Beers, Beats & Bailey

In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo and I discuss the critically-acclaimed nominee for Best Foreign Language Film "Toni Erdmann", the sequel to the sleeper hit that ushered the return of Keanu Reeves into the action genre "John Wick: Chapter 2" and the 'much-needed' sequel to one of the worst films of this decade "Fifty Shades Darker"   TONI ERDMANN - 06:43 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 - 18:56 FIFTY SHADES DARKER - 49:47   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com

In today's episode, Ricardo and I talk about the recent upgrade in the quality of the CW's Arrowverse, as well as review Season 4 of "Sherlock", Best Picture Oscar nominees "Manchester by the Sea" and "Lion", and the psychological thrillers "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" and "Split".   ARROWVERSE UPDATE - 6:42 SHERLOCK (Season 4) - 22:32 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA- 44:09 LION - 1:03:44 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE -

In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I (through the magical powers of Skype) briefly touch on the 2017 Academy Awards nominations, the untimely passing of veteran actor John Hurt, and review "Justice League Dark", "Patriots Day", "Fences" and "Silence".   2017 ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS & JOHN HURT - 3:12 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK - 14:19 PATRIOTS DAY - 29:09 FENCES - 52:25 SI

In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I discuss the second trailers for "Logan" and "Power Rangers", and review (MINOR SPOILERS - you've been warned) "Sing Street", "La La Land", "Hidden Figures" and "XXX: Return of Xander Cage".   NEW LOGAN & POWER RANGERS TRAILERS - 1:01 SING STREET - 21:43 LA LA LAND - 38:52 HIDDEN FIGURES - 1:18:09 XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE -

In the Season 3 premiere of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I talk about our most anticipated TV shows, movies and games of 2017, followed by our reviews of 4 movies we wished we saw in 2016: "Loving", "American Honey", "Moonlight" and "Hacksaw Ridge". There's also a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT to look forward to, and yes, it has something to do with Patreon ;)   SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - 2:42 OVERTURE TO 2017 - 11:04 LOVING - 48:42 AMERICAN HONEY -

In the final part of the Season 2 finale, Ricardo and I share our picks for Worst Movies of 2016 and Top 16 picks (Yep! Once again!)for Best Movies of the year!   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyrev

In the second third of the Season 2 finale,  special guest Michael Richards (C.E.O. of Phastraq VFX) counts down his top 10 best live-action and animated movies (with regards to visual effects of 2016) and Ricardo runs through his favourite video games. Afterwards, Ricardo and I talk about our favourite TV shows of the year.   Check out more of Phastraq VFX at http://www.phastraqvfx.com/, and https://www.facebook.com/Phastraqvfx/

In the first third of the Season 2 finale of Beers, Beats & Bailey, I count down my Top 5 favourite hip-hop beat tapes & EPs and Top 16 (YEP, 16!!!) best hip-hop albums of 2016!   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.insta

In this penultimate episode of Season 2 of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we review the Tom Ford-directed neo-noir thriller "Nocturnal Animals", the latest film from controversial director Paul Verhoeven "Elle", the powerful documentary from Ava DuVernay "13th", and the first standalone movie in the Star Wars series thus far "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story".   NOCTURNAL ANIMALS - 19:47 ELLE - 40:01 13th - 1:09:33 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY -

In today's episode, Ricardo and I talk about a few December 2016 trailers, along with the HBO TV series "Westworld" and "Insecure", the comedy-drama "Don't Think Twice", the 'supernatural horror movie' "The Darkness", the South Korean romantic thriller "The Handmaiden", and the South Korean zombie horror flick "Train to Busan"   DECEMBER 2016 TRAILERS - 05:11 WESTWORLD (Season 1) - 32:15 INSECURE (Season 1) - 1:06:47 DON'T THINK TWICE -

With only a few episodes left before the season finale, Ricardo and I talk about some new PSX trailers, as well as review "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", "Allied", "Norm of the North", "Moana" and the CW's Arrowverse crossover TV event "Invasion!"   PSX 2016 TRAILERS - 06:03 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM - 20:27 ALLIED - 44:26 NORM OF THE NORTH - 1:03:54 MOANA -

In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we review the Mira Nair-directed biographical sports film "Queen of Katwe", the drab attempt by comedian Kevin James at action comedies with Netflix's "True Memoirs of an International Assassin" and the extended cut of "Suicide Squad", which amazingly managed to make an admittedly mediocre movie even worse.   QUEEN OF KATWE - 8:02 TRUE MEMOIRS OF AN INTERNATIONAL ASSASSIN - 18:09 SUICIDE SQUAD (EXTENDED CUT) - 48:42   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.word

In today's podcast, Ricardo and I talk about the first post-Donald Trump episode of "Saturday Night Live" hosted by Dave Chappelle, the documentary parody TV series "Documentary Now", the neo-noir crime drama "Dog Eat Dog", the intelligent sci-fi drama "Arrival" (SPOILER TALK) and the long-awaited album from legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest: "We Got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service"   DAVE CHAPPELLE ON 'SNL' - 04:46DOCUMENTARY NOW - 15:00DOG EAT DOG - 20:54ARRIVAL - 45:13WE GOT IT FROM HERE.... - 1:26:32   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack

On November 5th 2016, through the mystic powers of Skype, Ricardo Medina and I reviewed the first-person shooter "Titanfall 2", the dystopian political thriller "V for Vendetta", the absurdist comedy-drama "Swiss Army Man", the fantasy-based Marvel Studios film "Doctor Strange" and the critically-acclaimed comedy-drama TV series "Atlanta". This is what happened.   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB

In this special Halloween episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Matthew Bailey and Ricardo Medina talk about the third seasons of "Black Mirror" and "Halt and Catch Fire", the documentary "HyperNormalisation" and our individual Top 5 favourite unconventional horror movies.   SPECIAL SPECIAL THANKS to José Sinetto for providing this episode's opening and closing tracks: "Symphony of the Night" and "Windows Shut (Trip-hop instrumental version)"   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB

In the mystic realm of Skype, Ricardo and I talk about the newest Warner Bros. Animation feature "Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders", Ben Affleck's answer to fellow actor Matt Damon's "Jason Bourne" - "The Accountant", and the long-awaited and somewhat controversial directorial debut from actor/director Nate Parker - "The Birth of a Nation".   BATMAN: RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS - 11:14THE ACCOUNTANT - 27:54THE BIRTH OF A NATION - 47:57   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB

Listen as Matthew and Ricardo brave the elements of faulty microphone cords, distracting noises from our respective homes and periodic mouse (mine) clicks to share our thoughts (via Skype) on the latest slate of movie trailers from "Power Rangers" to "Get Out", the biographical disaster film "Deepwater Horizon", the remake of a remake "The Magnificent Seven" and Tim Burton's 'return to form' "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children". NEW MOVIE TRAILERS - 03:19DEEPWATER HORIZON - 17:39THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - 39:54MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN - 56:58   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack

In this episode of BBB, Ricardo and I (through the mystical powers of Skype) review the 'jazzy' Miles Davis biopic "Miles Ahead", Jean-Claude Van Damme's sequel/reboot of sorts - "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Nicholas Winding Refn's latest movie that already has critics and viewers divided - "The Neon Demon", and the newest entry in the Marvel / Netflix universe - "Luke Cage". MILES AHEAD - 06:21KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE - 19:51THE NEON DEMON - 50:32LUKE CAGE (Season 1) - 1:25:02   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/Legall

In today's episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we briefly touch on the recent anniversaries of two classic hip-hop albums (A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory" and The Roots' "Illadelph Halflife")and the tragic passing of actor Bill Nunn, in addition to reviewing the Oliver Stone political thriller "Snowden" and Season 2 of the Emmy-winning cyber-thriller series "Mr. Robot".   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB

In this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we celebrate the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of A Legally Black Blog by discussing "Bazodee" (starring Trinidad & Tobago's own soca ambassador Machel Montano), along with a retrospect review of my favourite movie of all time - Stanley Kubrick's dystopic masterpiece "A Clockwork Orange" and one of Ricardo's all-time favourite movies, Alejandro Jodorowsky's mind-bending fantasy "The Holy Mountain".   My ¿Waz D Scene? video review of "Bazodee" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwZUwRkuPM   MATTHEW BAILEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/