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...Dead the story of Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) and his high school cronies Skip and Jose growing up in Bronx during the late A but likable group, they spend their high school years debating whether or not to obey the law. As one can imagine, running numbers for the local bookie is a lot more seductive than delivering milk. This first part of the film, utilizing wonderful color tones and an agreeable pace, is certainly the strongest. Here, the Hughes Brothers can allow their young actors to be themselves. As "Menace II Society" proves the more the Hughes' films reflect...
Having decided that college is not for him, Anthony decides to enlist in the Army and fight in Vietnam. Once there, he is quickly joined by his friends from The Bronx. Level-headed and a bit native, Anthony is the only one cut out for the madness of that war. Soon his friends are on their way home; either dead or seriously wounded. Anthony, addicted to this to make him a man. Instead, it made it hard for him to sleep through the night. Taking a job at the butcher's, Anthony tries to straighten out his life...
...complete. While it is difficult to fault their direction, their choice of material is poor. No one in their right mind would take on a task this enormous, a film this epic. As young film-makers they Presidents," she showed flashes of like the wonderful of The Bronx, but was down by a poor script. Let's hope that the Hughes Brothers and other young directors more to work with She is a talent that wasted...
...though, was the pathetic support given the Yankees as they swept a four-game series from the still world-champion Toronto Blue Jays last week: 69,303 in aggregate attendance, or an average of 17,326 a game. Granted, owner George Steinbrenner does everything he can to knock the Bronx and nothing to promote the Bombers, but the weather was glorious, the situation enticing and the scalpers so generous that they were selling tickets for less than face value. Baseball is clearly in trouble when the most famous team in the world in one of the biggest cities...
...experience in the very different businesses of government and politics. We should respect Colin Powell for his dedicated service to our military. We should respect Colin Powell for his dedicated service to our military. We should admire him for his rise from the streets of the South Bronx to the hallowed halls of the Pentagon. But whether we should elect him the next president of the United States is another question entirely...