Top Ten Movies of 2016

                This was another good year for movies.  My beloved Star Wars franchise answered naysayers with Rogue One which Star Trek, X Men and James Bond had weak movies.   2016 also includes the largest release of mainstream Black films.  Over 15 films were written, directed or featuring black characters last year.  These films all enjoyed some sort of nationwide release.  Mostly importantly, 2016 saw the release of Luke Cage, a Netflix show which broke the server.  This wasn’t a regular Marvel superhero story.  Luke Cage felt like a Black film.  It was about a Black superhero who wasn’t saving the USA but the Black community of Harlem.  This broke all of the myths of Black sci-fi stories.  Now, the excuse that Black characters on the cover of sci-fi is no longer an excuse.  This should pave the way for more diversity in sci-fi.  Thank God.  Let’s go.

                Now, here is my family’s coveted list of top movies for the year of 2016.

This is my list.

1.  Hidden Figures
2. Rogue One
3. Deadpool
4. The Boy
5. Captain America  Civil War
6. Birth of a Nation
7. Pride Prejudice and Zombies
8. Don’t Breathe
9. Doctor Strange
10. Keanu

For the first time I am able to list my top ten Black movies of the year.

1. Hidden Figures
2. Birth of a Nation
3. Keanu
4. Barbershop Next cut.
5. Almost Christmas
6. The Magnificent Seven.
7. Ride Along 2
8. Fences.
9. Boo Madea
10. Meet the Blacks
11. Kevin Hart What Now?
12. Moonlight
13. Race
14. Miles Ahead
15. Central Intelligence.
16. Fifty Shades of Black.

My son, Malcolm’s list

1. Rogue One
2. Meet the Blacks
3. Captain America Civil War
4. The Boy
5. Deadpool
6. Don’t Breathe
7. Hidden Figures
8. Keanu
9. Doctor Strange
10.  Lights out.

My wife’s Nivia’s list.

1. Hidden Figures
2. Deadpool
3. Captain America Civil War
4. Almost Christmas
5. Rogue One
6. Barbershop Next Cut
7. Pride Prejudice and Zombies
8. Warcraft
9. Dr. Strange
10. Magnificent 7