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AfropolitanDavid Oyelowo: We’re Not Asking to Be Seen, We’re Taking the CameraDavid Oyelowo, award-winning British actor, producer, and founder of Mansa, the streaming platform reshaping Black storytelling, joins The Afropolitan Podcast to discuss why Africa and platforms like AFRIFF (Africa International Film Festival) are paving the way for the next global film powerhouse.From his Oscar-nominated role as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma to produce the first major screen adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart with Idris Elba, David reveals the truth about Hollywood, representation, and building a platform that returns creative ownership to Black filmmakers worldwide.He opens up about: ◼️ Why no...
2025-11-121h 41
Two Pits in a PodWe Don't Hate This Film - F1 Movie Review/Reactions🎬 Hollywood Meets the Paddock: Our Hot Take on the F1 Movie!Welcome back to Two Pits in a Pod! In this week’s episode, your favorite sister duo, Selma and Ena Ducanovic, dive headfirst into the Formula 1 movie everyone’s talking about. From the high-speed drama to the behind-the-scenes realism (or lack thereof 👀), we’re breaking down everything — the plot, the casting, the cameos, and whether Brad Pitt can really pull off being a race car driver at his age.Is it a cinematic pole position or a DNF? We’ve got opinions, laughs, and spic...
2025-07-1847 min
The Horn & CauldronPub Chat: Olympian Fan CastingGreeting’s heathens and witches, Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.In this week's Pub Chat we fan cast the Greek Pantheon, or at least most of it! Join us as we go over each of the Olympians and work thru who we would want to play them in the ultimate fan casted movie. So grab yourself something to drink and join us for a jov...
2024-08-071h 10
WV Uncommonplace : Uncommon ConversationsMust-Watch Films for Black History MonthMovie Recommendations:
Selma (2014):
David Oyelowo's portrayal of Martin Luther King during the historic voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
Boycott (2001):
Featuring Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. and focusing on the Montgomery bus boycott.
Harriet (2019):
Cynthia Erivo's performance as Harriet Tubman and her work on the Underground Railroad.
The Birth of a Nation (2016):
Depicting the story of Nat Turner, a historical figure central to African American history.
Ray (2004):
Jamie Foxx's remarkable portrayal of the legendary musician Ray Charles.
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993):
Angela Bassett's iconic role as Tina Turner, offering insights into her tumultuous...
2024-02-1509 min
Talkin' Movies with Sam and RajEpisode 64: Dune Trailer, Harry Styles, and Scream 5On this episode of Talkin' Movies, Sam and Raj break down the highly anticipated trailer to Dune. The guys also discuss Harry Styles joining Florence Pugh, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Pine in Olivia Wilde's next movie, Neve Campbell's return to Scream, and Samurai Champloo.
NEWS:
Delays
Wonder Woman 1984 moves to Christmas
Candyman moves to 2021
Dune Trailer
Harry Styles replaces Shia LaBeouf in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling (Deadline)
Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield, RJ Cycler join Jonathan Majors and Idris Elba in Netflix project The...
2020-09-1452 min
Happy Sad ConfusedTaran Killam, David OyelowoWelcome to podcasting history. This week “Happy Sad Confused” welcomes two April fools babies as Josh’s guests, surely a first in the annals of the medium. First up is Taran Killam, whose eclectic career has included six memorable seasons on “Saturday Night Live”, a surprising appearance in “12 Years a Slave”, and now a Broadway run in “Hamilton”. Killam lives up to his nerd reputation in this conversation that goes deep into “Star Wars” (including the tongue in cheek audition tape he made for the Han Solo movie), how to properly imitate Christoph Waltz, what it’s like to direct Arnold Schwarzenegger, and...
2017-02-091h 30
Xanadu Cinema Pleasure DomeEpisode 33: Pure Ejaculation of AwesomeThis week, we get our monster love on with an episode about Guillermo del Toro! To make this episode even better, we are joined in the Pleasure Dome by Matt Kessen, the very tall mad genius behind Reverend Matt’s Monster Science!
If Reverend Matt’s resonant voice makes you want to join in our drinking rites, we suggest a fine, peaty scotch like Laphroaig Cairdeas, which is the bottle we killed while recording this episode. We certainly enjoyed setting our mouths and souls aflame with that stuff.
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2014-09-251h 11