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Kam Williams Black Star News Jun 16, 2008 4/4 Can anybody smell the franchise that Marvel is cooking? Go to Full Review The Incredible Hulk (2008) 68% 69%

Kam Williams Black Star News Feb 2, 2008 4/4 Comedy with a social conscious. How refreshing. Go to Full Review Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006) 59% 50%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jan 19, 2008 4/4 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. Go to Full Review Cloverfield (2008) 78% 68%

Kam Williams Black Star News Dec 7, 2007 2/4 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. Go to Full Review Dirty Laundry (2006) 50% 68%

Kam Williams Black Star News Sep 30, 2007 1.5/4 Postwar is hell! Go to Full Review In the Valley of Elah (2007) 73% 77%

Kam Williams Black Star News Aug 7, 2007 4/4 Rosario Dawson exhibits a previously unseen range, here, more than meeting the challenge of the most emotionally-demanding role of her career. Go to Full Review Descent (2007) 33% 33%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jun 19, 2007 4/4 They say The South has changed, but you wouldn't know it from this jaw-dropping shocker you have to see to be believe. Go to Full Review Banished (2006) 86% 79%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jun 9, 2007 3/4 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 Go to Full Review Ocean's Thirteen (2007) 70% 75%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jun 5, 2007 4/4 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. Go to Full Review Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005) 79% 85%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jun 4, 2007 4/4 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. Go to Full Review Knocked Up (2007) 90% 83%

Kam Williams Black Star News May 28, 2007 4/4 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. Go to Full Review The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006) 100% 89%

Kam Williams Black Star News May 28, 2007 4/4 A fascinating flick for anyone looking for a new reason to hate lawyers. Go to Full Review Crazy Love (2007) 79% 72%

Kam Williams Black Star News May 16, 2007 3.5/4 A comical cautionary tale which ought to trigger a little paranoia in the souls of any advocates of the Military-Industrial Complex. Go to Full Review Severance (2006) 66% 61%

Kam Williams Black Star News May 11, 2007 0/4 Bottoms-out with this bit of dialogue: 'If you're going to be a ho, be an ambitious ho. Work uptown.' What unfortunate timing, given the whole Don Imus controversy. Life's simply too short for slur-ploitation with such lamentably low standards. Go to Full Review The Salon (2005) 13% 66%

Kam Williams Black Star News Apr 29, 2007 4/4 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. Go to Full Review L'Iceberg (2005) 68% 65%

Kam Williams Black Star News Apr 22, 2007 3/4 Dispassionate dispatching of humans as cinematic road kill. Bloody funny bloodletting, if that's your thing. Go to Full Review Hot Fuzz (2007) 91% 89%

Kam Williams Black Star News Mar 28, 2007 4/4 Set in locales ostensibly picked without concern for cinematic pretense, this crowd-pleaser conveys a sense of everyday life in South Africa while simultaneously serving up an endearing variation of a magical opera for the ages. Bravo! Go to Full Review U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha (2005) 95% 68%

Kam Williams Black Star News Feb 9, 2007 3.5/4 Everything you always wanted to know about sex, and then some. A bawdy, early Woody Allen-esque slapstick comedy! Go to Full Review Unconscious (2006) 85% 86%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jan 5, 2007 4/4 A practically-perfect family flick which delivers a big lesson about the true meaning of brotherly love. Go to Full Review Zathura (2005) 77% 51%

Kam Williams Black Star News Jan 1, 2007 4/4 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. Go to Full Review Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 95% 91%