AltWeeklies Wire
Movie Buzz: Spike Lee Sounds Off
Spike Lee schools Clint Eastwood in World War II history in Miracle at St. Anna, Richard Gere teams up with Diane Lane for mature romance in Nights in Rodanthe, and Shia LaBeouf is framed as a terrorist in Eagle Eye.
Metro Spirit |
Mariah Gardner |
09-22-2008 |
Movies
Spike Lee versus Clint Eastwoodnew
Lee was off base in giving the impression that Eastwood's body of work is racist. That is simply not the case. Lee was correct, however, in pointing out that Eastwood's omission in Flags of Our Fathers only reinforces the idea that black contributions to America's struggle in World War II were minimal.
Shepherd Express |
Richard G. Carter |
06-27-2008 |
Movies
Movies That Heated Up Cinemas in 2004new
Not one of the political documentariess distributed this year made a fraction of Fahrenheit 9/11's earnings, and deservedly so, because not one outraged, engaged or entertained the way Michael Moore's film did.
