The Blue Room

We're back after a very long hiatus to talk about the newest edition to one of our favorite franchises, Alien: Romulus. Directed by Fede Álvarez and premiered August 16, 2024 and starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, Aileen Wu, and Spike Fearn. If you want to hear our thoughts on the movie and more give it a listen! Other media we discussed: Civil War directed by Alex Garland (2024) A Face in the Crowd directed by Elia Kazan (1957) Who Framed Roger Rabbit directed by Robert Zemeckis (1988) Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America written by Christopher Wylie (2019) Warrior created by Jonathan Tropper (2019) Chameleon Street directed by Wendell B. Harris (1989) Losing Ground directed by Kathleen Collins (1982).

Welcome back to The Blue Room with the first episode of 2023! And for a new year we have a new logo, now with everyone's name included. In this episode we discuss Mark Mylod's "The Menu" as well as the documentary "This Place Rules" from Channel 5 creator Andrew Callaghan (who we've recently found out has had a number of allegations). Sorry for the late upload but we hope you enjoy it! Music used: Brock Berrigan-Tequila Mockingbird

Merry Christmas everyone! We know it's been a while since our last couple of episodes. But here's a good christmas present. We released two episoded on the same day (Episdoe 13 &14). In this episode of The Blue Room, Nkosi and his dad reunite to discuss movies, plays and tv shows we've seen over the last couple of months as well as touch a bit on the topic of unconventional Christmas movies!

On this episode of The Blue Room (which was supposed to come out a lot earlier than expected) Nkosi, Gilton and Michael talk about some of the worst examples of horror films that we can think of. It was also a special episode of The Blue Room since it Michael's birthday and Nkosi talks about his time in Madison. Not only will you hear about some interesting discussion about some really bad movies, but you'll also get the chance to win a prize so make sure to listen to the episode!

Welcome back to the Blue Room. Doesn't it seem that a lot of movies these days are simply remakes, reboots or sequels? Amid this return of franches the guys talk abIn this episode, the guys talk about the history and makings of blockbusters, what's caused this pivot to nostalgia, and if there is a limit or extent to which nostalgia can be utilized.

Wow it's been a while since we've recorded hasn't it. "Is this even real" you might be asking. But yes, it's real and yes, we're back and at it again. We know, we know we've missed a lot these past ple of months. And you’ve probably been dying to know during this time what our thoughts were. Well, we’re here to share our opinions and more in our new episode! In or return to form we talk about what we've been watching, what we're looking forward to and also also talk a bit about what we've been reading as well. And for such a special occasion, we also brought back a special friend of the show, Michael Evans! We hope this makes up for lost time.

"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves"-Leo Tolstoy. With the continuing situation in Ukraine we felt that it would be pertinent to talk to about how war is depicted in cinema and what makes an anti war movie.

Welcome back to another episode of The Blue Room. From wold events to new releases alot has happened in the last two weeks and we're here to tell you about it. In this episode we go into detail about the music we've been listening to, artist releases to look out for, and some of the movies that were snubbed from the Oscars. Bonus points if you can guess which movies we reference in this episode.

If you haven't seen the new trailer for Jordan Peele's new movie go ahead and do that. We found it absoultely chilling and are excited to see how it all pan's out. We also talk about some other movies and albums that are coming out, artists that'll be visiting Chicago in the next two weeks and some of the black films we've seen. It's The Blue Room.

Welcome back to The Blue Room's first episode of 2022 and the first episode we recorded remotely! Gilton's back, Nkosi talks about audio drama's he's listened too, and the pair discuss some of the movies and music we liked in 2021 and look forward to in 2022. Language warning for this episode.  Opening Song: fourwrds. by Knxwledge Closing Song: Hiking by Mndsgn

Ok so we know it's been a while. And this episode should have come out a bit earlier than it did. But what time ring in the New Year than listening to your favorite guys talk about the movies we've seen and their favorite holiday movies. It's the not quite Christmas not quite New Year's episode. This week Nkosi and his dad talk about Spider Man No Way Home, Don't Look Up and other movies they've seen. 

We're back the first episode of November!  While Gilton's away Nkosi and his dad share their thoughts on Dune, Argonaut and Wasp, and even more movies that we've seen since then!

In the fourth episode of The Blue Room, Nkosi shares his thoughts on Halloween Kills, the crew try to decide on the difference between horror and thriller, and they share some more of their favorite horror movies. Also, Gilton's back!

Welcome to October! With Halloween approaching we figured it would be a great time to talk about some our favorite horror movies that we've seen recently. And we had our first guest on the show! If you like horror movies, and even if you don't, give it a listen and stick around because this is only part 1

Welcome back to the second episode of the The Blue Room. In this episode, we share our thoughts about Sang-Chi, the marvel universe, and the news about a new Matrix movie! Check it out!

Welcome to The Blue Room with your hosts Nkosi Evans and Gilton Cross. As more movies are coming back to theaters, we talk about our favorite movies of 2020 and 2021, what we are looking forward to.