DEAD MAN'S WIRE Movie Review | SEATED Podcast | Ep. 18

Hosts Tre'vell Anderson and Ray Love Jr. review DEAD MAN'S WIRE, the new true-crime thriller starring Bill Skarsgård, with supporting turns from Colman Domingo and Myha'la.

The duo contrasts the film with 2022's Breaking (starring John Boyega) to ask a central question: Who gets to be a "vigilante folk hero" and who becomes a "tragic martyr"? Does a "fight the system" narrative land differently when we know that, for Black folks, the police snipers usually don't miss? Tune in to hear if it's a "Seated," "Stream It," or "Skip It."

Plus, the tables have turned as Tre'vell puts Ray in the hot seat for the Colman Domingo edition of Black Cinema Games, and they close out with Good Vibes Only.

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00:00:08 - Skip Intro

00:00:30 - Our First Listener Letter

00:15:55 - Dead Man's Wire Topline Reaction (Spoiler Free)

00:46:14 - Dead Man's Wire Deep Dive Review (Spoiler Filled)

01:00:55 - Seated, Skip It, Stream It Verdict

01:01:41 - Rotten Tomatoes Rating + Letterboxd Score

01:02:39 - Black Critic Spotlight: André Hereford, Metro Weekly

01:04:02 - Black Cinema Games: The Soundbite Game ft. Colman Domingo

01:14:13 - Good Vibes Only: In Proximity Podcast with SINNERS Cultural Consultant Dolly Li, Spotlight (2015)

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CREDITS

Hosts: Tre'vell Anderson and Ray Love Jr.

Produced by: Slayzhon and FiftyLeven Media

Editor: Ray Love Jr.

Theme Music: Buckroll

Animation: Agung Adhi

Location Partner: The WalkGood Yard ( @WalkGoodLA )

Creative Consultant: Jade Fox ( ⁨@iamjadefox⁩ )

Publicity: House of Heralds

TITLES DISCUSSED

Dead Man's Wire starring Bill Skarsgård, Al Pacino, Colman Domingo, Myha'la (Directed by Gus Van Sant)

Companion starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén (Directed by Drew Hancock)

Rustin starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright, Audra McDonald (Directed by George C. Wolfe)

Zola starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Ari'el Stachel, Colman Domingo (Directed by Janicza Bravo)

If Beale Street Could Talk starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina King (Directed by Barry Jenkins)

Assasination Nation starring Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, Anika Noni Rose, Colman Domingo, Maude Apatow, Bill Skarsgård (Directed by Sam Levinson)

Legendary HBO Max starring Dashaun Wesley, Jameela Jamil, Law Roach, Leiomy Maldonado, Megan Thee Stallion, Keke Palmer (Directed by Rik Reinholdtsen)

Selma starring David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Oprah Winfrey (Directed by Ava DuVernay)

All The President's Men starring Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman (Directed by Alan J. Pakula)

Fear The Walking Dead starring Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Colman Domingo

Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Colman Domingo (Directed by Steven Spielberg)

Passing Strange starring Colman Domingo (Directed by Spike Lee)

The Birth of a Nation starring Nate Parker, Aunjanue Ellis, Colman Domingo, Aja Naomi King, Gabrielle Union (Directed by Nate Parker)

Spotlight starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams (Directed by Tom McCarthy)