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3 Black Chicks Review Flicks: A Film and Video Guide with Flava!

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Well, I like movies. I always have. While I am one of those who absolutely despises almost everything on T.V. and have since the horrid invention became common, I will admit that "The Box" has made available many, many movies that I otherwise would never have had access to. Now along with my absolute hatred for television is my absolute distain for the average run of the mill movie critic. I have read thousands of reviews over the years and with the exception of some of the "amateur reviews" I read here on Amazon, I have met few that I would even insult a dead fish by wrapping it in the paper the review was written on.

Not so this wonderful work! I at last found three reviewers who share my tastes and somewhat quirky outlook on the world of movies.

These three ladies more or less tell it how it is with out a lot of double talk and pathetic attempts to impress their readers with a bunch of double talk and whimpering about artistic value, historical impact, blah, blah, blah. No, this trio simply tells you what they think of the movie; why they feel that way, and by doing so convince you pretty quickly that they absolutely know their subject matter and that they truly love movies. If the movie is great...they say so, it if is bad, they do likewise.

Many of their review are absolutely hilarious (I think sometimes they do this without meaning to be funny), and all are absolutely spot on. These writers give the reader a different slant; they make you aware of aspect of a movie that you may not have been aware of when you viewed it. This makes for an enriching experience.

Now you need not be a black chick to appreciate this work. Their view pretty well cuts across racial, ethic and gender lines, and does it in such a neat read able way.

If you enjoy movies and if you enjoy a good piece of writing, then this belongs on our shelf.

It should be noted that more than 250 movies and videos are reviewed here...not all of them all that reverently!

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

If you love movies, you'll love "3 Black Chicks Review Flicks." Besides being funny and presenting a great rating system, these women are intelligent and able to express themselves perfectly in talking about movies. Their reviews are honest and real and cross the boundries of sex and race, thus presenting valuable insight. This is 1 white chick who loves those 3 black chicks!

What a great book! Don't miss it -- it's hysterical and refreshingly irreverent, yet still intelligent enough to make good points about the movies being discussed. I liked seeing reviews of "Auntie Mame" and "All About Eve" mixed in with more current releases. We're looking forward to their next book. Be ready to laugh out loud, especially when reading about "Movies That Just Plain Suck."

This is one of the best film review books out there!!! Very funny and on point with their analysis of movies. Laughed out loud many times during the course of reading the book.

I highly recommend this book! It is as insightful and funny as their popular web site. Very nice to see movies reviewed from an African-American point of view.

I bought the book just because... I wasn't really *expecting* that much to come if it, although I do have the authors' website bookmarked for me to read before I visit the movies (about 3 times a week myself). Still, I bought the book, and in two days, the edges were all messed up. I had read it that much. Every person I showed the book took had to have the book snatched from them, since they were so into the book, and would just go from movie review to movie review.

The reviews are not stuffy or stodgy... like someone saying 'I'm so intelligent and I know better than you do what you should like or not like'. Instead, with the 3 Chicks (that just *happen* to be Black), it's like sitting across a card table or else at the family picnic and talking about what we like, don't like, and it's so easy to find 'Yeah, that's what I liked about it, too... and what I didn't like that I couldn't put my finger on'.

People reading the book were like me: they were hooked, quickly! I have just bought five more copies of the book to give as gifts - I want MY book for me.

.... my foot is tapping. I'm ready for the next volume, Ladies!

I saw this title in a Book Club I belong too&something told me too just go for it&I did.this Book is fun&Informative as well.very detailed& i dug the Honesty&presentation...