George Nash revisits Boyz n the Hood on its 30th anniversary… In 1986, four boys set off to find a dead body. Along the way, they skip jovially along railroad tracks, wade through leach-infested waters and sleep blissfully under the stars. Stand By Me, director Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella The Body, is […]
The Flickering Myth Podcast #100 – Why Fix Sonic the Hedgehog?
In this week’s episode of The Flickering Myth Podcast, Allen and Gerald welcome Lacey Day, their co-host from their other podcast, and routinely forget what show they’re on as a result. This week we cover the deaths of both Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew and the incredibly talented director John Singleton. Also, Quentin Tarantino expresses desire […]
R.I.P. John Singleton (1968 – 2019)
Oscar-nominated American filmmaker John Singleton has passed away aged 51, with his family confirming that he had been taken off life support earlier today after suffering a massive stroke two weeks ago. Singleton is best known for his 1991 debut Boyz n the Hood, which saw him receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay […]
Taraji P. Henson teams with John Singleton for Emmett Till movie
THR is reporting that Empire and Proud Mary star Taraji P. Henson is teaming with director John Singleton (Four Brothers) for a movie based upon the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was brutally killed by two white men in Mississippi in 1955. The film will see Henson producing, as well […]
Trailer for John Singleton’s crack cocaine drama series Snowfall
FX has debuted a the first trailer for the upcoming crime drama series Snowfall from Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton, which takes place in 1983 and focusses the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles; take a look below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uf5hxmNfG4 Los Angeles 1983. A storm is coming and its name is cocaine. […]
Movie Review – Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Boyz n the Hood, 1991. Directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Larry Fishburne and Angela Bassett. SYNOPSIS: Four boys grow up in South Central LA, with the social issues that surround their community impacting on every step they make… John Singleton was 23 when he wrote and directed Boyz n the Hood. […]