American Utopia, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring David Byrne, Jaqueline Acevedo, and Gustavo di Dalva. SYNOPSIS: Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name. On the face of things, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and director Spike Lee are […]
Exclusive Interview – Spike Lee and Delroy Lindo on the 25-year gap between Clockers and Da 5 Bloods
EJ Moreno interviews the director and the stars of Da 5 Bloods… In a recent interview for the Critics Choice Association held by Netflix, actors Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors join director Spike Lee for a thoughtful conversation about their new film, Da 5 Bloods. Our host EJ Moreno asks Spike Lee and Delroy Lindo […]
Movie Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters, Mélanie Thierry, Norm Lewis, and Van Veronica Ngo. SYNOPSIS: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of […]
Video Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)
EJ Moreno reviews the new Spike Lee Joint, Da 5 Bloods… Spike Lee is back with another powerful, thought-provoking film. This time, he tackles PTSD and the Vietnam War with Da 5 Bloods. Going straight to Netflix allows Spike Lee to create one of his most experimental and brutal films in quite some time. There’s […]
Movie Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters, Mélanie Thierry, Norm Lewis, and Van Veronica Ngo. SYNOPSIS: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of […]
First trailer for Spike Lee’s new joint Da 5 Bloods
Netflix has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director Spike Lee’s upcoming drama Da 5 Bloods which stars Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. as four Vets who return to Vietnam in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader (Chadwick Boseman); check them out here… From Academy […]
Luke Cage showrunner rewriting Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff Nightwatch for Spike Lee
Back in September of last year it was reported that Sony was looking to tap filmmaker Spike Lee to direct its planned Spider-Man spinoff Nightwatch, and now comes word that the project is still moving forward and has found itself a new screenwriter. According to That Hashtag Show, Lee is now confirmed to direct, while […]
Spike Lee developing TV series Archer
Variety is reporting that Spike Lee is set to shop around a new TV project based loosely around the life of tech entrepreneur Chad Sanders. Entitled Archer (which presumably will change given the FX animated series), the series is described as a dark comedy and sociological thriller and will see Sanders – who also writes, […]
Second Opinion – Chi-Raq (2015)
Chi-Raq, 2015. Directed by Spike Lee Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack. SYNOPSIS: When an 11 year old girl is caught in the crossfire of gang warfare on Chicago’s South Side and dies as a result, the women decide it’s time to put a stop to gun […]
R.I.P. Paul Benjamin (1938 – 2019)
Paul Benjamin, best known for portraying one of the three wise Brooklyn “cornermen” in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, has died at the age of 81. Spike Lee announced that Benjamin died on June 28th via Instagram, no other details of his death were immediately available. In Do the Right Thing, Paul Benjamin played […]
