Posts Tagged ‘Spike Lee’
Time Travel Flick “See You Yesterday” Comes To Netflix (Trailer)
April 24, 2019
So this is how Spike Lee does sci-fi. Compelling concept: Time travel flicks often involve the main character(s) going back in time to right a wrong… but a police killing… that’s gonna hit home for us. Yep, Netflix’s latest Spike Lee joint might be its latest hit!
High school best friends and science prodigies C.J. and Sebastian spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. But when C.J.’s older brother Calvin dies after an encounter with police officers, the young duo decide to put their unfinished tech to use in a desperate bid to save Calvin. From director Stefon Bristol and producer Spike Lee comes “See You Yesterday,” a sci-fi adventure grounded in familial love, cultural divides, and the universal urge to change the wrongs of the past.
– Netflix
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Due Out Next Year: “See You Yesterday” (Trailer)
December 13, 2018
DOPE! Blerds (Black Nerds) rejoice! Spike Lee is getting in on the sci-fi superhero genre and adding some color to the fracas. Taking a short submitted for an HBO film competition and blowing it up into a Netflix project. Spike’s protege, Stefon Bristol, who helped script the short, will direct. Co-stars from the short, Eden Duncan-Smith and Danté Crichlow, will star in the “See You Yesterday” reboot. Adding onto the cast will be Astro Bradley, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Wavvy Jones.
Watch the original short’s trailer above to get an idea of what you’ll be getting in 2019 on Netflix…
Posted in Film, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Trailer, Videos, Youth | Tags: Astro Bradley, Danté Crichlow, Eden Duncan-Smith, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Netflix, See You Yesterday, Spike Lee, Stefon Bristol, Wavvy Jones | No Comments »
Roland Martin & Spike Lee Speak On “BLACKkKLANSMAN†(Video)
August 17, 2018
#RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roland talks to @Blackkklansman director Spike Lee https://t.co/tnrTdof61i
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) August 15, 2018
Roland Martin gets deeper in depth for a full hour-and-change with Spike Lee, director of “BLACKkKLANSMAN.â€
Posted in Celebrity, Interview, Podcast, Series, Videos | Tags: BLACK KLANSMAN, BLACKkKLANSMAN, Roland Martin, Roland Martin Unfiltered, Spike Lee | No Comments »
After More Than 20 Years, “Tales From The Hood” Gets A Sequel (Trailer)
July 12, 2018
Wow! Spike Lee and the original creators are back with “Tales From The Hood”… TWO! Remember the first one, with mad creepy Mr. Simms, played by Clarence Williams III? Well, Mr. Simms is back… played by Keith David; who is acting just as creepy, just as mad, and not playing with y’all!
In the wake of the success of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” studios have been racing to make their own “socially aware†genre films. While most will miss the point completely, there’s one in the works that’s perfectly primed for a revival. Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott‘s 1995 “Tales From The Hood” was hugely ahead of its time, putting an urban spin on “Tales From the Crypt†and sharing several stories in what is easily one of the best anthology films ever made. Now, 20 years later, it’s getting a much-needed sequel – on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital and On Demand on October 2, 2018.
“Tales from the Hood 2” introduces the audience to four new dreadful short tales, that follow the original film’s cult classic roots. Sparked with both humor and terror, this brand new movie is said to be filled with even more gritty social commentary and cultural subtext that will provoke and haunt viewers, while putting them on the edge of their seats.
– BD Horror Trailers and Clips
Posted in Film, Thriller, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Darin Scott, Keith David, Rusty Cundieff, Spike Lee, Tales From The Hood, Tales From The Hood 2, Tales From The Hood sequel | No Comments »
The ‘Stallworth Brothers’ Go Undercover, Under White Sheet, In Spike Lee’s Latest Joint “BLACKkKLANSMAN” (Trailer)
May 16, 2018
Anybody thinking Spike Lee’s lost his edge in the vanguard movie-making game? Hands up. Anybody?
Of course f**king NOT! Because this sh!t right here… this he did with Jordan Peele attached, with the trailer above, right here… is gonna be like wowwww!
Because “with the right White man, we can do anything.” Again… wowwww!
(David Duke = NOT the right White man, just saying.)
Based On A True Story
Check Out The Trailer To My Newest, Hottest Joint #BLACKkKLANSMAN. In Theaters On August 10th. pic.twitter.com/hs5DbPZzgT
— Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) May 14, 2018
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The Cast Of Netflix’s “She’s Gotta Have It” Speak On Sex-Positivity, Aspects Of Relationships And Spike Lee (Video)
November 24, 2017
Interesting talk. VERRRRY interesting. Actually started out thinking that the folks on here would downplay the sexual aspects of this Netflix series based on the Spike Lee joint. And while they don’t get pornographic, the convo is ‘graphic’ enough to keep you engaged to learn about how this series addresses poly-amorous relationships, pan-sexuality, love & relationships, friendships, characters & the canon (the characters, the original film & director, etc.)
Def gotta check this out!
(Yoooo, there was a comment on the Tube on this that was like, “Pan-sexual: if she’s good with a pan, then we can get sexual.” Bwaaahahaaa!)
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That Spike Lee Joint, She’s Gotta Have It, Is Now A Netflix Series (Trailer)
July 6, 2017
Wow! All the way down to the “Please, Baby Baby, Please!” This is ‘sho nuff’ gone be the good stuff, ‘ya dig?’
Nola Darling is back. See her struggle to define herself and divide her time among friends, job, and three lovers in this new take on Spike Lee’s classic film. Coming to Netflix this Thanksgiving.
– Netflix
And like in the namesake movie decades ago, they made the Nola character extra sexy, free-spirited and irresistible (yes). Sure “She’s Gotta Have It” but so do WE! Can’t wait ’til November.
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Rodney King (Netflix Trailer)
April 17, 2017
Spike Lee with another Joint. Can you believe it has been 25 years since the uprising over the “Rodney King” verdict (that exonerated the LAPD cops that beat the F**K out of him)? Given recent events, you likely think:Â ‘Damn. It has been 25 years since we thought the police beatdowns should have been over… and they STILL aren’t over.’ Watch this trailer and get ready for another hot-blooded summer, courtesy of Netflix and Spike Lee.
His story shook the world and lit LA on fire. Now it comes to life in a powerful one-man show.
Compelling presentation & performance by Roger Guenveur Smith.
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Politics: Bernie Sanders Rally In South Bronx With Rosario Dawson, Spike Lee And More (Video)
April 11, 2016
I’m very excited about the fact that I don’t have to vote against someone… that I get to vote for someone… who’s on our side… who marched with Martin Luther King… who can draw a crowd that makes me dizzy with happiness and love and excitement.
– Rosario Dawson
Feel that? It’s the Bern! Great lead-off to an hour-strong ‘Bernie Sanders For President’ rally in the South Bronx (New York) by the uber-sexy (yes) actor-activist Rosario Dawson. Spike Lee and other noteworthy folks were on hand. Thousands of fanatic supporters. And the Senator-Who-Would-Be-President, Bernie Sanders.
Coming for those electors, New York. Game on, Hillary. This is it! Press play #FeelTheBern
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, EVENTS, Politics, Speech, Videos | Tags: #FeelTheBern, Bernie Sanders, Campaign 2016, Campaign Rally, Campaign2016, Feel The Bern, New York, Rally, René Pérez, Residente, Rosario Dawson, SIMPLY AMAZING, South Bronx, Spike Lee | No Comments »
Spike Lee Officially Endorses Bernie Sanders For President
February 23, 2016
Spike Lee appears in a new promo ad lending his support to Bernie Sanders for President. Spike Lee joins many other celebrities such as Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Killer Mike, Zoë Kravitz, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, & of course yours truly, Jayforce in “feeling the Bern.”
Spike Lee Speaks On The Basis Of His New Film ‘Chi-Raq’ & Elaborates on Chicago, Sex Strikes (Video)
November 30, 2015
Interesting. Spike Lee and Stephen Colbert discuss the dire straits of Chicago’s war-like violence and casualty rates, the foundations/inspirations for “Chi-Raq” (a spin off the Ancient Greek satire “Lysistrata,” in which Athenian women vow to withhold sex until their men end the The Peloponnesian War), and the possibility of sex strikes on campus in the coming semester after his movie drops.
“I think that a sex strike could really work on college campuses where there’s an abundance of sexual harassment and date rapes. Second semester it’s going to happen. Once people come back from Christmas, there’s going to be sex strikes at universities and college campuses across this country. I believe it.â€
– Spike Lee
Gun control. Police brutality. So much in a short clip to watch. And you must!
PREVIOUS: CHI-RAQ (TRAILER)
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Spike Lee Speaks On Being Honored At The Oscars, With Having A Street Named For Him And More (Video)
November 25, 2015
There’s no overnight success. You gotta bust your ass.
– Spike Lee
Truth spoken by the one bringing us the forthcoming “Chi-Raq” movie; a and a right to speak it, backed by decades of movie-making experience. Truly starting from nothing, getting a recent nod from the Academy (honorary Oscar award), and moves being made today; Spike speaks on all that and more with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show (starting around the 29-minute mark of the full episode embedded above).
Don’t Get It Twisted: Spike Lee’s “CHI-RAQ†Is Serious Satire, NOT Comedy! (Video)
November 8, 2015
CHI-RAQ is not a comedy. CHI-RAQ is a satire… In now way, shape or form are we not respectful of the situation that is happening in Chi Raq… So, people don’t get it twisted… This film was about serious business.
– Spike Lee
For the benefit of critics [who may have forgotten how ‘pre-Malcolm X‘ Spike made message movies], CHI-RAQ’s executive producer released the above video to clarify his work’s approach to the real-life tragedy that is essentially Chicago-at-war. Spike is doing a satirical movie, in which any laughter is basically to ‘keep from crying’ as it were. This is not like the ‘Chi Raq’ documentary on which we posted earlier here. Spike Lee sternly denies critics’ commentary that allege that CHI-RAQ is making light of the violence and senseless losses of life in Chicago. To punctuate his statement, Lee ends his vid with what is pretty much an alternate trailer for the movie – blending snips from the film that communicate its seriousness.
Watch…now. And remember that you laughed at parts of “Do The Right Thing” too.
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CHI-RAQ (Trailer)
November 4, 2015
Now THIS is a Spike Lee Joint! “CHI-RAQ” hits theaters December 4, 2015. Over the top dramatic antics and dialogue to match and get out the message of an out of control situation. Telling a story you cannot ignore. This trailer teases a movie that channels the energies of “School Daze,” “Do The Right Thing,” and “Malcolm X” in the best ways. Tapping the actors familiar to Lee’s old movie line-ups (seeing you Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley Snipes) and folks you get to see stretch in new ways (go for it, Nick Cannon)!
You got the real Chi Raq story from us on here before. Let Spike show it to you in his surreal way.
(Interesting approach in there, too… holding back that ‘piece’ to make ’em put down their pieces as a way to peace in Chi-town.)
Activism: Spike Lee Edits NYPD Chokehold Victim’s Images Into “Do The Right Thing†(Video)
July 26, 2014
Last Thursday, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, died…on camera, in front of citizens of these United States. DAMN! Staten Island’s son passed away after being put in a lethal choke hold by police. The man had chronic asthma AND sleep apnea, but the cops could not have known that in their initial seconds of exercising force. BUT, soon enough (after he was on the ground) he told police officers he could not breathe many times. They literally choked the life out of the brother!!
If you are mumbling to yourself angrily, trying to square your feelings, and not throw a garbage can through a shop window. You, like us, know that the struggle is still very real. You may even flashback to that tragic scene with Radio Raheem and the cops in Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing.”
The above edited rendition is stirring. But hit the jump. That’s our fallen brother Eric ‘shopped into the image and shared by Spike Lee himself. Don’t tell us movies are ‘make believe.’ Too real. Disturbingly real.
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Videos | Tags: Do the Right Thing, Eric Garner, NYPD, Radio Raheem, Spike Lee | 2 Comments »
Eminem Debuts New Video for “Headlights” featuring Nate Ruess and Directed By Spike Lee (Video)
May 14, 2014
What with all the very well documented animosity Eminem held for his mom – expressed in song via cuts put out over the years – if ever he was to ‘reconcile’ on wax, it’d be major. Major enough to enlist filmmaker Spike Lee to do a video for it! Well, enough of the preamble and ramble. Here it is: “Headlights” featuring Nate Ruess (off “The Marshall Mathers LP 2”) from Marshall Mathers to his Mom.
Reunited: The Cast of Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” Celebrates Nearly 25 Years Since The Movie’s Release (Video)
November 4, 2013
Above, Robin Roberts anchors ABC’s Good Morning America segment noting the coming 25th Anniversary of the release of the iconic Spike Lee joint “Do The Right Thing.” More footage after the jump… including Spike’s fiery rant in part 2.
Posted in Film, Hip-Hop, History, Television, Videos | Tags: 25 years, Do the Right Thing, GMA, Good Morning America, Spike Lee | 1 Comment »
Pharrell Williams Welcomes Spike Lee For Some ‘ARTST TLK’ On Filmmaking, His Film ‘The Brooklyn Chronicles’ And More (Video)
October 10, 2013
Reserve Channel has given platform for engaging talk from extraordinary people. Spike Lee ranks among the highest of them on this episode of the Channel’s ARTST TLK (hosted by Pharrell Williams). Lee talks about his start, shooting film in the summer of 1977, exposing kids to art at an early age, his impetus from bringing “The Brooklyn Chronicles” to the screen.
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Spike Lee Vs. CNBC Analyst (Video)
August 2, 2013
‘Maybe you should stick to finance and not cinema.’
– Spike Lee to CNBC Analyst
Pow! Watch your mouth…sir. Spike goes on CNBC to talk about raising funds for his next project (which we posted on earlier here). In the clip above, he proclaims that movie fundraising is still a struggle for him. Always has been.
‘I was doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter… there was no Internet… Social media was me writing letters, getting on the phone…’
Spike Lee Speaks On His New Kickstarter Project, Gentrification In Brooklyn, & School Daze 2 (Video)
July 27, 2013
Got three clips’ worth of good watching on vanguard filmmaker Spike Lee. In the first clip, above, Vibe interviews Spike on the challenges of fundraising for filmmaking via his Kickstarter campaign for his next film and the criticism it will bring. Innovative approach though: Spike invites all levels of participation (from even 5 bucks to those that can chip in $10,000)… and offers some interesting prizes can win (including signed Nikes, dinner with Spike and courtside seats at a Knicks game).
See two more clips after the jump: on his views regarding gentrification of his hood and on revisiting a classic.
Posted in Film, Hip-Hop, History, Human Interest, Opinion, Politics, Videos | Tags: Brooklyn, Gentrification, Kickstarter, School Daze 2, Spike Lee | 1 Comment »
