The 8 Best ‘Rocky’ (and ‘Creed’) Movies, Ranked
Yo, Adrian, they can’t all be champs!
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The 5 Most Inept Fictional Drug Kingpins, Ranked
These upward-failing crime bosses should’ve been canned a long time ago
Dwayne Johnson’s 5 Best Film Roles, Ranked
Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?
What Daniel Kaluuya’s Film Endings Really Tell Us
Ending a central Black character’s life isn’t…
Why Fred Hampton Needs to Be on Your Kids’ American History Syllabus
Hampton’s story, even in the…
LaKeith Stanfield’s Toughest Role of All Is Himself
As he heads toward this thirties, the electrifying…
The 5 X-Men Movies That Aged the Worst, Ranked
More like Xavier’s Franchise for Disappointing Films, amirite?
How a Few Great Hip-Hop Journalists Won In Hollywood
Some of the genre’s best and brightest come together to talk about why they made the transition from rap magazines to TV and movies—and how
‘Malcolm & Marie’ Isn’t About a Relationship, It’s About Abuse
You expect a movie about getting through a rough patch — but what you get is something far darker
The 5 Worst Basketball Movies, Ranked
If the Washington Generals were a film festival, it’d be this quintet of losers
The Black Man’s Guide to Anime
Thought you’d watched everything out there? Time to broaden your…
Dave Chappelle’s 5 Best Film Roles, Ranked
The comic’s big-screen turns that paved the way for ‘Chappelle’s Show’
The 7 Best Hip-Hop Biopics, Ranked
It’s a mooooooovie!
How Netflix’s ‘Malcolm & Marie’ Actually Gets Relationship Fights Right
John David Washington and…
9 Things That You Forgot Happened in 2020, Ranked
What a glorious, innocent time it was
4 Best Kwanzaa-Themed TV Shows and Movies, Ranked
Time to get your kinara out!
The 7 Unholiest Christmas Films (That You Should Definitely Watch), Ranked
These movies were definitely not born in a manger
The Two Minutes of ‘Ma Rainey’ That Will Win Chadwick Boseman His Oscar
The actor’s unforgettable soliloquy lays bare all the pain and struggle he hid so well in his fight against cancer
‘Be Cool’ Is the Best Bad Movie You Can Watch Over the Holidays
I’ve never done acid, but I have seen…
We’ll Always Remember the Man Behind Deebo, King of the Bullies
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister could have gone…
A Proper Send-Off for 3 Cultural Kings We Lost in 2020
Remembering Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, and John Lewis
‘The Good Lord Bird’ Is White Allyship Done Right
The antebellum series serves as a case study for properly retelling Black liberation by avoiding White messiahs
The Ultimate Underappreciated List: 30 Black Folks Who Need Their Flowers ASAP
Wake up and appreciate the greatness of these criminally slept-on heroes
What Spike Lee’s ‘Get on the Bus’ Got Right — and Wrong — About the Million Man March
A revisiting of the film highlights hurdles Black Americans have yet to overcome
6 Classic Movie Sequels That Are Better Than The Originals
Don’t believe the hype!
The 5 Worst Batman Movies, Ranked
Either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself get trashed on Rotten Tomatoes
The 7 Grammys Kanye West Most Likely Urinated On, Ranked
The rapper/producer made a bid for streaming history this week, but the real question is still unanswered
Nate Parker Has Yet to Earn His Redemption
The controversial actor has shown little sign of growth…
What people are getting wrong about Netflix’s Cuties
Welcome to Minority Report, a weekly newsletter from the LEVEL team that packs an entire week into a single email. From Netflix’s…
The Academy’s New Inclusion Requirements Won’t Color-Correct Hollywood
The new standards will do…