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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 Hunter Additional Cast: Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, Tienne Simon, Miguel Torres Umba (as Ben) Directed by: Johannes Roberts Written by: Johannes Roberts and Ernest Riera Quick 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.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star 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 Shokeen Additional Cast: Yuvi Grewal and Rupak Ginn Directed by: Rippin Sindher Written by: Rippin Sindher Quick 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 Robinson Additional Cast: Leslie Stevens, Timothy Davis, Gale Hansen Directed by: Kai Kim Written by: Kai Kim and Leonard Robinson Quick 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 Love Starring: Havilah Malone Directed by: Roberta Sparta Written by: Havilah Malone Quick 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.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star 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: Indy Additional Cast: Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Stuart Rudin Directed by: Ben Leonberg Written by: Alex Cannon and Ben Leonberg Quick 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.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

In this episode, Mike and Toy discuss the hottest movie of the fall: One Battle After Another. Many are calling it the movie of the year. Do we agree? Tune in to find out. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti Additional Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Tony Goldwyn Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson, inspired by the novel "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon Quick Synopsis: When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter. Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

We are super late with this one, but it was too important not to review. My mic died during this recording, so the audio might be a little low in the middle, but hopefully it's not too bad. Enjoy! Starring: Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin Additional Cast: Sean San Jose and Paul Raci Directed by: Greg Kwedar Written by: John H. Richardson (based on "The Sing Sing Follies"), Brent Buell (based on "Breakin' The Mummy's Code"), Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin (story), John Divine G Whitfield (story) Quick Synopsis: Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art. Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Mike and Toy actually recorded this episode on August 30th but the upload was delayed. Please enjoy. Starring: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch Additional Cast: Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, and Zoe Chao Directed by: Jay Roach Written by: (novel "The War of the Roses") Warren Adler, Tony McNamara Quick Synopsis: A tinderbox of competition and resentments underneath the façade of a picture-perfect couple is ignited when the husband's professional dreams come crashing down. Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Toy and Mike review the new movie Bang Bang from Sunrise Films. This is a boxing movie that gives you some of the traditional boxing movie setup, but does not follow the trajectory you'd expect. We both enjoyed this film and detail why. Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, and Andrew Liner Additional Cast: Kevin Corrigan, Nina Arianda, Erica Gimpel, and Daniella Pineda Directed by: Vincent Grashaw Written by: Will Janowitz Quick Synopsis: Tim Blake Nelson stars as 'Bang Bang' Rozyski, an eccentric retired pugilist obsessed with rectifying the sins of his past. Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

For these two episodes, Toy and I tried something different. I bought those mics that the influencers who do the on-street interviews use, and we recorded while driving home from the movies. During the first review, I had some movement in the mic, so I apologize for that. The second time, I held the mic, but when I moved my head, the mic didn't go with me. This is a work in progress, so please forgive me if the audio isn't as crisp as you're used to. Highest 2 Lowest Starring: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky, Aubrey Joseph Additional Cast: Ilfenesh Hadera, Elijah Wright, Rick Fox Directed by: Spike Lee Written by: Evan Hunter (novel King's Ransom as Ed McBain), Akira Kurosawa (based on the film high and low, written by), Alan Fox (screenplay by) Quick Synopsis: When a titan music mogul is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Nobody 2 Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Greg Munroe, Paisley Cadorath Additional Cast: Christopher Lloyd, John Ortiz, RZA, Sharon Stone, Colin Hanks Directed by: Timo Tjahjanto Written by: Derek Kolstad (based on characters by / story by / screenplay by), Aaron Rabin (screenplay by) Quick Synopsis: Suburban dad Hutch Mansell, a former lethal assassin, is pulled back into his violent past after thwarting a home invasion, setting off a chain of events that unravels secrets about his wife Becca's past and his own. Follow the show on X/Twitter and Letterboxd @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

Toy and Mike are back in your feed with the hottest movie in theaters, Zach Cregger's "Weapons." Cregger brought back a storytelling device that worked well in Barbarian but took it to another level in this film by shifting perspectives several times. This took the movie to another level in terms of suspense and the fun of the ride from start to finish. Before we talked about the movie, the random movie topic generator gave us the prompt "Did Not Age Well." "Did Not Age Well" (00:00)Weapons Review (09:00) Weapons Starring: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich Additional Cast: Cary Christopher, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan Directed by: Zach Cregger Written by: Zach Cregger Quick Synopsis: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. Follow: Mike on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can also follow the show on Letterboxd @BrownButterPod and Mike on Letterboxd @MBibs You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

Mike and Toy are back in your podcast feed with a deep dive into the latest Marvel film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Each has a different history with the MCU and a differet history with these characters in general so they get into their feelings about these characters coming in, and how they felt about their portrayals in this film. They also discuss favorite scenes and things they perhaps didn't like. First, they broke the ice with a random topic generator and the topic of "Old" movies. Random Topic Generator: "Old" (00:00)The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review (10:40)Superman Rating (01:04:07) Starring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn Additional Cast: Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Sarah Niles Directed by: Matt Shakman Written by: Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer, Kat Wood. Based on comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Quick Synopsis: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer. Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! You can also follow the show on Letterboxd @BrownButterPod. For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

This should have been posted long ago, but it's better late than never over here. Mike and Toy finally sat down to discuss the film of the year, Sinners. There were so many things to discuss with this film that it was hard to decide where to start, but we think we found a good place and feel like this was our best episode yet! We hope you agree. Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton Additional Cast: Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Hailee Steinfeld, Omar Miller, Wunmi Mosaku Directed by: Ryan Coogler Written by: Ryan Coogler Quick Synopsis: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com You can email us at [email protected] 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

Mike and Toy are back in your feed with another review. This time it's Marvel's Thunderbolts*. We give you our MCU backgrounds, then get into the details of the movie, before finishing with what we're thinking about the future of the MCU Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lewis Pullman Additional Cast: David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Geraldine Viswanathan, Wendell Pierce Directed by: Jake Schreier Written by: Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo, (Thunderbolts created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley), (Avengers created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby), (Captain America created by Joe Simon), (The Sentry created by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee), Quick Synopsis: After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must go on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod on Twitter for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com 5-Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated!

The rebrand is official, Mike and Toy present "Brown Butter Popcorn." Buttered Popcorn is good, Brown Butter Popcorn is better. We explain the name at the beginning of the show. In the first episode after the rebrand, Mike and Toy discuss the films that shaped their movie tastes as a little introduction to who they are. Then we jumped into reviews. First up was Punching Bag, an indie short film that we received through our friends at Candid Broads Productions. Then we jumped into Nickel Boys, a movie that received two Oscar nominations and is now available on streaming. Finally, we discussed the latest A24 movie, Opus which features Ayo Edibiri. Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (06:25) The Movies That Shaped Us (26:20) Punching Bag Review (38:53) Nickel Boys Review (51:50) Opus Review Movies Discussed Punching Bag Starring: Michael Ajih Additional Cast: Dywayne Thomas, Larry Olubamiwo, and Lynn Thomas Directed by: Rob Ayling   Written by: Rob Ayling Quick Synopsis: An amateur boxer battling his demons as well as his opponent in what could prove to be the fight of his life. Nickel Boys Starring: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Additional Cast: Ethan Cole Sharp, Sam Malone, Hamish Linklater, and Daveed Diggs Directed by: RaMell Ross Written by: RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Colson Whitehead (wrote the book) Quick Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "Nickel Boys" chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Opus Starring: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich Additional Cast: Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Melissa Chambers, Tony Hale, Stephanie Sugnami, Amber Midthunder, Peter Diseth, Tamera Tomakili, and Aspen Martinez Directed by: Mark Anthony Green Written by: Mark Anthony Green Quick Synopsis: A writer travels to the compound of a pop icon who disappeared years ago. Surrounded by his cult of sycophants, as well as a group of fellow journalists, she soon discovers his twisted plans for the gathering. Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit⁠ BibsCorner.com⁠ 5 Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

The first episode of 2025 is here! Bibs is back with a special guest to talk about the best shows they watched in 2024 and the hottest new film in theaters, One of Them Days. The best things we watched in 2024 is not just a list of 2024 releaeses, but also shows that we introduced each other to which may have been older. We hope you'll find something to watch from the shows named. As for One of Them Days, we both were anticipating this releasae and the creators delivered. From the cast, to the story, to the pace, it's hard to find a flaw with this film. Starring: Sza, Keke Palmer Additional Cast: Joshua David Neal, Katt Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Gabrielle Dennis, Amin Joseph, Janelle James, Aziza Scott, Tony Baker, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Patrick Cage II Directed by: Lawrence Lamont Written by: Syreeta Singleton Quick Synopsis: When best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. Follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @BibsCorner and the show @BrownButterPod for more content! For written content, visit BibsCorner.com 5 Star Reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts are appreciated! 

In this episode of Have you Scene, I welcome back Shad from The Uncool Urban podcast and welcome in Reese, my cohost on the Mavs Outsiders podcast and host of the Mind of Reese podcast. We discuss the sequel to the classic Coming to America, interestingly titled Coming 2 America. Eddie brought back almost everyone he could from the original while introducing some new characters as well. As always, we do a spoiler-free discussion in the first part of the podcast and then dive into the spoilers on the back half. We definitely had fun with this one. 01:16 - 33:15 Non-spoiler conversation 33:45 - End: Spoiler conversation As always you can follow me on Twitter @BibsFilm, you can follow Shad @ShadMiller13 and you can follow Reese @MofR25 Enjoy!