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Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]
by Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] is a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors of color and analyzes them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues. Hosted by Jonathan Braylock, Jerah Milligan, and James III. BMCJ is an iTunes Editor's Choice podcast and has reached #2 on the iTunes Film/TV charts. BMCJ has also been covered by multiple websites including Huffington Post, Splitsider, Salon, The Daily Dot, and more.
Episodes
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Moana (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Moana, directed by Thomas Kail, screenplay by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, starring Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui, Frankie Adams, Jemaine Clement, and Catherine Laga’aia. Together, they give the movie at least one compliment, discuss other...
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Little Monsters
This week, James, Jerah ,and Jon are covering Little Monsters (2019), written and directed by Abe Forsythe, starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, and Kat Sewart. Together, they discuss zombie truthers, the under-appreciated 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the kinds of horror...
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Street Fighter (Teaser)
This week, James and Jon are covering Street Fighter, directed by Kitaeo Sakurai, screenplay by T.J. Firman and Kitao Sakurai, story by Dalan Musson and Doberman, starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Eric André, Andrew...
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Nanny w/ Tessa Greenberg and Guyviaud Joseph
This week, Jerah and Jon are joined by director and editor Tessa Greenberg (Regulars) and actor and producer Guyviaud Joseph (Zatima) to discuss Nanny (2022), written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu, starring Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, and Leslie Uggams....
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Livestream from Hell (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Livestream from Hell, directed by David Janoff, written by Biniam Bizuneh and Kevin Hart, starring Kevin Hart, Kai Cenat, and Druski. Together, they discuss their respective experiences with livestreaming, which of them had watched any of the stars’...
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Stomp the Yard
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Stomp the Yard (2007), directed by Sylvain White, written by Robert Adetuyi and Gregory Anderson, starring Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Darrin Henson, Brian White, Las Alonso, Valarie Lettiford, Harry Lennix, and Chris Brown. Together, they...
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Mother Mary (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Mother Mary, written and directed by David Lowery, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. Together, they discuss a handful of approaches to stretching out the cold open this week, the most recent concert Bray went to, James' experience seeing…
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, directed by Jon Favreau, written by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Noah Kloor, starring Pedro Pascal, Jeremy Allen White, Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder, Jonny Coyne, Martin Scorsese, and Sigourney Weaver. Together,...
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The Last House (Teaser)
This week, James, and Jon are covering The Last House, directed by Louis Leterrier, written by Matthew Robinson, starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. Together, they get right into it, why anyone might be listening to this episode, whether or not they’d ever try to stop breaking out of a house…
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Rush Hour 2
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Rush Hour 2 (2001), directed by Brett Ratner, screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Alan King, Roselyn Sánchez, Harris Yulin, and Zhang Yiyi. Together, they discuss whether or not Chris Tucker is being “early…
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The End of Oak Street (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The End of Oak Street, written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, and Christian Convery. Together, they discuss jumping through portals, how the Jurassic World/Park franchise compares to the…
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The Gates
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Gates, written and directed by John Burr, starring Mason Gooding, Algee Smith, Keith Powers, and James Van Der Beek. Together, they discuss each of their experiences with gated communities, the appeal of a not-fun thriller, getting pulled over,...
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Teaser)
This week, Jerah, and Jon are covering Spider-Man: Brand New Day, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Florence Pugh, Trammel Tillman, Marisa Tomei, and Mark Ruffalo. Together, they...
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Mortal Kombat II
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Mortal Kombat II, directed by Simon McQuoid, screenplay by Jeremy Slater, starring Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and...
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72 Hours (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering 72 Hours, directed by Tim Story, screenplay by Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Kevin Burrows, and Matt Mider, starring Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Sam Patterson, Ben Marshall, and Teyana Taylor. Together, they discuss what you’ll…
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Obsession w/ Rebecca Bulnes
This week, James and Jon are joined by podcaster and writer Rebecca Bulnes (Classroom Crush) to cover Obsession, written and directed by Curry Barker, starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter. Together, they discuss their own romantic…
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Strung (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Strung, directed by Malcolm D. Lee, screenplay by Alan B. McElroy, starring Chloe Bailey, Lynn Whitfield, Lucien Laviscount, Anna Diop, Doc Jones, and Romy Woods. Together, they discuss what to call a "trumpet" in this day and age, the power of CBD...
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Cop Out
This week, James and Jon are covering Cop Out (2010), directed by Kevin Smith, written by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen, starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, and Seann William Scott. Together, they discuss where Jerah is, how much money the film, in fact,...
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Little Brother (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Little Brother, directed by Matt Spicer, written by Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel, starring John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan, and Christopher Meloni. Together, they discuss what audience expectations could possibly have been for the film, its...
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Is God Is w/ Jaylin Hodge
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by filmmaker, model, and (relevant for this week’s film) twin Jaylin Hodge (@jaylindhodge) to cover Is God Is, written and directed by Aleasha Harris, starring Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Janelle Monáe, Erika Alexander, Mykelti Williamson, Josiah…
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Scary Movie (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Scary Movie, directed by Michael Tiddes, written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez, starring Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall. Together, they discuss the Scary Movie franchise’s...
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Backrooms w/ Skyler Higley
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined by comedian and writer Skyler Higley (The Onion, The Oscars) to cover Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons, written by Will Soodik, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lucite Maxwell. Together, they discuss their...
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), written and directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, starring Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown, and Ja’net Dubois. Together, they discuss just how many Scary Movies there are, the film’s Rotten Tomatoes...
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I Love Boosters
This week, Jon and Jerah are covering I Love Boosters, written and directed by Boots Riley, starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle, and Demi Moore. Together, they discuss allowing a certain level of shoplifting in...
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In the Blink of an Eye
This week, James and Jerah are covering In the Blink of an Eye, directed by Andrew Stanton, written by Colby Day starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, and Daveed Diggs. Together, they discuss space, the billionaires trying to get there, Producer Skyler being banned from suggesting movies for the...
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Swapped w/ Carl Foreman, Jr. (Teaser)
This week, James and Jon are joined by Carl Foreman, Jr. (JFL New Faces) to cover Swapped, directed by Nathan Greno, screenplay by John Whittington, Christian Magalhaes, and Robert Snow, story by John Whittington, Adam Karp, Christian Magalhaes, Robert Snow, and Nathan Greno, starring Michael B....
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Shadow Force
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Shadow Force (2025), directed by Joe Carnahan, written by Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan, starring Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Mark Strong, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Cliff “Method Man” Smith. Together, they discuss the likelihood of there being some form...
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Michael (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by John Logan, starring Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Juliano Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Meyers, Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo. Together, they discuss the film’s rough...
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Thrash
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Thrash, written and directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, and Djimon Hounsou. Together, they discuss bull sharks, the film’s crisp runtime, why Thrash might've popped on Netflix its resemblance to Crawl, what does and does...
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You, Me & Tuscany w/ Yazmin Monet Watkins (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are joined Yazmin Monet Watkins (Grand Crew, “Who All Gon’ Be There?”) to cover You, Me & Tuscany, directed by Kat Coiro, screenplay by Ryan Engle, story by Ryan Engle and Kristin N. Engle, starring Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page, Marco Calvani, and Aziza Scott....
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The Drama
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Drama, written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Together, in a spoiler-heavy episode, they discuss how to discuss this particular film, Zendaya’s career to date, what the worst thing Bray ever did was, bad...
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They Will Kill You (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering They Will Kill You, directed by Kirill Sokolov, written by Kirill Sokolov and Alex Litvak, starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’la, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette. Together, they discuss sequel naming conventions, what goes…
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The Burial
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are getting back their unfinished discussion of The Burial (2023), directed by Maggie Betts, screenplay by Dough Wright and Maggie Betts, story by Doug Wright, based on “The Burial” by Jonathan Harr, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jamie Foxx, Jurnee Smollett, Alan…
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2026 Oscars Recap + The Burial (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon START covering The Burial (2023), directed by Maggie Betts, screenplay by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts, story by Doug Wright, based on “The Burial” by Jonathan Harr, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jamie Foxx, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed, and...
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2026 Oscars Predictions
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are making their Oscars predictions in advance of the 98th Academy Awards ceremony. Together, they discuss what they expect to happen with the first ever Casting Oscar, where all the Oscars for comedic performances are, the head-to-head between Sinners and One...
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The Six Triple Eight (Teaser)
This week, James and Jon are covering The Six Triple Eight (2024), written and directed by Tyler Perry, based on “Fighting a Two-Front War” by Kevin M. Hymel, starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston, and Oprah Winfrey. Together, they discuss what they’d do on the…
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Relationship Goals
This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering Relationship Goals, directed by Linda Mendoza, written by Michael Elliot, Cory Tynan, and Laura Lekkos, starring Kelly Rowland, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Robin Thede, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, and Matt Walsh. Together, they discuss when they...
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Goat (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering Goat, directed by Tyler Dillihay, screenplay by Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley, story by Nicolas Curcio and Peter Chiarelli, starring Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jennifer Lewis, Patton...
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Loving w/ Tim Barnes
This week, James, Jerah and Jon are joined by writer and comedian Tim Barnes (Judge Travis, Maurice on Mars) to cover Loving (2016), written and directed by Jeff Nichols, starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, and Michael Shannon. Together, they discuss how this Black...
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The Wrecking Crew (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering The Wrecking Crew, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, written by Jonathan Tropper, starring Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, and Morena Baccarin. Together, they discuss pairing…
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Unstoppable
This week, James, Jerah and Jon are covering Unstoppable (2024), directed by William Goldenberg, screenplay by Eric Champnella, Alex Harris, and John Hindman, based on the book of the same name by Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy, starring Jarrell Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Don…
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Night Patrol w/ Brandon Collins (Teaser)
This week, James, Jerah and Jon are joined by the great comedian, writer, and podcaster Brandon Collins (Drunk Black History) to cover Night Patrol, directed by Ryan Prows, written by Shaye Ogbonna, Ryan Prows, Tim Cairo, and Jake Gibson, starring Jermaine Fowler, Justin Long, Freddie Gibbs, RJ...
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F1 (Teaser)
This week, Jerah and Jon are covering F1, directed by Joe Kosinski, screenplay by Ehren Kruger, starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem. Together, they discuss James' ongoing vacation, whether or not Damson’s a lead of the film, what quote they would do…
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Play Dirty
This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Play Dirty, directed by Shane Black, written by Shane Black, Charles Monday, and Anthony Bagarozzi, starring Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key, Chukwudi Izumi, Nat Wolff, Gretchen Mol, Thomas Jane, and Tony Shalhoub. Together,...
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REPLAY: The Best Man Holiday
While the show is on break for the holidays, we're replaying some classic holiday episodes! Original Description: This week we get into the spirit with Malcom D. Lee's The Best Man Holiday (2013). A tightly constructed romantic comedy with Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Morris Chestnut, Terrence…
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REPLAY: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey w/ Tessa Claire Hersh
While the show is on break for the holidays, we're replaying some classic holiday episodes! Original Description: It’s the Holiday Season! James, Jerah, and Jonathan are joined by Tessa Hersh to discuss David E. Talbert’s 2020 instant classic, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” The musical...
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Dashing Through the Snow (Teaser)
PRODUCTION NOTE: The show is taking the next two weeks off for the holidays—we will be back with new episodes in January! This week, Jerah and Jon are covering Dashing Through the Snow (2023), directed by Tim Story, screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, starring Lil Red Howery, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges,...
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Being Eddie w/ Ian Edwards
This week, James and Jon welcome comedian and writer Ian Edwards (Untitled: The Comedy Special You Didn’t Know You Needed) to cover Being Eddie, directed by Angus Wall, starring Eddie Murphy, Dave Chapelle, and Jerry Seinfeld. Together, they discuss where Jerah is, how you even rate a documentary...
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Wicked: For Good w/ Moni Odeyepo and Tessa Claire Hersh (Teaser)
This week, Jon is joined by actors and writers Moni Odeyepo (Who All Gon’ Be There?, Peacock) and Tessa Claire Hersh (Younger, Desus & Mero) to cover Wicked: For Good, directed by Jon M. Chu, screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, starring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan...
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INTERVIEW: Ernie Hudson
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon welcome the legendary Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters, Boston Blue) for a special interview episode. Together, they discuss the ongoing legacy of his turn as Winston Zeddemore, the ups and downs of his decades-long career, that now-famous tee-shirt photo, where he’s…
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About this show
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] is a comedic podcast that reviews films with leading actors of color and analyzes them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues. Hosted by Jonathan Braylock, Jerah Milligan, and James III. BMCJ is an iTunes Editor's Choice podcast and has reached #2 on the iTunes Film/TV charts. BMCJ has also been covered by multiple websites including Huffington Post, Splitsider, Salon, The Daily Dot, and more.
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