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Lo-res Teaser Poster For Spike Lee's 'Oldboy' Marks Time...

By Tambay A. Obenson
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April 14, 2013 8:29 PM
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FilmDistrict will release Spike Lee's Oldboy adaptation, which stars Josh Brolin, along with Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, and others, wide, on October 11, 2013.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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April 12, 2013 11:26 AM
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An addendum to last week's news that a "re-envisioned" contemporary film version of Porgy And Bess is in development, with producers Mike Medavoy and Bobby Geisler at the helm, and the Gershwin family and estate of lyricist DuBose Heyward, directly involved, which they are hoping will be "a lot better" than the 1959 film starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge, directed by Otto Preminger.

By Nijla Mumin
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March 11, 2013 1:54 PM
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There's a scene in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992) where the title character recalls his mother being harassed by the Ku Klux Klan in Nebraska while pregnant with him. They shatter her windows with rifles as she frantically pleads to be left alone with her children. A white band of KKK members cover the skyline, riding off into the moon. One of the most visually striking scenes in the film, it immediately sets the context into which Malcolm was born, one that he'd spend his life combating.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 26, 2013 4:09 PM
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This was a debate we had on the old site, almost 4 years ago, when only about 100 people were reading it. Ok, so there were more than that, but you get the point!

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 13, 2013 6:21 PM
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It's been almost a year since I last wrote about this upcoming project from Spike Lee - a feature documentary titled Go Brazil, Go!, which will focus on the rise of that country (on the move, particularly politically and economically) on the international scene, as one of the BRIC countries, an acronym that refers to Brazil, Russia, India and China, all gradually shifting global economic power away from the so-called long-dominating developed G7 economies. It is estimated that BRIC economies will overtake G7 economies by 2027, as the balance of power gradually shifts.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 8, 2013 12:46 PM
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I missed this entire series, and just discovered it today, so I'm catching up.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 31, 2013 9:51 AM
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We've gotten over the *hump* so what better way to start a Thursday than with a new music video for a track titled Spike Lee Was My Hero, from Skyzoo and Talib Kweli, which pays tribute to the one and only, who actually makes a appearance towards the end of the video.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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January 17, 2013 7:39 PM
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Ok, so what's going on here folks?

By Andre Seewood
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January 2, 2013 12:21 PM
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Having seen Spike Lee’s RED HOOK SUMMER (2012) in its entirety I can finally identify three major flaws that comment upon the general decline in the dramatic quality and commercial impact of Spike Lee’s narrative films in recent years. It is highly recommended that you view the film RED HOOK SUMMER before reading this article as it forms the basis of this discussion. RED HOOK SUMMER can be described as a “coming of age” story about a 12 year old boy that goes by the name of Flik (Jules Brown) who is taken by his mother from Atlanta to live for a summer with his Bible thumping Grandfather Bishop Enoch (Clarke Peters) in the Red Hook housing project of Brooklyn, New York.

By Tanya Steele
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December 27, 2012 12:50 PM
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