iloveblackmovies
system. This guide will help you decide if a movie is worth your time and money.

5 = Black movie classic
4 = Solid, well-done, entertaining
3 = Average
2 = Yikes! Needs improvement
1 = Garbage. A total waste of time
0 = Are you kidding me?
POPCORN BAG RATING SYSTEM
Ballast

The Bucket List
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Cadillac Records
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Curios Case of Benjamin Button
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Dark Knight
5 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Diary of A Tired  Black Man
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Express
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Get Smart
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Great Debaters
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Hancock
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

High School Musical 3
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags
Homeless Destiny
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

I'm Through With White Girls
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Scull
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Iron Man
5 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Lakeview Terrace
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Lakeview Terrace (DVD)
0 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Longshots
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Love Guru
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Madea Goes To Jail
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Meet Dave
0 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Miracle At St. Anna
5 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Monsters vs. Aliens
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Nights in Rodanthe
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Notorious
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Not Easily Broken
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Obsessed
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Perfect Holiday
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Quantum of Solace
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Race To Witch Mountain
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bages

Righteous Kill
1 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Rock N Rolla
4 out 5 Popcorn Bags

Role Models
1 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Seven Pounds
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Soloist
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Soul Men
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns
1 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Secret Life of Bees
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Secret Life of Bees (DVD)
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Sex and the City
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Swing Vote
1 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

This Christmas
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Twilight
4 out 5 Popcorn Bags

W.
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The Wackness
2 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Wanted
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Who Killed Bishop Brown
3 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Traitor
4 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

Tropic Thunder
5 out of 5 Popcorn Bags

The X Files: I Want To Believe
1 out of 5 Popcorn Bags
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THE CRITICS
Chuck Faush is host and Co Executive Producer of BETJ's
nContrast, a weekly entertainment and lifestyle magazine
show. Host and Producer credits include Simmons Lathan
Media, FOX Sports, Tribune, Inspiration Network and ESPN.
Lauren Francis-Sharma is a freelance writer based in
Washington D.C.
CJ Bachus is a high school student and an award-winning
student filmmaker.
Shawn Edwards is the Fox 4 News Film Critic in Kansas
City, Missouri. Edwards co-founded the African American
Film Critics Association and is currently working on his
third documentary “Our Heroes: The 25 Best Black Sports
Movies (Ever)."
Kam Williams was voted Best Male Entertainment writes
African-American Film Critics Association, the NAACP
Image Awards Nominating Committee, and Rotten
Tomatoes. In addition to a BA in Black Studies from
Cornell, he has an MA in English from Brown, an MBA from
The Wharton School, and a JD from Boston University.
Kam lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife and son.
Crystal Booker, a distinguished member of the Kansas
City Film Critic’s Circle, is the movie critic of Kansas City’s
Magic 107.3 FM. She is also a contributing writer to I Love
Black Movies.com. To view her movie reviews, click here.
For the latest reports, check out “Crystal on the Scene.”
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