Tag: Menace II Society
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Welcome to the ‘Disco Noir’ NYC of ‘The Continental: From the World of John Wick’
In 1995, brothers Albert and Allen Hughes followed their electrifying directorial debut “Menace II Society” with “Dead Presidents,” an ambitious crime film set in 1970s New York filled with specific political references to illustrate the shameful treatment of Black veterans returning to the U.S. after the Vietnam War. Albert returns to that era as the…
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Snoop Dogg Biopic in the Works at Universal from Director Allen Hughes
A Snoop Dogg biopic is in the works at Universal Pictures.The Grammy-nominated rapped and Emmy-winning producer is behind an upcoming movie that will tell his life story. The feature is the first project under Snoop’s new Death Row Pictures production banner. Allen Hughes (who directed films like “Menace II Society” and “The Book of Eli”…
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‘The Continental’: Albert Hughes to Direct Episodes of ‘John Wick’ Spin-Off, Which is Now a Three-Night Event Series
The John Wick prequel series The Continental has been redesigned, and it has also found one of its directors. Albert Hughes, one half of the directing duo behind films like The Book of Eli and Menace II Society, is overseeing two episodes of The Continental, which has been redeveloped from a full prequel show into…
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Film Review: ‘Alpha’
“Alpha,” a spectacular prehistoric eye-candy survival yarn, is enthralling in a square and slightly stolid way. It’s the tale of a young hunter stranded in the wilderness, who proves his manhood and becomes best friends with a wolf, and it’s like a Disney adventure fueled by a higher octane of visual dazzle, with a gnarly…