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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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 film, whether or not, that is, in fact, a dinosaur, the best approach to comedy, and much, much more!…
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, ominous lines delivered by Corvette drivers, pastors who are up to no good, and much, much more!…
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 discuss the novel Patreon strategy for the show, whether or not they think the film has a shot at…
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 Hiroyuki Sanada. Together, they discuss the characters they all preferred to play the game as,…
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 be getting listening to the paywalled version of the show, Kevin Hart raiding the SNL cast, what,…
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 obsessions, whether or not the film is commenting on sexism or enacting it, the level of discourse around the…
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 gummies, what to say to a snake, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red…
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, made, agreeing with the critical and audience consensus on the film, not particularly enjoying the film,…
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 writers’ work to date, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's…
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 Cross, Vivica A. Fox, and Sterling K. Brown. Together, they discuss whether or not Bray forgot what the…
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 nearly thirty years' worth of lore, how under-appreciated Anna Faris is, this episode being its own…
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 understanding of creepypasta, the film’s wild financial performance, what's actually going on with…
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 Movie s there are, the film’s Rotten Tomatoes score, some Wayans family history, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red…
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 retail jobs, being a little sleepy while seeing the film, which of the film's metaphors they liked,…
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 podcast to cover for a bit, the film’s oddball tone, what to talk about, Andrew Stanton’s indirect…
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. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, and Justina Machado. Together, they discuss…
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 of real shadow force out there, what they’re still doing in the cold open, what Seven Psychopaths…
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 critical reception, its glowing audience reception, what’s going on with Bray’s mic…hael, and much, much…
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 not happen in the film, how it broke Jerah, and much, much more! SUBSCRIBE FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND…
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. Together, they discuss Regé-Jean Page… possibly… being… too… hot…, the film's so-so opening weekend…
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 friends, just how great the cast filling out the smaller parts of the film were, hectic weddings, and…
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 on in the crossword world, Bray managing the bits this episode, where Zazie’s been, and much, much…
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 Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed, and Bill Camp. Together, they cover their experiences with jury duty,…
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 Bill Camp, before pivoting to recapping this year's Oscars ceremony. Together, they discuss The Burial…
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 Battle After Another , which shorts they dug, what they felt was snubbed, what Elio is doing in the mix,…
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 admin side of war, Jerah being out sick, Bond songs' success rate at The Oscars, the music of Diane…
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 clocked that the film was based on a book, controversial pastors, being proud of marrying someone you met…
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 Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino, Bobby Lee, and…
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 History Month hasn’t quite been feeling like Black History Month, Brian Cox’s work as the voice of…
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 Drax and Aquaman, recent trailers they’ve been loving, whether or not leaving the record registers for…
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 Cheadle, and Jennifer Lopez. Together, they discuss the kind of wrestling they’re discussing this episode,…
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 Cyler, YG, Nicki Micheaux, Flying Lotus, CM Punk, and Dermot Mulroney. Together, they discuss seeing…
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 if they were doing quotes, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's…
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, they discuss the episode being a mess, James’ absence, the film’s deceptive LaKeith-centric…
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 Howard. Oh you haven't heard of it? Why is that!? Instead of Love Actually for the 10th time, give this a…
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 follows a toymaker who rediscovers that everything is possible, if you believe. It stars Forest…
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, Teyonah Parris, Oscar Nunez, Madison Skye Validum, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Together, they discuss Scott…
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 like Being Eddie , what it’s like seeing someone with such extreme talent come into their own,…
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 Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Together, they discuss what James and Jerah…
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 seen progress in the industry on Black creatives, where he hasn’t, the surprising impact Roots had on…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Predator: Badlands , directed by Dan Trachtenberg, screenplay by Patrick Aison, story by Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg, starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. Together, they discuss their feelings about lore both Predator -related and not- Predator -related, being Dan Trachtenberg fans, liking homework, finding Bray’s intro…
This week, James and Jon are covering Frankenstein , written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz. Together, they discuss their respective histories with Mary Shelley’s novel, the material being every kid's first opportunity to be pedantic re: who actually is Frankenstein, the film being verified “hot” on the popcorn meter, what…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Hedda , written and directed by Nia DaCosta, based on Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler , starring Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss. Together, they discuss experiencing the turn of a century, life in the Willenium, why they’re talking about Will Smith so much in the teaser for the Hedda episode, other Hedda…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering A House of Dynamite , directed by Kathryn Bigelow, written by Noah Oppenheim, starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, and Tracy Letts. Together, they discuss how often they think of nuclear armageddon, how familiar the score felt, the film’s resemblance to Contagion (without spoilers), the film’s resemblance to Paradise…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Leprechaun in the Hood (2000), directed by Rob Spera, screenplay by Doug Hall and Jon Huffman, story by William Wells, Alan Reynolds, Rob Spera, and Doug Hall, starring Warwick Davis and Ice-T. Together, they discuss how they’ve never managed to cover any Leprechaun films before, Bray’s annual tradition of mainlining a horror franchise, silly horror,…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Slice (2018), written and directed by Austin Vesely, starring Zazie Beetz, Chance Bennett, Rae Gray, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Katherine Cunningham, Will Brill, Y’Ian Noel, Hannibal Buress, Tim Becker, Joe Keery, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer. Together, they discuss their plans for watching horror movies this October, not wanting to hear about the Final…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering The Smashing Machine , written and directed by Benny Safdie, based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr , starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksander Usyk. Together, they discuss the best way to do an impression of The Smashing Machine himself, just how visceral…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering One Battle After Another , written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Together, they discuss this not being a political podcast, daddy daughter games, the complexities of the Perfidia Beverly Hills…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Him , directed by Justin Tipping, written by Skip Bronkie, Zack Akers, and Justin Tipping, starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, and Tim Heidecker. Together, they discuss the setup everyone expected, how well Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle ’s doing at the box office, the bait-and-switch feel of Him ’s marketing…
This week, James, Jerah, and Jon are covering Back in Action , directed by Seth Gordon, written by Seth Gordon and Brendan O’Brien, starring Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, Kyle Chandler, and Glenn Close. Together, they discuss The Emmys, how much of the film they actually remember, James’ feeling about a good IP, who’s using Facebook nowadays, elder Gen-Xers, just how…
