A Spike Lee Joint: Clockers
In Brooklyn a young man called Strike (Mekhi Phifer) takes up hustling for a local drug boss, Rodney (Delroy Lindo). When a murder takes place, and Strike’s brother Victor (Isaiah […]
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A Spike Lee Joint: Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing is set entirely on one street in Brooklyn, where, apparently, no cars ever drive. Taking place over only a couple of days, it focuses on the […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Get On The Bus
In 1995, a bus full of men are heading Washington D.C. to attend Farrakhan’s Million Man March for black rights. They include a father and son tethered together (Thomas Jefferson […]
A Spike Lee Joint: She Hate Me
Jack (Anthony Mackie) is a VP at a large pharmaceutical company until he goes public with allegations of unethical practices. When he loses his job he begins taking money from […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever revolves around Flipper (Wesley Snipes) and Angie (Annabella Sciorra) a mixed race couple from New York who have an affair. It also follows Flipper’s crack addict brother Gator […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Crooklyn
In December, Spike Lee is remaking Korean sensation Oldboy, so ahead of its release I’m going to be doing a whistle stop tour of some of his films. First up, […]
Newboy: Oldboy and English Language Remakes
This year Spike Lee is remaking the 2003 Korean film Oldboy. While the involvement of Samuel L Jackson can only improve a film, is this enough to justify the remake? […]
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