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The Reel Critic Roundtable: Monster, The Water Man, Here Today, The Boy From Medellin and Jupiter Legacy
In this episode the critics review several films and even get into the series Jupiter legacy. From Boy to Man to Monster, it is all Here.
Kathia Woods, Kay-B and Reggie Ponder discuss the movies Monster, The Water Man, Here Today and The Boy From Medellin. They also look at the series Jupiter Legacy as a tease to check out the interviews and information Kay-B has done on her youtube channel Through The Lens of Lady Kay-B.
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Mortal Kombat, The Mitchells vs The Machines, The Oscars and Black TV shows
In this episode the critics discussed the movies Mortal Kombat and The Mitchells vs The Machines. Most of us could work with Mortal Kombat despite some issues and all of us thought The Mitchells vs The Machines is worth watching for various reasons. We also talks about the oscars and diversity and Black TV shows worth watching.
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Them and AAFCA Awards
This week we discuss the new series Them, The Death of DMX, and the African American Film Critics Awards. Our critics include Kathia Woods from CupofSoulShow.com, Gil Robertson who is the President of AAFCA and Clayton Davis Awards editor at Variety. We discussed, debated and had a little fun.
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Concrete Cowboy
The critics discuss the movie Concrete Cowboy. We all liked it for a variety of reasons and hope more people see the film as more than a movie because it reclaims the rich history between Blacks and horses.
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Godzilla vs Kong, Concrete Cowboy and Them
This week Shawn Edwards, Kathia Woods, Emmanuel Noisette and I talked about the movies Godzilla vs Kong, and Concrete Cowboy We also discussed the new series Them. And as usual, we talk about industry issues.
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Genius: Aretha and Tina
This week Shawn, Kathia, and I talk about the movies Zack Snyder’s Justice League (and we disagree), Genius: Aretha (and there are some STRONG opinions), and the documentary Tina (I think we agreed). We also talked about if The Golden Globe Awards Show needs to be replace given their lack of diversity and systemic issues, the importance of the NAACP Image Awards and some needed changes, and Disney’s decision to drop the movie Black Widow in Theaters and on VOD simultaneously. Lively discussion. #film #movies #ElevateBlackVoices
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Blithe Spirit, I Care A Lot and Truth to Power
This week, the critics discussed, the movies Blithe Spirit, I Care A Lot, and Truth to Power. We also discussed, diversity in the industry and how there is so much lip service and not deep systematic diversity within the film industry – extending to film critics.
Reggie Ponder Interviews Sam Pollard for his movie MlK/FBI
I got a chance to speak to director Sam Pollard about his documentary MLK/FBI. This was part of the AAFCA roundtable.
You can see what the other critics had to say at the AAFCA Youtube channel https://youtu.be/4v03OBDEkHg
The Reel Critic Roundtable: MLK/FBI, Outside The Wire and One Night In Miami
This week the critics: Kathia Woods, Shawn Edwards and myself discussed the MLK/FBI documentary, Outside the wire and One Night In Miami. We also discussed a few issues surrounding streaming including the closing of Family Video, Netflix releasing a new movie every week in 2021 and the fact that Mandalorian becomes the first non-netflix show to top Nielsen streaming chart.
The Reel Critic Roundtable: Mangrove, Red White and Blue, Nomadland, Mank and Dear Santa
The Critics look at 5 movies and we had so much fun. We discussed two of Steve McQueen’s new films in his new release of five films, Mangrove and Red White and Blue. We also discussed Frances McDormand in Nomadland, the film Mank, and the documentary Dear Santa. Then the critics discussed some issues including Warner Bros putting their entire 2021 slate on HBOMAX and James Corden accused of gay-face.
Reggie Ponder - The Reel Critic 