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*Director Spike Lee‘s latest theatrical release is titled ‘Red Hook Summer‘ and, unless you have been totally out of the loop, this tale has gotten a lot of attention for its story and subject matter. But just in case you didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters, you can now see it on [...]
*CHATSWORTH, CA – The limits of faith and temptation are tested in the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release of Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer. Image Entertainment’s One Village label will release the film on both Blu-ray and DVD on December 21, 2012. Red Hook Summer stars Clarke Peters (Endgame, Notting Hill), Nate Parker (The Great [...]
*EURweb partner/associate Cherise Nicole (www.CNikky.com) got together with the usually grumpy and sour Spike Lee, but on this day he was feeling real good. Who knows, maybe it was the affable cutie pie, Miss Nicole, who brought that big smile to Mr. Spike’s face that didn’t leave for the rest of the interview. Cherise got [...]
*Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer” has been met wtih mixed reviews from critics from the major news outlets, but has been given a favorable review here in our dear EUR/Electronic Urban Report. Those that have expressed concern over the film’s content and script simply cannot bring themselves to imagine how many major parts of the [...]
*Both Spike Lee and Chris Rock have reasons to smile. Their movies debuted with strong numbers in one of the toughest cities in the country: New York. Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer,” was placed on four New York screens. The film, which follows 13-year-old Flik Royale as he is sent from Atlanta to Red Hook,Brooklyn [...]
*Spike Lee has been the preeminent director of films geared toward African American audiences for almost 30 years and we’ve come to expect a certain level of Lee’s signature craftsmanship ever since his very first big screen release, “She’s Gotta Have It.” His “40 Acres and a Mule” production company has rolled out over 35 films since [...]
*Spike Lee has a lot on his plate, which this week also included taking time out to talk to the press about “Red Hook Summer” at his production headquarters in Brooklyn. Referring to a story about him having to finance the film on his own without Hollywood’s help, he was asked what would be different [...]
*Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson invited his beautiful wife, executive producer and writer of his stunning one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Kiki Tyson, and the show’s director and his longtime friend Spike Lee to join him on stage at The Longacre Theatre in Times Square, New York City, at the conclusion of his star-studded [...]
*Monday night in New York, Spike Lee premiered the latest film in his “Chronicles of Brooklyn” series RED HOOK SUMMER. Hundreds came out to support the iconic writer/director including Mike Tyson, Gayle King, Laila Ali, Debra Lee, Stephen Hill, Mona Scott-Young, Romany Malco, Jamie Hector, Toure, Nelson George, Ilyasah Shabazz and many more. But take [...]
*As we reported earlier, Spike Lee has a new joint coming out this Summer called “Red Hook Summer.” In fact, it will be in theaters in late August. We recently saw a screening of “Red Hook Summer” and all we can say is that if you’re a Spike Lee fan, he’s going to be your [...]
*Sunday night at the BET Awards, Spike Lee showed off his comedic side when he joined Sam Jackson to for a hilarious send up of Kanye and Jay-Z’s “N***as in Paris.” But of course we mostly know Spike for his drama and tension filled flicks with a sizzling Summer backdrop. Such is the case with [...]
*“I met Spike at Michael Jackson’s memorial and again a few months ago at the W Hotel for a tribute to Michael Jackson,” said singer/songwriter Judith Hill about how she landed 10 original songs on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s new dramatic film Red Hook Summer. “He came up after and said, ‘if you have [...]
*Days after Spike Lee railed against Hollywood studio executives at the Sundance Film Festival, his co-producer and co-writer of “Red Hook Summer” has accused those same executives of attempting to keep black filmmakers under their thumb. “It’s the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens,” James McBride wrote [...]
*As you probably know by now, Spike Lee was at the Sundance film festival to screen his new movie, “Red Hook Summer,” which is a low-budget, independent film that takes place in a Brooklyn neighborhood. After the Sunday screening, he introduced the cast and began to field questions. This is where things went sour. As [...]
*Director Spike Lee, actress Rashida Jones and rapper/actor Ice T all have works in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced Monday. Lee has directed “Red Hook Summer” from a screenplay he wrote with James McBride about a young Atlanta boy who spends his summer in Brooklyn with the grandfather he’s never met. Festival director [...]
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