Micheaux Mission

Comics artist Eric Battle, known for his work on DC Comics' The Spectre and BLAM: Black Lives Always Matter, joins the Mission in the Summer of Comics to talk about his love for horror movies, his commitment to his craft, and his high praise for 2022's Bones and All. The romantic horror thriller has earned some of the Mission's most positive reviews, solidifying Timothée Chalamet's status as a superstar. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listeners ask the Men of Micheaux about their favorite comfort-food albums and which directors they would gift a $100 million blank check for a movie. We also pay tribute to the passing of ‘70s-80s character actor James McEachin, connect D'Urville Martin to two distaff 'Davises,' and then Len unleashes Vincent for his completely uncensored deconstruction of Tate Taylor and Kathlyn Stockett's The Help, with tepid apologies to Viola "You is kind, you is smart, you is impo'tant" Davis. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More hot takes on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” When will we see the real Motown documentary? The best comedians who became actors. And literally anything else the Men of Micheaux can think of to discuss to delay reviewing this 2007 misfire by Cedric the Entertainer. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cedric the Entertainer is featured in this edition of Mission Logs as Vincent and Len explore the "boring" antics of the Johnson Family Vacation, a review from May 2020. The Men of Micheaux also pay tribute to the then-recent losses of music luminaries Andre Harrell, Betty Wright, and the one and only Little Richard. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len proves to bethe only person Vincent knows who actaully used the China in the china cabinet. A white missioary shares his word for breakfront. The Men of Micheaux struggle to reunite a living R&B group for one more great album. Len gives an undefinition for a Black film. And we wonder what were Debra Winger and Cuba Gooding Jr. thinking about her return and Radio’s “teeth”, respectively. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 1985 cutting-edge Cannon film with Mario Van Peebles and Kadeem Hardison - Rappin' - is (currently) the worst film The Men of Micheaux have reviewed on the Mission, and here's where they told you why. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Individually, Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy are solid gold performers, but together, at this stage of their careers, it's nothing but fool's gold in this 2005 action un-comedy. Plus, chatter on the white privilege on display inside the Secret Mall Apartment, our favorite Black Mirror episodes, and 1970s furniture. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of MAY I have another Bad Black Movie month, we return to 2018 where this 1975 oddity straddled the fence with its deadly extended tip. Learn why Welcome Home Brother Charles is one of the most referenced films in Mission history. Plus fun debates about hip hop documentaries and Mrs. FroZone. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning podcaster Nichole Hill (The Secret Adventures of Black People, Our Ancestors Were Messy) shares her appreciation for Turner Classic Movies, history, and time travel with the Men of Micheaux in their review of this heartfelt sci-fi dramedy. Plus, Vincent is introduced to Academy Award winner Judy Holliday circa 1950. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before the Men of Micheaux saw you yesterday, they witnessed the rise of another young star in the acting world: 13-year-old Sennia Nanua. She goes toe to toe with Glenn Close in an independent post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror drama that grabs you right from the opening credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux review the 1990 Black film that ignited one of the enduring sci-fi franchises of the 90s, debate the action bonafides of Danny Glover, look at cross-generational music debuts, and Vincent plays the loooooooongest Six Degrees of D’urville ever as he literally reaches for the stars. PLUS — our first thoughts on Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uncovered from a hard drive deep within the archives of Len's Bat-Base, the Micheaux Mission presents their lost episode - their review of Men In Black with actor Ryan Sands (Marvel's Runaways), recorded live at Blerd City Con in Brooklyn, NY in 2018. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent has no time for kids invading his hip-hop spaces, Len thinks that Shaquille O’Neal would’ve had a better film career…as a robot, and Will Smith chases Tom Cruise’s coattails into this witty sci-fi sequel which maybe or maybe not a Black film. Plus, was Anna Nicole Smith an actress? Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny Mathis tops the show for the first (and last) time ever in a thrifty sort of way. Len lists 10 ‘mistakable’ comic book movies of the 21st century, right before Vincent connects D’urville Martin to two noted South African actors and the Men of Micheaux wax much praise on director Gina Prince-Bythewood and actor Kiki Layne in the excellent Netflix action flick. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to the early days of The Mission, where Vincent and Len share their assessment of writer-director John Sayles' sci-fi classic that gave the world actor Joe Morton and provided Vincent with one of his favorite reviews ever. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux finally share their thoughts on Apple TV’s Severance, define ‘teetotaling’, and answer the unasked question “Who’s looking for Kristy Swanson?” before delving into the cult classic 80s sci-fi that buries an Academy Award winner in latex. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best of The Micheaux Mission presents one of Len's favorite episodes—their 2019 review of writer-director Malcolm Lee's classic THE BEST MAN—featuring one of his favorite guests, Tia Whitfield of Sunkissed Media. Trust us—this will change your perspective on this classic star-studded romantic comedy forever. Check out what Tia and her partner Shameka Sawyer are doing for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and women artists, influencers, and content creators at Sunkissed.art Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mission pauses to say goodbye to George Foreman, which begets a candy bar runoff between Oh, Reggie and Kit Kat, which leads into a Heavy D rap verse review and more, including Six Degrees to two boxers-turned-actors, before Vincent and Len shower praise on writer-director Tayarisha Poe’s 2023 introspective romantic drama. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most memorable moments in Mission history is the episode where Len reviews Tyler Perry's psychological thriller Acrimony right after discovering Vincent's dislike for all cooked green vegetables. CERTIFIED FRESH! Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux are forced into a review audible, which sparks a longing for the days of physical media, including the once treasured and now expensive “music on vinyl”. Then after chatter about Heavy D, Minnie Ripperton, and the Boo-Ya Tribe (how that happen?), they see what Kasi Lemons wanted to do with The Caveman’s Valentine, but maybe Samuel L. Jackson gets in the way. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices