25th Hour

25th Hour reads as a very angry love letter from Spike Lee to New York City.  It’s certainly one of Lee’s better joints, the piece of a competent, mature filmmaker, not some of the blathering drivel we’ve seen in some of his movies.  25th Hour is well worth checking out. The story follows Irish, New York drug dealer Monty (the impeccable Edward Norton).  He’s not big time, but not necessarily small time either.  The police... Read More

Miracle at St. Anna

While Miracle at St. Anna definitely had its shining moments, it most certainly failed to reach it’s lofty ambitions. This isn’t of the Spike Lee calibur we’ve been enjoying the last few years, and it’s a shame, Miracle came so close to being brilliant. The story was written, and adapted for the screen by James McBride, follows a group of buffalo soldiers in Italy during World War II.  A small group of troops were separated... Read More