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Hot Tub Time Machine | Birmingham Post | Graham Young | After he was forced to labour through the special effects in 2012, it's good to see John Cusack returning to form amid the constant silliness. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1,122 |
Iron Man 2 | Birmingham Post | Roz Laws | Favreau reassembles his main cast for another witty and exciting romp -- and adds the likes of Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson to increase our viewing pleasure. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1,122 |
The Joneses | Birmingham Post | Graham Young | Ordinarily, I wouldn't have crossed the road to see Moore and Duchovny together, but their relationship works both before and after the film's outragous left-field twist. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1,122 |
No One Knows About Persian Cats (Les Chats Persans) | Birmingham Post | Graham Young | A fine, optimistic companion piece for the Irish film Once, which won Glen Hansard the best song Oscar in 2008. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1,122 |
[Rec] 2 | Birmingham Post | Graham Young | Repetitive in its own right as well as in terms of its origins, [REC] 2 is well made but never remotely scary -- the cardinal sin of any horror movie. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1,122 |
Whip It | Birmingham Post | Roz Laws | Sure, Whip It is clichéd, slight and formulaic, but it still has enough charm and wit to keep us entertained. And it's packed with girl power. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1,122 |
The Amazing Spider-Man | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jordan Hoffman | The Amazing Spider-Man has no new spin. That is unless "not as much fun" is their new spin. | 5/10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | false | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1,123 |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | The realistic depiction of marginalized characters overcoming grief and accepting disabilities is what makes this film timeless. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1,123 |
21 And Over | Birth.Movies.Death. | Amy Nicholson | 21 & Over powers along with a winning Abercrombie bonhomie, IE naked guys and racism. Hilarious racism. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Adopt a Highway | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | ADOPT A HIGHWAY will simultaneously warm and shatter your heart. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Body at Brighton Rock | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | Writer/Director Roxanne Benjamin paves a promising path in the horror genre. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Daniel Isn't Real | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | The particular method of storytelling in DANIEL ISN'T REAL is one of deliciously diabolic eye-candy. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Horrible Bosses | Birth.Movies.Death. | James Rocchi | Considering how many other summer comedies deserve to be fired for cause and walked out of the building by security with their stuff in a filing box, Horrible Bosses does the job well enough. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Long Shot | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen star with adorably palpable chemistry by tackling normally depressing and defeating societal and political commentaries with an authentic and sweet love story. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Pet Sematary | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | PET SEMATARY impressively exhumes our deepest fears. Death and grief are ruthlessly personified, and the thematic intensity of loss rises from the dead to deliver one of the best King adaptations to date. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Pi | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | Restricted as an up-and-coming filmmaker, Aronofsky didn't conform to convention and instead delivered his art full throttle... | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Safe Haven | Birth.Movies.Death. | Amy Nicholson | Their love story has a mellow ease -- as neither of them has much of a personality, we're just watching two swell people decide to bone | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Serial Mom | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | SERIAL MOM takes a sharp, satirical look at our obsession with serial killers and is a witty glorification of violence for comedy. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Snitch | Birth.Movies.Death. | Amy Nicholson | Yes, this is a film where The Rock Wikipedias "drug cartels." But somehow it works. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Tabloid | Birth.Movies.Death. | James Rocchi | William Carlos Williams wrote "The pure products of America/ Go crazy," and the funny, freaky Tabloid captures that contrast, that promise, that curse. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Birth.Movies.Death. | James Rocchi | I wouldn't have minded seeing a little Bay-hem on the big screen in Transformers 3; instead, with battles I didn't care about between characters I barely knew, all I got was idiocy, tedium and expense in the pursuit of Bay-nality. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Vice | Birth.Movies.Death. | Marisa Mirabal | McKay put his heart into portraying the heartless - even if it comes off cold as ice. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
Winnie the Pooh | Birth.Movies.Death. | James Rocchi | In an age when the Shrek films make oral sex jokes and Cars 2 flip-flops between tedium and terror, the real pleasure of the gentle, graceful Winnie the Pooh is that it is a kid's film that really, truly works for kids. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,124 |
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | Inconveniently this Inconvenient Sequel feels redundant...little [more] than a campaign video for Gore's mission. | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Berberian Sound Studio | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jordan Hoffman | It's rare for a movie to be so cool yet also be so disappointing. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Get Out | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | When microaggressions turn macro... A big-idea film wrapped in a darkly comedic thriller. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Icarus | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | That rare doc that uncovers a truth so powerful (and dangerous) that it itself becomes part of the news. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Ingrid Goes West | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | One of those weird, creepy, unsettling films about obsessions that you just can't help but become a little bit obsessed about yourself. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
SCORE: A Film Music Documentary | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | Easy to simply embrace Score as a jukebox of some of the greatest musical moments in film history, enjoying the sweeping musical moments as they play out against dozens of classic films. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Side by Side | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jordan Hoffman | something I'd be happy to get into a jovial shouting match about over pints, but [not] for the length of a feature film. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | This is fast food cinema, tasty enough and well prepared, a far better dish than the original, and sure to be snacked upon by a large audience. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
The Incredible Jessica James | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | From the opening title sequence where Jessica's dancing abandon creates a more intimate version of La La Land's highway number, through to the closing culmination of the romantic arc, The Incredible Jessica James is a true delight | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Wilson | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | While it might please fans of Clowes' prose or for those on the festival circuit looking for a breather from something heavier, Wilson isn't a film that's likely to appeal to many. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
Wind River | Birth.Movies.Death. | Jason Gorber | Intense and impactful, Wind River is a truly remarkable debut from a writer who has established himself in short order as a true talent to follow closely. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,125 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Black Collegian | Kam Williams | Washington and Travolta are both still at the top of their games in this high-octane, attention-deficit adventure as riveting as it is ridiculous. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1,126 |
And Then Came Love | Black Collegian | Kam Williams | Entertaining enough as a mildly amusing diversion, even if it might deliver a dubious message to impressionable teenage girls torn between dating a nerdy nice guy and a loser without much of a future. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1,126 |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Black Critic Guy | Tony Whatley II | It is a great continuation to Rogue Nation. While it's not as good as Rogue Nation, I will say that it is definitely Worth Watching. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,127 |
The Happytime Murders | Black Critic Guy | Tony Whatley II | The Happytime Murders had lots of potential to be something refreshing and unique. But its over reliance on its raunchy puppet gimmick as well as lackluster jokes, derivative story, and unlikable prevented it be anything but an unnecessary WASTE of time! | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1,127 |
The Predator | Black Critic Guy | Tony Whatley II | A complete trainwreck from beginning to end. It spits on the Predator's franchise and plays like a comedy rather than a legit Predator follow-up with a story so convoluted and characters so weak to the point where the film was unbearable to watch. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,127 |
Arrival | Black Girl Nerds | Lauren Warren | For fans of dark, cerebral, Christopher Nolan type sci-fi or even time-related sci-fi this will be right up your alley. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Batman: The Killing Joke | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | Instead of what was promised, we must struggle through...a bad 90's romantic comedy masquerading as a comic book movie. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Blindspotting | Black Girl Nerds | Kay-B | Penned by Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, Blindspotting is a treasure and a love letter to Oakland | 4.5/10 | 10 | 4.5 | 10 | false | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Doctor Strange | Black Girl Nerds | Joelle Smith | For a film that has promised diversity and wanting to move from harmful Asian stereotypes, this movie fails to bring in people of color in a meaningful way. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Elle | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | Paul Verhoeven returns to European cinema, with French cinematic icon Isabelle Huppert, and gives us modern-day psychological crime thriller that is as dark as it is brilliant. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Hardcore Henry | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | HARDCORE HENRY is like watching the world's best FPS video game directed by Sam Raimi, scored by the Sex Pistols, while on acid in the midst of an earthquake. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Lion | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | Patel's constant anger and destitution get a bit tedious, but the uplifting ending will move even the most stoic movie-goer to tears. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Logan | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | Hugh Jackman has been Wolverine for over 17 years, and yet he found a way to deliver a [new] version of the character...in quite possibly the best performance of his career. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Moonlight | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | An intimate tale that will leave you deeply affected [and] one of the best films of 2016. | 10/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | false | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Raw | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | Garance Miller sells every [cannibalistic] bite with cringing authenticity. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Split | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | [Split] is a solid thriller highlighted by a career-defining performance from McAvoy. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
The Edge of Seventeen | Black Girl Nerds | Valerie Complex | This hilarious teen comedy is directed by Kelly Fremon-Craig and stars Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine, a charming, yet neurotic teenager on the edge of adulthood. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
The Jungle Book | Black Girl Nerds | Joelle Smith | This is really the pitfall of The Jungle Book. It's beautiful, adequately performed, but I've seen this film already. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
The Magnificent Seven | Black Girl Nerds | Jacqueline Coley | If you are going into The Magnificent Seven expecting a cinematic masterpiece...you will be severely disappointed. But if you want two hours of laughs, bullets, brawls, and perhaps a few tears, [it's] a serviceable distraction. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Wonder Woman | Black Girl Nerds | Joi Childs and Caron LeNoir | Jenkins rises above the pressure and brings a solid, interesting and humorous story to life. Wonder Woman brings light to the darkness of the DCEU, literally and figuratively. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,128 |
Betty: They Say I'm Different | Black Nerd Problems | Jon-Carlos Evans | Betty, however, reveals and the genius of the woman who was a songwriter, bandleader, fashionista, and singer - a funk renaissance artist. | 7.9/10 | 10 | 7.9 | 10 | false | 69 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Black Nerd Problems | Oz Longworth | This might just be the best movie the Marvel Cineverse has cranked out yet | 9.5/10 | 10 | 9.5 | 10 | false | 85 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Central Intelligence | Black Nerd Problems | Nicole Homer | What could have easily been a throwaway comedy ended up being a heartwarming bromance with enough pop culture references to make me and the nerdy friends I went with feel right at home. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 70 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Dark Phoenix | Black Nerd Problems | Jon-Carlos Evans | I want to offer my condolences and mutual bereavements to the true X-Men fans out there. You...I....we...none of us deserved whatever it was that just transpired on the screen under the X-Men logo and brand as Dark Phoenix. | 3/10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | false | 20 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Deadpool | Black Nerd Problems | William Young | This movie is entertaining, romantic, and just fills you with a bubbly feeling in your loins. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 80 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Despicable Me 3 | Black Nerd Problems | Nicole Homer | Overall, this is a fun movie in a fun series. They definitely left the door open for a fourth movie and I'll definitely go see it when it comes out. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 65 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Ex Machina | Black Nerd Problems | William Young | The thing that makes this movie stick out to me is the acting. Every single scene - and I mean every single one - would not work if the actors weren't as great as they are. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 80 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Black Nerd Problems | Brittany N. Williams | Great if you fear change but if you're looking for depth, fresh eyes, or diversity, this ain't the film for you. | 5/10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | false | 40 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Fantastic Four | Black Nerd Problems | Keith Reid-Cleveland | Fantastic 4, being only 100 minutes long, makes you wonder how desperately they could've used an extra 20 minutes of exposition and character development. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 50 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
First Reformed | Black Nerd Problems | Nicole Homer | Hawke is heart breakingly good in the role of a faltering priest, disillusioned father, and sinner. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 70 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Girls Trip | Black Nerd Problems | Brittany N. Williams | Y'all, this movie is one wild ride that must be taken. Everybody needs to see it. Unless you can only enjoy a movie in a completely silent theater... then you may want to try to catch an empty screening. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 80 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Godzilla | Black Nerd Problems | Oz Longworth | Easily one of the best films in the "giant things destroying stuff" genre (definitely the best of its namesake) in the past 15 years. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 80 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Black Nerd Problems | Nicole Homer | I'll say it: I liked it better than the first one. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 80 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Black Nerd Problems | Omar Holmon | Guardians of The Galaxy 2 as a body of art/work can be added to the list of movies that makes it hard to say the sequels aren't as good or better than the first movie. | 9.6/10 | 10 | 9.6 | 10 | false | 86 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Hereditary | Black Nerd Problems | Anissa Hanley | This movie was created not only to entertain us but forces us to look at ourselves in relation to how we take grief. What makes this movie different from others is that it never relies on jump scares to provoke a reaction. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 75 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
High Flying Bird | Black Nerd Problems | Khadjiah johnson | High Flying Bird is not only for those who want to understand the scandals beyond the game, it is a great outline for understanding the selling of joy for commodity. | 8.4/10 | 10 | 8.4 | 10 | false | 74 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Incredibles 2 | Black Nerd Problems | Brittany N. Williams | It was totally worth the 14-year wait and I'm so glad it's here now. Take some nerdlings. Go sans kids. Get a group of your grown friends together. Take yourself out on a date. Doesn't matter how you get there, just go! | 9.7/10 | 10 | 9.7 | 10 | false | 87 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Scoob! | Black Nerd Problems | Garrett Green | This isn't to say this is a bad movie, kids will enjoy they bright colors and the goofy characters. Longtime fans will get a few chuckles and heartwarming moments. But it could have been better. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 50 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Black Nerd Problems | William Young | All in all I really enjoyed this movie. Most reviews of it are extremely negative so I was sort of looking for a few reasons why they reviewed it that way while I was watching it and you know what? I found nothing that would make this movie terrible. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 60 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Terminator: Dark Fate | Black Nerd Problems | Nicole Homer | I had a hard time knowing who, besides nostalgia, to root for. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 50 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Black Nerd Problems | Oz Longworth | Is it perfect? NO. Is it better than the first one? Possibly. Will EVERYONE be happy? Hell No. Will it entertain the majority? Most likely. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 65 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Black Nerd Problems | Brittany N. Williams | Just know your littles well to avoid unnecessary trauma. It would've been too much for little me, so proceed with caution. Overall, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a great pre-Halloween watch to get you in the creepy mood. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 60 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
The Raid 2 | Black Nerd Problems | Da'John Henderson | The action scenes in this movie are so goddamn beautiful. Yayan Ruhian did an incredible job with the choreography of each fight. | 9.5/10 | 10 | 9.5 | 10 | false | 85 | 91 | 10 | 1,129 |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | Black Nerd Problems | Keith Reid-Cleveland | The biggest hurdle for movies that reach the levels of success that The Avengers did is repeating something close to it in a sequel. Age of Ultron may have missed the mark, but it wasn't by much. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,130 |
Furious 7 | Black Nerd Problems | Keith Reid-Cleveland | At this point, the cast can play these roles in their sleep. And it shows. You genuinely believe that they're all friends as a result of their chemistry. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1,130 |
Biggie and Tupac | Black Star News | Josh Ralske | Broomfield has taken this intriguing and sad tale, and made a compelling film that should be of interest to nearly anyone, regardless of his or her interest in rap music. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1,131 |
Unconscious | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Everything you always wanted to know about sex, and then some. A bawdy, early Woody Allen-esque slapstick comedy! | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Descent | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Rosario Dawson exhibits a previously unseen range, here, more than meeting the challenge of the most emotionally-demanding role of her career. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Dirty Laundry | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Even though homophobia may be more of a hurdle in the 'hood than Hollywood, this ensemble's supportive response to Sheldon's revealing his sexual preference proves to be a surprisingly sweet way to close out this well-meaning message movie. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Cloverfield | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project, this cleverly-conceived scream fest was shot entirely with a shaky hand-held camera being operated by one of the film's central characters. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Crazy Love | Black Star News | Kam Williams | A fascinating flick for anyone looking for a new reason to hate lawyers. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Hot Fuzz | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Dispassionate dispatching of humans as cinematic road kill. Bloody funny bloodletting, if that's your thing. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
In the Valley of Elah | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Postwar is hell! | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Knocked Up | Black Star News | Kam Williams | A hilarious family values flick which manages to convince you that it's possible to transform a misogynist into a doting father on the guilt of an unplanned pregnancy. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
L'Iceberg | Black Star News | Kam Williams | A charming slapstick comedy which explores a variety of themes including love, loyalty, friendship and one's relationship with oneself before delivering at a heartwarming message that maybe there's no place like home after all. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Ocean's Thirteen | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Upping the ante in terms of intrigue while toning it down in terms of action, this downright comfortable diversion is a relatively-cerebral affair which offers an absorbing alternative to the summer blockbusters of the over-stimulating, special effects-dr | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Pan's Labyrinth | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Though not for the squeamish or fans of Fascism, this morbidly bewitching fantasy is an enchanting, escapist fairy tale, even if one designed strictly with adults in mind. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman | Black Star News | Kam Williams | An empathetic portrait of a complicated figure, chronicling the mounting toll which his work in the gallows gradually took on his psyche and private life. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Severance | Black Star News | Kam Williams | A comical cautionary tale which ought to trigger a little paranoia in the souls of any advocates of the Military-Industrial Complex. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
The Incredible Hulk | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Can anybody smell the franchise that Marvel is cooking? | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
The Trials of Darryl Hunt | Black Star News | Kam Williams | A disturbing bio-pic chronicling a mammoth miscarriage of justice which can only be explained as resulting from deep-seated racism. Despite its feelgood resolution, the film offers little in the way of reassurances that this will never happen again. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
We Are Marshall | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Bittersweet football flick less concerned with gridiron feats than with how members of a tight-knit community deal with their grief in the wake of a disaster. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland | Black Star News | Kam Williams | Comedy with a social conscious. How refreshing. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Zathura: A Space Adventure | Black Star News | Kam Williams | A practically-perfect family flick which delivers a big lesson about the true meaning of brotherly love. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,132 |
Hustle & Flow | Black Talent News | Kam Williams | A ghetto fabulous flick certain to generate some healthy debate as to whether it is glorifying or condemning the thug life which is so celebrated by the Hip-Hop Generation. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1,133 |
The Gospel | BlackFilm.com | Wilson Morales | While the script and editing are flawed, The Gospel is still an evening's entertainment with heart and soul. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,134 |
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