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Jungle Fever vs. One Night Stand with Returning Champ Randy Thompson

Returning Champ Randy Thompson joins Don & Pat to discuss Snipes' performances in Jungle Fever and One Night Stand!

Should you take Spike Lee's masterclass? Should Spike Lee direct a sequel to Under the Tuscan Sun? Is your favorite character Jonathan Date aka Robert Downey Jr's character from Due Date? Would Whistler be attracted to the Na'vi??! Tune in to find out on this week's The Academy Academy!

Catching Up With Old Friends: House of Gucci and Don’t Look Up

It's another pod off the beaten path, folks! The Monday Morning Boyz take a break from Snipes to check in on their previous bracket subjects' most recent works on this week's The Academy Academy. Should there have been a You, Me, and Dupree 2? Is the world ready for a more ambitious Manglehorn? Shouldn't you be having dinner with your family and loved ones? Tune in to find out!

WARNING: WE GET A LITTLE MORE POLITICAL THAN USUAL IN THIS EP. DON'T YELL AT US PLEASE. 

Boiling Point vs. Demolition Man with Amechi Ngwe

Amechi Ngwe (The Can't Tell Us Nothing Improv Team and Podcast!) joins staunch Dad's Law advocates Pat and Don to discuss Boiling Point and Demolition Man. Should there be more roundhouse kicks in Boiling Point? Should there be more roundhouse kicks in It's Complicated? Should Don and Pat run an Old Person Tiktok Home? Tune in to find out on this week's The Academy Academy!

Chill Vibes and Blade: Trinity

Do you miss movies about jerks? Was Abraham Whistler a roadie for Iron Butterfly? Should Wesley Snipes become the new Whistler in the inevitable MCU Blade reboot? Jarko... Grimwood!?!? All this and more is discussed on this week's very fun off-the-bracket-path episode of The Academy Academy!

The Academy Academy/Everything Is Scary (Almost) Crossover! Blade vs. Blade II with Returning Champs Jen Saunderson and Kyle Clark

Jen Saunderson and Kyle Clark (Everything Is Scary) both return to the pod to discuss the Blade Franchise! Is Colman Domingo the coolest living actor? Who is the ultimate 70s guy: Elliot Gould or Kristofferson? Druig and Kingo are great, but what about Nomak? This ep is a barn burner, folks- don't miss out!

White Men Can’t Jump vs. Undisputed with Winston Carter

Winston Carter (Drac & The Swamp Rats!) joins us on the pod to discuss White Men Can't Jump and Undisputed on this week's The Academy Academy! Does Kevin Feige sound like Vin Diesel? Should the Shame Boyz be Hartnett Heads?? Should Blade be in Billions??? Tune in to find out!

Top 10 Films of 2021!

Human Worms! Iconic Red Saabs! Little Flowers Bursting Through Concrete!

Follow Don "Front Row Boy" Saunderson and Patrick "Ooof I called the MOMA the MOMO on the damn podcast" Gremillion as they share each of their top 10 films of 2021 on this week's The Academy Academy!

Is it time to start? Yeah, I think it's time to start. 😏

Passenger 57 vs. Drop Zone with Returning Champ Adam Moshcatel

Oooh do you smell the hay smoking? Do you hear the crackle of a stable going up in flames? You bet your sweet buns you do! This week's ep the Sometimes Sunday Morning Boyz tackle two bonafide barn-burners: Passenger 57 and Drop Zone. Returning Champ and Resident Bad Boy Adam Moshcatel returns as we discuss felled rodeo clowns, swampy sky scoundrels, and so much more on this week's The Academy Academy!

New Jack City vs. Sugar Hill with Mark Andrew Wilson

Improviser and all-around kind fellow Mark Andrew Wilson joins us on the pod to discuss New Jack City and Sugar Hill on this week's The Academy Academy! How high are Ray Skuggs' Fredo levels on the Fredometer? Should there be a New Jack City spinoff where Nick Peretti teaches PE? Who would be the ideal running mate for Wesley Snipes if he ran for President? Tune in to find out!!

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar vs. Dolemite Is My Name with Returning Champ Jen Saunderson

Returning Champ and fan-favorite Jen Saunderson (Everything Is Scary) returns to the pod to discuss perhaps the two most feel-good films on the bracket: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Dolemite Is My Name!

 

Does To Wong Foo deserve an action-packed sequel? Is Robert California actually the best character in The Office? And just which one of The Academy Academy's intrepid hosts had the opportunity to meet the fabled Rudy Ray Moore in the flesh?! This is how the cookie crumbles: welcome to Bruce Almighty town!