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Entertainment Weekly Lists the 25 Best Soundtracks from the Past 25 Years

3 November 2009 2:34 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

I’m no music expert what with their fancy degrees and ability to appreciate music beyond “This sounds good.”  But I do know lists and lists generate controversy and controversy equals traffic!  And with their patented “slideshow” format which creates more hits based on an itemized story, EW.com has a real racket going!

Well, we just listed it like normal people after the jump.  Take a look, see if you agree, and scream your disbelief at how a certain album you love wasn’t included.  Also, remember that this is a list of soundtracks which are usually a collection of songs used in a movie as opposed to a score which is usually the instrumental accompaniment to the film created by a single composer (although there are obviously scores created by more than one composer).

If you want to click through the list like a chump, click here. It »

- Matt Goldberg

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Lee Sparks Film Fight With Perry

25 October 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Outspoken moviemaker Spike Lee has picked a new film fight with actor/director Tyler Perry after suggesting the Madea Goes To Jail star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.

The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and buffoonery" in his films - comments the younger filmmaker has taken exception to.

In a taped interview for U.S. news show 60 Minutes, Perry says, "That p**ses me off. It really does - because it's so insulting.

"It's attitudes like that that make Hollywood think that these people (his characters) do not exist and that's why there's no material speaking to them, speaking to us. I would love to read that to my fan base."

It's not the first time Lee has picked a fight with a big name movie icon - he attacked Quentin Tarantino over the use of the 'N' word in his films and also took aim at Clint Eastwood for failing to include African-Americans in his war movies Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. »

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Oscar Update: 'Precious' Backlash, 'An Education' Looms Large and New Predictions

22 October 2009 3:24 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

We shall begin with Amelia, a film I wrote about on Monday as it became the talk of the town with hardly a review in sight and a mere five days until its release. Well, that's all changed as I saw the film early Tuesday morning and it seems most everyone in Los Angeles and New York saw it for the first time as well. While I won't be joining David Poland on the train to completely disembowel Mira Nair's film of the famed aviatrix (and it seems Kris Tapley will also be doing the same), I will admit it's not a very good movie and would agree with Justin Chang's take at Variety when he says the film "offers snazzy aerial photography and inspirational platitudes in lieu of insight into Amelia Earhart's storied life and high-flying career."

What does this mean for the Best Actress race? Well, I »

- Brad Brevet

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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Hang in there, Kandi

9 October 2009 7:36 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

After the sad news over the weekend that Kandi's fiance (or ex-fiance, apparently) had been killed, it was difficult to watch the woman innocently struggle over their fraught engagement. And seriously, Bravo—the preview for next week shows a tense therapy session in which Kandi's skeptical mother accuses the man of being a dead-beat. Surely this scenes could have been scrapped in response to the tragic turn of events. Kandi continued to be the sole voice of reason on the show. (This good sense will hopefully steer her well as she navigates her grief.) The best parts of the episode »

- Karen Valby

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'Parks and Recreation' recap: Dirty little secrets

9 October 2009 6:10 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Having not yet watched the latest Office (has anyone seen or heard anything about this wedding?) or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and eliminating Friday and Saturday's television offerings (do they air shows those nights?) from my pool, I admit that the following claim might be under-researched...but you know what? I'm going to make it anyway: Last night's Parks and Recreation was the most satisfying comedy of the week. Sure, Curb Your Enthusiasm gave us the Seinfeld gang and Modern Family proved once again -- even in its weakest episode thus far -- worth all the critical fuss, »

- Henning Fog

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Top Ten Working American Directors

7 October 2009 2:18 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Top Ten Working American Directors

A list like this is tricky to the point of madness. However, I'm going to save you the trouble by saying it right here, right now: Most of the choices on this list are obvious. There's a reason why certain names continually pop up whenever conversation drifts toward great American films. So there. I said it.

Yet, how do you weigh the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, a genius who delivered some of the all-time greatest films, but fizzled out 25 or so years ago, against a filmmaker like Woody Allen who has worked consistently for decades churning out both brilliant gems and disposable time wasters? How do you compare either of these directors against an auteur such as Spike Jonze who has only opened two films so far, but both are masterpieces?

In the end I just went with my gut. I knew there were »

- David Frank

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Rosie Perez preps for her role on "Law & Order: Svu"

21 September 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

It’s been way too long since I’ve seen my girl Rosie Perez. Sure, she was on Lipstick Jungle but I wasn’t going to watch that unless it was Lipstick Lesbian Jungle — jump on this Logo!

Thankfully, she’ll soon be returning to the small screen as a guest star on Law & Order: Svu, which I watch regularly thanks to Mariska Hargitay. I can show you where to put those handcuffs, Detective Benson!

Rosie will always be a tough-acting Brooklyn goddess to me. Whenever I think of her, I either picture her dancing during the opening sequence of Do The Right Thing or the scene in White Men Can’t Jump where she’s giving Woody Harrelson’s character, Billy, the smackdown when he says Jeopardy isn’t going to call her:

Jeopardy is going to call Billy, it is my destiny that I triumph magnificently on that »

- Stubbs

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Music: Review:The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker: Burn It Down

14 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Nashville retro-soul outfit The Dynamites and their 65-year-old frontman Charles Walker may not quite measure up to the high standard set by genre exemplars Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, but then again, who does? When The Dynamites follow The Dap-Kings’ lead and combine social commentary with horn-pumped funk on songs like “Somebody’s Got It Better,” and “Do The Right Thing,” the results are more than a little overbearing. But Walker has a likeably earthy, expressive voice, and The Dynamites are a tight, punchy combo capable of J.B.’s-level vamps like “Treadneck” and “The Third Degree,” marked by complex rhythms ... »

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An Open Letter About Red Cliff

11 September 2009 11:52 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Next to Public Enemies, John Woo’s Red Cliff was (and still is) my most anticipated film of this year. The fact that it became the highest-grossing Chinese picture and the accolades being left on it aren’t helping me wait for this thing. Nor is the fact this poster has now hit stateside, and it looks like pure epicness. Reports also have the film opening in limited theaters and Video On Demand come November 20th.

If true, I ask all cinema goers to do one thing: please see this film over New Moon. I stress, please see this film over New Moon. John Woo is one of the best directors to ever get near a camera, even if his American films aren’t up to par with his previous work. Twilight is a cancer of a depressed, quality-hatin, Mormon maniac and it needs to be dee-stroyed. Do the right thing, »

- Philip Barrett

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Anaconda (Blu-Ray Review)

11 September 2009 5:46 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Anacona on Blu-Ray

Main Feature (1H 29M 20S)

Question: Is this one of the worst films ever made?

Answer: Quite possibly. Then again, this is possibly also one of the worst films featuring a giant snake.

I am truly amazed at this film. I am very rarely left open-jawed and at a loss for words, but this is one of those moments. Since I’m finding it a struggle to communicate I will partially dissect this disaster step by step.

Jon Voight, who (let’s be honest) was the best hope for some decent acting, plays a character named Sarone who speaks as though he is constantly chewing marbles, and affects a ridiculous “Tony Montana” accent. Eric Stoltz is another actor I have a lot of respect for but his character, Dr. Steven Cale, quickly goes from being a strong leader to being just as incompetent as everyone else on this little expedition. »

- Tigervamp

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Top Ten Underrated Films (Of All Time)

2 September 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Great movies sometimes do not hit it off with the audience upon first viewing. Not even the sublime Citizen Kane found much appreciation on its release in 1941, taking over twenty years and critical re-discovery in order for everybody to agree it was a pretty special movie.

Cult films are different (and this is not a list of cult movies) – those do tend to find an audience (usually people who become hardcore fans) allowing the film to become celebrated in alternative ways – as opposed to garnering a multitude of awards.

This is a list drawn up of films I consider under-rated; overlooked; not thought about; dismissed, and so forth. I am not suggesting they should be regaled as masterpieces anointed and placed in a cinematic pantheon of greatness.

Compiling lists is very tough and as this is limited to a mere ten films, some wonderful films did not make final cut. »

- Martyn Conterio

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Fight the Power at the BFI

31 August 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Has it really been twenty years since the Spike Lee joint Do The Right Thing ignited the cinema screen?

Simultaneously telling the story of the hottest day in a Brooklyn summer and drawing a line across the racial divides inherent in any multicutural city and dared you to step across.

It is a seminal film, and it is a tour de force from Spike Lee, in front of and behind the camera, displaying a virtuoso performance that stands up today and casts a long, deep cultural shadow over the past twenty years. »

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Spike Lee Hosts Massive Michael Jackson Birthday Celebration

29 August 2009 12:15 PM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

Dancing Michael Jackson fans reportedly numbering in the thousands filled up a New York park where director Spike Lee hosted a ceremonial birthday bash for the late King of Pop, who would have turned 51 on Saturday. The party-goers danced beneath a shower of rain in Brooklyn's Prospect Park as a DJ spun Jackson's classic songs, says the Associated Press. "I was just like everyone else. I loved his talent," Lee said. Known for films such as 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Inside Man,' Lee also directed Jackson's music video for "They Don't Care About Us."

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- TheInsider

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Spike Lee blasts "gangsta mentality"

24 August 2009 10:46 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Spike Lee has allegedly attacked music executives who encourage rappers to pretend that they have a criminal past in order to boost their career. The Do The Right Thing director's latest movie Passing Strange follows the story of a middle-class man forced to pretend he is from the 'ghetto' to succeed. Lee told the New York Daily News: "I think what we talk about really applies more to rap artists. I always thought about this experiment: two rappers who have the same, identical skills lyrically and rapping, trying to get a label deal. "One says, (more) »

- By Oli Simpson

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DVD Playhouse--July 2009

14 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—July 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents »

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Blu-Ray Review: Spike Lee’s Amazing ‘Do the Right Thing’ a Must Own

7 July 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

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 best films of the ’80s and a searing commentary on the state of race relations in the big city. The 20th Anniversary Blu-Ray Edition of Lee’s amazing film is a must-own.

Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0 It’s almost hard to believe that people born the year that “Do the Right Thing” came out are in college already. What’s most remarkable is how little the film has aged. Perhaps it’s a sad commentary on civil rights, but does anyone think that “Do the Right Thing” wouldn’t be just as relevant and powerful if it came out in 2009 instead of 1989?

Do the Right Thing was released on Blu-Ray on June 30th, 2009.

Photo credit: Universal

Still Lee’s best film, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Do The Right Thing 20th Anniversary Blu-Ray Review

5 July 2009 6:20 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Well 20 years have gone by, time has passed a lot of us by, but the ever vocal Spike Lee and his creations still stand. 20 years later and we have a Anniversary Blu-Ray review of Do The Right Thing. While I could go on and on about the film, that is not the point of this Blu-ray review. My want it to have this be a brief review of what the Blu-ray from Universal offers and what you the viewer have to look forward to.

The overall transfer to Blu-Ray looks great. While the outfits, direction and that of a film that is 20 years old distract you from seeing the need for HD, it is in a very solid transfer. Universal came through on this one.

The extras on this disc are beyond all I have seen. 4 hours of everything you would need. From a DVR like effect of “My Scenes »

- Matthew

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Do the Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Review

3 July 2009 3:21 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

"It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can..." Do The Right Thing (1989) was Spike Lee's third film that actualized the promise the writer/director hinted at with his first two efforts, She's Got To Have It (1986) and School Daze (1988). While Spike's polemics (both onscreen and in the media) may sadly overshadow his talents as a filmmaker, even those predisposed not to like the often polarizing director should put aside their prejudices to give this incendiary classic, which is arguably still his best, a chance. As the tagline states, the story is told on the hottest day of summer (effectively portrayed through Ernest Dickerson's color psychology themed cinematography) within the confines of a single, yet bustling, block of Bedford Stuyvesant (or Bed-Stuy for short which is a neighborhood in Brooklyn also featured in other Lee "joints" such as Crooklyn, »

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Marvel Updates: Nick Fury’s Role In Iron Man 2 & Avengers

2 July 2009 4:12 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

MTV caught up with the new Nick Fury actor, Samuel L. Jackson, at an event for the 20th anniversary of Spike Lee’s film Do The Right Thing and discussed with him his role in Iron Man 2.

The star actor of seemingly every movie revealed that his role in the sequel to Iron Man will be limited to him pulling strings behind the scenes and not getting directly involved in any sort of combat.

 

“Not this time, not yet… We still haven’t moved Nick Fury into the bad-ass zone. He’s still just kind of a talker.”

As for when he’ll start kicking ass and taking names, MTV news asked him if that’ll start with the Avengers film.

“Looking forward to that, yeah.”

I guess he doesn’t know but he’s sure excited for that movie. Who wouldn’t be excited about playing a major »

- Rob Keyes

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Red Carpet: Radioactive Lohan & Gangster Depp

1 July 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

It's that time again, Red Carpet Lineup. Here's a (truly) random sampling of actors at events this past week. Let's check in with...

Ever classy Lindsay Lohan who celebrated her 23rd birthday (it's actually tomorrow) at a Vegas pool wearing that, flashing a peace sign, and sporting bright blue contacts. Unless she's been spending too much time on Nevada's nuclear testing grounds, those are contacts. I should never ever look at Lohan as she's become the avatar of Lost Potential. She found the empty calories of fame more enticing than the rich nutrients of good actressing.

Public Enemies opens today and it should be an interesting test of Johnny Depp's box office pull. The public is generally averse to period dramas but they do like gangster crime films so it's a bit of a toss up, really. It's already on IMDb's Top 250 but that's typical for masculine "cool" movies when they first open. »

- NATHANIEL R

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