Ep 56 - Latin Grammys, 'Justice League' Movie Review, Gil Robertson on Multicultural Film Critics

We talk Latin Grammy Awards with music journalist Isabela Raygoza from Rolling Stone Magazine. We break down the top categories, the possible upsets, what to expect from the telecast and why some of your favorite stars weren’t nominated.

Also, I review one of the most anticipated movies of the year, DC’s Justice League, with two film critic friends of mine - Julian Roman from MovieWeb.com and Emerson Unger from NY’s K104.7 - as we give our FIRST REACTION as we leave a private advanced screening in NY’s WB screening room. You won’t want to miss that…

And speaking of film critics, Gil Robertson, President of the African-American Film Critics Association joins the show to discuss the future of multicultural film and tv criticism with a new venture his launching called Kaleidoscope Reviews, where he looks to raise awareness of the importance of having African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian and Native American film critics in Hollywood.

EPISODE SUMMARY

Isabela Raygoza on the Latin artists you need to know about at the Latin Grammys - 1:27

On why English-language press has no interest in covering the Latin Grammys
Is a song's popularity a death sentence at prestige award shows
Why Latin Grammys loves Residente so much
Thoughts on Shakira's El Dorado album
The appeal of Danay Suarez
Should a manufactured band like CNCO have a place at the Latin Grammys?
Is Sebastian Yatra here to stay?
Thoughts on Vico-C
Reasons why J Balvin and Romeo Santos were absent from major nominations
The visual home experience of watching the Latin Grammys
The echo chamber of Latin music. Why Latin music needs to share and include their music with English audiences, not share with same Latinos

JackedIN (recap of pop culture stories) - 33:55

Justice League movie review with film critics Julian Roman and Emerson Unger - 36:52

The good and the bad of Justice League
Is it better than The Avengers or Wonder Woman?
Overload of CGI
Our rating score of the movie
Explanation on the TWO end scenes

Weekend playlist: 45:20

Palabras Manuales - Danay Suarez 

High - Rawayana (feat. Apache)

743 - Miranda

Gil Robertson, President of the African-American Film Critics Association discusses Kaleidoscope Reviews - 46:27

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