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Red Team Reviews110. Pulling Magento's Hemmet Out of Claremont's Ass" - Pitching A Better X-Men Franchise Part 2
The oven is done cooking, the sheets are out of the dryer, and TJ has done a bang up job digesting and excreting the contents of Part 1 into a satisfying meal of an X-Franchise. Last week, Trevor talked a whole bunch about things that feel true to making a better X-Men movie or TV franchise, and now he gets to be silly again as he sits back and listens to the musings of an almost-screenwriter. And that's when Pedro Pascal's acting comes in. Join us for too many damn characters, a softly-spoken "nobody wants to follow you, dude", having...
2023-09-252h 33Red Team Reviews109. “You Want the X-Men in the MCU? PAY YOUR WRITERS AND ACTORS!” - Pitching A Better X-Men Franchise Part 1Yes friends here we are with more strike content - because even though we’re not Drew Barrymore, we still know what it means to not be a scab. That said, if some mouse-based mega corporation likes our ideas, we should be paid for them. This week and next week, Trevor and TJ will be doing a deep dive into X-Men comics history to pitch a better live action adaptation. Today, we begin with Trevor’s super-fan interpretation of plots, characters, and key points to cover, so that TJ can get to cooking for next week. If we got stuf...
2023-09-132h 19Red Team Reviews108. Can Trevor Get to Those Robot Yams??? - The Mass Effect Series
It finally happened, gang. Trevor has completed his debt to TJ (per last December’s Reject or Renew Survivor Series) to complete the Mass Effect video game trilogy. And now TJ finally has a friend. As a bonus, we don’t have to be scabs because this is video game content! Join us for an extra long, extra special episode featuring: our space dad, our space raptor best friend, and our space conservative side chick, discovering those sweet sweet robot yams, hand tongs for space stations, misgendering the Mako, giving biotics laser swords, socialism (but creepy), Trevor’s new dog, a...
2023-09-062h 56Red Team Reviews106. “You HAVE to See RRR With a Best Buy Rewards Card” - Polite Society & RRRA white woman? NO! And he falls in love with her? TYPICAL! Welcome back to AAPI Heritage month where we finally take a crack at movies representing that big ole Indian subcontinent with Tollywood’s smash hit, RRR, and the Pakistani slugfest, Polite Society. This is the week we learn that if you don’t have anything to say to a woman that isn’t about her womb, just don’t say anything at all. We’re even gonna weigh in on politics we know very little about, hot dog! Join us for being 20 (woof), our culinary tour through India, and Trevor...
2023-05-241h 45Red Team Reviews105. "Two Bros Cheating with Tang Wei, 15 Years Apart Cuz They're Not Gay" - Lust, Caution & Decision to Leave (And Nothing Else)Are straight people okay? Clearly not, since we're launching into unprompted Star Wars rants in the middle of AAPI Heritage Month. Welcome to a big heckin negative review episode as TJ and Trevor chime in about a genre that is very much not for them: the erotic thriller! Featuring 2007's Lust, Caution, 2022's Decision to Leave, and very much not any Marvel movies, why would you even think that? We take this opportunity to acknowledge why Sandra Oh should be in more things, and that you should never waste a perfectly good Stephanie Hsu. In addition to those universal trut...
2023-05-172h 08Red Team Reviews103. "That Dirigible Is Our Mom Now" - Studio Ghibli Part 2: The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivery Service, & Princess MononokeThis episode is somehow simultaneously a warm bowl of soup and an absolute roller coaster ride - that's just the combination you get when you put us together to talk about Studio Ghibli movies. We return to the promised land that Hayao Miyazaki built in a cave with a box of scraps, by diving into the oft-overlooked film The Cat Returns, the classic growing pains of Kiki's Delivery Service, and the environmentalist juggernaut that is Princess Mononoke. Give Trevor the demon powers, cause he's gonna go kill a capitalist. (For legal reasons, this is a joke.) Truly, truly, there a...
2023-05-041h 59Red Team Reviews102. “For the Longest Woe” - Reject or Renew: Wednesday Season 1They’re not creepy, they’re not kooky, they’re altogether… disappointing. Welcome to this month’s Reject or Renew where TJ and Trevor cover the Riverdale-ification of yet another franchise with season one of Netflix’s Wednesday. We give flowers where due to Jenna Ortega as we wrestle with this wendigo of a mystery plot. Or is it a chupacabra? At any rate, join us for turning gay by moonlight, questionable characters named Rowan, the hot button topic that is Tyler’s mom, and aggressively playing the cello as the world burns down around you.
2023-04-281h 59Red Team Reviews100A. “He, She, Me, SpongeBob” - "March" Madness 2023: The Most Iconic Episode of SpongeBob with Krista GrevasIT’S OUR 100TH EPISODE! DO NOT @ ME! Strap in for all of the references because we’re about to FLOOR IT! Welcome to the (slightly delayed) 2023 March Madness Tournament, where we welcome back legacy tourney guest Krista Grevas to simply bathe in the wonder that is the show that defined the humor of a generation: SpongeBob SquarePants. We’re taking 76 of the best, most memed, most heart-stopping episodes and going back into the arena once more, only this time it’s Trevor who's agonizing over the bracket, and TJ who's gonna win! Join us in supporting women’s wrongs, fea...
2023-04-202h 04Red Team Reviews101. “Trevor Learns His Odds and Evens” - Reject or Renew: Harley Quinn Season 1Welcome back to another Reject or Renew where everything’s made up and the numbering of episodes doesn’t matter. This episode is kinda like if Trevor half heartedly played the keep-the-balloon-in-the-air game, and TJ had a knife (insert Vine reference here). Today we cover the Big Mouth of DC properties, the Harley Quinn animated series to close out our Ladies Who Punch series. Join us for Trevor’s stress dreams, Little TJ in a Can, and (shudders) … Mr. Whiskers.
2023-03-151h 44Red Team Reviews99. "We're All Doing a Really Good Job!" - Captain Marvel & Black Widow with Julienne BaileyWhile it is not the month of his people, Trevor still manages to eke out yet another Marvel episode. He can’t keep getting away with this. In any case, welcome back to our second week of Women's Comic Movie History Month! TJ continues to fawn over our guests, Julienne Bailey (said guest) continues to fawn over women (who can blame her) and we all fawn over Florence Pugh (who can blame us). This time around, we tackle the two women-led solo MCU entries: Captain Marvel & Black Widow. The wounds cut deep, there's super analytical voices in our heads, an...
2023-03-091h 51Red Team Reviews97. "Let TJ Write Your Episode Descriptions, You Cowards!" - Reject or Renew: Abbott Elementary Season 1We're going back to school, listeners! We're closing out Black History Month with the first season of Quinta Brunson's trope-encyclopedic sitcom, Abbott Elementary. Meanwhile, TJ and Trevor have war flashbacks to their time as teaching artists. Man, those third graders really do a number on a person. Join us for HOT LUNCH, Elizabeth-Olsen-hands, three first names, and the three pillars of Chicago network television: cops, doctors, and firefighters.
2023-02-221h 50Red Team Reviews95. "Turn Around, Your Name Is On Fire!" - Portrait of a Lady On Fire & Your Name.WE DEFY YOU, HEART MAN! Welcome back to the kissiest, goo-goo-iest episode of the year, as TJ and Trevor tackle two romance movies with subtitles ahead of Valentine's Day (listen, it's not a strong theme, but to be fair, it's not exactly a strong holiday). Equality will be a pleasant feeling, as you tune in to hear our thoughts on 2019's Portrait of a Lady On Fire, and you'll wonder if you've woken up in another body as we discuss the 2016 anime film, Your Name. Just... Try not to grope yourself, alright? Join us for AI generated actors, relationships ba...
2023-02-081h 35Red Team Reviews93. "My Immunity Idol" - The First Reject or Renew SURVIVOR Series Part 2Well this is going just peachy for SOME of us. We bring you the second part in our thrilling onslaught against television mediocrity with the continuation of the Reject or Renew Survivor Series. The stakes are incredibly high as we finish our negotiations on Schitts Creek, as well as decide the fates of Scrubs, Game of Thrones, Sgt. Frog, and Stranger Things. Who will come out on top? Will Trevor finally win??? Join us for the dramatic, and definitive conclusion of not just this ruthless purge, but of the very season itself!
2022-12-291h 20Red Team Reviews92. "The One With All The Bargaining" - The First Reject or Renew SURVIVOR Series Part 1Season 5? The tribe has spoken. Our slate of renewed shows for our Reject or Renew segment has gotten just crowded enough that we thought, Hey, why not get a good ol’ purge goin? It's the first ever edition of the Reject or Renew Survivor Series, where TJ and Trevor cull the herd by coming to a resolution on the future of each show. They *must* come to an agreement, all bets are off and everything, EVERYTHING is on the table. This two-parter will ruin friendships. Featuring the fate of: Friends, Infinity Train, The Good Place, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, & Sh...
2022-12-291h 43Red Team Reviews91. "Almost Hugging Hillary Clinton" - The Muppet Christmas Carol, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, & SpiritedBah Humbug, listeners - it's time for a Christmas Carol round up. Out of the litany of options, we chose to meet our Muppet quota with The Muppet Christmas Carol, and then scratch our heads through the Netflix pop-ified animated remake of the 1970s movie musical Scrooge (yes, all of those words are necessary to describe this), and the absolute turducken of a movie that is Will Ferrell & Ryan Reynold's Spirited. We then proceeded to pitch every other possible better adaptation. Join us for Muppet Jesus, Hugh Jackman & Michael Bolton vocals, and Patrick Paige: man whose voice is so...
2022-12-221h 47Red Team Reviews90. "The Things We Do for Leala" - Reject or Renew: The Righteous Gemstones Season 1Listen. We were having a good run with this segment, watching some shows, bopping along, doing a fan survey every week. But then, Danny McBride happened. As Danny McBride often does. But still, we thought "Maybe we will be pleasantly surprised. It won't happen, but maybe." All of this to say that this week TJ and Trevor destroy the hopes of a dear friend by reviewing the first season of HBO's The Righteous Gemstones. I would normally note that it won’t be pretty, but it’s a Danny McBride project, pretty was never even on the menu. Instead, this...
2022-11-301h 27Red Team Reviews89. "Of All The Things That Happened Today, Marriage Was The Most Traumatic" - Pirates of the Caribbean TrilogyFIRE! FIRE! EVERYONE GETS PAID TO SHOUT FIRE! Welcome to our little shoehorned edition of Dissin' Franchise, where we're looking at the masterpiece-turned-Johnny Depp-circle-jerk that is the Pirates of the Caribbean original trilogy. Despite a good run, Trevor's attempts of emulating Luis from Ant-Man are about to go downhill very quickly. Join us for Salty Skarsgard, starfish face paint, flat earth confirmation, and - of course - sea turtles, mate.
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2022-11-242h 07Red Team Reviews86. "Bare Arms, Feral, Running Through Metal Hallways" - X-Men, X2: X-Men United, & X-Men: The Last StandThe Hollywood executives are on their coke bender again. Welcome to another ill-advised superhero three episode arc where TJ and Trevor first tackle the original X-Men trilogy of the early 2000s. Cue the trenchcoats and black leather jumpsuits. It's hard to tell who is the protagonist, but then again our beloved characters are hardly recognisable anyway, especially when they make everyone American and way too tall. Join us for Magneto's action figures (I mean minions), Charles "Not All Men" Xavier, the thorough cucking of Scott Summers, and problems only a flash drive can solve.
2022-11-022h 16Red Team Reviews83. "That's Not Even a WORD and I Agree with Ya!" - Beetlejuice, The Addams Family, & The Addams Family ValuesIt's October, which means it's all about the spooky - but it's also about family. We're kicking off the month with the wholesome Addams Family live action movies (there was definitely not a third...), and the excessively less wholesome Beetledeuce. Beagleflutes? Beezelgoose. Trevor cannot pronounce it anyway. Join us for spooky non-binary children, Trevor's lack of a uterus, "Christian Halloween", and a strong distrust of young Alec Baldwin. Or really any Alec Baldwin, for that matter.
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2022-10-051h 21Red Team Reviews80. "He'll Do Anything For Love, But He Won't Do Squats for Chris Evans" - Spider-Man: Homecoming & Spider-Man: Far From HomeOur spiders are men and our poops are regular - it's week two of Spider-Month. This episode we start the three (admittedly six, counting crossovers) movie arc of Tom Holland's Peter Parker with Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home, and boy is there just too much corporate fuckery from Disney and Sony to unpack. Join us for Trevor calling for people to be bullied, Shocker's reliable lack of personality, and accepting that the MCU is reproducing faster than a small rodent.
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2022-09-172h 15Red Team Reviews79. "We Bought An Amazing Zoology" - The Amazing Spider-Man SeriesWelcome to the first entry of what is sure to be a long and storied Spider-Month, where we're cranking out all the cinematic Spider-content our Spider-hearts Spider-desire. And what other way to start than getting this reactionary take on Spidey out of the way by covering the Amazing Spider-Man films. Ya know, the films wherein Andrew Garfield can absolutely play Peter Parker. He just doesn't get to. Join us for scarily British children, assistant stage managers, eating flies, and TJ teaching Trevor what "lampshading" means. Follow us on IG and Twitter @redteampod and check out redteampod.com!
2022-09-072h 11Red Team Reviews77. "Cuz You're Eleven and I Am Also 11" - Reject or Renew: Stranger Things Season 1Reject or Renew? More like Should It Stay Or Should It Go. Get ready to trespass through some flesh walls, we're starting our two week RoR double feature with the first season of the 2016 instant Netflix success, Stranger Things! It's a big old batch of 80's nostalgia full of nosebleeds, awful parenting, and 6th graders gaslighting their new friends for information. Join us for Kataang parallels, debates over TJ's honor, and David Harbour's Wreck-It Ralph hands. Follow us on IG and Twitter @redteampod, and check out redteampod.com to vote on the next Reject or Renew!
2022-06-221h 59Red Team Reviews76. "DayBadeeBadumBuDouble" - MCU Phase 3 Part 2 - Avengers: Infinity War & Avengers EndgameIn case you didn't get enough of it on TikTok, welcome back to the endless Marvel discourse. It's evident we're not the same Thor we were four years ago as we finish (mostly) our coverage of the Infinity Saga with the one two punch of Trevor's babies, Infinity War and Endgame. Everyone's hot, no one is sexy, and we ask the real questions, like whether they should recast Star Lord with Joe Keery. Join us as we discuss the yaasification of Thanos, Rhodey's only black friend, Sonic The Musical, and my enemy: Tim Allen. Follow us on IG and Twitter...
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Red Team Reviews75. "The Daddy, The Dickhead, and the Dictator" - Examining Taika Waititi with Boy, What We Do In The Shadows, & Jojo RabbitTime to punch some Nazis, you f#@king egg. This week (and like, three weeks late, sorry) we're heading back to the land of kiwis and hobbits to honor the Pacific Islander part of AAPI Heritage Month by taking a look at the currently thriving career of Jewish-Maori director Taika Waititi. Cue the Michael Jackson haka, we're tackling one of Taika's debut projects with Boy, the New Zealand cult classic What We Do In The Shadows, and the Oscar winning Jojo Rabbit. Join us for scraping TJ’s tastebuds, Trevor's obligatory anti-fascism rant, 2010’s celebrity Chris discourse, and pitching thre...
2022-06-081h 37Red Team Reviews74. "The Fall of Skywalker" - Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of SkywalkerWell folks, the day has arrived at long last. The day TJ has been dreading ever since we first covered A New Hope. The movie that pulled a Babu Frik and erased TJ's brain. And of course. We had to do it to him on his birthday. Threepio won't have to give us the odds on how this episode will go. Between the two of us, we have more notes than an organic chemistry exam, which means JJ and Chris Terrio will have to see us after class. Join us for C-3PJesus, Mitt Romney in the First Order...
2022-06-022h 21Red Team Reviews73. "May Was Hard, Space Cowboy" - Reject or Renew: Cowboy BebopI think it's time we wrap this month, get all these anime tropes together. Okay 3, 2, 1, SOME-
Welcome back to another Reject or Renew, where plans were made and plans were not adhered to: this week we cover the iconic late 90's anime, Cowboy Bebop, and if you're hoping we also tacked on the live action from last year... Just know we tried. Much like how we tried with Kung Fu Hustle. More on that in the episode itself. Join us this week for bounty hunters who never catch anyone, character selection screen silhouettes, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and GAY...
2022-05-251h 57Red Team Reviews72. "Everything Everywhere Is Turning Red" - Turning Red, Everything Everywhere All At Once, & a little EncantoSOME - (Jamie Lee Curtis hits you with a pipe) - BODY once told me there were new, exciting movies out that also happen to fit into our coverage of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month. Get ready for a new movie jubilation (Lee of the X-Men) as we cover Pixar's Turning Red and The Daniel's Everything Everywhere All At Once. Do we need further proof that children of immigrants are not okay? Join us for TJ's mysterious tone, One Direction as religious allegory, painful 2000's flashbacks, and a HitClip of Story of a Girl by Nine Days. And also...
2022-05-131h 36Red Team Reviews71. "Even On Drugs, The Last Jedi Is Good" - Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last JediMay the Fourth be with you. And also with you having some. But let’s change it to trick John! May the cold medicine flow like the canonical midichlorians that are factually in your veins right now. Trevor's all hopped up on acetaminophen! For the first time in our *checks notes* second year of the show (stop it, passage of time, you STOP it now) May 4th actually lines up with our release schedule, and thus… We chose violence. We decided to take on the hoards of Star Wars fans in order to shout directly into the face of adve...
2022-05-042h 05Red Team Reviews70. "YOU DONE MESSED UP DAY NAY RISS" - Reject or Renew: Game of Thrones Season 1What do we say after a month of Tolkien? NOT TODAY. Where we're headed, there is no "back again". Welcome to the medieval month of fantasy's Reject or Renew, where we tackle the first season of the behemoth who famously crapped the bed, Game of Thrones. Join us for brats with swords, Iron Fist's punchable face, oddly specific White Castle analogies, and the clear need for some characters to JUST DIE ALREADY!
Btw, we're still waiting on that Arya solo series, HBO. Follow us on IG and Twitter @redteampod and check out redteampod.com to vote on future Reject or R...
2022-04-282h 15Red Team Reviews69. "All the Salient Bits (The Fuck Denethor Mix)" - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King with Julienne BaileyGet ready for an episode that is nearly as long as the movie itself! Join us as we round out our LOTR coverage with Return of the King, featuring the return of our real life Eowyn, Julienne Bailey. We ride into battle one last time in defense of Faramir, female character development, and the rightful contributions of women Tolkein scholars! Join us for weird pre-corruption Smeagol, Saur-Instagram, Gandalf's love of big heckin' tiddies, and violating the rules of silent reading time. And... *sigh* Trevor, I guess, creates another original character for himself.
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2022-04-222h 12Red Team Reviews68. "We'll Get There. And Back Again." - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with Ginnie Lee HouseMuch like Sam and Frodo, we're walking in circles around an Isengard's worth of Tolkein analysis as part of our LOTR month! And if you can't understand that sentence, turn back now. We're joined again by friend of the pod Ginnie Lee House to milk a whole bunch of religious parallels out of The Two Towers (though at the end of the day, we simply have to throw our hands up and say it's a musical). Join us for Trevor's misguided rants about the author, battle fatigue, the question of lobster mortality, and a fish flopping Frodo. Also, give...
2022-04-142h 11Red Team Reviews67. "You Shall Be... The Title of the Movie!" - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with Catherine PattersonAw yeah. We're going there and back again with champagne in a bag. Welcome to Lord of the Rings month, where we're finally going to put in the ground and cover with stone the iconic early 2000’s trilogy of fantasy's OG daddy. And it’s gonna give us several climaxes. Like. As in the movie has multiple peaks in the story arc. Why, what did you think we meant?All month we'll be bringing in LOTR superfans like the lovely Catherine Clarke Patterson so that TJ doesn't have to speak his unspeakable opinions. Join us for a hilarious episode feat...
2022-04-061h 55Red Team Reviews66. "Cheesecake and KFC" - Spencer & Reject or Renew: The Golden Girls Season 1Thank you for being a friend, listener. And because your heart is true, you'll be a pal and a confidant, right? Because this episode may be hazardous to your health. But especially your opinion. But ESPECIALLY Bart. We close out Women's History month with justice for Twilight stars and Trevor's complicated relationship with senior citizens by covering the Oscar-nominated Spencer and this months Reject or Renew of The Golden Girls: Season One. We'd include more Princess Diana references but John Mulaney beat us to them all. Join us for very specific targeted ads, Aunt May discourse, distinguished British actors...
2022-03-302h 06Red Team Reviews65. "It's An Audio Medium" - March Madness 2022: Non-Disney Animated Movies Part 2 - with Krista Grevas, Leala Grindstaff, & Allyson MusmeciWhat makes an animated movie the best of them all? And why do so many of those values overlap with Shrek? We're back for the raucous part two of our 2022 March Madness tournament, jumping back in with the Sweet 16, to determine a new champion of champions! Our guests return to have their hopes and dreams flogged like Miguel and Tulio from The Road to El Dorado, as these heavy hitters go head to head. Join us for the exciting conclusion, where everything will be decidedly not Awesome, as we say What's Up Danger to the crashing waves of Neptune...
2022-03-231h 44Red Team Reviews64. "Fear & Children" - March Madness 2022: Non-Disney Animated Movies Part 1 - with Krista Grevas, Leala Grindstaff, & Allyson MusmeciLet's GO!!! Get your brackets ready, because we're back on our March Madness bullshit, this time with a tournament that TREVOR pitched! Though TJ still made the bracket, with his now-trademark cruel intentions firmly intact. This time around, we have a worlds colliding brawl between animated movies *not* made by the House of Mouse (or Ghibli, because like... it just wouldn't be fair). We've got movies repping studios far and wide, from heavy hitters like DreamWorks, to the now defunct Blue Sky, to the stop-motion juggernaut Laika, to the sparkling new technology of Sony Animation. And just like last...
2022-03-161h 51Red Team Reviews63. "Get In Loser, We're Going to Law School" - Legally Blonde & Mean GirlsIT'S A PER-FECT DAYYYY (even though we missed International Women's Day by one day). This episode we're covering two classic 2000's comedies that showcase incredible performances by women, as well as confront our own personal childhood trauma: Legally Blonde and Mean Girls. Join us for analysis of Disney Channel character dating dynamics, Florence Pugh reboot requests, Maya Rudolph's standard two-episode sitcom arcs, and Trevor making fun of his high school principal. Shout out to DUMB SUPPORTIVE FRIENDS, we love you.
2022-03-091h 47Red Team Reviews62. "The Most Frustrating Way to Make a Good Movie" - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story & Star Wars Ep VII: The Force AwakensTrevor apologizes in advance for his audio sounding like General Grievous. Anyway - we're back to finish what we started, except instead of George, we're going after JJ. This week we embark on the long journey through the sequels and spinoffs with Rogue One and The Force Awakens, two movies that (if you're not a shithead) make you look comparatively at all 70s movies and go, "Oh yeah. They were all kinda bad back then". Join us for the return of 3-4 Casablancas and his new Dutch friend Jan Catalan, lessons on how subversion works (take notes GOT), our...
2022-03-032h 06Red Team Reviews61. "Standing On a Fire Escape Shouting 'Broken P$$Y'" - Coming to America and Reject or Renew: Insecure Season 1One thing is for certain: Trevor and TJ sure don't like schadenfreude. We're bringing this year’s Black History Month coverage to an unfortunate close with Eddie Murphy's comedy classic Coming to America, followed by a Reject or Renew of the first season of the HBO series Insecure (and frankly, if we said anything more, it would be a spoiler). Join us for TJ explaining away his mental illness, a deep need to subvert archetypes, questioning if Trevor stumbled into a Jheri curl, and Darth Vader telling you to bang 40 women in 40 nights.
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2022-02-231h 36Red Team Reviews60. "We Assure You, We Still Love Chadwick" - Honoring Chadwick Boseman with Get On Up, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Black PantherWakanda Forever means Wakanda *forever.* It's been a long time coming (not helped by TJ forgetting to actually send the episode audio, whoops), but today's episode is another spotlight, this time on an artist taken from us far too soon: the king of black biopics, the incredible and impactful Chadwick Boseman. After much deliberation, where mistakes were surely made, we've selected three films to touch on this man's talent with his intense physical work in Get On Up, his effortless regality in Black Panther, and his final Oscar nominated performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Join us for discussions on...
2022-02-171h 51Red Team Reviews59. "Eyeballs and Depression" - When Harry Met Sally, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, & Palm SpringsThe central premise of this episode is that we're watching rom-coms. Alas, it is the week before that dreaded day of St. Valentine, which means it's time for morbid humor, and men just... just really needing therapy. This week we're going big, weird, and new with the classic When Harry Met Sally, the very-2000s "nice guy" film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and the new kid on the block, 2020's Palm Springs. Join us as we discuss the degradation of friendships, the underutilization of Cristin Milioti, canonically bi Andy Sandberg, and Elijah Wood stealing Drax's schtick 15 years...
2022-02-091h 48Red Team Reviews58. "Elmo's Not Going to Play With Rufus Buck Anymore, This Telemarketing Call is Over!" - The Harder They Fall & Sorry to Bother YouIt's the start of our FOURTH SEASON and it's Black History Month, which means it's time to cue LaKeith Stanfield (if Trevor can remember his name correctly that is)! Today we're zooming out of the typical Black history movies and focusing on the surging genre bending trends of contemporary Black artist: the new Netflix western The Harder They Fall, and the biting economic satire of Sorry to Bother You. After all this Black excellence, you'll never watch a boring white people western or an Adam McKay drama ever again, we swear. Sidebar, this is definitely the episode to show...
2022-02-021h 59Red Team Reviews57. "Everything Is Fine In The Matrix" - The Matrix Resurrections & Reject Or Renew: The Good PlaceYou know it's a near 20 year old reboot when an aging character shows up just to say Facebook = Bad, blah blah blah, Millennials ruin everything. Welcome to the final episode of 2021, just before our winter break, as we jack in to the desert of the real one last time with The Matrix Resurrections, and a kinda sorta [spoiler] with The Good Place teed up for their first season on Reject or Renew. It's about to get real meta and self referential in here, and we're not just talking about another Mulaney joke. Join us for a wrap up of 2021, conversations...
2021-12-292h 01Red Team Reviews56. "Tis The Season of Neglectful Fathers" - Jingle All The Way, Elf, & Grandma Got Run Over By a ReindeerHappy Holidays! Thanks for listening to the podcast. You're our #1 customer! This year Trevor got a hankering for some Turboman, so we decided to dive into the absurd world of Christmas comedies. Somehow we ended up with these three nostalgia picks and watched them going "Oh yeah, that was pretty crazy, huh?" TJ puts his good ole Grinch cap on for his favorite holiday, as we usher in the season where leftist ideology and consumerism somehow go hand in hand. Join us for even more Adam Driver (now with Bobby Canavale), more and more casting scenarios, elf workplace culture...
2021-12-221h 45Red Team Reviews55."The Mitochondria Is the Powerhouse of the Cell" - Ranking the Disney Renaissance Movies with Cat PattersonThat's right! It's time for a mega media corporation to create copyright holds on classic stories! It's a pre-holiday doozy as Cat Patterson joins us to rank the Disney Renaissance Movies: (almost) everything from The Little Mermaid to Tarzan. Join us for Trevor's continued fascination with Adam Driver, unexpected 80s synth, that 20% of Hunchback that's just unnecessary, and giving due respect to Alan Menken.
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2021-12-152h 12Red Team Reviews54. "These Movies Are Bad for My Cholesterol" - The Matrix: Reloaded & The Matrix: RevolutionsWelp, we better grab an antacid, because we're having a hard time digesting all these convoluted story elements. Yes, we are nearly finished with our foray into the early aughts juggernaut that is The Matrix by finishing the original trilogy. To set the scene for you, Trevor had to look up the synopses to understand what the hell they *apparently* were doing all along. Which is a surefire way to succeed in sci-fi. The chaos of this episode is genuinely more entertaining than the entirety of Neo and Trinity's relationship. Join us for an exploration of the differences between...
2021-12-081h 56Red Team Reviews53. "Finding Nemo Is Just The Matrix" - The Matrix & The AnimatrixAll we’re offering is a choice. You can continue on the path you've been on your entire life… But you’ve been down there. You know where it goes… Or, you take the Red Pill Reviews podcast, and we show you just how deep the reference hole goes. In anticipation of the soft reboot/four-quel coming out this month, we're taking half of December to get all leathery and gun shooty to talk about the Matrix Trilogy, starting with the undisputed OG, The Matrix, and the supplemental animated anthology, The Animatrix. We're talking transgender parallels, the nature of reality...
2021-12-011h 43Red Team Reviews52. "My Red Team Reviews Episode" - Reject or Renew Scrubs Season 1*Whistle* Newbie, we dunno if you've ever -listened- to our podcast, but lemme tell ya we are sohohohohoHO not interested in beating around the bush when it comes to narcissism, okay Nancy? Yes, it's yet another full episode Reject or Renew, where we tackle the bizarre medical growth found deep with the bowels (literally) of the first season of Scrubs. Join us for heaps of gender politics, self aggrandizing inner monologues, legitimately well researched medical conflicts, and the birth of Trevor "Boobs" Catalano. EAGLE!!!
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Red Team Reviews51. "Do You Understand The Words That You Wrote Down?" - the Rush Hour TrilogyWelp. Trevor’s upset, and TJ is relatively calm (for him). That can only mean one thing. Dogs and cats are living together, folks, we got ourselves a "Blue Team" episode. We're digging into the mid-aughts sensation that was Rush Hour, and boy time sure does pass when your not lazily using tired cliches and stereotypes for cheap laughs! Join us for 2000’s movie bingo, diminishing returns, surprise Don Cheadle, and even more surprise Tim Curry!
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2021-11-171h 38Red Team Reviews50. "The Big-Fat-Ugly-Bug-Faced-Baby-Eating Podcast" - The Muppet Movie, Muppets Treasure Island, & The Muppets (2011)It's time to play the intro, it's time to make some critical insights, it's time to talk about the Muppets on the Red Team Pod tonight! Yes, we're here for some good wholesome content in our season full of never-ending franchises with the Muppets! We're taking a look at the original, The Muppet Movie, the towering parody of Muppet Treasure Island, and the oft debated resurgence in The Muppets (2011). Join us as we lament the constant Kermit-Piggy drama, regularly return to Treasure Planet comparisons, and determine whether or not we are men or muppets (still debatable).
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2021-11-102h 01Red Team Reviews49. "The Captain America Civil War Cinematic Universe" - MCU Phase 3 Part 1Okay. Okay. There's no time. We're talking about just *some* of the movies in the massive event that is Marvel's Phase Three, and already we’ve got like 500 notes, with 250 just on Captain America: Civil War. We’ve also got Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Thor Ragnarok, and Ant-Man and the Wasp (yes you read that right, listen to the episode to know why we picked those specifically). Join us as Trevor defends the honor of the MCU, Doctor Strange hurls us into the darkest timeline, and all the while we desperately try not to reference Infinity War...
2021-11-031h 42Red Team Reviews48. "The Importance of Being Bruce Wayne" - Reject or Renew Batman: The Animated SeriesHappy Halloween, Gotham Scum! Welcome to a full episode Reject or Renew, where we're talking about the legendary cartoon classic, Batman: the Animated Series. Talk about perfectly timed for the season, we've got 26 episodes of classic villains and plot tropes, soooo strap in! Join us as we discuss painfully generic gangsters, villains on the right side of history, poor use of dissociative identity disorder, and just how dang important it is to get Bruce Wayne's character right.
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2021-10-271h 50Red Team Reviews47. "Stay Woke and Put 5 On It" - Get Out & UsTJ must have been replaced by [spoiler] because he has willingly agreed to do his first dive into horror movies! Long live the new Prince of Spoops, Jordan Peele, as we jump into his breakout horror films, Get Out and Us. We ain't scare. We ain't scare no things. Join us as we discuss inherent racial overtones, the complacency of white women, convoluted backstories, and ask TJ to finally shut up about Avatar: The Last Airbender. (He will not.)
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2021-10-201h 57Red Team Reviews46. "TRAYZHURE!" - Ranking (Some) Scooby-Doo Feature FilmsWhat's New Red Team Pod? Certainly not our deep feelings and traumas around the indefatigable Scooby-Doo franchise (franchises? It's a forever reboot). This week we decided to bite off as much as Scooby and Shaggy in a diner can chew and rank EIGHT feature length Scooby-Doo movies: the late 90's "real monster" films, the live action sequel at Trevor's behest, 2020's Scoob, and the WWE crossover for good measure (or as Fred would say it, MAYSHURE!). Join us as we jeepers, jinkies, ruh rohs, and zoinks our way through timeless classics that nail the genre, and others who just absolutely...
2021-10-132h 03Red Team Reviews45. "Nobody Makes Shang Tsung Bleed His Own Blood" - Mortal Kombat Original and '21 RebootMOR TAL KOM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!! See? That opener is almost as extra as these movies. Clearing up (albeit a little late) our coverage of video game movies from last month, we're looking at the insanity that is 1995's original Mortal Kombat and it's much anticipated reboot. Join us for cryptic Palpatine-esque mentors, excessive visual effects budgets, a TJ rewrite, and souls exchanging possession per Shang Tsungs will. Won't someone just give Sonya Blade something to do?
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2021-10-061h 42Red Team Reviews44. "Don't Cry Out Loud, Just Come On And Slam!" - Space Jam, Space Jam: A New Legacy, and RoR Schitt's Creek Season 2HEY! YOU! WHATCHA GON DO? I hope it's not make an aggrandizing sequel to an otherwise perfectly fine movie. Looking at you, LeBron. We're back for a two-segment episode where we'll be covering both the original Space Jam and Space Jam: a New Legacy, followed by the Reject or Renew second season return of Schitt's Creek. It's all about character growth; just, ya know, in one case it's methodically delivered slowly l, and with many different characters over the course of two seasons, and in the other it's purely in the back of LeBron's forced parental line readings. Join u...
2021-09-291h 45Red Team Reviews43. "I'd Rather Just Talk About Nicolas Cage's Acting Retreat" - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider & Tomb Raider (2019)Welcome to part three of our month of video game movies, as we look at the proverbial before and after film adaptations of the (checks notes) most successful interactive video-game character in history*… Lara Croft. We check so many bad movie boxes this time around that we genuinely think we should make a bingo game out of it. Join us for badly written puzzle sequences, warranted disparagement of Jon Voight, poor archeology and character development across two decades of “progress”, and the inevitable, but far-too-long conversation about a video game character's historic bust. Please, just give me National Treasure. That's...
2021-09-221h 52Red Team Reviews42. "Sonic Does the Floss" - Sonic the Hedgehog & Detective PikachuROLLIN AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND - YOU TEACH ME AND I'LL TEACH YOU! It's time for some 90's kid nostalgia babeeeeey! Here we are, in week two of our month of video game movies, and while these are newbies in the cinema, the franchises are far from newbies in our hearts: Sonic the Hedgehog & Detective Pikachu (well, Pokémon in general, but close enough). We're here to evaluate Jim Carrey is actually acting in literally any scene he was in, and then ironically do the same for Justice Smith. Ouch, that even hurt to type. Long histories, m...
2021-09-161h 50Red Team Reviews42. "Sonic Does the Floss" - Sonic the Hedgehog & Detective PikachuROLLIN AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND - YOU TEACH ME AND I'LL TEACH YOU! It's time for some 90's kid nostalgia babeeeeey! Here we are, in week two of our month of video game movies, and while these are newbies in the cinema, the franchises are far from newbies in our hearts: Sonic the Hedgehog & Detective Pikachu (well, Pokémon in general, but close enough). We're here to evaluate Jim Carrey is actually acting in literally any scene he was in, and then ironically do the same for Justice Smith. Ouch, that even hurt to type. Long h...
2021-09-151h 50Red Team Reviews41. "Italian Plumbers, American Colonels, and Visible Air Quotes" - Super Mario Bros. & Street FighterMammia Mia! Issa video game month! Why-a do we-a do this to our-a-selves? Because of TJ's hubris, we indeed will be covering the armpit that is the video game movie adaptation genre this month, and we figured we'd let ourselves only go up from here by starting with the absolute bottom of the barrel: Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter. It would only be more rock bottom if we *raspberry* couldn't *raspberry* understand *raspberry* your *raspberry* accent *raspberry*. And we can barely understand Jean-Claude Van Damme's as it is! Join us as we speculate exactly how much cocaine and how f...
2021-09-081h 30Red Team Reviews40. "Won't Someone Think of the 13 Year Old Cis-Hetero White Males??" - Dissin' Franchise: Transformers 1 & 2Linkin Park was right when they asked the Transformers franchise to "give me reason" because lemme tell ya, there was none. That's right: the boys are on the SAME PAGE for once, as we EVISCERATE these military propaganda, Megan-Fox-diminishing, dumpster fires of movies. And we didn't even cover Mark Wahlberg's entries. We're closing out our second season before a long summer break with a truly abysmal watch and hilarious takes on the time capsules that are the Transformers movies (and honestly it's not extreme to think that 2007-2009 deserved better). Join us for convoluted plots that don't hold up...
2021-07-071h 58Red Team Reviews39. "Piragua, Rice Cakes, and the Merits of Flan" - RoR Schitt's Creek & In the Heights (with Molly Burdick)Lights up on the Red Team’s Podcast, up at the break of day, and we got this Roland Schitt we gotta chase away -- it's a good old fashioned two-fer with our coverage of the newly released In the Heights movie musical, followed by our Reject or Renew segment for Schitt's Creek season one, featuring the return of the lovely Molly Burdick from Pod & Prejudice! Trevor gets to nerd out about the filming locations mere blocks away from his noisy ass apartment, Molly gets to super-fan over Dan Levy, and TJ gets to… Well, more or less just abso...
2021-06-302h 02Red Team Reviews38. "Credit Awkwafina and Protect Weird Little Girls" - Raya and The Last Dragon & LucaEyyyy babadaboopy! Pasta Ravioli! Homo-a-sexuality! Issa new-a release-ah a-da episode-ah! We're jet-setting across fictional worlds with an overview of Disney's newest animated releases with Raya & The Last Dragon and Luca (but not Cruella). You know we gotta get all gushy about a-da animation styles, miei amori! Between shipping Raya and Namaari, to the truly overt themes of Luca, we also get to continue our celebration of Pride Month! Join us as we applaud southeast Asia, unexpected heist plotlines, figure out the merits of Awkwafina's humor, engage in queer film theory (without even trying, really), and ask… "Why Is Jim Gaffi...
2021-06-231h 45Red Team Reviews37. "Trevor's 20 Minute Takes on Movies We All Saw" - Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2Though considering Thor: The Dark World, this premise is questionable. Welcome to the sequel that's been a long time coming, where we’ll be covering the second phase of the MCU (writing this out makes them sound so much more pretentious but we love it damnit). See Trev in his element, simping for Stan Lee’s superpowered superstars, especially when he starts talking about movies that aren't even in this phase. Join us for elaborate reimaginings, decrying Thor's lack of character, praising the Russo Brothers’ magnum opus, and GOD DAMNIT JOSS, A WOMAN IS NOT A MONSTER IF SHE CAN'T...
2021-06-162h 20Red Team Reviews36. "Gays on Gaze" - Carol and Moonlight with Ginnie House and Khari WalserHappy Pride to all our girls, gays, and theys! We, two straight men, are ill equipped to do this episode on our own, so we decided to bring some LGBTQ+ friends of the pod to pick out some films and chat: Khari Walser and Ginnie House! (A G and a B, respectively). Our guests have tee'd up two tropey bits of queer cinema for us to munch on like Chipotle's Drag Queen menu: 2015's Carol, and victim of legendary Oscars debacle, 2016's Moonlight. Join us as we cover male gaze in lesbian films, violent masculinity, and giving queer and...
2021-06-091h 41Red Team Reviews35. "The Problematic World of WWE" - TJ Has Trevor Watch WrestlingIT'S THE TAG TEAM MATCH OF THE CENTURY! IN THIS CORNER -- yeah I don't know why I thought I could keep that up. It's Trevor, I write these, and even after being subjected to an entire evening of wrestling, that is still the extent of my knowledge of the vernacular. It's June, and we've got probably one of the wildest months planned for you all. It’s also TJ's birthday this month, and as a special treat, I have agreed to watch select matches from the wild wacky world of WWE (mostly NXT if it matters to anyone) so...
2021-06-021h 50Red Team Reviews34. "... So in the Manga ... " - RoR Infinity Train & AkiraNaturally, we conclude our AAPI Heritage Month with a little Mangato-screen-adaptation. The adaptation in question being Akira, based off of the 1980's six volume manga, and let's just say... They left a whole lot out of the movie. Following our not-at-all blasphemous takes on a groundbreaking film is a refreshing look at the little show that could for our first animation entry in Reject or Renew: Cartoon Network's Inifinity Train. Join us this week for children who look like the elderly, surprise Ben Mendelsohn, motorcycles that are cooler than you’ll ever hope to be, cute AF corgis, and th...
2021-05-261h 52Red Team Reviews33. "We Love Jackie Chan's Stepmom" - Fearless, Legend of The Drunken Master, & Crouching Tiger Hidden DragonWelcome to week three of AAPI Heritage month, where (and you knew we had to do it) we're tackling martial arts movies! From the instant classic Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, to the hilarious hijinks of Jackie Chan in Legend of The Drunken Master, to the frankly routine story of Fearless, we believe we’ve covered a nice range of the genre here. (Don’t worry, should we ever cover Bruce Lee, he’ll have his own episode.) Join us as we discuss what makes a good cinematic fight, how much Jet Li bores Trevor, Jackie Chan's innate charm & mastery of pro...
2021-05-192h 00Red Team Reviews32. "The Opposite of a Hardee's Commercial" - Studio Ghibli: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Spirited Away, & Howl's Moving CastleWe all need a little wholesome in our lives right about now! Welcome to week two of our Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month coverage as we treat ourselves to the wonderful world of Studio Ghibli, in what will certainly not be the last time we take a bite out of Hayao Miyazaki's monumental contribution to cinema. We will take many bites. We will turn into pigs. Our selection this time around features an OG (though debatably not Ghibli) Miyazaki film with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, along with the award winning Spirited Away, and the questionable follow...
2021-05-121h 51Red Team Reviews31. "Eat the Rich. Fuck Racism" - Snowpiercer & Parasite by Bong Joon-hoWe're back! Welcome to our coverage for Asian America and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, because a) it's more than well earned, and b) fuck the people who inflict pain in this world. We're kicking this month off ~kind of~ with our auteur series, featuring our first ever analysis of an Academy Award winning Best Picture film in our pod history: Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. Oh, and also Snowpiercer. Which was definitely not in the running for any awards but hey, Cap gets to use an axe, so technically this is foreshadowing Stormbreaker. Kind of. At least we're not watching Okja...
2021-05-051h 44Red Team Reviews30 B. "The One Where They're On a Break"Hi everyone, thank you so much for listening the past few months! We're pooped, so we're going to be taking the month of April off to recuperate and give TJ a break from editing massive tournaments that he brought upon himself. We're excited for you all to see what we have planned for the rest of the year, namely an AAPI centered month of May featuring major contributions from Korean, Japanese, and Chinese filmmakers. Can't wait to get back at it, but we really need to sleep!
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2021-04-0703 minRed Team Reviews30. "Send Janet Hubert Some Damn Flowers" - RoR Fresh Prince Season 3 and A League of Their OwnIt's a three-peat, and we're not sure if that's a good thing! After a rollicking good time this month, from arguing about Pixar to arguing about Disney songs, we're back to our old format with yet ANOTHER Reject or Renew of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Join us as we get in one solid ode to women's history month before this Mega March ends. As the title suggests, these women (and really all women) deserve better.
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2021-03-311h 29Red Team Reviews29. "Awakened by Kovu, Trevor vs. Ali, and the Philosophy of Hakuna Matata" - Disney Music March Madness Part 2 (with the full Red Team)Peace be with you! But NOT WITH US. We're gonna change it, to BEAT TREVOR. Welcome to part 2 of our March Music Madness tourney where treasured Disney songs duke it out in a smackdown for the ages. The full Red Team are back to finish out the finalists in each of our song categories. Let no tear go unshed, no heart go unbroken, as we declare a champion in each category, and by the end of this episode, one song will stand tall! There must be a winner! We WILL have a Champion! What will emerge as the undisputed...
2021-03-241h 54Red Team Reviews28. "Bangers, Loyalty, and an Evil, Evil Tournament" - Disney Music March Madness Part 1 (with the full Red Team)RED TEAM: ASSEMBLE! The whole crew from when we all worked at [redacted] and became THE Red Team is here: Cat Patterson (featured in our Disney Remakes episode), Anna Gundersen, and Alison Campbell join us for our version of March Madness. TJ has created a tournament pitting iconic, obscure, and overall beloved Disney songs against each other in order to determine the “objective” best of them all. He’s been working so hard to make this tournament, partially because it’s an interesting idea, but really it’s because he just wants to watch the world burn. Check out part one where...
2021-03-171h 53Red Team Reviews27. "The Second Time Pixar Movies Almost Ended the Podcast" - Part 2: Ranking the Re-WatchThe marathon of March continues! Trevor has finally watched all the Cars movies (in his words it's “payback for suggesting Narnia”) so we can now say we've given a strong rewatch to the entire* Pixar canon. Tensions grow, minds are changed (sometimes), rankings have moved, and we get to dig even deeper into the why's and how's of the legendary animation studio. How did your fave square up? No matter what movie it is, between these two, you’ll likely be upset. Follow us on IG and Twitter @redteampod and visit us at redteampod.com
2021-03-101h 51Red Team Reviews26. "That Time Pixar Movies Almost Ended the Podcast" - Part 1: Ranking Before We Re-WatchIt's March and we didn't think we'd get this far either! Check out this week's episode, part one of our Pixar rankings, and the oldest audio we ever recorded for this podcast nearly a year ago. TJ and Trevor give their preliminary takes on every Pixar movie made before next week's episode, where we re-rank after watching every single one again. Join us as we discuss the massive legacy of this studio, more emotions than you can fit in Inside Out, and exchange various blasphemes that threaten to rip the very fabric of the podcast apart.
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2021-03-041h 32Red Team Reviews25. "Thank You Jordan Peele, and No One Else" - RoR Lovecraft Country with Khari WalserYou know how some people think everything would have been better if we hadn’t killed Harambe? That's how we feel about [spoiler]. In a special Reject or Renew to close out Black History Month, we talk about the new show on the block, Lovecraft Country. We're joined this week by fellow Journalists member and man about town Khari Walser to discuss the television show equivalent of waiting so long for your entree that you eat way too much of the appetizer, so that by the time the server brings out your curiously cold meal you go, "Wait, why di...
2021-02-241h 53Red Team Reviews24. "Do The Right Thing and Talk About Spike" - Analyzing Director Spike LeeDespite certain... *Things* happening, or more specifically NOT happening this month, we assure you it is, in fact, Black History Month! Much like we did in November with Edgar Wright, we thought it only natural to jump on the opportunity to analyze and discuss a giant in black cinema, Spike Lee. We're looking at three major career films: '89s Do The Right Thing, '92s Malcolm X, and '18s BlacKkKlansman. Join us for excessive Dutch angles, questionable caricatures, kick ass title sequences, and TJ's immense pleasure in the pronunciation Giancarlo.
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2021-02-171h 51Red Team Reviews23. "It's a Long Shot Balancing Love and Basketball without a Hitch" - Valentine's Day with Hitch, Love & Basketball, and Long ShotListen up all you lovebirds, it's time for some bonafide romance. This week in celebration (or despair?) of Valentine's Day, the boys have got three movies all about batting eyelashes and bedroom eyes. Join us as we examine the psyche of 2000s masculinity, the Kevin James effect, the ethics of gambling a marriage on a game of 1 on 1, and why Charlize Theron can literally carry any movie.
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2021-02-111h 51Red Team Reviews22. "This Is Still the Way" - RoR The Mandalorian Pt 2 (with Molly Burdick)Alexa this is so sad, play "Duel of the Fates". Welcome back to part two of our Mandalorian discussion, where the gloves come off and everyone's mother's cooking is called into question. Molly Burdick of @podandprejudice and @journaliststheatre is back to finish out our Episode Guide, and get into our most and least favorite parts of Mando so far.
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2021-02-031h 07Red Team Reviews21. "This Is the Way" - RoR The Mandalorian Pt 1 (with Molly Burdick)Welcome back to a galaxy far far away, where everything is about baby yoda and TJ's opinion doesn't matter (he's slowly going insane). That's right, it's the Star Wars equivalent of the McRib: not really complicated, only around at certain times, and will never be considered a full square meal, but damn if we don't adore it anyway. Molly Burdick of @podandprejudice and @journaliststheatre returns to the pod to discuss one of her favorite titles, and we're genuinely sorry for the anxiety TJ gets when faced with two super fans. Join us for the first half of our Mando...
2021-01-271h 22Red Team Reviews20. "The Lion, The Prince, & Will Poulter's Eyebrows" - Dissin' Franchise: The Chronicles of NarniaIf you listen to this episode at just the right time, in just the right room of your house, you'll be transported to heav--I mean Narnia. On our second foray into Dissin' Franchise, the segment where we analyze dead or dying franchises, Trevor poses the question: "why isn't Narnia a bigger thing?" TJ rightfully doesn't think this really matters. Thus the comedy. Join us as we examine church camp fantasy tropes, real and Imagined dragons, how Susan isn't allowed to do anything, and just... so many dead ends.
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2021-01-211h 54Red Team Reviews19. "The Red Team Musical Episode!" - Adaptations of Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia, & Rent (with Emily Gulbrandsen)The hills are alive, with the sound of ~conflict~! But not the one you're thinking of, because screw giving those assholes any more attention. We're talking about the natural animosity garnered from talking about film adaptations of stage musicals! This week we're joined by TJ's dear friend Emily Gulbrandsen, as we search in vain for a truly capable film to fill the void of the live stage (WEAR A MASK). Join us as we discuss the omnipresence of Helena Bonham Carter, poor CGI, Pierce Brosnan's nonexistent singing career, 35 year olds playing 22 year olds, and SO many musical references.
2021-01-132h 00Red Team Reviews18. "Basically Just the John Mulaney Bit" - Back to the Future & Raiders of the Lost ArkWe promise it's not plagiarism! We're hesitant to ring in the new year because going forward in time is scary, so we thought, hey, “Why not go back?” So welcome back to the 1980s, where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Seriously. Because whatever you thought about these "perfect" movies, nostalgia is a hell of a hallucinogen, and it is blurring your criticism. Join us as we tackle blatant disregard for the internal rules of a movie, parent-child parallels, and boiling down Harrison Ford to his bare essentials.
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2021-01-061h 40Red Team Reviews17. "Welcome to the Party, 2021" - Die Hard & Fresh Prince Season 2 RoRWe're just going to say it outright: Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie. Join us this week as we condemn those who build entire personalities around male power fantasies and tear into one of the most divisive “holiday” films in history. Once we cool down from the terrible stereotypes and shoddy set design, we'll be doing our first revisit on Reject or Renew, with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: discussing how the show has grown, how Geoffrey and Ashley come in clutch, and how iconic Janet Hubert’s Aunt Viv truly was.
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2020-12-301h 47Red Team Reviews16. "WHERE'S THE MONEY UNCLE BILLY??" - Kill Da Babehs Christmas Episode (Arthur Christmas & It's A Wonderful Life)Hey! It's the end of December 2020! We made it! Sort of! It's two days before Christmas, one of our favorite holidays, that we celebrate entirely secularly; but that don't mean we can't enjoy us some good ole fashioned Christmas content! As promised, we revive our Kill Da Babehs segment by presenting to each other the gift that keeps on giving: eviscerating each others' favorite Christmas movies. (But really, we're very happy to be watching something that isn't Star Wars) Join us as we talk about the good ole 40's, absurdly British humor, buffalo gals, and the true meaning(s) of...
2020-12-231h 34Red Team Reviews15. "Revenge of Palpatine's Otter Hands" - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (with Molly Burdick)Well hello there. Welcome to the thirstiest episode yet, because Hayden Christensen is a handsome boy. Today we round out our hobbled journey through the prequels with our special guest Molly Burdick, co-host of the Pod & Prejudice podcast, and member of The Journalists Theatre Co.! Join us as we venture one last time through the old republic with festive songs, naughty boys sneaking out of the Jedi temple, old man fights, and an unwelcome appearance by your favorite: 3-4 Casablancas. Also, our condolences to Padme's character arc. RIP 1999-1999.
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2020-12-161h 47Red Team Reviews14. "I Like That Yoda’s Good With Kids" - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the ClonesNow, TJ has said before that he doesn't like to share his opinions on movies before we record them. This is not one of those times. Join us as we trudge through this desert of a movie (we don't like sand), full of exasperated looks at fascist ideology, poor flirting technique, terrible dialogue... And that's just what they made Hayden Christiansen do. We can't afford the therapy we need now.
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2020-12-091h 43Red Team Reviews13. "How Many Times Do We Have to Teach You This Lesson, George Lucas?" - Star Wars Ep. 1: The Phantom Menace (with Julienne Bailey)Weesa in big doo doo. Thisa week weesa -- Okay nope. Can't even do it. The bit isn't worth it. We kick off a December of prequels with an absolutely poor choice of reviewing Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Join us for this LOADED episode where we talk about just how much the wizard cops set themselves up for failure against a political scheme that honestly shouldn't be the focus of the movie. This episode has literally everything: defending Jar Jar, debatable parenting skills, the lamentation of character development, and the return of an old galaxy trucking friend: 3...
2020-12-021h 50Red Team Reviews12. "Thank You Fuh Luvin' Me!" - Thanksgiving with RoR Fresh Prince & Bob's BurgersPASS! The cran-ber-ry sauce. We'rehavingmashedpotatoes! (Trevor) Oo the Turkey looks great! (Trev) Thank you fuh luvin' me! (Trevor, tell them about the episode) Thank you for bein' there! (Trevor) Thank you fuh luvin' me! (So today we're talking good wholesome memories and thanking our each other, and you, for a good 12 episode run) Everybody's thankin-- (Join us as we celebrate the Belcher's treasured holiday, and decide whether or not Will Smith was the worst part of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) The whole world's thanking you--(Give it a listen) Thanking us, for thanking you!
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2020-11-251h 28Red Team Reviews11. "And With Joss Whedon No Less" - Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 1Oh lawd they comin. In this episode, the boys examine a rather obscure set of films from 2008-2012 in what's known as the... Marble Symptomatic Unification? Join us as we examine all of the early MCU films that Gwyneth Paltrow forgot she was in after riding high on Goop quaaludes, as well as what could have been if Tom Cruise got the role of Iron Man, how dumb The Incredible Hulk was, and why Chris Hemsworth was just a 28 year old man trying his best. I mean, we probably solved all of Phase 1’s problems in this episode. Just cu...
2020-11-181h 47Red Team Reviews10. "Basically TJ Rambling for 80 Minutes" - Analyzing Director Edgar WrightAlright. You listen to the episode. You click follow. You send us money (thank you money). Tell your friends. Have a nice cold pint and wait for Trump's rage, as well as his hair, to all blow over. But what if they don't know what the episode is about? Right. You listen to the episode. It's about TJ and Trevor in a new segment analyzing the work of director Edgar Wright, famous for his work with Simon Pegg in the "Cornetto trilogy", Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and Baby Driver. You click follow. You send us money (thank you). Tell you...
2020-11-111h 22Red Team Reviews9. "Dissin' Franchise(s)? Just Go With It" - Assassin's Creed & Video Game FilmsWe know it's hard. This maybe will make the time pass faster. So here's the description:
Why is nearly every single film based on a video game bad? In a new segment we're calling Dissin' Franchise (like a pun on disenfranchiseme... you know, what screw it), we try to figure out what went wrong with the 2016 Assassin's Creed film, and how it extends to the larger problem of video game franchises. Does gameplay really beat out the film experience? Do you need to be Pikachu for audiences to care? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY GAME TERMINOLOGY L...
2020-11-041h 27Red Team Reviews8. "The Red Team Halloween Special (Also F#$K Xander)" - Buffy RoR & The Nightmare Before ChristmasTHIS IS HALLOWEEN! THIS IS HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, Halloween, Halloween! It's all about the nostalgia as we cover what is clearly a Halloween movie, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and our next conveniently spooky show in Reject or Renew: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Learn more than you ever wanted to know about TJ and Trevor's Halloween histories, and reacquaint yourself with just how god-awful nerdy young men were written in the late 90s. (Seriously, f#$k Xander. Just throw out the man. Yes, the whole man).
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2020-10-281h 49Red Team Reviews7. "Into the Tobey Maguire-verse" - Sam Raimi's Spider-Man TrilogyLook. We can all admit it. Tobey Maguire is an ugly crier. This week, we're starting our deep dive into the phenomenon of the millenia: superhero movies. And it’s only right that we start with the poster-child grandaddy: the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy (but also, like... should it be?) Much like the overly-aggressive man-child in red tights, we pull no punches as we examine why we all fell into a hypnotic stupor with these films, as well as what actually constitutes a good interpretation of Peter Parker. Long title sequences are included.
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2020-10-211h 45Red Team Reviews6. "The Red Team Remake Podcast" - Disney Live Action Remakes with Cat PattersonYou made... Timon... & Pumbaa... Assholes??? Cue the groans gang, because today we're tackling the money-making, childhood-diluting, public performance of autofellatio that is the Disney Live Action Remakes. What deserves a remake? Which ones are awful, which ones were just a cash grab, and are there ANY good ones? Join us as we chat with friend-of-the-pod Catherine Patterson about 90’s slapstick comedy, failed Disney fantasy franchises, if Maleficent is a remake, who can (or more realistically can’t) measure up to Robin Williams, and just... Lion King... 2019... (sigh).
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2020-10-141h 37Red Team Reviews5. "The Rise of ThreeFor Casablancas" - The Star Wars Original Trilogy pt. 2This episode has everything! Politically ignorant original characters! Chase scenes! Criticism of fascist infrastructure! Chase scenes! Outdated relationship tropes! Chase scenes! Join us as *we* round out our Original Trilogy critique with Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and *you* decide right here and now whether or not you hate us and everything we stand for. But we love you. (This is the part where you say “I know” all brave and stoic, while being encased in carbonite.) (Whatdyou mean there’s no such thing as carbonite???)
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2020-10-071h 41Red Team Reviews4. "The One With the Droids You're Looking For" - Friends RoR & The Star Wars Original Trilogy pt. 1Trevor and the Force are on a break. This week we clobber two massive topics by jumping into the start of our grand analysis of all things Star Wars with Episode IV: A New Hope, as well as the first ever segment of Reject or Renew featuring the behemoth of all sitcoms: Friends. (We also call the segment something other than Reject or Renew, we hadn't branded it right just yet, please don't sue us!) Listen in as we discuss just how well (or poorly) these aging lions have held up over the years. Don't bother arguing with us...
2020-09-301h 25Red Team Reviews3. "There Is No COVID in Ba Sing Se" - Avatar: The Last AirbenderThis episode - it'll quench ya! Nothin's quenchier! It's the quenchiest!
TJ uses the resurgence of the phenomenon that is Avatar: The Last Airbender to force Trevor to binge it all in a week! This is TJ's favorite thing ever, and as such he gives Trevor some brutal quizzing on par with King Bumi. Join us as we trek through all three books and find out just how furious we should all still be at M. Night Shyamalan.
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2020-09-231h 35Red Team Reviews2. "Clayton!" - Kill Da Babehs (Brick & Disney's Tarzan)They say if you love someone, let them go. They say if you love a film, strap your friends to a chair and force them to watch it with notes.
In their own version of "killing their darlings", this week the boys each take a look at a film from the other's 3 movies that define them, mentioned in last week's episode, Rian Johnson's Brick and Disney's Tarzan! Join us for a deep dive into Rian's take on the noir genre, the frail masculinity of both teenage boys and hard boiled detectives, and Phil Collins slapping so hard he puts Marshal...
2020-09-161h 45Red Team Reviews1. "Just Don't Give Elsa A Boyfriend" - Frozen vs. Frozen 2And the boys are off! Welcome to the first episode of the Red Team Reviews Podcast, a show where two millenials have too much time on their hands to talk about nerdy things. In this addition, we tackle the very pressing and politically relevant question on everyone's mind: which Frozen movie is better?? Join us as we mine deep into this sorrowful journey with questions like: Is Olaf a capitalistic pawn? Is Hans a plot hole lingering about? Should Elsa get a girlfriend? and many more. Stay tuned until the end of the episode for previews of the future...
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