Films like The Godfather, Goodfellas, Boyz N the Hood, and The Departed are all universally acclaimed versions of the gangster sub-genre, but so many excellent films that feature the same types of ...

The movie is still celebrated today as a hood life classic, one that portrayed inner city struggles with uncompromising fidelity. While most gangster movies draw acclaim because of their grounded ...

Being a fan of gangster films often requires some dedication ... it wasn’t long before his debut film Boyz n the Hood would become a major motion picture, nominated for multiple Academy ...

Gangster movies are loaded with inherently alluring ... Cagney is at his most ferociously psychopathic as a demented, mother-dependent hood. Simmering with tension, violence and betrayal at ...

John Singleton's 1991 film Boyz n the Hood condemned racism and the failures of democracy and capitalism. (Photo: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.) Question: Movie-wise, it seems like the American ...