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Interview: Chiwetel Ejiofor on American Samurai Journey ‘Redbelt’ From Mind...
CHICAGO– Chiwetel Ejiofor (pronounced choo-ih-tell edge-o-for) has been a stalwart film actor ever since his dramatic debut in Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad”. Since then, he has been a go-to character...
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Spike Lee to Direct ‘Time Traveler,’ AFI Releases ‘10 Top 10’ List, New J.J....
CHICAGO– Spike Lee has announced that “Time Traveler” will be his next project. “Time Traveler” will be an adaptation of Ronald Mallett’s memoir. Mallett was one of the first African-Americans to earn...
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Blu-Ray Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ Disappoints in Every Way
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.0/5.0CHICAGO– There is a great film to be made about the African-American experience during World War II. Spike Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna” is not that film and the below average...
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Blu-Ray Review: Spike Lee’s Amazing ‘Do the Right Thing’ a Must Own
CHICAGO– I can still vividly remember seeing Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing”. For a teenager just becoming interested in the world of film, it was life-changing. And it still resonates as one of the...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 IMAX Passes to ‘Michael Jordan to the MAX’ in...
CHICAGO– In our first IMAX edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: IMAX, we have 50 admit-one passes up for grabs to the Chicago IMAX screening of “Michael Jordan to the MAX”. This will be the first...
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DVD Review: Spike Lee’s ‘If God is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise’
CHICAGO– Perhaps no American artist has chronicled a modern disaster with as much passion and meticulous attention to detail as Spike Lee. His 2006 documentary about the struggles of New Orleans in the...
View ArticleFilm News: Josh Brolin Signs on For Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake
CHICAGO– If a remake of the 2003 Korean film “Oldboy” didn’t look like it was going to happen, it sure does now. After Spike Lee had signed on to direct the Americanized remake a few weeks ago, just...
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Film News: Spike Lee Goes on Tirade During Q&A at Sundance Film Festival
CHICAGO– Apparently, Spike Lee is upset with Hollywood. And if you didn’t know, he made it loud and clear at a Q&A after the first screening ever of his new film “Red Hook Summer,” which premiered...
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Blu-ray Review: Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s Timeless ‘Malcolm X’
CHICAGO– Spike Lee has been getting national buzz again after the Sundance premiere of his controversial “Red Hook Summer” and the ageless Denzel Washington is back in the spotlight as his latest...
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Film Review: Spike Lee Returns to Brooklyn in ‘Red Hook Summer’
CHICAGO– “I ain’t pawning my responsibility off as a parent and saying she’s in God’s hands.” What a powerful line. The idea that religion has been used as a crutch, an excuse for communities who...
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Film Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake Merely Echoes Superior Original
After years in development hell, Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-wook’s beloved “Oldboy” is finally here. Does it live up to the high expectations set by the original? Does it mark a return to form...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Spike Lee Joint Collection’ Releases Are Solid Starting Point
Who of our modern filmmakers will justify lavish, career-spanning box sets in the next generation (presuming there is such a thing and we’re not 100% digital)? We’ve seen Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese,...
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Film Review: Racial Satire ‘Dear White People’ is Heated, Hilarious
CHICAGO– A new voice has everyone’s attention with the shaking-head comedy “Dear White People,” a necessary “Wake UP!” to a melting pot nation that still needs to get itself together, even if a black...
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Film News: CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Opens...
CHICAGO– CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, has become one of the fastest growing and buzzworthy Chicago film festivals in recent years. Combining film, tribute events and...
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Film Review: Inventive ‘Chi-raq’ is an Authentic Plea for Sanity
CHICAGO– A spotlight on Chicago, in the context of guns and violence, is never a good thing for the overall community. But using Chicago as a metaphor for all violent insanity, and making a plea for...
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Slideshow: Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-raq’ Premiere in Chicago on Nov. 22, 2015
Previous | Image 1 of 20 | NextDirector Spike Lee of ‘Chi-raq.’CHICAGO– The Red Carpet in Chicago was rolled out in maximum fashion for the November 22nd, 2015, premiere of director Spike Lee’s new...
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Interview: Director Paul Dalio, Luke Kirby of ‘Touched With Fire’
CHICAGO– The status of individual mental acuity and control is like the fingerprint of the brain. There are disorders that have been diagnosed, which alters that fingerprint into different types of...
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Film Review: ‘Touched With Fire’ Contains a Different Perspective
CHICAGO– How do you explain air? That is what our thoughts are, after all – carbon-based cells interacting with circumstantial environment, sending the “message.” What if those cells send the thought...
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Interview: Harry Lennix Directs the New Play ‘A Small Oak Tree Runs Red’
CHICAGO– Mention the name Harry Lennix, and images of his many character roles are bound to emerge – Harold Cooper in the TV series “The Blacklist,” General Swanwick from “Batman v Superman” and...
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Interview: Harry Lennix Puts His Career & Life in Perspective
CHICAGO– The stage play that Harry Lennix is in town to direct – “A Small Oak Tree Runs Red” – is in its last weekend, and is giving the actor/director the best notices of the theater part in his long...
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