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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
Pluribus: Season 1 (2025) 99% 4/5 EDIT “This trippy off-beat story kept me off balance but in a very good way. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Only Murders in the Building: Season 5 (2025) 89% 3/5 EDIT “Season five is on par with the first four seasons...” – Fox 4 Kansas City Sep 19, 2025 Full Review Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television: Season 1 (2025) 100% 3/5 EDIT “It's all pretty surface level stuff, and in my opinion felt a bit rushed. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Sep 19, 2025 Full Review The Kingdom: Season 1 (2025) 2/5 EDIT “It's all pretty much surface info.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Number One on the Call Sheet: Season 1 (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Smart, informative and entertaining. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Disclaimer: Season 1 (2024) 77% 2/5 EDIT “Enjoying and understanding a show shouldn't be this difficult or cold.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Good Times: Season 1 (2024) 10% 0/5 EDIT “The series is degrading, insulting and offensive. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City May 1, 2024 Full Review Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Season 1 (2024) 90% 5/5 EDIT “When Donald Glover flexes his genius muscle along with his team of cinematic savants, things get really interesting, and fast. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Mar 6, 2024 Full Review Griselda: Season 1 (2024) 86% 3/5 EDIT “The series stands out by capturing the complexity of Griselda Blanco, balancing her power and vulnerability. Now Vergara is nearly unrecognizable and sensational in this role. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Mar 6, 2024 Full Review True Detective: Season 4 (2024) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Jodie Foster is exceptional, but the themes and material isn't for the faint of heart. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Mar 6, 2024 Full Review The Morning Show: Season 3 (2023) 75% 3/5 EDIT “As the show attempts to add its perspective on current-day events and issues, it really doesn't work. But it's average viewing. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 28, 2023 Full Review The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window: Season 1 (2022) 53% 2/5 EDIT “Kristin Bell is perfect... but the character development and plot threads is a joke. It's also completely all unbelievable. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Ozark: Season 4 (2022) 85% 3/5 EDIT “Team Ozrk does not disappoint with the final episodes.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Poker Face: Season 1 (2023) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Rian Johnson has proven to be one of the best storytellers working today, and his mastery of the mystery genre is nearly beyond genius.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1 (2023) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Ahsoka is fresh, energetic, and cleverly conceived, it's also well executed and fantastic storytelling, and Rosario Dawson is excellent.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Atlanta: Season 3 (2022) 96% 5/5 EDIT “Although it isn't set in Atlanta (Amsterdam gets the honors), this season is very Atlanta. Keenly insightful, brutally honest and often painfully accurate.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Apr 15, 2022 Full Review Cobra Kai: Season 4 (2021) 95% 3/5 EDIT “Cobra Kai is actually just tailor-made for those who have watched the first here seasons of Cobra Kai.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Jan 12, 2022 Full Review Queer Eye: Season 6 (2021) 4/5 EDIT “If you're sick of your life, the fab five will reenergize you with their abundance of chemistry and limitless positivity. ” – Fox 4 Kansas City Jan 12, 2022 Full Review The Beatles: Get Back: Season 1 (2021) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Jackson adds so much freshness, it almost feels like this band hasn't been covered...” – Fox 4 Kansas City Jan 12, 2022 Full Review True Story: Season 1 (2021) 57% 4/5 EDIT “This is the best thing Kevin Hart's ever done.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Dec 11, 2021 Full Review Away: Season 1 (2020) 61% 3/5 EDIT “Mopey, overdramatic and a bit too sappy...not a bad series, but it isn't great.” – Fox 4 Kansas City Sep 22, 2020 Full Review Hollywood: Season 1 (2020) 58% 3/5 EDIT “It doesn't all work, but it is never dull.” – Fox 4 Kansas City May 11, 2020 Full Review
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