Rewind: Brown Sugar (2002)

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother was not the movie that we thought it was going to be when we sat down, but that ended up being a good thing. What we saw was a beautiful film about family, faith, and love... with guns and swords. Just hit play.No Spoilers (00:00)Spoilers (13:35)Starring: Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo EspositoAdditional Cast: Abubakr Ali, Adia, Tiffany Boone, and Tramell TillmanDirected by: Bassam TariqWritten by: Bassam TariqQuick Synopsis: Follows Latif, a devoutly religious hitman, who embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children after his wife dies, confronting forces closing in and beliefs threatening to unravel.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can also listen on YouTube @BrownButterPod You can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

It has been quite some time since you've heard from us, but we decided to come back in a big way. Diarra from Detroit is a show we liked 2 years ago, and we were excited for the new season to be released. Season 2 may be even better than season 1, and the move to Paramount means that more eyes will land on the show. So we got you caught up. Starring: Diarra Kilpatrick, Bryan Terrell Clark, Dominique Perry, Jon Chaffin, and Shannon WallaceCreated by: Diarra KilpatrickQuick Synopsis: Having solved one big mystery, Diarra takes on a new job that turns out to be much larger than she signed up for.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can also listen on YouTube @BrownButterPod You can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

A few months ago, Mike and Toy recorded an episode after watching Brown Sugar. Toy loves Rom Coms and this is one of her favorites. She mentioned this review during the You, Me, and Tuscany review so it felt like the time to release it. **Note** This should be the last episode we release that wasn't recorded on the studio mic. Unless we do special immediate reaction episodes. Starring: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Yasiin Bey, Nicole Ari ParkerAdditional Cast: Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah, Wendell PierceDirected by: Rick FamuyiwaWritten by: Michael Elliot and Rick FamuyiwaQuick Synopsis: Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can also listen on YouTube @BrownButterPod You can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Mike and Toy return with a big one. Discourse online about You, Me, and Tuscany made it clear that the industry may be impacted by the performance of the Black-led romantic comedy. Stakes or not, we planned to see the film. We were unable to see it during the weekend but good word of mouth encouraged us to get to it mid-week so we could put our two cents in. Light, funny, entertaining. We had a lot of feelings about this one. Yes, there are spoilers. Enjoy!Starring: Halle Bailey, Rege-Jean PageAdditional Cast: Lorenzo de Moor, Marco Calvani, Isabella Ferrari, Paolo Sassanelli, Stefania Casini, Stella Pecollo, Aziza ScottDirected by: Kat CoiroWritten by: Ryan Engle and Kristin Engle Quick Synopsis: When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner's fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that could transform her life.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can also listen on YouTube @BrownButterPod You can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Paradise is one of the hottest shows out there, and we were watching it religiously. This was a fun conversation, recapping the season and speculating about the show's future. We have very different takes on Sinatra, so stick around for that near the end of the pod. Starring: Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Enuka Okuma, Thomas Doherty, and Shailene WoodleyAdditional Cast: Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Krys Marshall, James Marsden, Charlie Evans and Aliyah MastinDirected by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Liza Johnson, and Ken OlinWritten by: Dan Fogelman, Katie French, Stephen Markley, Nadra Widatalla, John Hoberg, Scott Weinger, Jason Wilborn, Melissa Glenn, Seena Haddad, Eric WenQuick Synopsis: A Secret Service agent investigates the murder of a former president in a seemingly peaceful community.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can also listen on YouTube @BrownButterPod You can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Mike and Toy are back in your feed with an overdue review of His and Hers. The show spent a while in Netflix's Top 10 and was a hot topic of conversation when it released. We were late to watch, but that just gave us enough time to forget the spoilers. What a ride!Starring: Jon Bernthal and Tessa ThompsonAdditional Cast: Pablo Schreiber, Marin Ireland, Sunita Mani, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Crystal FoxDirected by: Anja Marquardt and William OldroydWritten by: (based on the book by) Alice Feeney, William Oldroyd, Tori Sampson, Bill Dubuque, Dee JohnsonQuick Synopsis: A journalist investigating a murder in her hometown clashes with a suspicious detective. There are two sides to every story, and someone is lying.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can also listen on YouTube @BrownButterPodYou can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

Mike and Toy are back with their first episode after the rebrand, and it is a big one. The pair reviewed the upcoming release from AMC's ALLBLK, "Long Time Listener," and interviewed director Danielle Nicolet (The Flash, Central Intelligence). This was Nicolet's feature directorial debut, so we talked about her transition behind the camera- the good and the bad. At the end, we got into some less movie-related questions- like, what flavor she would be if she had to choose. This was a spoiler-free review since the movie isn't out yet, but we'll be back with a deeper dive after the movie premieres on ALLBLK on April 2nd. It's hard to do a spoiler-free review of a murder mystery, but we promise we didn't give anything away. Long Time Listener Review (00:00)Danielle Nicolet Interview (20:33)Starring: Meagan Holder, Lyriq Bent, Danielle Nicolet, and Cleo BerryAdditional Cast: Lisha Wheeler, Keyara Milliner, Lucy Faust, and John Charles IIDirected by: Danielle NicoletWritten by: John Doolan and Joe NarodeQuick Synopsis: A true crime podcast host gets dangerously close to an unsolved murder case when she discovers the murderer is also a listener.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Our first episode of 2026 is here! This was unplanned, but we are glad we had the opportunity to do it. Primate is a movie that caught our attention when we saw the first trailer, and it was better than expected. Starring: Johnny Sequoyah, Jess Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Gia HunterAdditional Cast: Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, Tienne Simon, Miguel Torres Umba (as Ben)Directed by: Johannes RobertsWritten by: Johannes Roberts and Ernest RieraQuick Synopsis: A group of friends' tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

We are back in your feed to discuss three movies we watched this past weekend. We were honored to be approved as media for the 7th Annual Micheaux Film Festival, the first of many to come! Here's what we saw:(02:00)Flight 182 Starring: Gurinder Sindher, Sundeep Morrison, and Naysa ShokeenAdditional Cast: Yuvi Grewal and Rupak GinnDirected by: Rippin SindherWritten by: Rippin SindherQuick Synopsis: A husband must choose between visiting his dying mother or heeding warnings from a separatist group threatening to attack Air India Flight 182, in a story based on the deadliest terrorist attack before 9/11.(16:00)The Interview Starring: Leonard RobinsonAdditional Cast: Leslie Stevens, Timothy Davis, Gale HansenDirected by: Kai KimWritten by: Kai Kim and Leonard RobinsonQuick Synopsis: Desperate to prove himself a reformed citizen, Tyson Babineaux's history of violence plagues any chances of landing a normal job. Pressured by the threat of losing his family, Tyson unwittingly takes an unconventional interview at a private security firm. There, he's enticed by an offer that can give him a fresh start. But there's a caveat - he has to kill the other candidates to win the job.(35:35)I'm in LoveStarring: Havilah MaloneDirected by: Roberta SpartaWritten by: Havilah MaloneQuick Synopsis: A mysterious voice and intimate gifts lead a woman on an enigmatic quest, where she discovers the delicate balance between desire and freedom.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

In this episode, Mike and Toy talk about the new movie: Good Boy. A horror movie told from the perspective of a dog. This movie generated a lot of buzz in the festival circuit and we were hoping it lived up to the hype. Starring: IndyAdditional Cast: Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Stuart RudinDirected by: Ben LeonbergWritten by: Alex Cannon and Ben LeonbergQuick Synopsis: A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.comYou can email us at [email protected] Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!