Micheaux Mission

Vince and Len play catch up and review eps 7 & 8 of Star Trek Discovery S2 just when the show goes FULL SPOCK! Plus more nostalgia ret-con to tickle your Trek bone.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diana Ross gives an Academy Award nominated performance, Bill Dee Williams smolders on screen and Richard Pryor crackles in the only biopic of the legendary Billie Holiday. That’s what the critics say. Vince and Len have ‘other thoughts’ on the matter.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer Willow and Caren Jones of the Ladies Luv Hip-Hop podcast sit down to 'dissect LIFE (1999)to death' from two opposite sides of the coin. Plus, is this Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence's best cinematic work.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discovery returns to Kaminar, Saru's homeward, to complete the journey begun 2 episodes ago as Saru confronts his past and his people's future.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TIA WHITFIELD of Millennial High Radio loves THE BEST MAN (1999) even though she has some definitive feelings about the motivations of some of the characters. There's something about a lady wearing a choker that makes the Mission really sing!   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men rejoice at the return of Ensign Tilly and the unexpected return of Doctor Culber (Wilson Cruz)as ST DISCOVERY continues to turn back the clock on S1 machinations.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince and Len are transported to a jazzy loft in 1960s London where the intellects dwell and the music percolates around this snazzy rendition of 'Othello' starring Paul Harris, Marti Stevens and Patrick McGoohan.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince and Len appreciate the chemistry of Sonequa Martin-Green (Burnham) and Doug Jones (Saru) in an episode that has the feel of classic TOS Trek with touch of DS9.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Multimedia journalist BOBBI BOOKER was only too happy to hop onto the Mission to talk about Cleavon Little, Mel Brooks, race, beans and one of her favorite movies - 1974's BLAZING SADDLES.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men review Discovery's return to Klingon intrigue and political backbiting. How do they fare against TNG-DS9's storied history?   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux answer a ton of listener mail about hip-hop, someone else doesn't like 'Play' and eventually they get to their review of the 1997 rom-com SPRUNG, writer/director Rusty Cundieff's earnest attempt at a urban love story that misses the mark by................that much.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux are back reviewing STAR TREK: DISCOVERY as it boldly heads into its sophomore season on CBS All-Access. Stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones and the 'captain' Anson Mount shine in both premiere episodes but the emphasis on the surrounding crew has Vince deeply admiring actress Oyin Oladejo in the role of bridge crewman Lt. Joann Owosekun.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux review the Academy's selections for the 2019 Oscar nominees, eagerly looking for slots to stick in the woefully under appreciated 'If Beale Street Could Talk.'   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music journalist TOYA HAYNES joins the Men for a full throated 'Best Emcee Ever' debate and a fond return to their teen years with Kid n Play in Reggie Hudlin's HOUSE PARTY - a movie ahead of its time in more ways than one.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince and Len start off 2019 in style and with much class, reviewing director Barry Jenkins' adaptation of the late James Baldwin's mesmerizing novel IF BEALE STREET TALK, featuring Stephen James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Micheal Beach and the debut lead of Kiki Layne.   *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Micheaux Mission, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding film, history, and pop culture like The History of Literature and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices