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  • Fresh (1994)
    Review preview for Fresh

    Boaz Yakin's debut is so assured and individual, it clears away debris from those better known in the 'hood to create an authentic work of genuine quality.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The raw edge of survival for a 12-year-old black kid in the projects who runs for the dealers and stays tuned to the psychology of success.
  • Remember The Titans (2000)
    Review preview for Remember The Titans

    Redneck kids bond with black brothers. It's so corny, it can't be true. And yet it is - or was.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    True story of racial tension when an African-American football coach is brought in to manage a high school team.
  • Safe (2012)
    Review preview for Safe

    Happily, writer/director Boaz Yakin offers some surprisingly stylish camera work.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    An ex-cage fighter tries to help a girl on the run from gangsters who ruined his life.
  • Uptown Girls (2003)
    Review preview for Uptown Girls

    The characters have no backbone, the story little credibility or substance.

    Monica Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A little rich girl becomes a nanny and faces the tribulations of love after being swindled out of the family fortune.

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