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Five questions for ‘Illegal Tender’ producer John Singleton

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[23.Aug.07] :. John Singleton was back in town last week to talk about his new movie, “Illegal Tender,” opening nationwide Friday. It’s what Singleton calls “a straight-up genre movie, a...

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Four Brothers (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Jan.06] :. 'I grew up in sunny southern California, and I'm not used to snow,' says John Singleton. 'I wanted to do a movie with snow in it, so here it is.'"

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Four Brothers (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Aug.05] :. In between the guilt-tripping and the domestic melodrama, the boys argue over priorities.

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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Sep.03] :. 'It's the juxtaposition, like Sergio Leone would do that really well.'"

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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Jun.03] :. Tyrese brings appropriate rage, outstanding musculature, and welcome comedy to the proceedings.

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Baby Boy (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

John Singleton's 'Baby Boy' begins with a bang. But it's not the sort of bang you'd expect from the guy whose first film was the earnest 'Boyz N the Hood' (1991), or whose last, the explosive 'Shaft' (2000), had its Armani-clad protagonist declaring, 'It's Giuliani time!' as he stalked off to blow away a few bad cops.

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Shaft (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

It’s Isaac Hayes’s music, of course, that resonates. Whatever else you say about that “complicated man” named John Shaft, that whaa-whaa-whaa theme song identifies him...

 
 
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