Micheaux Mission

A thorough - and intense - review of episodes 5-6 of FX-Hulu's Kindred by the Men of the Micheaux Mission podcast, Vincent and Len, and their fellow Octavia Butler fans, Ariell and Charlyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len review (43:20) The Liberation of LB Jones (1970) starring Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana, and Lee J Cobb; directed by 3-time Oscar winner William Wyler and 70s television action hero Lee Majors, whose career fills the top of the show and the back with the Men's thoughts on The Six Million Dollar Man and his 80s follow-up, The Fall Guy. Plus, TOP 5 Lola's and Six Degrees to Tasha Smith and Denis Leary sparks Amazing Spider-Man chatter. And, the Men react to the 2023 Academy Award nominations. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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 Men of Micheaux + Ariell and Charlyn review episodes 3 and 4 of FX-Hulu's Kindred, which both feature a lot of Kevin and not much of Dana. The kid gloves are off starting with this review, folks - buckle up! Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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

Vincent and Len read listener mail which somehow takes Nia Long to her local Target. They give praise to the Black award winners at the recent Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, share their thoughts on HBO Max's Call Me Miss Cleo, list the Top 5 Black films affected by the Pandemic and Vincent goes Six Degrees from D'Urville to Mike Myers and Anne Hathaway. And the Men remember the hip-hop charity classic Self-Destruction. Then (58:27) they review the charming 2020 'love letter to Brooklyn,' The Outside Story. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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 Men of The Micheaux Mission return with co-hosts Ariell Johnson and Charlyn Griffith-Oro to breakdown Ep #2 of KINDRED, the FX-Hulu 8-part adaptation of Octavia Butler's seminal afrofuturistic novel, the first of her works to hit the screen. They give the show a thorough review and then (45:30) compare it with the literary work. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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

Vincent and Len jump into 2023 with a review of Peacock’s The Best Man: The Final Chapters, the Top 5 Upcoming Black Movies of 2023 + a couple of Denzel Washington-centric Top 5’s of his own, Six Degrees of D’Urville to Wood Harris and Aunjanue Ellis and a (1:03) full film review of 2011’s Restless City, directed by Andrew Dosunmu and starring Sy Alassane and Sky Nicole Grey. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube 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 Men of Micheaux close out 2022 with a voicemail check-in on Len’s emotions and a fun look at the twins of The Whispers due to listener mail. Top 5 looks at the Un-Rankin & Bass Christmas Specials, while Six Degrees of Durville connects to Angela Lansbury and Ed Asner. Then (50:20) a review of Black Nativity that doesn’t disappoint. The film, however…. ____________________________ Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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 Men of The Micheaux Mission join Ariell Johnson and Charlyn Griffith-Oro to review and discuss Ep #1 of KINDRED, the FX-Hulu 8-part adaptation of Octavia Butler's seminal afrofuturistic novel, the first of her works to hit the screen. They give the show itself a thorough review and then compare it with the literary work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist, Radio Host, Philly Institution LORAINE BALLARD MORRILL brings class to the Mission as the show kicks off with a review of 2006’s Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. Then the guys get to play Top Five Christmas Soul Songs and Six Degrees of D’Urville to Santa and Mrs. Claus, Jonathan Winters and Jill St. John. _____________________ Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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 Men of Micheaux review the holiday dramedy 2016's ALMOST CHRISTMAS (52:21), starring Danny Glover, Mo'Nique, Gabrielle Union and directed by David Talbert. Plus, listener mail has some harsh words for one of the guys, Top 5 of the great Almost Christmas movies and Six Degrees of D'Urville to Santa and Mrs. Clause, literally. ____________________________ Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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 Men are back from Thanksgiving, stuffed with announcements about their new Kindred podcast in December, plus their upcoming live show in 2023. They pay respect due to the late Irene Cara; give their Top 5 Blacked-Out Sequels (actors or characters dropped or replaced from movie sequels), which leads to Another Regina King Moment; Six Degrees of D’Urville to Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz; and (59:00) a review of Ice Cube’s Next Friday. _________________ Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube 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 Men of Micheaux share their ideas for non-traditional Thanksgiving dishes (AKA what was Len thinking?); listener voicemail takes us back to the O.J. Simpson verdict; the Top 5 Denzags = Denzel movies that miss the mark; Six Degrees of D’Urville to Peter Sellers and Jessica Lange and (1:01) our review of director Ridley Scott’s epic American Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. ________________ Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube 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

Len bids farewell to Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman. The men of Micheaux consider the series finale of Donald Glover's Atlanta and the show's place in pop culture and TV history. We share our spoiler-free thoughts on Black Panther Wakanda Forever, list the Top 5 Black Heroes that Blankman can take in a fight, go Six Degrees to Jodie Foster and Nicholas Cage and (54:58) review the 1994 superhero comedy BLANKMAN. _______________ Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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

SPOILER ALERT - Vincent and Len give their full review of Black Panther Wakanda Forever in an emergency edition of The Micheaux Mission. So urgent - they keep reviewing even after the microphones get blown out (so there's some audio issues, folks). Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  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

First the men check in with their Listener Mail. Next, it's a look at Hulu's Kindred, which premiered a darn good teaser trailer. Then it's the Top 5 Basketball Actors and Six Degrees of D'Urville to Romany Malco and Naomie Harris. Finally at 50:10, it's time for our review of the Ron Shelton street ball classic starring 'Set Shot' Woody Harrelson and the many flourishes of Wesley Snipes (plus Rosie Perez and Tyra Ferrell do work, too). Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube 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