show, please consider giving us a favourable review on iTunes and let your friends know that our show exists. If you don't enjoy the show, please tell your friends to tune in anyway.See Hear is proudly part of the Pantheon Network of music podcasts. Check out all the other wonderful shows at http://pantheonpodcasts.com The list of new shows is always increasing.Send us feedback via email at seehearpodcast@gmail.comJoin the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/seehearpodcastCheck out the Instagram page at www.instagram.com/seehearpodcast/?hl=enYou can download the show by searching for See Hear podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher…..or whatever podcast app you favour.

We're sure you've all said or heard, “Don't judge a book by it's cover”. That can logically be extended on occasion to “Don't judge a film by its poster art”.Welcome to episode 83 of See Hear Podcast.Tim is finally rejoining the show after having been absent since October 2020. We welcomed him back with his choice of a round-table film discussion. No interviews....just the “terrible trio”. He picked a film by director Craig Brewer, whose earlier film Hustle and Flow is part of See Hear lore (don't try looking the episode up, it ain't there).If you look at the poster art you will get the impression you're about to watch a sleazy tribute to early 70s grindhouse cinema. The truth is a little more complex than that. We advise you not to rage against the perception of what it is, but to absorb what it REALLY is...let us be your guides. Samuel L Jackson plays an ex-blues guitarist whose life is broken. He discovers a battered Christina Ricci outside his farm – she's also someone whose life is broken. Sam's character tries to heal her though chains, religion and the blues. The film has its detractors, but we believe it's more from THAT poster than the content. Tune in as we talk about anxiety, Christina Ricci's knack for acting in films where she's kidnapped, and dancing as catharsis.There's also a Welcome Back Kotter reference because....we had to.If you've been enjoying the show, please consider giving us a favourable review on iTunes and let your friends know that our show exists. If you don't enjoy the show, please tell your friends to tune in anyway.See Hear is proudly part of the Pantheon Network of music podcasts. Check out all the other wonderful shows at http://pantheonpodcasts.com The list of new shows is always increasing.Send us feedback via email at seehearpodcast@gmail.comJoin the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/seehearpodcastCheck out the Instagram page at www.instagram.com/seehearpodcast/?hl=enYou can download the show by searching for See Hear podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher…..or whatever podcast app you favour.

This week James, Jerah, and Jonathan review “Coming 2 America.” The film is a sequel to the 1988 film “Coming to America,” and follows Prince Akeem of Zamunda, who discovers he has a long-lost son and goes back to the United States to unite with this new heir. The film is directed by Craig Brewer, and stars Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, and Wesley Snipes alongside Eddie Murphy. Produced by Melisa D. Monts Executive produced by Brett Boham, Joe Cilio and Alex Ramsey Listen to Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] Ad-Free on Forever Dog Plus: http://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus FOLLOW BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD]: https://twitter.com/blackmenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/blackmenpodcast BUY BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/black-men-can-t-jump-in-hollywood SUPPORT BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BMCJ BLACK MEN CAN'T JUMP [IN HOLLYWOOD] IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes Karen Vogelsang, ARISE2Read Executive Director joins me to talk about an ongoing effort to encourage our children to read all across Memphis. Dorcas Griffin, Dir. Division of Community Services will tell us how you can apply for the Covid Emergency Rent and utility program. Also the acclaimed director of such projects as Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan, Footloose and Coming 2 America, Craig Brewer joins me to talk about his career, his latest project with Eddie Murphy and what's next. That and more on Real Talk Memphis, Monday, 6-7 pm on WYXR, 91.7 FM, Tunein, WYXR.org, Real Talk Memphis or wherever you get your podcasts! Now go out and tell somebody!

For our second podcast review this week, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Ryan C. Showers & Tom O'Brien. Together, the four of us are reviewing the sequel to Eddie Murphy's 1988 comedy classic, "Coming To America," appropriately titled "Coming 2 America." Re-teaming with "Dolemite Is My Name" director Craig Brewer, the film also stars Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes & James Earl Jones. How does the sequel hold up for us? What did we think of the returning and new members of the cast? Find out in our review below, followed by two interviews by Will Mavity with the film's Makeup Department Heads Vera Steimberg & Merc Arceneaux and Character Makeup Designer, Michael Marino. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

Host Grace Askew chats with the prolific, eccentric artist Muck Sticky on all things being a working artist. His story of finding strength in being an independent artist, staying true to his path - no  matter how high his level of success  - will truly inspire you.Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Muck Sticky comes from a long line of musicians. His great-grandparents founded one of the first gospel bluegrass quartets in 1929 known as The Wayfaring Strangers, and both of his grandfathers were well known musicians. One was Gene Lowery of The Dixie Four who often recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, and sang backing vocals for artists like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Rich.Between the ages of 16-23, Sticky was employed in many different fields including carpentry, restaurant service, bricklaying, water park lifeguard, and ice cream truck driver. In the year 2000, with the money he earned from his manual laborer job at a local convention service company, he bought an 8-track recorder and began creating his first album. In January 2001, he gave his first live performance at a “Battle of the Bands” concert in his hometown Memphis, TN. Since Sticky recorded all of his music alone, he decided to attach wigs, hats, sunglasses, and instruments to 6-foot tall floor lamps and call them his “band”. To this day he frequently brings them on stage during his shows, but the show has grown to include his mother, sister, best friends, and his fans.Sticky was featured on the MTV series $5 Cover, which centers around the careers of singers from the Memphis, TN area. The show is produced by Craig Brewer, director and writer of the 2005 movie, Hustle & Flow.[1]He has released a feature film entitled Muscadine Wine.A review described Sticky as an artist who "comes across as a backwoods midpoint between Beck and Mungo Jerry...somewhere between Slim Shady and Weird Al."[2]Watch his 2nd feature film, "Dig That, Zeebo Newton," here.Curated Spotify playlist for Muck Sticky can be listened to here. Muck Sticky on  Instagram.Grace Askew on Instagram.Support the showOutside of these inspiring interviews, Grace offers further artistic growth opportunities through semi-annual songwriting retreats held in Memphis, TN and 1:1 Zoom coaching! All details can be found at her website: GraceAskew.com

On today's episode, the siblings talk Golden Globes Best Picture - Comedy nominee and Academy Awards-snubbed DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, including Iris's love for Eddie Murphy and Craig Robinson, the movie's odd comparison to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and their hopes for Craig Brewer's Coming to America. Contains spoilers. Thank you for listening and your support.  Our third bonus episode! Be a Movie Friend and get access to our discussion about Dolemite is My Name! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Netflix has done us all a favor. If you missed "Wind River", it is now streaming on the platform. Andrew gives that one a watch, and a recommendation on this weeks episode. Andrew and Jess also revisit Craig Brewer's "Hustle & Flow", enjoying it as much as the first time this time around. Life is full of second chances, and we give one to Sophie Coppola's underrated "Marie Antoinette". When we are wrong about something, we admit it. We had the pleasure of attending a screening of "Black Narcissus", and paid off the wheel with Vincent Price's "The Last Man on Earth". Subscriptions and 5 star reviews are always appreciated.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/

Kevin talks about Sean Avery being waived today, Meghan's Mini Cooper fight story, more turtle and tortoise tales, rewatching Avatar, Kevin likes True Grit, and Craig Brewer in-studio to talk Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan, and the remake of Footloose.