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A documentary film crew ventures into the Amazon rainforest and gets hoodwinked into helping a mysterious snake hunter. A deadly encounter with The Predator ensues, with a Death Certificate waiting for AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and Jenny from the Block.   

📸 A quick snapshot of this polarizing movie

🎤 Where this fits in the hip hop canon

🎞️ Fun facts about this creature feature

💥 The impact this film had on the trope of Black people dying in horror films

😂 Fan reaction then and now

A new Anaconda film is coming out this year! Anaconda 2: The Wrath of Conda

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie.

Don't hate...interrogate!

Our next live event is TALES FROM THE HOOD, October 4 at SteelStacks with the First Saturday Horror Series/How Could You?! Podcast. Tickets at steelstacks.org.

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Don't be scuuuurrrred, the Halloween season is near! We dove into the 1995 horror anthology movie Tales from the Hood.

Tales from the Hood is a horror anthology about three young men who visit a mysterious funeral home, where the eccentric mortician tells them four supernatural stories that blend scares with social commentary on issues like police brutality, racism, and domestic violence. Think "The Twilight Zone" meets urban horror, with each tale exploring how supernatural justice comes for those who commit very human evils. 

• A quick snapshot of this cult classic
• Where this fits in the hip hop canon
• Fun facts about this fright fest
• The impact this film had on Black storytelling
• Fan reaction then and now

We are screening Tales from the Hood in celebration of its 30th anniversary, in conjunction with the First Saturday Horror Series and the How Could You?! podcast at SteelStacks in Bethlehem on October 4th. Tap in and come through! Get tickets.

Director Rusty Cundieff also helmed Fear of a Black Hat, which we reviewed in 2024. Listen now.

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Don't hate...period.

Our final screening of the year at SteelStacks is Straight Outta Compton. We're celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 13!

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If you're a big hip hop fan, you might be considering watching Ice Cube's new disaster flick, War of the Worlds. We watched it so you don't have to.

• Quick snapshot of this disastrous disaster film
• Where this fits in the hip hop canon (it doesn't really)
• Fun facts about this tedious movie
• The impact this film might have
• Hilarious roasting by fans

National Geographic's series on UFOs is really good

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Don't hate...postulate!

Our next live event is TALES FROM THE HOOD on Saturday October 4th with the First Saturday Horror Series and the How Could You?! podcast at SteelStacks.

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Superstar comedian Katt Williams made his film debut in the third installment of the Friday series, 2002's Friday After Next. "Money Mike" stole scenes like Ghetto Santa Claus stole Craig and Day-Day's Christmas presents!

🎄 It's a Christmas movie

👥 We see an evolution of the dynamic between Craig & Day-Day

😂 There is a shift to a more slapstick style of comedy

3️⃣ This was the last Friday installment for more than two decades – until the fourth movie, which is scheduled for release in 2026

🕺🏻 The movie helped launch the career of Katt Williams!

Our episodes on Friday and Next Friday

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie.

Don't hate...meditate!

Join us on Saturday, October 4th at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA as the Hip Hop Movie Club teams up with the First Saturday Horror Series and hosts of the How Could You?! Podcast for a special screening of "Tales from the Hood." You will not want to miss this spooktacular event.

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Today we answer this question about the 1993 action crime thriller Judgment Night: why was the soundtrack so much more important than the film itself?

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie.

Don't hate...ventilate!

Join us on Saturday, October 4th at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA as the Hip Hop Movie Club teams up with the First Saturday Horror Series and hosts of the How Could You?! Podcast for a special screening of "Tales from the Hood." You will not want to miss this spooktacular event.

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In honor of back to school season being upon us, here is an encore presentation of our original episode on How High starring Redman and Method Man.

Will the Ivy League academic career of Silas and Jamal be lit? Or will the experience all go up in smoke? 

How High on IMDb

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Girls Gone Wild (Wikipedia)

FUBU

How High soundtrack (Spotify)

"Together Again" by Janet Jackson (YouTube)

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (Grammy.com)

How High 2 (IMDB)

"I'll Bee Dat!" by Redman (YouTube)

Method and Red (IMDB)

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Don't hate...reciprocate!

Our next live event is TALES FROM THE HOOD (30th Anniversary screening) with the First Saturday Horror film series at SteelStacks!

Tap in and come through Saturday, October 4 at 9:45 pm at SteelStacks in Bethlehem PA.

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In honor of our 30th anniversary screening this Friday August 15th of FRIDAY, here is an encore presentation of our original episode on the film and television career of Ice Cube.

Get tickets and join us at SteelStacks!

🎞️ Ice Cube is more versatile as an actor than you might realize. 

🎭 Even as his acting career has evolved in surprising ways, he has stayed true and authentic to himself. 

🏀 His career also evolved to include founding the Big 3, a basketball league with former NBA players, and other entrepreneurial projects.  

Our original episodes on Are We There Yet?, Boyz n the Hood, Friday and Next Friday.

Don't hate...motivate!

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Welcome to an encore presentation of our original episode on Friday, the 1995 classic starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker.

If you're in the Bethlehem PA area on Friday August 15, you can catch our 30th Anniversary screening of Friday at SteelStacks. Get tickets now and see it on the big screen! Doors at 7:30 with throwback set by the one and only DJ ARM 18!

• So many funny bits, set against the backdrop of serious South Central L.A.
• The chemistry between Ice Cube and Chris Tucker
• The comedic genius of John Witherspoon
• So many quotable lines that have endured for decades
• An amazing gallery of characters, played by terrific actors

Our episodes on Next Friday and Friday After Next

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie.

Don't hate...collaborate!

A Friday screening...on a Friday! August 15 at 8pm at SteelStacks. Part of the Hip Hop Movie Club Film Series!

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In honor of the new Clipse album coming out, we wanted to kick it back to our original episode on Piece by Piece, a fun and inspirational LEGO® movie about the creativity and career of Pharrell Williams!

🧱 What better way to tell the story of Pharrell Williams' vivid life than through LEGO bricks?

🤩 He has produced and written so many great songs, you could easily forget just how many!

📈 How Pharrell overcame adversity is a good lesson for all.

Former HHMC guest of the show: Leaving the Theater with Ronald Young Jr. 

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Don't hate...be great!

Our next live event is FRIDAY 30th anniversary screening (on a Friday!), August 15th at 8pm. Throwback set at 7:30 by none other than DJ ARM 18.

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We think Ice Cube's progression from gangsta rapper to family friendly actor is unprecedented, and he cements it as Nick in "Are We There Yet?"

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie.

Don't hate...navigate!

Our next live event is FRIDAY (30th anniversary!) screening on August 15 - at SteelStacks:

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