Beverly Hills Cop w. Samuel James

You Are Good

Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed

Film History, Film Reviews, Relationships, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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In which Samuels James takes us to Beverly Hills and teaches us how to lighten up Detroit style. We're unpacking the Beverly Hills Cop feels with Samuel James.EXTENDED CUT AVAILABLE ON PATREON AND APPLE PODCAST SUBSCRIPTIONS!Samuel James online:https://www.therealsamueljames.com/ (https://www.therealsamueljames.com/)Carolyn Kendrick online:https://www.carolynkendrick.com/This episode was made possible by your support! Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood) and Apple Plus.https://www.patreon.com/youaregood (https://www.patreon.com/youaregood)We LOVE Magpie Cinema Club!https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub (https://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub)Alex’s zine (https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan)!https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture (https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture)You can buy a You Are Good logo shirt (https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/) DESIGNED BY THE GREAT LIZ CLIMO here. (Liz Climo designed our logo!)https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/ (https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/)You Are Good (https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good/) is a feelings podcast about movies.You can make a contribution to Palestine Children's Relief Fund here (https://www.pcrf.net/):https://www.pcrf.net/ (https://www.pcrf.net/)Miranda Zickler (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster) produced and edited this episode:https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster)Fresh Lesh produces the beats for our episodes.

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0:00.0	Hello, you welcome to You Are Good, a feelings podcast about movies.
0:14.7	Today we're talking about Beverly Hills Cop. We're talking about it with my great friend Samuel James.
0:20.2	I am one of your hosts, Alex
0:21.9	Steed. Sarah Marshall is out today on assignment. We are joined in the co-host seat by Carolyn
0:28.7	Kendrick. There's an extended cut of this episode available on Patreon and Apple podcast subscriptions.
0:33.9	If you're looking for a longer conversation about Beverly Hills
0:37.5	Cobb. It's there. And thanks so much for supporting the show by supporting us on
0:43.3	Patreon and Apple podcast subscriptions. We could not make it without you. Sorry if this
0:48.0	intro sounds a little weird. I'm recording it in a car. I'm on a never-ending tour of
0:53.9	these United States. I'm in Parsonsfield, Maine, right now. So I'm
0:58.8	recording this in a car. Because otherwise, I have to record it in a farmhouse built in the
1:03.5	1700s, and it is echoy. It's all old wood. So thanks for your patience. You are good at feelings podcast about movies.
1:12.7	It's exactly that. It's a feelings podcast about movies. Here's what that means. We talk about
1:17.9	movies. We talk about the feelings they evoke. We're not critics. We're not here to say this was
1:23.6	bad for this reason. We are here to say this is what this made me think about with regard to being a human
1:30.1	being in the world.
1:31.4	That's what we're doing.
1:32.3	And you are good.
1:33.7	Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American Buddy Cop action comedy film directed by Martin Brest
1:40.0	with a screenplay by Daniel Petteri Jr.
1:42.3	Stars Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective
1:45.2	who visits Beverly Hills, California,
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