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Sinners

2025 film

Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Wesley Morris

Aired August 18, 2025

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Sinners

Apex Mountain

Ryan Coogler; Michael B. Jordan (disputed); vampirism as metaphor; Hailee Steinfeld; pickled garlic juice; cunnilingus advice; blues in film; drooling; Cornbread characters

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Approx. transcript time · 02:24:39Read transcript
  • Coogler receives affirmative Apex for unprecedented leverage after success, with exaggerated hypothetical budgets illustrating it.
  • Jordan's Apex is disputed as either his strongest moment so far or merely the beginning of a coming prime; available scripts remain crucial.
  • Vampire films overall are not clearly at peak; vampirism as political metaphor receives support, while Black vampire films prompt Blade/Blacula objections and twin-film success is considered.
  • Steinfeld, pickled garlic juice and cunnilingus advice receive affirmative Apex support, qualified as best so far or best recalled.
  • Blues in film, drooling and characters named Cornbread receive support, distinguished from blues generally.
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White Men Can't Jump

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

The discussion moves from instinctive opposition to conditional support for a modernized remake, while an unlabeled line about not watching remains rhetorically ambiguous; Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Ryan Coogler, legacy cameos, and NBA players are considered.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:50:02Read transcript
  • Blake Griffin and Kenya Barris are said to be involved, and Michael B. Jordan is immediately proposed for the Sidney Dean-type role.
  • A participant begins from hatred of remakes but reverses after considering the dated references and a version with roughly twenty-five percent more basketball.
  • Reversing the outsider dynamic through rural America and using Billy Hoyle Jr. are proposed. The Billy Hoyle Jr. idea first receives a negative reaction; Miles Teller is then named, followed by an apparent reversal back into the idea, but the unlabeled machine transcript does not establish which participant gives either reaction.
  • Kenya Barris writing and Michael B. Jordan in the Snipes-type role draw an explicit statement of support from a participant who identifies as anti-remake.
  • The adjacent phrases 'Completely in' and 'I'm not going to watch that movie' are preserved as an ambiguous unlabeled exchange; the machine transcript does not establish a distinct dissenting speaker.
  • Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes are expected to return as legacy characters, while the film's dated but rewatchable quality supports modernization even though online video makes a present-day hustle harder.
  • Ryan Coogler directing with Michael B. Jordan is proposed as a darker, better-filmed and less comic version.
  • Miles Teller and Elgort are assessed for basketball ability as Billy Hoyle candidates; Elgort's dunking challenge is recalled, and the remake is expected to load pickup scenes with NBA cameos.
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