Beyonce, who will be the halftime performer at the Super Bowl, has appeared in a lot of films. And


Beyonce, who will be the halftime performer at the Super Bowl, has appeared in a lot of films. And while she shouldn’t quit her day job just yet, she does have a radiant screen presence. Here’s a ranking of her best film work:

v “Fade to Black” (2004): Beyonce wasn’t exactly acting here, per se. This was the documentary that captured the 2003 Madison Square Garden concert that was supposedly Jay-Z’s last. Beyonce, his then-covert love interest, absolutely tore it up here, upstaging Jay-Z himself with “Crazy in Love.”

v “Austin Powers in Goldmember” (2002): In a spoof of the attitudinal blaxploitation movie heroine, Beyonce played Foxxy Cleopatra. But in her first big-screen role, she did look the part in the giant ’fro and flashy, form-fitting get-ups of the era.

v “Cadillac Records” (2008): Beyonce faced the daunting task of playing Etta James, a role that would impact her deeply.

v “Dreamgirls” (2006): Beyonce played the Diana Ross-esque lead singer of a ’60s singing trio in this movie based on the 1981 Broadway musical. As an actress ... well, she sure did look great.

v “Obsessed” (2009): The catfight between Beyonce and Ali Larter sent this domestic thriller scratching and clawing its way to the top of the box office. And the knock-down, drag-out brawl between these two gorgeous women is probably the only thing anyone will remember about this movie afterward.

Tommy Castro concert at Cellar

STRUTHERS

Tommy Castro and the Painkillers will come to the Cellar, 162 S. Bridge St., for a 9 p.m. show Nov. 21. Tickets are $18 online and $23 at the door. Go to thecellarrocks.com. The blues-rock act will release a two-song 45 rpm vinyl record next month with “Greedy” and “That’s All I Got.”

Halloween open house at museum

WARREN

The Sutliff Museum will host a free Halloween open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Decorations typical of the Victorian period will grace the elegant parlor and the exhibits and cider and cookies will be served. The Victorian furniture of the Sutliff family, restored in the 1970s, furnishes the parlor area, complete with authentic period carpeting and wallpaper. On display are publications from the 1800s that give evidence of the Sutliff family’s commitment to the abolition of slavery. The 20-pound hobble that Levi Sutliff removed from the ankle of a runaway slave is on exhibit, as well as toys of the era. The Sutliff is on the second floor of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave.