The film Poetic Justice marked this very versatile talent's first foray into acting in feature films, and that was soon followed by a co-starring role in Nutty Professor II.
Not exact matches
Long box braids gained notoriety in the 90's, thanks in part to John Singleton's iconic
film «
Poetic Justice».
Poetic Justice is like that - so much worse than it should have been, and yet, for brief shining moments, so much better than any other 2 - star
film in sight.
I think this beautiful adaptation gets no
justice, the melodic storytelling and dramatic performances don't seem out of place in this tragic
film, it keeps to the Shakespearean roots by maintaining the language which in its form sounds
poetic, the story has however been updated to suit
He made his feature
film debut in 1992 with the
film Juice and followed it up co-starring with Janet Jackson in
Poetic Justice in 1993.
I think this beautiful adaptation gets no
justice, the melodic storytelling and dramatic performances don't seem out of place in this tragic
film, it keeps to the Shakespearean roots by maintaining the language which in its form sounds
poetic, the story has however been updated to suit today's audience.
Besides the new Shaft, the only Singleton
film that was a clunker was 1993's
Poetic Justice, otherwise he has some great
films.
Even as the perfect crime collapses in betrayal and the irrational impulses of human nature, The Asphalt Jungle is a model of elegant construction, street - level tragedy, and
poetic justice, a
film that both embraces the romance of the criminal code and acknowledges the mercenary impulses of outsiders and upstarts who have no code.
Throughout the
film, her mother, Gillooly, his idiot friend (Paul Walter Hauser) and a Hard Copy producer (Bobby Cannavale) offer their own opinions about her life, painting the picture of a mercurial, but perhaps misunderstood woman looking for some
poetic justice in a world that's abandoned her.
But even if the
film meanders more than it unnerves, more interested in creating elegant images and moments than tension or mood, the finale is perfectly orchestrated and it delivers a deliciously cruel
poetic justice with echoes to Bava's Black Sunday, the
film that made Steele an icon of Italian horror.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)-- 7:00 PM «Even as the perfect crime collapses in betrayal and the irrational impulses of human nature, The Asphalt Jungle is a model of elegant construction, street - level tragedy, and
poetic justice, a
film that both embraces the romance of the criminal code and acknowledges the mercenary impulses of outsiders and upstarts who have no code.»
A rare Hollywood
film that deals with both the violence and the turmoil and the regret these men face when they slow to catch their breath, it's searing for most the emotional ride, with some genuinely chilling moments of impulsive human malevolence and a morally ambiguous climax that twists the knife of
poetic justice.