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Millennial Classics
by Swardiq Mayanja
Welcome to The Millennial Classics, with Mwamburi Mkaya and Swardiq Mayanja. On this weekly podcast we talk about the best and most memorable movies, music, and culture changing events from our generation.
Episodes
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Breaking Down 'A Little Life' by Hanya Yanagihara | Trauma, Tears, and Emotional Turmoil
The novel focuses on the lives of four friends: Jude St. Francis, a disabled genius with a mysterious past; Willem Ragnarsson, a kind, handsome man who aspires to be an actor; Malcolm Irvine, an architect working at a prestigious firm; and Jean-Baptiste "JB" Marion, a quick-witted painter who…
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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky | Millennial Book Review
Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by author Adrian Tchaikovsky. The novel follows the evolution of a civilization of genetically modified Portia labiata on a terraformed exoplanet, guided by an artificial intelligence based on the personality of one of the human terraformers of the...
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Is 'Dune' the New King of Sci-Fi? | Dune Part 2 Movie Review
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
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Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire | Millennial Classics
The fourth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returning for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with his friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). There is an upcoming tournament between the three major schools of…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Millennial Classic
Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe) third year at Hogwarts starts off badly when he learns deranged killer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison and is bent on murdering the teenage wizard. While Hermione's (Emma Watson) cat torments Ron's (Rupert Grint) sickly rat, causing a...
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BEST Movies of 2023! Which 2023 Movies Are Critics Calling Future Classics?
Buri and Swardiq Mayanja discuss movies and their personal lists. They mention using Letterbox to track movie reviews and updates. Buri recommends the movie "Michael Clayton" without action but captivating. They also talk about creating a Plex account to share movies. They plan to discuss their…
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How Chamber of Secrets Raised the Stakes in the Harry Potter Saga!
This week we are reviewing the 2nd movie in the Harry Potter Franchise: Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets The second instalment of boy wizard Harry Potter's adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, based on the novel by JK Rowling. A mysterious elf tells Harry to expect…
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J.K. Rowling's Masterpiece of Fantasy: A Book Review on the World-Building in 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | The Franchise of Our Generation Reviewed!
In the next couple of months we will be going through the entire Harry Potter Series and have an official answer to this Question. But right now we are reviewing the very first installment in the franchise: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's popular...
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Breaking Down The Epic: Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Chapters 00:00 Millennial Classics Book Review intro 01:17 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is the funniest Sci-Fi Book EVER 04:24 The History of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 08:58 Judge ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ by it’s Cover 11:48 Douglas Adams 16:15 The Hitchhiker’s...
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Ocean's Eleven is a CLASSIC
Dapper Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is a man of action. Less than 24 hours into his parole from a New Jersey penitentiary, the wry, charismatic thief is already rolling out his next plan. Following three rules: Don't hurt anybody, don't steal from anyone who doesn't deserve it, and play the game...
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Legally Blonde Review: A Hilarious Tale of Empowerment
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. Watch the Barbie...
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Millennials Explore Trump Iphones And Hollywood
01:40 Donald Trump Mug Shot 05:10 How much to be a Ukrainian Diplomat 08:25 New iPhone 20:50 Writers Guild of America strike 28:18 AI in the Writer's room 39:30 Coach Prime’s Colorado Take Over 47:35 Ashton Kutcher Mila Kunis Letter 54:15 Hasan Minhaj “Emotional Truths” SUBSCRIBE & RATE the...
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The Three Body Problem Is The Future Of Virtual Reality
The Three Body Problem Is The Future Of Virtual Reality Part 1 of our 3 Body Problem Discussion: https://youtu.be/agwGolW6ETo?si=qDh0C_Q21mtdo2mk Part 2: https://youtu.be/zmnBiD21LJE?si=heB64K5wJteR0rEd
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Why The Wolf of Wall Street is a Classic Despite the Chaos!
Watch Q react to the debauchery at Part 1: https://youtu.be/IX-DFjlo8j8 Part 2: https://youtu.be/WQ3y-MS0PCs In 1987, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) takes an entry-level job at a Wall Street brokerage firm. By the early 1990s, while still in his 20s, Belfort founds his own firm, Stratton...
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Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 1 | Did Marvel Set The Bar Too High?
Brash space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with four disparate misfits: gun-toting Rocket Raccoon, treelike-humanoid Groot,...
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Future Classics (THANK YOU FOR 1000 SUBS)
This is a new segment we will be doing Annually. We will be doing it at the beginning of each New Year, but with the 1000 Youtube subscriber Milestone, we decided to drop this now. In this new segment we talk about the best movies of the year; predicting which ones will be considered a Millennial...
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The Three-Body Problem Part 1 Book Review | Millennial Classics #37
"The Three-Body Problem" is a science fiction novel written by Chinese author Liu Cixin. It was originally published in China in 2008 and later translated into English by Ken Liu in 2014. Liu Cixin is a renowned figure in Chinese science fiction and has received numerous awards for his work. "The...
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Mad Max Fury Road | Millennial Classics #36
Watch our reaction to Mad Max @: https://youtu.be/hVkkakuiqAg Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrannical Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors inside the desert fortress the Citadel. When the warrior Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads the despot's five wives in a daring...
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Hitch | Millennial Classics #35
Dating coach Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) mentors a bumbling client, Albert (Kevin James), who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). While Albert makes progress, Hitchens faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas (Eva...
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21 Jump Street | Millennial Classics #34
21 Jump Street is a 2012 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (in their live action directional debuts), written by Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall, and starring Hill and Channing Tatum. An adaptation of the 1987–1991 television series of the same name…
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Meet The Parents | Millennial Thanksgiving Classic #33
Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. It chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless nurse (Ben Stiller as Greg Focker) while visiting his girlfriend's parents (Robert De Niro as…
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Transformers | Millennial Classics #32
The fate of humanity is at stake when two races of robots, the good Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, bring their war to Earth. The robots have the ability to change into different mechanical objects as they seek the key to ultimate power. Only a human youth, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf)…
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Taken | Millennial Classics #31
Taken (also titled 96 Hours and The Hostage) is a 2008 French English-language action-thriller film written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and directed by Pierre Morel. It stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser, and Holly Valance. Neeson plays Bryan…
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Rush Hour 2 Movie Review | Millennial Classic #30
Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the characters created by Ross LaManna. A sequel to Rush Hour, it is the second installment in the Rush Hour franchise and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker reprising their...
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Black Knight | Millennial Classics #29
Black Knight is a 2001 American fantasy adventure buddy comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Martin Lawrence. In addition to Lawrence, Black Knight had a supporting cast of Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, and Kevin Conway. In the film, Lawrence plays Jamal, a theme park...
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Avatar | Millennial Classic #28
On episode 28 of the Millennial Classics, Buri and Q talk about our generations Odyssey. A truly immersive experience into the world of Pandora. This movie brought the best of IMAX and 3D, in a way no other had did at the time. James Cameron knocks this Millennial classic out the park, and we are...
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Avatar Millennial Classic #28
On episode 28 of the Millennial Classics, Buri and Q talk about our generations Odyssey. An truly immersive experience into the world of Pandora. This movie brought the best of IMAX and 3D, in a way no other had did at the time. James Cameron knocks this Millennial classic out the park, and we…
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Men in Black | Will Smith Before The Slap | MC #27
This week Buri and Q go down Will Smith memory lane, to remind ourselves that he was/is a MOVIE STAR. Will Smith's slap heard around the world was a very bad decision, but we can't forget what he has given us. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones gave us Millennials a certified cinematic Sci-fi…
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Men in Black | Will Smith Before The Slap | MC #27
This week Buri and Q go down Will Smith memory lane, to remind ourselves that he was/is a MOVIE STAR. Will Smith's slap heard around the world was a very bad decision, but we can't forget what he has given us. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones gave us Millennials a certified cinematic Sci-fi…
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Coach Carter | Millennial Classics #26
This week on Millennial Classics Buri and Q review Channing Tatum's very first movie, Coach Carter! In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in…
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Coach Carter | Millennial Classics #26
This week on Millennial Classics Buri and Q review Channing Tatum's very first movie, Coach Carter! In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in…
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Rush Hour | Top 3 Buddy Cop Movie of The Decade | Millennial Classics #25
When a Chinese diplomat's daughter is kidnapped in Los Angeles, he calls in Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) to assist the FBI with the case. But the FBI doesn't want anything to do with Lee, and they dump him off on the LAPD, who assign wisecracking Detective James Carter (Chris...
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Creed | Millennial Classics #24
The millennial rocky, starring the millennial Brad Pitt. Creed has all the action, some legit fells, all the "Johns" and never forget the best training montage since the original rocky! One step at a time, One punch at a time, One round at a time! SUBSCRIBE & RATE the Millennial Classics Podcast:...
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Remember The Titans | Denzel Does it Again
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of Black coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C....
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The Conjuring | Millennial Classics #21
We wanted to show a horror movie for Halloween season so what better Millennial Classic than 2013's THE CONJURING? SUBSCRIBE & RATE the Millennial Classics Podcast!
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Fast Five | The Greatest Cinematic Franchise Pivot | Millennial Classics #22
Ever since ex-cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) and Mia Torretto (Jordana Brewster) broke her brother Dom (Vin Diesel) out of custody, they've traveled border to border to evade authorities. In Rio de Janeiro, they must do one final job before they can gain their freedom for good. Assembling their...
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Shrek | Best of DreamWorks | Millennial Classics
Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Determined to save their home --...
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Mean Girls | The Ultimate Millennial Chick Flick
Teenage Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit...
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The Greatest Superhero Movie of All Time | Spider Man 2
When a failed nuclear fusion experiment results in an explosion that kills his wife, Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina) is transformed into Dr. Octopus, a cyborg with deadly metal tentacles. Doc Ock blames Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) for the accident and seeks revenge. Meanwhile, Spidey's alter…
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Best Songs of The 2000s | Mini Millennial Classics | 1st Round
The very 1st Mini Millennial Classic Round 1 of our very first Draft: Best Songs of The 2000s
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R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman | BLACK PANTHER
After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king -- and as Black Panther -- gets tested when he's drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and…
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Iron Man | The Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist, Tony Stark
A billionaire industrialist and genius inventor, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), is conducting weapons tests overseas, but terrorists kidnap him to force him to build a devastating weapon. Instead, he builds an armored suit and upends his captors. Returning to America, Stark refines the suit and...
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SUPERBAD | Our Generation’s Greatest Raunchy High School Comedy
Two inseparable best friends navigate the last weeks of high school and are invited to a gigantic house party. Together with their nerdy friend, they spend a long day trying to score enough alcohol to supply the party and inebriate two girls in order to kick-start their sex lives before they go…
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Cool Runnings | Millennial Classics
Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory. SUBSCRIBE & RATE the Millennial...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl | Millennial Classics #12
Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives at Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew. His timing is inopportune, however, because later that evening the town is besieged by a pirate ship. The pirates kidnap the governor's daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), who's in possession of a...
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National Treasure | Millennial Classics #11
Historian and code-breaker Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been searching his whole life for a rumored treasure dating back to the creation of the United States. Joining an expedition led by fellow treasure hunter Ian Howe (Sean Bean), Gates finds an ice-locked Colonial ship in the Arctic Circle…
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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone | The Franchise of Our Generation
Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a…
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Best Millennial Kids Sports Movie | Like Mike
Like Mike is a 2002 American basketball themed comedy film directed by John Schultz and written by Michael Elliot and Jordan Moffet. Starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover and Eugene Levy, the film follows an orphan who gets basketball talents...
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Millennial Non-Classic | The Mummy
The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an…
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Welcome to The Millennial Classics, with Mwamburi Mkaya and Swardiq Mayanja. On this weekly podcast we talk about the best and most memorable movies, music, and culture changing events from our generation.
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