A King Named Simba

Straight Outta Pride Rock

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A ★★★½ review of I Love Boosters (2026)

Boots just be doin’ anything in his movies, huh? Good for him! It’s Boots Riley. It’s gonna be real weird, it’s gonna be fun to look at (exc

Let Black people make more weird movies! ✊🏾

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Shout out to Gaby, our resident romance show correspondent, who apparently is also our resident hockey show correspondent. There’s a lot of overlap there, it turns out!

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Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor! Your name is entirely too Black for you to be acting this white in your horror movie! Walking into mysterious dark spaces, yelling “Hello, is someone there” into empty spaces, all kinda nonsense. But hey, we got an interesting new movie out of it!

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Anxiety feels good in a place like this. Thanks for listening! You can also find us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

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Check out our new episode to hear about why Inde Navarrette should maybe be locked up, how there are more hockey romances than you thought, and the many sides of Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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Twin Peaks: The Return 3.04 // AEW Dynamite: June 3, 2026

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I didn’t understand this reference when watching last night, but then I saw everyone online explain. Shout out to Excalibur.

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I wanna talk about AEW Dynamite (June 3rd)

MJF vs Rush was fire. MJF comin’ out dressed like a matador was great.

The Conglomeration thinking that Lio Rush can’t see them if they don’t move is so funny to me.

That back elbow from Andrade still looks as lethal as ever.

The Don Callis Family? Oh, they want Kevin Knight to be as heel as possible.

Kevin Knight and Speedball put on a SHOW! Speedball kickin' the hell outta that man. Like if Hwoarang from Tekken was a wrestler.

I'm still sad that Willow is out. But hey, Mercedes is back!!!

Watching Will Ospreay wrestle is so much fun.

Ospreay vs Davis was great even without everybody and they mama showin' up in the match, but that added some exciting chaos. Awesome match.

Today’s “They’re So Cool” list: Jon Moxley, Mercedes Moné, Will Ospreay, Marina Shafir

Edit: Coming back to add Excalibur to the “They’re So Cool” list for his “Fix your hearts or die” shout that I didn’t catch until the Internet explained it.

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Sometimes someone gives a performance so convincingly chilling that it makes you think “Maybe we should lock this person up until we’re sure it’s safe.” Shout out to Inde Navarrette for being the newest addition to the “Lock ‘Em Up” List! And shout out to Curry Barker for making a movie that is somehow both funny and emotionally exhausting!

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(In my best Chris Jericho voice)

Inde, YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!

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New episode tomorrow!

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Horror & Hockey.

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Wrestling can be whatever you want it to be. It can be for anybody.

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A ★★★ review of Backrooms (2026)

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor! Your name is entirely too Black for you to be acting this white in your horror movie! Walking into mysterious space

Chiwetel, buddy, just stop goin’ there.

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Movies I saw in May

Role Play: 6 out of 10

Mortal Kombat 2: 7 out of 10

In the Grey: 8 out of 10

Obsession: 8.5 out of 10

The Mandalorian & Grogu: 7 out of 10

Backrooms: 6.5 out of 10

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I wanna talk about AEW Collision (May 30th)

I always get hyped when I hear that "MY SHADOW KNOWS MY STORY..." One of the best theme songs in wrestling. I'm so happy Tommaso got out of WWE.

I still don't know who all these Don Callis Family people are.

"If I recall, you lost..." "Shut up, Tony." We need Tommaso on commentary more lol.

The Gangreen Gang or whoever that was with Taiga Style was in the middle of getting some cheap heat from the crowd and the Death Riders said “forget all that”.

Always a fun time when Mox is on commentary.

Brian Cage looks terrifying. He’s built like the superheroes I used to draw when I was a kid.

I don’t usually hear Marina Shafir talk this much. She’s sayin’ a lot about buttholes.

Butthole talk aside, this Garcia vs Takeshita match is FIRE.

Funkmaster Flex and the Gangreen Gang are back!

Is Speedball part of the Conglomeration? I gotta check my cheat sheet.

A lot of times when I do these “I wanna talk about wrestling” posts, I end up saying “(insert wrestler here) is so cool” at least once. It’s usually about Asuka. Anyway, I think I’m just gonna have a “They’re so cool” list going forward.

Today’s “They’re So Cool” list: Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir, Konosuke Takeshita

Also, I know that’s Shane Taylor Promotions, but I didn’t know that when they showed up in all that lime green, so tonight they’re the Gangreen Gang.

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A ★★★½ review of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

I’m usually bored watching Star Wars stuff, but I wasn’t bored watching this. That makes it my favorite Star Wars movie. Shout out to Rotta,

Shout out to Carmy the Hutt.

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A ★★★★ review of Obsession (2025)

Congrats to Inde Navarrette for being the newest addition to my “Lock ‘Em Up” list! My “Lock ‘Em Up” list is a list of people who have given

Alexa, play “One Wish” by Ray J.

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In my most recent title defense, I injured my right shoulder. And I want so bad to wrestle at Double or Nothing, in front of my family, at home in New York. I want to go on in the Owen and go to All In and become the AEW [Women's] World Champ. But unfortunately... I have to withdraw from the Owen Hart Cup. Furthermore, I must relinquish the TBS Championship.

Now, it's been an honor and a privilege to hold this championship. And after ten successful title defenses, I'm overjoyed to have been the Face of TBS. But as sure as this smile remains on my face, I will be back. I don't know when, but I'll tell you this: I'm coming right back to the top.

AEW DYNAMITE | 05.20.26

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Willow’s hurt and had to relinquish her title. I don’t know when or if I’ll emotionally recover from this.

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A ★★★½ review of The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)

I hope Jon Bernthal is ok. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen him play a happy well adjusted man. I feel like going to these emotional places so

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I wanna talk about Monday Night Raw (May 18th)

Jey been waitin' to hit Jacob with a chair all week lmao. He probably slept with that chair next to his bed like a new outfit on the first day of school.

Great street fight. Awesome to see Finn winnin’.

They could never make me hate you, Becky. Hell, YOU could never make me hate you, Becky.

Can’t wait for WWE to be over their white boy luchador phase.

It's so funny how much L.A. Knight refuses to stay out of the Bloodline's business. I ain't mad at it, though. I'm always down to see more of L.A. Knight. YEAH!

Did Cole say this is Brie's first match on Raw in seven years? What the hell has she been doing since she came back at the Rumble in JANUARY???

Can’t wait for WWE to be over their Brock Lesnar phase. I hate this for various reasons. Just let Oba be great, you jackassess. It's the easiest booking you've ever had.

WHERE THE HELL WAS JE’VON?!