"Keeping it Reel" with FilmGordon

Join us as we take a look back on the year in Black film of 2011 and discuss which performances and films have the best chance of taking home Black Reels!!!!

This week on the BIG show, The 12th Annual Black Reel Awards take place ONE week from today and Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon and crew will take a look at a look at this year's nominees and performances and discuss which ones stand the best chance of winning this year's top prize. Will Pariah feel wanted? Will the Southern drama "Help" it self to top honors or will the summer wedding comedy "Jump" over it's competitors on the way to Black Reel glory? Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews with the Movie Mob and Wilson Morales on the latest episode of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon!

This week on the BIG show, Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon will look back at the eclectic Oscar nominations, talk with critic Travis Hopson about the latest happenings at Sundance Film Festival and we'll look back at the opening weekend number's for Red Tails and what it means for Black Cinema. Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews of all of the latest releases with the Movie Mob all on the latest episode of the show!!!!

On the latest episode of the BIG show, Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon sits down Oscar winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., British acting phenom, David Oyelowo, director Anthony Hemingway and original Tuskegee Airman, Dr. Roscoe Brown to discuss their participation and the experience of making the historical action-adventure, Red Tails. The crew discuss the impact of the story and how it transcends across cultures and working with producer George Lucas. Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews with the Infamous Movie Mob and Wilson Morales all on the next episode of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon.

On the latest episode of the BIG show, we'll discuss the marketing campaign that producer George Lucas has embarked on to sell the story of Red Tails. Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon will speak with several industry veterans to find out their thoughts on Lucas raising the banner for Black Film. Are his motives about empowering Black directors . . . or about getting a return on his production? Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews of all of this week's latest releases on Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon!

We kick the year off in grand style as the creative team and stars of the Pariah stop by the BIG show. Nominated for nine Black Reel Awards, writer/director Dee Rees, producer Nekisa Cooper, lead actress Adepero Oduye and Kim Wayans sit down with Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon to talk about the challenges of getting this story to the big screen. Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews of both the Devil Inside and Pariah with the infamous Movie Mob and Blackfilm's Wilson Morales all on the next episode of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon!

On the final show of the year, Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon looks back at some of his favorite and colorful conversations of the year in the second annual edition of the Best Celebrity Interviews of 2011. From two-time Oscar winner Russell Williams to Attack the Block's John Boyega to the lovely and talented Nia Long as well as BIG show favorite, Chenoa Maxwell, we'll look back lovingly on another year of film, fun and everything in between!!!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

This week on the BIG show, Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon and the infamous Movie Mob will review the final film releases of 2011 including David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the animated story, The Adventures of TinTin, the family drama, We Bought a Zoo, the foreign film, The Artist, Steven Spielberg's emotional film, War Horse and the cold-opening The Darkest Hour.

The Holiday Season continues as we look back at some of the Best Movies of 2011 with a talented panel of film critics who will debate which films gave them so much joy and satisfaction during the past year. Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon will welcome Beliefnet's Nell Minow, Jen Chaney from the Washington Post, Blackfilm's Wilson Morales, Travis Hopson, co-host of the Punch Drunk Critics, Popcorn Reel's Omar Moore, Shawn Edwards of Kansas City's FOX-4, Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (Film Fatale) from The Urban Daily and several others critics to break down the year's best all on the next episode of the BIG show!!!!!

Today on the BIG show, The Movie Mob will review six, yes count them, six Holiday releases, some with Oscar ramifications including Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,  Tinker, Tailor, Spy, A Dangerous Method, Young Adult, Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol. Before you spend your Christmas money on these films, find out what the critics think . . . and then you make the call!!!

This week on this special holiday edition of the BIG show, we take a look back some of the most ridiculous, stupid and just plain silly films of the year as we look at the Worst Movies of 2011. From the "Colors Trilogy" (The Green Hornet / Green Lantern / Red Riding Hood) to the utter crassness of Your Highness, Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon and a panel of film critics will laugh, cringe and come to terms of cinematic endearment with just some god-awful films.

Join us as we unveil the candidates for our top prize as we announce the nominations for the 2012 Black Reel Awards. The show which annually honors African-Americans and people of color in theatrical, independent and television. Black Reel Awards Founder and Executive Director, Tim Gordon and others will present this year's nominees during this special 30-minute broadcast. Find out which films and performers have the opportunity to take home Black Reel Awards this season!

This week on the BIG show, Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon sits down with director Alrick Brown, to discuss his recently released Sundance Film Festival award-winning film, Kinyarwanda. Described as Pulp Fiction meets Hotel Rwanda, this film was written and directed by Brown and weaves together several different stories during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Plus, we'll also have entertainment news and reviews from the Infamous Movie Mob and Blackfilm's Wilson Morales all on the latest episode of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon!

The Washington, DC Area Film Critics (WAFCA) present the winners of their annual top cinema prizes. Hosted by Travis Hopson, Nell Minow and WAFCA President Tim Gordon, we will acknowledge the year's best films and performances and get live reaction from our voting members. Find out which films and performances take home WAFCA's top honors on this special awards edition of the BIG show!!!