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CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
KAM WILLIAMS
Kam Williams

PUBLICATION(S)
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• Denver Urban Connection
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• Disilgold Soul Literary Review
• Downtime
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• Ebony Cactus
• Ellsworth American
• EURWeb
• Final Call
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• Hip-Hop Book Club
• Houston Defender
• IMDiversity.com
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• Langfield Entertainment
• Leader Newspapers, New Jersey
• Local Talk News
• Los Angeles Sentinel
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• Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
• Mount Desert Islander
• New Orleans Black
• New York Beacon
• NewsBlaze
• Oakland Globe
• One People's Project
• Philadelphia Sunday Sun
• Philly Limelight
• Positive Community
• Princeton Town Topics
• Providence American
• Quarterly Black Review
• Richmond Post
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• Sly Fox
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• Tennessee Tribune
• Toronto-Franco.com
• Twin Cities Daily Planet
• University City Review
• Upstage Magazine
• Urban Network
• Villager
• Washington Informer
• WBAI Web Radio
• Weekly Press

BIOGRAPHY
Voted Best Male Entertainment Journalist of the Decade by the Disilgold Soul Literary Review in 2006, Kam Williams is a syndicated film and book critic who writes for 100+ publications around the U.S. and Canada.
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Total Reviews: 1796

CRITICS GROUP(S)
New York Film Critics Online


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4/4 The Girl Next Door
3.5/4 Gone Baby Gone
3/4 Black White + Gray: A Portrait Of Sam Wagstaff And Robert Mapplethorpe
2.5/4 David & Layla
2/4 Black Irish
1.5/4 American Gangster
1/4 Things We Lost in the Fire
0/4 Dan in Real Life
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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4/4 Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
4/4 Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films
4/4 Iron Man
4/4 Constantine's Sword
4/4 African American Lives 2
4/4 Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is - The Complete Second Season
4/4 Without the King
4/4 Without the King
4/4 WGBH Boston Specials - The Pact
4/4 Stalags
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0/4 Showstoppers
0/4 Funny Games
0/4 Doomsday
0/4 First Sunday
0/4 Bring It On: In It to Win It
0/4 Fred Claus
0/4 Dan in Real Life
0/4 American Cannibal - The Documentary
0/4 The Darwin Awards
0/4 Daddy Day Camp
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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"Untraceable? Unwatchable!" -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Untraceable (2008)15%
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2/4
 
"All of the fibs aside, there is still much to recommend here. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Great Debaters (2007)79%
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"As confusing as it is improbable, this mess of a movie wastes a talented cast which includes Vivica A. Fox, Lou Gossett, Jr., Leon, Patti LaBelle, Paula Jai Parker and Clifton Davis. " -- Sly Fox
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Cover (2008)0%
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1/4
 
"A cinematic disaster which attempts to address a pressing social issue, but only fails miserably in the process." -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Cover (2008)0%
 N/A  
"Second season of PBS series seeks to answer genealogy questions for descendants of slaves. " -- Sly Fox
Posted May 8, 2008
 
African American Lives 2 (2007)n/a
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4/4
 
"Ironically, probably the series' most compelling moments revolve around Bliss Broyard, daughter of the late New York Times literary critic, Anatole Broyard, who talks about how she never knew she was part black until the time of her father's death." -- EURWeb
Posted May 8, 2008
 
African American Lives 2 (2007)n/a
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3.5/4
 
"Director Bruce McDonald deserves high praise for the chance he takes, here, departing from convention by experimenting with split screens for the duration of the claustrophobic psychodrama." -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 7, 2008
 
The Tracey Fragments (2008)43%
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"Juno's crazy twin sister!" -- Sly Fox
Posted May 7, 2008
 
The Tracey Fragments (2008)43%
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4/4
 
"A jaw-dropping combination of silly, sexy and sadistic skits not to be missed!" -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)60%
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"Vivica A. Fox" -- Sly Fox
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Three Can Play That Game (2008)n/a
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"Bio-pic revisits exploits of Texas congressman who single-handedly toppled the Soviet Union." -- EURWeb
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)83%
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"Vivica A. Fox" -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Cover (2008)0%
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"Neither cameos by magician David Blaine and director Werner Herzog nor the haunting strains of Bobby Vinton on the title track prove to be enough to make the meaningless meanderings of these celebrity impersonators worthwhile." -- Sly Fox
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Mister Lonely (2008)46%
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1.5/4
 
"Once the novelty of all the celebrity impersonations wears off, the film never gives you much of a reason to care about the predicaments of its cardboard characters. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 6, 2008
 
Mister Lonely (2008)46%
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"When a movie resuscitates this many offensive African-American stereotypes, you half expect somebody to be passing out watermelons and barbecuing ribs right in the lobby of the theater." -- EURWeb
Posted May 6, 2008
 
First Sunday (2008)15%
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"The history of systematic cinematic mistreatment of Asians is carefully recounted in this enlightening, encyclopedic expose' which carefully chronicles just how harmful and widespread the fallout from these movies has been." -- Sly Fox
Posted May 5, 2008
 
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2008)100%
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"Asian stereotypes in cinema explored by enlightening expose'." -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 5, 2008
 
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2008)100%
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4/4
 
"An eye-opening documentary delineating how motion pictures have negatively impacted the Asian community, and how they are like to continue to effect impressionable young minds for generations to come. " -- AALBC.com
Posted May 5, 2008
 
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2008)100%
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4/4
 
"A 'Marvel'-ously cerebral superhero with a functioning conscience. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 4, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)92%
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"Downey delivers as cerebral superhero in "Marvel"-ous adaptation of classic comic book series." -- Sly Fox
Posted May 4, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)92%
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"Former Jesuit priest takes critical look at violence committed in the name of Christianity." -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Constantine's Sword (2008)73%
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4/4
 
"A powerful documentary which makes the case that the faith-based fanaticism that has destabilized the planet has been fueled as much by the West as by radical Islam. " -- EURWeb
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Constantine's Sword (2008)73%
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4/4
 
"A tongue-in-cheek documentary questions the degree to which America has commercialized Christmas. " -- Mount Desert Islander
Posted May 2, 2008
 
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)65%
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"Man-eating monster triggers mayhem in Manhattan in hair-Raising horror flick." -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Cloverfield (2008)77%
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0/4
 
"A crass minstrel show laced with demeaning dialogue." -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 1, 2008
 
First Sunday (2008)15%
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3/4
 
"A maudlin mood piece offering an off-season opportunity to share Christmas with the cracked. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Dans Paris (2007)58%
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4/4
 
"As moving, informative and fascinating a four hours as you can hope to find attempting to reconstruct the genealogy of black families torn asunder during the days of slavery. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted May 1, 2008
 
African American Lives 2 (2007)n/a
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3.5/4
 
"What's best about the production is how it faithfully conforms to the sensibilities of the Sixties' skin flick genre, except perhaps for adding an anachronistic dash of refreshing female empowerment to the mix." -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 30, 2008
 
Viva (2008)63%
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4/4
 
"An unblinking look inside the dysfunctional family of Keyshia Cole. There's a reason why this TV program is #1 with BET viewers, namely, it appeals to an even lower common denominator than I Love New York and The Flavor of Love combined. " -- BlackFilm.com
Posted Apr 29, 2008
 
Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is - The Complete Second Season ()n/a
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"Zoe Saldana" -- AALBC.com
Posted Apr 29, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)36%
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4/4
 
"Slumming for couch potatoes! " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 29, 2008
 
Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is - The Complete Second Season ()n/a
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"Picture a cross between The Beverly Hillbillies and Jerry Spitzer and you have a good idea of what to expect from this popular BET reality series." -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 28, 2008
 
Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is - The Complete Second Season ()n/a
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"Zoe Saldana on Blackout and Vantage Point" -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 28, 2008
 
Avatar (2009)n/a
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"Zoe Saldana" -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 28, 2008
 
Blackout (2007)n/a
 N/A  
"About the best that can be said for this formulaic, instantly-forgettable romp is that it's above average for an SNL alum vehicle. " -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 27, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)61%
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2.5/4
 
"The picture's only weakness is that the pair's antics pale in comparison to those exhibited by the low-class trash you can find making fools of themselves any day of the week on the average episode of the Jerry Springer Show. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 27, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)61%
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"Sleazy sequel pales in comparison to laff-a-minute original. " -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 26, 2008
 
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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1/4
 
"A crass, classic, take-the-money-and-run ripoff which squanders a golden opportunity to make a statement about racial profiling, the Patriot Act and the Geneva Conventions in favor of serving up a mindless teensploit laced with shockingly-graphic images. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 26, 2008
 
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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3.5/4
 
"A fitting tribute to some intrepid souls who dared to try to carve out an altruistic utopian escape right in the midst of the hustle and bustle of a most materialistic metropolis. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008)89%
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4/4
 
"Handles an array of pressing teen dilemmas in a refreshingly intelligent fashion for an inner city melodrama. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
How She Move (2008)68%
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"Proof-positive that despotism and decadence comes in all colors. " -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 23, 2008
 
Without the King (2007)93%
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3/4
 
"Provided you have a strong stomach for bovine torture, the film is likely to prove entertaining, for it relates an otherwise admirable overcoming-the-odds saga. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 23, 2008
 
American Bullfighter ()n/a
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3/4
 
"No animals were harmed during the writing of this review. " -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 23, 2008
 
American Bullfighter ()n/a
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4/4
 
"Bio-pic about the last reigning monarch on the continent governing just about the only sub-Saharan nation untouched by civil war or ethnic cleansing, despite the world's lowest life expectancy at 31. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 22, 2008
 
Without the King (2007)93%
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4/4
 
"We're supposed to buy the idea that the Swazis will be saved by Africa's answer to Paris Hilton? Yeah, right. Proof-positive that despotism and decadence comes in all colors." -- AALBC.com
Posted Apr 22, 2008
 
Without the King (2007)93%
 N/A  
"Eponymous bio-pic exposes the 70 year-old composer to be a recluse who compulsively divides his time between music and meditation, which might not be a problem except for the fact that he has a couple of kids with a young trophy wife half his age. " -- EURWeb
Posted Apr 22, 2008
 
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008)64%
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"Uplifting bio-pic highlights the considerable hurdles three best friends had to scale on the road to success en route to becoming doctors." -- Sly Fox
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
WGBH Boston Specials - The Pact (2008)n/a
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4/4
 
"Bio-pic about three black boys from Newark who overcome the odds to become doctors." -- AALBC.com
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
WGBH Boston Specials - The Pact (2008)n/a
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4/4
 
"An inspiring affirmation of the power of friendship, courage, determination, hard work and faith to sustain even those seemingly trapped in the most dire of circumstances. " -- NewsBlaze
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
WGBH Boston Specials - The Pact (2008)n/a
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4/4
 
"Vintage Lumet!" -- EURWeb
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)88%

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