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Kam Williams
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3/4
The Grandmaster (2013)
Yip Man lives!
Posted Aug 26, 2013
2
4/4
A Proper Violence (2011)
A raw and riveting, low-budget whodunit!
Posted Sep 3, 2011
3
4/4
Chasing Madoff (2011)
A fascinating account of an unassuming hero's harrowing ordeal during a decade-long effort to bring the truth about Bernie Madoff to light.
Posted Aug 22, 2011
4
4/4
Super 8 (2011)
J.J.'s Close Encounter with E.T., Gremlins, Jaws and Jurassic Goonies!
Posted Jun 13, 2011
5
2/4
Hall Pass (2011)
6
3.5/4
The Grace Card (2011)
A modern morality play offering a satisfying reminder about the real meaning of forgiveness.
Posted Feb 25, 2011
7
2/4
What's funnier than a black dude in drag? How about two black dudes in drag?
Posted Feb 22, 2011
8
1/4
Just Go with It (2011)
Just run from it!
Posted Feb 15, 2011
9
4/4
Carbon Nation (2011)
A sobering documentary which makes a convincing case that climate change is a national security issue.
Posted Feb 11, 2011
10
0/4
The Roommate (2011)
A suspense thriller sans the element of suspense is apt to disappoint even an audience arriving with low expectations.
Posted Feb 7, 2011
11
1/4
Blue Valentine (2010)
A depressing deconstruction of a marriage that clearly was never meant to be.
Posted Jan 31, 2011
12
3.5/4
Mooz-lum (2011)
A poignant, cinematic memoir of growing up Muslim in America from the perspective of an anguished soul who just wanted to enjoy a normal childhood.
Posted Jan 30, 2011
13
0/4
No Strings Attached (2011)
A vulgar exercise in depravity radiating such bad karma that you'll need to take a cleansing shower right after watching it
Posted Jan 24, 2011
14
2/4
Takers (2010)
Mindless mayhem perfect for fans of pyrotechnics for pyrotechnics sake!
Posted Jan 22, 2011
15
1/4
The Green Hornet (2011)
The un-Rush Hour!
Posted Jan 17, 2011
16
4/4
The King's Speech (2010)
17
1.5/4
Little Fockers (2010)
A lackluster effort and a preposterous plot which add up to a flagging franchise that just 'jumped the shark.'
Posted Dec 27, 2010
18
4/4
The Fighter (2010)
A fitting tribute to a real-life Rocky and Adrian featuring a quartet of inspired performances by Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams.
Posted Dec 19, 2010
19
3/4
Casino Jack (2010)
20
4/4
Black Swan (2010)
21
3.5/4
Night Catches Us (2010)
A Prodigal Panther pays the price to make peace with a turbulent past.
Posted Nov 29, 2010
22
3/4
127 Hours (2010)
What do you get when you let Danny Boyle put his spin on a fact-based cross of Cast Away and Into the Wild? An exhilarating episode of 'Who Wants to Be a Slumdog Mountaineer?'
Posted Nov 29, 2010
23
3/4
A water-treading sequel with no emotional momentum ostensibly serving as a setup for next summer's grand finale
Posted Nov 22, 2010
24
4/4
The Next Three Days (2010)
A high-octane thriller that plunges you headlong on a thrill-a-minute roller coaster ride where a desperate man's conscience is your only guide.
Posted Nov 16, 2010
25
2/4
Unstoppable (2010)
26
0/4
Due Date (2010)
A relentlessly-offensive bottom-feeder of no redeeming social value which I learned in law school is the Supreme Court's definition of obscene.
Posted Nov 8, 2010
27
3.5/4
For Colored Girls (2010)
All that was missing was a pistol-packing granny in drag, chirrun!
Posted Nov 1, 2010
28
4/4
Jackass 3 (2010)
Dozens of eye-popping displays of depravity not for the weak of stomach!
Posted Oct 28, 2010
29
3/4
11/4/08 (2010)
An emotionally-engaging film featuring folks truly moved on what many will undoubtedly mark for posterity as the day they were most proud to be an American.
Posted Oct 28, 2010
30
1/4
Hereafter (2010)
Harry Potter-style hocus pocus only aimed at folks who came of age in the era of the Ouija board.
Posted Oct 25, 2010
31
3/4
Red (2010)
Geezer G-Men gone wild!
Posted Oct 20, 2010
32
4/4
Waiting for Superman (2010)
33
3/4
Cash Crop (2010)
After offering medicinal, religious, monetary and recreational rationales, Cash Crop concludes that it's high time that California stop squandering tax dollars by prosecuting folks for mass-producing marijuana. Are you listening, Governator?"
Posted Oct 11, 2010
34
0/4
My Soul to Take (2010)
Might not be Wes Craven's best film, but it's certainly his worst.
Posted Oct 11, 2010
35
4/4
The Social Network (2010)
The scariest screen villain in a half century, since Psycho's Norman Bates, given that this inscrutable creep actually exists in real life.
Posted Oct 4, 2010
36
3/4
Are you a pimp or a ho? You're either one or the other according to E. Raymond Brown.
Posted Oct 4, 2010
37
3/4
Freakonomics (2010)
An iconoclastic expose' featuring fresh cultural slants apt to leave the average armchair economist reevaluating a lot of conventional wisdom they've taken for granted.
Posted Sep 29, 2010
38
2/4
Speed-Dating (2010)
A titillating tribute to the novel notion of strangers with benefits.
Posted Sep 28, 2010
39
4/4
Crime might not pay, but greed is still good!
Posted Sep 27, 2010
40
4/4
The Town (2010)
A riveting, immorality play establishing Ben Affleck as a director to be reckoned with.
Posted Sep 21, 2010
41
4/4
Prince of Broadway (2010)
New York City as a disturbing dystopia where it's hard out there not just for a pimp, but for an African scam artist, too!
Posted Sep 12, 2010
42
1/4
Going the Distance (2010)
The only reason you root for a reunion at the end of this unromantic romp is because these two jerks really deserve each other.
Posted Sep 9, 2010
43
2.5/4
Lovely, Still (2010)
A poignant primer on making the most of a last chance at romance!
Posted Sep 9, 2010
44
4/4
Piranha 3-D (2010)
Hell hath no fury like a school of hungry, teen-eating piranhas!
Posted Aug 26, 2010
45
4/4
Lottery Ticket (2010)
A ROFL treasure hunt which unfolds like an inner-city variation of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. What more can you ask for from a ghetto-fabulous, escapist fantasy?
Posted Aug 18, 2010
46
3/4
Salt (2010)
47
2/4
Inception (2010)
48
3/4
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
49
4/4
Despicable Me (2010)
50
4/4
Knight & Day (2010)
The epitome of escapist summer fare!
Posted Jun 21, 2010