In this debut episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina, San Fernando producer/rapper Doe Boi and myself discuss 50 Cent's critically-acclaimed debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" and its longevity 15 years after its 2003 release. Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medi...
Apr 24, 2018•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In Season 4 Episode 4 of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I discuss the Oscar nominees "The Shape of Water", "Darkest Hour", "Call Me By Your Name" and "The Post". Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.f...
Apr 24, 2018•1 hr 48 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina, Sommerleigh Pollonais (MovieJunkie ForLife), Wayne S. Rock (Rock N Reviews), Julien Neaves (Movieville) and yours truly join forces to talk about the 2018 Academy Award and Razzie nominees. Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legal...
Apr 06, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Season 4 of Beers, Beats & Bailey rolls along with our thoughts on the 25th anniversary of World Wrestling Entertainment's Monday Night RAW program, Season 1 of Hulu/Marvel's "Runaways", Oscar nominees "Lady Bird" and "I, Tonya", and finally, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced war film "12 Strong". Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mat...
Apr 06, 2018•1 hr 50 min
Ricardo Medina and I kick off 2018 with our discussions on Caribbean CInemas South Park's recently-established 4DX system, the 75th Golden Globe Awards, Eminem's remix to the "Revival" track "Chloraseptic", the Ridley Scott-directed, Christopher Plummer-included and Kevin Spacey-EXCLUDED biopic "All the Money in the World", Season 1 of Netflix's dark comedy-drama "The End of the F***ing World", James Franco's (and Tommy WIseau's when you think about it) Oscar contender "The Disaster Artist", and...
Apr 06, 2018•1 hr 59 min
In the second half of our final episode of Season 3 of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, Ricardo Medina and I share our picks for Best and Worst Movies of 2017, along with some Honourable Mentions, Dishonourable Mentions, Noble Failures, Movies we WISHED we saw in 2017, and our favourite TV shows for the year. RICARDO'S WORST MOVIES LIST: 00:52 RICARDO'S NOBLE FAILURES LIST: 06:01 MATTHEW'S DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS: 13:55 MATTHEW"S WORST MOVIES LIST: 14:49 RICARDO'S FAVOURITE TV SHOWS LIST: 3...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 35 min
In the first half of our final episode of Season 3 of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, Ricardo Medina and I brave through Ricardo's relatives' Boxing Day get-together (especially dem kids) to count down the top 5 best beat tapes/instrumental albums, the top 5 EPs and top 17 albums of 2017 dedicated to hip-hop! TOP 5 BEAT TAPES/INSTRUMENTAL ALBUMS: 04:44 TOP 5 EPs: 16:46 INTERLUDE: 28:02 TOP 17 HIP-HOP ALBUMS: 34:22 MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 11 min
In the first third of the penultimate episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey Season 3, Ricardo Medina and I talk about the recent Disney/ Twentieth Century Fox buyout, the official end of Net Neutrality and Eminem's latest studio album - and easily his most divisive - "Revival". In the second third, Ricardo reviews the Louis C.K.-written-and-directed "I Love You, Daddy", I review the critically-acclaimed "A Ghost Story" and we both review the critically-panned "Underworld: Blood Wars". In the fina...
Apr 04, 2018•2 hr 40 min
In the first half of today's episode, Ricardo Medina and I discuss the new trailers for "Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom", "Alita: Battle Angel", "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Ready Player One", in addition to Season 1 of the Seth McFarlane-helmed sci-fi series "The Orville". In the second half, I review the FINAL (hopefully) chapter of the "Resident Evil" movie series and FINALLY share my thoughts on Darren Aronofsky's "Mother!", while Ricardo Medina and I talk about "Good Time", a cri...
Apr 04, 2018•2 hr 30 min
In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I review CW's four-episode "Crisis on Earth X" superhero event, first season of Spike Lee's Netflix adaptation of his debut feature film "She's Gotta Have It", the January-released horror flick "The Bye-Bye Man", the South Korean action drama "The Villainess" and Kathryn Bigelow's harrowing drama "Detroit", in addition to pre-rambling on the Grammy nominees, the "Avengers: Infinity War" trailer and the Disney/Fox acquisition. *A...
Apr 04, 2018•2 hr 24 min
In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina reviews the newest Nicktoons feature film "Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie", I review the critically-panned animated film "The Emoji Movie", and we review the Netflix period drama "Mudbound", the long-awaited first season of Marvel's "The Punisher", and Pixar Animation Studios' return to form with "Coco". MUDBOUND- 01:20 THE PUNISHER (Season 1) - 20:32 HEY ARNOLD!: THE JUNGLE MOVIE - 53:57 THE EMOJI MOVIE - 58:56 COCO - 1:22:54 BUY "Th...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 44 min
In the second half of this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina, Sommerleigh Pollonais (MovieJunkie ForLife), Thimothy Ali (Trini Point of View), Wayne S. Rock (Rock N Reviews) and myself review the final superhero movie of 2017 ("Justice League") and the shaky foundation laid before it by "Man of Steel", "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Suicide Squad" MAN OF STEEL - 01:20 BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE -10:51 SUICIDE SQUAD - 35:45 JUSTICE LEAGUE - 43:03 MATT...
Apr 03, 2018•1 hr 52 min
In PART ONE of this special TWO-PART episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I join forces with Sommerleigh Pollonais (MovieJunkie ForLife), Thimothy Ali (Trini Point of View) and Wayne S. Rock (Rock N Reviews) to form a League dedicated to Truth, Justice and discussing /ranking the superhero movies and TV shows of 2017! THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE - 04:08 LOGAN -11:35 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 - 22:34 WONDER WOMAN - 37:34 SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING - 49:28 INHUMANS / THE DEFENDERS /...
Apr 03, 2018•2 hr 2 min
In the first half of this episode, Ricardo Medina reviews the inspirational drama "Stronger", while I do a track review of "Walk on Water", Eminem's first single from his upcoming album "Revival", along with the delightful comedy-drama "The Big Sick" and the Bruce Lee biopic of sorts "Birth of the Dragon". Also, we FINALLY discuss the Hollywood "witch-hunts" involving Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K. and others. In the second half of our latest podcast (Season 3, Episode 35), I review Takashi Miike's la...
Apr 03, 2018•2 hr 22 min
Ricardo Medina FINALLY reviews my top pick for WORST MOVIE OF 2017, "Transformers: The Last Knight", while I review the action thriller that just may revitalize Vince Vaughn's career: "Brawl in Cell Block 99". Afterwards, I review the dark comedy-drama "Ingrid Goes West" while Ricardo Medina reviews the neo-western "Wind River" and the murder mystery "The Snowman". In the last third of today's episode, I review the surprisingly entertaining slasher comedy "Happy Death Day", Ricardo Medina review...
Apr 03, 2018•2 hr 22 min
Ricardo Medina and I talk about the first trailer for "The New Mutants" and the second trailers for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", "Black Panther" and Netflix's "The Punisher", in addition to the final season of AMC's "Halt and Catch Fire" and the first season of Netflix's "Mindhunter". Secondly, I review the newest album from legendary East Coast hip hop collective Wu Tang Clan: "The Saga Continues". Last not not least, we discuss the Warner/DC animated feature "Batman vs. Two-Face", Darren Aronof...
Apr 03, 2018•2 hr 44 min
In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I look back at that one film even the most die-hard of "Friday the 13th" fans would find themselves hard-pressed to defend: "Jason X". Afterwards, we review the first trailer for "Pacific Rim: Uprising", the 'Heroes' trailer for "Justice League" and the newest Stephen King-based feature film "Gerald's Game". Finally, we look back at the influential 1982 sci-fi neo-noir "Blade Runner" and its 2017 spiritual successor "Blade Runner 2...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 29 min
In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I pay respect to the late Hugh Hefner, in addition to discussing the Season 43 premiere of "Saturday Night Live" (guest-starring Ryan Gosling and Jay-Z), the run-and-gun action video game "Cuphead", the A&E documentary "Biggie: The Life of the Notorious B.I.G.", the Doug Liman/Tom Cruise cinematic collaboration "American Made" and the film adaptation of Michael Anthony's beloved novel "Green Days by the River". SNL SEASON 43...
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr 50 min
An episode so incredibly DISTURBING, it's currently blocked on YouTube!! And all we did was talk about a few episodes of "Star Trek Discovery" and "The Orville", an anime series on Netflix called "Neo Yokio" (I'm guessing THIS is why the video version of this podcast is blocked), a Trinbagonian movie named "Moko Jumbie", an Indian movie (and a GREAT ONE at that) named "Lipstick under my Burkha", an indie thriller named "It Comes At Night" and another example of "bigger doesn't always mean better...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 17 min
*APOLOGIES FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR THE "DIRTY" QUALITY OF MY VOCALS IN THIS PODCAST. SHOULD'VE CHECKED MY AUDIO LEVELS BEFORE RECORDING. WILL KEEP IN MIND NEXT TIME* In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I discuss the season premieres of "The Orville" and "South Park" (Season 21), praise the audacious "Rick and Morty" episode "The Ricklantis Mixup", ponder on the controversy behind rapper XXXTentacion's music video "Look At Me!", and review the TV shows "Insecure" (S...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 24 min
In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I discuss the biographical drama "The Glass Castle", the Netflix sci-fi action flick "What Happened to Monday?", the Criterion Collection documentary "David Lynch: The Art Life", the long and weird filmography of David Lynch himself, and the third season of one of the most iconic TV shows ever made - "Twin Peaks". THE GLASS CASTLE - 06:36 WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY? - 15:38 DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE - 36:40 THE FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 18 min
Ricardo and I talk about the proposed "standalone" Joker movie and review the DC Universe animated movie "Batman and Harley Quinn", the gritty spy thriller "Atomic Blonde", the buddy action movie "The Hitman's Bodyguard" and the LONG-AWAITED American live-action adaptation of one of the best anime/manga series of the last decade - "Death Note". JOKER STANDALONE MOVIE - 14:19 BATMAN AND HARLEY QUINN - 28:37 ATOMIC BLONDE - 48:53 THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD - 1:07:20 DEATH NOTE - 1:25:57 MATTHEW BAILEY...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 15 min
In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo reviews "Nocturama" and"The Dark Tower", I review "Armed Response" and "Annabelle: Creation" while paying tribute to the recently-deceased YouTuber - and one of my film critiquing inspirations - Emer Prevost (Hellsing920), and we both review Season 1 of the long-awaited Marvel/Netflix mini-series "The Defenders". R.I.P. EMER PREVOST: 15:46 NOCTURAMA: 43:23 ARMED RESPONSE: 53:14 THE DARK TOWER: 1:21:06 ANNABELLE: CREATION: 1:33:04 THE DEFEN...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 38 min
In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we touch on the recently-started seasons of "Rick and Morty" and "Insecure", in addition to reviewing the award-winning Trinbagonian feature film "The Cutlass", Netflix's "sequel" season to the cult comedy film "Wet Hot American Summer" ("10 Years Later"), the delightful comedy-drama "The Incredible Jessica James" and the outrageously raunchy female-led comedy "Girls Trip". NEW TV (Pre-ramble) - 09:02 THE CUTLASS - 21:17 WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: 1...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 1 min
Ricardo and I discuss the major movie & TV trailers launched during the 2017 San Diego Comic Con, the unfortunate passing of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, the WWE Studios-helmed sci-fi drama "Sleight" and what may very well be another masterpiece in Christopher Nolan's oeuvre, the war film "Dunkirk". SAN DIEGO COMIC CON '17 TRAILERS - 03:35 R.I.P. CHESTER BENNINGTON - 48:18 SLEIGHT - 1:08:51 DUNKIRK - 1:26:36 MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.c...
Apr 02, 2018•2 hr 18 min
Whilst acknowledging the untimely passings of Devon Matthews, George A. Romero and Martin Landau (R.I.P.s), Ricardo and I talk about the recent D23 Expo, the 2017 Emmy nominees, HBO's 4-part mini-series "The Defiant Ones" and the bizarrely provocative French-Belgian "horror" film "Raw", in addition to recapping the films which led to arguably one of the best movies of the year - "War for the Planet of the Apes". D23 EXPO HIGHLIGHTS - 08:26 2017 EMMY NOMINATIONS - 17:43 THE DEFIANT ONES - 27:20 R...
Apr 01, 2018•2 hr 22 min
In today's episode, Ricardo reviews the sci-fi fantasy novel from Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland entitled "The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O", followed by our reviews of the Starz dark fantasy series based on the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name "American Gods", the short but very promising first season of Netflix's animated video game adaptation "Castlevania" and Spider-Man's first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe "Spider-Man: Homecoming". In addition, we pay tribute to Joan Lee and Nels...
Apr 01, 2018•2 hr 12 min
In this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we celebrate the SECOND ANNIVERSARY of this series, as well as discuss the newest trailers for "Rick and Morty" (Season 3), "Death Note", "Inhumans" and"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", the music video for Kendrick Lamar's "ELEMENT.", a track-by-track review of Jay-Z's latest Tidal release "4.44", Netflix's "Okja" and "GLOW " (Season 1) and Edgar Wright's action-packed, music-based crime film "Baby Driver". NEW TRAILERS: 02:12 KENDRICK LAMAR'...
Apr 01, 2018•2 hr 29 min
In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we review Season 3 of AMC's successful "Breaking Bad" spinoff series "Better Call Saul", the third entry in the least popular Pixar movie franchise "Cars 3", and an extended SPOILER-HEAVY rant/review of "Transformers: The Last Knight". In addition, we talk about Ron Howard being the new director of "Han Solo", Daniel Day-Lewis' "retirement" and the untimely passing of East Coast rap veteran Prodigy. NEW DIRECTOR FOR "HAN SOLO" - 03:44 DANIEL DAY-LEWI...
Apr 01, 2018•2 hr 55 min
Ricardo and I review "Rakka", the sci-fi short film from director Neill Blomkamp ("District 9") and his film production company Oats Studio, Season 1 of the dystopian TV series "The Handmaid's Tale", the long-awaited 2Pac biopic "All Eyez On Me" and "The Mummy", the reboot/remake/first entry in a brand-new cinematic universe that EVERYONE asked for. RAKKA - 02:46 THE HANDMAID'S TALE (Season 1) - 33:01 ALL EYEZ ON ME - 1:01:59 THE MUMMY - 1:47:08 MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordp...
Apr 01, 2018•2 hr 19 min
