In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo reviews the live-action adaptation of the beloved Disney animated classic "Aladdin", we share our thoughts on the first trailer for "Terminator: Dark Fate" and we review the supervillain horror thriller "Brightburn" and Chinese director Zhang Yimou's epic return to form with "Shadow". 01:16 - Brightburn 22:10 - Aladdin 31:13 - Terminator: Dark Fate (1st Trailer) 46:24 - Shadow Matthew Bailey on Social Media: https://twitter.com/beerbeatbailey...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 19
In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we weigh in on the final season of HBO's fantasy drama "Game of Thrones", the latest seasons and finales of CW's "Arrow", "Supergirl", "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow" and Season 1 of the DC streaming service's newest superhero series "Doom Patrol". 06:20 - Thoughts on Game of Thrones (Season 8) 34:46 - Season Finales of Arrow, Supergirl, The Flash & Legends of Tomorrow 1:01:30 - Doom Patrol (SEASON 1) Matthew Bailey on Social Media: https:/...
May 27, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 18
In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we talk about the mercilessly despised first trailer for the CW's Arrowverse spinoff "Batwoman", the animated feature "Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the hip-hop docu-series "Wu Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men", the first live-action Pokémon movie "Detective Pikachu" and the newest entry in the bullet-riddled "John Wick" franchise: "Parabellum". 06:51 - Batwoman First Trailer 17:29 - Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 22:47 - Wu-Tang Clan:...
May 21, 2019•1 hr 49 min•Season 5Ep. 17
In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we pay respect to the late, great filmmaker John Singleton and actor Peter Mayhew, discuss the box office success of "Avengers: Endgame" and the lackluster trailer for the upcoming live-action "Sonic the Hedgehog" movie, and review Season 1 of Netflix's adult animated series "Tuca & Bertie", Season 2 of Seth McFarlane's Star Trek: The Next Generation homage "The Orville", the survival thriller "Arctic" and the Ted Bundy biopic "Extremely Wicked, ...
May 07, 2019•2 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 16
In this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo and I, along with guest critics Sommerleigh Pollonais and Julien Neaves go in-depth into the long-awaited culmination of 11 years of Marvel Cinematic Universe awesomeness: "Avengers: Endgame". ROAD TO "AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR" SPECIAL (w/ Sommerleigh): https://youtu.be/KqlIUai6_cA TOP 5 BEST AND WORST MCU MOVIES (w/ Sommerleigh): https://youtu.be/zQuladuLHro CHECK OUT SOMMERLEIGH'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyq...
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Season 5Ep. 15
In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we review Beyonce Knowles' concert film "Homecoming", Donald Glover's musical drama "Guava Island", and the mediocre horror thriller "The Silence". Additionally, I review Season 1 of the zombie survival horror series "Black Summer", and Ricardo reviews Season 2 of the CBS All Access smash hit "Star Trek: DIscovery" and the critically-panned reboot of "Hellboy". 04:25 - Homecoming 26:09 - Guava Island 50:21 - The Silence 1:05:58 - Black Summer (Season...
Apr 25, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 14
In this episode of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, we pay respect to the late, great West Coast rapper/entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle and share our thoughts on the first two episodes of the "Twilight Zone" revival, the first trailer for the highly-anticipated supervillain origin story "Joker", the DC animated feature "Justice League vs. The Fatal Five", the second half of Season 1 of Netflix's "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and the newest entry in the DCEU: "Shazam!". 01:01 - R.I.P. Nipsey ...
Apr 11, 2019•1 hr 50 min•Season 5Ep. 13
In this episode of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, Ricardo runs down what went down at the recently-held "Press Play - The Tour 2019 (South Edition)" music event in San Fernando, I review the final season of the Comedy Central series "Broad City" and the Netflix detective film "The Highwaymen", and we review the Netflix action thriller "Triple Frontier" and Oscar winner Jordan Peele's highly-anticipated follow-up to the horror/thriller "Get Out" - "Us". 04:11 - Press Play - The Tour 2019 ...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 12
In this episode, Ricardo reviews the action-adventure video game "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice", I review Season 2 of the CW superhero series "Black Lightning", and we share our thoughts on the martial-arts action flick "Triple Threat" and the Idris Elba-directed crime drama "Yardie". 08:40 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 15:59 - Black Lightning (Season 2) 43:53 - Triple Threat 1:06:34 - Yardie Check out my PATREON if you'd like to request a movie or music project for me to review: www.patreon.com/beer...
Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In this episode of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, we discuss the official trailer for "Avengers: Endgame", the "slight" error with its poster and the rehiring of James Gunn by Disney, in addition to sharing our thoughts on the Chinese drama "Ash is Purest White", the South Korean thriller "Burning", the GODAWFUL neo-noir film "Serenity", the second half of Season 5 of the cult classic comedy series "Arrested Development" and the first season of the Netflix adult animated anthology series...
Mar 19, 2019•2 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 10
In this post-Carnival 2K19 episode of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, I finally review Trinbagonian rapper Profess' album "In Other Words" and Season 1 of the Netflix superhero series "The Umbrella Academy", Ricardo reviews the Best Actor Oscar-nominated "At Eternity's Gate" and the audacious Chinese sci-fi flick "The Wandering Earth", and we discuss the controversial documentary "Leaving Neverland" and the first female-centered film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: "Captain Marvel". 1...
Mar 14, 2019•2 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 9
In this episode of the Beers, Beats & Bailey podcast, we FINALLY address the elephant in "Empire" that is actor/singer Jussie Smollett, review Season 3 of HBO's neo-noir anthology series "True Detective" and discuss the recently-held Academy Awards ceremony and its winners. 02:11 - About Jussie Smollett 18:24 - True Detective (Season 3) 53:11 - 2019 Academy Awards Highlights Check out my PATREON if you'd like to request a movie or music project for me to review: www.patreon.com/legallyblack ...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 8
In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo, Doe Boi and I celebrate the 20th anniversary of Eminem's breakthrough studio album "The Slim Shady LP", and reflect on his subsequent albums leading up to his 2018 release "Kamikaze". 01:07 - Introduction to Eminem & The Slim Shady LP 12:31 - The Marshall Mathers LP 28:36 - The Eminem Show, 8 Mile & Devil's Night 38:38 - Encore 45:45 - Relapse 52:45 - Recovery 56:56 - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 1:02:23 - Revival 1:06:16 - Kamikaze 1:14:04 - ...
Feb 22, 2019•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this week's episode, Ricardo shares some quick thoughts on the premiere of the superhero series "Doom Patrol", I review the Oscar-nominated documentary "Free Solo", we review the Oscar-nominated Japanese drama "Shoplifters", "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" and "Alita: Battle Angel", and we close things off with our preferences and predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony. 03:22 - Doom Patrol (Series Premiere) 06:51 - Free Solo 19:34 - Shoplifters 36:16 - The Lego Movie 2: The ...
Feb 19, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In this week's episode, we talk about some TV spots that aired during the recently-held Superbowl and a few movie trailers that came out this month, and review the South Korean zombie-filled period piece "Kingdom", the Steven Soderbergh, iPhone-filmed sports drama "High Flying Bird" and the closing chapter of the much-beloved "How to Train your Dragon" franchise "The Hidden World". 02:32 - Superbowl TV Spots 17:47 - Early February Trailers 28:11 - Kingdom (Season 1) 52:35 - High Flying Bird 1:21...
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 6
In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo, Doe Boi, Micwise and I celebrate the 15th anniversary of Kanye West's landmark debut album "The College Dropout", in addition to sharing out thoughts on his subsequent albums leading up to 2018's "Ye". 01:54 - Introduction to Kanye West & The College Dropout 12:20 - Late Registration 17:28 - Graduation 24:20 - 808s & Heartbreak 31:09 - My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy 37:25 - Watch the Throne 40:12 - Cruel Summer 42:47 - Yeezus 46:38 - T...
Feb 08, 2019•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this week's episode, we discuss Hulu's take on the Fyre Festival fiasco ("Fyre Fraud"), followed by the godawful sci-fi thriller "Replicas", the action flick "Polar", the unconventional remake of director Dario Argento's cult classic "Suspiria", the recently-announced nominee list for the 2019 Academy Awards and one of the nominees for Best Picture: "Bohemian Rhapsody". 02:11 - Fyre Fraud 24:02 - Replicas 47:01 - Polar 57:00 - Suspiria 1:22:38 - 2019 Oscar Nominees 1:43:17 - Bohemian Rhapsody...
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 58 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In this week's episode, we share our thoughts on the trailers for "Shazam", "Spider-Man: Far From Home" and "John Wick 3", the teaser trailers for "Ghostbusters 3" and "Space Force", the newest seasons of "True Detective" and "Star Trek: Discovery" THUS FAR, the Netflix documentary "Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened", Season 2 of Netflix's "The Punisher", the animated features "Dragon Ball Super: Broly" and "Reign of the Supermen", and the long-awaited conclusion to M. Night Shyamalan...
Jan 22, 2019•2 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 3
As promised, Ricardo shares his thoughts on "Green Book", followed by my review of the Lifetime 6-part docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" and the indie thriller "The Clovehitch Killer", Ricardo's review for the comedy-drama "The Upside" and our thoughts on the Dick Cheney biopic "Vice". 00:57 - Green Book (Ricardo's Review) 15:26 - Surviving R. Kelly 1:13:57 - The Clovehitch Killer 1:25:13 - The Upside 1:35:39 - Vice CHECK OUT MY ¿Waz D Scene? - R. Kelly #IAdmitChallenge VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.b...
Jan 15, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Holy crap, the Beers, Beats & Bailey experiment turned podcast has finally reached Season 5! I'm so proud to have made it thus far and I have you guys to thank! In this season premiere of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo and I pay respect to the late, great Trinbagonian theater/film actor Chris Smith, talk about the season premieres of "The Orville" and "Young Justice: Outsiders" and review the Oscar-worthy dramas "Wildlife", "Green Book" and "The Favourite". 01:38 - R.I.P. Chris Smith 09:...
Jan 08, 2019•1 hr 56 min
In this penultimate episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey Season 4, Ricardo and I review THREE one-word-titled movies: the provocative rap comedy "Bodied", the soft reboot of the Transformers cinematic universe "Bumblebee" and the highly-anticipated DCEU superhero extravaganza "Aquaman". 04:44 - Bodied 43:35 - Bumblebee 1:12:21 - Aquaman Check out my PATREON if you'd like to request a movie or music project for me to review: www.patreon.com/legallyblack BACKING TRACKS: Metal Steps - Big O slush -...
Dec 28, 2018•1 hr 53 min•Season 4Ep. 37
With a few episodes left until the season finale, Ricardo shares his thoughts on the recently-held "PRESS PLAY: South Edition" concert while I FINALLY talk about the "epic" conclusion to the Fifty Shades trilogy ("Fifty Shades Freed"). Afterwards, we review the Christmas-themed episode of Netflix's "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" ("A Midwinter's Tale"), the 3-part Arrowverse crossover event "Elseworlds", Alfonso Cuarón heartfelt drama "Roma" and the highly-entertaining animated superhero film "...
Dec 19, 2018•2 hr 40 min•Season 4Ep. 36
In this episode, we talk about the long-awaited first trailer for the aptly-titled "Avengers: Endgame", the brutally badass first trailer for "Mortal Kombat 11", the critically-acclaimed dramas "Leave No Trace" and "The Rider", and actor/director Andy Serkis' dark take on the beloved "Jungle Book" story: "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle". 02:31 - Avengers: Endgame (1st Trailer) 22:07 - Mortal Kombat 11 (1st Trailer) 25:55 - Leave No Trace 38:44 - The Rider 54:09 - Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Check...
Dec 11, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 35
In this episode, we discuss the second trailer for the upcoming Marvel Studios feature "Captain Marvel", and review the Paul Schrader-directed character piece "First Reformed", the failed attempt at a human/puppet buddy cop comedy "The Happytime Murders", Season 3 of the Netflix adult animated series "F is For Family", and the long-awaited sequels "Creed II" and "Ralph Breaks the Internet". 02:06 - Captain Marvel (2nd Trailer) 18:07 - First Reformed 36:33 - The Happytime Murders 1:01:08 - F is F...
Dec 06, 2018•2 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 34
In this episode, we review the latest album from Trinidadian rapper/producer Micwise entitled "LEAVE". Afterwards, I talk about the Oscar-worthy documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" and the Razzie-worthy "Mile 22", while Ricardo reviews the "Fantastic Beasts" sequel "The Crimes of Grindelwald" and the latest "Robin Hood" remake/upgrade that nobody asked for! 04:19 - Leave (Album Review) 45:15 - Won't You Be My Neighbor? 1:01:04 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 1:15:56 - Mile 22 1...
Nov 29, 2018•1 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 33
In this episode, we pay tribute to the late, great Stan Lee, in addition to reviewing the supernatural drama "The Haunting of Hill House", the Coen Brothers' western anthology "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" and the ensemble heist drama "Widows". 01:10 - R.I.P. Stan Lee 17:47 - The Haunting of Hill House 39:51 - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 1:08:39 - Widows BACKING TRACKS: In the Sky - saib. Middle Class Standing - GooMar BUY THE COLLAB ALBUM "The Jazz Hop Conspiracy, Vol. 2" HERE: https://s1x-mu...
Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 59 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Along with Damien Chazelle's biographical drama "First Man" and Season 2 of the adult animated series "Castlevania" (Sorry I couldn't squeeze those 2 titles in this episode's title), Ricardo and I review Season 1 of the deviously addictive "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", the latest pairing of director David Mackenzie with "Hell or High Water" lead Chris Pine ("Outlaw King"), the soft reboot/new entry in the "Millennium" film series ("The Girl in the Spider's Web") and the WWII zombie war flick...
Nov 12, 2018•1 hr 50 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Unfortunately, we did not see the recently-released "Halloween" in time for this episode, but I did watch that one "Halloween" movie that even the most die-hard of fans can't defend: "Halloween: Resurrection". After my annual BLACK SHEEP REVIEWS segment, Ricardo reviews the Indonesian action flick "The Night Comes For Us", and we both review what just may be the BEST season of "Daredevil" thus far! 09:30 - Halloween: Resurrection 52:10 - The Night Comes For Us 1:01:19 - Daredevil (Season 3) BACK...
Oct 27, 2018•1 hr 40 min•Season 4Ep. 30
We keep things short (by BBB standards) and sweet in this episode as we share our thoughts on the extended trailer for "Aquaman", the arthouse-grindhouse cinematic marriage known as "Mandy", the sci-fi comedy-drama miniseries "Maniac" and the movie that divided critics and audiences within a week of its release: "Venom". BACKING TRACKS: Smooth Boom Shit - Mr Hone BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM "Translating the Zone" HERE: https://brainconnection1978.bandcamp.com/album/translating-the-zone U Better Li...
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 29
In Episode 8 of Retrospect Reviews, Doe Boi, rapper/producer Micwise and I celebrate the 20th anniversaries of Atlanta rap duo OutKast's artistically ambitious third studio album "Aquemini" and the album that made East Coast rap legend Jay-Z a household name: "Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life". LISTEN TO THIS AND OTHER EPISODES OF THE BEERS, BEATS & BAILEY PODCAST ON iTUNES AND STITCHER Check out my PATREON if you'd like to request a movie or music project for me to review: www.patreon.com/beersbeats...
Sep 29, 2018•2 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 8
