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Boulevard Nights was one of a number of "gang / hood films" released in 1979, along with The Warriors, Walk Proud, The Wanderers and Over the Edge. [4] Fearing a repeat of the gang violence associated with The Warriors, Warner Bros. and the filmmakers tried to distance themselves from that film by saying that Boulevard Nights was not so much a gang film as a "family story" of two brothers "set ...
Book Club is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Bill Holderman (in his directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Erin Simms.The film stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen as four friends who read Fifty Shades of Grey as part of their monthly book club, and subsequently begin to change how they view their personal relationships.
The film focuses on themes such as gang violence, friendship, betrayal, love, youth, and black masculinity. Blue Story was released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2019 and was later released in the United States on 5 May 2020, after its original 20 March release date was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Gangs of New York (2002), also directed by Scorsese, was the first modern gangster film to focus on the 19th-century Irish gangs. Although the gay nineties had been a popular setting for prewar crime films, from the 1950s until the early 21st century most gangster movies were set in either the prohibition era, postwar America, or the present day.
The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams (Foxx), the co-founding member of the Crips street gang. [3] Along with showing his life in the streets and his time in San Quentin State Prison, it shows the work Williams did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was ...
Gang violence is increasing across the board in big cities and small towns. Gangs and gang culture are nothing new. The Office of Justice Programs traces some of America’s first gangs to the 1700's.
Gangs of Lagos is a 2023 Nigerian thriller crime film produced and directed by Jadesola Osiberu.It stars Tobi Bakre, Adesua Etomi, Chike, Iyabo Ojo, Chioma Chukwuka, Zlatan, Bimbo Ademoye, Yvonne Jegede, Yinka Quadri, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, and Yhemolee.
Book Club: The Next Chapter grossed $17.6 million in domestic box office, and $11.5 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $29.1 million in its theatrical performance. [ 11 ] In the United States and Canada, Book Club: The Next Chapter was released alongside Hypnotic , and was projected to gross $7–10 million from 3,507 theaters in ...