juke joint
noun
: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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Ryan Coogler’s Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as twins, Smoke and Stack, who return to their hometown in Mississippi to open up a juke joint.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 July 2025
Ryan Coogler’s Mississippi-set period vampire horror film stars Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers who’ve come back to their hometown to open a new juke joint together.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
In Sinners, Michael B. Jordan portrays twin brothers returning to the Mississippi Delta after serving in World War I, backed by Northern ambition and just enough capital to open a juke joint.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
His brothers open a juke joint in the deep South only to be attacked on their first night by, well, Irish vampires.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 July 2025
Ryan Coogler’s Mississippi-set period vampire horror film stars Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers who’ve come back to their hometown to open a new juke joint together.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
In Sinners, Michael B. Jordan portrays twin brothers returning to the Mississippi Delta after serving in World War I, backed by Northern ambition and just enough capital to open a juke joint.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
His brothers open a juke joint in the deep South only to be attacked on their first night by, well, Irish vampires.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
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“Juke joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke%20joint. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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