Heads of State (Teaser)

Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood]

Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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This week, James and Jon are covering Heads of State, directed by Ilya Naishuller, screenplay by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Harrison Query, story by Harrison Query, starring Idris Elba, John Cena, Priyanka Chopra, Carla Gugino, Jack Quaid, Stephen Root, and Paddy Considine. Together, they discuss what their wives both thought of the trailer, liking cinematic bickering, the discrepancy in Rotten Tomatoes scores between Heads of State and another recent John Cena movie, Jackpot!, Bobby Lee, and much, much more! Listen to the full episode on Patreon or Red Circle's Exclusive Feed!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Black Man Can't Jump on Patreon, Patreon, Citi.
0:12.2	Yes, and I think I don't normally do lines at the beginning of this, but I would do.
0:18.4	Things harpoon for a reason.
0:22.1	Harpoon for a reason. Harpoon for a reason.
0:23.1	Yeah.
0:23.8	Yeah.
0:25.4	Okay.
0:26.0	Yeah.
0:26.6	That was a decent one.
0:28.7	After it happened, I was like, I think it has to be that.
0:31.4	I don't, I, I, there are other things that happened in the movie that I, that I thought, like,
0:37.0	oh, that's a cool line
0:37.9	that I could use.
0:40.5	But things harpooned for a reason.
0:46.2	Guys, you know what this podcast is.
0:48.8	Thank you so much for subscribing to Patreon and Red Circle.
0:52.4	If you haven't and you're listening to the preview, you've got to click that subscribe button to get the whole thing. Yeah, you've got to click that subscribe. Because we got, because we got, we got, you know, like scandalous secrets and and just, and just confidential stuff behind the paywall. Behind the paywall. That's where we get, where we get into the nitty gritty, where we get down the dirty. It's like BET after dark. You remember that? Yes, it's BET. Yes, it's BET uncut. It's uncut. Uncut. We are a film review podcast. We review the films of leading black actors talk about the context of race and diversity. Hollywood. There is only two of us, there's usually three of us, but only two of us today will be heads of state. Only two heads. Oh, snap. And there it is. Oh. I don't really do. I don't do it. I appreciate that I'm a head of state. So I'm going to allow this one.
1:45.5	I'm ahead of state.
1:46.7	Okay.
1:47.4	You know, it's a little two-hander.
1:50.2	I, of course, am the Dr. Dre.
1:56.5	You're the Dr. Dre.
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