Here are are, folks! EPISODE 100!! Matthew, Ricardo and special guest Tracy Hutchings celebrate this milestone by covering the third and final seasons of Hulu's "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" and Paramount Plus' "Star Trek: Picard", the Ben Affleck-directed sports biopic "Air", the second season of ABC's "Abbott Elementary", the third season of Disney Plus' "The Mandalorian" and the Power Rangers 30th anniversary special "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always". In addition, Matthew shares a...
Apr 24, 2023•2 hr 40 min•Season 10Ep. 12
In this week's episode, Matthew reviews the third episode of the web series "Sister Bond", Ricardo covers the third and final season of the Disney Channel animated series "The Owl House", the first season of the NBC revival series "Quantum Leap" and the Netflix/A24 dramedy series "Beef", and together, do a SPOILER review of the sci-fi thriller "65" and both the 1993 live-action and 2023 animated "Super Mario Bros." feature films. 00:00 - Intro 02:56- Sister Bond (Episode 3) 09:55 - The Owl House...
Apr 10, 2023•2 hr•Season 10Ep. 11
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo discuss the second season of the Star Wars animated series "The Bad Batch", the Apple TV biographical thriller "Tetris", the delightful D&D live-action feature "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" and the fourth chapter of the revenge-driven action movie franchise "John Wick". 00:00 - Intro 02:28- Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Season 2) 19:34 - Tetris 48:49 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 1:18:57 - John Wick: Chapter 4 2:04:52- O...
Apr 05, 2023•2 hr 10 min•Season 10Ep. 10
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo do a track-by-track review of the Micwise & Heezy Hines collaborative album "Heez Wise" and discuss the Season 3 premiere of "Superman & Lois", the series premiere of "Gotham Knights", the Prime Video limited series "Swarm", the DC animated movie "Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham" and, with special guest Danial Lum Young, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods". 00:00 - Intro 03:04 - Heez Wise (Album Review) 38:41 - Superman & Lois (Season 3 Premier...
Mar 20, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Season 10Ep. 9
Recorded one day after the Academy Awards telecast and the season finale of HBO's "The Last of Us", this episode finds Ricardo and Matthew weighing in on said telecast and the full season of "The Last of Us", along with the second episode of the web series "Sister Bond", the 'Vaser Claw' spin-off special "Acuna", Netflix's "Luther: The Fallen Sun", Hulu's "History of the World, Part II" and the full season of Peacock's "Poker Face". 00:00 - Intro 02:31 - Sister Bond (Episode 2) & Acuna 14:31...
Mar 14, 2023•2 hr 25 min•Season 10Ep. 8
In this week's episode, Ricardo and Matthew weigh in on Chris Rock's fiery statements on Will Smith, his wife Jada and the infamous Oscar slap during his live, Netflix stand-up comedy special "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage'), in addition to reviewing the Season 3 premiere of the beloved Star Wars TV series "The Mandalorian" and the long-awaited "Creed III", and paying brief tribute to the late Hollywood actor Tom Sizemore. Also, Matthew reviews the Oscar-nominated dramas "Living" and "Women Talk...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 10Ep. 7
In this week's episode, Ricardo makes mention of the recently-released demo of the upcoming action role-playing video game "Wo Long: Final Dynasty", Matthew reviews "Missing", the standalone sequel to the brilliant 2018 thriller "Searching", and together, they share their thoughts on the first three episodes of the second season of the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" revival series "Bel-Air", the Oscar-nominated psychological drama "The Whale" and the highly-anticipated horror comedy "Cocaine Bear". 0...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 10Ep. 6
In this Carnival Friday-recorded episode, Matthew and Ricardo, alongside special guest Tracy Hutchings, share their thoughts on the first trailer for Warner/DC's "The Flash", the second trailer for Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", the Season 3 premiere episode of "Star Trek: Picard", the Oscar-nominated documentary "Navalny", the sci-fi horror film "Infinity Pool" and the first MCU feature film of 2023: "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania". 00:00 - Intro 03:09 - The Flash 1st Tra...
Feb 18, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Season 10Ep. 5
For the second, Super Bowl Sunday-recorded episode of BBB RADIO, Ricardo, Ashton Menzies, CC Lilford, Tracy Hutchings and I discuss the first trailer for "Fast X", the Scooby Doo-based animated series "Velma", the "Harley Quinn" special "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", M. Night Shyamalan's newest thriller "Knock at the Cabin" and the "On My Block" spin-off series "Freeridge", in addition to celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2003 superhero film "Daredevil". 00:00 - Intro 04:42 ...
Feb 14, 2023•3 hr 30 min•Season 10Ep. 4
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo share their thoughts on the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards, the severing of ties between Adult Swim and "Rick and Morty" voice actor and co-creator Justin Roiland, the cancellation of this year's International Soca Monarch event, the first season of the wildly entertaining anime series "Chainsaw Man", the first four episodes of the Rian Johnson-created murder mystery series "Poker Face", the drama film "Causeway" starring Oscar nominee Brian T...
Jan 31, 2023•2 hr•Season 10Ep. 3
In this episode of BBB RADIO, Matthew and Ricardo discuss the third and final season of the Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly", the biographical war drama "Devotion", the Golden Globe winner and now Oscar nominee for Best International Feature Film "Argentina, 1985", the 2023 version of the 1990 musical comedy "House Party" and the first two episodes of HBO's video game-to-film adaptation of "The Last of Us". 00:28 - Intro 02:52 - Surviving R. Kelly: The Final Chapter 32:44 - Devotion 45:0...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 58 min•Season 10Ep. 2
In the Season 3 premiere of BBB RADIO, Matthew and Ricardo review Netflix's "The Witcher" prequel miniseries "Blood Origin", the first part of the "Bleach" revival series "Thousand-Year Blood War", the Netflix-released heist drama "Kaleidoscope", the David Bowie-themed documentary "Moonage Daydream", the musical biopic "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody", Damien Chazelle's epic period comedy-drama "Babylon" and the sci-fi horror film "M3GAN". 00:28 - Intro 04:12 - The Witcher: Blood O...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 10Ep. 1
For the third and final part of the Season 2 finale of the BBB Radio finale, Matthew, Ricardo, CC and Tracy present their picks for the best films they've seen in 2022! 00:28 - Intro 02:59 - Stuff Ricardo didn’t see but would’ve probably made a list 04:24 - Ricardo's Honourable Mentions 08:22 - Matthew's Honourable Mentions 10:21 - CC's Honourable Mentions 15:45 - Matthew's Top Films (25 - 16) 26:28 - CC's Top Film Discoveries (20 - 16) 35:52 - Matthew's Top Films (15 - 11) 40:55 - CC's Top Film...
Dec 31, 2022•2 hr 18 min•Season 9Ep. 56
In Part 2 of the Season 2 finale of the BBB Radio podcast, Matthew, Ricardo, Tracy and CC share their picks for best TV shows and worst movies of 2022. 00:28 - Intro 02:23 - Honourable Mentions (TV Shows) - Matthew 05:27 - Top 10 Best TV Shows - Matthew 16:53 - Honourable Mentions (TV Shows) - Ricardo 18:45 - Top 10 Best TV Shows - Ricardo 24:03 - CC's Favourite TV Shows 28:10 - Honourable Mentions (TV Shows) - Tracy 30:59 - Top 10 Best TV Shows - Tracy 38:27 - Ricardo's picks for Worst Movies 4...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 55
For Part 1 of the Season 2 finale of BBB Radio, Matthew, Randerson "Crash" Beckett and, in a brief segment, Ricardo deliver their Top 25 lists of the best albums of 2022. Prior to their delivery, Matthew and Ricardo pay respect to the late, great calypsonian Black Stalin. 00:28 - Intro 03:15 - RIP Black Stalin 07:33 - Ricardo's Favourite Albums 09:46 - Honourable Mentions (Matthew) 16:41 - Honourable Mentions (Randerson) 19:54 - Nos. 25 - 21 (Matthew) 33:06 - Nos. 25 - 21 (Randerson) 43:23 - Nos...
Dec 31, 2022•2 hr 42 min•Season 9Ep. 54
As the clock winds down on the season finale of BBB RADIO, Matthew and Ricardo cover the series premiere of the new GT Network series "Sister Bond", the delightful film adaptation of both the beloved Roald Dahl novel "Matilda" and stage musical "Matilda the Musical" and the Netflix-released sequel to the 2019 mystery film "Knives Out": "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery". (00:00) Intro (01:50) Sister Bond (Series Premiere) (11:38) Matilda the Musical (34:55) Glass Onion (1:07:57) Outro WATCH "SI...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 9Ep. 53
In this week's episode (recorded over the course of two days and at two locations, hence the difference in audio quality between reviews), Matthew and Ricardo talk about some great things and one 'not-great' thing as we discuss the World Cup Finals match between Argentina and France, Henry Cavill no longer playing Superman, the sixth season of Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty", the romantic horror drama "Bones and All", the Oscar-worthy documentary feature "Fire of Love", Steven Spielberg's newest f...
Dec 20, 2022•2 hr 56 min•Season 9Ep. 52
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo weigh in on the recent cancellation of the "Wonder Woman 3" film and a video showing reggae/dancehall artist Sizzla destroying two platinum plaques sent by hip-hop curator DJ Khaled. Afterwards, they discuss the Civil Rights-themed biopic "Till", the #MeToo-themed biopic "She Said", the Guillermo del Toro-directed "Pinocchio" movie and the slavery-themed Will Smith vehicle "Emancipation". (00:00) Intro (01:51) Wonder Woman 3 Cancelled (08:47) Sizzla in...
Dec 12, 2022•2 hr 10 min•Season 9Ep. 51
In this week's episode, Ricardo and I share our brief thoughts on the official trailers for "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", "Cocaine Bear", "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts", "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny", "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3" and "The Last of Us", in addition to reviewing the 'Best of 2022'-worthy films "Aftersun" from Charlotte Wells, "Decision to Leave" from Park Chan-wook, "Triangle of Sadness" from Ruben Östlund and "The Menu" from Mark Mylod. (00:00) Intro (04:44) T...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 9Ep. 50
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo cover the Oscar-worthy drama "Tár", the second season of the conspiracy theory-themed, Netflix animated comedy series "Inside Job", the first season of the "Addams Family" spinoff series "Wednesday", the second Marvel Studios TV special "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" and the first season of the newest Star Wars TV series "Andor". (00:00) Intro (02:36) Tár (39:12) Inside Job (Season 2) (45:05) Wednesday (Season 1) (1:08:08) The Guardians ...
Nov 28, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 49
In his fifth interview, Matthew speaks with Randy Van Gelder, frontman of the pop rock band Echo Strike, on the formation of the band and their previous album output, in addition to breaking down their new record - and one of the year's best albums - "Can't Do Anything Right". "Can't Do Anything Right" is now available on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes and Deezer READ MY WRITTEN REVIEW OF "Can't Do Anything Right" HERE: https://legallyblack.wordpress.com/2022/03/22/album-review-echo-strike-cant-do-...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 9Ep. 48
For the second part of this epic, two-episode BBB RADIO / RETROSPECT REVIEWS crossover, Ricardo, Matthew, CC, Tracy and Sommerleigh get spoiler-free and spoilery on the highly anticipated "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and celebrate 30 years of Spike Lee's timeless biopic "Malcolm X". 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Spoiler-Free Section) 38:16 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Spoiler Section) 1:43:40 - Malcolm X (30th Anniversary Review) 3:10:22 - Outro Thanks to DF STUD...
Nov 15, 2022•3 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 47
In the first part of this jam-packed, two-episode BBB RADIO / RETROSPECT REVIEWS crossover, Ricardo and Matthew, alongside special guests Tracy Hutchings, Sommerleigh Pollonais and CC Lilford pay tribute to the late, great Kevin Conroy, touch on the recent episode of SNL hosted by Dave Chappelle and guest starring Mos Def and Talib Kweli (Black Star) and review the fourth and final season of FX's "Atlanta" and the Netflix documentary "Is That Black Enough for You?!?" 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - RIP Ke...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 9Ep. 46
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo pay respect to the late, great Takeoff of the Atlanta rap group Migos, and review the blood-soaked horror sensation "Terrifier 2", the German-made film adaptation of the classic anti-war novel "All Quiet on the Western Front", the Netflix-released mystery film "Enola Holmes 2" and the aptly named "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". (00:00) Intro / RIP Takeoff (17:30) Terrifier 2 (39:14) All Quiet on the Western Front (1:03:44) Enola Holmes 2 (1:26:11) Weir...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 9Ep. 45
In this Halloween special of BBB RADIO, Matthew and Ricardo talk about the hiring of James Gunn to run DC Films, the third season of "Star Trek: Lower Decks", the first seasons of "Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi" and "House of the Dragon" and the Halloween-viewing recommendations "Wendell & Wild", "Pearl" and "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities" (00:00) Intro (02:16) James Gunn leading DC Films (07:01) Star Trek: Lower Decks (Season 3) (11:58) Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (18:22) Hous...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 9Ep. 44
In the second Triple Feature episode of BBB RADIO / RETROSPECT REVIEWS, Matthew, Ricardo and special guests Tracy Hutchings, Sommerleigh Pollonais and Ashton Menzies (*Unfortunately, his wi-fi connection was disconnected for the rest of the episode after the "Creed" trailer review*) discuss the 2010 DC Showcase short film "Superman/Shazam! The Return of Black Adam" and the recently-released DC Universe Animated Original Movie "Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons" and the DC Extended Un...
Oct 24, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 43
In this week's episode, Ricardo and I pay tribute to the late, great actors Angela Lansbury and Robbie Coltrane, discuss the recently-released "House Party" reboot and "M3GAN" trailers and the series premiere of "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War", and review the Daniel Hamilton & Da Face EP "Rapso & Breakups", the first seasons of "The Lord of the Rings: The Power" and "She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law", and the feature films "Amsterdam", "Clerks III" and "Halloween Ends". (00:00) Intro, RIP Ang...
Oct 18, 2022•2 hr 23 min•Season 9Ep. 42
In the first Triple Feature episode of BBB RADIO / RETROSPECT REVIEWS, Matthew, Ricardo and special guests Sommerleigh Pollonais and CC Lilford discuss three horror-themed films based on Marvel Comics characters: 1998's "Blade", 2007's "Ghost Rider" and the recently-released Marvel Studios TV special "Werewolf by Night". Prior to these reviews, they share their thoughts on four Upcoming Attractions: "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", HBO Max's "Velma", Netflix's "Wednesday" and Paramount Plus' "Star...
Oct 11, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Season 9Ep. 41
Recorded over two days (hence the shift in quality from 10:29 to 59:41) and on two platforms (phone on the intro and laptop afterwards), Matthew and Ricardo pay tribute to Trinidadian publicist, marketing strategist, singer and mentor Janine Charles-Farray and West Coast rapper Coolio, in addition to covering the new Da Face and DNA_868_MUZIK EP "Ah Busy", the newest "Mortal Kombat Legends" film "Snow Blind", the official trailer for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever", the season 48 premiere of "S...
Oct 11, 2022•3 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 40
In this week's episode, Matthew and Ricardo discuss the premiere of NBC's "Quantum Leap" revival series, the Season 2 premiere of ABC's "Abbott Elementary" and, alongside Matthew, the first three episodes of the newest Star Wars series "Andor", the A24-released "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" and "Bodies Bodies Bodies", and Rob Zombie's 'highly-anticipated' film adaptation of the beloved 60s sitcom "The Munsters". (00:00) Intro (01:45) Quantum Leap (Series Premiere) (10:36) Abbott Elementary (S...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 9Ep. 39
