2Nerds and an Actor

Back in 2022, 2Nerds and an Actor released the inaugural episode of And Guest, and we're ready to keep the good vibes going! If you didn't tune in the first time, now is your chance to catch up on our chat with the Tony Award-winning Playwright, Executive Producer, Writer, and dear friend of ours, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. We get into his inspiring work with HBO's Watchmen as well as his adaptation of Octavia Butler's Kindred (formerly on FX.) We even get into Branden's guilty pleasure show Alone on the History Channel. Get into it!!

And Guest hosts Frantz and Aisha welcome the multi-faceted entrepreneur Love Jones to the mic. Love has been in the entertainment business for over 15 years, starting a casting agency at the age of 17! We chat about her love of Black nerdom and feeling seen now that Blerds are coming together stronger than ever. She recalls her late mother and the inspiration to live a full life, which means wanting something and going for it. We explore the mission of Martian Blueberry and the importance of developing and owning your intellectual property (IP.) This episode will reignite that fire to reach for your dreams or at least saw something in half in Gears of War. Get into it!

Welcome to the debut episode of 2Nerds and an Actor and Guest! We're kicking it with some of the folks behind our favorite things and bringing you with us. On this episode of 'And Guest' Playwright and Writer/Executive Producer of FX's Kindred, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins! An old friend of the podcast, we get into his transition from stage to screen, adapting Octavia Butler's work for TV, and consulting on HBO's Watchmen. Stay tuned for more guests! Is 2Nerds And An Actor a part of your podcast ritual? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, or that place you find podcasts.

Just like that, season 5 comes to an end. On the season 5 finale of 2Nerds and an Actor, we review The Matrix Resurrections while trying to hide our disappointment and enter the world of Wheel Of Time. We take a moment to remember the life of acting legend Sidney Poitier, run down the next big things in the nerd-o-sphere while we bring you this Bronx-based frivolity on season 5 episode 13 of 2Nerds and an Actor.   Intro/Overview: (0:13) Nerdy Leaks  Sidney Poitier RIP: (3:05) 'Wicked' Movie Casting: (4:28) Scott Pilgrim Animation to Netflix: (8:20)  Shout Outs/How to Donate & Support: (13:53)     No Spoilers!! TV & Movie Reviews Matrix 4: (19:40) Wheel of Time S1: (30:13)   --- Break --- (41:18) Podcast Q&A: Who is the main baddie in Doctor Strange 2?: (42:19)   "Spoilae!!"  TV & Movie Reviews Matrix 4: (51:13)  Wheel of Time S1: (1:04:38)   Coming Soon?? Secrets of Dumbledore: (1:26:55)The Batman: (1:31:41)Boys Season 3: (1:36:18) Outro and farewells (1:40:48)       If you like us: Like, Subscribe, Leave A Review!! If you write for a publication, holler at us! -------------------------------- Thumbnail Art: @Snooze9000 Intro & Outro music: @stevealmighty Mix/Master: Wild Horses LLC  

As 2021 comes to a close, feels like everything is coming out of the woodwork. The most anticipated movie of the year and the least anticipated show of the year show up close by and get reviewed by us!  We get knee-deep into the Disney+ series Hawkeye and the next MCU entry, Spider-Man: No Way Home. This and more Bronx-based devilries on season 5 episode 12 of 2Nerds and an Actor.   Intro/Overview: (0:13) Nerdy Leaks  Michael Keaton is Batman Again!: (3:12) John Wick 4 Delayed: (8:10) Cowboy Bebop Canceled: (11:58) Shout Outs/How to Donate & Support: (19:09) No Spoilers!! TV & Movie Reviews Hawkeye: (24:10) Spider-Man: No Way Home: (35:08) --- Break --- (45:18) Podcast Q&A: How can Miles make it into the MCU proper?: (47:18) "Spoilae!!"  TV & Movie Reviews Hawkeye: (59:36) Spider-Man: No Way Home: (1:22:07) Coming Soon?? Doctor Strange 2: (1:51:36) Across The Spider-Verse: (1:53:09) Everything Everywhere All The Time: (1:55:50) Outro and farewells: (1:57:47) If you like us: Like, Subscribe, Leave A Review!! If you write for a publication, holler at us! -------------------------------- Thumbnail Art: ©Snooze9000 Intro & Outro music: @stevealmighty Mix/Master: Wild Horses LLC

Things are still very hell in a handbasket in the world, but hey, in a world where Chris Pratt is the voice of both Garfield and Mario - anything is possible. In this episode, we lament the choices that led to AstroWorld and the Alec Baldwin shooting. We also review (and later spoil) Marvel's Eternals and FX's Y The Last Man. Keep it locked and listen in for more Bronx-based rascality on Season 5 episode 11 of 2Nerds and an Actor.   Intro/Overview: (0:13) Nerdy Leaks  Chris Pratt is Garfield and Mario?: (2:29) AstroWorld disaster: (13:37) Alec Baldwin shooting on set of 'Rust': (20:01) Shout Outs/How to Donate & Support: (27:30)   No Spoilers!! TV & Movie Reviews Eternals: (35:07) Y The Last Man: (46:30) --- Break --- (54:58) Podcast Q&A: Venom post-credit scene!!!: (57:34) "Spoilae!!"  TV & Movie Reviews Eternals: (1:09:47)  Y The Last Man: (1:33:04) Coming Soon?? Atlanta Season 3: (1:44:24) Book of Boba Fett: (1:50:01) Stranger Things Season 4: (1:53:29) Outro and farewells (1:54:39)  If you like us: Like, Subscribe, Leave A Review!! If you write for a publication, holler at us! -------------------------------- Thumbnail Art: ©Snooze9000 Intro & Outro music: @stevealmighty Mix/Master: Wild Horses LLC

What's goodie!?!? This go-round we review Warner Brother's new Dune movie starring Willy Wonka and MJ alongside a recap of Marvel's fun cinematic universe loophole-a-thon, What If...? We also recap things that happened in and around New York Comic-Con and wonder aloud if it was even a good idea to have in the midst of a pancetta/panorama/pan pizza/parallelogram. Does Dune blow the original out of the water? Will What If...? have deeper MCU ramifications? This and more Bronx-based skylarking on season 5, episode 10 of 2Nerds and an Actor. Intro/Overview: (0:13) Nerdy Leaks  Casting Begins on 3 Body Problem: (4:37) NYCC Recap: (9:21) Chappelle, Controversy, Conversation: (18:03) Shout Outs/How to Donate & Support: (30:28)   No Spoilers!! TV & Movie Reviews Dune: (37:34) What If...?: (51:30) --- Break --- (1:00:12) Podcast Q&A: What are the Eternals?: (1:01:19) "Spoilae!!"  TV & Movie Reviews Dune: (1:10:05)  What If...? Finale: (1:34:20) Coming Soon?? Netflix's Cowboy Bebop: (1:44:24) Witcher Season Two: (1:50:01) House of the Dragon: (1:53:29)   Outro and farewells (1:58:29)  Sign off from Janet Varney & Dante Bosco: (1:58:49)    If you like us: Like, Subscribe, Leave A Review!! If you write for a publication, holler at us! -------------------------------- Thumbnail Art: ©Snooze9000 Intro & Outro music: @stevealmighty Mix/Master: Wild Horses LLC

For better or for worse, we vaxxed and we outsiiiiddddeee!! All this to say, we went to the movies as a squad again for the first time in a long time to see Marvel's Shang-Chi.  The 2Nerds team caught up on ScarGate, jumped back into What If...?  and got blown away by Nia DaCosta being named first Black woman director with a box office #1 (how, Sway?). This and more Bronx-based mischief on Season 5, episode 9 of 2Nerds and an Actor   Intro/Overview: (0:13)   Nerdy Leaks  In Memoriam: Michael K. Williams: (4:23) Black Canary Movie Written by Misha Green: (14:22) ScarGate impact on future Marvel Studio contracts (17:19) Nia DaCosta, 1st Black woman director with a box office #1: (32:07)    Shout Outs/How to Donate & Support: (33:05)     No Spoilers!! TV & Movie Reviews What If...? Episodes 2-5: (36:32) Shang-Chi: (46:41)   --- Break --- (54:23) Podcast Q&A: How do you feel about the removal of 'problematic' episodes from streaming platforms?: (54:46) "Spoilae!!"  TV & Movie Reviews What If...? Episodes 2-5: (45:50)  Shang-Chi: (1:09:45)   Coming Soon?? Spider-Man: No Way Home: (1:38:14)The Matrix Resurrections: (1:43:39)Injustice: (1:47:57) Outro and farewells (1:49:59)       If you like us: Like, Subscribe, Leave A Review!! If you write for a publication, holler at us! -------------------------------- Thumbnail Art: ©Snooze9000 Intro & Outro music: @stevealmighty Mix/Master: Wild Horses LLC