Sinners (2025)

On this episode we discuss the record breaking and extremely entertaining Ryan Coogler film Sinners. On the eve of the Oscars and in anticipation of it breaking several records related to nominations and wins we share our thoughts. We changed the format just a bit and we hope you enjoy it. Please make sure you like and leave a comment if you like. We appreciate you watching and listening!

Just in time for the big game this weekend we've made out picks and discussed the playoffs and other NFL related content. We are joined by our good friend Chris Lee and we make up for lost time. Let us know your thoughts!

Now that football season is done we are back to our normal agenda. Chris joins us one more time, but this time to discuss John Avildsen's 1989 film starring Morgan Freeman as famed Eastside High School principal Joe Clark, Lean On Me.This episode was dedicated to the memory of our friend Joy Wilson who was an educator at Spelman College.We hope you enjoy it. Like, subscribe, and comment. Share with a friend. #theopentabspodcast

It's been an exciting couple of weeks. The conference championships lived up to the hype for the most part and now we have our big game match up between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. It's the match up no one wanted but it should be an exciting one nonetheless. Joe, Calvin, and Chris are here for our last banter filled pick selection before we venture back into the world of cinema. Oh yeah....there was a trade that occurred in the NBA and we said a few words about that as well. Give us a watch or a listen. Let us know your thoughts. Like, subscribe, and comment! #theopentabspodcast will be back next week to recap the game and discuss the film Lean On Me and you won't want to miss that!

Well, it's that weekend again. The end of the football season is nigh, and often this is the best weekend of games as the games are usually more competitive and therefore more exciting than the big game that comes a couple of weeks afterward. This week we talk about the outcome of the College Football Playoff, the coaching carousel and the previous week's divisional round before diving into our picks for this week. As always the discussion was rousing. Give us a watch/listen. Like, subscribe, and comment. Let us know what you think about our picks and our reasoning! #theopentabspodcast

Welcome back to #TheOpenTabsPodcast this week we unpack the results of last weeks games and make predictions on the slate of games this week with our friend Chris Lee. We also discuss the great works of famed photographer Walter Iooss and the recent interaction he had with Joe. We also discuss the broadcasting booths and who we like and don't like. The end of the episode has some top notch banter as well. It's what you've come to know and love of us! Settle in and Enjoy!

The Open Tabs Podcast returns with friend of the show Chris Lee to discuss a wide variety of topics around, as Chris calls it "Saturday and Sunday Ball". It's our favorite time of year. On this episode we discuss the upcoming college football semifinal, the MVP race, and make our picks for Wild Card Weekend. From there we go into a vigorous discussion about the types of things we would do if we were the owners of our favorite teams. We had a great time discussing it as we always do and we hope that you enjoy the episode as much as we did making it! We know we've been away for a while but we are so glad to be back! Follow and subscribe to be updated about future episodes.

After a long break we are back and we have a good one for you. On this episode we discuss Kevin Hook's 1991 film Strictly Business. We discuss the various rising stars in the film and where they eventually ended up. Halle Berry shines in this film but there is so much more to it. Give us a listen, a like, and subscribe. We have some great films on deck to discuss. We know you missed us! #theopentabspodcast

Well it's come to this. Calvin, Joe and Chris are deadlocked in their picks and....it'll end that way. That didn't stop the fellas from having some good banter and talking points. We had some reaction to the unofficial Hall of Fame announcements that we knew of to that point. We also gave you some things to look out for during the game. It's always bittersweet when football season comes to an end but there's light at the end of the tunnel as Chris gave us a list of films he's ready to come back and talk about. We hope you enjoy the podcast and the game! Give us a like and subscribe! #theOpenTabsPodcast

Joe, Calvin, and Chris are back to make their picks in the Conference Championship games and they are deadlocked with 7 correct picks and 3 incorrect picks. The discussion this week was lively on all accounts as we recapped the previous weeks picks as well as discussed the latest coaching hire in Atlanta. Take a listen and let us know if you agree with our picks. Subscribe, like, comment and interact. We appreciate you listening to #theopentabspodcast