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Shawn Edwards

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Biography:

Shawn Edwards is a journalist and film critic. As a nationally recognized film critic for Fox 4 News in Kansas City, Missouri he has won numerous national awards including Best TV Film Critic twice by the LA Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards. Edwards is the co-founder of AAFCA (African American Film Critics Association) created in 2003. He also created I Love Black Movies the popular website, online web series and movie community in 2008. Edwards got his start writing for national hip-hop magazines. He wrote for The Source, XXL and Vibe magazines during the late '90s. He is a life-long lover of movies who began making his own films in the 7th grade. He won several national student filmmaking awards. He is currently writing an illustrative book on the history of black film and is the executive producer of Movie Trip TV.

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Movies TV Shows
Rosemead (2025) 89% 2/5 EDIT “An uneven drama that never comes up for air. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% 2/5 EDIT “It's quiet, a bit too introspective, and fairly sleepy, all while being moderately interesting. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Bradley Cooper's take on an amateur who dips his toe into the world of standup comedy is effective and interesting, due to the motivation of why his marriage is falling apart. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Jan 12, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 87% 3/5 EDIT “Not only the most bizarre musica lreleased this year, it's also the best. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 2/5 EDIT “The story is so overly melodramatic and played like cliches. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% 3/5 EDIT “It's [a] purposely stupid extension of the brand that's pure guilty pleaure. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 2/5 EDIT “Like a less smooth Catch Me if You Can. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 29, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Its insightfulness is what makes this a masterful cinematic experience; the narrative of resistance means something even more, particularly right now. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 19, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Amanda Seyfried saved the day. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 2/5 EDIT “At this point... I can't tell all three Avatar movies apart. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Merv (2025) 36% 1/5 EDIT “The only people happy about this film are the lead actor's realestate agents. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 15, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “I just found it to be a bit of a jarring departure of the zippiness of the previous two movies. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 15, 2025 Full Review Dust Bunny (2025) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Ultimately, it may be a bot too gimmicky for some... [but] I enjoyed it a lot. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% 1/5 EDIT “Everything about this movie is criminal... it's so outdated.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% 2/5 EDIT “The premise in this move was totally wasted. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 3/5 EDIT “Fine, but... not nearly as clever or fun as the original. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 2/5 EDIT “It felt like empty calories...” – Fox 4 Kansas City Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 2/5 EDIT “Hits all the stereotypical boxing movie tropes. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Three popcorn bags because of the performance of Jennifer Lawrence. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Predator: Badlands just works.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Stitch Head (2025) 71% 3/5 EDIT “This film was delightfully created for the young and the young-at-heart. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% 4/5 EDIT “This all night party... is all about Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% 3/5 EDIT “Bugonia falls right in the middle of the Yorgos Lanthimos filmography. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% 2/5 EDIT “One of the weakest.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% 3/5 EDIT “The film looks great... it's missing something.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 22, 2025 Full Review
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